Restrictions to Access

Photographic negatives are available with special staff assistance.

Restrictions to Use

No image in this collection may be reproduced without the permission and consent of the photographer.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill American Studies 60/Folklore 195 Photographic Projects #P0053, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Gift of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Professor William Bamberger and students in American Studies 60/Folklore 195, 1996, and 2001.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

Locations Appearing in Images:
• Alamance County (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Bentonville (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Bynum (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Carrboro (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Chatham County (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Durham (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Durham County (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Graham (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Granville County (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Haw River (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Hillsborough (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Johnston County (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Liberty (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Morrisville (N.C.)--Photographs.
• North Carolina-- Photographs.
• Orange County (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Oxford (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Pittsboro (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Raleigh (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Randolph County (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Reidsville (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Research Triangle Park (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Rockingham County (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Siler City (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Wake County (N.C.)--Photographs.

General Subjects:
• City and town life--North Carolina--Photographs.
• Country life--North Carolina--Photographs.
• Documentary photography--North Carolina.
• Farm life--North Carolina--Photographs.
• Farms--North Carolina--Photographs.
• Folklore--North Carolina.
• North Carolina--Rural conditions--Photographs.
• North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Photographers--North Carolina.
• Photographs.
• Photography--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.
• Photojournalism--North Carolina.
• Photojournalists--North Carolina.
• Portrait photography--North Carolina.
• Religious gatherings--Photographs.
• Rural conditions--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Students--History--20th century.

The crosslisted course American Studies 60/Folklore 195 was taught between 1990 and 1997 by Professor William Bamberger at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The collection consists of images (photographic prints and negatives) taken by students from 1990 to 1997 in various North Carolina locations, and covering various topics such as rural life, farming, city and town life and institutions, religious gatherings, and local businesses. Holdings include only those projects selected by the professor of the class for deposit in the Photographic Archives. Many of the projects are accompanied by a Photographer's Statement or other documentation, and include a copy of each student's signed gift agreement unless otherwise indicated below.

Physical organization of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill American Studies 60/Folklore 195 Photographic Projects is as follows:

• Print Box 1: Black-and-white prints, P0053/0001 through 0015
• Print Box 2: Black-and-white prints, P0053/0016 through 0030
• Print Box 3: Black-and-white prints, P0053/0031 through 0037
• Film Box 1: Black-and-white 35mm negatives, P0053/0038 (29 envelopes)