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freemanroland Inventory of the Roland L. Freeman Photographs, 1969-1985 Processed by: Meghan Lyon; machine-readable finding aid created by: Meghan Lyon David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: October 2010Processed by Meghan Lyon, September 2010; finding aid encoded by Meghan Lyon, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, October 2010 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Roland L. Freeman Photographs, 1969-1985 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Freeman, Roland L., 1936- Roland L. Freeman Photographs, 1969-1985 Material in English 2.0 Linear Feet 12 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. American photographer devoted to recording the lives of rural and urban African Americans. Collection consists of Freeman's Portfolio, a 1997 limited edition portfolio of twelve 16x20 gelatin silver prints depicting everyday life in the South, dating 1969-1985. This Portfolio is Number 33 of 45. Prints include Freeman's signature on the bottom right corner. Accompanying pamphlet includes essays about the photographer and a title list for the photographs. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University). Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Roland L. Freeman Photographs, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Provenance

The Roland L. Freeman Photographs were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2009.

Processing Information

Processed by Meghan Lyon, September 2010

Encoded by Meghan Lyon, October 2010

This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Biographical Note

Roland L. Freeman, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, is the founder and president of The Group for Cultural Documentation, Inc. He began his photography career in the 1960s during the Civil Rights Movement. Freeman's interest in documenting people, particularly African Americans, has centered on folklore and everyday life. He has worked with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage since 1972, and has taught and lectured at universities throughout the country. In addition, his photography has been published in Life, Newsweek, Forbes, National Geographic, Essence, as well as numerous international publications. His photographs have also been exhibited throughout the world.

Freeman's books include Something To Keep You Warm: The Roland Freeman Collection of Black American Quilts from the Mississippi Heartland (1979), Southern Roads/City Pavements: Photographs of Black Americans (1981), Stand By Me: African American Expressive Culture in Philadelphia (1989), The Arabbers of Baltimore (1989), Margaret Walker's 'For My People': A Tribute (1992), A Communion of the Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories (1996), and The Mule Train: A Journey of Hope Remembered (1998). In 2007, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship, along with the NEA's Bess Lomax Hawes Award.

More information on Roland Freeman can be found on The Group for Cultural Documentation's website, http://www.tgcd.org/.

Collection Overview

Collection consists of Freeman's Portfolio, a 1997 limited edition portfolio of twelve 16x20 gelatin silver prints depicting everyday life in the South, dating 1969-1985. Areas represented include Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Washington, D.C. This Portfolio is Number 33 of 45. Prints include Freeman's signature on the bottom right corner. Accompanying pamphlet includes essays about the photographer and a title list for the photographs. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University).

Subject Headings

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Freeman, Roland L., 1936- Freeman, Roland L., 1936-. Portfolio. Documentary photography--Southern states. Mississippi-Pictorial works. Maryland--Pictorial works. South Carolina--Pictorial works. Georgia--Pictorial works. Alabama--Pictorial works. Gelatin silver prints. Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University) Related Material

The Roland L. Freeman Papers are held by the Auborn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, a division of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.

Contents of Collection Portfolio, 1997 (1 box)

Photographs date from 1969-1985. Title list included below.

1Peter, East Baltimore, June 1969 Community elders, Mississippi, July 1975 Cigar box fiddler Scott Dunbar, Mississippi, July 1975 Gandy dancers (railroad workers), Mississippi, August 1976 Sunday baseball game, near Buffalo, Mississippi, September 1976 Shopping on Gay Street, East Baltimore, Maryland, 1973 Left to right: Ruby Quick, Wilford Streeter, and Claudie Mae Bright. In the sand hills, near Bennettsville, South Carolina, 1979 Hallway of Polk home, Americus, Georgia, April 1971 Getting acquainted, Sunday afternoon in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland, August 1973 Howard University student, Washington, D.C., June 1979 Before Sunday evening service, St. Helena Island, South Carolina, June 1980 Mrs. Viola Allen, Africatown, Alabama, November 1985