Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Evans Studio photographs
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Evans Studio photographs
- Date
- circa 1930s-1940s (inclusive)
- Creator
- Evans, Arthur P., Jr., 1916-1982
- Extent
- 0.48 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- African Americans.
- Postcards -- 20th century.
- Portraits.
- African Americans -- Kentucky -- Louisville
- Photography -- Kentucky.
- African American photographers.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format. The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters has been processed into discrete collections based on provenance.
- Preferred Citation
- 2009ms132.1086: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Evans Studio photographs, circa 1930s-1940s, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The Evans Studio was a photography studio in Louisville during the early twentieth century. It was located in the Black business district at 819 West Chestnut Street. Arthur P. Evans and Arthur P. Evans Jr. (1916-1982), father and son, were the studio photographers. Notable photographer, Charles "Bud" Ford Dorsey Jr. (born 1941), worked at the Evans Studio in exchange for photographic and film development lessons.
- American Letters collector Wade Hall (1934-2015) was a native of Union Springs, Alabama. Starting in 1962, he lived in Louisville, where he taught English and chaired the English and Humanities/Arts programs at Kentucky Southern College and Bellarmine University. He also taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida. He held degrees from Troy State University (B.S.), the University of Alabama (M.A.), and the University of Illinois (Ph.D.). He served for two years in the U.S. Army in the mid-fifties. Dr. Hall was the author of books, monographs, articles, plays, and reviews relating to Kentucky, Alabama, and Southern history and literature. His most recent books include A Visit with Harlan Hubbard; High Upon a Hill: A History of Bellarmine College; A Song in Native Pastures: Randy Atcher's Life in Country Music; and Waters of Life from Conecuh Ridge.
- Scope and Content
- The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Evans Studio photographs (circa 1930s-1940s; 0.48 cubic feet; 4 boxes) comprise photographic portraits and photographic postcards that document Black children and adults in Louisville, Kentucky in the early twentieth century. The photographs are primarily portraits of a single individual poised in the studio. A small portion of the collection contains photographs at weddings, churches, and in family homes. Also included are two photographs of three Asian children. One of the Asian children photos has Asian letter emboss.
- The Evans Studio photographs collection is part of the Wade Hall Collection of American letters, which includes correspondence and diaries from all over North America covering the time period of the Civil to Korean Wars. The materials were collected by Wade Hall and document everyday men and women.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Photographic portraits, circa 1930s-1940s
Scope and Contents
The Photographic portraits series contains images of Black children and adults. Most of the photos feature only one person. Some photographs portray two persons or groups of people.
Unidentified Black children, circa 1930s-1940s
Unidentified Asian children, circa 1930s-1940s
Unidentified Black people, circa 1930s-1940s
Photographic postcards, circa 1930s-1940s
Scope and Contents
The Photographic postcards series, undated, contains portrait images of Black children and persons. Photographic postcards, also known as real photo postcard (RPPC), is a continuous-tone photographic image printed on postcard stock.
Unidentified Black children, circa 1930s-1940s
Unidentified Black dancers, circa 1930s-1940s
Unidentified Black graduates, circa 1930s-1940s
Unidentified Black people, circa 1930s-1940s
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