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The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Volume 19, Number 2
Library Lines
Mary Livermore Library
August 2010
The Elmer W. Hunt Photograph Collection
by Anne H. Coleman
The acquisition of this unique and historical collection of photographs was made possible through the work of
Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery and her colleagues with the Lumbee River Fund project. The collection consists
of photographs taken by Elmer Hunt Sr., a local photographer who died in 1987. Mr. Hunt graduated from
the University in 1953 when it was Pembroke State College and he served as the University’s photographer
from 1953 to1973. He also took photographs in the local schools and throughout the community, including at
funerals and weddings. There are thousands of photographs of members of the Pembroke, UNCP, and sur¬
rounding communities in the collection.
Dr. Lowery explains, “Elmer Hunt’s son Bill donated all of his father’s photo negatives
to the University. After a meeting with Karen Glynn, Duke University library’s
photoarchivist, we determined that the collection was in fairly good shape and con¬
tained thousands of photographs. The collection ranges from the late 1940s to the
1980s, and activities covered include family reunions, birthday parties, Lumbee Re¬
gional Development Association (LRDA) events, Strike at the Wind!, and numerous
other public and private occasions. It is a phenomenal record of our life and culture in
the twentieth century — most tribes would love to have a collection of this size, com¬
pleteness, and significance."
Dr. Linda Oxendine, Chair of UNCP’s American Indian Studies Department from
1989 to 2006, took charge of preserving the collection and worked to scan the nega¬
tives and save them on CDs. Students and interns began to sort, describe, and cata¬
log the negatives.
Elmer W. Hunt
In spring 2005, with her retirement impending, Dr. Oxendine transferred the collection
Photo from university Archives Mary Livermore Library for continued development and preservation. Library
staff members Lillian Brewington and Carlene Cummings spent a year sorting and
categorizing the more than 53,000 negatives. The negatives were then sent to the National Archive Publish¬
ing Company (NAPC) to be scanned, digitized, and saved to external computer hard drives.
The Library has begun a project to add many of these historical images to an online archival database, CON-
TENTdm, where the digital images will for the first time be available for public viewing. The Library will be
asking for assistance with collecting data on the images. Beginning on June 26, 2010, the Library exhibited
some of the photographs for the first time during the week of Lumbee Homecoming. A display was prepared
in the Library with three notebooks of photos on a table in the downstairs foyer. Signs asking community
members to assist in the identification of the photographs were placed in various locations in the Library and
on campus. Community members were also asked to volunteer to work with library staff members to continue
to get as much information on the historical photographs as possible.
The Library is planning several events in the near future, when members of the community will be able to
come and view the photos, identify individuals, and perhaps tell some stories about Mr. Hunt and the unique
Lumbee history that he captured for posterity through his photographs. The first viewing/identification event is
scheduled for September 29, 2010, during Pembroke Day; a second event is scheduled for November 9,
2010, during Native American Heritage Month. A full schedule of planned events is listed on Page 6 of this
newsletter.