Scrapbooks, 1938-2010, undated

Scope and content:

The scrapbooks found in this series were assembled by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, and relate primarily to her professional career and interests in the arts, architecture, design, community organizations, and historic preservation. There are also scrapbooks of more personal interest, with memorabilia from her 1950s courtship and wedding to Alan Diamonstein, memorabilia relating to her house in the Hamptons, and scrapbooks deriving from her relationships with notable individuals such as the Clintons. Added notes accompanying each scrapbook entry describe the contents and themes. Scrapbooks vary widely in size from small to large. Items preserved in the scrapbooks include photographs, clippings, printed materials, fabric items, memorabilia, drawings, cards, correspondence, and notes, selected by Diamonstein-Spielvogel as especially significant to a period or to a special event. They were either mounted on paper scrapbook pages, or tipped in as loose items among the pages. A few of the volumes pertaining to travel consist almost entirely of photographs. For preservation purposes, most of the scrapbooks have been disbound by Conservation staff, and the pages and items housed in folders in their original order.

The scrapbooks are arranged in rough chronological order; the numbering sequence was assigned by library staff. Numbers 40-48 represent later additions to the collection.

There are several scrapbooks in the Personal Files Series, containing memorabilia from Diamonstein-Spielvogel's wedding to Carl Spielvogel, and some photo albums in the Photographs Subseries of the same series. In addition, there is a White House Festival of the Arts scrapbook from 1965 in the Political Files Series, Johnson administration files.

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Collection restrictions:

Access restricted. Access to this collection requires the written permission of the donor. Please contact Research Services for information about how to request permission.

Original audiovisual and electronic media are closed to use; use copies are available unless noted otherwise in the collection guide. All researchers requesting copies of audiovisual materials from the collection for purposes other than private study and research are required to present written permission from the donor approving the request.

Due to size and complexity, all audiovisual materials are described in the Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Audiovisual Materials Collection, a separate collection guide.

Digital use copies and files in this collection have been migrated to a library server unless otherwise noted, and can be accessed on-site in the Rubenstein Library Reading Room. To request access, please contact Research Services prior to visiting the library.

Use & permissions:

All distribution, publication, and other commercial use requests require the prior written permission of the donor.

The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

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