Documentary photography collection, 1979-2002.

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Documentary photography collection, 1979-2002.

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Photographic projects (1979-1997) by students of Public Policy at Duke and UNC. Many focus on the social life and customs of persons living in Durham, NC. Other projects concern Chuck Davis and the African-American Dance Company; the Durham Kennel Club; laid-off mine workers in the midwest; the Inter-Faith Council Community Kitchen (Chapel Hill/Carrboro, N.C.); and the North Carolina School of Science and Math. Some projects include written reports. Among those teaching courses at the Center for Documentary Photography were Alex Harris, Bill Bamberger, and Margaret Sartor. Also includes grant-supported projects by Eric Green, Kate Rhodenbaugh, and Carolina Wang; a videotape by Donna Lennard; and prints by Bill Bamberger. In 1989 the Center for Documentary Photography changed its name to the Center for Documentary Studies. Addition (02-257)(54 items, .4 lin. ft.; dated 1998-2002) consists of final projects from Margaret Sartor's Public Policy 176S class, American Communities: Documentary Photography, from Fall of 1998 through Spring of 2002. Most projects are comprised of slides, some accompanied by written essays. Also included are photographic prints, digital images printed on non-archival paper, and 3 analog audiocassettes. Students documented communities in the Durham, NC, area, with a focus on the following community issues: police relations; theater; gardens; Asian, Latino, and African migrants; early education facilities; and southern folk culture.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Harris, Alex, 1949-....

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Documentary photographer based in Durham, N.C.; co-founder of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. From the description of Alex Harris photographs and papers, 1970-2003. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 46345761 Alex Harris is a documentary photographer who co-founded the series of South African documentary projects represented in part by the works in this collection. From the description of South Africa Documentary Photographs col...

Chuck Davis' African American Dance Ensemble.

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Durham Kennel Club, Inc.

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The Durham Kennel Club, Inc., in Durham, N.C., was organized in 1928 by "... owners and lovers of dogs, ... with the one idea of stimulating interest in better dogs." The Club has held dog shows and obedience trials since 1928. From the description of Durham Kennel Club, Inc. records, 1938-1997 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 40931323 According to the announcement of the first bench show of the Durham Kennel Club, Inc., the Club was organized in 1928 "... to p...

Davis, Chuck, 1937-

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Sartor, Margaret

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Documentary photographer and instructor at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. From the guide to the Margaret Sartor Photographs, 1984-2003, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Documentary photographer and instructor at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in Durham, N.C. From the description of Margaret Sartor Papers and Photographs, 1985-2000. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id...

Duke University. Center for Documentary Photography

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Center established for the study of the documentary process. From the description of Documentary photography collection, 1979-1994. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36635617 From the description of Documentary photography collection, 1979-2002. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 79664195 ...

Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies

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The Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor documentary prize is awarded by Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies to a writer and a photographer in the early stages of a documentary project. The prize was created to encourage collaboration between documentary writers and photographers in the tradition of the acclaimed photographer Dorothea Lange and writer and social scientist Paul Taylor. From the description of Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Exhibition collection, 1996-2003. (Duke Univer...

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

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Bamberger, Bill.

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Photographer; teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil. From the description of Bill Bamberger photographs, 1992-1997. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43297727 Photographer; teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From the description of Photographs, 1992-1997. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 82629945 ...