Rediscovering an American Community of Color : the photographs of William Bullard, 1897-1917

Resource Information

The work Rediscovering an American Community of Color : the photographs of William Bullard, 1897-1917 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Rediscovering an American Community of Color : the photographs of William Bullard, 1897-1917

Title remainder

the photographs of William Bullard, 1897-1917

Statement of responsibility

Nancy Kathryn Burns, Janette Thomas Greenwood

Title variation

Photographs of William Bullard, 1897-1917

Contributor

• Burns, Nancy Kathryn
• Clark University (Worcester, Mass.)
• Worcester Art Museum
• Greenwood, Janette Thomas
• Bullard, William, 1876-1918

Author

• Greenwood, Janette Thomas
• Burns, Nancy Kathryn

Editor

• Burns, Nancy Kathryn
• Greenwood, Janette Thomas

Host institution

• Worcester Art Museum

Photographer

• Bullard, William, 1876-1918

Subject

• Bullard, William, 1876-1918 -- Exhibitions
• Emigration and immigration
• Exhibition catalogs
• History
• Massachusetts -- Worcester
• Pictorial works
• Portrait photography
• Portrait photography -- Exhibitions
• Worcester (Mass.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Pictorial works
• Worcester (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
• 1800-1899
• African Americans
• African Americans -- Massachusetts | Worcester -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works

Genre

• Pictorial works
• History
• Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs

Language

eng

Summary

This book presents a photographic narrative of African American and Native American migration and resettlement in the aftermath of emancipation and reconstruction. Taken between 1897 and 1917 by itinerant photographer William Bullard of Worcester, Massachusetts, these photographs address larger themes involving race in American history, many of which remain relevant today: the story of people of color claiming their rightful place in society and creating a community in new surroundings. William Bullard's heretofore unpublished collection of more than 230 glass negatives presenting the African American and Nipmuc communities of Worcester, Massachusetts, at the turn of the century provides an exceptional opportunity to significantly deepen our understanding of the use of photography at a political and personal level. Unlike most extant photographic collections of black Americans taken in this period, the subjects in Bullard's photographs are identified in his logbook, allowing this book to tell specific stories about individuals and re-create a more accurate historical context. Exhibition: Worcester Art Museum, United States (14.10.2017 - 25.02.2018)

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Dewey number

• 305.896
• 970.980

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits

Index

no index present

LC call number

F74.W9

LC item number

R43 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs