Mary Grace Canfield Photographic Collection, circa 1920s

Summary

Creator:
Canfield, Mary Grace, 1864-1946.
Abstract:

Mary Grace Canfield (1864-1946) was a white native of Vermont and the wife of the Reverend Harry Lee Canfield (1860-1942), a Universalist minister working in North Carolina. The Canfields came to North Carolina in the 1920s.

The collection consists of 246 black-and-white photographic prints and 20 photographic negatives that appear to date from the 1920s and are probably the work of Mary Canfield. The images show historic homes, farm buildings, churches, street scenes, gristmills, and monuments throughout the central and coastal regions of North Carolina.

Extent:
246 items (0.5 linear feet)
Language:
Materials in English
Library Catalog Link:
View UNC library catalog record for this item

Background

Biographical / historical:

Mary Grace Canfield (1864-1946) was a white native of Vermont and the wife of the Reverend Harry Lee Canfield (1860-1942), a Universalist minister working in North Carolina. The Canfields came to North Carolina in the 1920s.

Scope and content:

The Canfield Collection consists of 246 black-and-white prints, most of which are mounted on boards, and 20 photographic negatives. The photographs appear to date from the 1920s and are probably the work of Mary Canfield. The images show historic homes, farm buildings, churches, street scenes, gristmills, and monuments throughout the central and coastal regions of North Carolina.

Acquisition information:

Unknown, however, they may have been given to the North Carolina Collection in the 1960s by Mrs. Tempe (S.R.) Prince of High Rock Farm in Rockingham County, N.C. (source: William S. Powell).

Processing information:

Processed by: Patrick Cullom, July 2011

Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, July 2011

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.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these materials, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Mary Grace Canfield Photographic Collection (P0041), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu