Eastern North Carolina Tobacco and Harkers Island Photographs

1990s
Manuscript Collection #1456
Creator(s)
Martin, Edwin Alex
Physical description
0.50 Cubic Feet, 2 flat boxes, consisting of photographs, letter, inventory lists, and a publication
Preferred Citation
Eastern North Carolina Tobacco and Harkers Island Photographs (#1456), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
The collection is open for research.

This collection contains 8" x 10" photographs taken by Edwin A. Martin when he was a professor in the Philosophy Department at North Carolina State University and Curator of Photography at the North Carolina State University Visual Arts Center in the 1990s. The tobacco images cover a season of tobacco farming in the Wendell, North Carolina, area from planting through auction. The images of Harkers Island, North Carolina, document the daily life of the local fishing population. A 1998 publication Hope for a Good Season containing some of these Harkers Island photographs is also included.


Administrative information
Custodial History

This collection contains 8" x 10" photographs taken by Edwin A. Martin when he was a professor in the Philosophy Department at North Carolina State University and Curator of Photography at the North Carolina State University Visual Arts Center in the 1990s. The tobacco images cover a season of tobacco farming in the Wendell, North Carolina, area from planting through auction. The images of Harkers Island, North Carolina, document the daily life of the local fishing population. A 1998 publication Hope for a Good Season containing some of these Harkers Island photographs is also included. Gift of Edwin A. Martin.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Edwin A. Martin

Processing information

Processing completed August 2024 by Martha Elmore

Copyright notice

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Container list
Box 1 Folder a Photographs (1993-1994) related to growing tobacco in Smithfield, Wendell, and Zebulon, North Carolina.
Box 1 Folder b Photographs (1994) related to growing and curing tobacco in Wendell, North Carolina.
Box 1 Folder c Photographs (1994-1995) related to picking and auctioning tobacco, and tending tobacco seed beds in Wendell and Louisburg, North Carolina.
Box 1 Folder d Publication "Hope for a Good Season" (subtitle The Ca'e Bankers of Harkers Island) by Carmine Prioli (text) and Edwin Martin (photographs), 1998.
Box 2 Folder a Photographs of the life of the local fishing population in Harkers Island, North Carolina. 1990s.
Box 2 Folder b Photographs of the life of the local fishing population in Harkers Island, North Carolina. 1990s.
Box 2 Folder c Photographs of the life of the local fishing population in Harkers Island, North Carolina. 1990s.