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Use this portal to search and explore finding aids, also called collection guides. Finding aids describe collections of primary sources and other unique, original, or rare materials held at Duke University's Rubenstein Library. Materials include manuscripts, letters, organizational records, photographs, audio visual recordings, oral histories, objects, zines, digital materials, and much more.
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Browse Collections by Research Center
- Archive of Documentary Arts 177 collections
- Duke University Archives 874 collections
- Economists' Papers Archive 94 collections
- History of Medicine Collection 70 collections
- Human Rights Archive 65 collections
- John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture 117 collections
- John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History 561 collections
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture 347 collections