Jerome Friar Photographic Collection and Related Materials, 1978-2010

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Summary

Creator:
Friar, Jerome.
Abstract:

Jerome Friar was born in South Carolina and moved to Rocky Mount, N.C., as a child. After relocating to Durham, N.C., in the mid-1970s, Friar took his first step towards what would eventually become a career in free-lance photojournalism with his coverage of a mass meeting of neo-Nazis in western North Carolina in 1980. The images he took at this event were among his first professional works to be published (and remain among some of his most requested images). Shortly after this event, Friar took his camera down to Nicaragua to cover the situation that was unfolding as the Contra War began in the early 1980s. After covering events in Nicaragua, Friar moved to Washington, D.C., so that he could cover events related to socio-economic issues that were being debated at that time. He remained a free-lance photographer, and his works were regularly used in a variety of publications. In 2008, Friar returned to North Carolina, and he currently lives on Topsail Island. He continues to take photographs of people, places, and events on the North Carolina coast and other locations around the state.

The Jerome Friar Photographic Collection and Related Materials contains over 50,000 images created by Jerome Friar, 1978-2010. Included are images that cover broad areas of North Carolina, including Durham, Franklinton, Ocracoke Island, Portsmouth, Roxboro, Topsail Island, Warrenton, and Yadkinville, and topics relating to activities in the state. In addition to materials related to North Carolina are images related to Washington, D.C., where Friar lived for nearly 20 years. These materials primarily focus on issues related to economic injustice, poverty, gun violence, homelessness, civil rights, gay rights, environmental racism, neo-Nazi and Ku-Klux Klan activity, pollution and the environment, and Central American issues. Included are photographs of individuals involved in those issues. During his time in Washington, D.C., Friar paid particular attention to events related to North Carolina. Also included are images taken by Friar in other parts of the United States as well as his images from Nicaragua during the Contra War. The series containing these two subjects (3-4) have not been fully processed and are not currently available to researchers. For information about access the materials in these two series, contact Research and Instructional Services staff [wilsonlibrary@unc.edu]. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.

Extent:
50,000 items (50 linear feet)
Language:
Materials in English
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Background

Biographical / historical:

Jerome Friar was born in South Carolina and moved to Rocky Mount, N.C., as a child. After relocating to Durham, N.C., in the mid-1970s, Friar took his first step towards what would eventually become a career in free-lance photojournalism with his coverage of a mass meeting of neo-Nazis in western North Carolina in 1980. The images he took at this event were among his first professional works to be published (and remain among some of his most requested images). Shortly after this event, Friar took his camera down to Nicaragua to cover the situation that was unfolding as the Contra War began in the early 1980s. After covering events in Nicaragua, Friar moved to Washington, D.C., so that he could cover events related to socio-economic issues that were being debated at that time. He remained a free-lance photographer, and his works were regularly used in a variety of publications. In 2008, Friar returned to North Carolina, and he currently lives on Topsail Island. He continues to take photographs of people, places, and events on the North Carolina coast and other locations around the state.

Scope and content:

The Jerome Friar Photographic Collection and Related Materials contains over 50,000 images created by Jerome Friar, 1978-2010. Included are images that cover broad areas of North Carolina, including Durham, Franklinton, Ocracoke Island, Portsmouth, Roxboro, Topsail Island, Warrenton, and Yadkinville, and topics relating to activities in the state. In addition to materials related to North Carolina are images related to Washington, D.C., where Friar lived for nearly 20 years. These materials primarily focus on issues related to economic injustice, poverty, gun violence, homelessness, civil rights, gay rights, environmental racism, neo-Nazi and Ku-Klux Klan activity, pollution and the environment, and Central American issues. Included are photographs of individuals involved in those issues. During his time in Washington, D.C., Friar paid particular attention to events related to North Carolina. Also included are images taken by Friar in other parts of the United States as well as his images from Nicaragua during the Contra War. The series containing these two subjects (3-4) have not been fully processed and are not currently available to researchers. For information about access the materials in these two series, contact Research and Instructional Services staff [wilsonlibrary@unc.edu]. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.

Acquisition information:

Received from Jerome Friar in 2010.

Processing information:

Processed by: Patrick Cullom and Tracy Jackson

Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, March 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.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Photographers.
Tobacco industry--North Carolina--Photographs.
Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.
Photographs.
Names:
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--North Carolina--Photographs.
United States. Congress. House--Photographs.
United States. Congress. Senate--Photographs.
Friar, Jerome.
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader--Photographs.
Reno, Janet, 1938- --Photographs.
North, Oliver--Photographs.
Places:
Alamance County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Carteret County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Caswell County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Columbus County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Craven County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Cumberland County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Davidson County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Duplin County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Durham County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Franklin County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Granville County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Guilford County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Halifax County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Johnston County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Lenoir County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Mecklenburg County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Moore County (N.C.)--Photographs.
New Hanover County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Northampton County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Onslow County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Orange County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Pender County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Person County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Richmond County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Robeson County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Rockingham County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Sampson County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Surry County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Vance County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Wake County (N.C.)--Photographs.
Warren County (N.C.)--Photographs.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

Materials in Series 3-5 have not been fully processed and are not currently available to researchers. For information about access the materials in these two series, contact Research and Instructional Services staff [wilsonlibrary@unc.edu]. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process. This document will be revised as additional series become available.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by Jerome Friar.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Jerome Friar Photographic Collection and Related Materials (P0090), 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