Restrictions to Access

Some materials are not currently available for viewing due to limitations related to the file format.

Restrictions to Use

Materials may be viewed, but are not available for download.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the North Carolina Collection.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the North Carolina Documentary Photography Award Collection #P0109, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Each year the winner(s) submit their materials to the North Carolina Collection.

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.

Processed by: Patrick Cullom, July 2016

Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, July 2016

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.

• Brunswick County (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Agriculture--North Carolina--Photographs.
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Photographs.
• College sorority members--Photographs.
• Documentary photography--North Carolina.
• Durham (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Durham Rescue Mission--Photographs.
• Gullahs--North Carolina--Brunswick County--Photographs
• Haitians--North Carolina--Mount Olive (Wayne County)--Photographs
• Mount Olive (Wayne County, N.C.)--Photographs.
• North Carolina--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Photographs.
• Warren County (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Wesley Chapel (N.C.)--Photographs.

The North Carolina Documentary Photography Awards is an annual program available to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill undergraduate and graduate students and is sponsored by the North Carolina Collection in Wilson Special Collections Library. The program is a proactive approach to acquiring photographs for the North Carolina Collection that depict current events, topics, or places within the state that have future research value to users of the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives (NCCPA).

The collection consists of digital photographs taken by winners of the North Carolina Documentary Photography Award, 2012-2015. The North Carolina Documentary Photography Awards is an annual program available to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill undergraduate and graduate students and is sponsored by the North Carolina Collection in Wilson Special Collections Library. The photographs depict a variety of subjects in different locations across North Carolina, and cover a variety of topics including immigration, farming, economic change, Gullah culture and religious gatherings, and North Carolina businesses.