DSU to sell, protect, restore images under agreement with Getty

Delaware State University has agreed to archive, preserve, and market its photography library.

Through this collaboration with Getty Images, DSU has improved its capability to tell the story of its development since its founding as Delaware’s only historically Black higher education institution in 1891.

That history includes its generations of alumni and their contributions, including Steve Ewing, longtime Ford automobile franchisee; Cathleen Trigg-Jones, actress, producer, and Emmy award-winning journalist; Aaron D. Spears, film and TV actor; SZA, multi-Grammy award singer; Eric Dickens film and TV producer, writer, and director; and John Taylor, NFL Pro Bowl and San Francisco 49ers wide receiver.

DSU has also hosted h visitors such as U.S. President Joe Biden, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Exelon CEO Calvin Butler, former Publisher of the Washington Post Don Graham, singing artist John Legend, and NBA Hall of Famer and entrepreneur Magic Johnson.

“The world deserves to see the import and rich history of Delaware State University and our ever-careful eye toward the future,” said University President Tony Allen. “Our new partnership with Getty Images dramatically increases our exposure and provides visual representations of our bold vision – the most substantively diverse, contemporary, and unapologetic HBCU in the world.”

Through this partnership, Getty Images will manage the post-production costs to restore thousands of images from DSU’s Archives. This funding comes from the company’s HBCU Photo Archive Grants Program provided by the Getty Family and Stand Together. The new archival content will be available for licensing via Getty Images’ global distribution platform. Costs run $175 to $400.

Getty Images’ HBCU program partner, Epson America, Inc., donated a scanner and software. Additionally, Getty Images’ program partner, Adnet Global, a renowned post-production agency specializing in the digitalization, restoration, and discoverability of visual analog historic libraries in the photo digitization process, will ensure that DSU’s digital replicas are enriched with meticulously applied metadata to improve access and searchability of DSU’s historical images on 

Images are available for viewing and sale at Delaware State University’s archival images on gettyimages.com, at Getty’s site.