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13-Month Crop: One Year in the Life of a Piedmont Virginia Tobacco Farm, 2000-2001 1.5 Linear Feet — 38 photographic prints
Series contains 38 11x14 inch black-and-white (gelatin silver) prints by photographer Jesse Pyrant Andrews, featured in a solo exhibit at Duke University's Perkins Library in 2002. Andrews spent one tobacco farming season, April 2000 to April 2001, using a traditional film camera to document the lives of the people who cultivate tobacco on the Moore family farm in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Images portray the white farm family members as well as seasonal migrant farmworkers. Tobacco farming is so labor-intensive that it is often called a "13-month crop."
Bill Davis and Davis family, 1976-2006 and undated .5 Linear Feet — 18 photographic prints
Series is made up of 18 11x14 inch black-and-white (gelatin silver) photographs, the majority of which feature portraits of Bill and Nat Davis, brothers from an established rural family from the Piedmont plateau region of Pittsylvania County in south-central Virginia. Images range from the landscapes and sites around this family farm to the portraits of the two brothers Bill and Nat. One includes a sister, Nancy Paige Davis. There are several images of Bill's burial and gravesite. Eighteen of these photographs have also been digitized and are featured on the Duke Digital Collections site.
Portraits, 1975-2022 1.5 Linear Feet — 40 photographic prints; 18 CDs; 18 digital audio files (.mp3)
Series houses 39 11x14 and 1 9x12 inch black-and-white portraits of individuals taken by photographer Jesse Pyrant Andrews in Virginia and North Carolina, with a few from Tennessee and California. Portrait subjects include men and women, teenagers, and fathers and mothers with their sons, friends of Andrews, musicians, small business owners, and farmers, chiefly from rural areas and small towns in the Piedmont of southern Virginia and northern North Carolina.
Andrews conducted oral history interviews with some of these individuals; the recordings are accessible through digital audio files and are available upon advance request.
A selection of photographs from this series has been digitized and is featured on the Duke Digital Collections website.
As portraiture is one of the photographer's favored formats, additional portraits - sometimes of the same people in this series - are found in other series.
Principally a map of the towns of Harrisonburg and New Market west to the Shenandoah Mountains showing roads, waterways, churches, and topography. Pencil and colored ink on paper. Scale, 4:10. 42 x 43 cm.
"This is a Map of Portsmouth, Norfolk City and surrounding vicinity by A. M. Thornton" [verso] showing the Dismal Swamp, waterways and the Cheasepeake Bay, military and naval sites, and the location of fleets, with notations. Pencil and ink on paper. Scale,1:[1]? 24 x 20 cm.
Map of the region between the Potomac and Rappahanock Rivers showing Caroline, Stafford, King George, Richmond, Essex, and Westmoreland counties. Roads and waterways are shown in detail. Colored ink on paper. 41 x 26 cm.
1869 Series 1 box
The Union Pacific Railroad, Salt Lake City and Valley, and the Black Hills of Wyoming photographed immediately upon the completion of the road in the summer of 1869.
1870 Series 2 boxes
Views made during August-November, 1870, from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Colorado City, Colorado, as well as some parts of Utah.
1871 Series 1 box
From Ogden, Utah, via Fort Hall, Idaho, to Fort Ellis Montana then up the Yellowstone River to the lake, to the headwaters of the Madison.
Correspondence, accounts, diary (1869), bills, deeds, wills, legal documents, and other papers (largely 1829-1897). The bulk of the collection relates to Thomas A. Person and his family, and includes letters written from Harrison Co., Tex., and New Orleans (ca. 1850s); student letters from various North Carolina schools (1835-1860); letters of Confederate soldiers concerning military life; and family and business letters with Civil War reminiscences. The early material mostly concerns Thomas A. Person's father, Presley Carter Person, of Louisburg, N.C., and the settlement of his estate. Later material concerns patent medicines manufactured by a member of the family. Other correspondents and names mentioned include W. P. Montgomery, Harriett Person Perry, Levin Perry, Theophilus Perry, Jesse H. H. Person, Joseph Arrington Person, M. P. Person, and Willie Mangum Person.
Addition (05-110) (200 items, 1.7 lin. ft.; dated 1754-1971 and undated) comprises primarily land deeds and surveys, other deeds of sale, receipts, personal wills, and other financial information. Also includes personal correspondence and memory books. An 1834 deed of gift to John W. Harris from P. C. Person includes five named slaves, one gray horse, 12 head of cattle, and 12 head of sheep. An 1808-1864 ledger book of Presley Person includes Person family genealogy and names and birth dates of his slaves and of the slaves owned by his son, Thomas A. Person. Other names mentioned include Matthew Culpepper, Arthur W. Person, Prudence Person, and W. M. Person.
Includes information about convocation, commencement, Founder's Day, baccalaureate services, honorary degrees, and the daily business of the Office of the University Marshal. The Office files include correspondence, memos, statistics, receipts, lists of dissertation titles, memos on ceremonial procedures, lists of degree candidates, information about diplomas, and information on honors and prizes.
Includes information about convocation, commencement, Founder's Day, baccalaureate services, honorary degrees, and the daily business of the Office of the University Marshal. The Office files include correspondence, statistics, receipts, lists of dissertation titles, memos on ceremonial procedures, lists of degree candidates, information about diplomas, and information on honors and prizes.
Includes information about convocation, commencement, Founder's Day, baccalaureate services, honorary degrees, and the daily business of the Office of the University Marshal. The Office files include correspondence, statistics, receipts, lists of dissertation titles, memos on ceremonial procedures, lists of degree candidates, information about diplomas, and information on honors and prizes.
Includes extensive correspondence, numerous drafts and published articles and reviews, photocopies of primary sources, some research notes, and administrative papers dealing with the Duke University History Dept. The chief subjects include Canadian military affairs, general military history, military education, and Canadian Studies as a historical subdiscipline.
Includes printed material, correspondence, studies, reports, articles, drafts, proofs, outlines, lectures, syllabi, clippings, photos, maps, and other papers. Major subjects include Canadian history, especially military history and current military and defense concerns. The first major portion of this Addition is made up of correspondence about Preston's own research and writings of other scholars. Other materials include Preston's research notes; photocopies and typed copies of historical documents; and guides to historical collections. There are also administrative files about the History Dept. at Duke, and the Canadian Studies Program. There is a small amount of material about the alumni of the Royal Military College in Canada, where Preston taught for a number of years. The second major portion of this Addition focuses on various aspects of modern Canadian defense and external security, Canada and NATO, relations with the British Commonwealth, and Canadian domestic affairs.
Of special interest is a file containing clippings and correspondence about an anti-American article which appeared in a Canadian newspaper.
Includes correspondence between Randall and others who had information on Warrington Dawson and Joseph Conrad. There are also photographs that were to be included in Randall's book, as well as his notes and an original letter from Dawson to Conrad.
Includes research material pertaining to Lord North, about whom Randall was writing a book. Types of material include slides, illustrations, and microfilm.
Includes material from Randall's time in the Dept. of English, with files on the Folger Institute, the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and Stanley Fish.
Includes correspondence, student papers, lecture notes, research notes, and departmental minutes while Peach was teaching in the Philosophy Department and while he was Director of Graduate Studies.
Contains correspondence; research notes; dissertation proposals from students; grant proposals; and notes and notebooks on Hegel, Kant, and C.I. Lewis from Peach's student days.
Contains correspondence, evaluations, student papers, notes on Plato and Descartes, and subject files.
Donated at a later date. Approximately 1500 circuit plans, mainly covering the years from 1944-1959, but with scattered plans from the 1890s and 1900s. Plans are grouped alphabetically by circuit name (or city, if circuit unclear), but are not in order within each letter.
2009 Addition [UA2009-0037] 4 boxes
Includes personal and professional files of Cathy Davidson, Vice Provost of Interdisciplinary Studies. Includes materials on grant applications and proposals, including Rockefeller Foundation materials, Mellon grants, the LUCE proposal, and the Ford Foundation. Also includes files regarding Board of Trustees meetings, the Academic Council, Academic Affairs, the John Hope Franklin Center, various humanities centers and conferences, and information on English Dept. recruitment, candidates, and hiring.
Series contains materials from different candidates and parties in the Turkish local elections held on 31 March 2019, as well as a few second run contests held on 23 June 2019. Descriptions provided by the vendor.
25 Under 25 Exhibit Prints, 2003 2 boxes
Includes exhibit prints from the Center for Documentary Studies' 2003 exhibit, taken from the book 25 Under 25: Up and Coming American Photographers, published 2003. Images include both digital and gelatin silver prints, which have been matted in some cases. Photographs have been arranged by size. Description below includes the photographer's name, the title of their project (as reflected in the book), and information on each photograph's dimensions and coloring.
Series includes correspondence, planning materials, programs, meeting minutes, financial statements, printed matter, and clippings created by the 50th Anniversary Steering and Advisory Committees. Materials range in date from 1973 to 1975. Major subjects include Duke University history and event planning.
Series includes logos, a commemorative mailing cancellation stamp, a press release, and a sound recording of a speech given by John Koskinen on the Y2K conversion, banner, a Durham County Resolution, and framed commemorative telephone directory cover. Additional information on the 75th Anniversary can be found in the Chronicle and the Duke News and Communications website at http://www.duke.edu.
In 1838, Methodist and Quaker families in rural Randolph County, N.C. employed Brantley York as a permanent teacher for their subscription school in Brown's Schoolhouse. One hundred years later, Duke University commemorated the 100th Anniversary of its humble beginnings during the 1938/1939 academic year. The Centennial Celebration, a three-day event featuring ceremonies, symposia, lectures, and performances, took place April 21-23, 1939.
Series includes printed materials, correspondence, Centennial Fund records, a diary, publications, invitation lists, congratulations from other institutions, and several complete packets of centennial celebration materials. Also included is a time capsule, labeled: "1939-2039. A collection of items presented to the President of Duke University at the Centennial Celebration, April 22, 1939; not to be opened until the occasion of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the institution."
A99-3, 1986-1996 4.5 boxes
Accession contains correspondence, reports, proposals, surveys, programming records, committee records, and other materials with inclusive dates 1986-1996. Some files concern Judicial Board matters and are restricted. Major subjects/programs present include Task Force on a Duke University Women's Center, Men Acting for Change, campus climate, sexual harassment, Women of Color, and Student Affairs.
Accession contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, programming evaluations, and other print materials with inclusive dates 1983-1999, bulk 1989-1999. Major subjects include 10th anniversary plans, the Graduate and Professional Women's Network (GWPN), programming, gender issues, harassment, and VOICES magazine.
Accession contains material concerning the program BASES (Building Awareness through Shared Experiences), a program seeking to ensure the welfare of all first-year women. Accession contains digital BASES files including member lists, BASES Board information, flyers, memoranda, and the BASES Constitution. Inclusive dates for the accession are 1993-2000.
AAU 1.5 boxes
Conatains files related to the Association of American Universities.
Academia (AC), 1931-2006 10 boxes
This series chronicles Franklin's work as a professor of history. It includes materials documenting his role as a mentor and advisor to numerous undergraduate and graduate students, his lecture notes and other classroom materials, and his administrative and committee work at various institutions. Student Files make up a significant portion of the series. Franklin kept files on particular students, arranged by name, from Brooklyn College or the University of Chicago. Teaching Materials consists largely of general lecture notes from various courses Franklin taught through his career. The Colleges and Universities subseries has been arranged by school, with the majority of files stemming from Franklin's work at Brooklyn College, University of Cambridge, University of Chicago, and Duke University. This subseries includes materials relating to Franklin's appointments and employment as well as department and university-level correspondence, events, and committees.
Contains items Franklin gathered during his work on President Clinton's race initiative, "One America in the 21st Century." The material dates from 1972 to 2008, although the bulk of the series dates from the year-long work of the Advisory Board, from 1997 to 1998. It is arranged into five subseries: Meeting Notebooks, Writings for Board Consideration, Writings About the Advisory Board, Artifacts, and Audiovisual Materials (removed to the Audiovisual Series for preservation purposes). The series is primarily comprised of items sent to the Board for consideration in its work (including books, reports, articles, serials, working papers, information packets, booklets, multimedia packets, artifacts, audio-and videocassettes). There are also Advisory Board meeting notebooks, preparatory materials, and correspondence, as well as writings about Board activities from their website and newspapers across the United States. The series is strong on materials regarding scholarly input into the deliberations of the Board. The final report by the Advisory Board, "One America in the 21st Century," is included in the Writings About the Advisory Board subseries, and is also available in Duke Libraries' general holdings.
Audiovisual Recordings (AV), 1959-2009 27 boxes; 1 film can
These videos, film, and sound recordings created by or assembled by John Hope Franklin are a rich source of information about his life and career and about U.S. race relations and 20th century society.
Materials are arranged into five subseries: ABPIR (Advisory Board for the President's Initiative on Race), Tutu and Franklin: A Journey to Peace interviews, Recordings of Franklin, Recordings of Others, and paper materials separated from the audiovisual resources. Formats include videocassettes, audiocassettes, audio reels, microcassettes, and moving image film.
Recordings are arranged in chronological order.
This series includes material documenting Banham's research and teaching in three countries; her contributions in the areas of child psychology and geriatrics, particularly human social and emotional development; functioning and development of children with cerebral palsy and mental or physical disabilities; the history and especially the development of psychological testing of children and adults; and parapsychological phenomena.
Note: materials in this series may use outdated terms such as "mentally retarded" to refer to people, especially children, with mental disabilities. These terms appear in some folder titles.
Agency and Club Participation, 1924-1986, bulk 1945-1981 2.7 Linear Feet
Though the bulk of the materials relate to Banham's work for the Altrusa Club (1934-1985), an all-women philanthropic organization, the series documents more than twenty organizations in which Banham played various roles from member to officer to founder. The materials included in this series consist of correspondence, notices, reports, minutes, membership records, agency histories, constitutions, by-laws, mission statements, and news clippings. The records of these agencies and clubs are of particular interest not only for Banham's contribution, but also for the role they played in the history of the city of Durham and the State of North Carolina: the American Association of University Women, Durham Branch (1948-1976); the Coordinating Council For Senior Citizens (1967-1985); the French Club (1956-1965 and 1969-1976); the Golden Age Club (1949-1968); the League of Women Voters of Durham (1980-1986); the North Carolina Psychological Association (1948-1986); and, the Photographic Arts Society (1964-1984).
The Minutes series is maintained in chronological order and includes agendas, minutes and associated materials (such as committee reports and other attachments) for meetings of the Academic Council. Duplicates have been removed. There are no restrictions on access to this material. Minutes from recent meetings are maintained in the University Archives subject file.
The Chair series is maintained in chronological order by administration, and consists of materials that University Archives has received from individuals who have chaired the Academic Council. Material may be added to this series as it is received. The original order of materials within each administration has been maintained.
The Faculty Secretary series consists of materials that University Archives has received from individuals who have served as Faculty Secretary of the Academic Council. Material may be added to this series as it is received. The records dating from 1984-1987 are in folders organized by Academic Council meeting date and consist primarily of notes and documents pertaining to those meetings. The records from 1990-1998 are in volumes bound with metal fasteners. Organized, for the most part, by meeting dates for the Executive Committee of the Academic Council, these records consist primarily of agendas, minutes, notes and related documents pertaining to those Executive Committee meetings.
This series contains three subseries which should assist the user in searching for individual advertisements within the Image Files. The first two Access Files subseries are photocopies (called here "job tickets") of all the images in the Image Files arranged in two different ways. The first group of job tickets is arranged as the images are, in number order. The second subseries is an exact copy of the first, but arranged by advertising topic, described below. Each file, however, does not have exactly the same number of items, and so certain series may be missing some individual numbers. The third subseries is the card file, comprised of cards with brief description and indexed terms from the advertisements. The images contain additional information recorded on the verso side.
This series contains original photographs and printed cards of all the collection's images.
The subject files, correspondence, published materials, and other miscellaneous items in this collection generally relate to city government and the history of Durham, North Carolina. The wide variety of subjects addressed by the files held by James R. Hawkins reflect the various issues that concerned the citizens of Durham, and Hawkins as its mayor, during the early1970s.
A complete file of the extant sermons (1912-1994) collected by Harold Parker, Parish Historian, who compiled the sermons for a book entitled "Sermons from St. Philip's." Also included is corresondence relating to the book and Parker's notes about the sermons. The bulk of the extant sermons consist of 120 sermons written by L. Bartine Sherman (rector 1957-1967).
Accession (1993-0285), 1964-1992 5 boxes
The collection is comprised of manuscripts, drafts, and proofs of poems, as well as notes, correspondence, clippings, and printed materials (including serials and anthologies). The collection documents Applewhite's work as a poet and professor of English at Duke University, including his research about Wordsworth. Manuscripts in the collection include Lessons in Soaring: Poems, A History of the River: Poems, and River Writing: An Eno Journal.
There is no boxlist for this accession. Access is RESTRICTED: Written permission is required to view correspondence and business records.
Accession (2010-0155), 1963-2010 10 boxes
Includes correspondence files, writings (both published materials and drafts), photographs, biographical/bibliographical lists and files, and other miscellaneous materials.
Accession (2013-0039), 1980-2008 5 boxes
Includes writings (both published materials and drafts), professional materials (including photographs, information about events, & awards and honors), correspondence -primarily with publishers and journal editors, extensive notes, and other miscellaneous materials.
Accession (2007-0141) 1 box
Addition (400 items, 0.5 lin. ft.) contains index files documenting the Gilbert's book collection. Many of these books are now in the collection at the Rare Book, Manuscript and Sepcial Collections Library at Duke University.
Contains the publisher's negatives for the company's wholesale and retail catalogs, which feature women musicians and composers.
Note: See donor's original inventory in CCF for fuller details and explanations of abbreviations. The original box numbers are indicated in the container list below.
Accession (1997-0084) 5 boxes
The addition (1997-0084) (3500 items; 6.5 lin. ft.; 1951-1997) contains research records (many having to do with funding for projects) and correspondence. Also includes copies of many of McConnell's publications (often two copies of each). This addition also includes correspondence and McConnell's letters with the FLAS (Federation of American Scientists). Correspondence is arranged according to surname and date; FLFAS corresondence was organized by R.A. McConnell and assigned numerical values (key for values is provided in Box 5).
The addition (2000-0274) (3 items; 0.2 lin. ft.; 2000) contains a copy of McConnell's book Joyride to Infinity (2000), related items, and printouts of McConnell's website: www.ramcconnell.com.
The addition (2000-0431) (8 items; 0.1 lin. ft.; 2000) includes statements and articles by McConnell summarizing his beliefs and positions on the existence of experimental phenomenon, the importance of parapsychology, and arguments against scientists who claim that parapsychological phenomena do not exist. This material can also be found on McConnell's website.
Accession (2005-0043) 1 box
Addition (05-043) (200 items, 0.6 lin. ft.; dated 1970-1994) is comprised of subject files pertaining to homophobia, abortion, and a women's church conference held April 16-18, 1993, in Albuquerque, NM; also includes notes, brochures, articles, and clippings. This accession is closed to researchers.
Accession (2006-0072) 1 box
Addition (06-072) (44 items, 0.2 lin. ft.; dated 1985-1993) consists of clippings, newsletters, and periodicals related to women's issues, feminism, and religion.
This accession is an addition to an existing processed collection of materials. The financial records in this accession document the operations, organization, and fund raising activities of ALFA from 1972 to 1993, chiefly from 1977-1993. Included in this collection are: Expense/Income ledgers, financial reports, general meeting minutes, copies of deeds and contracts, business correspondence, fund raising materials, lists of members, donations registers, canceled checks, and bank statements.
Correspondence with various individuals, organizations, and literary magazines, arranged in alphabetical order. Some correspondence is foldered by subject and incorporated into the alphabetical arrangement. Also included with this accession are miscellaneous published and unpublished poetry and essays, diaries, and miscellaneous clippings and notes.
These two accessions include copies of the books and literary journals featuring Inman's work; published and unpublished writings (chronological order); diaries form 1950-1994;and correspondence with various individuals and organizations (alphabetical order).
Accession 2008-0081 1 folder
One black-and-white signed photograph, and four pages of Styron's writing (two sheets are signed).
Accession (1999-0184) 4 boxes
Accession (1999-0184) (dated 1953-1998) consists primarily of writings by Alexander Blackburn, including books, articles, clippings, and typescripts of unpublished works. Also included is correspondence with writer Frank Waters and some other letters; memorabilia; and editorial files and an almost complete run of the literary journal, Writer's Forum, which Blackburn edited.
Accession (2010-0012), 1880-1998 15 boxes
Accession (2010-0012) (6750 items; 9 lin. ft.; dated 1880-1990s) includes writings, drafts, books, and family history materials. Included are materials from Alexander Blackburn's mother, Elizabeth Cheney Blackburn, and the Cheney family.
Includes writings, drafts, books, and family history materials. A more detailed inventory of the boxes is included in Acc 2020/99: Box 1.
This original accession contains summaries of the fiscal records of the royal treasuries of various regions in colonial Spanish America. The records cover the 16th century through the early 19th century. The districts, cities and towns represented in these records are in present-day Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Panama. The majority of the records are copies of the original documents. Interspersed with the copies are transcriptions of records as well as notes. This container list enumerates the regions, cities, or towns represented in each box and the general time span covered by the records. For the most part, records for a particular place are found together. However, the records for one place may also be in more than one group within and among the boxes. The date ranges for each entry within a box reflect the time span covered by all the material found in that box for that entry, even when records for the place are found in more than one group within the box. The date ranges given do not imply that records for every year within the range are present.
This addition to the collection includes Professor TePaske's raw data files on diskette. He also sent copies of the Latin American Economic History Newsletter which can be used as a guide to much of the collection.
Addition (2008-0065) (2,500 items; 6 lin. ft.; 1970s-2006) includes reader surveys (mostly dated 1992); correspondence between readers and The Front Page; printed materials; gay pride and AIDS awareness posters; and miscellaneous materials and items.