Franklin Humanities Institute Records, 1999-2019

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Summary

Creator:
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
Abstract:
The John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University, often referred to as the Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), is an interdisciplinary humanities center. The Franklin Humanities Institute Records include annual reports, meeting notes, position descriptions, and planning documents. Also includes photographs and video recordings of the event "From Slavery to Freedom Lab: Black Women Writers at Work."
Extent:
0.75 Linear Feet
108 Gigabytes
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
UA.26.03.0030
University Archives Record Group:
26 -- Interdisciplinary Institutes, Research Centers, and Departments
26 -- Interdisciplinary Institutes, Research Centers, and Departments > 03 -- University-wide Interdisciplinary programs

Background

Scope and content:

The Franklin Humanities Institute Records include materials from the FHI's first two decades, particularly annual reports, bylaws, meeting notes, position descriptions, grant application materials, and planning documents. Also includes photographs and video recordings of the event "From Slavery to Freedom Lab: Black Women Writers at Work."

Biographical / historical:

The John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University, often referred to as the Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), is an interdisciplinary humanities center. The FHI's mission is "to encourage and enable serious humanistic inquiry, and to promote a heightened awareness of the centrality of the huamnities to the quality of human life, social interaction, and scholarship in all fields" and it emphasizes "scholarly work that examines issues of social equity, especially research on race and ethnicity."

The FHI was founded in 1999 by Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies Cathy Davidson and Dean of the Humanities and Social Sciences Karla Holloway, and was named for John Hope Franklin, James B. Duke Professor of History. FHI provides a variety of programs and initiatives, including the Humanities Laboratory initiative, which provides groups of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students with spaces for collaborative work; a Faculty Book Manuscript Workshop; an annual residential seminar of faculty, graduate students, and professional staff; and annual lectures, among others.

Sources: Franklin Humanities Institute about page, http://www.fhi.duke.edu/about.html, viewed 2017 July 06. Franklin Humanities Institute Wikipedia page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Humanities_Institute, viewed 2017 July 06.

Acquisition information:
The Franklin Humanities Institute Records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 2017 and 2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Tracy M. Jackson, June 2017

Accessions UA2019-0086 and UA2019-0103 processed by Laurin Penland and Matthew Farrell, September 2020

Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2017-0028, UA2019-0086, UA2019-0103

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Interdisciplinary approach in education
Indisciplinary research
African American women scholars
Format:
Machine-readable artifacts
Names:
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
Davidson, Cathy N., 1949-

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[Identification of item], Franklin Humanities Institute Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

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