Andrew Clark Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 13 photographs from Andrew Clark’s research abroad in Africa, specifically Ghana, Senegal, and Guinea. Photos are of him with locals as well as the landscape and architecture in the three countries. Also included in this collection are original, color illustrated art pieces of two different castles in Ghana and a CD of traditional Senegalese music.
Dates
- Creation: 2001 June 14-30, undated
Creator
- Clark, Andrew Francis, Dr., 1955-2011 (Collector, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is available for research use.
Copyright Statement
Copyright 2019 University of North Carolina at Wilmington, all rights reserved (subject to exceptions). Certain items in this collections were conveyed to UNCW without the accompanying copyright.Where the donor did not convey copyright to UNCW, copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical Note
Andrew Clark was born in 1955 in Camden, New Jersey. He graduated from Columbia University in 1976 and received his Master's degree from Ohio University. He received his PhD in African History from Michigan State University. Clark served in the Peace Corps in West Africa for several years. He taught History at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington for 21 years before passing away on January 2, 2011 at 56 years old. Clark was a highly regarded Africana Studies professor with an extensive knowledge of West Africa from his education and travel abroad.
Extent
2 Containers (Contains 1 document box and 1 map case folder)
Language of Materials
No linguistic content; Not applicable
Arrangement
This collection is arranged at the item level.
Acquisition Information
Method and date of acquistion unknown.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Addison Vestal in the Fall of 2019.
Subject
- University of North Carolina, Wilmington (Organization)
- Title
- Andrew Clark Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Addison Vestal
- Date
- 2019 October 21
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository