Collection Number: P0061

Collection Title: Edwin Martin Photographic Collection, 1990-1995

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Image from the collection

P0061/0001: "Print 43: Opening day—scallop dredging, Core Sound, N.C., 1993"; P0061/0001_0047, in the Edwin Martin Photographic Collection (P0061), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Size 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 153 items)
Abstract Edwin Martin began taking photographs in 1980. His North Carolina subjects, taken 1990-1995, include coastal areas, tobacco farming, and Wake County historic buildings. The collection contains images made by Edwin Martin in North Carolina that document people/places/scenes on Harkers Island, Bogue Sound, Shackleford Banks, all in Carteret County; production of tobacco (Franklin, Johnston, and Wake counties); and historic buildings in Raleigh (Wake County).
Creator Martin, Edwin, 1943-
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by Edwin Martin. The images may not be used for the promotion of commercial products or interests, for political advertising, or for placement on the internet.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Edwin Martin Photographic Collection (P0061), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
The Edwin Marin Photographic Collection was donated to the North Carolina Collection in 1999 by Edwin Martin.
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, July 2011

Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, July 2011

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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.

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Martin began taking photographs in 1980. His first extended photographic work focused on traveling circuses, a selection of which was published in 1988 under the title Mud Show: American Tent Circus Life (University of New Mexico Press). His North Carolina subjects include Harkers Island, tobacco farming, and Wake County historic buildings. Other subjects (not in this collection) include metropolitan life in New York and in Paris, people reading, night photography, and public posters.

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The collection contains images made by Edwin Martin in North Carolina that document people/places/scenes on Harkers Island, Bogue Sound, Shackleford Banks, all in Carteret County; production of tobacco (Franklin, Johnston, and Wake counties); and historic buildings in Raleigh (Wake County).

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Harkers Island, Bogue Sound, Shakleford Banks (Carteret County), N.C., 1990-1994.

95 items.

Arrangement: Original.

Print Box 01

Folder P0061/0001

Harkers Island, Bogue Sound, Shakleford Banks (Carteret County), N.C., 1990-1994

Black-and-White Prints

Includes images 1-53 (original numbering):

  • 1. Clarence Willis' Boat, Harkers Island, 1991
  • 2. Julian Guthrie's Boat Plans, Beaufort, 1991
  • 3. Duckboards and Boat, Harkers Island, 1991
  • 4. Boat in Reeds, Harkers Island, 1991
  • 5. Julian Guthrie's Last Boat, Harkers Island, 1991
  • 6. Fiberglass Boats, Harkers Island, 1991
  • 7. Boat in Canal, Harkers Island, 1991
  • 8. Miss Lacy, Harkers Island, 1991
  • 9. Rotting Boat, Harkers Island, 1991
  • 10. Clamming in Shallow Water, Harkers Island, 1991
  • 11. Cultured Shellfish, Harkers Island, 1991
  • 12. Harry Moore Clamming, Harkers Island, 1991
  • 13. Nursing Foal, Shakleford Banks, 1992
  • 14. Foal at Rest, Shakleford Banks, 1992
  • 15. Horses Near and Far, Shakleford Banks, 1992
  • 16. Two Horses, Shakleford Banks, 1992
  • 17. Dock and Sea, Harkers Island, 1992
  • 18. Work Boats at Night, Harkers Island, 1992
  • 19. Sorting Fish (Molly Springer, et al. ), Harkers Island, 1992
  • 20. Fresh Seafood (Cranston Moore), Harkers Island, 1992
  • 21. Fishouse (Elliott Scott), Harkers Island, 1992
  • 22. Two Boats under Construction (Alex Willis), Harkers Island, 1992
  • 23. Boat and Path, Harkers Island, 1992
  • 24. Crab Pots, Refuge Harbor, Harkers Island, 1992
  • 25. Two Fishermen (Eddie Willis and Ryan Rose), Back Sound, 1992
  • 26. Riding to Sea (Eddie and Ryan), Back Sound, 1992
  • 27. Loading the Catch, Back Sound, 1992
  • 28. The Catch (spot), Back Sound, 1992
  • 29. Eddie Willis, Back Sound, 1992
  • 30. Poling to the Net, Back Sound, 1992
  • 31. Drawing the Net (Eddie et al.), Back Sound, 1992
  • 32. The Sea and Cape Lookout, Harkers Island, 1992
  • 33. Stand of Lumber (Lewis Brothers), Harkers Island, 1992
  • 34. Two Boats in Boathouse (Lewis Brothers), Harkers Island, 1992
  • 35. Decoys (Lewis Brothers boathouse), Harkers Island, 1992
  • 36. Workbench (Lewis Brothers), Harkers Island, 1992
  • 37. Stevie Lewis, Harkers Island, 1992
  • 38. Boats, Net, Flag (Stevie Lewis), Harkers Island, 1992
  • 39. Model Boats Drying (Stevie Lewis), Harkers Island, 1992
  • 40. Boat Ribs (Lewis Brothers), Harkers Island, 1992
  • 41. Decoy Forms (Norman Hancock), Harkers Island, 1992
  • 42. Refuge Harbor, Harkers Island, 1992
  • 43. Boathouse Sink (Vance Gillikin), Harkers Island, 1992
  • 44. Sportfish Catch, The Fishing Center, Harkers Island, 1992
  • 45. Busted Engine, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 46. Beach Road, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 47. Scallop Dredging Begins, Core Sound, 1993
  • 48. Raising the Scallop Basket (Eddie), Core Sound, 1993
  • 49. Culling Scallops (Eddie), Core Sound, 1993
  • 50. Shucking Scallops (Vonda Willis), Harkers Island, 1993
  • 51. Making Crab Pots (Peter and Eddie Willis), Harkers Island, 1993
  • 52. Eddie with Crab Pot, Back Sound, 1993
  • 53. Setting Crab Pots (Dan Irvine and Eddie), Back Sound, 1993
Print Box 01

Folder P0061/0002

Harkers Island, Bogue Sound, Shakleford Banks (Carteret County), N.C., 1990-1994

Black-and-White Prints

Includes images 54-95 (original numbering):

  • 54. Altar and Baptismal (Huggins Memorial Baptist Church), Harkers Island, 1993
  • 55. Organ (Refuge Fellowship Church for all People), Harkers Island, 1993
  • 56. Side View of Chapel (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), Harkers Island, 1993
  • 57. Island Cemetery, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 58. Soft-shell Crabbing (Eddie and Peter), North River, 1993
  • 59. Soft-shell Crab Tanks (Peter and Eddie), Harkers Island, 1993
  • 60. Island Cemetery, Night, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 61. Wayward Crab Pot, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 62. The Fishing Center's Boathouse, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 63. Fishing Inn Campground, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 64. Crab Pots under Sycamore, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 65. Island Home, July 4th, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 66. Sailfish, Eastard Variety Store, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 67. Boots, Eastard Variety Store, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 68. Georgia Lewis, Lifelong Islander, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 69. Miss Sherlie (Durwood Gillikin, David Willis, Ryan), Back Sound, 1993
  • 70. Waiting for Fish (Ryan, Jamie Willis, Donza Lee Willis), Back Sound, 1993
  • 71. Casting the Net (Ryan and David), Back Sound, 1993
  • 72. Pulling the Net (Ryan and David), Back Sound, 1993
  • 73. Pulling the Net (Jamie, Durwood, Eddie), Back Sound, 1993
  • 74. Approaching the Pole (Eddie, Ryan, Jamie, David, Durwood), Back Sound, 1993
  • 75. All Pull (Jamie, Ryan, David; Eddie, Donza Lee), Back Sound, 1993
  • 76. At the Pole (Donza Lee, Eddie), Back Sound, 1993
  • 77. Four Men in a Boat (Jamie, Ryan, Donza Lee, David), Back Sound, 1993
  • 78. Shoveling out the Hold, Marshallburg, 1993
  • 79. Harkers Island Post Office 28531 (Elaine Yeomans), Harkers Island, 1993
  • 80. Workboats with Nets, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 81. Shrimp Sign, Core Creek, 1993
  • 82. At the Keg (David Rose, Randy Wade), Harkers Island, 1993
  • 83. Three Boats, Bogue Sound, 1993
  • 84. Special, Carteret County, 1993
  • 85. North Harbor, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 86. Island Home with Truck, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 87. Island Bungalow, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 88. Shell Mound, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 89. Shellfish Beds, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 90. Decoy Judging, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 91. Core Sound Decoy Festival, Harkers Island, 1993
  • 92. Crab Pots on the Beach, Harkers Island, 1994
  • 93. Elections, Carteret County, 1994
  • 94. Scalloping the Hard Way, Ward Creek, 1994
  • 95. Bogue Sound, 1994
Print Box 01

Folder P0061/0003

Original list of prints in series, 1990-1994

Original list of materials.
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22 items.

Arrangement: Original.

Print Box 01

Folder P0061/0004

Production of tobacco in N.C. (Franklin, Johnston, and Wake counties), 1993-1995

Black-and-White Prints

Includes (original numbering):

  • 0. Tobacco Warehouseman, 1993, Smithfield (Johnston County)
  • 00. Tobacco Family, 1993, Smithfield (Johnston County)
  • 1. Preparing Seed Beds, 1994, Zebulon (Wake County)
  • 2. Irrigation Pipe, 1994, Zebulon (Wake County)
  • 3. Laying Pipe, 1994, Zebulon (Wake County)
  • 4. Adjusting Sprinkler, 1994, Zebulon (Wake County)
  • 5. Last Year's Tobacco, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 6. Seed Beds, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 7. Tree, Gourds, Tractor, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 8. Picking Seedlings (Four Men), 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 9. Picking Seedlings (Three Men), 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 10. Six Planters, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 11. Five Planters, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 12. Cemetery and Planters, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 13. Tobacco Curing, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 14. Tobacco Field, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 15. Tending Seed Beds, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 16. Old Truck, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 17. Topping Tobacco (One Man), 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 18. Topping Tobacco (Two Men), 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 19. Picker and Driver, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 20. Two Pickers, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 21. Loading a Barn, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 22. At the Turntable, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 23. Making Bundles, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 24. Sold Bundles, 1994, Louisburg (Franklin County)
  • 25. Waiting for Auction, 1994, Louisburg (Franklin County)
  • 26. Waiting Trio, 1994, Louisburg (Franklin County)
  • 27. Auction, 1994, Louisburg (Franklin County)
  • 28. Tagging Bundles, 1994, Louisburg (Franklin County)
  • 29. Scales, 1994, Louisburg (Franklin County)
  • 30. Break -- One Picker, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 31. Five Men on Break, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 32. Break -- Two Pickers, 1994, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 33. Covering Seed Beds, 1995, Wendell (Wake County)
  • 34. Tending Seed Beds, 1995, Wendell (Wake County)
Print Box 01

Folder P0061/0005

Original list of prints in series, 1995

Manuscripts

Original list of materials.
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22 items.

Arrangement: Original.

Print Box 01

Folder P0061/0006

Historic buildings in Raleigh (Wake County), N.C., 1995

Black-and-White Prints

Includes (original numbering):

  • 5b. White-Holman House, 206 New Bern Avenue
  • 6. Andrew Johnson House, Mordecai Historic Park
  • 7 & 14. Badger-Iredell Law Office (left) and the Old Raleigh Post Office (right), Mordecai Historic Park
  • 7a. State Bank Building, 123 New Bern Avenue
  • 12a. State Capitol
  • 16a. Christ Episcopal Church, 120 East Edenton Street
  • 17. Oak View, Poole Road at I-440
  • 19. Chapel at Saint Mary's College
  • 19b. First Baptist Church, 99 North Salisbury Street
  • 20f. Heck-Pool House, 218 North East Street
  • 23. Century Post Office
  • 24. Merrimon House / Wynne Hall, 526 North Wilmington Street
  • 27. Leonidas R. Wyatt House, 109 South Bloodworth Street
  • 34. Borden Building, Fletcher Park
  • 34b. Marshall-Harris-Richardson House, 116 North Person Street
  • 35a. Andrew Goodwin House, 220 Hillsborough Street
  • 35c. Montgomery House, 214 New Bern Avenue
  • 43a. Tucker House, 416 North Person Street
  • 43d. Andrews-London House, 301 North Blount Street
  • 49. Needham Broughton High School, 723 St. Mary's Street
  • 53. Raleigh Little Theatre / Amphiteatre / Rose Garden, Pogue and Gardner Streets

Print Box 01

Folder P0061/0007

Original list of prints in series, 1993-1995

Manuscripts

Original list of materials.
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