P15: John "Jack" Kearins Collection

Creator: John Kearins

Extent: 145 items

Format(s): Black-and-white and color photographs and negatives

Access: Not restricted

Usage Restrictions: The current policies of the North Carolina Collection define the conditions of use.

Provenance: John "Jack" Kearins collected the photographs; Ruth Richard, Carrboro, N. C. donated the collection to the North Carolina Collection in March 1994. Accession no. 30572.

Collection Description: The collection consists of negatives and prints from 1936 through 1990 collected by John "Jack" J. Kearins (1915-1993) of Raleigh, N. C. Kearins was an agent with the U. S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) and spent most of his career working in North Carolina. Many of the photographs document illegal liquor stills in the state and their destruction by ATF agents. Kearins authored the book Yankee Revenooer published by the Moore Publishing Company of Durham in 1969. A copy of the book is filed with the photographic collection.

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