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The Memory Project Oral History collection | 民间记忆计划口述史, 2009-2016

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The Memory Project Oral History collection comprises digital video recordings and written supporting documentation of interviews spanning 2009 to 2016. The interviews were conducted by filmmakers associated with the Work Station, a film studio run by Wu Wenguang in Caochangdi, Beijing, China. Memory Project interviews were conducted with Chinese people about mid-20th century rural life, primarily experiences during the Great Famine (1958-1961), but also the Land Reform and Collectivization (1949-1953), the Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), the Four Cleanups Movement (1964), and the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Wu's studio in suburban Beijing, known as the Work Station, is the home for this project. More than 150 young filmmakers have joined the project, and since 2010 they have visited 246 villages in 20 provinces and interviewed more than 1,100 elderly villagers. These filmmakers, many of whom returned to their families' rural hometowns, developed new intergenerational relationships with elderly relatives. During the process of interviewing the villagers, they reconciled the official history taught in schools with each family's experiences.
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Zhu Shunlian | 朱顺莲, 2011

The food available in the canteen and households included buckwheat, corn flour, grass root, rice chaff, tree leaves, chingma abutilon seed and wild walnut, as well as a mixture made of soy milk, pumpkin leaves, string bean leaves, potato leaves and wild plants.

Zhu Shunlian (b. 1937) was born in Zhushan County, Shiyan City, Hubei Province, and moved to Diaoyutai Village (Yindian Town, Suizhou City, Hubei Province) in 1988. Her husband was once the production team leader. In this interview, Zhu recalls that she and her husband worked at Zhushan mine and ate at the People's Commune canteen in 1959. The food available in the canteen and households included buckwheat, corn flour, grass root, rice chaff, tree leaves, chingma abutilon seed and wild walnut, as well as a mixture made of soy milk, pumpkin leaves, string bean leaves, potato leaves and wild plants. Zhu also remembers that some people from Sichuan escaped to Hubei because of the famine.

  1. Hubei province | 湖北省, 2012-2016
  2. Diaoyutai Village | 随州市随县殷店镇钓鱼台村, 2010-2016

Zhang Xiaogeng | 张小庚, 2013

He recalls eating corns and all kinds of leaves, eating grain seeds secretly while planting them as long as the cadres didn't know.

Zhang Xiaogeng (b.1930) is a resident of Xizhai Village, Hanguguan Town, Lingbao City, Henan Province. In this interview, Zhang remembers experiences during the Great Leap Forward and the Great Famine. Due to the proneness to boasting and exaggeration at that time, tens of thousands jin of wheat and sweet potatoes were reported while the actual yield was only two or three hundred, and otherwise they would be criticized. When constructing backyard furnace, the village was organized into military units. Starvation began in 1960, because too much food was collected, the peasants didn't have enough to eat. He recalls eating corns and all kinds of leaves, eating grain seeds secretly while planting them as long as the cadres didn't know. At that time, peasants were divided into two classes, and landlords and rich peasants were struggled and beaten up.

  1. Henan Province | 河南省, 2012-2016
  2. Xizhai Village | 三门峡市灵宝市函谷关镇西寨村, 2013

Zeng Man | 曾漫, 2011

The production team put too many seeds in the field, and could not get enough harvest afterwards.

Zeng Man (b.1929) is a resident of Zhaixia Village, Pengzhai Town, Heping County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. Zeng took part in the denunciation of landlords during the Cultural Revolution. She went to landlords' homes to tie people up and carry their properties. The landlords were put in pig cages and their properties were shared between other villagers. The Red Guards wronged many people. After the communization, many starved to death. The production team put too many seeds in the field, and could not get enough harvest afterwards. People ran out of food quickly. Zeng did not suffer hunger because her family works at the eating hall and secretly brought back food. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

  1. Guangdong Province | 广东省, 2011-2014
  2. Zhaixia Village | 河源市和平县彭寨镇寨下村, 2011-2012
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Youth Document Durham and Durham Works Project records, 1995-2008 and undated

45.5 Linear Feet (75 boxes; 1 oversize folder) Approximately 10,085 Items
Youth Document Durham and Durham Works were programs sponsored by Duke University and the Center for Documentary Studies that brought together young people ages 12–16 from diverse Durham communities to document their lives, local history, and contemporary social issues through photography, oral history, and narrative writing. The Youth Document Durham and Durham Works project records span the years 1995-2008 and document the process of training young people in Durham, North Carolina schools to use photography and other arts, oral histories, and writing to record the history and members of their communities and the local issues affecting the students' lives. Many of the students are African American or Hispanic and their topics often highlight social conditions and race relations in African American and Hispanic communities in Durham neighborhoods and in a few other locations, including South Carolina. Topics explored by participants, both interviewers and interviewees, include crime, food cultures, jobs and education, music, racism, technology, teen violence, work cultures, and tobacco cultivation and its social context. The bulk of the collection is made up of hundreds of oral interviews conducted by junior high and high school students with community members, documented through audiocassette recordings, photographs, writings, and some transcripts, but there are also many program publications, project curricula, and administrative records for the program from its beginnings through 2008. There is also a database created by Center for Documentary Studies staff that records the complete information for each interview, including descriptive notes on certain interviews. This data also contains restricted information. For access to this database, please consult with a reference archivist. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Mobius Advertising Awards collection, 1970s-2002 and undated, bulk 1984-2002

1328 Linear Feet 19,024 Items

Collection consists primarily of television commercials, although it includes some radio commercials, which were entered for Mobius awards presented in 1971-1999. Most of the collection is divided into two main series, North America and International. Commercials are judged by product type/category as well as budget size. Also included are brochures and press releases which describe the award process ca. 1970s-1990s (98-156 box 68). There are compilation tapes documenting the award-winning entries for 1990-1997 (98-156 box 69). (Accessions 1997-0101: 12,237 items, 850.5 linear feet, dated 1984-1991, undated; 1998-0156: 1500 items, 105 linear feet, dated 1971-1997; 1999-0152: 1200 items, 112.5 linear feet, dated 1997-1998). An encoded container list has not been created for these additions. Please consult the paper finding aids located in the repository.

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Full Frame Archive collection, 1998-2017

55.5 Linear Feet
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is the largest film festival in the United States entirely devoted to documentary film. Originally the DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival, it is an international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of non-fiction cinema, held annually since 1998 in downtown Durham, North Carolina. Typically, more than 100 films are screened, along with discussions, panels, and workshops fostering conversation between filmmakers, film professionals and the public. The Full Frame Archive was created in 2007, as a partnership between Duke University and Full Frame. The Full Frame Archive Film Collection comprises preservation masters of documentary films that won awards at the Full Frame Film Festival between 1998 and 2012. Formats include 35mm film, 16mm film, Digital Betacam cassette, HDCAM cassette, Betacam SP cassette, and DVD. In addition, there is a complete set of festival program books. The films vary widely in topic and style, with a predominant emphasis on human rights issues; all of the films deal with social issues in one way or another. The collection is organized chronologically, by festival year, and acquisitions are ongoing.
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Workingman's Death (2005)

Director: Michael Glawogger Producers: Erich Lackner, Miriam Quinte, Pepe Danquart Country: Austria Award won: Seeds of War TRT: 122:00

Director: Michael Glawogger
Producers: Erich Lackner, Miriam Quinte, Pepe Danquart
Country: Austria
Award won: Seeds of War
TRT: 122:00

  1. Full Frame Film Festival, 2006

Uganda Rising (2006)

Directors: Jesse James Miller and Pete McCormack Producer: Alison Lawton Country: Canada Award won: Seeds of War TRT: 82:00

Directors: Jesse James Miller and Pete McCormack
Producer: Alison Lawton
Country: Canada
Award won: Seeds of War
TRT: 82:00

  1. Full Frame Film Festival, 2007

The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)

Directors: Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg Producers: Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern, Jane Wells, Gretchen Wallace Country: United States Awards won: Full Frame/Working Films Award and the Seeds of War TRT: 87:00

Directors: Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg
Producers: Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern, Jane Wells, Gretchen Wallace
Country: United States
Awards won: Full Frame/Working Films Award and the Seeds of War
TRT: 87:00

  1. Full Frame Film Festival, 2007
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Celeste and Reggie Hodges collection, 1968-2021

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder) 26.5 Gigabytes
Collection consists of photography created by Celeste and Reggie Hodges while living in Sembehu and Shenge, Sierra Leone, as Peace Corps volunteers in the 1960s and 1970s. Formats include negatives, prints, slides, and digital scans; all image titles and subjects have been applied by the Hodges. Images depict village life, social and religious customs, agriculture and fishing practices, medical care and treatment, textiles and art, schooling and children's life, and portraits of people. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
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Duke University Press records, 1812-2021

554.5 Linear Feet 2.98 Gigabytes
Duke University Press publishes both scholarly books and journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. In its early years, preference was given to works published by faculty, graduate students and alumni and to works focused on southern states. The records of Duke University Press span from 1812-2019 and consist of correspondence, annual catalogs, advertisements, annual reports, Board minutes, contracts and agreements, book and journal reviews, financial records, marketing files, the records of former director Steve Cohn, and facsimiles of the Carlyle letters.
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Methodist Student Center records, 1947-2000 (bulk 1954-1966)

0.5 Linear Feet 500 Items
The Methodist Student Center was constructed in 1957 to serve the spiritual and social life of the then 1,250 Methodist students attending Duke. The materials in the collection include two serials The Crusader and Methodist Student Movement, as well as, clippings, programs, brochures, reports and other printed material. The collection ranges in date from 1947-2000 with the bulk items dating 1954-1966.
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Student Action With Farmworkers records, 1950-2022, bulk 1992-2022

150 Linear Feet (162 boxes) 504 Gigabytes
The records of the Durham, N.C. organization Student Action with Farmworkers comprise: administrative and event files; correspondence; reports, articles, and other publications; student project files; outreach and teaching materials; photographs, artwork, and scrapbooks; audio and video recordings; and materials related to labor organizing and protests across the U.S. Hundreds of student-led projects document through interviews, essays, photographs, videos, and other materials the lives of migrant farmworkers and their working conditions, mostly in NC and SC but also in VA, TN, and GA. Major themes in the collection include: history, working conditions, and abuses of migrant farmworkers in the U.S.; education and outreach efforts; housing, health, and pesticide safety; leadership development for migrant youth; grassroots theater; labor organizing and boycotts; and service learning. Materials are in English and Spanish. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive at Duke University.
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W-2: Oral and Written Comp II, 1995-1997 1 of 1 Box 48

View, by: Edith Ledezma, 1996 May 16 A History Lesson, by: Sarah Hennessey, 1996 Sunflower Seeds, by: Tracy Thorpe, 1996 Merry Christmas, by: Ramiro Arceo, 1996 Una Entrevista con Felipe Dejuki Mendoza, no author, 1997 Surveys administered by Lisa Stevenson, 1997 The Inside Scoop on the Former Moxley Family Farmers, by: Jenny Sousk, 1997 Opportunity of a Lifetime, by: Michelle Steiner, 1997 Las Condiciones de los Trabajadores Agrícolas en Carolina del Norte, by: Hortencia Huerta, 1997 Untitled, by: Rachel Avery, 1997 Ese Varado, by: Marcella Hurtado Gomez, 1997 Aug. 5
  1. Various poems by Alma Rojas, date: 1995
  2. Journal of an Outreach Worker, by: Palmar Plonk, date: 1995
  3. Untitled, by: Kiki Barnes, date: 1995
  4. Untitled, by: Juana Torres, 1995
  5. Mis Padres, by: Juana Torres, 1995
  6. Rescuing Gems from Caves and Flowers Deserts, Building Raging Fires from Smoldering Embers, by: Hugh H. Davis, 1995 Aug. 5
  7. Untitled, by: Cindi Lopez, 1995
  8. SAF Documentary Project, by: Myah Cook, 1995 Aug. 4
  9. A ?Better? Life, by: Lori White, 1996
  10. Untitled, by: Andrea Hickle, 1996 July 28
  11. Mi escuela es Mt. View, by: Edith Ledezma, 1996 May 16
  12. A History Lesson, by: Sarah Hennessey, 1996
  13. Sunflower Seeds, by: Tracy Thorpe, 1996
  14. Merry Christmas, by: Ramiro Arceo, 1996
  15. Una Entrevista con Felipe Dejuki Mendoza, no author, 1997
  16. Surveys administered by Lisa Stevenson, 1997
  17. The Inside Scoop on the Former Moxley Family Farmers, by: Jenny Sousk, 1997
  18. Opportunity of a Lifetime, by: Michelle Steiner, 1997
  19. Las Condiciones de los Trabajadores Agrícolas en Carolina del Norte, by: Hortencia Huerta, 1997
  20. Untitled, by: Rachel Avery, 1997
  21. Ese Varado, by: Marcella Hurtado Gomez, 1997 Aug. 5
  1. SAF Student Projects, 1986-2018
  2. Into the Fields: Student Documentary Work, 1990-2015 and undated
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Advertising ephemera collection, 1832-2004

38.0 Linear Feet
The collection documents short-term, time-sensitive and event-specific aspects of marketing and sales promotion. Advertising campaigns ordinarily seek to promote sales, increase market share, and strive to maintain the enduring integrity of a brand name. Ephemeral marketing products work within a more limited frame that terminates at the end of an event or with the issue of a superseding edition: a dated catalog of products; new book announcements; festival programs; an advertisement for an auction or sales event; limited-time premiums such as silverware or collector cards included with a purchase. The collection includes articles; broadsides; brochures; business and trade cards; catalogs; circulars; clippings; direct-to-consumer mailings; event programs; manuals; maps; memoranda to sales agents; premium offers; price lists; religious literature; sales bulletins and announcements; souvenirs; travel and tourism literature; and other materials. Topical areas include: Agricultural and industrial machinery; banking and finance; building materials; business, correspondence, and other schools; clothing and footwear; death care (cemeteries, funeral supplies, gravestones, etc.); fairs and festivals; food; furniture; hair care; hardware; household appliances and furnishings; insurance; livestock; musical instruments; real estate; sewing goods; sporting goods; textiles; toiletries; transportation (airlines, automobiles, buggies and carriages, railroads, steam and cruise ships). Throughout the collection, images and artwork depict caricatures of Asians, Black and Indigenous people, women, occupations, and social classes that reflect racist, sexist, and classist attitudes and prejudices of the periods represented in the collection. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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J. Walter Thompson Company. 16mm microfilm Treasurer's Office records, 1916-1949 and undated

3.0 Linear Feet
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. Collection includes correspondence, bills, approvals and releases, lists of stockholders, estimates, wage cards, legal files (lawsuits, judgments, claims), insurance documents and other printed materials. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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