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Robert B. House (left), Louis Round Wilson, and William C. Friday on the occasion of the University of North Carolina Library being named the Louis Round Wilson Library, March 1956; P0040/0011_0004, in the Louis Round Wilson Photographic Collection (P0040), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Size | 4.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 670 items) |
Abstract | Louis Round Wilson (27 December 1876–10 December 1979) was born in Lenoir, N.C., and, in the 1890s, attended Davenport College in Lenoir; Haverford College in Haverford, Pa.; and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., from which he graduated in May 1899. After teaching for a few years, Wilson embarked on a long and distinguished career in librarianship, library science education, and university administration. Wilson served as librarian and first director of the School of Library Science from 1901-1932 at the University of North Carolina, and dean of the Graduate Library School at the University of Chicago, 1932-1942. From 1901 to 1932, Wilson served on many University of North Carolina committees, developed collections, and oversaw the planning and construction of two of the University's main libraries: the Carnegie Library in 1907 and the 1929 building that, in 1956, would bear his name. When he returned to Chapel Hill from Chicago in 1942, he resumed his many activities at the University, serving on numerous faculty and special University committees until he retired in 1959. He was a consultant to the president of the University from 1959 to 1969. The Louis Round Wilson Photographic Collection consists largely of snapshots of family and friends and some studio portraits, circa 1860s-1980s. Family snapshots include members of the Edmonds, Round, Wilson, and Wright families. Among the individual images are those of William C. Friday, R.B. House, and Thomas Wolfe. Most photographs were made in North Carolina (primarily in Chapel Hill), but a few were made in Chicago, New York, and elsewhere. Formats represented include black-and-white prints, color prints and negatives, silhouettes, a daguerreotype, ambrotypes, tintypes, a cyanotype, postcards, and cartes de visites. |
Creator | Wilson, Louis Round, 1876-1979. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives. |
Language | English |
Processed by: North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, 1990; Elizabeth Hull, November 2010
Encoded by: Elizabeth Hull, November 2010
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Louis Round Wilson (27 December 1876–10 December 1979) was born in Lenoir, N.C., the sixth child of Jethro Reuben and Louisa Jane Round Wilson. In 1909, Louis Round Wilson married Penelope Bryan Wright of Coharie. The couple had four children: Elizabeth, Louis Jr., Penelope, and Mary Louise (Mrs. Dean Stockett Edmonds Jr.). Wilson died just shy of 103 years old and is buried in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery.
Wilson attended various Lenoir schools and worked as a typesetter and printer's devil from 1891 to 1894 before he enrolled in Davenport College in Lenoir in 1894. In 1895, he attended Haverford College in Haverford, Pa., where he also first worked in a library as an assistant. Wilson then transferred to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., in the autumn of 1898, graduating in May 1899. In August of that year, he began teaching at Vine Hill Male Academy in Scotland Neck; the following year he taught at Catawba College in Newton.
In 1901, the University of North Carolina appointed Wilson as its librarian, a position he held until 1932 when he left Chapel Hill for the University of Chicago to become the dean of the Graduate Library School. During those 31 years, Wilson developed collections and oversaw the planning and construction of two of the University's main libraries: the Carnegie Library in 1907 and the building in 1929 that, as of 1956, would bear his name. He also trained staff librarians and taught courses in librarianship, joining the faculty in 1907.
In 1920, Wilson was named Kenan Professor of Library Science. Wilson returned to the University of North Carolina School of Library Science faculty in 1942. In 1951, he became special assistant for development to the chancellor and, in 1959, after retiring from the faculty, he accepted the position of special assistant to the president of the University of North Carolina system, from which he retired in 1969.
Back to TopThe Louis Round Wilson Photographic Collection consists largely of snapshots of family and friends and some studio portraits, circa 1860s-1980s. Family snapshots include members of the Edmonds, Round, Wilson, and Wright families. Among the individual images are those of William C. Friday, R.B. House, and Thomas Wolfe. Most photographs were made in North Carolina (primarily in Chapel Hill), but a few were made in Chicago, New York, and elsewhere. Formats represented include black-and-white prints, color prints and negatives, silhouettes, a daguerreotype, ambrotypes, tintypes, a cyanotype, postcards, and cartes de visites.
Physical organization of the Wilson Collection is as follows:
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0009 |
Portraits of Louis Round Wilson, 1890s-1900s9 images |
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Photographic Print P0040/0010 |
Portraits of Louis Round Wilson, 1927-1970s19 images Black-and-white and color photographic prints |
Flat Box
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0097 |
Portraits of Louis Round Wilson, 1950s-1970s2 images |
Special Format Box
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Special Format Image P0040/0087 |
"Auld Brig o'Doon" (Louis Round Wilson on left?), 9 August 19301 image Tintype |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0011 |
Portraits of Louis Round Wilson, related to University of North Carolina Library or taken at Library-related events, 1950s-circa 1970s20 images Includes images of April 1952 dedication of addition to UNC Library, March 1956 re-naming of UNC Library to Louis Round Wilson Library, and other events. |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0012 |
Portraits of Louis Round Wilson with groups of family/friends/schoolmates, 1900s-1950s22 images |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0013 |
"Return from Europe, Summer 1935 on Steamship Bremen" (Wilson with author Thomas Wolfe, Commodore Leopold Ziegenbein(?), and others), 19351 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0014 |
"Penelope Wilson, Louis R. Wilson's birthday, Christmas," 19568 images |
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Photographic Print P0040/0015 |
"Christmas and Louis R. Wilson's birthday," 195718 images Black-and-white and color photographic prints |
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Color Photographic Print P0040/0016 |
Family gathering, 195816 images |
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Color Photographic Print P0040/0017 |
"Summer 1959, April 1960" (family gatherings), 1959-196020 images |
Color Film Box
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Color 120 Roll Film P0040/0003 |
"Summer 1959, April 1960" (family gatherings), 1959-196016 images |
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Color Photographic Print P0040/0018 |
"Christmas and Louis R. Wilson's birthday," 195934 images |
Color Film Box
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Color 120 Roll Film P0040/0004 |
"Christmas and Louis R. Wilson's birthday," 195920 images |
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Color Photographic Print P0040/0019 |
"Christmas and Louis R. Wilson's birthday," 196021 images |
Color Film Box
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Color 120 Roll Film P0040/0005 |
"Christmas and Louis R. Wilson's birthday," 19608 images |
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Color Photographic Print P0040/0020 |
"Christmas, Penny's birthday," 196122 images |
Color Film Box
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Color 120 Roll Film P0040/0006 |
"Christmas, Penny's birthday," 196110 images |
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Color Photographic Print P0040/0021 |
"Christmas and Louis R. Wilson's birthday," 196415 images |
Color Film Box
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Color 120 Roll Film P0040/0007 |
Family gathering, circa 196315 images |
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Photographic Print P0040/0022 |
"Edmonds children," August 196511 images Black-and-white and color photographic prints |
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Color Photographic Print P0040/0023 |
"Christmas and Louis R. Wilson's birthday" (undated), 1960s12 images |
Color Film Box
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Color 120 Roll Film P0040/0008 |
Christmas family gathering (undated), 1960s32 images |
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Photographic Print P0040/0024 |
Portraits of Louis R. Wilson with family groups, various, undated, 1950s-1960s9 images Black-and-white and color photographic prints |
Black and White Film Box
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Black and White Sheet Film P0040/0002 |
Portraits of Louis R. Wilson with others: copy negatives made from prints, undated4 images |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0025 |
Battey, W. A., 19001 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0026 |
"Dr. Blankenship," 19391 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0027 |
Caldwell, B. J., Elmer Johnson, and others at desk in UNC Library, 1930s-1940s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0028 |
Clevir(?), Mary Elizabeth, 19401 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0098 |
Coxe, Frances Wagstaff, circa 1940s2 images |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0029 |
Cummings, Orpah (with others), circa 1940s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0030 |
Downs, Clara, Roberta, and Bill Jr., circa 1930s-1940s1 image |
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Photographic Print P0040/0031 |
Edmonds family, 1950s-circa 1980s74 images (2 folders) Black-and-white and color photographic prints Various portraits of the family of Louis R. Wilson's daughter Mary Louise Wilson Edmonds and husband Dean Stockett Edmonds Jr. |
Black and White Film Box
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Black and White Sheet Film P0040/0002 |
Edmonds family: copy negatives, undated2 images |
Flat Box
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0099 |
Edmonds family, circa 1950s-1960s2 images |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0032 |
Elliott, John Ghost, 1890s-1900s1 image "Ghost Elliott, buried near Grifton, NC. A noted North Carolina teacher, and presumably an 'infidel.' He influenced Uncle Needham Herring of Wilson. Mrs. ____'s brother." |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0033 |
England, Maude, 18951 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0034 |
Gordon, William, circa 1890s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0035 |
Graham, Edward Kidder Jr.circa 19131 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0036 |
Green, Elizabeth and Dorothy, "and Easter on the steps," circa 1910s-1920s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0037 |
Harper, George F., 1920s-1930s1 image |
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Color Photographic Print P0040/0038 |
Hartley, Eugene F., 19601 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0039 |
Holland, Annie, (L.R. Wilson's mother's cousin), mid-to-late 19th century1 image |
Special Format Box
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Special Format Image P0040/0088 |
Holland, ____, (L.R. Wilson's mother's cousin, male), mid-to-late 19th century1 image Tintype |
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Color Photographic Print P0040/0040 |
Horner?, Mr. and Mrs. George, 1970s-1980s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0041 |
Huntley, Lib, 19411 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0042 |
Hurley, Dr. Daniel (with trained monkey), circa 19051 image "Dr. Dan'l Hurley an Mr. Monkey, Harvard football capt. 1905." |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0043 |
Kent, A. A., June 19062 images House party/parties at Kentwood, home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Kent of Lenoir, N.C. Detailed description/identifications on back of prints. |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0100 |
Kent, Alfred, circa 1930s-1940s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0044 |
Kent, J. Archie, 18971 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0045 |
Kent, J. Archie, circa 19151 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0046 |
Lawrence, Janet, 1940s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0047 |
Liggett family (Rosalie Liggett, etc.), 1940s-1950s4 images |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0048 |
Logan, Alice, Georgia, and Henrietta, 1940s-1950s3 images Hand-colored black-and-white prints. |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0049 |
Lowell, W. R. family, 19531 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0050 |
MacIntosh, Ann, Carolyn Green and others, 19401 image |
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Color Photographic Print P0040/0051 |
Maddox, Terry and Marie, 1970s-1980s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0052 |
Michaux, "Tisch," 1920s-1930s1 image African American woman, labeled Lenoir, N.C. |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0053 |
Murphy, "Paul or Wright," 1890s-1910s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0054 |
Parsons, Ellsworth and Joe Nevin, 1910s-1920s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0055 |
Patters?, Walter, circa 1930s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0056 |
"Reva," circa 1930s2 images |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0057 |
Round, George (L.R. Wilson's great-grandfather), mid-to-late 19th century2 images |
Special Format Box
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Special Format Image P0040/0089 |
Round, George (L.R. Wilson's great-grandfather), mid-to-late 19th century1 image Daguerreotype |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0058 |
Round, Rev. George Hopkins (L.R. Wilson's grandfather), mid-to-late 19th century3 images |
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Special Format Image P0040/0090 |
Round, Rev. George Hopkins (L.R. Wilson's grandfather), mid-to-late 19th century1 image Tintype |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0059 |
Round, Rev. George Hopkins home in Lenoir, N.C., mid-to-late 19th century1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0060 |
Round, Hattie (Mrs. Emory Round), with Robert Round in Baltimore, Md., 1900s-1910s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0061 |
Round, Mary Louise McCants (L.R. Wilson's grandmother), mid-to-late 19th century1 image |
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Photograph Album P0040/0091 |
Round family: album containing various portraits (tintypes and black-and-white photographic prints), mid-to-late 19th century24 images |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0062 |
Sheldon, Alice, mid-to-late 19th century1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0063 |
Smith, Rosalie, late 19th-early 20th century1 image |
Flat Box
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0101 |
Thomas, George, Hannah, and Elizabeth, 19201 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0064 |
Thomas, George and Betty W. Smith at World's Fair, June 19391 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0065 |
Walter?, Frank K., 19001 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0066 |
Weaver, Fred family of Chapel Hill, 1950s-1960s,1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0067 |
Wilson, Alice V., late 19th-early 20th century1 image |
Special Format Box
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Special Format Image P0040/0092 |
"Mother and Alice" (Alice Wilson?), mid-to-late 19th century1 image Tintype |
Flat Box
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0102 |
"Alice Green (Mrs. E. W. Wilson), Edwin Alderman Wilson, " late 19th-early 20th century1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0068 |
Wilson, E. M., 19001 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0069 |
Wilson, E. M.: "E. M. Wilson's buddies, Kirk, Woody, Wilson, Vernon, Blair," 18941 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0070 |
Wilson, George Wood, "in his office in the Justice Department in Washington, DC in the middle 1950s," 1950s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0071 |
Wilson, George Wood, circa 1950s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0072 |
Wilson, Hugh McLean, circa 1930s2 images |
Flat Box
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0103 |
Wilson, Hugh McLean, circa 1930s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0073 |
Wilson, Jethro Reuben (L.R. Wilson's father), early 1900s1 image |
Special Format Box
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Special Format Image P0040/0093 |
Wilson, Mrs. L. J.: "Three school girls: students of mine in Lenoir at Davenport College," mid-to-late 19th century1 image Tintype |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0074 |
Wilson, Louis Round family (most of children Penelope, Mary Louise, Elizabeth, and Louis Jr.), circa 1910s-1950s93 images (2 folders) Includes group portrait of the Chapel Hill High School class of 1930, made in 1929. |
Flat Box
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0104 |
Wilson, Louis Round family (Mrs. Penelope Wright Wilson, children Penelope, Mary Louise, and Elizabeth), circa 1910s-1950s15 images |
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Photographic Print P0040/0075 |
Wilson, Louis Round house at 607 E. Rosemary Street in Chapel Hill, circa 1910s-1950s3 images Black-and-white and color photographic prints |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0105 |
Wilson, Mrs. P. W., Robert N. Wilson Jr., Jane Bliss Wilson, late 19th-early 20th century1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0076 |
Wilson, Robert N. Jr., late 19th-early 20th century1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0077 |
Would?, Rosamond, circa 1920s1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0078 |
Wright, Betty, late 19th-early 20th century1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0106 |
Wright, Betty Vaiden, late 19th-early 20th century1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0079 |
Wright, Mary, late 19th-early 20th century1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0080 |
Wright, Rebecca and Beatrice?, late 19th-early 20th century1 image |
Flat Box
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0107 |
Wright, R. H., late 19th-early 20th century1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0081 |
Wright, R. H. family, late 19th-early 20th century1 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0082 |
Wright family (children Elizabeth, Mary, Vaiden and others, at least some taken in Laurel, Mississippi), 1920s11 images |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0083 |
Wright, John and Margaret, 19091 image |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0084 |
Identified photos, other: Christmas Cards (mostly photographic, one silhouette), circa 1920s-1950s10 images |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0085 |
Identified photos, other: University of North Carolina-related, views of Salem College in Winston-Salem, 1910s-1940s14 images One of 1911 reunion class in naval outfits, one of male cheerleaders. |
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0086 |
Unidentified portraits, various, late 19th century-1960s91 images (3 folders) |
Flat Box
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Black and White Photographic Print P0040/0108 |
Unidentified portraits, various, late 19th century-1940s11 images |
Special Format Box
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Special Format Image P0040/0094 |
Unidentified group of young women, mid-to-late 19th century1 image Cyanotype |
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Special Format Image P0040/0095 |
Unidentified woman,mid-to-late 19th century1 image Tintype |
Special Format Box
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Special Format Image P0040/0096 |
Unidentified woman and child, mid-to-late 19th century1 image Ambrotype |
Black and White Film Box
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Black and White Sheet Film P0040/0001 |
Unidentified group: swimming, picnic, etc., circa 1920s-1930s5 images 2.5 x 4.25 inch Black-and-white film negatives |