{"id":4459,"date":"2026-08-17T21:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll206\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:11:30","slug":"coll206","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll206\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward L. Bafford recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overview<\/h1>\n
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Title:<\/td>\nEdward L. Bafford recordings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call Number:<\/td>\nColl206<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creator:<\/td>\nBafford, Edward L., 1902-1981<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dates:<\/td>\nundated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size:<\/td>\n1 box (.5 linear feet)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language:<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abstract:<\/td>\nTwelve open reel audio recordings of photography classes taught by Baltimore photographer, Edward L. Bafford.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Citation:<\/td>\nEdward Bafford recordings, Collection 206, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h1>\n

Edward L. Bafford (1902-1981), a Baltimore printer and photographer, long-serving member and supporter of the Baltimore Camera Club, and educator. Most well-known for his use of the bromoil process. Taught the Bafford School of Photography for the Baltimore Camera Club and, with photographer Charles Emery, offered a photography class on WBAL radio in Baltimore beginning in 1932. The photography book collection in the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) was named in Bafford’s honor in 1975.<\/p>\n

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Scope & Content<\/h1>\n

Arrangement<\/h2>\n

Reels are numbered 1-7, 7A, 8-9, 9C, 10.<\/p>\n

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Provenance Information<\/h1>\n

Provenance and Acquisition Information<\/h2>\n

Donated by Karen Messick in 2015, PHMS 2015-01.<\/p>\n

Processing Note<\/h2>\n

Items have been rehoused.<\/p>\n

Descriptive Rules Used<\/h2>\n

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)<\/p>\n

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Access & Use<\/h1>\n

Finding Aids<\/h2>\n

Item list available.<\/p>\n

Access Conditions<\/h2>\n

No restrictions.<\/p>\n

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use<\/h2>\n

Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.<\/p>\n

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Subject Headings<\/h1>\n

Creators<\/h2>\n

Bafford, Edward L., 1902-1981<\/p>\n

Subjects<\/h2>\n

Photography<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Series Description & Container List<\/h1>\n

Class recordings<\/h2>\n
Extent: <\/strong>12 audio reels<\/div>\n
Description: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Titles are from the original labels on the audio reels. Arranged by tape number.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n