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Collection Number: P0086

Collection Title: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library Photographic Services Copy Negatives, 1977-2006

This collection has access restrictions. For details, please see the restrictions.

This collection has use restrictions. For details, please see the restrictions.

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.


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Size 17.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately Approximately 11,000 items)
Abstract The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library's Photographic Services unit existed from the early 1950s through 2006 and specialized in photographic processes (copy negatives and photo prints), microfilm and microfilm duplication, still photography, positive microfilm printing, and other services for the University Library and other North Carolina libraries. The collection dates from 1977 to 2006 and consists of copy negatives created by Photographic Services staff members as part of the photographic reproduction process.
Creator University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Photographic Services.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
Photographic negatives are available with special staff assistance.
Restrictions to Use
For copyright and use restrictions contact the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library Photographic Services Copy Negatives #P0086, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Transferred from Photographic Services between 1977 and 2006.
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.
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Processed by: Patrick Cullom, July 2011

Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, July 2011

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2020

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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.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library's Photoduplication Service was founded in the early 1950s with the primary objective of making the holdings of the University Library more readily available to scholars and researchers. The unit's name soon changed to Photographic Services, which specialized in photographic processes (copy negatives and photo prints), microfilm and microfilm duplication, and a relatively new technical process called "xerography." Eventually, in addition to negative microfilm production, it performed still photography, positive microfilm printing, and other services for the University Library and other North Carolina libraries.

In 1982, Photographic Services was reorganized and placed under the supervision of the North Carolina Collection, with Jerry W. Cotten (then the Collection's Photographic Archivist) at its head. Through the 1970s and 1980s, one of the primary services of the unit was the duplication and printing of duplicate library catalog cards. Near the end of the 1990s, with the increase in digital technology and an industry trend that was moving away from conventional analog processes, the unit upgraded its name to Imaging and Photographic Services. By 2006, the Library phased out all of its previous analog photoduplication methods (including conventional photographic processes) and created the Digital Production Center, a subunit of the Carolina Digital Library and Archives.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library Photographic Services Copy Negatives materials date from 1977-2006 and consist of copy negatives (mainly black-and-white 4x5 sheet film negatives) created by Photographic Services staff members. The photographic services department created the copy negatives as part of its photoduplication services.

Physical organization of the collection is as follows: Black-and-white Film Boxes 1-26: Black-and-white sheet film negatives

There is no identification on most individual items other than a three- to six-digit number (eg. 77-001) that identifies the year in which it was created. These numbers were used (by researchers and in-house) as reference identifiers during the years that the Photographic Services unit was in operation.

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Contents list

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Approximately 11,000 images.

Arrangement: Chronological.

Duplicate Film Box 01

P0086/0077_001-P0086/0077_715, circa 1977

Duplicate Film Box 02

P0086/0077_716-P0086/0078_075, circa 1977-1978

Duplicate Film Box 03

P0086/0079_001-P0086/0079_823, circa 1979

Duplicate Film Box 04

P0086/0080_001-P0086/0081_661, circa 1980-1981

Duplicate Film Box 05

P0086/0081_661-P0086/0083_075, circa 1981-1983

Duplicate Film Box 06

P0086/0083-076-P0086/0084_075, circa 1983-1984

Duplicate Film Box 07

P0086/0084_076-P0086/0085_319, circa 1984-1985

Duplicate Film Box 08

P0086/0086_001-P0086/0086_730, circa 1986

Duplicate Film Box 09

P0086/0086_731-P0086/0087_260, circa 1986-1987

Duplicate Film Box 10

P0086/0087_261-P0086/0087_592, circa 1987

Duplicate Film Box 11

P0086/0088_001-P0086/0088_255, circa 1988

Duplicate Film Box 12

P0086/0088_256-P0086/0090_115, circa 1988-1989

Duplicate Film Box 13

P0086/0090_116-P0086/0090_360, circa 1990

Duplicate Film Box 14

P0086/0090_361-P0086/0091_110, circa 1990-1991

Duplicate Film Box 15

P0086/0091_111-P0086/0092_255, circa 1991-1992

Duplicate Film Box 16

P0086/0092_256-P0086/0092_557, circa 1992

Duplicate Film Box 17

P0086/0093_001-P0086/0095_035, circa 1993-1995

Duplicate Film Box 18

P0086/0095_036-P0086/0096_200, circa 1995-1996

Duplicate Film Box 19

P0086/0096_201-P0086/0096_460, circa 1996

Duplicate Film Box 20

P0086/0096_461-P0086/0098_050, circa 1996-1998

Duplicate Film Box 21

P0086/0098_051-P0086/0098_380, circa 1998

Duplicate Film Box 22

P0086/0098_381-P0086/0099_160, circa 1998-1999

Duplicate Film Box 23

P0086/0099_161-P0086/0100_145, circa 1999-2000

Duplicate Film Box 24

P0086/0100_146-P0086/0102_075, circa 2000-2002

Duplicate Film Box 25

P0086/0102_076-P0086/0105_055, circa 2002-2005

Duplicate Film Box 26

P0086/0105_056-P0086/0106_028, circa 2005-2006

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