by TK Smith | May 13, 2021 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, CHC Project Team Spring 2021, Finding Aids
The Finding Aid (FA) I created for the Black Portrait Photograph Collection was heavily influenced by my experiences working at the Delaware Historical Society as a graduate assistant. I relied heavily on pre-existing FAs at the Delaware Historical Society to create a...
by Danielle Bing | May 12, 2021 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, CHC Project Team Spring 2021, Tintypes
“A photograph is worth a thousand words.” However, the Black Portrait Photograph Collection currently has eleven photographs. In this case, a person could come up with at least 11,000 words for this collection. Photographs hold many purposes for people from...
by TK Smith | May 12, 2021 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, CHC Project Team Spring 2021, Crayon Enlargements
The University of Delaware has acquired nine tintype and two crayon enlargement photographs that have been grouped together and titled the Black Portrait Photograph Collection (BPP). The photographs were purchased for their historical significance, without the...
by Julie McGee | May 5, 2021 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, CHC Project Team Spring 2021
Curating Hidden Collections & the Black Archive (Spring 2021) Spring 2021 marked the second convening of Curating Hidden Collections & the Black Archive seminar. The seminar met virtually; the context of two pandemics, coronavirus and systemic racism, was...
