Elizabeth Tannahill Bain Photographic Collection, circa 1890-1933

Collection Number: P0064

Collection Title: Elizabeth Tannahill Bain Photographic Collection, circa 1890-1933

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University Day, University of North Carolina, 1917; P0064_0032_0001, in the Elizabeth Tannahill Bain Photographic Collection #P0064, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Size	0.25 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 240 items)
Abstract	The collection of white University of North Carolina employee, Elizabeth Tannahill Bain (1893-1969) consists of one photographic album dated circa 1914 to 1933 and loose photographic prints. Captured in the album are scenic images of Chapel Hill and the UNC campus including Coker Arboretum, Battle Park, Commons Hall, and University Inn; university events including University Day in 1917 and a 1914 football game; student-led social activities and events; and students training on campus during the First World War. Also included are photographs from Virginia and Tennessee. Loose photographs are chiefly portraits of Bain’s family and friends including her parents Charles Wesley Bain and Isabel Plummer Bain.
Creator	Bain, Elizabeth Tannahill, 1893-1967?
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.
Language	English

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Elizabeth Tannahill Bain Photographic Collection #P0064, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Given in 1999 by Rebecca Warren of Chapel Hill, N.C. Accession no. 30901.

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Processed by: North Carolina Collection, 1997, 2010

Encoded by: Tracy M. Jackson, August 2010; Elizabeth Hull, October 2010

Edited by: Rebecca Stubbs, July 2019

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Charles Wesley Bain papers, 1885-1918 (bulk 1901-1910) [manuscript] in the Southern Historical Collection #02739.
Mrs. Charles W. Bain letter, 1917 [manuscript] in the Southern Historical Collection #1327-z.

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Elizabeth Tannahill Bain (1893-circa 1967) lived at Chapel Hill, N.C. (407 East Rosemary Street, which later became the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House) and Virginia Beach, Va. She was the daughter of Charles Wesley Bain (1864-1915), professor of Greek and Latin at the University of North Carolina, and Isabel Plummer Bain, a native of Petersburg, Va. As an adult, Elizabeth Bain served as department secretary to the Department of Romance Languages at the University of North Carolina. A biographical/historical sketch about the Bain family provided by the donor is included in the box with the photographs.

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The collection consists of one photographic album and loose photographic prints, circa 1890 through 1933. The album, circa 1914 to 1933, has views of Chapel Hill, N.C., and the University of North Carolina campus. Included are photographs of Coker Arboretum, Commons Hall, the University Inn, Battle Park, a 1914 football game, Chapel Hill houses, students training on the campus during World War I, University Day in 1917, and miscellaneous social activities. Also included are shots from Norfolk, Va.; Lancing, Morgan County, Tenn.; and Durant Island, Dare County, N.C.

When captions were provided, they are included in quotation marks below. Photo album page numbering below excludes empty pages in the album (i.e., page 30 is the 30th page in the album with images on it).

Subject matter of the loose photographic prints is primarily the family and friends of Elizabeth Tannahill Bain. The collection includes images of Charles Wesley Bain and Isabel Plummer Bain and their children, Elizabeth Tannahill Bain, Charles Wortley Bain, and Henry Plummer Bain.

Contents list

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1. Photographic Album, circa 1914-1933.
2. Photographic Prints, circa 1890s-1930s.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Photographic Album, circa 1914-1933.

221 black-and-white photographic prints (180 in a 63-page album, plus 41 loose, removed from album).

Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0001	"The Arboretum," circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 01; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0002	"The Arboretum," circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 02; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0003	"The Arboretum," circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 03; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0004	"The Arboretum" (with campus buildings visible), circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 04; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0005	"The Arboretum," circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 05; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0006	"The Arboretum," circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 06; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0007	Old Well and South Building (1), another campus well (2), circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 07; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0008	"Commons; The Inn, erected to receive President Polk when he re-visited his alma mater; The Two Monuments," circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 08; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0009	Chapel of the Cross?, Chapel Hill, N.C., circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 09; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0010	"Across the Street," (Franklin Street), circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 10; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0011	"Fishing, taken by J. M. B.," (portraits of young couple), circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 11; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0012	"Pete," (portrait of young man), "War Dope," (group reading newspapers on porch), circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 12; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0013	Portraits of young people, circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 13; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0014	Portraits of young people, circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 14; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0015	"Battles Park," circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 15; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0016	Waterfall (looks like Linville Falls in Burke County, N.C.), circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 16; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0017	Trees/wooded area, circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 17; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0018	Group gatherings, May 1915 Black-and-white prints Page 18; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0019	"Billy Steele," circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 19; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0020	"Bruce, Theo, and Wort, John Huke," 1915 Black-and-white prints Page 20; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0021	"The Old Observatory; The Campus; The Meeting of the Waters," circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 21; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0022	"Mr. and Mrs. Thornton, Summer School," 1917 Black-and-white prints Page 22; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0023	"UNC vs. USC (football)," "NC 48, SC 0," 12 October 1914 Black-and-white prints Page 23; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0024	Portraits, several of Elizabeth Bain, circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 24; 5 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0025	"Tommy Campbell, Head Coach; Ross Cowan, Asst. Coach; Ross and Tommy; Plymouth, Mass.," (UNC football coaches), 1916 Black-and-white prints Page 25; 7 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0026	"____ Dorong" (?, illegible), "Taken at 6th and B, Washington," (Elizabeth Bain?, with dog), 1918-1919 Black-and-white prints Page 26; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0027	"French Sailors, Norfolk, Virginia," (parade/procession, photos by P. W. Thomas), April 1917 Black-and-white prints Page 27; 5 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0028	"French Sailors, Norfolk, Virginia," (parade/procession, photos by P. W. Thomas), April 1917 Black-and-white prints Page 28; 4 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0029	World War I soldier portraits: "Henry Johnson, killed on daylight patrol, at 10 o'clock on the morning the Armistice was signed at 12 noon; Phil Woolcott; Wort in camp; Keysie; Mr. Leonard" (Wort is Elizabeth Bain's brother Charles Wortley), September 1917 Black-and-white prints Page 29; 6 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0030	"University Day 1917"; "Capt. J. Stuart Allen of Princess Pat's," October 1917 Black-and-white prints Page 30; 5 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0031	World War I: "Students in training" (drilling, digging trenches), 1917-1918 Black-and-white prints Page 31; 9 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0032	World War I student drills, University Day, 1917-1918 Black-and-white prints Page 32; 4 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0033	"Peyton this work" (sic?), "Rock Creek Bridge" (Lancing, Tenn.), Sunbright railroad station, 1917-1919 Black-and-white prints Page 33; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0034	"Rock Creek Bridge" (Lancing, Tenn.), portrait of man, 1917-1919 Black-and-white prints Page 34; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0035	"Margaret Mustard; Dodie; Charles; Me, in Richmond; Keysie and his stick-and-dirt cabin; Dorothy Herty; Mr. Howell's half-century" (various portraits), 1916-1919 Black-and-white prints Page 35; 9 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0036	"Easter" (group portrait on porch steps), 1920 Black-and-white prints Page 36; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0037	"John Huke," circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 37; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0038	Scenes at/near UNC campus (arboretum?), circa1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 38; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0039	"Dora Taylor," group on porch steps, 1921 Black-and-white prints Page 39; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0040	"Katherine Farmer, me and H.T.," "Our Little Girls" (portraits), circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 40; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0041	"Haw River, Summer School," (swimming), 1921 Black-and-white prints Page 41; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0042	"Bain Villa," (group portrait), Spring 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 42; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0043	"Mardi Gras Ball," (costume party), 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 43; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0044	"Mardi Gras Ball," (costume party), 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 44; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0045	"Mardi Gras Ball," (costume party), 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 45; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0046	Portraits: "Bain Villa; Lillie, mother and Wort in Raleigh, UNC 14-State College 0; Grandpa," 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 46; 8 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0047	Portraits: "Summer School 1923; Esther Newberry, George McGehee, Evalina Beckwith; ____, Bill Polk, Vida See and Jim Kirkman," circa 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 47; 4 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0048	Portraits: "Summer School 1923; Esther Newberry, George McGehee, Evalina Beckwith; ____, Bill Polk, Vida See and Jim Kirkman," circa 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 48; 4 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0049	"Durants' Island" (Dare County, N.C.), September 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 49; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0050	"Durants' Island" (Dare County, N.C.), September 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 50; 4 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0051	"Durants' Island" (Dare County, N.C.), September 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 51; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0052	"Durants' Island" (Dare County, N.C.), September 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 52; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0053	"Durants' Island" (Dare County, N.C.), September 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 53; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0054	"Durants' Island" (Dare County, N.C.), September 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 54; 3 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0055	"Durants' Island" (Dare County, N.C.), September 1923 Black-and-white prints Page 55; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0056	Group portrait, circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 56; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0057	"Florida" (house, golfer), circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 57; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0058	"Jamie Fassett; The Colonel and Brother Bill (really a Col., later a Gen.)" circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 58; 2 images
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0059	Group portrait: "Wortley, Me, Mrs. Durham and Eliz., Mother, Josephine Winston," circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 59; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0060	"Elizabeth Durham," (in front of house), circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 60; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0061	"Mrs. Durham and Elizabeth at Bain Villa," circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 61; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0062	Group portrait: "Clara, Peakie, Gerald Mac McCarthy, Me, Elizabeth Durham, Mother, Short Change," circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 62; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Photograph Album P0064/0063	Dirt road, on/near UNC campus?, circa 1914-1923 Black-and-white prints Page 63; 1 image
Image Box IB-P0064/1 Black and White Photographic Print P0064/0064	Loose photographs and drawing removed from photo album: groups/social events, UNC campus scenes and events, World War I soldiers/training, Kemp Battle house, interior of unknown house, one pen-and-ink drawing of child, circa 1923-1933 1 folder (41 images)

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16 items (black-and-white photographic prints).

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Black and White Photographic Print P0064/0065

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Collection Number: P0064 Collection Title: Elizabeth Tannahill Bain Photographic Collection, circa 1890-1933