by Lauren Bradshaw | Dec 5, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Tintypes, Unknown Location
Portrait of a Seated Man, Tintype, Circa 1860-1869, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Museums, and Press. Portrait of a Seated Woman, Tintype, Circa 1860-1869, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Museums, and Press. This past...
by Alyssa Gorton | Dec 5, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Theorizing the archive, Theory & Practice
Among the most valuable lessons I have learned in this class is that archiving is not wholly individual work. In fact, collaboration and creating “networks, not monuments,” to borrow from Helton’s [1] 2019 work, is integral in designing and upholding a new era...
by Julie McGee | Nov 26, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection
Fall 2023 marked the third convening of Curating Hidden Collections & the Black Archive seminar. The determination, creativity and empathy of the 2023 project team and the contributions of the visiting scholars and teaching cohort, all named below, were essential...
by Alyssa Gorton | Nov 17, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Texas, Theorizing the archive, Theory & Practice
Left: Portrait of two women standing and two men seated, cabinet photograph, c. 1880-1910s, UD Library: Black Portrait Photograph CollectionRight: Portrait, possibly Fannie Williams and Ellen, c. 1880-1910s, UD Library: Black Portrait Photograph Collection The second...
by Olivia Disbrow | Nov 13, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection
Figure 1, Portrait of a woman standing, possibly of Annie Foster, circa 1880-1910. From Black Portrait Photograph Collection. The photograph you see above is a portrait of a woman standing, possibly of Annie Foster. The photograph was created between the years of...
by Olivia Disbrow | Nov 13, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection
When photographs enter into an archive with no research or story attached to them, in what ethical ways can we recover those stories? This a question that is constantly at the forefront when delving into the history of marginalized groups. An essay titled Venus in Two...
