Peter Braasch Collection Inventory (#20103)

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
Processed by
Amy Davis
Date Completed
April 2000
Encoded by
Amy Davis
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Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Title
Peter Braasch Collection (#20103) 1943-1994 (bulk 1994)
Creator
Braasch, Peter, 1972- .
Extent
About 75 items (0.5 linear feet)
Repository
Southern Folklife Collection
Abstract
Peter Braasch (1972- ) grew up in Durham, N.C. In 1994, he conducted fieldwork for his senior thesis at Yale University about the history of the commercial shrimping industry in coastal North Carolina. The collection includes audio tapes and research materials for Peter Braasch's senior thesis on the commercial shrimping industry on the North Carolina coast, "Bug Hunting the Way to the New South: the History of Commercial Shrimping in North Carolina." The bulk of the collection is audio interviews conducted by Braasch with seventeen fishermen from Carteret County, N.C., and Brunswick County, N.C. Manuscript material includes logs of those interviews, a copy of Braasch's senior thesis, his research notes, unpublished reports of a sociological study of shrimp fishers sponsored by East Carolina University, and other support materials.
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Administrative Information

Access
Use of audio materials may require production of listening copies.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Provenance
Received from Peter Braasch of Durham, N.C., in July 1996 (Acc. 98603).
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Online Catalog Terms

Braasch, Peter, 1972- .
Brunswick County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
Brunswick County (N.C.)--History.
Brunswick County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Carteret County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
Carteret County (N.C.)--History.
Carteret County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Fisheries--North Carolina--History.
Fishers--North Carolina--Interviews.
North Carolina--Industries--History--20th century.
Shrimp fisheries--North Carolina.
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Biographical Note

Peter Braasch (1972- ) grew up in Durham, N.C. He attended C. E. Jordan High School and then went on to Yale University, 1990-1994, where he pursued a double major in history and environmental studies. In 1994, Braasch conducted fieldwork for his senior thesis about the history of the commercial shrimping industry in coastal North Carolina. During the previous two summers, Braasch had worked for the Coastal Federation, a non-profit environmental group based in Newport, N.C. Through this work and time spent in the region while growing up, Braasch became familiar with issues involving the North Carolina shrimping industry. After this study, Braasch moved to the Washington, D.C., area, and continued environmental work for a time with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Restore America's Estuaries, a national federation. In 2000, he was working for a business research management firm.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes audio tapes and research materials for Peter Braasch's senior thesis on the commercial shrimping industry on the North Carolina coast, "Bug Hunting the Way to the New South: the History of Commercial Shrimping in North Carolina." The bulk of the collection is audio interviews conducted by Braasch with seventeen fishermen from Carteret County, N.C., and Brunswick County, N.C. Manuscript material includes logs of those interviews, a copy of Braasch's senior thesis, his research notes, unpublished reports of a sociological study of shrimp fishers sponsored by East Carolina University, and other support materials.

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Organization of Collection

1. Research Materials about Commercial Shrimping
1.1. Senior Thesis and Research Notes
1.2. Support Materials
2. Audio Interviews about Commercial Shrimping
2.1. Audio Cassette Recordings
2.2. Tape Logs of Interviews
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Series Descriptions

1. Research Material about Commercial Shrimping, 1943-1994.

31 items.
Arrangement: by type of material.
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1.1. Senior Thesis and Research Notes, 1994.
About 25 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Braasch's senior thesis "Bug Hunting the Way to the New South: the History of Shrimping in North Carolina," along with notes he took while researching primary and secondary sources on the North Carolina commercial shrimping industry.
   Folder 1
"Bug Hunting the Way to the New South"
   Folder 2
Research notes
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1.2. Support Materials, 1943-1991.
6 items
Arrangement: chronological.
Support materials used by Braasch in his research, including three unpublished reports about shrimp fisheries from a fieldwork project sponsored by the Sociology Department at East Carolina University.
   Folder 3
ECU project: First Year Report, Vol. 1
   Folder 4
ECU project: First Year Report, Vol. 2
   Folder 5
ECU project: Second Year Report, Vol. 1
   Folder 6
Miscellaneous booklets
   Folder 7
Poem: "The Shrimper"

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2. Audio Interviews about Commercial Shrimping, 1994.

44 items.
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2.1. Audio Cassette Recordings, 1994.
27 items
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Interviews by Braasch with seventeen shrimp fishermen in May and June 1994. The interviews include biographical information and discussion of the history of the shrimping industry along coastal North Carolina and issues that concern commercial fishers.
Note that original tapes are on micro-cassette.
FS-4841. Claude Brown, Marshallberg, N.C., 6/8/94, tape 1 of 2
FS-4842. Claude Brown, Marshallberg, N.C., 6/8/94, tape 2 of 2
FS-4843. J. M. Browne, Gloucester, N.C., 6/6/94
FS-4844. Raymond Graham, Mill Creek, N.C., 5/31/94, tape 1 of 2
FS-4845. Raymond Graham, Mill Creek, N.C., 5/31/94, tape 2 of 2
FS-4846. Robert Guthrie, Harkers Island, N.C., 6/94
FS-4847. Lewis Hardee, Southport, N.C., 6/14/94, tape 1 of 2
FS-4848. Lewis Hardee, Southport, N.C., 6/14/94, tape 2 of 2
FS-4849. Guyon Lewis, Harkers Island, N.C., 6/8/94
FS-4850. Gene Oglesby, Mill Creek, N.C., 6/94, tape 1 of 2
FS-4851. Gene Oglesby, Mill Creek, N.C., 6/94, tape 2 of 2
FS-4852. Leila Pigott, Marshallberg, N.C., 6/14/94, tape 1 of 2
FS-4853. Leila Pigott, Marshallberg, N.C., 6/14/94, tape 2 of 2
FS-4854. Tookie (John) Potter, Marshallberg, N.C., 6/15/94, tape 1 of 2
FS-4855. Tookie (John) Potter and Sonny (Ralph) Potter, Marshallberg, N.C., 6/15/94, tape 2 of 2
FS-4856. Billy Smith, Atlantic, N.C., 6/6/94
FS-4857. Milton Styron, Marshallberg, N.C., 6/10/94, tape 1 of 3
FS-4858. Milton Styron, Marshallberg, N.C., 6/10/94 tape 2 of 3
FS-4859. Milton Styron, Marshallberg, N.C., 6/10/94 tape 3 of 3
FS-4860. Tom Tosta, South River, N.C., 6/94, tape 1 of 3
FS-4861. Tom Tosta, South River, N.C., 6/94, tape 2 of 3
FS-4862. Tom Tosta, South River, N.C., 6/94, tape 3 of 3
FS-4863. Clinton Willis, Marshallberg, N.C., 5/31/94, tape 1 of 2
FS-4864. Clinton Willis, Marshallberg, N.C., 5/31/94, tape 2 of 2
FS-4865. Milan Willis, Atlantic, N.C., 6/9/94, tape 1 of 2
FS-4866. Milan Willis, Atlantic, N.C., 6/9/94, tape 2 of 2
FS-4867. Wade Willis, Salter Path, N.C., 6/94
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2.2. Logs of Audio Interviews, 1994.
17 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Tape logs of Braasch's audio interviews (filed separately in the SFC Field Notes vertical files).

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Items Separated

Items separated include sound recordings (FS 4841-4867) and notes about the sound recordings (SFC Field Notes vertical files).