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Collection Overview
| Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 165 items) |
| Abstract | The collection of white student Lillian Alexander Burch contains black-and-white photographic prints and color photographic postcards from her 1930 study travel tour of the United States with the Extension Division of the University of North Carolina. Prints and postcards are mounted in an album with handwritten captions by Burch. The images depict popular tourist sites on the west coast of the United States, other tour participants, and camp scenes. Photographs taken at the Hal Roach Studio in California include images of comedic actors Oliver Hardy and Charley Chase. Other materials include loose photographs, pamphlets, ephemera, and a handwritten poem titled “Wyoming.” |
| Creator | Burch, Lillian Alexander. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Processed by: North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, 1998
Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, 2010
Edited by: Rebecca Stubbs, July 2019
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Subject Headings
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Biographical Information
In the summer of 1930, Lillian Alexander Burch was a student who participated in a study tour to the west coast of the United States sponsored by the Extension Division of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., 7 June-2 August 1930. Burch made the photographs in this collection and collected postcards as the tour moved across the country.
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Scope and Content
The Lillian Alexander Burch collection contains 154 prints and postcards created or collected by Lillian Alexander Burch on her 1930 study trip. The images show popular tourist sites as well as views of tour participants. The group camped for part of the trip and some of the photographs include camp scenes. Photographs made at the Hal Roach Studio in California include Oliver Hardy and Charley Chase. Most of the images are mounted in an album with captions that was put together by Burch. The collection also includes a small number of papers related to the trip.
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Lillian Alexander Burch Collection, 1930.
Arrangement: Original order.