Hampton Institute (University) was founded in 1868 to educate freed slaves following the Civil War. American Indians, former prisoners of the United States Federal Government during the Civil War, also arrived at Hampton Institute in 1878 to be educated and "civilized." Hampton Institute's first mission was as a normal school and a trade school.…

"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…

The visual public record of the early West represents a site of national, continental, hemispheric, and global configurations of territory, power, and imagination. The early photograph reproduces the contradictory encounters between industry, settlers, and Indigenous communities as a particular future is envisioned and contested. The…

Filmmaking is a complex process involving many skills. This text attempts to demystify the process of filmmaking and make film technology accessible. Basic tools and techniques are explained for using either Super-8 or 16mm film formats; however, craftsmanship lessons are relevant and applicable to future technologies. The book is organized into…

A look at the use of visuals in the teaching of social studies in Great Britain. (HB)

Discusses the rationale for the resolution passed by the American Bar Association in 1937 discouraging courtroom photography, and presents recent opinions by judges, attourneys, and photojournalists involving the use of cameras. (RB)

Discusses some of the guidelines yearbook staffs should follow when preparing the layout and planning the photography for the high school or college yearbook. (RB)

A question-answer interview on what can be accomplished in the way of special effects by the photojournalist who knows how to use the darkroom is followed by a discussion on how to achieve such effects. (RB)

Tells how a camera club provides photographs for the school newspaper and yearbook in one high school. (RB)

Historians of photography have failed to explore the origins of the Black Star Picture Agency and how it introduced experienced photojournalists to Henry Luce, a publisher attempting to break new ground in American journalism with the introduction of a picture magazine, "Life," in 1936. Black Star's founders, Ernest Mayer, Kurt Kornfeld,…

How to develop film for classroom use. (HB)

Described are procedures for constructing title slides to make a home-made slide presentation look more professional. (PEB)

Described is an activity that was developed to measure celestial coordinates. Pictures were taken of the asteroid Vesta, coordinates for reference stars determined, and then celestial coordinates of Vesta were determined with assistance of a computer. (RH)