Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection documents the lives of Catholic children in West Belfast during the years of political and religious strife in the 1980s and 1990s, as witnessed by American photojournalist Michael Schwartz. Materials include his negatives, contact prints, photographic prints, and slides, as well as his notes, and correspondence with Belfast photographer Sean Allen. Schwartz's contact prints are marked with his selections providing the full scope of images he shot and his final selection. Most...

Access Note

Collection is open for research, except Series V. Negatives, which are closed due to their format. Contact prints of most negatives are available in Series I. Contact prints.