John Hope Franklin ephemera collection, 1990s-2018
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Summary
- Creator:
- John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture
- Abstract:
- Artificial collection of ephemera related to the life and career of Dr. John Hope Franklin. Materials were not authored by John Hope Franklin.
- Extent:
- 0.2 Linear Feet
6.1 Gigabytes - Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.11151
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of ephemeral materials about John Hope Franklin, often produced after his death and not authored by Franklin. Includes photographs; printed materials and clippings; event materials from Franklin's 90th birthday, the opening of the Franklin Center, and Franklin's memorial service; and the library's John Hope Franklin@100 centenary program, featuring Vernon Jordan.
- Biographical / historical:
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John Hope Franklin (1915-2009) was an African American historian specializing in Southern U.S. and African American history. His writings included From Slavery to Freedom , which was first published in 1947, and his 2005 autobiography Mirror to America . He earned degrees from Fisk University and Harvard University and was on the faculties of St. Augustine College (1939-1943), North Carolina College for Negroes (1943-1947), Howard University (1947-1956), Brooklyn College (1956-1964), University of Chicago (1964-1982, emeritus), and Duke University (1982-1992, emeritus). Franklin also served as president of numerous historical and community organizations throughout his career. President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995. Franklin also served on President Clinton's Advisory Board for the President's Initiative on Race from 1997 to 1998.
The John Hope Franklin Research Center is a special collection repository, research division and educational outreach center within the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University. The Center was established in 1995 when Dr. John Hope Franklin donated his personal and professional papers to the Rubenstein Library, thereby furthering the library's mission to preserve primary sources relevant to the experience of people of African descent and to make those sources available to students, scholars, and lay researchers.
- Acquisition information:
- The John Hope Franklin Ephemera Collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift, 2015-2024.
- Processing information:
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Processed by RL Staff, 2016; by Laurin Penland, April 2019; by Meghan Lyon, June 2024.
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2015-0027, 2015-0031, 2019-0027, 2019-0028, 2024-0076.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], John Hope Franklin Ephemera Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/m1863z