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Duke Photography, job number records, 1960-2018

129 Linear Feet
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Duke Photography, formerly called Duke University Photography, was the official photographic service of Duke University. The Duke Photography Records include many of the original photographs taken by the service from the 1960s through the 2010s.
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Women's and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Movements (LGBT) periodicals collection, 1957-2017

62.5 Linear Feet
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Since the 1960s, and particularly after the Stonewall uprising of 1969, the modern women's rights and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights movements (LGBT) have produced their own magazines, journals, newspapers, and newsletters as a strategy for unifying and galvanizing their constituencies. These periodicals served to inform movement activists about pertinent actions, news stories, and cultural trends unreported by the mainstream media. The Women's and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Periodicals Collection comprises individual issues of periodicals produced by or reporting on organizations involved in the women's rights and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights movements of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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10 Percent Box 82

75 Percent Box 80

Ache Box 42

Wright Machinery Company records, 1943-1989

3.0 Linear Feet
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Manufacturing firm founded in 1893 in Durham, N.C. that produced machinery for the packaging industry. Collection includes articles, brochures, clippings, correspondence, memorabilia, newsletters, photographs and other materials. Materials touch on business acquisition, company events, employee policies, retirements, staff promotions, stock and other issues. Individuals and companies represented in the collection include ACMA, Emhart, John Thomas Dalton, John L. Moorhead, Rexham, Richard Harvey Wright, Richard Harvey Wright II, and Sperry Rand.
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Camilo José Vergara photographs, 1977-2009

5 Linear Feet 87 Items
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Camilo J. Vergara is a documentary photographer, focusing on the evolution of urban spaces. Collection of color prints from Vergara's 2009 National Building Museum exhibit Storefront Churches, with photographs of urban churches, pasters, and murals from cities around the United States. This exhibit was part of a larger collection featured in Vergara's book, How the Other Half Worships.
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Anne Noggle photographs of Soviet airwomen, 1990-1992

2.0 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
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Anne Noggle (1922-2005), aviator, photographer, author, and educator, traveled to Moscow from 1990-1992 to conduct more than seventy interviews and to photograph former Soviet airwomen who served during World War II as pilots, gunners, bombardiers, navigators, and flight crews. The 36 black-and-white portraits in this collection show the women seated and standing, most in a studio setting; they are in civilian clothing and many are wearing their wartime medals and military insignia. The gelatin silver photographs were printed by Noggle and measure 20x24 (8), 16x20 (6), and 11x14 (22) inches. Almost all appear in her book A Dance with Death: Soviet Airwomen in World War II, published in 1994, also held by the library. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Jesse Pyrant Andrews photographs and oral histories, 1973-2022

15 Linear Feet (19 boxes) 59 Gigabytes (196 audio files)
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Jesse Pyrant Andrews is an American photographer based in rural southern Virginia. Collection comprises 301 black-and-white photographs and 46 oral history interviews by photographer Jesse Pyrant Andrews, documenting rural and small-town life in the Piedmont region of Virginia and North Carolina. Major themes center on the landscapes and people of the region; tobacco cultivation; the lives of farmers, war veterans, small business owners, and laid-off workers; local architecture and historic sites; traditional crafts and music; and new patterns of economics and society in rural Virginia. Andrews's Veterans Project has become a larger focus over the years; it now comprises over 30 portraits and associated audio interviews, chiefly with veterans of the Vietnam and Gulf Wars. Additional projects include materials related to the Carter-Wooding families of southern Virginia; views from an Amtrak train; views of an historic plantation home, Mountainview; and street scenes and portraits taken in New York City, California, and Massachusetts. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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13-Month Crop: One Year in the Life of a Piedmont Virginia Tobacco Farm, 2000-2001 1.5 Linear Feet

J. Walter Thompson Company. World Advertising Forum (EPCOT) records, 1964-1984 and undated

3.5 Linear Feet
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Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. It is headquartered in New York. The World Advertising Forum was a meeting, held in 1984 at the EPCOT Center in Florida, of representatives from JWT worldwide offices to share creative ideas and solidify a global creative strategy. Collection includes correspondence, speeches, pamphlets and other printed materials, policy manuals and advertising case histories. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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A brief history of medicine short subject film, 1969

.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
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Short subject film whose sequence of still images encapsulates the evolution of medical knowledge and practices from Neolithic times to the 20th century. The style is sixties psychedelic, with fast-moving sequences and vivid colors. The still images consist of historical scenes, procedures, and individuals significant to the history of medicine, chiefly Western, but there are a few images from Eastern practices. The only sound is music from "Mass in F Minor" by the Electric Prunes rock group (1968). Produced by staff in the Audio Visual Resources at the School of Medicine at Wake Forest University for educational purposes as well as for photographic research. Although the original 16 mm film is restricted, digital copies are available for viewing. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
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Kenneth Hubbard collection of presidential campaign ephemera, 1788-2020 and undated

55.5 Linear Feet
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Kenneth Hubbard is an avid collector of United States campaign memorabilia and is also a Duke alum. The Kenneth Hubbard Collection of Presidential Campaign Ephemera consists of printed and artifactural memorabilia from assorted presidential campaigns, dating largely from the late nineteenth century through the present. Items are chiefly relating to the Democratic and Republican political parties, with some materials from the U.S. Socialist Party and the Prohibitionist Party. The majority of the collection consists of buttons, pins, and campaign literature such as pamphlets, newsletters, flyers, and platforms. Arranged by year and candidate name.
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Nora Campbell Chaffin papers, 1835-1981

0.5 Linear Feet 250 Items
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Nora Chaffin was on the history faculty at Duke University from 1935-1944. Her collection contains correspondence, clippings, typescripts, reviews, records, and other materials. Among the papers are review of her book Trinity College and a record book of an unidentified YMCA. The collection ranges in date from 1835-1981.
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Silas Weir Mitchell papers, 1819-1915 and undated, bulk 1854-1915

1.2 Linear Feet (2 boxes; 1 oversize folder) 747 Items
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U.S. physician, neurologist, and author. Papers date from 1809-1915 and include correspondence and documents sent to Mitchell relating to matters personal and professional. Transcripts are often present. Principal correspondents include his relative Mitchell Henry, his publisher Frank H. Scott, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jeffries Wyman, Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard, Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, Anna Eliot Ticknor, Sir W. T. Gairdner, Louis Lee Lawrence, Charles Leonard Moore, Julian Stafford Corbett, Harrison S. Morris, T. Lauder Brunton, Sir William Osler, and Hideyo Noguchi, among others. A complete list of correspondents is available in the collection. Papers are arranged chronologically. The principal language is English, although there are some letters in French and German. Also includes a set of Mitchell's diplomas. The papers form part of the Trent Manuscripts Collection and were acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
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1854-1862 20 items Box 1

1863-1865 18 items Box 1

1866-1868 18 items Box 1

Civil War Manuscripts Map collection, 1861-1865

1 Linear Feet (14 items)
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Sketch maps from the Civil War period representing geographic areas in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and one unidentified location. These maps chiefly depict roads, waterways, mountain ranges, fortifications, counties, cities, and towns. There are two battlefield maps present, including Bull Run (Va., 1861; a Confederate map) and Spring Hill (Tenn., 1864). Most maps are unsigned; however, there are maps drawn by A. M. Thornton, Barbette Sims, and Edward Fontaine, as well as Confederate Army engineers A. B. DeSaulles and Jeremy F. Gilmer. Primarily drawn in ink on paper or linen cloth. Sizes of maps vary between 24 x 20 cm. and 63 x 60 cm.
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1861: Virginia

1861: Virginia.

1861-1865: Virginia

William Robertson McKenney papers, 1865-1930 and undated, bulk 1880-1900

5.9 Linear Feet 4,440 Items
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Lawyer, of Petersburg, Va. Materials relating to McKenney's law practice (chiefly 1880-1900), and largely concerned with the settlement of estates and the sale of real estate in Petersburg, Va.
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1865-1889 Box 1

1880-1889 4 boxes Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 5

1890-1899 7 boxes Box 6, Box 7, Box 8, Box 9, Box 10, Box 11, Box 12

William Henry Jackson photographs, 1869-1878 and undated

3.2 Linear Feet 130 Items
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William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), was one of the earliest and most important American photographers. From 1869 to 1878 he was official photographer for the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories. Collection includes 130 photographs and albumen prints, almost all of which Jackson made while employed by the Survey. States represented are Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. Photographs are organized in several series by year from 1869 to 1874. Other important photographs include both a series and an album of the area now know as Yellowstone National Park; some of Jackson's photographs were shown to Congress prior to their vote to establish it as the first national park.
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1869 Series 1 box

İzmir (Smyrna) postcards and photographs collection, approximately 1890-1960s

0.25 Linear Feet (1 half-size Hollinger box)
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Collection is a set of postcards (including photograph postcards) from late 19th and 20th century Turkey, depicting scenes and people in İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey. The first folder of postcards have been individually numbered. The subsequent folders list the postcards by titles that are either on the postcards and/or were supplied by the dealer who sold the postcards to the library. The postcards are described in English, French, and Turkish.

Desmond F. Anderson diaries, 29 January 1927 - 31 December 1930

4 Linear Feet (4 volumes)
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Desmond Frances Anderson was Lt. Col. of the 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment in 1927, serving in China and India until 1930. The Desmond F. Anderson diaries comprise 4 volumes (approximately 650 pages) of corrected typescript, accompanied by maps, sketches, postcards, photo postcards, and a few printed items tipped in, all detailing Anderson's service in China and India between 1927 and 1930.
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1927 Box 1

1928 Box 2

1929 Box 3

Campus Telephone Directory collection, 1930-2009

9.5 Linear Feet 200 Items
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This collection contains Duke University campus telephone directories.
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Nicholas School Master's Projects, 1933-2007

82.5 Linear Feet 2400 Items
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As of 2005, the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University offers two master's degree programs: Master of Environmental Management (MEM) and Master of Forestry (MF). Both degree programs require students complete a master's project that presents an in-depth or quantitative analysis of a problem related to the students' particular focus area. Collection contains printed, bound master's projects. Materials range in date 1933-2005. Master's Projects for 2005 are held in the Nicholas School office. English.
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Person Family papers, 1754-1971

6 Linear Feet 3000 Items
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Family active in Louisburg, Franklin Co., N.C. and also in Nash Co., N.C. Correspondence, accounts, diary (1869), bills, deeds, wills, legal documents, and other papers (largely 1829-1897). The bulk of the collection relates to Thomas A. Person and his family, and includes letters written from Harrison Co., Tex., and New Orleans (ca. 1850s); student letters from various North Carolina schools (1835-1860); letters of Confederate soldiers concerning military life; and family and business letters with Civil War reminiscences. The early material mostly concerns Thomas A. Person's father, Presley Carter Person, of Louisburg, N.C., and the settlement of his estate. Later material concerns patent medicines manufactured by a member of the family. Other correspondents and names mentioned include W. P. Montgomery, Harriett Person Perry, Levin Perry, Theophilus Perry, Jesse H. H. Person, Joseph Arrington Person, M. P. Person, and Willie Mangum Person. Addition comprises primarily land deeds and surveys, other deeds of sale, receipts, personal wills, and other financial information. Also includes personal correspondence and memory books. An 1834 deed of gift to John W. Harris from P. C. Person includes five named slaves, one gray horse, 12 head of cattle, and 12 head of sheep. An 1808-1864 ledger book of Presley Person includes Person family genealogy and names and birth dates of his slaves and of the slaves owned by his son, Thomas A. Person. Other names mentioned include Matthew Culpepper, Arthur W. Person, Prudence Person, and W. M. Person.
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1944 Accession, 1767-1910and undated 5 boxes

Kaiser-Frazer Corp. advertising and sales promotion materials, 1945-1976

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Kaiser-Frazer Corp. was an automobile manufacturer based in Willow Run, Mich.; active 1945-1955. Collection includes clippings, advertising designs, dealer aids, prize contest materials, public relations releases, radio scripts, sales brochures and sales promotion campaigns and materials. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Advertising designs, 1949-1952 Oversize-folder 1

J. Walter Thompson Company. Competitive Advertisements, 1955-1997

550.0 Linear Feet
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Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States.
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Self-Study Steering Committee records, 1965-1998

4 Linear Feet 4000 Items
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Collection includes Duke University's self-study reports submitted to the Southern Association for Colleges and Schools in 1965, 1976, 1988 and 1998, as well as surrounding correspondence and schedules.
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1965 3 boxes

University Marshal records, 1942-1989

40 Linear Feet
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The Office of the University Marshal is responsible for some of Duke University's most significant occasions: opening convocation, Founders' Day, and commencement. The University Marshal Records include correspondence, lists of candidates for degrees, memos, programs, financial records, records of the awarding of honorary degrees, minutes of the commencement committee, statistics, speeches, and other printed materials. Major subjects include information and procedures related to Founder's Day, baccalaureate services, convocations, and commencements; and files that detail the daily operation of the Office of the University Marshal. English.
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1967 and 1968 Additions (Accession A67-087 and Accession 68-345), 1940-1970

Reviewers Club records, 1922-2023

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Records of the Reviewers Club, a women's club in Durham, N.C. Collection includes programs, club histories, correspondence, meeting minutes, and scrapbooks documenting the club's activities and history.
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1992-0087 Accession Box 3

1997-0064 Accession Box 4

Video Monitoring Services log books, 1978-2007

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Video Monitoring Services of America (VMS) was a television broadcast content tracking and analysis firm, based in New York, N.Y., active from the 1970s until it closed in 2011. Collection includes log books of television advertising, news broadcasts, and other media content recorded and analyzed for viewership and other parameters by VMS. The collection also includes some logs from Radio TV Reports, a competitor firm and limited partner of VMS. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Ann Lovett papers, 1979-2015

9 Linear Feet
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Ann Lovett is an artist who teaches at the State University of New York at New Paltz. This collection documents her artistic and academic career with a focus on her work in the book arts.
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1979-1989 Box 1

1991-1995 Box 2

Richard A. Preston papers, circa 1745-1987 (bulk 1956-1987)

36 Linear Feet 36000 Items
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Richard Arthur Preston (b. 1910), a leading British Commonwealth scholar, was appointed the William K. Boyd Professor of History at Duke University in 1965. Major subjects of the collection include Canadian history, especially military history; the Department of History; and the Canadian Studies program at Duke. Materials include correspondence, reports, course syllabi, printed matter, manuscripts, clippings, photographs, and other papers. English.
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1981 Additions (A81-60), ca. 1745-1980

Duke University: General Administrative, 1948-1980 Box 1

Dale B. J. Randall papers, 1940-2010s

24 Linear Feet
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Dale B.J. Randall (1929-2016) taught in the Duke English Dept. from 1957-1999 and in the Drama Program from 1991-1999. The collection includes material related to both the English Dept. and the Drama Program as well as Randall's scholarly research. Types of material include correspondence, flyers, programs, clippings, and articles. The collection ranges in date from 1940 through the 2010s.
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1986 Accession

Claudia Horwitz papers, 1988-2013

8.5 Linear Feet (14 boxes)
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Collection contains personal and professional papers of Claudia Horwitz, a Chapel Hill spiritual activist, author, and founder of Stone Circles.
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1988-1996 1 boxes

Bernard Peach papers, [1946 - 1992]

9 Linear Feet 9000 Items
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William Bernard Peach, emeritus professor, joined the Duke University Philosophy Department in 1951. Major subjects of the collection include student papers on philosophy; department business; and notes on Hegel, Descartes, Clarence I. Lewis, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The collection contains correspondence, recommendations, student papers, departmental minutes, lecture notes, and grant proposals. English.
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1989 Addition (A89-0050), [1951-1989]

Frances D. Acomb papers, 1953 - 1975

0.5 Linear Feet 500 Items
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Frances D. Acomb (1907-1984) served as a professor of history at Duke University from 1945 to 1975. She specialized in French history. The Acomb papers contain correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, and printed matter dealing with Acomb's study of European history, particularly Jacques Mallet Du Pan; as well as the Duke University chapter of the American Association of University Professors, the American Association of University Women, and other professional organizations. English.
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Duke University/University of North Carolina Center for Research on Women records, 1982 - 1992

30.5 Linear Feet 20,500 Items
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The Duke-UNC Center for Research on Women was founded in 1982 as a collaborative endeavor between Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to promote Women's Studies scholarship, research, and curriculum development in the South. The project was originally named the Duke-UNC Women's Studies Research Center, but changed its name to the Duke-UNC Center for Research on Women in 1987. The Center operated with support from the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, smaller grants from local foundations, and institutional backing from Duke and UNC. The records contain correspondence, reports, grant documents, audiotapes, a videotape, and other materials relating to the Center for Research on Women. Major subjects include women's studies curriculum development and research, pay equity, and the relationships between race, class, and gender. Materials range in date from 1982 to 1992. English.
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Triangle Raging Grannies records, 1998-2015

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Raging Grannies is an activist organization that promotes peace, justice and social and economic equality by raising consciousness through song and satire. They also aim to challenge stereotypical assumptions about advocacy and aging. This collection contains materials documenting the Triangle chapter of the Raging Grannies in North Carolina from 1998-2015.
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1998-1999 Box 1, Folder 1-2

2000-2009 Box 1, Folder 3-4

2010-2015 Box 1, Folder 5-7

Frank Baker collection of Methodist circuit plans, 1777-1984 and undated

8.5 Linear Feet Approx. 2000 items
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Consists predominantly of circuit plans from the Methodist Church (Great Britain) and the earlier churches that merged to form it in 1907 and 1932: the Wesleyan Methodist Church, the Primitive Methodist Church, the United Methodist Free Churches, and the United Methodist Church (Great Britain). These circuit plans, collected by Frank Baker, document the history, growth, and organization of the itinerancy, established by John Wesley in the early years of the church when Methodism began to spread into the rural areas of England. The plans feature detailed schedules of where the itinerant preachers, known as circuit riders, were to appear and preach each week.
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United States Army materials relating to the American Civil War, 1860s-1890s

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The United States Army, also referred to as the Northern, Union, or Federal army, fought against the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. This collection was assembled by Rubenstein Library out of miscellaneous and disparate archival and manuscript collections, including: U.S. Army units and regimental records, inventories, and orders; as assorted letters and correspondence from various Army soldiers and officers; maps, letterheads, and blank forms, all created or produced during the Civil War era. Many materials relate to troop movements; inventories of supplies, equipment, troops, and food; enlistment, pay, and service histories of various members of the U.S. Army; activities of particular regiments; action or battles against the Confederacy; examples of personal letters to and from soldiers' family members; reports and summaries of war conditions in Southern territories (poverty and hunger in Southern towns, destruction and seizure of property, and the difficult circumstances facing newly-freed Black populations); and other assorted bureaucratic and administrative Army records.
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1st Connecticut Artillery (Heavy) narrative history, 1864 Box 1

Army of the Tennessee records, 1864-1865 Box 1

St. Joseph African Methodist Episcopal Church fan collection, 1940s

1.0 Linear Feet
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St. Joseph African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in Durham, N.C. in 1869. The church fan collection consists of 16 fans distributed to congregation members. Fans depict on one side devotional and pastoral scenes; on the other side are religious and promotional messages from various Durham, N.C. African American-owned businesses. Businesses represented include automotive repair shops, bakeries, flower shops, funeral parlors, grocery stores and laundry services. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
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1. African American children praying, 1940s Box 1

2. African American girl and woman watering flowers, 1940s Box 1

3. African American woman with basket of peaches, 1940s Box 1

Tombs of the Middle East postcard collection, 1890s-1920s

0.5 Linear Feet (1 document box)
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Collection consists of postcards, with photographs or printed images of tombs, worship places, and cemetery monuments from locations across the Middle East region, including Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Iran, Palestine, Iraq, and India. Some images of Christian, Judaic, and Muslim holy and religious sites.
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Nadia Sablin photographs, 2008-2014

1.5 Linear Feet (39 13x19 photographs in one box.)
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This collection includes 39 photographic prints comprising the series Aunties, by Nadia Sablin, the 2014 CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography Award Winner. Aunties is a series of photographs detailing the lives of two unmarried sisters living in a Russian village.
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Jennifer Stratton photographs, 2014-2015

23 item (1 box, 1 oversize folder)
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This collection includes 23 photographic prints comprising the series Where We Live: A North Carolina Portrait. Photographs taken by Jennifer Jacklin Stratton throughout the state of North Carolina in 2014-2015.
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Scrolls of Fire screen prints, 1979

2 Linear Feet (18 screen prints (70 cm x 50 cm))
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The Scrolls of Fire screen prints is a partial collection of the images created by Israeli painter and graphic artist Dan Reisinger (1934-2019) to illustrate verses by Israeli poet Abba Kovner. Reisinger's illustrations and Kovner's verses were published with parallel Hebrew and English text in 1981 as Megilot ha-esh [Scrolls of Fire: a nation fighting for its life: fifty-two chapters of Jewish martyrology].
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1, "Weeping of a prophet", 1979 Box 1, Folder 1

4, "A stiff-necked people", 1979 Box 1, Folder 1

5, "This night", 1979 Box 1, Folder 1

Julia Penelope papers, ca. 1986-1999

3 Linear Feet 1800 Items
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This accession continues to document Julia Penelope's life as a lesbian and feminist activist and academic. Materials include correspondence and financial records; lecture notes and writings by Penelope dealing with subjects that include linguistics, lesbian communities, lesbian separatists, and coming out; subject files; and book reviews of works by Penelope and others. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. For information on earlier accessions, please consult the Duke Library online catalog.

Cause Marketing Forum. Halo Awards Records, 2002-2012 and undated, 2002-2012 and undated

82.0 Linear Feet
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Professional organization founded in 2002 by David Hessekiel to promote business-nonprofit collaboration and corporate sponsorship of social service campaigns. Halo Awards were established in 2003 to celebrate notable cause marketing campaigns.le endeavors by businesses.
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Baldwin Scholars Program records, 2003-2023

5 Linear Feet
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The Baldwin Scholars Program at Duke University began during the 2004/2005 academic year. The Program aims to empower women to change Duke's campus culture and the world beyond. It is named for Alice M. Baldwin, the first dean of Duke University's Woman's College. Materials within the collection include program proposal, recruitment and publicity materials, newsletters, annual reports, group photographs of the Baldwin Scholars, and information about retreats, seminars, projects, and the scholars themselves.
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Interdisciplinary Studies records, 1998-2006

31.5 Linear Feet 23,000 Items
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Duke University's strategic plan emphasizes interdisciplinary studies because important teaching, learning, and research often occur across the traditional boundaries of disciplines, departments, or schools. Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University became an office under the direction of the Provost with the appointment of the first Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies in 1998. Prior to this, direction of interdisciplinary studies was a responsibility of the Dean of the Graduate School/Vice Provost for Graduate Education. Records contain subject files, correspondence, reports, and planning documents related to Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke, including the Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, the Franklin Humanities Institute, Information Science and Information Studies, Women's Studies, Science Technology and Human Values, the Black Faculty Initiative, the University Scholars Program, global health, arts and humanities, the arts warehouse, development and grants, and faculty involvement with interdisciplinary teaching.
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Turkish elections political ephemera, 2018-2019

1 Linear Feet
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The collection consists of printed materials and ephemera documenting the 2018 presidential election and 2019 municipality elections in Turkey. Represented in the collection are the major parties, including the Justice and Development Party (AKP), Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Republican People's Party (CHP), Nationalist Movement Party (MDP), Felicity Party (Saadet), Patriotic Party (Vatan), and Iyi Party (Iyi). Materials are in Turkish.

Syria Ministry of Health posters, 2020

3.0 Linear Feet
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The Syria Ministry of Health is the government agency in Syria responsible for the health of the population, including raising awareness of health issues. The Syria Ministry of Health posters includes 14 posters related to COVID-19 dangers and prevention.
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فيروس كورونا المستجد كيف يمكن لمقدمي الرعاية الصحية حماية أنفسهم, 2020 Oversize-folder 1

كن عطوفا لتدعم أحبائك أثناء تفشي فيروس كورونا, 2020 Oversize-folder 1

Sarah Wood Zine collection, 1990s

2 Linear Feet 150 Items
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Sarah Wood was the co-owner of GERLL Press, a zine distro based in Chicago, Ill., in the early to mid-1990s. The collection consists of about 150 zines self-published by women and girls, largely in the United States. Subjects include feminism, the riot grrrl movement, body image and consciousness, women's health, women athletes, sexual abuse, television and film, poetry and short stories, rock music and punk music, violence against women, sexual identity, homosexuality, and bisexuality. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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20 Bus Box 1

(a) Void Box 1

J. Walter Thompson Company. Detroit Office. Kinder Essington Papers, 1985-2015 and undated, 1985-2015 and undated

2.0 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
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Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. Essington was an executive with JWT's Detroit Office.
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25 Under 25 photographs, 2003

5 Linear Feet 21 Items
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The Center for Documentary Studies opened in January 1990 and is an outgrowth of and replacement for the Center for Documentary Photography (1980-1990). The Center combines traditions of documentary photography and film, writing, oral history, and scholarly analysis in seeking to capture life experiences. The 25 Under 25 project showcases twenty-five of America's most promising photographers, all twenty-five years old or younger. This collection contains 21 prints from an exhibit celebrating the project's initial publication, 25 Under 25: Up-And-Coming American Photographers, a Lyndhurst Book published by powerHouse and the Center for Documentary Studies in 2003.
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25 Under 25 Exhibit Prints, 2003 2 boxes

Lloyd B. Saville papers, 1936-1979, bulk dates 1950-1979

1.5 Linear Feet (Three boxes.)
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Lloyd Saville (circa 1915-1988) was a professor emeritus of economics at Duke University. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, and faculty activities. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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DukeMakers, 2013-2017

1.5 Linear Feet
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DukeMakers is a student maker's group focused on 3D printing, founded in 2014. The DukeMakers records include 3D printed objects created by members of the club as well as some administrative records and other materials.
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Droplet, 2014 January Box 1, Item UA31140005-A-0001

African Americans in Film Collection, 1919-2000

15 Linear Feet
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The African Americans in Film collection includes ephemeral materials, especially posters and pressbooks, promoting and advertising motion pictures featuring Black actors, directors, and production companies.
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48 Hours, 1982 Box 1

A.K.A. Cassius Clay, 1970 Box 1

Aaron Loves Angela, 1975 Oversize-folder 14

Duke University Anniversaries collection, 1937 - 2000

15 Linear Feet 12500 Items
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Duke University has celebrated anniversaries of two major founding events: the establishment of continuous education at Brown's Schoolhouse in Randolph County, N.C., in 1838, and the creation of the Duke Endowment, which transformed Trinity College into Duke University in 1924. As a result, the institution commemorated the 100th Anniversary of its beginnings in Randolph County in 1938/1939, the 50th Anniversary of the Duke Endowment and founding of Duke University in 1974/1975, the 150th Anniversary of its beginnings in Randolph County in 1988/1989, and the 75th Anniversary of the Duke Endowment and founding of Duke University in 1999/2000. The Duke University Anniversaries Collection includes correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed matter, programs, speeches, a sound recording, a diary, acknowledgements from other institutions, a time capsule, and other materials relating to events commemorating the beginnings and founding of Duke University. Major subjects include events planning, fund raising, Duke University, Trinity College (Randolph Co., N.C. and Durham, N.C.), Normal College (Randolph Co., N.C.), Union Institute (Randolph Co., N.C.), and Brown's Schoolhouse (Randolph Co., N.C.). English.
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50th Anniversary (1924-1974) of the founding of Duke University, 1973-1975

Lore Parker papers, 1950-1979 and undated

12 Linear Feet 1251 Items
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Lore Lionel Parker was a copy writer for Doyle Dane Bernbach and other advertising agencies. She was part of the creative team at Bernbach credited with leading the advertising industry's Creative Revolution of the early 1960s. The Lore Parker Papers include proofs, tear sheets and radio and television broadcast scripts for advertising campaigns Parker worked on for Doyle Dane Bernbach, Dowd Redfield & Johnstone, and other advertising agencies. Topics include alcoholic beverages, cosmetics, housewares, snack foods, swimwear, tourism, and women's clothing and undergarments. Major companies or products represented include Alitalia airlines, Barton's Bonbonniere, the British Tourist Authority, Celanese Fibers, Cole of California, General Telephone/GTE, Lees Carpets, and Salada Junket foods.
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Alitalia, 1958-1959, undated 2 folders Box 7

Chevrolet salesmanship literature, 1925-1932

0.2 Linear Feet
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Chevrolet is a division of General Motors Corporation, founded in 1911 in Detroit, Mich. Collection consists of nine pamphlets addressed to Chevrolet sales personnel. Topics include closing sales, new product features, prospective buyer resistance, sales incentive programs, and seasonal selling. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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J. Walter Thompson Company. Domestic advertisements, part 2, 1903-2009

70.0 Linear Feet 4.3 Gigabytes (1373 files)
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Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) was one of the oldest and largest advertising agencies in the United States. It was headquartered in New York. In 2023 the agency was absorbed into marketing and communications firm VML. Collection includes posters, proofs, tearsheets, design elements, and digital files that represent the creative work products of JWT's various U.S. offices for its client accounts. Companies represented include Bell Atlantic, Bristol-Myers, Chevron, Ford, Goodyear, Kraft, McDonnell Douglas, Northern Telecom, Oscar Mayer, Quaker Oats, Southland (7-Eleven), Sprint, and the U.S. Marine Corps. This collection represents a continuation of the J. Walter Thompson Company domestic advertisements, part 1. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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7-Up, 1970s Oversize-folder 2

Richard Pollay. Tobacco industry promotion (TIPS) collection, 1885-2014

227.0 Linear Feet
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Richard W. Pollay was Professor and Curator of the History of Advertising Archives at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. Collection includes audiovisual materials in multiple formats (audio and video cassettes, optical discs), clippings of articles and advertisements, pamphlets and other printed material, artifacts and ephemera (including apparel, cups, luggage, playing cards, promotional gifts and samples of tobacco packaging and candy cigarettes), photographs and slides, research reports, corporate documents, depositions and transcripts of court case testimony and other litigation-related materials. Topics include tobacco advertising and deceptive advertising practices; package labeling and health claims; cigarette marketing; manipulation of tar and nicotine levels; "light" and menthol cigarettes; lung cancer and other smoking-related health issues; smoking cessation and anti-smoking initiatives in the United States, Canada and internationally; tobacco industry manufacturing and marketing practices; smoking initiation and teenage and young adult smoking; and marketing of tobacco products to women and minorities. Companies represented include American Tobacco, British American Tobacco, Brown & Williamson, Imperial Tobacco, Liggett & Myers, Lorillard, Philip Morris (later Altria), R.J. Reynolds/RJR Nabisco and the Tobacco Institute. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Chanticleer Photograph collection, 1990s-ongoing

29 Linear Feet
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The Chanticleer is Duke's annual student-produced yearbook. Focus is placed on high- quality photographs. The collection includes photographs, slides, negatives and contact sheets. Duplicates exist throughout the collection. The Collection also includes editing notes from Chanticleer staff. Most of the photographs are in black and white, although there are some in color. They range in date from circa 1998-ongoing.
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8x10 Photographs (approx. 189) Box 1

5x7 Photographs (approx. 6) Box 1

4x6 Photographs (approx. 806) Box 1

Bradley Family papers, 1774-1882

1 Linear Feet 792 Items
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Stephen Row Bradley and his son William Czar Bradley were lawyers who, as residents of Westminster, Vermont, served in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives respectively. Later Stephen moved to Walpole, New Hampshire. Many prominent New Englanders corresponded with them about Federalist, Republican, and Democratic politics, patronage, and legal and personal matters. Stephen's son-in-law, Samuel Griswold Goodrich ("Peter Parley") was his most frequent correspondent. Other subjects of the correspondence include the Vermont militia, relations between the U.S. and Tripoli, attitudes toward the War of 1812, surveying of the northeastern boundary between the U.S. and Canada, General Lafayette's visit to Thomas Jefferson in 1824, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Andrew Jackson.

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Jerry D. Campbell records, 1930-1998 (bulk 1989-1994)

25 Linear Feet 35,000 Items
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Contains records of the Duke University Library Administration, primarily under Jerry D. Campbell's administration, ca. 1984-1995. Types of materials include subject files, correspondence, minutes, annual reports, budgets, evaluations, contracts, and miscellaneous notes pertaining to the operation and management of the Duke University Libraries since around 1930. Major topics include academic library administration, space utilization, statistics, Jerry D. Campbell, information networks, library cooperation, catalog automation, and budgets. The bulk of materials (A2002-88) are from 1989-1994. English.
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Women's Center records, 1970-2014

31.75 Linear Feet 6.46 Megabytes
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The Women's Center serves the Duke undergraduate, graduate and professional student communities. The center supports and promotes student women and gender issues on campus. Materials present include subject files, correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, surveys, programming records, committee records, flyers, job descriptions, training materials, photographs, slides, videocassettes, and other materials relating to the history and daily operation of the Center.
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A99-3, 1986-1996 4.5 boxes

School of Law Reference collection, 1930-ongoing

2 Linear Feet 2000 Items
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The School of Law Reference Collection contains subject files pertaining to various topics particular to the School of Law; some subjects/formats include: admissions, clippings, first female law student, student produced publications, first year law classes, bulletins, reports, and curriculum. The collection begins in 1930 and is ongoing.

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AA-COF Box 1

New Day Films Digital Films Collection, 1971-2023

16 Terabytes 899 Files (Preservation and access digital video files, and caption files.)
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New Day Films is a filmmaker-run cooperative founded in 1971. Film topics range widely and include women's history and culture; multiculturalism and diversity; social and political history; gender and socialization; media, culture; the environment; mental health; parenting and family; and global concerns. The New Day Films Digital Films collection consists of digitized and digitally-born films distributed by the company since its inception. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Manifest Destiny Jesus, 2021 Digital-materials RL13074-SET-0139_u, Video-file AasengJosh_ManifestDestinyJesus.mp4

Office of Government Relations records, 1965-2015

14.125 Linear Feet
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The Office of Government Relations is charged with representing the University in Washington, D.C. The office serves to address and monitor legislative issues of interest to the university and its community. This collection contains the records of the Office of Government Relations spanning the years 1965 to 2015. Major topics include legislation, lobbying, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), and the Association of American Universities (AAU).
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AAU 1.5 boxes

John Tate Lanning papers, 1926-1976

36 Linear Feet
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John Tate Lanning (1902-1976) was a historian, colonial Latin America scholar, and Duke University Professor of History. This collection includes correspondence, manuscript materials, committee notes, student papers, newsletters, conference materials, curriculum materials, travel diaries, interview transcriptions, and field research notes. Major subjects include the Duke University Department of History, Duke University Research Council, Hispanic American Historical Review, Latin American library resources, student and teaching of Latin American history, research in the social sciences, and Latin American colleges and universities. English.
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AB-ADL Box 1

ADL-ALD Box 1

ALE-AMB Box 1

News Service Biographical Files, circa 1930s - 2004

183 Linear Feet
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The Duke News Service informs the public and the university community about research, programs, and events at Duke. The collection consists of biographical files of Duke University faculty, staff, alumni, and others compiled by the News Service, as well as some photographic materials in separate folders. The files contain primarily clippings and also curricula vitae, photographs, and other printed materials. English.
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Abbey, W. D. Box 1

Abbey, W. D. Box 123

Abbey, W. D. Box 146

News Service subject files, 1930-ongoing

117 Linear Feet
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The mission of the Duke News Service is to inform the public and the university community about research, programs, and events at Duke; to increase public understanding and appreciation of scholarly contributions made by Duke's faculty and the work of its other employees and students; and to provide media relations and consultative services to faculty and administrators. Subject-related files created by the Duke University News Service containing clippings, speeches, photographs and reference material.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company literature collection, 1920s-1960s

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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was founded in 1863 as the National Union Life and Limb Insurance Company; it opened as Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1868. Today the company is known as MetLife. This collection contains printed literature and booklets about medical care, first aid, healthy living, and safety published and distributed by Metropolitan Life, particularly the Welfare Division, to the public in the mid-twentieth century. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collection and the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History.
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ABC booklet, approximately 1930s 14 pages Box 1, Folder 1

About rheumatic fever, approximately 1940s 3 pages Box 1, Folder 1

Locus Science Fiction Foundation archives, 1942-2012 and undated

10 Linear Feet
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Locus, the Magazine of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Field, was co-founded by Charles N. Brown (1937-2009), Ed Meskys (1936-), and Dave Vanderwerf (1944-) in New York in 1968. It first began as a science-fiction and fantasy one-sheet news fanzine that was created to help the Boston Science Fiction Group win its 1971 Worldcon bid. Vanderwerf left after issue #4, and Meskys after #11. Charles Brown remained as editor until his death in 2009. The Locus Archives include names files for more than 800 people, many of whom are writers, editors, or publishers. The files contain correspondence, clippings, obituaries, and writings, the bulk of which relate to American writers, though there are several files kept on writers and fans from across the world, including China, Japan, and Russia. Much of the correspondence is about publishing news, corrections, and deaths in the science-fiction, fantasy, and horror community. There are several well-known correspondents including: Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Jim Baen, Ian and Betty Ballantine, Algis Budrys, Octavia E. Butler, Arthur C. Clarke, L. Sprague de Camp, Harlan Ellison, Robert Heinlein, Ursula K. Le Guin, Dean Koontz, Andre Alice Norton, James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon), and Gene Wolfe.
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Abe, Kobe, 1989-1993 Box 1

Ackerman, Forrest J, 1978-2008 Box 1

Charles and Shirley Weiss collection of opera ephemera, 1951-2003

4.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
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Collection contains programs from 1386 operas attended around the world from 1951-2003 by Drs. Charles and Shirley Weiss.
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Abel Beach Nichols papers, 1835-1850

0.1 Linear Feet 3 Items
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Abel Beach Nichols (1796/7-1868) was a merchant, farmer, slave owner and dealer from Bedford County, Virginia. The collection includes a small account book A. B. (Abel Beach) Nichols used to record financial transactions that occurred in Alabama from 1835 to 1836. Nine pages contain handwriting and several pages near the front and back of the book have been removed. Of particular interest are two pages with the heading, A list of the sales of negroes in the State of Alabama in 1835 & 1836, followed by a tabular listing of the number of slaves, their names, from whom purchased, cost, date, to whom sold, time, and amount. In all, Nichols bought and sold 42 slaves for a profit of $21,430.58. Headings such as A list of bonds bought in Alabama ... and Bond on ... in Alabama for articles sold are found on subsequent pages. Also included in the collection are two letters addressed to A. B. Nichols. The 1846 letter, from Pollard Hopkins & Co., describes efforts regarding the sell or hire of Nichols' slave, Henry, and the writer's intention to buy Henry a horse and dray, thereby giving him the means to eventually buy his freedom. The 1850 letter, from Henry, respectfully explains arrangements for acquiring the title to himself.
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Ailecia Ruscin Zine collection, 1994-2002 and undated

7.2 Linear Feet 552 Items
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The collection consists of 552 zines, collected by the donor between 1994 and 2001. The collection focuses on personal zines by women, politics, the punk music scene, social justice activism, and riot grrrl. Many of the zines are accompanied by correspondence with the donor. Ailecia Ruscin is a writer, activist, and scholar from San Antonio, Texas and Auburn, Alabama. She is the author or co-author of the zines provo-CAT-ive and alabama grrrl (published from 1997-2000).
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Adele, no.5, 1999 Box 1

Incarceration Zine collection, 1995-2007 and undated

0.8 Linear Feet 107 Items
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Collection of incarceration and anarchist publications produced by South Chicago ABC Zine Distro. Collection consists of 103 zines and drawings which include works most notably by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Sundiata Acoli, Ashanti Alston Omowali, David Gilbert and his son, Chesa Boudin, Kevin "Rashid" Johnson, Dennis Kyne, Anthony Rayson, Bobby Sands, Sean Swain, and Harold H. Thompson.
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Abortion Care Network records, 2007-2012 and undated

0.3 Linear Feet 195 Items
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Network of independent abortion providers, allies, and individuals; founded through the merge of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers and the Abortion Conversation Project. Collection includes founding documents, newsletters, and promotional and printed materials from the Abortion Care Network. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Abortion Conversation Project records, 2000-2008

2.2 Linear Feet 1600 Items
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The Abortion Conversation Project was founded in 2000 to create strategies to challenge the stigma surrounding abortion. ACP was originally conceived as the 501(c)(3) sister to the National Coalition for Abortion Providers, a lobbying and trade organization for independent abortion providers. In July 2008, both organizations joined forces to form the Abortion Care Network. General administrative, financial, programmatic, and educational records; correspondence; founding documents; records of the board of directors; and files from Peg Johnston, co-founder of the Abortion Conversation Project. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Trinity College (Randolph County, N.C.) collection, 1839-1992

22.5 Linear Feet
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Brown's Schoolhouse was established in 1838 in Randolph County, North Carolina iterations as Union and later went through iterations asUnion Institute Academy, Normal College, and eventually Trinity College. The college relocated to Durham, North Carolina in 1892 and was renamed Duke University in 1924. This collection consists of administrative, academic, and financial records. Materials include accounting ledgers, roll books, student lists and rosters including lists containing the names of students from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, minutes and resolutions, financial and annual reports, account statements, addresses, sermons, correspondence, writings of Braxton Craven, and Trinity College publications.
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