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DocuSign Envelope ID:AD5F5195-5261-42DC-B9BC-0C3A2COAA716 <br /> Proposed Project: <br /> Artist: Susan Simone <br /> Restoration of photographic images from the Photo/Oral History project Portraits of <br /> Northside: The Story of an African-American Community in Chapel Hill, NC. <br /> Summary: <br /> Funds for this project will be used to digitize and reprint the visual materials created <br /> in 1998 for Portraits of Northside. The objective is to translate the original print <br /> materials into a digital format so that they can be reproduced more easily for <br /> exhibition and preserved in the digital archives at UNC. <br /> Background <br /> In 1996-1998 I conducted oral history interviews, photographed residents and <br /> collected old family photos in the Northside Community in Chapel Hill, NC. This is <br /> the area where African Americans first came to live as farmers and later as laborers <br /> at UNC Chapel Hill. Many of the people I interviewed in 1998 were born in the area <br /> before it was incorporated. They witnessed the daily travel to and from the <br /> University laundry, attended the Orange County Training School (now Northside <br /> School), and worshiped in the local churches. <br /> The photographic work and text were exhibited at the Chapel Hill Town Hall, the <br /> Horace Williams House, and the Chapel Hill Public Library in conjunction with <br /> several community programs. At the end of the project the oral history tapes were <br /> placed in the archive at the Wilson Library at UNC. With the advent of digital <br /> technology, those tapes were transferred to digital storage and are now available for <br /> listening. <br /> The Town of Chapel Hill purchased some of the photographic composites. Others <br /> were donated to the Midway Business Center, a business incubator that includes <br /> the offices of EmPOWERment, Inc., an affordable housing program serving Orange <br /> County. <br /> Work to be done <br /> Over the years, there has been a lot of wear and tear from poor lighting, changes in <br /> air conditions, and general aging of the materials. The Northside community has <br /> also changed radically. It is now more important than ever to transfer this history to <br /> a format that can be archived and reproduced. <br /> On the occasion of the 2016 celebration of the 20th Anniversary of EmPOWERment, I <br /> am proposing a project to scan and recreate the original silver & color print <br /> composites using digital technology. <br /> Simone - Portraits of Northside -page 1 <br />