Collection Number:
20463
Collection Title: Michael Benson Collection, 1990s-2010s
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| Size |
Approximately 75 items |
| Abstract |
Posters and photographs comprise the collection of artist, freelance photographer,
and small business owner Michael Benson of Chapel Hill, N.C. Many of the graphic art
posters designed and signed by Benson promote music performances at The Station at
Southern Rail in Carrboro, N.C., which Benson owned from the 1990s until 2015. A few
photographs depict musical performers including members of the British band The Cure
and American soul singer James Brown. Other images depict scenes in Washington, D.C.,
Thailand, and Geneva, Switzerland. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.
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| Creator |
Benson, Michael, 1966- |
| Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
| Language |
English |
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- Restrictions to Access
- This collection is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact
Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options
for consulting this collection.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Michael Benson Collection #20463, Southern Folklife
Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
- 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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This summary description was created in October 2017 to provide information about
unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.
Encoded by: Laura Smith
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