{"id":4176,"date":"2026-08-05T20:40:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll101\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:40:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:40:53","slug":"coll101","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll101\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo J. Sirios papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"overview\">Overview<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Title:<\/strong><\/td><td>Leonardo J. Sirios papers <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Call Number:<\/strong><\/td><td>Coll101<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Creator:<\/strong><\/td><td>Sirios Leonardo J.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Dates:<\/strong><\/td><td>2005<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Size:<\/strong><\/td><td>1 box (.25 linear feet)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/td><td>Papers contain two postcards sent from Leonardo J. Sirios\n            to Chief Curator Tom Beck at UMBC in Spring 2005. The silhouette images on the postcards\n            are of Sirios&#8217;s &#8220;Spirit Goddess&#8221; and &#8220;wise one.&#8221; Sirios is the son of Ted Serios, the\n            subject of the Jule Eisenbud collection on Ted Serios and thoughtographic photography\n            (thoughtography). Prints by Sirios are also available in the UMBC Photography\n            Collection.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Language:<\/strong><\/td><td>English<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Citation:<\/strong><\/td><td>Leonardo J. Sirios papers, Collection 101, Special Collections, University of Maryland,\n            Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"biography\">Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leonardo J. Sirios is the son of Ted Serios, the subject of the Jule Eisenbud collection\n            on Ted Serios and thoughtographic photography, Collection 23. Prints by Sirios are also\n            available in the UMBC Photography Collection.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"scope\">Scope &#038; Content<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Postcards are arranged chronologically by date received.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"provenance\">Provenance Information<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collection was received in two parts. Leonardo Sirios donated the postcard featuring\n            &#8220;Spirit Goddess&#8221; in April 2005, and &#8220;wise one&#8221; in May 2005.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Leonardo J. Sirios papers were processed by graduate assistant Johanna Schein under\n            the supervision of the Special Collections Archivist Lindsey Loeper in August, 2012.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"access\">Access &#038; Use<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No restrictions.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by Leonardo J.\n            Sirios.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"subjects\">Subject Headings<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Beck, Tom, 1947- Correspondance<\/li><li>Sirios, Leonardo J. Correspondance<\/li><li>Spirit photography<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"class_list":["post-4176","finding_aid","type-finding_aid","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid\/4176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/finding_aid"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}