Hendrick Serrie papers


Summary Information
Title: Hendrick Serrie papers
Bulk Dates: circa 1960s

Creator:
  • Serrie, Hendrick
Unique Identifier: UA2019/029

Quantity: DVD; digital file of solar cooker demonstration video (131 MB)
  • 0.37 cubic feet
  • 1 letter document box

Repository:
University of Wisconsin-Madison. University Archives and Records Management


Abstract:
In 1961-1962, Hendrick Serrie, an Anthropology graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was tasked with carrying out a solar energy project in a Zapotec village in Oaxaca, Mexico. This collection contains reports on Serrie's work with the Wisconsin Solar Cooker, including field notes, photographs, and a copy of the Final Report of the Social Use of Solar Energy Field Project in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico 1961-62. Also included is a digital file of a video of Serrie demonstrating how the solar cooker functions; a DVD of documentary films with James Silverberg of the project, produced by BAVI at University of Wisconsin-Madison; and a copy of Farringtion Daniels' 1964 book, Direct Use of the Sun's Energy, which describes the project.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-ua-uac60
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Collection materials may be subject to laws governing rights. Researchers are solely responsible for determining the rights status of the materials they use. Permission may be required for some uses such as publication or reproduction.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Hendrick Serrie, 2018-11.

Subject Terms
Solar cooking
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