Duke University Living History Program records, 1973-2005 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Jay Rutherfurd Living History Program
Abstract:
The Living History Program produces interviews with prominent American and world leaders who have been major participants in significant international or domestic events, or movements of social change. This collection contains videotapes and transcripts of interviews by Duke University faculty members with prominent American leaders, primarily in the area of post-World War II diplomacy.
Extent:
41 Linear Feet
0.03 Gigabytes
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
UA.22.02.0001
University Archives Record Group:
22 -- Sanford School of Public Policy
22 -- Sanford School of Public Policy > 02 -- Centers, Programs, and Institutes

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains videotapes and transcripts of interviews by Duke University faculty members with prominent American leaders, primarily in the area of post-World War II diplomacy. Individuals represented include Oscar Arias Sanchez, Les Aspin, Ellsworth Bunker, Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, Angier Biddle Duke, J. William Fulbright, Averell Harriman, Jesse Jackson, Samuel W. Lewis, William H. Luers, Jack F. Matlock, George Crews McGhee, Robert McNamara, King Mihai of Romania, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Paula H. Nitze, Charles Percy, Dean Rusk, Abdus Salam, Terry Sanford, James Schlesinger, Earl E.T. Smith, Soedjatmoko, Hanna Suchaka, Richard Goldstone, Erhard Busek, Judy Woodruff, David Gergen, Vernon A. Walters, and Yegor Gaidar. Also includes a composite tape from the interviews with Bunker, Fulbright, and Rusk relating to perspectives on the war in Vietnam. The collection also includes videotapes of speeches given on the Duke campus by other prominent individuals.

Biographical / historical:

The Living History Program produces interviews with prominent American and world leaders who have been major participants in significant international or domestic events, or movements of social change. The Program is administered by the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

Acquisition information:
The Duke University Living History Program records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as multiple transfers starting in 1986.
Processing information:

Processed by: Molly Bragg, August, 2013

Multiple accessions have been described in this finding aid.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Vietnam War, 1961-1965 -- United States
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Format:
Videocassettes
Transcripts
Places:
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
Poland
Austria
South Africa
Soviet Union

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Collection contains electronic records that must be requested and accessed in our reading room. Contact Research Services with questions.

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[Identification of item], Duke University Living History Program records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.