Cedric N. Chatterley photographs, 1983-2013 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Chatterley, Cedric N., 1956-
Abstract:
The photographs of Cedric N. Chatterley span the years 1983-2013, and were created throughout his career as a documentary photographer, beginning with his MFA thesis project on religious experience in the U.S. The photographs are primarily black-and-white prints ranging in size from 8x10 to 18x24 inches. The most prominent themes in Chatterley's work are labor, community, and religious expression. He has photographed chicken slaughterhouse workers in Maine; Cambodian immigrants in North Carolina; David "Honeyboy" Edwards and other Southern blues musicians in Mississippi and on tour; a substance abusers' rehabilitation community in Durham, N.C.; tornado survivors in South Dakota; an abandoned religious theme park in Connecticut; and sheep rancher Judith Fae "Pachy" Burns in Montana. Some of his documentary work also includes oral history interviews. There are also several recordings of interviews with Chatterley, where he speaks about his work as a documentary photographer, and a book by Barbara Lau containing his photographs of Cambodian immigrants. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
Extent:
15 Linear Feet (29 boxes)
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.00219

Background

Scope and content:

The photographs of Cedric N. Chatterley span the years 1983-2013, and were created throughout his career as a documentary photographer, beginning with his Master in Fine Arts thesis project, "Ambivalent Ecstasies/Converging Energies," on American religious experience. The photographs are primarily black-and-white gelatin silver prints ranging in size from 8x10 to 18x24 inches.

The most prominent themes in Chatterley's work are labor, community, and religious expression. He has photographed chicken slaughterhouse workers in Maine; Cambodian immigrants in North Carolina, a project undertaken with Barbara Lau of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University; David "Honeyboy" Edwards and other Southern blues musicians in Mississippi and on tour; a substance abusers' rehabilitation community in Durham, N.C., also with Barbara Lau; tornado survivors in South Dakota who rebuilt their town over a period of ten years; Holy Land USA, an abandoned religious theme park in Connecticut; and a woman sheep rancher's work during lambing season in Montana. Some of the images were taken with Chatterley's hand-built cameras.

A final series consists of materials relating to Barbara Lau's book, From Cambodia to Greensboro, documenting Cambodian immigrants in North Carolina, that includes images taken by Chatterley, and a set of recorded interviews from 2008 in which Chatterley speaks about his career as a documentary photographer. The cassettes have been converted to digital files and use copies are available for access. Original recordings are closed to use.

Series are arranged in chronological order; prints are numbered and captioned by the photographer.

Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.

Biographical / historical:
Chronology List
Date Event
1956 May 6
Cedric N. Chatterley born in Massena, New York
1987 May
Master of Fine Arts thesis, "Ambivalent Ecstasies/Converging Energies," exhibited at the University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale
1988-1989
In collaboration with Steven Cole, conducted six interviews with Linda Lord about her work at Penobscot Poultry in Maine
1999
Publication of I Was Content and Not Content: the Story of Linda Lord and the Closing of Penobscot Poultry, authors Alicia Rouverol and Steven Cole, photographs by Chatterley (Southern Illinois Press)
2002 July
Production completed of Honeyboy, a film documentary on bluesman David "Honeyboy" Edwards, with photographs contributed by Chatterley, directed by Scott L. Taradash
2003
"Each One, Teach One," exhibit featuring the Durham, N.C. program, Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers (TROSA), from a project conducted by Barbara Lau and Cedric Chatterley through the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
2003-2005
From Cambodia to Greensboro: Tracing the Journeys of New North Carolinians, curated by Barbara Lau, photographs by Chatterley; organized by the Greensboro Historical Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
2006
Began making his own large format cameras
2010 January 18-28 March
Exhibit of Chatterley's portraits of "Honeyboy" Edwards and other blues musicians, 1991-1996, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, Durham, N.C., with concurrent exhibitions at the Center for Documentary Studies
2012
"North Carolina at Work: Cedric Chatterley's Portraits and Landscapes of Traditional Labor," exhibit of photographs at the North Carolina Folklife Institute, Durham, N.C.
Acquisition information:
The Cedric N. Chatterley Photographs were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2008, 2009, and 2014.
Processing information:

Processed by Tanner Capps, Kenneth Dasher, and Kathryn Terrell, October 2009

Encoded by Tanner Capps, Kenneth Dasher, Paula Jeannet, Kathryn Terrell, October 2009

Accession 2014-0181 encoded by Levi Crews and Paula Jeannet.

Accessions 2008-0008, 2008-0153, 2008-0167, 2008-0240, 2009-0143, 2009-0218, 2009-0228, and 2014-0181 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Arrangement:

The collection is comprised of nine thematic series: the first is Career Retrospective, 1983-2007, with nine sub-series: Social Events, Religious Iconography, Labor, Southern Landscapes, Travel, Family, Maine Folklife, TROSA, and Downeast North Carolina. The other series are in chronological order: Holy Land, USA; MFA Thesis; Penobscot Poultry; David "Honeyboy" Edwards; Spencer, South Dakota; Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers (TROSA); Sheep Ranching in Montana; Other Images; and Publications and Interviews.

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Subjects

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Subjects:
Amusement parks -- Pictorial works
Poultry plants -- Employees
Cambodian Americans -- Pictorial works
Popular culture -- United States -- 20th century -- Religious aspects
Migrant labor -- Montana
Poultry plants -- Pictorial works
Parks -- Waterbury (Conn.) -- Pictorial works
Immigrants -- North Carolina
Holy Land U.S.A.(Waterbury, Conn.) -- Pictorial works
African American musicians -- Mississippi
Photographers -- South Dakota
Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Maine
Tornadoes -- South Dakota -- Pictorial works
Documentary Photography -- United States
Blues musicians -- Mississippi -- Pictorial works
Women ranchers -- Pictorial works
Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation
Drug addiction -- Treatment
Sheep farming -- Pictorial works
Drug addicts -- Durham (N.C.) -- Pictorial works
Sheep ranchers -- Montana -- Pictorial works
Ranching -- Montana -- Pictorial works
Sheep shearers (Persons) -- Pictorial works
Sheep ranches -- Pictorial works
Format:
Gelatin silver prints
Black-and-white photographs
Audiocassettes
Names:
Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University)
Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.
Penobscot Poultry
Chatterley, Cedric N., 1956- --Interviews
Burns, Judith Fae (Pachy)
Chatterley, Cedric N., 1956-
Lord, Linda, 1948-
Lau, Barbara (Barbara A.)
Edwards, Honeyboy
Places:
Mississippi -- Pictorial works
Mississippi -- Social life and customs
North Carolina -- Pictorial works
South Dakota -- Pictorial works
Spencer (S.D.) -- Pictorial works
Durham (N.C.) -- Pictorial works
Belfast (Me.) -- Pictorial works
Montana -- Pictorial works
Waterbury (Conn.) -- Pictorial works
United States -- Religion -- 20th century

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