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Volunteers for Youth, Duke University Chapter records, 1979-1984

0.5 Linear Feet 500 Items
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The Duke University chapter of Volunteers for Youth was established around 1979 and was sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association until the mid-1980s. Contains the records of the Duke University chapter of Volunteer for Youth, a service organization which paired student athletes with at-risk youth. Types of materials include agendas, meeting notes, lists of participants, training materials, handbooks, and newsletters. Major subjects include Duke University students, student athletes, community service, National Collegiate Athletic Association, and Volunteers for Youth. Materials range in date from 1979-1984.
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Harold Moser collection on John Agg, 1813-2000s

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Harold D. Moser research materials about the life and work of John Agg (1783-1855).
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Christmas Cards Reference collection, 1940s-ongoing

0.5 Linear Feet approx. 100 Items
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The collection contains Christmas cards sent by various University units, including the Presidents Office, the Primate Center, the Stores, and many others. Many cards depict scenes of the campus. The collection has been used by various offices for inspiration in the design of cards.

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Radio Haiti papers, circa 1934-2003, bulk 1968-2003

80 Linear Feet (197 boxes; 2 oversize folders; and digital photographs)
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Radio Haïti-Inter was Haiti's first and most prominent independent radio station from the early 1970s until 2003. Under the direction of Jean Léopold Dominique and Michèle Montas, Radio Haiti was a voice of social change and democracy, speaking out against oppression and impunity while advocating for human rights and celebrating Haitian culture and heritage. The Radio Haiti papers contain mainly the station's on-air scripts and research materials covering a wide variety of subjects. The Radio Haiti audio recordings are described in a separate collection guide.
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Advertising ephemera collection, 1832-2004

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

Cosmetics Trade Samples and Sachet collection, 1890s-1930s

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Consists of 75 trade samples and sachets of cosmetics, powders, makeup, soaps and scented paraphernalia. Companies are primarily based in the United States, but Canadian and French perfumers are also represented, including Andrew Jergens, California Perfume (later Avon), Colgate, Frederick Ingram, Furst-McNess, Johnson & Johnson, Larkin, Lehn & Fink and Richard Hudnut. Poems and testimonials on packaging from Ethel Barrymore, Kate Greenaway, Mrs. Leslie Carter and Modjeska. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History and the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Floralia face powder, 1910s Box 1, Item RL11349-0001

Jewish Orthodox Publication collection, 1914-2004

29 Linear Feet 3,000 Items
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Jewish Orthodoxy, the traditional section of Jewry that maintains a religiously observant way of life based on a divinely ordained Torah and its laws, is composed of many groups that differ by certain customs and ideological trends. This collection documents Jewish Orthodoxy in its various manifestations through ephemeral publications created and distributed by Orthodox Jewish groups in Israel, the United States, and around the world. The materials range in date from 1914-2004, with the bulk of the material published between 1950-1995.
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Agudat Yis'rael, 1955-2004 1.5 linear feet

Turkish political cartoons collection, 1939-2007

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Collection contains original caricatures, original and drafts drawings, and select magazine issues that critique political decisions, parties, cultural and social issues, world affairs, economics, womens' rights, equality, foreign policies, World War II, and more in 20th century Turkey. Artists such as Ramiz Gökçe, Memduh, Olgaç, and many more are represented in this collection. There are also representative caricature journals, e.g., Mizah, Akbaba, Karikatür, and Amcabey.
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Ahmet Erkanlı drawing, 1984 Box 1

Altan Erbulak drawing, 1986 Box 1

Apti drawings, circa 1950-2000 Box 1

Student Life Reference collection, 1963-ongoing

0.5 Linear Feet approx. 400 Items
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Collection contains news clippings, flyers, brochures and other material pertaining to student life at Duke. Topics include health, sexuality, safety, and financial issues.

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Eclipse Enterprises trading cards collection, 1989-1993

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Complete group of ten trading card sets on social and political topics created by California company Eclipse Enterprises, dating 1989-1993.
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AIDS Awareness Trading Cards, 1993 Box 1

Bush League Trading Cards, 1989 Box 1

Aileen Pippett papers, 1953-1961

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Aileen Pippett was a British journalist and author who wrote The Moth and the Star (1955), the first full-length biography published about Virginia Woolf. This collection contains letters to Pippett relating to her research and publication of the biography, sent from various acquaintances or "intimates" of Woolf, as well as some letters from other authors responding to Pippett's published reviews of their work. Forms part of the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection.
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Dorothy E. Roberts papers, 1903-1993

2.5 Linear Feet approx. 2000 Items
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Dorothy Roberts worked in the Dept. of English's administration office from 1948 until her retirement in the late 1980's-early 1990's. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed material and other items created and collected by Dorothy Roberts about the Dept. of English at Duke University. Files largely pertain to the history of the department, focusing heavily on departmental faculty. The collection ranges in date from 1903-1993.
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Robert M. Behr collection of transportation advertising, 1928-2022

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Robert M. Behr was a travel agent and tour guide who worked for Alaska Airlines and American Express, based around Oakland, Calif. The collection consists primarily of print advertisements from travel magazines and San Francisco-based newspapers (mainly San Francisco Examiner and San Francisco Chronicle), as well as promotional mailings, brochures, and catalogs. Airlines comprise the largest portion of the collection, but airplane manufacturers, automobiles, railways and cruise/steamship lines are also represented. Companies represented include Airbus, American President Lines, Amtrak, Beechcraft (Textron), Boeing, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Hertz, Holland America, Lockheed, Martin, Matson, McDonnell Douglas, Pan Am, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Southern Pacific, TWA, United Airlines. Travel destinations focus on Disney and Las Vegas properties including Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Bellagio, Caesars Palace, MGM Grand, and Wynn. In addition, there is a file of advertisements for Coca-Cola. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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John Gutmann photographs, 1942-1945

0.75 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
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John Gutmann (1905-1998) was a photojournalist, professor of photography at San Francisco State University, and fine art photographer, whose work has been collected by many museums. Originally from Germany, Gutmann moved to the United States in the 1930s and became known for his work in photographing diverse groups, modern environments, with distinctive angles in black-and-white photographs. During World War II, Gutmann enlisted and stationed with the U.S. Office of War Information and U.S. Army 164th Signal Photo Company taking photographs and making motion pictures for the less known China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater in which the U.S. Army and Chinese Nationalist Army, allies, and civilians in various support operations such as transporting supplies, particularly the construction of the Ledo Road (also known as the Stilwell Road) and the journey of the First Convoy. Collection includes approximately 1000 photographs taken by Gutmann in black-and-white between 1942-1945, with most sized 3.5x5.5 inches and many include some notation on the reverse side including stamps for the Signal Corps. Materials depict various wartime activities such as construction, the First Convoy's journey, training, recreation, war injuries, office work, etc., in various locations in China, Burma, and India, with many identified in Kunming, China. Gutmann's photographs showcase notable figures such as General Joseph Stilwell, Colonel Lewis Pick, and additional military officials from the United States; General Ho Ying-Chin (He Yingqin); T. V. Soong; the Chinese Nationalist Army; Japanese POWs; Burmese nurses; Indian dock workers; African Americans serving in the United States Army; and civilians. Acquired by the Archive of Documentary Arts.

Jeff Kosokoff slides of China, Japan, and Inner Mongolia, 1983

0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
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Set of 95 photographic color images in slide format, taken by Jeff Kosokoff, a librarian at Duke University, Durham, N.C., while traveling in Japan, mainland China, and Taiwan from January to April 1983. The images are arranged by geographic location, in alphabetical order: Akira, Japan; Hong Kong; Hohhot (or Huhhot), the capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in North China; the Inner Mongolia grasslands; and Taipei, Taiwan. Subjects includes the rural landscapes and cityscapes of each area and its citizens, including street scenes and street art, markets, advertising and other signs, vending machines, and modes of transportation. Photographs taken in Inner Mongolia include dwellings (yurts), families and individuals in native dress, domestic Bactrian camels, and some scenes from the city of Hohhot. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Wanted posters collection, 1914-1988

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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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Looking at Appalachia photographs collection, 2014

3 Linear Feet (2 oversize boxes)
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These 75 black-and-white (11) and color (64) exhibit photographs were selected from 297 images collected online from the crowdsourced project, "Looking at Appalachia," directed by documentarian Roger May. They were taken by 51 photographers from a wide range of backgrounds and aesthetics, from a hobbyist retired coal miner to a young photojournalist working regularly for The New York Times. States represented include: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Subjects include portraits of people, rural landscapes, and farm and town life, with social events predominating. Sizes range from 14x23 to 16x20 inches, along with several 3.25 x 4.25 inch prints. Acquired by the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Manufacturer sales contest photograph albums, 1922-1925

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Collection comprises two photograph albums documenting manufacturer's sales promotion contests administered by various newspapers in the U.S. northeast, primarily in Pennsylvania. The contests required participants to amass "votes" by collecting labels or wrappers from designated products to be turned in to the newspaper offices. Photographs depict newspaper advertisements announcing the contests, collections of wrapper submissions, correspondence relating to the contest and other activities. Newspapers documented include the Advocate, Cleveland News, Philadelphia Record, Pittsburgh Post-Sun, and Sunday News Leader. D.J. Wattis, at one time of the Pittsburgh Post-Sun Advertising Department is featured several times in conjunction with the contests. Designated consumer products represent regional and national brands and include Barbasol, Foulds, Keebler, Lautz Brothers (Snow Boy), Post and Postum cereals, Salada Tea and Woolson Spice Company (Golden Sun Coffee). Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Manufacturer sales contest photograph albums, 1922-1925 0.2 Linear Feet

Duke Chorale records, 1952-2020

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Duke University Chorale formed in 1970 with the merge of the Duke University Men's and Women's Glee Clubs. This collection consists of materials related to Duke Chorale and the Men and Women's Glee Clubs such as historical backgrounds, audio and video recordings, promotional materials, tour itineraries, set lists, correspondence, and photographs.
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Album, 1974-1988 Box 1

Henry Coullaud photograph albums of China, 1900 August 14-1901 September 18

2 Linear Feet (2 photograph albums)
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Henry Coullaud (1872-1954) was a French military physician. The two albums contain 120 black-and-white photographs taken by Coullaud during the Boxer Rebellion in China, 1900-1901. Album 1 starts with images of the French naval personnel with whom he travelled, French ships, and the allied fleets, along with scenes taken in the ports of Djibouti, Port Said, Singapore, and Taku (Dagu). The rest of the images offer views of the cities of Tianjin, Baodingfu, Dingzhou, and Zhengdingfu. There are images of many types of buildings, markets and merchants, river life, modes of transportation, entertainments, a public execution, and images of rural life and work. There are a number of group portraits of Chinese and French officials and wealthy Chinese men, as well as a group portrait in a French medical clinic, and officers putting on a theatrical play and celebrating July 14th. There are also some photographs of urban and rural Chinese women. The albums seem to have been a gift from a Chinese family to Coullaud, whose last name, spelled phonetically in Chinese characters, appears on the album covers.

Great Britain Ministry of Food. Home and Women's Magazine Advertising album, 1948

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The British Ministry of Food (1939-1955) was established during World War II to administer food rationing and price controls and to provide food and nutrition-related advice to the public. The album was compiled to celebrate the 200th public service advertisement placed in home and women's magazines between Aug. 1945 and May 1948. Front page states that the album is a copy of one presented to Dr. Edith Summerskill, MP, who was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food. Topics addressed in the editorial and cartoon-style public service messages include canning, preserving and pickling; menus and meal planning; nutrition; prenatal and child care; rationing; recipes; and seasonal and holiday food recommendations. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Great Britain Ministry of Food. Home and Women's Magazine Advertising album, 1948 1.0 Linear Feet

U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Survey of the Columbia River, 1891

0.2 Linear Feet 2 Volumes
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In 1890 Congress appropriated funds for the surveying and improvement of the Columbia River in Washington state, including $10,000 for surveying the river from the international boundary line southward to Rock Island Rapids. In 1891 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers made this survey as far south as the Okanogan River. William Cuthbert led the team that made the survey. His superior was Capt. Thomas W. Symons of the U.S. Engineer office at Portland, Oregon. Their reports upon the 1891 survey were published as part of the annual report in 1893 of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, which is in the Report of the Secretary of War... (Washington, 1893), Vol. II, Pt. 4, pp. 3381-3399. Copies of the reports by Symons and Cuthbert are filed in the Information Folder of this collection.

Duke Student Government Reference collection, 1993-[ongoing]

0.5 Linear Feet 250 Items
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The Duke Student Government Reference Collection contains files of clippings, articles, printouts, publications, and other materials about student participation in univerity administration through Duke Student Government. Topics include alcohol, elections, off-campus housing, proposals and resolutions, and presidents and officers. This collection was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research.

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Alcohol Box 1

University Policies Reference collection, 1933-ongoing

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The University Policies Reference Collection contains files of University policy statements, manuals, updates, and news clippings.
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Alcohol Box 1

Mirecourt House records, 1975-2001

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Contains the records of Mirecourt House, an independent, co-educational, social, selective undergraduate residence hall at Duke University. Types of materials include constitutions, rosters, correspondence, photographs, applications, surveys, newsletters, schedules, reports, clippings, poster, and color slides. Major subjects include student life, Duke University history, Delta Tau Delta fraternity, residential living, alcohol use, and governance of residential halls. Materials date from 1975 to 2019.
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Alexander Cuningham papers, 1740-1918

10 Linear Feet 6,371 Items
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Merchant, from Petersburg, Va. Business records and some personal correspondence of four generations of the Cuningham family, including Robert Cuningham; Alexander Cuningham, and his brother, Richard M. Cuningham; the latter's son, John Wilson Cuningham; and grandson, John Somerville Cuningham, all merchants and planters. The early papers center around Alexander and Richard's success as commission merchants for cotton and tobacco in Petersburg, Va., and the firm's planting interests in Person County, N.C. The collection also contains a few family letters, including some from Alexander Jr. while a student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and from another son at Leasburg Academy, Caswell County, N.C. The papers of John Somerville Cuningham concern his work as a field agent for the Bureau of Crop Estimates, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, local politics, and family matters.
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Alexander Russell Webb Journals, 1892

0.2 Linear Feet 3 Items
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The collection contains Webb's "Journal No. 1, From Manila to Calcutta" (142 pp.), Aug. 29-Oct. 19, 1892, and his "Journal No. 2, From Calcutta to Bombay and Agra" (144 pp.), Oct. 20-Dec. 15, 1892. This is the first journal that Webb ever wrote (Vol. 1, p. 1). His journal continued beyond Vol. 2; the last sentence was continued elsewhere, and no pages appear to be missing from this volume. A later volume or volumes contained the account of the rest of his journey which is incomplete here.

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Alexander Russell Webb Journals, 1892

Alexander Russell Webb Journals, 1892 0.2 Linear Feet 3 Items

Lewis Hine Fellowship photographs collection, 2003-2024

5.5 Linear Feet 795 Megabytes (1 website)
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The Lewis Hine Documentary Fellows Program (LHDFP) is administered by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University to support documentary photographers who address humanitarian issues in the U.S. and abroad. The Lewis Hine Fellowship Photographs Collection represents a selection of images from the documentary projects of seven LHDFP fellows: Alex Fattal, Maital Guttman, Kate Joyce, Jonna McKone, Elena Rue, Amanda van Scoyoc, and Lucy Wilson. The photographic images and videos in the collection depict home and community life of disadvantaged families and children in several sub-Saharan African nations (South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Ethiopia), as well as Massachusetts and New Jersey. They show everyday life and activities, such as children playing and completing chores, mothers cooking meals, disabled children going to school, household living conditions, and impoverished orphans and HIV-positive children in their familial situations, as well as funerals and school presentations (among other community events). In addition to photographic prints, there are also some documents relating to the projects, DVDs of the photographers' documentary work, and an archived version of the LHDFP website. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Alex Fattal photographs, 2003-2004 1 box

Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA) Periodicals collection, 1962-1994

70.5 Linear Feet About 33,750 Items
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The Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA) was a grassroots lesbian feminist activist organization founded in 1972 and disbanded in 1994. The ALFA Periodicals Collection, dated 1962-1994, contains over 800 grassroots newsletter and journal titles from feminist, LGBT, and other activist groups primarily located in the Southeast but also including titles from around the U.S. and abroad. Many of the titles are now ephemeral and not found in any library. The collection was originally established and maintained as part of the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance's library and archives. Also included are non-regional women's and lesbian journals from the early women's movement as well as some long runs of gay newspapers published throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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William Martin collection of photographs of the W. E. B. Du Bois family and others, early 1860s-circa 1914

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The Du Bois family and the related Gomer family identified as African Americans of mixed-race descent and were based in Massachusetts and Iowa. Collection consists of eleven albumen and early gelatin silver photographs dating from the early 1860s to the early 1910s, featuring portraits of Alfred Du Bois (circa 1833-?), father of African American author, educator, and activist W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963); Nina Gomer Du Bois (circa 1870-1950), wife of W.E.B. Du Bois; and Nina Yolande Du Bois (1900 or 1901-1961), daughter of W.E.B. and Nina Du Bois. Other images are of unidentified women and children, some African American and some of indeterminate race. There are also two group photos: an elementary school class that includes W.E.B. Du Bois as a child; and one of the Carnegie Hall Conference "Committee of Twelve," all African American men, with Booker T. Washington and other men and women. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American Culture and History at Duke University.
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Alfred Du Bois, W.E.B. Du Bois' father, with another unidentified male, early 1860s? Box 1, Image RL.11953-P-0001

W.E.B. Du Bois in elementary school class photograph, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, circa 1877 Box 1, Image RL.11953-P-0002

Nina Gomer Du Bois as a child?, circa 1873 Box 1, Image RL.11953-P-0003

Alfred Huger Letterpress Books, 1853-1863

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Planter, attorney, and postmaster of Charleston, S.C. Letters to Huger's friends and relatives expressing his anti-secession sentiments and his opinions on politics, political leaders, and events in his state. Topics include religion, duels, slavery and free blacks, epidemics, the banking crisis of 1857, military actions in the Charleston area, diplomatic recognition of the Confederacy, Confederate naval operations in Louisiana and off the Carolina coast, Confederate politics and government, and Confederate relations with Great Britain.
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Alfred J. Fletcher papers, 1937-1968

10 Linear Feet Approximately 7500 Items
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Resident of Raleigh, N.C.; lawyer, founder and president of Capitol Broadcasting Company; philanthropist and supporter of the arts, especially opera. Business records and personal papers of Alfred E. Fletcher span the years 1937-1968, and document Fletcher's entrepreneurial activities in the broadcasting business, and his philanthropic activities, particularly in support of the arts in North Carolina, especially opera. Business and philanthropic records, personal correspondence, and other papers are filed together in alphabetical order by topic or name.
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Alfred Landon Rives papers, 1829-1888 and undated

1.2 Linear Feet 1,211 Items
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Army engineer, Confederate officer, and architect, of Albemarle County, Virginia. Collection consists primarily of Rives' correspondence, relating to his attendance at the École nationale des ponts et chaussées, Paris; his military and civilian careers; family matters and social, political, and economic affairs in Virginia; and the Washington Peace Convention (1861). Includes a diary (1829-1831) of Rives' mother, Judith Page Walker Rives, concerning life in the diplomatic community in Paris, travels on the continent, French social life and customs, the Revolution of 1830, U.S. political developments, and other matters. Also contains three ledgers of Francis E. Rives, U.S. Representative. Correspondents include Francis E. Rives, Julia Page Rives, and Edouard Schwebelé.
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Alfred Playfair Powelson Sermons, 1883-1888

0.2 Linear Feet 19 Items
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Alfred Playfair Powelson (1851-1916) was a Methodist minister who served in Ohio and in Tacoma, Washington. Powelson founded and served as principal of the non-denominational Tacoma Academy (1889-1898) and later served as president of the College of the City of Tacoma (1898-1905). Collection includes 18 manuscript sermons of Methodist minister Alfred Playfair Powelson, dated 1883 to 1888. Each sermon is loosely tied with original string and three have printed cover sheets. Some sermons are title with only a book, chapter and verse, while Powelson supplied titles for others. Powelson often recorded the location and date that he preached each sermon. The bulk of the sermons in the collection were given at Woodbury, Conn. or Tacoma, Wash. Also included is Powelson's original minister's license from the State of Ohio, dated 1875.
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Maxwell Woodhull Algae Specimen Scrapbook, circa 1853-1857

0.7 Linear Feet 1 Items
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Woodhull was a United States Naval officer. Scrapbook of algae specimen, circa 1853-1857.
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Alice J. Cutright Kaine papers, 1864-1947

0.8 Linear Feet 305 Items
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The papers of Alice J. Cutright Kaine document her work primarily as an administrative advisor at the Tuskegee Institute but also include information on her employment as a public school teacher in Springfield, Ill., her service on the board of the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls and the State Board of Control (for prisons), and her travels to Dixfield, Maine, and Nelson County, Va. The collection contains correspondence, writings, legal papers, printed materials, photographs, and ephemera.

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Task Force records, 1991-2010

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The LGBT Task Force makes ongoing assessments of attitudes and conditions throughout the University regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons and issues. Records include minutes, agenda, correspondence, reports, printed email, clippings, printed matter, and other records of the Task Force.
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Allan Troxler Papers, 1800s-2024, bulk 1960s-2010s

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Allan Troxler (1947- ) is an artist, author, and dance instructor from Durham, N.C. Troxler's collection consists of his artwork, family history, and writings, as well as the archives of his lifelong partner, Carl Wittman. Carl Wittman's archives include his diaries, letters, and writings on civil rights and gay liberation. The collection also contains materials documenting the Durham (N.C.) arts scene, English country dance, AIDS in the gay community, and Troxler's collection of materials from Catherine Nicholson.
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Allan Troxler Artwork, 1970s-2021

Papercuts (Cut-paper work), approximately 1990s-2021

Events Reference collection, 1896-ongoing

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The Events Reference Collection was collected and compiled by University Archives staff from a variety of sources for the purpose of research and reference. Materials are chiefly printed, and pertain to Duke University celebrations, exhibits, conferences, symposia, lectures, meetings, visitors, and other events such as Parents' Weekend, the British-American Festival, and seasonal celebrations. Illustrations and photographs are sometimes present. Information about campus events can also be found in the University Archives records of sponsoring bodies, such as the Duke University Union, and academic departments and divisions.
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Metamorphic tobacco trade cards, approximately 1868-1880s

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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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Allen & Co. (New York)--Allen's Jewel, 1880s Box 1

Appleby & Helme (New York)--Railroad Mills snuff, 1880s Box 1

C.A. Jackson (Petersburg, Va.)--Jackson's Best, 1880s Box 1

Walter H. Smith Collection of Beat Literature, 1950-2009

4.1 Linear Feet 225 Items
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Walter H. Smith donated this collection of Beat Literature. The majority relates to the career and life of Allen Ginsberg, a founding member of the Beat Generation. Other writers represented include Anne Waldman, Diane di Prima, and Anselm Hollo. Accessions (2009-0113) and (2009-0130) (200 items; 3.5 lin. ft.; dated 1959-2003) include books, compilations, journals, magazines, and other publications with works by and about Allen Ginsberg. Also included are posters and broadsides advertising events, readings, or publications by Ginsberg; many of these are signed. Accession (2010-0098) (25 items; 0.6 lin. ft.; dated 1950-2009) includes writings and some correspondence from Diane di Prima, Anselm Hollo, and Anne Waldman; also includes some Allen Ginsberg materials. Accession (2011-0045) (27 items; 1.5 lin. ft.; dated 1963-2007) includes pamphlets and publications by Gary Snyder.
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Allen Ginsberg: Publications and Periodicals 2 boxes

Allen Langston papers, 1943-1968

0.4 Linear Feet 316 Items
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Raleigh, North Carolina attorney. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, broadsides, and other records of Allen Langston related to his involvement in several North Carolina political campaigns from the 1940s-1960s. Specific campaigns covered include: Kerr Scott's, William B. Unstead's, and Terry Sanford's gubernatorial campaigns in 1947-1949, 1952, and 1960, respectively; and Frank Porter Graham's campaign for U.S. Senate in 1950. Papers from Scott's campaign deal specifically with his attack on his opponent, State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson, for allegedly mismanaging public finances.
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Allen-Angier family papers, 1819-1981

12.5 Linear Feet (17 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
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Two Durham families. Collection includes papers kept by Zalene Allen Angier which include correspondence, 1936-1969, largely letters from her brother George Venable Allen (1903-1970), diplomat, official of the Tobacco Institute, and trustee of Duke University. Includes material on the U.S. Foreign Service, the U.S. Information Agency, U.S. foreign relations, India, Iran, the tobacco industry, and the cigarette smoking and health controversy. Also includes family photographs from the Angier house on Trinity Avenue in Durham.
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All of the Above records, [2005]-2020

0.5 Linear Feet 13.2 Gigabytes
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All of the Above (AOTA) is an annual theatrical production comprised of monologues written, performed by, and directed by Duke women about Duke life. The All of the Above records contain programs, scripts, list of participants, a directors manual titled "Making all of the Above," and two mini DV digital videocassettes of the 2008 production.
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Rebecca Sittler photographs, 2011-2013

2.0 Linear Feet (1 flat box)
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Collection contains 30 color prints from Sittler's project All the Presidents' Men. This project combines photographs made in presidential museums and historic sites across the United States with images from Sittler's father and grandfather's homes.
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All the Presidents' Men, 2011-2013

Resolute Reflection, 2012 Box 1, Folder 1

Before and After, 2013 Box 1, Folder 1

Songs and Cheers Reference collection, 1913-ongoing

0.25 Linear Feet 250 Items
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The Songs and Cheers Reference Collection was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research. It includes songs, cheers, and yells from Trinity College (Duke's predecessor) and Duke University as well as clippings and papers regarding copyright and the history of Duke's alma mater and fight song.

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Clippings Box 1

Alma S. Wall papers, 1905-1944

136 items
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After placing her ill husband, Samueal Wall, in a sanitarium, Alma Stikeleather Wall traveled to New York, where she became known as a master of dialects, a singer of spirituals, and a storyteller. She was a great niece of Chief Justice John Marshall. The collection includes some of her writings, photographs of slaves, and photographs documenting the results of the 1926 Miami hurricane. Some correspondence concerns the mental illness of one of Wall's daughters. There are also certificates, a William Jennings Bryan speech, a scrapbook, and diaries belonging to Wall and her daughter.
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Alonzo G. Beardsley papers, 1787-1897, bulk bulk

2 Linear Feet (4 boxes, 1,597 items (including 1 vol.))
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This collection, largely the correspondence of the law firm of Theodore Medad Pomeroy, William Allen, and Alonzo G. Beardsley (founded c. 1868), also contains the papers of several combinations of lawyers who preceded them, including John Porter, judge and state senator. During the 1850s the collection also includes the letters of Samuel Blatchford, a New York City attorney. From 1840 to 1860 the papers concern business and legal practice in New York state and throughout the northeastern United States. The Civil War period papers of Theodore M. Pomeroy, U.S. Representative from Cayuga County, N.Y. include mention of appointments and promotions; aid to wounded soldiers; defenses on the Great Lakes, the organization of New York regiments, the Conscription Act of 1863, civilian morale, and the activities of Southern sympathizers. Post Civil War materials include the papers of the Dodge and Stevenson Manufacturing Company, makers of reapers and mowers. Letters after 1870 include information about gold mining in North Carolina and Alabama, 1872, and N. M. Osborne & Company, makers of harvesting machines. There is also genealogical material for the Van Dorn, Peterson, and Quick families of New York.
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Alonzo William Slayback Diaries, 1898-1901

0.1 Linear Feet 2 Items
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Alonzo William Slayback (1879-1969), of St. Louis, Missouri, was the youngest of six children and the only son of Col. Alonzo W. Slayback (1838-1882) and Alice A. Waddell (1839-). The collection includes two diaries kept by Alonzo William Slayback from 1898 to 1901. The first diary consists of 17 double-sided pages of remarks fastened with a metal brad to several small slips of paper that serve as an index. The 43 numbered remarks, which range in date from October 20, 1898, to August 19, 1899, and undated, describe Slayback's conversations, encounters, and dates with several different women. The second diary, a small account book from the Merchant's National Bank of St. Louis, contains 42 pages of letters addressed to V, Veda, or Olga; the woman Slayback loved whose fickleness elicited passionate and conflicted feelings in him. Eighteen letters are dated from December 4, 1899, to November 16, 1901. Together, the diaries provide insight into dating and courtship in St. Louis, Mo., at the end of the 19th century.
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Daniel C. Roper papers, 1860-1958

56 Linear Feet circa 33,900 items
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The Daniel C. Roper Papers, 1860-1958 (bulk 1933-1938), consist chiefly of professional and political correspondence, including telegrams and memoranda, but also include speeches, financial papers, clippings, invitations, legal papers, printed material, and pictures. The collection primarily documents Roper's term as Secretary of Commerce during the first administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In general the papers provide an inside look at this Democratic administration during the early depression years, as well as the relationships among business, government, and politics. In particular, Roper had close ties to people in the business community and was sympathetic to their concerns. In addition, the collection tracks the course of the New Deal in the Department of Commerce and the career of Roper not only as a United States government official in Roosevelt's cabinet but also as a progressive Democrat. However, there are some gaps in these professional files in that there is very little material pertaining to Roper's career prior to his appointment to the cabinet post. Also, files for 1931 are almost entirely missing, and cross-reference sheets in the collection prepared by Roper's staff appear to refer to a separate set of files missing from this collection. There is relatively little in the papers concerning Roper's personal life, except for financial papers.

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Alphabetical, 1927-1943, undated (bulk 1933-1938)