Collection Number:
P0097
Collection Title: Earl N. Mitchell Photographs and Related Materials, 1967-1986
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material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are
physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available
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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.
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Creator |
Mitchell, Earl N. (Earl Nelson), 1926-2011. |
Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic
Archives.
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Language |
English |
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- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Earl N. Mitchell Photographs and Related Materials
#P0097, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Acquisitions Information
- Donated in 2012 by Catherine P. Voorhees of Durham, N.C.
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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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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.
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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.
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Series 1. Earl N. Mitchell Photographic Logs, 1967-1986.
6000 images.
Photographic logs extensively detail the location and specifications of the nearly
6000 images Mitchell took from 1967 to 1985.
Information in photograph logs include:
- Roll number/frame number (film)
- Film type
- Lens
- F-stop
- Speed
- Distance
- Filter
- Date
- Hour
- Location
- Light description (environmental)
- Subject of image
- Slide number (slide)
- Keep (yes or no)
Box
1
Folder P0097/0001
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Describes slide trays 1-5.
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Box
1
Folder P0097/0002
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Describes slide trays 5-9.
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Box
1
Folder P0097/0003
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Describes slide trays 9-13.
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Box
1
Folder P0097/0004
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Describes slide trays 13-18.
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Box
1
Folder P0097/0005
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Describes slide trays 18-19.
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Series 2. Earl N. Mitchell Slide Trays, 1967-1986.
6000 images.
Images are described in detail in Earl N. Mitchell photograph logs (series 1).
Box
2
Slide P0097/0006
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 1 (P0097/0001).
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Box
2
Slide P0097/0007
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 1 (P0097/0001).
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Box
2
Slide P0097/0008
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 1 (P0097/0001).
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Box
2
Slide P0097/0009
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 1 (P0097/0001).
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Box
2
Slide P0097/0010
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 1 (P0097/0001).
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Box
3
Slide P0097/0011
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 2 (P0097/0002).
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Box
3
Slide P0097/0012
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 2 (P0097/0002).
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Box
3
Slide P0097/0013
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 2 (P0097/0002).
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Box
3
Slide P0097/0014
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 2 (P0097/0002).
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Box
3
Slide P0097/0015
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 3 (P0097/0003).
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Box
4
Slide P0097/0016
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 3 (P0097/0003).
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Box
4
Slide P0097/0017
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 3 (P0097/0003).
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Box
4
Slide P0097/0018
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 3 (P0097/0003).
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Box
4
Slide P0097/0019
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 4 (P0097/0004).
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Box
4
Slide P0097/0020
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 4 (P0097/0004).
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Box
5
Slide P0097/0021
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 4 (P0097/0004).
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Box
5
Slide P0097/0022
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 4 (P0097/0004).
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Box
5
Slide P0097/0023
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 4 (P0097/0004).
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Box
5
Slide P0097/0024
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides described in Mitchell photograph log 5 (P0097/0005).
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Box
5
Slide P0097/0025
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides appear to be discards from tray 1 (P0097/0006).
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Box
5
Slide P0097/0026
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35mm Black-and-White and Color Slides
Slides appear to be from different periods 1960s-1980s and are not associated with
a tray.
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Processing Information
Processed by: Patrick Cullom, March 2015
Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, March 2015
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