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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