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A wooden storage box from the Miriam Green Ellis collection, with its contents displayed around it. Two of the cardboard boxes hold photographic dry plates, while the third contains magic lantern slide plates. The papers on the top are Miriam Green…

A wooden storage box from the Miriam Green Ellis collection, opened and displayed with its contents. The box is lined with flocking and divided into three compartments. Miriam Green Ellis' scratch notes lay in the lid, while cardboard dividers occupy…

A wooden storage box from the Miriam Green Ellis collection, with five magic lantern plate and photographic dry plate boxes stacked on top.

Miriam Green Ellis' scratch notes, detailing the order of slides for one of her magic lantern shows. The note is written on a stationary envelope from the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, Canada.

Reverse of Miriam Green Ellis' scratch notes, detailing the order of slides for one of her magic lantern shows. The note is written on a stationary envelope from the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, Canada.

Miriam Green Ellis' journal, opened to show two pages with photographs pasted in. The short entries cover a period of about a month, spanning July and August.

A wooden box used for shipping and storing Miriam Green Ellis' collection of magic lantern slides, opened to show the interior. Stiff cardboard dividers separate individual slides.

An arrangement of items from the Miriam Green Ellis collection, including two of the original storage boxes and mix of photography dry plate and magic lantern plate boxes.

A wooden box used for shipping and storing Miriam Green Ellis' collection of magic lantern slides, with storage tag attached. The leather handle is still in excellent shape.

A wooden storage box from the Miriam Green Ellis collection, showing the University of Alberta Libraries' catalogue sticker. This box contains photographic and magic lantern supplies, and is battered from years of shipping.