Photograph from Fisk University Archives

Photographer not known

[Fisk Faculty posed for a photograph], 1888

Gelatin silver print (developing out process)

7 3/16” H x 9 5/16” W

Treatment rationale and goals:

This photograph is part of the archival collection of Fisk University. The WUDPAC Class of 2027 was tasked with

examining and treating a collection of photographs from Fisk University during their first-year Photo Conservation

Block. This collection represents the history of the University—the photographs capture students, faculty, and staff,

and document events, convocations, arts festivals, and campus culture. Preserving these photographs ensures

continued access by current and past students, researchers, and family members of past students and faculty who

access them. The University plans to increase the accessibility of its archives through digitization, so

the photographs must be stable for handling.