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Size | 37 items |
Abstract | The collections consists of 35mm color slides made in 1989 in Franklin County, N.C., by Pati (Patience) Bingham. The 37 images by Bingham document traditional methodologies of molasses and sorghum syrup making at a farm owned by the Wheeler family near Louisburg, N.C. Some images also depict members of the Wheeler family, Professor Glenn Hinson and students in his Methods of Ethnography course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who were visiting the farm on a field trip, and Bingham's spouse Georgia Wier, a graduate student at UNC Chapel Hill. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection. |
Creator | Bingham, Patience. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Encoded by: Laura Smith, February 2024
Updated by: Davia Webb and Laura Smith, April 2024
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In 1989, Professor Glenn Hinson took students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who were enrolled in his Methods of Ethnography course, to a farm in Franklin County, N.C., owned by the Wheeler family. The Wheeler family made molasses and sorghum syrup using traditional means that included draft horses. Graduate student Georgia Wier and spouse Pati (Patience) Bingham attended the field trip. Bingham photographed the event with a focus on documenting traditional methods of making molasses.
Back to TopThe collections consists of 35mm color slides made in 1989 in Franklin County, N.C., by Pati (Patience) Bingham. The 37 images by Bingham document traditional methodologies of molasses and sorghum syrup making at a farm owned by the Wheeler family near Louisburg, N.C. Some images also depict members of the Wheeler family, Professor Glenn Hinson and students in his Methods of Ethnography course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who were visiting the farm on a field trip, and Bingham's spouse Georgia Wier, a graduate student at UNC Chapel Hill.
Back to TopImage Folder PF-70173/1 |
Traditional molasses and syrup making, December 1989 |