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Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection view detail comment email this

"This site provides access to 1800 of approximately 12,000 images from the Ulmann Photograph Collection." Doris Ulmann (1882-1934) "documented the rural people of the South, particularly the mountain peoples of Appalachia and the Gullahs of the Sea Islands," and also photographed intellectuals, artists, and writers. Searchable and browsable. From the University of Oregon Libraries.
http://boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/ulmann/
Topics: Agriculture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Technology, U.S. History By Place

Last updated Jul 17, 2007


Photographing the Representative American: Margaret Bourke-White in the Depression view detail comment email this

A brief biography of the photographer and a discussion of her work photographing the American South.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CLASS/am485_98/coe/photofrnt.html
Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, United States History

Last updated May 9, 2002


Powerful Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore view detail comment email this

Charles Moore was a photojournalist for Life magazine during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The photographs in this exhibit include brief annotations. Also find biographical material about Charles Moore.
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml
Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Social Issues

Last updated Jan 6, 2005


The Urban Landscape - Digital Image Access Project view detail comment email this

A database of over 1000 images pertaining to urbanism from fourteen separate collections. Most of the photographs are from cities and towns in the South, including some of the 1886 earthquake in Charleston, South Carolina. Other photos show aerial views and city life and architecture in other parts of the U.S. and the world. Part of the Digital Image Access Project organized by the Research Libraries Group Photograph Preservation Task Force and including nine institutions. Links to the others are available on the Project Background page.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/diap/
Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States

Last updated Apr 19, 2002




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