Gary E. Trawick Photograph Collection, 1993-2016

Collection Number: P0114

Collection Title: Gary E. Trawick Photograph Collection, 1993-2016

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Size	3.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2560 items)
Abstract	Images taken by white photographer Gary E. Trawick depicting scenes made in the 100 county seats of North Carolina between 1993 and 2016. Images chiefly depict courthouses, police stations, and general scenes in the county seats. Also included are notes written by Trawick, reflecting on his visit to many of the locations represented in the photographs.
Creator	Trawick, Gary E.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archive.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

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Copyright Notice: 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 Gary E. Trawick Photograph Collection P0114, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Gary E. Trawick, in December of 2017 (Acc. 103347)

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Processed by: Patrick Cullom, May 2018

Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, May 2018

Updated by: Patrick Cullom, March 2021

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North Carolina County Photographic Collection, circa 1850-2000 (#P0001)

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Gary Evans Trawick grew up in Burgaw, N.C., and graduated from Burgaw High School in 1963. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (1966) and Juris Doctor (1969) degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1969, Trawick began practicing law in Pender County, N.C. working for twenty-six years in private practice. He served as a North Carolina Superior Court Judge starting in 1990. Governor James Hunt appointed Trawick as a Special Superior Court Judge starting 1 April 1999 with reappointments by Governor Mike Easley in 2005 and Governor Beverley Perdue in 2010. Trawick retired after his last term expired in October 2015. He is a resident of Burgaw, N.C., and is the author of Born in Reconstruction, a history of Pender County, N.C., and 100 Years 100 Men, 1871-1972, biographies of 100 prominent North Carolinians.

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Images taken by Gary E. Trawick depicting scenes in the 100 county seats of North Carolina between 1993 and 2016. Images chiefly depict courthouses, police stations, and general scenes in the county seats. Trawick took the photographs during trips he took related to his position as a Judge between 1995 and 2016; eventually holding court in all 100 counties in North Carolina. Also included are notes written by Trawick, reflecting on his visit to many of the locations represented in the photographs.

Contents list

Expand/collapse Series 1. Photographs, 1993-2016.

2,460 items.

Arrangement: Alphabetical by county name.

Notes made by Trawick after visiting a majority of the locations depicted in the photographs can be found in folders P0114/104-107(series 2).

Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/001	Alamance County, Graham, N.C., May 2007 19 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/002	Alexander County, Taylorsville, N.C., February 2012 13 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/003	Alleghany County, Sparta, N.C., August 2012 19 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/004	Anson County, Wadesboro, N.C., November 1999 44 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/005	Ashe County, Jefferson, N.C., April 2103 16 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/006	Avery County, Newland, N.C., December 2012 11 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/6 Image Folder PF-P0114/094	Beaufort County, Washington, N.C., March 1994 54 images Color Photographic Prints (Album), Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/007	Bertie County, Windsor, N.C., October 2012 14 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/008	Bladen County, Elizabethtown, N.C., April 2003 54 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/009	Brunswick County, Bolivia, N.C., January 2001 8 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/010	Buncombe County, Asheville, N.C., Spring 2008 50 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/011	Burke County, Morganton, N.C., April 2006 38 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/012	Cabarrus County, Concord, N.C., May 2011 15 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/013	Caldwell County, Lenoir, N.C., October 2010 19 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/014	Camden County, Camden, N.C., 2014 7 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/015	Carteret County, Beaufort, N.C., August 2006 32 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/016	Caswell County, Yanceyville, N.C., October 2009 12 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/017	Catawba County, Newton, N.C., February [2012?] 17 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/018	Chatham County, Pittsboro, N.C., April 2009 19 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/019	Cherokee County, Murphy, N.C., February 2013 24 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/6 Image Folder PF-P0114/095	Chowan County, Edenton, N.C., September 1994 13 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/020	Clay County, Hayesville, N.C., June 2010 33 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/021	Cleveland County, Shelby, circa September 2010 14 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/022	Cleveland County, Shelby, N.C., 2013 and June 2015 34 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/1 Image Folder PF-P0114/023	Columbus County, Whiteville, N.C., August 2000 18 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/024	Craven County, New Bern, N.C., circa July 2015 30 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/025	Cumberland County, Fayetteville, N.C., April 1994 30 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/026	Currituck County, Currituck, N.C., July 1994 14 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/027	Dare County, Manteo, N.C., October 1994 24 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/028	Davidson County, Lexington, N.C., December 2009 23 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/029	Davie County, Mocksville, N.C., May 2010 19 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/6 Image Folder PF-P0114/096	Duplin County, Kenansville, N.C., January 1994 10 images Color Photographic Prints (album)
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/030	Duplin County, Kenansville, N.C., January 1994 12 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/6 Image Folder PF-P0114/097	Durham County, Durham, N.C., February 1994 12 images Color Photographic Prints (Album), Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/031	Edgecombe County, Tarboro, N.C., August 2010 30 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/032	Forsyth County, Winston-Salem, N.C., October 2001 38 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/033	Franklin County, Louisburg, N.C., February 2010 18 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/034	Gaston County, Gastonia, N.C., November 2009 18 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/035	Gates County, Gatesville, N.C., March 2103 15 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/036	Graham County, Robbinsville, N.C., December 2012 14 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/037	Granville County, Oxford, N.C., July 2012 15 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/038	Greene County, Snow Hill, N.C., July 2003 38 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/039	Guilford County, Greensboro, N.C., June 2009 40 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/040	Halifax County, Halifax, N.C., August 2013 25 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/041	Harnett County, Lillington, N.C., circa July 2016 24 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/042	Haywood County, Waynesville, N.C., December 2011 27 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/043	Henderson County, Hendersonville, N.C., May 2008 23 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/044	Hertford County, Winton, N.C., October 1999 30 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/045	Hoke County, Raeford, N.C., 2016 24 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/046	Hyde County, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke, N.C., 1993 8 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/2 Image Folder PF-P0114/047	Iredell County, Statesville, N.C., June 2010 17 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/048	Jackson County, Sylva, N.C., September 2011 16 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/049	Johnston County, Smithfield, N.C., February 2001 38 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/050	Jones County, Trenton, N.C., 2000 24 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/051	Lee County, Sanford, N.C., December 2004 35 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/6 Image Folder PF-P0114/098	Lenoir County, Kinston, N.C., May 1994 11 images Color Photographic Prints (Album)
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/052	Lincoln County, Lincolnton, N.C., October 2009 25 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/053	Macon County, Franklin, N.C., August 2011 18 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/054	Madison County, Marshall, N.C., April 2004 48 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/6 Image Folder PF-P0114/099	Martin County, Williamson, N.C., November/December 1993 15 images Color Photographic Prints (Album), Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/055	McDowell County, Marion, N.C., July/August 2012 20 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/056	Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, N.C., July 2000 38 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/057	Mitchell County, Bakersville, N.C., December 2000 32 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/058	Montgomery County, Troy, N.C., May 2005 12 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/059	Moore County, Carthage, N.C., August-September 1999 42 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/060	Nash County, Nashville, N.C., March 2000 16 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/061	New Hanover County, Wilmington, N.C., November 2014 30 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/062	Northampton County, Jackson, N.C., August 2015 15 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/7 Image Folder PF-P0114/100	Onslow County, Jacksonville, N.C., February 1994 12 images Color Photographic Prints (Album), Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/063	Orange County, Hillsborough, N.C., July 2004 9 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/064	Pamlico County, Bayboro, N.C., November 2010 8 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/065	Pasquotank County, Elizabeth City, N.C., circa 25 August 2015 32 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/066	Pender County, Burgaw, N.C., October 2014 29 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/067	Perquimans County, Rasco, N.C., 1993 7 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/068	Perquimans County, Hertford, N.C., 1994 18 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/3 Image Folder PF-P0114/069	Person County, Roxboro, N.C., August 2012 13 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/7 Image Folder PF-P0114/101	Pitt County, Greenville, N.C., May 1994 26 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/070	Polk County, Columbus, N.C., February 2010 13 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/7 Image Folder PF-P0114/102	Randolph County, Asheboro, N.C., March 1994 23 images Color Photographic Prints (Album), Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/071	Richmond County, Rockingham, N.C., November 1999 30 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/072	Robeson County, Lumberton, N.C., April 1994 22 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/073	Rockingham County, Wentworth, N.C., May 2011 23 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/074	Rowan County, Salisbury, N.C., November 2010 39 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/075	Rutherford County, Rutherford, N.C., July 2010 12 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/7 Image Folder PF-P0114/103	Sampson County, Clinton, N.C., 1994 12 images Color Photographic Prints (Album), Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/076	Scotland County, Laurinburg, N.C., circa September 2001 40 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/077	Stanly County, Albemarle,N.C., circa April 2004 30 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/078	Stokes County, Danbury, N.C., November 2012 19 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/079	Surry County, Dobson, N.C., December 2005 20 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/080	Swain County, Bryson City, N.C., August 2012 20 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/081	Transylvania County, Brevard, N.C., May 2010 20 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/082	Tyrrell County, Columbia, N.C., autum 2014 20 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/083	Union County, Monroe, N.C., May 2009 11 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/084	Vance County, Henderson, N.C., November 2000 46 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/085	Wake County, Raleigh, N.C., 2016 17 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/086	Warren County, Warrenton, circa July 2012 17 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/087	Washington County, Plymouth, N.C., circa August 2015 34 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/088	Watauga County, Boone, N.C., August 2011 22 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/089	Wayne County, Goldsboro, N.C., 2016 28 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/4 Image Folder PF-P0114/090	Wilkes County, Wilkesboro, N.C., 2013 16 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/5 Image Folder PF-P0114/091	Wilson County, Wilson, N.C., circa July 2000 38 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film
Image Box IB-P0114/5 Image Folder PF-P0114/092	Yadkin County, Yadkinville, N.C., October 2011 26 images Color Photographic Prints
Image Box IB-P0114/5 Image Folder PF-P0114/093	Yancey County, Burnsville, N.C., April 2004 38 images Color Photographic Prints, Color 35mm Roll Film

Expand/collapse Series 2. Notes, circa 1993-2016.

100 items.

Notes written by Gary E. Trawick, describing a majority of the locations where he took photographs.

Image Box IB-P0114/8 Image Folder PF-P0114/104	Alamance County, N.C.-Currituck County, N.C.
Image Box IB-P0114/8 Image Folder PF-P0114/105	Dare County, N.C.-Lincoln County, N.C.
Image Box IB-P0114/8 Image Folder PF-P0114/106	Macon County, N.C.-Rutherford County, N.C.
Image Box IB-P0114/8 Image Folder PF-P0114/107	Stanly County, N.C.-Yancey County, N.C.

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Collection Number: P0114 Collection Title: Gary E. Trawick Photograph Collection, 1993-2016