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Size | 6.2 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 6,000 items) |
Abstract | Earl Nelson Mitchell (1926-2011) was a professor of physics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from the early 1960s until his retirement in 1991. He is author of the photographic textbook, Photographic Science (1984), and co-taught with Ross Scroggs the course, Physics 45: Photography. He and his wife Marlys founded Mitchell Winery located outside of Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1971 and were instrumental in the founding of the North Carolina Winegrowers Association. This collection consists of black-and-white and color 35mm slides taken by Mitchell between 1967 and 1986. Photographs were taken in a number of different locations, mainly in North Carolina, and depict people, events, landscapes, nature scenes, and buildings; many of the images in his writings and instruction of scientific photography. Many of the images were taken on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Also included are images taken by Mitchell as he traveled to different locations across the United States and around the world. Numerous images of Mitchell's family-owned vineyard (Mitchell Vineyard) and other vineyards he traveled to in the United States, France, and Italy are included in the collection. The collection also includes Mitchell's photographic logs created by Mitchell, that extensively detail the location and specifications of almost 6000 images he took from 1967 to 1985. |
Creator | Mitchell, Earl N. (Earl Nelson), 1926-2011. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives. |
Language | English |
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Earl N. Mitchell (1926-2011) was born in Centerville, Iowa on 30 August 1926. He received a B.A. and a M.S. in physics from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Minnesota. He was a professor of physics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from the early 1960s until his retirement in 1991. He is author of the photographic textbook, Photographic Science (1984), and co-taught with Ross Scroggs the course, Physics 45: Photography. He and his wife Marlys founded Mitchell Winery located outside of Chapel Hill, N.C. in 1971, and were instrumental in the founding of the North Carolina Winegrowers Association in 1993.
Back to TopThis collection consists of black-and-white and color 35mm slides taken by Mitchell between 1967 and 1986. Photographs were taken in a number of different locations, mainly in North Carolina, and depict people, events, landscapes, nature scenes, and buildings; many of the images in his writings and instruction of scientific photography. Many of the images were taken on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Also included are images taken by Mitchell as he traveled to different locations across the United States and around the world. Numerous images of Mitchell's family-owned vineyard (Mitchell Vineyard) and other vineyards he traveled to in the United States, France, and Italy are included in the collection. The collection also includes Mitchell's photographic logs created by Mitchell, that extensively detail the location and specifications of almost 6000 images he took from 1967 to 1985.
Back to TopPhotographic logs extensively detail the location and specifications of the nearly 6000 images Mitchell took from 1967 to 1985.
Information in photograph logs include:
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Folder P0097/0001 |
Earl N. Mitchell photograph log 1, April 1967 - December 1968Describes slide trays 1-5. |
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Folder P0097/0002 |
Earl N. Mitchell photograph log 2, December 1968 - December 1970Describes slide trays 5-9. |
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1
Folder P0097/0003 |
Earl N. Mitchell photograph log 3, December 1970 - September 1977Describes slide trays 9-13. |
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Folder P0097/0004 |
Earl N. Mitchell photograph log 4, October 1977 - January 1982Describes slide trays 13-18. |
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Folder P0097/0005 |
Earl N. Mitchell photograph log 5, February 1982 - December 1985Describes slide trays 18-19. |
Images are described in detail in Earl N. Mitchell photograph logs (series 1).
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2
Slide P0097/0006 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 1, April - June 196735mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 1 (P0097/0001). |
Box
2
Slide P0097/0007 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 2, July - October 196735mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 1 (P0097/0001). |
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2
Slide P0097/0008 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 3, December 1967 - May 196835mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 1 (P0097/0001). |
Box
2
Slide P0097/0009 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 4, May - August 196835mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 1 (P0097/0001). |
Box
2
Slide P0097/0010 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 5, September 1968 - May 196935mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 1 (P0097/0001). |
Box
3
Slide P0097/0011 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 6, June - October 196935mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 2 (P0097/0002). |
Box
3
Slide P0097/0012 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 7, October 1969 - June 197035mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 2 (P0097/0002). |
Box
3
Slide P0097/0013 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 8, June - September 197035mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 2 (P0097/0002). |
Box
3
Slide P0097/0014 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 9, September 1970 - August 197135mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 2 (P0097/0002). |
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3
Slide P0097/0015 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 10, August 1971 - October 197235mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 3 (P0097/0003). |
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4
Slide P0097/0016 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 11, October 1972 - January 197535mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 3 (P0097/0003). |
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4
Slide P0097/0017 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 12, June 1975 - June 197735mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 3 (P0097/0003). |
Box
4
Slide P0097/0018 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 13, June 1977 - March 197835mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 3 (P0097/0003). |
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4
Slide P0097/0019 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 14, March 1978 - May 197835mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 4 (P0097/0004). |
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4
Slide P0097/0020 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 15, July 1978 - July 197935mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 4 (P0097/0004). |
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Slide P0097/0021 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 16, July 1979 - June 198035mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 4 (P0097/0004). |
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5
Slide P0097/0022 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 17, June 1980 - April 198135mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 4 (P0097/0004). |
Box
5
Slide P0097/0023 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 18, June 1981 - July 198335mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 4 (P0097/0004). |
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5
Slide P0097/0024 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 19, July 1983 - January 198635mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 5 (P0097/0005). |
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5
Slide P0097/0025 |
Earl N. Mitchell slide tray 1 (discards), circa 1967 - 196835mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides appear to be discards from tray 1 (P0097/0006). |
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5
Slide P0097/0026 |
Earl N. Mitchell slides: Miscellaneous, circa 1967 - 197035mm Black-and-White and Color Slides Slides appear to be from different periods 1960s-1980s and are not associated with a tray. |