Advisory Board for the President's Initiative on Race, 1972-2008

Scope and content:

This series 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.

Arrangement:

This series is arranged into four subseries: Meeting notes, Writings for Board consideration, Writings about the Advisory Board, and Artifacts.

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Collection restrictions:

Access note. Collection contains fragile audiovisual/photographic formats that may need to be reformatted before use. Contact Research Services for access.

Access restricted. Donor permission is required to access some materials. Contact Research Services for access.

Access restricted. Some materials in this collection are Duke University administrative materials. For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the office of origin and the University Archivist is required for use of administrative records. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist. Contact Research Services for more information.

Access restricted. Some materials in this collection include student records. In accordance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended, Duke University permits students to inspect their education records and limits the disclosure of personally identifiable information from education records. Contact Research Services for more information.

Access note. Some materials in this collection are electronic records that require special equipment. Contact Research Services with questions.

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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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