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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival 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 through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.
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| Size | 32 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3000 items) |
| Abstract | Louanne Watley is aphotographer and poet based in Chapel Hill, N.C. Her work has appeared in Carolina Quarterly, Calyx, and North Carolina Literary Review. This collection consists largely of photographic images taken between the late 1980s and the late 1990s. Images include both black-and-white and color photographic prints, black-and-white 35mm roll film and 120 roll film, and 35mm color roll film and slides. Included in this collection are images from Watley's "Evelyn" series, along with other various subjects, largely taken in North Carolina and elsewhere in the southeastern United States. Also included in this collection are artist books created by Watley, along with commercial publications, advertisements, and articles relating to her work. |
| Creator | Watley, Louanne |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives. |
| Language | English |
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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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Biographical Information
Louanne Watley grew up in Kentucky and earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Duke University in Durham, N.C. Her work has appeared in Carolina Quarterly, Calyx, and North Carolina Literary Review. Her studio and home are in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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This collection consists largely of photographic images taken by Louanne Watley, chiefly between the late 1980s and the late 1990s. Images include both black-and-white and color photographic prints, black-and-white 35mm roll film and 120 roll film, and 35mm color roll film and slides. Included in the collection are images from Watley's "Evelyn" series, images of the Helping Hands Mission Band in Durham, N.C., and images of Kentucky women artists, along with other miscellaneous subjects, largely taken in North Carolina and other states in the southeastern United States. The images in the "Evelyn" series were used by author Kathryn Stripling Byer as inspiration for her 2002 collection of poems Catching Light, a fictional memoir of "Evelyn," a former artist's model who is growing old. Byer attended an exhibit including some of these images at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, N.C., and said, "I can get a voice for this woman." Also included in the collection are artist books created by Watley, along with commercial publications, advertisements, and articles relating to her work.
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Louanne Watley Photographic Collection and Related Materials, circa 1980-1990s
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Arrangement: Contents are listed by box in the order received by the repository.
Titles in quotation marks are original and have been transcribed from the artist's materials.
| Box 1 |
"Evelyn" exhibit, circa 1990s19 images Black-and-White Photographic Prints Contains 18 mounted 11"x17" prints, along with one smaller unmounted print in an envelope. Images are from the "Evelyn" exhibit. |
| Box 2 |
"Evelyn" exhibit, circa 1990s19 images Black-and-White Photographic Prints Contains 11"x 17" mounted prints from the "Evelyn" exhibit. |
| Box 3 |
"Evelyn" series: 11" x 14" photographs, circa 1990s16 images Includes 15 black-and-white photographic prints, along with 1 color photographic print in an envelope. |
| Box 4 |
"Evelyn" series: 8" x 10" photographs, circa 1990s53 images Black-and-White Photographic Prints Some curling from storage. |
| Box 5 |
"Evelyn" series: 5" x 7" work prints, circa 1990sApproximately 400 images Black-and-White Photographic Prints |
| Box 6 |
"Evelyn" series: 5" x 7" and 4" x 5" work prints, circa 1990sApproximately 60 images Black-and-White Photographic Prints |
| Box 7 |
Artist's book, Eve, circa 1990s1 item |
| Box 7 |
"Evelyn" series color negatives and transparencies, circa 1990sApproximately 350 images Includes four folders of images separated by format:
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| Box 8 |
"Evelyn" series publications and photographic postcard, circa 1990s25 items Includes 11 books and four folders:
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| Box 9 |
Mixed formats, circa 1990sApproximately 275 images Contains both black-and-white prints and black-and-white 35mm and 120 roll film. Subjects include Kentucky women, locations on the road to Danville, Ky. and Paint Lick, Ky., a writers conference, and other miscellaneous subjects. |
| Box 10 |
Negatives in binders, circa 1980s-1990sApproximately 4000 images 7 binders, each with a mix of both black-and-white and color 120 and 35mm roll film, along with one large envelope titled "West Virginia negatives." Each binder has a brief, handwritten note on the cover, and there are several contact sheets found throughout the box. Binders include:
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| Box 11 |
Negatives in binders, circa 1980s-1990sApproximately 2750 images 5 binders containing a range of formats, including color 35mm slides, black-and-white 35mm roll film, and black-and-white 120 roll film. Binders include:
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| Box 12 |
"Emerson" series, circa 1990sIncludes black-and-white photographic prints; Polaroid images; the book Shades of the Prison-House; a postcard for the exhibit "The Boy" at Duke Institute of the Arts, in Durham, N.C.; and a folder with magazines, articles, and advertising relating to the "Emerson" series. |
| Box 13 |
"Evelyn" series transparencies: Betty, circa 1990sApproximately 50 images Includes 17 color transparencies individual sleeves, along with approximately 30 transparencies in black paper enclosures. |
| Box 14 |
"Guilford County, N.C.", circa 1980-1990sApproximately 175 images Includes approximately 150 black-and-white work prints, along with an envelope of approximately 25 color and black-and-white photographic prints. |
| Box 15 |
Raleigh, N.C., and Durham, N.C., circa 1980-1990sApproximately 125 images Black-and-White Photographic Prints 3 envelopes of black-and-white photographic prints, which include:
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| Box 16 |
"Kentucky places", circa 1980-1990sApproximately 275 images 11 envelopes of black-and-white and color photographic prints, including:
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| Box 17 |
Miscellaneous subjects, circa 1980-1990sMiscellaneous subjects, including a number of images of Kentucky locations. This box contains both black-and-white and color photographic prints, along with color 35mm roll film. |
| Box 18 |
Kentucky Women Artists series, circa 1990s31 items Black-and-White Photographic Prints Box also includes a copy of the 1996 North Carolina Literary Review. |
| Box 19 |
Helping Hands Mission Band (Durham, N.C.), 19916 items Includes Helping Hands Mission Band artist's book, along with 5 color photographic prints. |
| Box 20 |
Homeless in Raleigh, N.C., 1990Approximately 215 images Black-and-White Photographic Prints |
| Box 21 |
Kentucky Women Artists series, circa 1990s1 item Contains the book 12 Women/12 Lines. |
| Box 22 |
Photojournalism assignments, circa 1980-1990sBlack-and-White Photographic Prints |
| Box 23 |
Alice and William, circa 1990sApproximately 425 images Includes approximately 20 black-and-white prints for exhibition, along with approximately 100 smaller black-and-white work prints and a binder with black-and-white 35mm roll film. |
| Oversize Box 1 |
Oversize prints from "The Boy" series, circa 1990s18 images Black-and-White Photographic Prints Prints are mounted for exhibition. |
| Flat File Drawer 1 |
Oversize prints and artwork, circa 1990s10 images Includes black-and-white photographic prints, along with oversize monotypes, and photographic etchings. Also includes an artist's book related to the "Evelyn" series. |
| Flat File Drawer 2 |
Oversize prints, circa 1980-1990sApproximately 140 images Black-and-white photographic prints, with some associated black-and-white 120 roll film in folders:
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| Flat File Drawer 3 |
Oversize prints, circa 1980-1990sApproximately 140 images Black-and-white photographic prints, with some associated black-and-white 120 roll film and 35mm roll film, in folders:
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| Flat File Drawer 4 |
Miscellaneous prints, film, and artist's books, circa 1980-1990sApproximately 2600 images 14 envelopes containing artist's books created by Watley, printed invitations to shows featuring Watley's work, color and black-and-white photographic prints, black-and-white 35mm roll film, 120 roll film, and sheet film, along with color 35mm film. The envelopes are titled as follows:
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