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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.

Common Woman Chorus records, 1985-2015 and undated

15.0 Linear Feet
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Lesbian feminist choral group established in the Durham-Raleigh-Chapel Hill area (N.C.) in 1983. The Common Woman Chorus records contain material dating from 1985 to 2010. The records primarily comprise sheet music, concert programs, publicity, correspondence, and administrative records. Although the records contain mostly print material, they also include some color photographs, audiocassettes, videos, electronic word documents, t-shirts, and sweatshirts. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

J. Walter Thompson Company. Chicago Office. records, 1908-2000 and undated

161 Linear Feet (50,000 items) 11 Megabytes
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This collection (94-110) (27,000 items, 50 linear feet, dated 1908-1989) consists mostly of vertical files, including office newsletters, speeches and writings, publications, training and planning documents from Chicago and other JWT offices. There are also 78 reels of microfilm of Chicago office ads prior to 1970, as well as significant collections of proof files especially pertaining to major clients like Kraft, Quaker Oats, and Schlitz. In addition, the collection holds several hundred "Aber Reports" dating between 1950-1971, which were market research summations of various product categories. A container list for this accession follows below.

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Charles Bailey Reed scrapbooks and photographs, 1914-1924 and undated, bulk bulk 1918-1919

3.0 Linear Feet (7 boxes) approx. 1000 items
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Radiologist who served in the U.S. American Expeditionary Forces Medical Corps during World War I; originally from Newburgh, Orange County, New York. Collection contains a few pieces of correspondence, telegrams, military orders, booklets, photographs and negatives, and ephemera collected by Captain Charles Bailey Reed during his service with the U.S. Medical Reserve Corps in France, 1918-1919. The items are mounted in two French-made scrapbooks or housed in loose groups. Materials relate to Reed's time as a medical radiologist at Evacuation Hospital Number One, Sebastopol Barracks, Toul, France. Hundreds of photographs, both loose and mounted, were taken by Reed in the U.S., 1914, 1918, 1924, and in Paris, 1918-1919, and in the Evacuation Hospital camp, 1918-1919. Commercially published photographs depict battle scenes and damage in France. Other items include newspapers reports of the Armistice; images from the Paris Inter-Allied Games, summer 1919; printed items produced for American soldiers stationed in France; and Reed's identity card. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
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World War I scrapbooks, 1918-1921

Academic Council records, 1954-2000

30 Linear Feet 0.4 Megabytes (3 files)
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This collection contains materials of the Academic Council, established at Duke University in 1962. The Academic Council is a group of faculty members who provide representation of the body of Duke University faculty to the Administration, Board of Trustees, and other decision-making groups. Types of materials include minutes and associated materials, memoranda and correspondence, council and committee membership lists, new committee charges, reports, bylaws, policy documents and related proposals, financial records, and other records of the Academic Council and its committees. Major subjects include Duke University faculty, Duke University Administration, and Duke University Board of Trustees. Materials range in date from 1954-2000. English.

Office of Durham and Community Affairs records, 1988-2022

7.75 Linear Feet
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The Office of Durham and Community Affairs (DCA) was established to build partnerships and develop programs that support affordable housing and health, community development, food security, and public education in Durham, North Carolina. DCA connects Durham and community members to resources at Duke University and Duke Health. Materials in the collection consist of records about programs and projects. Collection includes correspondence, annual reports, strategy documents, and events planning materials. Contents span 1988 to 2022.
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Derek Anderson photographs, 2006-2008

1 Linear Feet 16 Items
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Durham-based photographer specializing in editorial and documentary photography. Collection contains 16 11x14 color digital photographs produced by Derek Anderson for his project "When the Dust Settles: A photographic survey of the former Liggett & Myers tobacco factory in Durham, NC." Photographs include captions and range in date from 2006 to 2008.
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X Means Demolish, O'Brien Warehouse, First Floor, 2006

When the Dust Settles, Old Cigarette Factory, Second Floor, 2006

Anne Firor Scott papers, 1790-2014 (bulk 1939-2012)

34.75 Linear Feet 34.75 linear feet
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The collection contains writings of Anne Firor Scott and materials relating to her academic work in Southern and women's history. The materials primarily refer to her scholarly activities, and include her dissertation, occasional papers, articles, speeches and lectures, book reviews, contracts, conference proceedings and schedules, course materials, newspaper clippings, and other activities related to academia. There is also a file of correspondence written by Anna Lord Strauss (then president of the League of Women Voters) in 1949 and mailed to all members the league. Notes by Scott in this file explain her connection to Strauss, and the circumstances of the correspondence. In addition, there are newspaper articles related to the first and second editions of Scott's book, The Southern Lady. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

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Rainbow Triangle Oral History Collection, 1997-2006

4 Linear Feet
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The Rainbow Triangle Oral History Project was originally conceived in 1996 as a way to document the lives of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) people in the Triangle region in particular and central North Carolina in general. Ian Lekus became the Project Coordinator in 1996 and worked with a varying group of volunteers to acquire resources, conduct interviews, and ensure the preservation and access of the oral histories collected. More than 60 interviews were conducted between 1999 and 2004. The Rainbow Triangle Oral History Collection includes original oral history recordings, transcripts, biographical information on narrators, newsclippings, correspondence, and research materials.

Commission on University Governance records, 1969-1971

2.5 Linear Feet 2 boxes
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The Commission on University Governance at Duke University was created in April 1969 by Chancellor pro tem Barnes Woodhall. The group was charged with studying changes in university organization nationwide to create a model for administration at Duke. The group also focused on increasing student participation in university governance. The records include minutes, memoranda, correspondence, and reports produced by the Commission on University Governance, as well as reports, clippings, and other printed matter gathered by the Commission for reference purposes. The Commission published its findings and recommendations in three "Interim Reports," concerning the Board of Trustees, the Central Administration, and Departmental Governance. English.

Ronald Anthony Cross papers, 1971-2019 and undated

9 Linear Feet
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Ronald Anthony Cross was an American science fiction and fantasy author. Collection includes a wide array of Cross' creative work, including short stories and novelettes, poems, essays, song lyrics, novels, and copies of his published work. In addition there is research he conducted for his published books, and often material related to the publishing process, including tracking sheets, correspondence, contracts, reviews, and royalty statements. Material dated past Cross' death has to do with republishing agreements.
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Writings, 1971-2005 and undated

Charles McKinney papers, 1952-1993 and undated

42 Linear Feet 31500 Items
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Charles C. Chick McKinney founded and headed the McKinney & Silver (M&S) advertising agency for 22 years, where he held positions of President and Chief Executive Officer. The agency, originally based in Raleigh, N.C., and presently headquartered in Durham, N.C., is one of the largest advertising agencies in the Southeastern U.S. The Charles McKinney Papers cover the years 1952-1993, with the bulk of materials dating from 1968-1990, the period during which McKinney served as President and CEO of the McKinney & Silver (M&S) advertising agency. The collection primarily consists of correspondence, memoranda, clippings, M&S presentations to clients, proofs, speeches, reports, McKinney's handwritten drafts of advertising campaigns, and numerous brochures from graphic artists and design companies. The collection also includes films of advertising spots, slides for new business presentations, and many periodicals related to advertising and graphic design. Companies represented in the collection include American Drew; Bacardi Corporation; Bahamas; Barnett Banks; Benihana; Beatrice Foods Company; Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company; Black & Decker Corporation; Braniff Airways; Brown & Forman Inc.; Brown & Williamson; Colours; Del Monte Corporation; Drackett; Dunlop Sport, GoodMark Foods, Inc.; Gravely; Homelite; Kingsdown; Mars, Inc.; North Carolina National Bank; North Carolina Travel and Tourism; Norweigan Cruise Line; PET Dairy; Piedmont Airlines, Inc.; Pillsbury Company; Pine State; Quincy's; Royal Caribbean Cruise Line; Tile Council of America; Travelmation; and USAir Group, Inc.
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Writings and Speeches, 1952-1990 and undated 3 boxes

Office of Publications Records, 1963-1978

3.25 Linear Feet
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Duke University's Office of Publications centralized the task of producing printed materials for campus offices, schools, and other groups. The collection contains correspondence and drafts related to the production of two promotional university booklets: a proposed update to “A Short History (of Duke),” and “Duke Encounters,” a collection of reminiscences about Duke University that was published in 1977. Both booklets were produced under Dr. Elizabeth H. (Betsy) Locke, Editor of the Office of Publications. The collection also contains pamphlets, letterhead, brochures, magazines, cards, booklets, and other types of printed materials produced by the Office of Publications for various campus organizations and academic departments. This collection contains numerous variations of official Duke insignia, emblems, letterhead, and other graphics.
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Renée Jacobs photographs, 1979-2015

15 Linear Feet (16 boxes; 1 oversize folder)
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Renée Jacobs is a documentary photographer and photojournalist whose project, "Slow Burn," documents the abandonment of Centralia, Pennsylvania due to an underground coal mine fire in the mid-1980s. Her archive includes negatives, contact sheets, gelatin silver work prints and exhibit prints, digital inkjet prints, and publication materials deriving from the project. There are also oral history interviews on audiocassette with residents of Centralia, as well as some correspondence, a 1979 federal government report on Centralia, and color photographs and negatives taken by another photographer who visited the town in 1987. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Office of the University Registrar records, 1853-2023 (bulk 1853-2000)

61.5 Linear Feet 0.94 Gigabytes
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The Registrar's position originated in 1899 with Dallas W. Newsom's appointment as Registrar and Recording Secretary to the Board of Trustees to focus on financial matters. In 1953, the office of the University Registrar's responsibilities expanded to include admissions, registration, and student records. The collection includes grade books from Normal and Trinity Colleges; subject files with information on financial aid, the Consortium on Financing Higher Education, and the Undergraduate Faculty Council of Arts and Sciences; statistical information kept on student admissions, enrollment, and grade performance; the official schedules of courses for semesters and summer school, mailings to students, and microfilmed copies of student transcripts.

Oscar Micheaux Society papers, 1976-2004

4.5 Linear Feet 116 Megabytes 3375 Items
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The Oscar Micheaux Society formed in the early 1990s to promote the study of the early African-American film director, writer, and producer Oscar Micheaux. Oscar Micheaux Society newsletters, production files, administrative materials, and correspondence regarding grants, restoration projects, Micheaux-related events and exhibits, and black film scholarship.

Duke Gardens Foundation records, 1912-2002 and undated

96.8 Linear Feet 28,000 Items
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On October 15, 1958 the Duke Gardens Foundation was incorporated with the purpose of "developing thereon agricultural, botanical & horticultural exhibits for the purpose of scientific experiments and of public inspection, instruction, education & enjoyment." Over the period of six years, Doris Duke was personally involved in the physical design of the Indoor Display Gardens, in which various gardens were carefully designed, planned, and developed from the point of view of authenticity. The gardens were opened to the public in 1964, and included 11 unique gardens for visitors to enjoy. Doris Duke continued her involvement with her gardens throughout her life, bringing designers with her to modify them during the summer season when they were closed to tourists. The Duke Gardens Foundation was officially dissolved November 13, 2001 and the gardens closed to the public in 2008. The collection documents the lifecycle of the Duke Gardens Foundation, beginning with the inception of the Duke Gardens Foundation and the design and creation of the various indoor display gardens that comprised Duke Gardens, including the associated purchases of plants and bulbs. The materials follow the daily operations of Duke Gardens, including modifications and general upkeep of the gardens, visitor and tour information, and operations of the Foundation itself. The materials end with the general management of Duke Gardens after Doris Duke's death in 1993 and the final dissolution of the Foundation in 2001. Materials include correspondence, inventories, specifications for various architectural projects at Duke Gardens, invoices and vouchers for repairs and reconstruction to the greenhouses, surveys and reports, financial ledgers, and a multitude of both black and white and color photographs and slides of the different gardens.

Anna Schwartz papers, 1929-2012

23 Linear Feet (18 boxes.) 0.2 Gigabytes (One set.)
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Anna Schwartz (1915-2012) was a research staff member at the National Bureau of Economic Research who collaborated with Milton Friedman on numerous works, including A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960. This collection primarily documents her professional life through her correspondence, writings, research, and professional service. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Ovid Williams Pierce papers, 1931-1968 and undated

10 Linear Feet 553 Items
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Writer from Weldon, North Carolina. Correspondence, drafts and proofs, typescripts, notebooks, clippings, speeches, and photographs concerning the life and works of North Carolina novelist Ovid Williams Pierce. Papers chiefly relate to the development and publication of the following novels: "Judge Buell's Legacy," "On A Lonesome Porch," "The Devil's Half," "The Plantation," and "The Wedding Guest." The correspondence is restricted, and chiefly consists of letters between Pierce and his friends and literary colleagues. The clippings mainly refer to the publication of Pierce's works. Also included is a volume entitled "Cultural Change in Eastern North Carolina as Reflected in Some of the Novels of Inglis Fletcher and Ovid Pierce."
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Stanley C. Marshall papers, 1944-2005 and undated

19.0 Linear Feet
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Stanley C. Marshall (1919-2005) was an advertising executive and marketing consultant based in Pittsburgh, Pa., who served as President of Lando agency from 1952-1978; active as a lecturer, college professor, and humanitarian. The collection includes client files; speeches and presentations; publications; correspondence; advertising and civic awards; photographs; slides; audiovisual materials; films; and and other materials that document Marshall's career as a strategic marketing planner and consultant, as well as his involvement with humanitarian projects. The collection reflects Marshall's work for advertising and marketing firms, including Lando, Marsteller Advertising, and his own company, Stanley Marshall, Inc. Client files include 3M, Black Box, Delta Dental Plan, General Electric, International Management Center, PPG, Pure Industries (Stackpole), Scott Fetzer (Berkshire Hathaway), Sony, United Jewish Foundation, and Westinghouse. Also documented are Marshall's activities with public service and educational organizations that include UNICEF, the Conflict Resolution Center, the Negro Educational Emergency Drive (NEED, a project of the Urban League of Pittsburgh), the Network of International Business Schools (NIBS), and the Penn Technical Institute (a junior college, now part of the Pittsburgh Technical Institute). Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Pauline Bart papers, 1925-2015

66.5 Linear Feet
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Pauline Bart was a feminist sociologist who researched and wrote about many feminist and gender-related civil rights issues: topics included pornography, sexual assault prevention and rape law reform, Jewish and middle-aged women's mental health issues, reproductive rights and Chicago's Jane Collective, and violence against women. Her papers consist of her writings, teaching materials, research files, professional activities, as well as personal and family history materials. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Writings , 1963-2005

Men's Basketball Game Film Collection, 1947-1996

303.5 Linear Feet
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Basketball was first played at Trinity College in 1906, introduced by then-Athletic Director Wilbur Wade Card. Since then, men's basketball has been played each year at Trinity College and later Duke University, appearing in the NCAA Tournaments, and winning national championships. The Men's Basketball Game Film collection contains recordings of Duke Blue Devils men's basketball games created by Duke Athletics for the use of coaches and departmental staff.
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Clarissa Sligh papers, 1950-2010

70 Linear Feet 1.8 Gigabytes
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Clarissa Sligh is an artist and author of works such as Wrongly Bodied, Reading Dick and Jane with Me, What's Happening With Momma? Jake in Transition, and It Wasn't Little Rock. Collection includes materials relating to Sligh's career as an artist, with particular focus on her various projects and exhibitions in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. Projects represented include Jake In Transition/Wrongly Bodied, Witness to Dissent/It Wasn't Little Rock, Coast to Coast, Sandy Ground, Malcolm X: Man, Ideal, Icon, What's Happening With Momma? and an NC Reunion/Slavery project, along with several others. Sligh's files frequently include correspondence, research materials, drafts of essays and exhibition plans, clippings and other source materials, contact sheets and slides, and occasionally exhibit pieces and texts from the actual installation. Other items included in the collection are exhibition binders and scrapbooks kept by Sligh to document her career; correspondence and communication between Sligh and other artists, galleries, or publishers; catalogs and publicity materials from Sligh's many exhibitions, shows, and publications, artists' books, materials documenting Sligh's art and process, large framed photographic prints; and other materials. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Video Monitoring Services log books, 1978-2007

3.0 Linear Feet
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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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J. Walter Thompson Company. Review Board records, 1947-1976, 1987-1995

19.0 Linear Feet circa 10,000 Items
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The Review Board Records, J. Walter Thompson Company's New York Office's primary mechanism for controlling the quality of its services, span the years 1947 and 1953-1976 (bulk 1956-1974). Senior-level creative, account, and management personnel composed the Review Board. It provided guidance to account teams, which were assigned to manage advertising for particular clients, and ensured that client campaigns reflected the cumulative wisdom of the Company's most experienced employees. Frequent changes in the Review Board system make a brief description of its operations impossible, but generally, five to eight creative, account, and management personnel comprised a Review Board for each advertising account. Clients' different brands might have a separate Review Board for each product. Individual Review Board members usually had responsibility for a dozen or more accounts. The procedures called for meetings at least once a year and every time account representatives considered a major campaign. The records consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, memoranda, and reports. Clients represented include Lever Brothers, Liggett and Myers, Scott Paper Company, Warner-Lambert, Standard Brands, Ford Motor Company, Chesebrough-Ponds, Eastman Kodak and a number of others.

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Junaluska School of Religion records, 1928 - 1941

3 Linear Feet 3000 Items
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The Junaluska School of Religion was a summer program sponsored by the Duke School of Religion at Lake Junaluska, N.C. From the late 1920s to early 1940s, Methodist scholars and leaders attended the summer school. The collection mainly consists of correspondence, as well as reports, recommendations, registration cards, and other materials. Major subjects include the school's administration, student enrollment, curriculum, and planning. English.
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Wilbur Hobby papers, 1956-1968

13.3 Linear Feet 10,000 Items
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Labor leader, from Durham, N.C. Papers of Hobby while he served as southeast area director of the Committee on Political Education of the AFL-CIO. The collection also includes material from Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, and South Carolina on voting records, issue positions, activities of congressmen and other political officials, elections statistics, reports of state labor conferences, memoranda on unionization in various industries, reports of the state directors of the Committee on Political Education, and state labor publications.
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Wilbur Hobby papers, 1956-1968 13.3 Linear Feet 10,000 Items

Bemis Lumber Company records, 1927-1941

27.5 Linear Feet 1500 Items
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Bemis was originally incorporated in the State of Delaware on April 16, 1926 and succeeded by the Bemis Hardwood Lumber Company, a North Carolina Corporation, incorporated January 1, 1937. Collection houses correspondence and financial records of the Bemis Lumber Company.
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Belmont Mercer Farley papers, 1787-1965, 2015

27.0 Linear Feet Approximately 19,767 Items
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Educator from Washington, D.C. Professional papers concern academic freedom, educational television, reading and illiteracy, rural education, attacks on textbooks, federal aid to education, school construction, and strikes. Also discussed are the Ford Foundation, American anti-communist sentiment, peace and war, the U.S. military, and the atomic bomb. There is extensive material on the National Education Association, particularly on public relations and the advent of American educational broadcasting. Also included are Farley's articles, addresses, and radio program scripts, all of which regard U.S. public schools, and material pertaining to educational organization conventions that Farley attended. Personal papers chiefly consist of letters on family genealogy, with some information on public education in Missouri and California, and detailed notes and a self-published 381-page book on the family genealogy, which includes many other families in addition to the Farleys and Mercers.
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H. Lee Waters Film collection, 1936-2005, bulk 1936-1942

51.5 Linear Feet 258 Reels
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Born in Caroleen, North Carolina in 1902, studio photographer Herbert Lee Waters supplemented his income from 1936 to 1942 by traveling across North Carolina and parts of Virginia, Tennessee, and South Carolina to film the people of small communities. He collaborated with local movie theaters to screen his films, which he called Movies of Local People. It is estimated that Waters produced films across 118 communities, visiting some of them multiple times. The H. Lee Waters Film Collection dates from 1936 to 2005 and is comprised primarily of 16mm black-and-white and color reversal original motion picture films created by Waters during the filming of the Movies of Local People series. The collection, arranged alphabetically by town name, also includes various preservation and access elements created over the years from the original footage: 16mm internegatives, 16mm screening prints, 3/4-inch Umatic videotape, Betacam SP videotape, Digital Betacam videotape, VHS videotape, DVD discs, and high resolution digital files including 2K preservation video copies. The collection contains a small number of papers and physical objects related to Waters' film making, including: a photocopy of two log books (encompassed in one volume) maintained by Waters to record financial and business information during the filming of Movies of Local People; photocopied and original advertisements for screenings of Waters' films; photocopies of Waters' notes, receipts, and correspondence concerning film sales; related ephemera; copy of a 2005 master's thesis written on the films of H. Lee Waters; home movies made by Waters from the 1930s to the 1950s; and oral histories with Mary Waters Spaulding and Tom Waters, the children of H. Lee Waters.
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Larry Rubin papers, 1961-2010

29 items 1 Linear Feet
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Audio and video of meetings and activities of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Georgia recorded by Larry Rubin in the early 1960s; audio letters from Larry Rubin to his parents from Georgia in the early 1960s; Rubin's radio program, "Revolution in Georgia," created at Antioch College in the early 1960s; two video documentaries of the movement in Georgia featuring Rubin; two programs commemorating SNCC, dating from 2003 and 2010; papers relating to the arrest of Rubin and other SNCC/COFO members in Mississippi in 1964 for hauling books to Freedom Schools.

Henry J. Oosting papers, 1919-1968

7 Linear Feet
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Correspondence, field notes, writings,photographs and other subject files of Henry J. Oosting, Professor of Botany and Chairman of the Department of Botany at Duke University from 1931 to 1962. Major subjects include the ecology of virgin forests, vegetation on bare rocks, maritime vegetation in the Southeastern United States, North Carolina vegetation, the 1937 Louise A. Boyd expedition to Greenland with the American Geographical Society, the Victory Garden project in Durham, N.C., the Ecological Society of America, and the serial Ecological Monographs.

Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880

50 Linear Feet 134 Items
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Collection contains the original returns compiled by the census enumerator. Schedules exist in four main categories: agriculture, manufacturing, "defective, dependent, and delinquent classes," and social statistics. The 7th (1850); 8th (1860); 9th (1870); and 10th (1880) censuses are included, while the states covered are Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia, with scattered records for Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming. In many cases the returns are not complete. For a given schedule all counties of a state may not be represented.

Justin Kimball photographs, 2007-2016

2.0 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
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Collection comprises 80 color inkjet prints selected from photographer Justin Kimball's projects, "Elegy" and "Pieces of String." The images were taken between 2007 and 2016 in small towns in Massachusetts, New York State, and Pennsylvania, places whose cultural fabric and economic livelihood have been deeply affected by 20th century deindustrialization. The images in the "Elegy" series depict working class neighborhoods, abandoned buildings and industrial sites, and people gathered on streets and porches, leaning out of windows, and playing ball games. The images in "Pieces of String" are of the interiors of abandoned houses and other buildings, taken as the photographer accompanied his brother, an auctioneer, to these properties; all that is left, as revealed in the images, are the artifacts of the former residents' lives, and the decay of the building and the contents within. All prints measure 13x19 inches. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.

United States political ephemera collection, 1856-2000s

5.0 Linear Feet
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The United States Political Ephemera Collection contains campaign materials on both the national and state levels between the years 1856-2008. Materials are mostly related to the Democratic and Republican parties, but include materials from the American Labor party, Greenback party, League of Women Voters, Libertarian party, National Prohibitionist party, and Socialist party, as well as non-partisan materials. Materials include campaign pamphlets, flyers, form letters, newsletters, press releases, booklets, handouts, newspapers, posters, bumper stickers, and buttons.
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Wanted posters collection, 1914-1988

3 Linear Feet
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This collection consists of posters of individuals sought in connection with crimes that were collected by an anonymous police detective in Westchester County, New York. The posters are from the United States and Canada, with the bulk of the posters issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Notable individuals represented include Lester Gillis, alias Baby Face Nelson; Mary Evelyn "Billie" Frechette; Arthur "Doc" Barker; mobster Roger Touhy; and bank robber Frank Nash. Radicals from 1970s include Weather Underground member Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson, Symbionese Liberation Army member Kathleen Soliah; and Black Liberation Army members Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) and brother Mutulu Shakur.
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Postcard collection, 1893-2010s

87.5 Linear Feet
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Collection contains postcards acquired at various times by the Rubenstein Library at Duke. Collection is organized into three main categories--International, United States, and Miscellaneous. The International postcards are arranged by country and include cards from France, Italy, Canada, England, Germany, Japan, Spain, and Russia. The collection includes a set of early 20th century postcards from Thessaloniki (also known as Salonica and Selanik), Greece. The United States postcards cover many states, with large numbers from North Carolina and Virginia. The Miscellaneous category contains postcards with different subjects, including modes of transportation, food, tourism, agriculture, wars and battles, heads of state, flowers and plants, advertising, love and friendship, Confederate memorials, poetry, and animals. There are cards intended to be humorous, as well as cards depicting racist stereotypes and caricatures of African American and Native American people. Also included is a series of postcards with images relating to European artists.
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Barry McKinley collection of radio and television commercials, approximately 1960-1970

1.2 Linear Feet
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Barry McKinley was an advertising executive and commercial producer at the Needham Harper & Steers advertising agency's Los Angeles office. Collection consists of 71 reels of audiotape and 16mm film which contain radio and television spots produced by McKinley, primarily during his career with Needham, Harper and Steers advertising agency. Companies represented include Betty Crocker (General Mills), Continental Airlines, Craig, Falstaff, S.C. Johnson, State Farm, Suzuki, U.S. Divers, Wrigley, and Wynn. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Southgate-Jones Family papers, 1760-2008

22.4 Linear Feet circa 13,456
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The Southgate-Jones family papers, 1794-1990s (bulk 1912-1933), are largely comprised of both business and personal correspondence, but also include printed material; photographs; genealogical information; business records in the form of volumes, reports, and minutes of meetings; clippings; and legal and financial papers. Several generations of Southgate and Jones family members are represented, including James Southgate, James H. Southgate, Mattie Logan Southgate Jones and James Southgate ("South") Jones. These individuals were involved in business, educational, political, civic, social and cultural activities in Durham and North Carolina during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Areas include insurance, real estate and tobacco businesses, banking, the administration of Trinity College, the women's suffrage movement, the Durham Civic Association, and Durham Masonic Lodge No. 352. The collection is useful for studying the history of Durham and North Carolina, the regional application of national policy toward farmers during the 1920s and 1930s, and the family history of prominent citizens.

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Writings and Speeches Series, 1883-1947 and undated

Henry Charlton Bastian papers, 1841-1932 and undated bulk 1870-1920

2 Linear Feet Approx. 1200 Items
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Prominent British scientist active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his work on spontaneous generation (abiogenesis) and neurological science. Collection dates from 1841-1932 and documents Bastian's rise as a neuroscientist, biologist, writer, and researcher, and encompasses typed and manuscript correspondence, research notes, offprints, handwritten drafts, early scientific photographs, pencil and ink drawings, and professional reviews and accolades. The largest series contains correspondence dating from 1856 to 1932, from prominent scientists, neurologists, scholars, publishers, assistants, and friends, including Louis Pasteur, Caleb Saleeby, Thomas Huxley, Sir John Bretland Farmer, Aristide Pratelle, William Paton Ker; there are also letters written by Bastian, including exchanges with the Académie des Sciences in France. The materials chiefly concern Bastian's early 20th century work on abiogenesis, but also on aphasia and paralysis. The collection also contains numerous pieces of correspondence addressed to Bastian's daughter, Sybil Bastian, who was also a scientist, and his wife Julia. Other materials include obituaries, condolence letters, Christmas cards, and newspaper clippings. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.

Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC) records, 1954-1990 and undated

18.2 Linear Feet 11,400 Items
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The Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC) was incorporated in 1965 as a cooperative venture between Duke University, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with the goal of providing main-frame computing services, such as electronic data and batch processing, to the universities, RTI International and others. It dissolved in 1990 due to financial difficulties, the increased use of personal computers, and disagreements among the partners. Materials in the collection include administrative records, correspondence, meeting minutes, financial and statistical reports, memoranda, proposals, newsletters, photographs, slides, a scrapbook, and other materials from the Triangle Universities Computation Center.
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Visual Materials, 1968-1991 and undated 4 boxes

Wylanta Duke Strayhorn Aycock Holt papers, 1889-1980

3.4 Linear Feet (2550 items)
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Wylanta Duke Strayhorn Aycock Holt (née Rochelle, 1881-1980) was the daughter of Durham merchant Leander Sydney and Jeanette Stanley Rochelle. Her first husband was Brodie L. Duke, and she later married four additional times. The Wylanta Duke Strayhorn Aycock Holt Papers date from 1889 to 1980 and chronicle the personal life of Wylanta as well as the business and financial transactions which she conducted as a landowner in Durham. Materials include correspondence, photographs, and financial records.
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James Roy Newman papers, 1920-1966

23.4 Linear Feet 9844 Items
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Editor of the "New Republic" and "Scientific American." Collection contains notebooks, correspondence, a large variety of writings, a diary, and some clippings. The correspondence largely involves his duties as editor but includes personal matters as well. Writings include entry lists for the HARPER ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE, essays, typescripts, articles for THE WORLD OF MATHEMATICS, book drafts, manuscript of GÖDEL’S PROOF, and other scientific writings. There are a large number of book reviews and articles, including some on atomic energy. Two manuscripts were written by his wife, Ruth (Gallert) Newman and there is a term paper by his daughter.(93-187) The addition (8 volumes) contains notebooks that appear to hold notes from college courses. They include a transcribed lecture by Justice Felix Frankfurter. (00-265) The 3 volume addition comprises spiral-bound volumes of photocopied author catalog cards for items in this collection. (00-409)
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Clarence Louis Frank Gohdes papers, 1811-1990s and undated, bulk 1905-1981, bulk 1905-1981

6.2 Linear Feet (11 boxes) 4650 Items
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Collection consists of research materials, correspondence, writings, clippings and other printed materials, and a few photographs, mainly from the latter half of Gohdes's career. The earliest date (1811) refers to reproductions of original research materials. Correspondence with other American Literature teachers and authors, combined with other materials relating to Gohdes's institutional and organizational affiliations, in particular with Duke University, the Modern Language Association (MLA), and the journal AMERICAN LITERATURE, comprise the most substantive aspects of this collection. They provide insight into American literary scholarship in the early and mid-twentieth century. Noted authors and scholars of the time whose letters and other writings are in the collection include Alexander Blackburn, Oscar Cargill, Lewis Chase, Robert Elias, Norman Foerster, Arthur Rubin, Arthur Quinn, and Upton Sinclair. Original manuscripts by Gohdes, inscribed reprints of writings by his colleagues, and materials relating to many major British and American literary figures, make up the rest of the collection. There is substantial material on Edgar Allen Poe and American humor. The collection also includes papers documenting Gohdes's research and writing for his last book project, a history of the muscadine grape in North Carolina entitled Scuppernong, North Carolina's Grape and Its Wines. Acquired as part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography
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Writings by Others Subseries, 1851-1990s and undated

Writings by Gohdes Subseries, circa 1953-1992 and undated

Richard Lischer papers, 1940-2007

2.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes) 179 Megabytes (Files extracted from 3 optical discs)
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Richard Lischer is a white ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Duke Divinity School. This collection contains research and audiovisual materials related to the preperation for Lischer's book The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America . Included are recordings and transcripts of interviews and sermons, research materials such as photocopies of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s writings, scholarly journal articles, photographic materials and correspondence related to interviews. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
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Jesse Pyrant Andrews photographs and oral histories, 1973-2024

16 Linear Feet (20 boxes) 63.9 Gigabytes (262 audio files)
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Jesse Pyrant Andrews is an American photographer based in rural southern Virginia. Collection comprises 310 black-and-white photographs and 50 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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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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Gwyn B. Price papers, 1924-1972

18 Linear Feet Approximately 13,726 Items
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Long-time employee of the North Carolina Rural Electrification Authority and resident of Raleigh, N.C. Chiefly clippings on rural electrification amassed by Price during his long employment with the North Carolina Rural Electrification Authority. Also includes correspondence; a typescript of The Story of a Mountain Missionary, Rev. James Floyd Fletcher, 1858-1946 by A. J. Fletcher of Raleigh; and a mimeographed copy of Rural Electrification in North Carolina by Joseph Deutsch (Chapel Hill, 1944).
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WXDU records, 1963-2013

1.5 Linear Feet
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WXDU was founded in 1983 when former station WDUK-1600AM switched to a FM signal. The mission statement of WXDU proclaims that, as a member of the Duke University Union, [it] exists to inform, educate, and entertain both the students of Duke University and the surrounding community of Durham through quality progressive alternative radio programming. Collection contains public records files, including correspondence and other materials related to FCC matters, program guides, clippings, a DJ handbook, and other materials.
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WXDU records, 1963-2013 1.5 Linear Feet

Women Work! records, 1975-2009

17.1 Linear Feet 33 Gigabytes
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Women Work! improved women's economic security through job training, education, lobbying policymakers, and partnering with other national organizations. It was originally known as the Displaced Homemakers Network, and operated from 1978 until 2009. Accession (2009-0163) (12,375 items; 16.5 lin. ft.; dated 1979-2009) includes board materials, training guides and reports, program materials, conference files, newsletters and publications, news clippings and photocopies, photographs, slides, electronic files and images, and videos. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Eugene Marshall papers, 1839-1962

5 Linear Feet
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Farmer, banker, and Union Cavalry officer of Caledonia, Minnesota. Collection includes correspondence, diaries, writings, legal documents, printed material, record books, scrapbooks, and photographs, chiefly relating to Marshall's military service with Brackett's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama (1862-1864) and on the Northwest Indian expedition (1864-1865). Diaries include comments on his immigration from Brockton, MA to Minnesota in 1853, and on secessionist spirit in Texas, 1859-1860. Letters from his sister reflect impact of immigrants on Brockton, 1890-1910. Includes material documenting aspects of the Dakota Territory in the 1860s; Plains Indians; Red River carts; the impact of the Civil War on southern unionists, middle Tennessee, and African Americans; religion; education; the status of women; towns in southeastern New England, upper Middle West, Tennessee, and Mississippi River Valley; and Ignatius Donnelly, Horace Mann, and William T. Sherman.
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Writings

W.W. Thomas sales promotions collection, 1890s

0.1 Linear Feet
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W.W. Thomas was a merchant active in the Cincinnati, Ohio area from the 1890s to the early part of the 20th century. Collection consists of newsprint prospectuses that advertise incentive awards to potential sales agents who met time-sensitive selling goals. Bicycles were prominent rewards for sales performance, in lieu of paying salaries or commissions, but dinnerware and a range of lesser premiums were also offered. Frequently, the items for sale themselves were offered with a premium of goods such as teaspoons or condiments. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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W.W. Thomas sales promotions collection, 1890s 0.1 Linear Feet

Our "Martha Washington" Dinner Set Free, 1890s

How to EARN Our Best Wheel, 1897

African American history marketing and promotional posters, 1967-1984 and undated

1.0 Linear Feet
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This collection consists of approximately 50 posters, the bulk of which are corporate promotions depicting notable African Americans or significant moments in African American history and culture. Posters include biographical sketches of African American writers, scientists, professional athletes, soldiers, civil rights workers and celebrity entertainers. Companies represented include Anheuser-Busch (Budweiser), Army National Guard, CIBA-GEIGY, Columbia Artists Management, Federal Home Loan Bank, Honeywell, Nabisco and Pepsi. The collection also contains a number of promotional posters produced by and for the NAACP that address the organization's campaigns to reduce poverty, school dropouts and voter registration, as well as calls to join the NAACP.

W. W. Rainey letter, New Orleans, to Mrs. Ann P. Holstead, North Carolina, 1842, Feb. 9

1 items
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ALS. Writes to his mother of the his crowded daily schedule as a medical student and of his longing to return home to his family.
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W.W. Parleir papers, 1909-1937

1.8 Linear Feet 9 Items
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W.W. Parleir (d. 1937) was an outdoor advertising executive in Alabama during the 1910s through the 1930s. He worked at Theiss, Douglas & Ribble (Birmingham) and at Capital City Advertising (Montgomery), and was Chairman of the Outdoor Advertising Association of Alabama 1934-1937. The W.W. Parleir Papers include clippings and photographs, along with an obituary notice that appeared in the Outdoor Advertising Association of America newsletter. Campaigns include American Legion, United States Tires, Charlotte Fair, and Norris candies. Other photographs depict meetings of the Poster Advertising Association and the Outdoor Advertising Association of America. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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W.W. Parleir Papers, 1909-1937 1 box

W.W. Parleir papers, 1909-1937 1.8 Linear Feet 9 Items

Photographs, 1909-1933 2 folders

W. W. Oxley letter, London, 1880, Feb. 10

1 items
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ALS. Informs a Miss Buck that he must leave early and that she should postpone her visit.
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W. W. Oxley letter, London, 1880, Feb. 10 1 items

Julia Penelope papers, 1966-1999

40 Linear Feet
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Julia Penelope (1941-2013) was a lesbian feminist linguist, educator, and activist. Collection consists of writings and published works, subject files, correspondence, and other materials related to Penelope's career and activist work. These materials document feminist linguistics, lesbian culture, and lesbian history and publishing. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Hugo Leander Blomquist papers, 1912-2000, bulk 1917-1964.

6.0 Linear Feet
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Hugo Leander Blomquist was professor and chair of the Botany Department at Duke University from 1921-1957. The collection includes correspondence between H.L. Blomquist and his wife Margaret during the 1920s and during H.L. Blomquist's service in the Army during World War I, class notes, North Carolina maps, as well as drawings and photographs of his book The Grasses of North Carolina. The collection ranges in date from 1912-2000.

W. (William) Derham papers, to Ralph Palmer Esq., 1729-1732

6 items
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ALS discussing minerals, coins and astronomy. He mentions the Royal Society, Sir Hans Sloane, Robert Hooke and Edmund Halley, among others. Some letters bear explanatory manuscript notes, probably in Palmer's hand.
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W. (William) Derham papers, to Ralph Palmer Esq., 1729-1732 6 items

Facilities Management Department records, 1925-2014

117.5 Linear Feet 6.75 Gigabytes
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The Facilities Management Department (FMD) is responsible for the maintenance, repair and minor alteration of the campus facilities. Collection contains material pertaining to the operations of the FMD including a 1990/1991 annual report, committee minutes, materials related to the restoration of the stained glass windows in the Chapel, and architectural drawings including many from the Trumbauer firm of campus buildings.

Harold T. Parker papers, 1914-2002

24.5 Linear Feet
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Harold T. Parker taught history at Duke University from 1939-1977; he specialized in modern European history, European intellectual history and 19th century Europe. This collection contains material concerning Parker's experiences as a faculty member at Duke University, a soldier in World War II and as an author. The papers include correspondence, including v-mail, along with diaries, volumes, memoranda, reports, speeches, articles, photographs, essays, book drafts and other records.
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William Kenneth Boyd papers, 1851 - 1956

20 Linear Feet
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William Kenneth Boyd (1879-1938) was a historian, professor, and director of the library at Duke University. During his career at Duke and Trinity College, he published widely and helped to collect and preserve personal papers and books about Southern and North Carolina history. The William Kenneth Boyd papers include correspondence, diaries, financial and legal materials, writings, notes, student papers, photographs (including tintypes), and other materials related to the personal and professional life of Boyd. Major correspondents include N. B. McDowell, Pat LeGrand, Marion Colley, and John Spencer Bassett. There are also letters from W. E. B. Du Bois and other prominent African Americans. English.
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Writings, 1905-1938

HASTAC Records, 1989-2022

10.5 Linear Feet 35 Gigabytes
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The Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC, prounounced "haystack") is a consoritum of humanists, artists, social scientists, scientists, and engineers committed to new forms of collaboration across communities and disciplines fostered by creative uses of technology. This collection consists of general office files including correspondence, website exports, articles, conference materials, clippings, bound publications, t-shirts, and other materials.

Wladyslaw W. Kulski papers, 1933-1987

7 Linear Feet 5000 Items
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Wladyslaw W. Kulski was born in Warsaw, Poland on July 27, 1903. After earning his doctorate, Dr. Kulski served as diplomat and an educator. He taught Political Science at Duke University from 1964 until his retirement in 1973. He died May 16, 1989. Materials include correspondence, pamphlets, manuscripts, course notes, notebooks, photographs, printed matter and a scrapbook. The collection ranges in date from 1710-1987 and is in English, Polish, French and German.
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Wladyslaw W. Kulski papers, 1933-1987 7 Linear Feet 5000 Items

Allen L. McKellar papers, 1942-1975 and undated

3.0 Linear Feet
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Allen L. McKellar was an African American sales and marketing executive based primarily in the St. Louis, Mo. area and one of the first business professionals to break the color barrier in major American corporations. The Allen L. McKellar papers include clippings, correspondence, financial and sales reports, photographs, sales training and other manuals, newsletters, research reports and other printed materials relating to McKellar's career marketing Pepsi and Falstaff beer products to African American and minority consumers. Celebrity individuals and civic institutions represented in the collection include Barbara McNair, Chicago Urban League, Hank Aaron, James Brown, National Business League and the United States Brewers' Association. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History, and the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History & Culture.

Duke Forest records, 1931-2021

148.5 Linear Feet 32 Gigabytes
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The Duke Forest is more than 7,000 acres of forested land in Durham, Orange, and Alamance counties, managed by Duke University for teaching and research. The Duke Forest records contain a wide variety of materials documenting research projects and forest management.
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Nick Meglin Papers, 1935-2020

29.5 Linear Feet
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Nick Meglin (July 30, 1935–June 2, 2018) was a humorist, writer, illustrator, and editor at MAD Magazine. The collection includes material from Meglin's decades-long tenure at MAD Magazine, as well as Meglin's sketches and illustrations, essays and articles, song lyrics, books, musicals, comics, greeting card ideas, materials from television appearances, photoshoots, and correspondence with a range of prominent figures.

Tom Rankin photographs and papers, 1977-2016

33.5 Linear Feet (28 boxes; 2 film reels)
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Tom Rankin is a documentary photographer, filmmaker, folklorist, professor of art and documentary studies, and former director of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. The collection consists of 147 black-and-white and color photographs documenting the American South and China, as well as supporting materials for Rankin's documentary projects. Photographs from the South focus on religious sites, rituals, and communities in the Mississippi Delta region, and includes Southern landscapes as well as portraits of individuals, including Mississippi writer Larry Brown. An additional documentary project from 2016 took Rankin to China, where he photographed semi-rural landscapes, often taken with high-rise buildings in the far distance or adjacent to industrial structures, as well as bridges and rivers, markets and live fish vendors, and a few street scenes. Finished prints range from 8x11 inch contact prints to 11x14, 16x20, and 20x24 large-format prints. Supporting materials include manuscripts, publications files, and two films, all deriving from Rankin's career and documentary practice. Includes a digital audio recording of a talk by Rankin at the exhibit opening of his work, "Near the Cross: Photographs from the Mississippi Delta." Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.

Benjamin Franklin Fisher papers, 1963-2001, bulk 1967-2001

1.6 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
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The papers of Benjamin Franklin Fisher IV, an American literature scholar, editor, and teacher, span the years 1963 to 2001, with the bulk dated from 1963 to 2001. The Fisher Papers consist of correspondence and printed materials that primarily document Fisher's and his Duke University advisors' educational and career trajectories. These materials also provide insight into various scholars' recent contributions to Poe studies, as well as information on the general activities of, and Fisher's leadership roles in, several of the professional organizations of which Fisher was a member. These organizations especially include those devoted to the study of Edgar Allan Poe.

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Robert White collection of Chinese Cultural Revolution materials, 1920s-2000s and undated

15 Linear Feet (2 flat boxes; 9 trays; 2 document cases; 1 tube; 2 custom boxes)
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Robert White is an Appalachian State University professor who studied and taught in China during the 1980s and 1990s. The collection contains pins, posters, objects, textiles, and printed material, largely produced for a Chinese audience, promoting the ideals and persona of Mao Zedong, the establishment of the People's Republic of China, and the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).
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Jock Elliott papers, 1930-2006

16.6 Linear Feet
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John Jock Elliott was an advertising executive with Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) during 1960-1982, including tenure as Chairman of O&M U.S. and O&M International. In addition, Elliott was an author, collector and philanthropist. The Jock Elliott Papers cover the years 1930-2005, with the bulk of materials dating from 1961-1982, the period during which Elliott served as an executive with Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) advertising agency. The collection includes correspondence, corporate annual reports, programs, speeches and photographs related to company meetings and events. The collection also includes videocassettes and memorabilia commemorating meetings and special events; materials relating to Eleanor Elliott and David Ogilvy; information on affirmative action hiring programs; as well as some speeches and correspondence from the period 1945-1959 when Elliott worked for the Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn (BBDO) advertising agency. Companies represented in the collection include Shell Oil, Du Pont Men's Wear and Trans World Airlines (TWA). In addition, the collection includes materials relating to Elliott's service in the Marine Corps during World War II aboard the USS Pennsylvania.
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Writings and Speeches, 1945-2004 and undated 5 Boxes

Advertising Paper Dolls collection, 1894-1980 and undated

1.0 Linear Feet
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Collection consists of approximately 400 paper dolls, trade cards, bookmarks and other printed materials that comprised promotional packaging or premium gifts for a variety of products dating from the Victorian era to the 1980s. Dolls depict Mother Goose and other fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters; Victorian men, women and children; animals; occupations; and figures in military, international and ethnic dress. Product classes represented include coffee and other beverages, cotton and linen thread and other sewing supplies, food and patent and nonprescription drugs, Companies represented include A&P, Bendix, Clark's O.N.T., Coca-Cola, Estey Organ, General Mills, Horsman Dolls, J&P Coats, Kellogg, Lion Coffee, McLaughlin Coffee, Morton Salt, Munsingwear, Nestle, Pillsbury, Singer, Western and Southern Life Insurance and Worcester Salt. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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W, undated

W.F. McLaughlin Company (Coffee), 1894-1896, undated

P-T, 1917-1962, undated

Duke University Museum of Art records, 1962 - 2003

18.5 Linear Feet 3 Megabytes
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The Duke University Museum of Art opened to the public in 1969, in a renovated science building on the University's East Campus. In 1998, Duke alumnus Raymond D. Nasher donated funds to support construction of a new art museum at Duke University, the Nasher Museum of Art, set to open in 2005. Collection includes correspondence, administrative files, financial records, exhibit catalogs and publicity material, fund-raising files, clippings, photographs, and related records. Major subjects include the opening of the Museum of Art, the Brummer Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Art, and exhibits. Materials range in date from 1962 to 2002. English.
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Department of Music audiovisual recordings, 1951-1996 and undated

70 Linear Feet 1,024 Items
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In 1942, Duke University created the Department of Aesthetics, Art and Music. In 1960, the Department of Music formed as a separate department. Allan H. Bone, Duke professor from 1940 to 1983 and conductor of the Duke Symphony, was instrumental in the formation of the department. British composer Iain Hamilton was a faculty member for seventeen years. The Dept. of Music audiovisual materials collection contains audio and video resources made between 1951 and 1996, primarily on open reel audio and video tape, of the Duke Symphony Orchestra, the Duke Wind Symphony, the Duke Glee Club, the Ciompi Quartet, and the Duke Collegium Musicum, as well as other recordings related to the faculty and students of the Duke University Department of Music. There are also audiocassettes and a few videotapes. Faculty members represented include Jane Hawkins, Penelope Jensen, Randall Love, Robert Parkins, Fred Raimi, Claudia Warburg, Mary Lou Williams, and Ruth Friedburg. Other featured musicians are Milton Babbitt, Barbara Lister-Sink, Claudia Bloom, Boaz Sharon, and Bruce Berg. English.

Center for Multicultural Affairs records, 1968-2025

23 Linear Feet 4.7 Gigabytes
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The Center for Multicultural Affairs began as the Office of Black Affairs in 1969 to address the needs of the African American student population at Duke University. As the Center for Multicultural Affairs, the department's mission is to foster a welcoming environment, support all students in becoming engaged members of the Duke community, and to promote community engagement. The collection contains a variety of administrative materials, including reports, correspondence, minutes and programs, documenting the directives and activities of the Office of Black Affairs, the Office of Minority Affairs, the Office of Intercultural Affairs, and the Center for Multicultural Affairs. Also included are materials pertaining to the Summer Transitional Program, which was established in 1969 and managed by the Office of Minority Affairs.
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W. Turner papers, 1827 and undated.

2 items
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ALS. Turner appeals to Major Milo Mason and to William Hunter for help in unspecified matters.
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W. Turner papers, 1827 and undated. 2 items

W. T. G. Morton papers, 1853 and undated.

2 items
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ALS to Benjamin Perley Poore and James Mandeville Carlisle.
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New Day Films archive, 1968-2021

51.5 Linear Feet (82 boxes; 74 film reels; 500 GB)
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New Day Films is a filmmaker-run cooperative founded in 1971. Its film archive consists of analog and digital elements for many of the cooperative's films dating from 1971 to the present. 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. Paper records maintained by feminist co-founders Liane Brandon, Jim Klein, Julia Reichert, and Amalie R. Rothschild and by the cooperative office comprise correspondence between co-op members, staff, vendors, venues, and supporters; records relating to film production and distribution; steering committee and meeting minutes; policies and procedures; reports on activities; fund-raising proposals; film sales and rental receipts; film reviews, articles, fliers, posters, and other publicity; and some photographs of events and members. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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William T. Blackwell Family Papers, 1862-1980

4 Linear Feet
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William T. Blackwell founded the W. T. Blackwell and Co. Tobacco company in Durham, N.C. in 1870 with James R. Day, later adding Julian Shakespeare Carr. This collection includes materials from the Blackwell family, based in Durham, and their descendants, including the J. D. Pridgen and Chester B. Martin families. It includes early materials from Blackwell and Julian Carr's operations of the W.T. Blackwell and Co. Durham Tobacco company; documentation from the building of the W.T. Blackwell and Co. factory; materials from the Durham Tobacco trademark litigation cases of the 1870s; Blackwell family correspondence and financial papers, many documenting local Durham businesses; volumes and ledgers from the operation and closure of the Bank of Durham, operated by Blackwell between 1883 and 1888; photographs, correspondence, and scrapbooks from the Pridgen and Martin families documenting Durham churches, community events, personalities, and local news in the early 20th century; news clippings and family obituaries; and other assorted materials relating to Durham history.
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Metamorphic tobacco trade cards, approximately 1868-1880s

0.2 Linear Feet
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Collection consists of 12 metamorphic tobacco and cigarette cards. Most of the cards were printed by Donaldson Brothers of New York or Calvert Lithography of Detroit. Cards were produced by a number of American tobacco companies, including C.A. Jackson, E.H. Pogue, Duke, and W.T. Blackwell. Images on the cards include advertisements for the tobacco companies and local retailers; caricatures of politicians including Benjamin Butler, Bismarck, George Washington, Samuel Tilden, and U.S. Grant. Cards also feature jingles and poems along with depictions of racial and ethnic stereotypes. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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W.T. Blackwell (Durham, N.C.)--Genuine Durham tobacco, approximately 1868

W.T. Blackwell (Durham, N.C.)--Durham smoking tobacco, approximately 1879

W. Duke, Sons & Co. (Durham, N.C.)--Duke's Durham, 1880s

W. Stump Forwood papers, 1857-1863

71 items
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ALS. This body of correspondence, almost exclusively letters to Forwood and written immediately before and during the early part of the Civil War, relates to questions of race, e.g. "the Negro problem", intermarriage and consanguinity. The mechanics of editing and publishing a medical journal also form a topic of discussion. Principal correspondents are Samuel Worcester Butler and Washington Chew Van Bibber. Other correspondents are Sylvester David Willard, John H. Van Evrie, J.P. Evans, Joseph Leidy, S.M. Bemiss, James A. Bayard, and Samuel A. Cartwright.
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W. Stump Forwood papers, 1857-1863 71 items

William Stern papers, 1937-1938, undated

4 Linear Feet 10 Items
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William Stern was a psychologist and philosopher. He came to Duke as Visiting Professor in 1934. He remained until his death in 1938. The collection includes volumes compiled by Stern and his wife Clara Stern (1878-1945) in his psychological studies, correspondence with Eugen Berchtold, as well as a two-volume dissertation by a German student on Stern's philosophy. The material is in German.

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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Cathy Davidson papers, 1969-2010s

13.5 Linear Feet
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Former English Professor at Duke University, and Vice-Provost for Interdisciplinary Affairs. Author of fiction and memoirs, and editor of The Book of Love and Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States. The Cathy Davidson Papers encompass Davidson's various writings, organizational work, correspondence, and materials related to Fred Hampton.
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Writings, 1990s-2010s 12 boxes

W. Somerset Maugham letters, to W.R. Bett, 1956

3 items
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2 TLS from Maugham, 1 TLS from A.F. Searle, Maugham's secretary. Correspondence relates to Bett's biography, "Sir John Bland-Sutton."
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W. Somerset Maugham letters, to W.R. Bett, 1956 3 items

Synergic Theater Company records, 1968-2020

18 Linear Feet 73 Gigabytes (Digital files include 482 JPG images, 202 PDF images, 30 DOC text documents, 28 MP4 videos, 6 TIFF images, 1 MPG video, and 42 simple text, html, and website-related files.)
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Synergic Theater was formed as "Project Synergy" at Duke University in 1974, and developed conceptual and experimental theater productions and workshops which were staged in Durham, N.C., New York, and San Francisco. This collection contains materials from Synergic's operations and administration, productions, and workshops. It includes recordings, digitized materials, photographs and scrapbooks, and assorted papers.

Woman’s Student Government Association records, 1919-1974

13.8 Linear Feet 12,100 Items
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The Woman's Student Government Association (WSGA) was formed in 1918, and the organization continued when the Woman's College was incorporated on East Campus in 1930. The WSGA was responsible for the "regulat[ion] of all matters pertaining to the life of the women of the Woman's College of Duke University, not under the jurisdiction of the Faculty." This autonomy along with the segregated campus life style of the coordinate college allowed female students to develop leadership skills and confidence that an integrated student government may not have allowed them to gain. Collection contains minutes, correspondence, reports, printed matter, memos, clippings, and other official records of the WSGA and its committees, along with records of several student organizations and documents generated by the administrations of the Woman's College and Duke University. Materials range in date from 1919-1974.

J. Walter Thompson Company. London Office. Judie Lannon papers, 1946-1993 and undated

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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 London office first opened in 1899. Advertising executive Judie Lannon was a marketing research specialist at JWT London and the first woman named a Director in JWT's European region. Collection includes correspondence, articles and clippings, company policy and operations manuals, management training materials, texts of speeches and presentations and other printed materials. Topics include marketing research, consumer behavior, research methodologies and demographics. Companies represented include De Beers, Kellogg and Unilever. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

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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W. R. Wilde note, [Dublin], to Mrs. Simpkinson, undated

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ANS. Accepts invitation.
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Land Resources Committee records, 1983-1992

6.5 Linear Feet 3,500 Items
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The Land Resources Committee was formed by President Brodie in order to develop and recommend a long-range blueprint for the use of the University's non-campus land holdings. Collection contains the final report and recommendations of the Land Resources Committee, along with the records of the committee and its subcommittees. The collection ranges in date from 1983-1992, bulk 1986-1989.

Foundation for Southeast Asian Art and Culture records, 1954-2002 and undated

26.9 Linear Feet 15,500 Items
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On a 1957 trip to India and China, Doris Duke stopped in Thailand, and it is likely that the exploration of Bangkok and its art and architecture she saw on that visit inspired her to dream of creating a Thai village in Hawaii with houses similar to those she had seen. In December of 1960, she formally hired François Duhau de Berenx to help bring it to pass. The Thai House Foundation was established on January 30, 1961; the name was changed to the Foundation for Southeast Asian Art and Culture (SEAAC) in June of that same year. The establishment of the Foundation resulted in a project that Doris Duke saw as a gift to Hawaii, and one that occupied her for many years. At least five sites in Hawaii were considered for the Thai Village and it was the choice of an appropriate location that ultimately proved the stumbling block to completion of the project. Although her dream of a Thai Village was never fulfilled, Doris Duke's interest in Asia continued, as she continued purchasing objects right up until her death in 1993. In 2002, a significant portion of the collection was donated to two museums distinguished for their collections of Southeast Asian art; the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. The collection documents the establishment and management of Doris Duke's Foundation for Southeast Asian Art and Culture (SEAAC). Records in the Administrative series document the purchase and transport of art objects and building parts, Doris Duke's attempts to locate a site for the Thai Village, and the financial records associated with the daily operations and management of the foundation and its assets. The Photograph series consists primarily of black and white images of the art objects and building parts purchased for SEAAC, with some images of houses in Bangkok and other Thai buildings, which served as the inspiration for the Thai Village. The architectural records in this collection include various drawings of the proposed village site and plans for the various buildings that were to be constructed.

W. Robert Leckie papers, 1768-1906 and undated

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Although filed under the name Leckie, the collection primarily consists of the papers of two individuals: W. Robert Leckie, and his son-in-law, William Hendrick. The papers of Leckie, who was educated in Scotland, are concerned with construction of public buildings, canals, arsenals, aqueducts, fortifications, masonry of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and surveying and building of walls in the District of Columbia. The papers of Hendrick and those of his wife, after his death, constitute a long record of the sales of plantation products and the purchase of supplies from commission merchants in Petersburg, Virginia, and the operation of a series of corn and grain farms.
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W. Robert Leckie papers, 1768-1906 and undated 3 Linear Feet

Chris Costner Sizemore papers, 1952-1989 (bulk 1956-1979)

8 Linear Feet
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The Chris Costner Sizemore Papers span the time period 1952-1989, with the bulk of the papers dating between 1956 and 1979. The collection consists largely of correspondence; diaries and writings by Sizemore; publicity centered on film and book promotions or speaking engagements; materials related to her appearances; interviews and documentary materials (including film, video- and audiocassettes); and assorted materials including photographs, legal and financial papers.

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Writings Series 1 box

Tony C. Johnson papers, 2000-2017

0.834 Linear Feet
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Tony Johnson (b. 1959) is a choreographer and dancer who was based in Durham, NC between 1984 and 2017. Collection includes legal notepads, spiral-bound notebooks, newspaper clippings, webpage printouts, programs from performances, photographs, event fliers, personal correspondence, CD, VHS.
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Black History at Duke Reference collection, 1948 - 2001 and undated

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The Black History at Duke Reference Collection chronicles the integration of Duke University. This history includes the Silent Vigil; the Allen Building Takeover; the creation of a Black Student Alliance; the development of a Black Studies Program; interactions between the university and the Durham community; as well as individual efforts from students, faculty, and administrators. The collection contains publications, fliers, reports, memos, handbooks, manuals, lists, clippings, and a bibliography. Major subjects include black students, civil rights demonstrations, and the effects of desegregation on administrative policies. English.
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"White Paper on Institutional Racism at Duke: The Curriculum," April 12, 1972

Powell family papers, 1910s-2020

7.5 Linear Feet
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The Powell family—Julius Carlyle Powell, his wife Rosa Powell, and their daughter Mary Hester Powell—was a family of Southern Baptist missionaries who served in Nigeria from 1920 till 1962. The Powell Family Papers include materials related to their missionary work in Nigeria.

Robert Taylor Cole papers, 1933-1991

2.5 Linear Feet 1500 Items
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Robert Taylor Cole was a professor in Duke's Political Science department, specializing in comparative politics, Europe and the British Commonwealth and served as Provost to the University from 1960-1969. The collection includes correspondence, student recommendations, and writings. The material ranges in date from 1933-1991.

Kenneth Roman papers, 1906-2011 and undated

16 Linear Feet 11,000 Items
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Kenneth Roman is a former advertising executive and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather agency, and author of several books. The collection spans the years 1906-2011 and primarily contains materials gathered during Roman's research for a biography of David Ogilvy, The King of Madison Avenue. Includes printed materials, articles, photographs, CDs, VHS videocassettes, audiocassettes of interviews with printed transcriptions, and a collection of writings and speeches by Roman and Ogilvy. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Ettie Crystal Riddell papers, 1886-1968

10 Linear Feet 2 Megabytes 2733 Items
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Active in Disciples of Christ in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and other states. Husband, Louis Riddell, was a minister for the denomination. Collection contains correspondence, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, photographs, and other materials relating to Riddell and her husband, Louis Riddell. The materials document not only Riddell's personal life as the wife of a minister and her involvement in the Disciples of Christ ministry, but also the evolving role of women in American religious communities. Notebooks contain sermons that Ettie Riddell delivered to women's groups. Her diaries date chiefly from the 1930s to the 1960s, but there are also two early diaries from 1894 and 1896. Other materials, especially correspondence, clippings, and sermon notes, document the ministry of Louis Riddell and the lives of other Riddell family members.
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