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.
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)
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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.
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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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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.
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- North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives (P059), North Carolina Collection
Photographic Archives
- Roland Giduz Collection (P033), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives
- Thomas Wolfe Photograph Collection (P048), North Carolina Collection Photographic
Archives
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Photographic Laboratory Collection (P031),
North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives
- 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.
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Contents list
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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
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Black-and-white prints
15 images
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0001
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 01; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0002
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 02; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0003
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 03; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0004
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 04; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0005
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 05; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0006
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 06; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0007
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 7; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0008
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 08; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0009
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 09; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0010
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 010; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0011
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 11; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0012
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 12; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0013
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 13; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0014_0001
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 14; 2x2 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0014_0002
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Page 14; 2x2 inches.
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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
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Black-and-White Photographic Print
Sheet 1; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0016
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Sheet 1; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0017
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Sheet 1; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0018
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Sheet 1; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0019
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Sheet 2; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0020
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Sheet 2; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0021
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Sheet 2; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0022
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Sheet 2; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0023
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Sheet 3; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0024
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Sheet 3; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0025
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Sheet 3; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Flat Box
1
Black and White Photographic Print P0020/0026
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Sheet 3; 2.5x4.5 inches.
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Processing Information
Processed by: Patrick Cullom, 2009
Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, May 2009; Elizabeth Hull, October 2010
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