by Jamie Clifford | Nov 8, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Texas
Recto: a photograph of a baby — chubby limbs not quite still for his portrait, gaze curious but unfocused — nestled in a fur rug atop a rattan chair. Verso: “Cecil Allen” scrawled in pencil. Beneath it, possibly written in a different hand: “Dead.” Who was Cecil...
by darbywit | Jul 27, 2021 | Finding Aids
The finding aid, as a tool to present an archival collection to the public, has gained even greater significance in recent years as the coronavirus pandemic and resultant international stay-at-home orders further limited—and continue to limit—the kind of interactions...
by darbywit | Jun 23, 2021 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Tintypes
Despite the worn iron plate marked by dents and scratches, the yet-to-be-identified sitter’s curious and determined eyes connect with the viewer (See Figure 1). We, the contemporary viewer, do not know her name nor the context in which this photograph was made....
by dstat | May 20, 2021 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Finding Aids
At first, I came into this course thinking I knew nothing about archives and was slightly scared that I would get lost along the way. Curating a recently made collection with little to no background involves multiple steps such as creating metadata, Finding Aids,...
by dstat | May 20, 2021 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Tintypes
Portrait of four men, two seated, two standing, c. 1860-1880, tintype (collodion and silver image on japanned iron) GRA 0140Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark,...
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...
