Elmer D. Johnson Photographic Collection, circa 1940-1942

Collection Number: P0020

Collection Title: Elmer D. Johnson Photographic Collection, circa 1940-1942

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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.

Exterior view of the Louis Round Wilson Library on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, circa 1940-1942; P0020/0020, in the Elmer D. Johnson Photographic Collection (P0020), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Size	15 black-and-white photographic prints in a photographic album and 12 loose prints in 3 polyethylene sheets (1.5 linear feet in 1 flat storage box)
Abstract	Collection contains black and white photographic prints given to white historian, Elmer D. Johnson by a student leaving the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to serve in World War II. Johnson was a student at the University of North Carolina at different times between 1936 and 1951. The images were compiled in a small leather album and depict the UNC campus between 1940and 1942. Included are images depicting interior and exterior views of the Louis Round Wilson Library; the Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower; South Building; Emerson Playing Field; and student, Paul Hayes, in a dorm room of Pettigrew Hall.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: The photographic album in this collection is fragile due to its age and the materials used in the album. There are no original negatives for any of the images in the Johnson Collection. Researchers may be presented with a digital copy instead of original materials if the Photographic Archivist has determined an original should not be handled.

Restrictions to Use: No image in this collection may be reproduced without the permission and consent of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Elmer D. Johnson Photographic Collection (P0020), year image was made [when known], North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library.

Acquisitions Information: The photographs were a gift in 1990 from Elmer Douglas Johnson, an alumnus of the University of North Carolina. He received the photographs from an unidentified fellow student who was leaving UNC in 1942 to serve in World War II. (Accession no. 30423.)

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, 2009

Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, May 2009; Elizabeth Hull, October 2010

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United States Navy Pre-flight School Collection (P027), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States Navy ROTC Collection (P054), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives

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Elmer D. Johnson of Durham, N.C., attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., receiving a BA (1936), MA (1942), and PhD (1951) all in history.

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Collection contains 27 black-and-white photographic prints depicting buildings and grounds at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., during the early 1940s. Fifteen of the images are contained in a small leather covered album; the other 12 are stored in polyethylene sheets.There are a few individuals included in the images, but only one is identified. Included are images of the Louis Round Wilson Library (exterior and interior), the Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower, South Building, Emerson Playing Field, and student Paul Hayes Etheridge Jr. in his dorm room in Pettigrew Hall.

Contents list

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1. Photographic Album: Snap Shots, Chapel Hill, NC, circa 1940-1942.
2. Photographic Prints, circa 1940-1942.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Photographic Album: Snap Shots, Chapel Hill, NC, circa 1940-1942.

15 black-and-white photographic prints in a 14 page album.

Arrangement: Original order as found in album.

Includes images of Old South Hall, interior and exterior views of Louis Round Wilson Memorial Library, views of the Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower, and an image of Paul H. Etheridge Jr. in a Pettigrew Hall dorm room. Descriptions in this series have been created by processors who worked with the collection.

Flat Box 01 Photograph Album PA-P0020/0001	Photographic Album: "Snap Shots, Chapel Hill, NC", circa 1940-1942. Black-and-white prints 15 images
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0001	Paul H. Etheridge Jr. seated at desk in dorm room (#11) in Pettigrew Hall (written on back of print), circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 01; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0002	View of Louis Round Wilson Library from steps of South Hall, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 02; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0003	View of Louis Round Wilson Library (exterior, front), circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 03; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0004	View of Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower from rear of Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 04; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0005	View of Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower from rear of Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 05; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0006	View of main staircase inside of Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 06; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0007	View of main reading room inside of Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 7; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0008	View of book dumbwaiter in stacks of Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 08; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0009	Chandelier in main reading room of Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 09; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0010	View of lobby inside of Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 010; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0011	Overhead view of stacks in Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 11; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0012	Overhead view of stacks in Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 12; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0013	Interior hall in Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 13; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0014_0001	Interior hall in Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 14; 2x2 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0014_0002	Nighttime view of Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Page 14; 2x2 inches.

Expand/collapse Series 2. Photographic Prints, circa 1940-1942.

12 black-and-white photographic prints stored in three polyethylene sheets.

Arrangement: Original order.

Includes images of Emerson Playing Field, Louis Round Wilson Library, Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower, and South Hall. Descriptions in this series have been created by processors who worked with the collection.

Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0015	View of South Hall, circa 1940-1942 Black-and-White Photographic Print Sheet 1; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0016	Students at counter of "book delivery" service room in Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Sheet 1; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0017	View of Louis Round Wilson Library from Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower, circa 1940-1942 Sheet 1; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0018	Chapel (unidentified) on campus, circa 1940-1942 Sheet 1; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0019	View of Louis Round Wilson Library (long shot), circa 1940-1942 Sheet 2; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0020	View of Louis Round Wilson Library (up close), circa 1940-1942 Sheet 2; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0021	View of Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower in snow, circa 1940-1942 Sheet 2; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0022	View of Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower in snow, circa 1940-1942 Sheet 2; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0023	Shelving/stacks inside of Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Sheet 3; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0024	Interior of Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower, circa 1940-1942 Sheet 3; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0025	View of Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower in snow, circa 1940-1942 Sheet 3; 2.5x4.5 inches.
Flat Box 1 Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0026	View of Emerson Playing Field from roof of Louis Round Wilson Library, circa 1940-1942 Sheet 3; 2.5x4.5 inches.

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