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Kenny J. Williams papers, 1971-1995

3 Linear Feet 2, 000 Items
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Kenny Williams was a professor of English at Duke University. Her collection includes memorabilia, correspondence, department memoranda and manuscripts.
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Kenny J. Williams papers, 1971-1995 3 Linear Feet 2, 000 Items

John W. Williams papers, 1835 June-July

0.1 Linear Feet 32 Items
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This collection consists of legal documents, correspondence, case argument outlines, notes on the testimony of witnesses, and other documents compiled by Philadelphia attorney John W. Williams during his representation of Robert Aitken before the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas against Mary Gilmore in June-July 1835. Aitken alleged that Gilmore, a young woman living in Philadelphia with her adoptive father, was Emily Winder, an person enslaved by Aitken who disappeared from his home at the age of 8 or 9 in 1825.
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John W. Williams papers, 1835 June-July 0.1 Linear Feet 32 Items

Jennette Williams photographs, 2000-2006

4 Linear Feet 14 Items
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Documentary photographer and instructor at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Fourth recipient of the biennial Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography in 2008. (Acc. 2009-0141, 2009-0245, and 2009-0246) (14 items; 4.0 lin. ft.; dated 2000-2006) includes 10 (20x24) platinum/palladium contact prints and 3 (20x24) pigment ink on rice paper images from Williams' book, The Bathers, featuring women bathing and lounging in Turkish and Hungarian bathhouses. Also includes a CD of an artist talk given by Williams at an exhibit opening in 2009. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University).
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Jennette Williams photographs, 2000-2006 4 Linear Feet 14 Items

James T. Williams papers, 1836-1947

48 Linear Feet 36,000 Items
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The Williams Papers span the period 1836 to 1947 with the bulk dating from 1904 to 1942. The collection contains the following series: Diaries and Reminiscences; Correspondence; Subject Files; Legal Papers; Financial Papers; Writings and Speeches; Miscellaneous; Clippings; Printed Material; and Pictures. Correspondence comprises the majority of the collection and particularly focuses on Williams's professional career during the period from 1910 to 1925 when he was editor of the Tucson Citizen and the Boston Evening Transcript. While the collection documents aspects of Williams's personal and professional life from his college days through the early 1940s, the last twenty years of his life are not included. There is as well very little information about the Teapot Dome Affair in the correspondence, which occurred during the period covered by the collection.

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James T. Williams papers, 1836-1947 48 Linear Feet 36,000 Items

Diaries and Reminiscences Series, 1909-1923

Helen Maria Williams letters, 1798-1820 and undated

0.1 Linear Feet (7 items)
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Helen Maria Williams was a British novelist, poet, and translator of French-language works. Collection comprises four letters written by Helen Maria Williams, two to her nephew, Athanase Laurent Charles Coquerel, one to Mrs. Joel [Ruth] Barlow, and one to an unidentified recipient.
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Helen Maria Williams letters, 1798-1820 and undated 0.1 Linear Feet (7 items)

George W. Williams papers, 1950-2005

4.1 Linear Feet 5,000 Items
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George Williams taught in the English Department at Duke University. His collection includes lecture materials, correspondence, department and University correspondence, memoranda, and conference memorabilia.
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George W. Williams papers, 1950-2005 4.1 Linear Feet 5,000 Items

David Williams letter, Liverpool, to the editor of the "Annals of Philosophy.", 1823, May 17

1 items
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ALS. Inquires after a paper submitted for publication.
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Daniel McGregor Williams papers, 1917-1975, bulk 1918-1933

0.5 Linear Feet Approx. 127 Items
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Daniel McGregor Williams was a University of North Carolina graduate, civil engineer, water resources expert, and member of Company D of the 105th Engineers Regiment of the 30th Division of the American Expeditionary Force in the latter part of World War I. Collection is arranged into six series: correspondence, 1917-1918; addresses and writings, 1918-1933; miscellany, 1917-1957; clippings and printed material, 1918-1975; pictures, 1918-1920s; and volumes, 1924-1952. Correspondence includes commendations and military orders, while the writings include a personal account of Williams's war experiences, with detailed information on his division, its members, and engagements. Printed materials include clippings about Durham, North Carolina's water supply. World War I photographs include members of Company D, 105th Engineers, and the ship ZEALANDIA. Some photos are from the early 1920s and some show a clearing of land for the building of an electric power plant in Asheville, N.C. The volumes include a report on the power possibilities of the Flat River; a report on water improvements for Durham, N.C.; an annual report of Durham, N.C.; and a report on steps necessary to insure electric power in Rocky Mount, N.C.
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Daniel McGregor Williams papers, 1917-1975, bulk 1918-1933 0.5 Linear Feet Approx. 127 Items

Benjamin S. Williams papers, 1792-1938

4 Linear Feet 859 Items
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Confederate Army officer, planter, and official of Hampton County, S.C. Mainly personal letters of Williams and his family, concerning his Civil War military service in the 25th and 47th Georgia Infantry Regiments, his efforts to become a planter after the war, his personal life, and his work as sheriff and auditor of Hampton County, S.C. Includes early land deeds, and letters from a physician who served in Cuba and Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War.
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Benjamin S. Williams papers, 1792-1938 4 Linear Feet 859 Items

Amory Leland Williams watercolors and etchings, 1921-1957

1.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
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Collection is arranged in two series: watercolor paintings by artchitect and amateur artist Amory Leland Williams, painted from 1923 to 1939; and a group of etchings by various noted American artists, dating from 1921 to 1957, collected by Williams. Most of the watercolors measure about 12x19 inches, and were painted in southern France and Italy, with a few from southern California and the American or Mexican desert. In Europe, Williams painted in brilliant scenes of Greek temples, churches, barns, canals, gardens, and monuments. The etchings are by notable American printmakers such as John Taylor Arms, Louis Rosenberg, and others. A handful are in their original portfolios, as published by the Society of American Graphic Artists.
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Amory Leland Williams watercolors and etchings, 1921-1957 1.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Watercolors and etchings, 1923-1949 and undated 15 items (4 folders) Box 1