Elgie Wagstaff

This booklet was made possible by a generous grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council. The Council also provided funding for “Through Our Eyes: A Community Explores Homelessness,” an exhibit and series of free events in November and December 2001 at the Durham County Library.

Additional support for this project came from: Arete Frame and Gallery, Duke University Copy Center, Durham Affordable Housing Coalition, Durham Interfaith Hospitality Network, Durham County Library, Durham Public Schools, Genesis Home, Housing for New Hope, and Urban Ministries of Durham.

Planning Board: Terry Allebaugh, Gary Bauer, Ann Fisher, Stan Holt, Barbara Lau, Rich Lee, and Lisa Yarger

Oral history consultant and editor: Lisa Yarger

Graphic design consultant: Annette deFerrari

I want to thank all of the people who believed in me, helped me and encouraged me as I pursued this project, especially: Kay Alexander, Terry Allebaugh, Anne Allison, Gary Bauer, Libby Searles-Bohs, Sandra Cooley, Paula Dragosh, Ann Fisher, Harlan Gradin, Barbara Lau, Maggie Lee, Rich Lee, Bob Moser, Miles Orvell, Jane Tompkins, Emily White, Lisa Yarger and the late Pat Rogers.

This booklet is dedicated to the sixty-five homeless and formerly homeless people I interviewed and drew from 1991 to 2001, and to the staff at the Durham Community Shelter for H.O.P.E. and Genesis Home, who welcomed me and the project with open arms.

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