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James H. Karales photographs, 1953-2006 and undated

18 Linear Feet (Approximately 15,000 items) 699 Megabytes
James Karales was an American photojournalist on staff at Look magazine. Collection houses the archive of photojournalist James Karales, active from the 1950s to the 1980s. The majority of the images in the collection originated from his work for Look magazine during the 1960s. Major projects document Rendville, Ohio, a coal mining town and one of the first racially integrated towns in Appalachia; the Vietnam War; New York's Lower East Side; Oregon logging; and the 1960s Civil Rights movement, including photographs of Martin Luther King, Jr. There may be racially mixed persons appearing in the Rendville series. Smaller projects document California, New Mexico, the Andrea Doria disaster, and other subjects. Formats in the collection include contact sheets, which serve as a thumbnail guide to almost all of the prints and negatives in the collection; black-and-white proof prints and finished prints in a range of sizes; original negatives (closed to research use); and over 1100 color slides. There are also print and biographical materials, some correspondence, and audiovisual materials. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Robert M. Lester papers, 1879-1969

3 Linear Feet 2329 Items
Teacher; foundation administrator and consultant. Correspondence, speeches, writings, clippings, and pictures, all related to the life and career of Robert Lester. Correspondence and clippings cover every facet of his career: teacher and superintendent of schools in Mayfield, Ky.; service in the Army in World War I, library, teaching, and administrative positions at Columbia University; his involvement with Duke University and with major fundraising organizations such as the Carnegie Corporation, and the Council of Southern Universities, where he was director of the Southern Fellowship Fund. One volume of memoranda from the Southern Fellowship Fund includes a 1966 proposal for faculty development among predominantly Afro-american colleges and universities. Lester's addresses and speeches chiefly concern education, philanthropy, and library issues. Collection also includes papers relating to other Lester family members, and to Lester's Chapel in Shelby County, Alabama.
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Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South interviews, photographs, and project records, circa 1864-2011, bulk 1990-2004

87 Linear Feet (122 boxes; 4 oversize folders)
The Behind the Veil: Documenting African-American Life in the Jim Crow South project was undertaken by Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies from 1990-2005. Its goal was to record and preserve African American experiences in the American South from the 1890s to the 1950s. Materials in the Behind the Veil project collection date from about 1864 to 2011, with the bulk dating from the 1990s; earlier dates represent original image content rather than the reproduction date. The collection comprises over 1200 oral history interviews with associated transcripts and administrative files, several thousand historic and contemporary photographs, and project records, which include paper and electronic administrative files and audiovisual recordings. Oral histories were conducted in 19 locations, chiefly in the South; topics represented in these recordings include childhood, religion, education, politics, celebrations and other events, family histories, work histories and military service, and details about segregation and the effects of racism in the South. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African American History and Culture at Duke University.
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1964 Mississippi Summer Project Oral Histories, 1994

34 items (WAV audio files)
Thirty-four audio WAV files made from source digital audio tapes of interviews, primarily with participants in the Mississippi Freedom Project, from volunteers to organization leaders.
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West Point, Mississippi landfill controversy, 1994 Digital-materials SET-0001, Audio-file West Point Landfill _ Georgiana Podulke.wav

00:00:00 to 00:15:25, 00:38:35 to 00:48:10; West Point Landfill, discussion with a Mr. Brooks, owner of CS's Furniture in West Point Mississippi, regarding placement of landfill in a black community.

  1. Interviews, 1994
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Robert M. Behr collection of transportation advertising, 1928-2022

13.5 Linear Feet
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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DoubleTake records, 1908-1999, bulk 1994-1999

53.1 Linear Feet Approximately 58,872 Items
The DoubleTake magazine records contain story manuscripts with editor's markings, correspondence, photographs and slides, and production files for issue numbers 1-16, 1994-1999. Files of editors Jay Woodruff, Rob Odom, and other editors contain correspondence with writers whose work they were interested in publishing and editing. There are postcards and transparencies used in various issues; and a complete run of the magazine through spring 1999. There are two unidentified files. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Preventing Medical Complicity in Torture collection, 1973-2022, bulk 2003-2016

1.5 Linear Feet
The Preventing Medical Complicity in Torture collection includes research materials, video interviews, and other materials related to the creation and distribution of Martha Davis's documentary films Doctors of the Dark Side and Expert Witness on the participation of psychologists in interrogations and torture of detainees by the United States. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive.
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Zimbardo, Philip, 2008-05-29

Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D. President of the American Psychological Association during changes in the ethics code that supported the PENS decision. Noted for the Stanford prison experiment. Dr. Zimbardo discusses how ethics questions were handle during his tenure as APA President. and criticizes the procedures and decisions of the PENS Task Force. He defends a role for psychologists in research and training of interrogators, but opposes direct participation of psychologists in interrogations.

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Xenakis Archive, 2010-09-14; 2014-09-17

Brig. General (ret.) Stephen Zenakis, M.D. Senior Advisor to the Department of Defense on neurobehavioral conditions and medical management, he has assisted the defense of several Guantanamo detainees and published important articles on the use of "enhanced interrogation" techniques. He discusses the conflict of dual loyalty that medical professionals face in the U.S. Military, and shares his experiences working as medical professional in the army while adhering to the medical code of ethics. He also recalled colleagues who resisted pressures to break their ethical code and paid a personal price for it.

  1. Interviews and programs, 2008-2012

Torture and Medical Ethics Archive Research Folders, 2005-2013 Box 1

Doctors of the Dark Side Screening Promotion documents Powerpoint Presentation, M. Davis (Oct. 2013 Psychologists For Social Responsibility Conf. Round Table Discussion: How to Stop Unethical Practices in National Security Psychology) Doctors of the Dark Side. Script by Mark Jonathan Harris New York State Legislature: Gottfried Anti-torture Bill Stockman, Farah, May 8, 2009, Boston Globe article: Psychologists' e-mails stir interrogation Issue. The National Psychologist: two copies on APA controversy over psychologist participation In detainee interrogations The Cincinnati Beacon: Revising Hell's History: Col. Larry James. Interrogation Policies and Calls for Accountability Posted by Chris Johnson. Feb 2010 Portside.org.; How to Read the Senate Report on CIA Torture, 2014 Behavioral Science Consultation Team Standard Operating Procedures, GTMP, 2005 Arrigo, J. M, Eidelson, R. J. and Bennett, J. Psychology Under Fire: Adversarial Operational Psychology and Psychology Ethics, Journal of Peace Psychology, vol. 18, 2012 Bonim, R., Gelles, M. G. And Kleinman, S. M. Interview and Interrogation: A Perspective and Update from the USA. In R. Milne, S. Savage, and I. Williamson Eds: International Developments in Investigative Interviewing, pp 711-128, Devon, England: Willan Publishing Gelles, M. G. Letter to D. Neil Altman and Dr. Olivia Moorehead Slaughter, March 14, 2007 American Psychological Association. Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. Adopted August 21, 2002. With 2010 Amendments Adopted Feb 20, 2010, effective June 7, 2010 Statement of the American Psychological Association submitted to the United States Senate Select Committee on intelligence, Septl9,2007. On Psychology and interrogations American Psychological Association Ethics Letter to Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Nov. 7, 2007 American Psychological Association letter to General Michael V Hayden, USAF Director, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC 20505 APA Council Resolution to Amend the 2006 and 2013 Council Resolutions to Clarify the Roles of Psychologists Related to Interrogations. LT General Kevin C. Kiley. Dep. of Army 2008 Memorandum: Behavioral Science Consultation Policy

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Global Rights records, 1980-2006 and undated, bulk 1991-2002

17.4 Linear Feet 8745 Items
Global Rights is an international human rights advocacy organization headquartered in Washington D.C. The Global Rights Records span the dates 1980-2006 and consist of correspondence, administrative, research and project files, and printed material related to the work of Global Rights (known before 2003 as the International Human Rights Law Group - IHRLG), a human rights advocacy organization based in Washington D.C. Material in this collection documents human rights abuses in various contexts while also providing insight into the complex administrative issues facing nongovernmental organizations working to curb those violations. The collection is divided into series for Administrative Files, Country Files, Printed Material, and Project Files. The Administrative Files Series contains records of meetings of the board of directors of Global Rights, executive correspondence, and training material for human rights advocates. Material in the Country Files Series documents Global Right's activities in specific countries, generally concentrated in Africa, East Asia, and Latin America. Files on human rights and social conditions in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Hercegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Zaire are among the most extensive in the series but other countries are also represented. The Printed Material Series chiefly consists of articles and speeches by IHRLG/Global Rights staff, and reports by the IHRLG on human rights in many countries. Various issue-based advocacy efforts chronicled in the Project Files Series complete the collection. Activities documented in this series include increasing legal infrastructure in Cambodia through the Cambodian Defenders Project; advocating for women's rights (economic and sexual) and targeting sexual slavery and human trafficking; and targeting racial discrimination in the U.S. and abroad. An extensive set of project files relates to advocacy for the ratification of human rights treaties, and documents several international meetings such as UN's Meeting of the States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Meeting of the States Parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1980).
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National Coalition for Haitian Rights records, 1964-2020, bulk 1982-2004

95 Linear Feet (219 boxes)
The National Coalition for Haitian Rights (NCHR) operated between 1982 and 2006, advocating for the rights of Haitians in the United States, Haiti, and the Caribbean. The NCHR records contain the organization's administrative records, program and project files, legal files, extensive subject files, as well as a large collection of print materials.
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Anthony B. Atkinson papers, 1944-2021, bulk 1967-2017

125 Linear Feet (121 boxes) 10 Gigabytes
Anthony Atkinson (1944-2017) was Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford University. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his research, writings, professional activities, correspondence, and teaching.
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J. Walter Thompson Company. Iconographic collection, 1848-2005 and undated

90 Linear Feet 30,000 Items
Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. The Iconographic Collection spans the years 1848-2005 with the bulk of materials dating between 1940 and 1985, and includes black-and-white and color photographs, negatives, slides, contact sheets, photograph albums, and microfiche. It is an artificial collection created to document the facilities, key events, advertising highlights and corporate culture of the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT). Domestic and international offices are included, with the New York, Chicago and London offices being the most heavily represented. Key executives include James Walter Thompson, Stanley and Helen Landsdowne Resor, Don Johnston, Dan Seymour, Norm Strouse, and E.G. Wilson. Client advertising includes Ford, Kodak, Chesebrough-Pond's, Lever Brothers (Unilever), and Warner-Lambert. Notable photographers whose work appears in the collection include Fabian Bachrach, Ralph Bartholomew, Cecil Beaton, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Philippe Halsman, Horst P. Horst, George Hurrell, Yousuf Karsh, Baron Adolf de Meyer, Bill Ray, Jean Raeburn, Edward Steichen, Thomas Veres, Brett Weston and Dorothy Wilding. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Terry Sanford papers, 1926-1996

228.6 Linear Feet

The Terry Sanford Papers document Sanford's career as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1986 to 1992. The collection contains papers dated from 1926-1992, with the bulk of the material dated between 1986 and 1992. His senatorial campaigns, views on issues, interactions with constituents, and activities in committees of which he was a member are documented throughout the collection. Sanford served on the following U. S. Senate committees: Select Committee on Ethics (Chair); Special Committee on Aging; Budget; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, including the Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy and Subcommittee on Securities; and Foreign Relations, including Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair), Subcommittee on African Affairs, and Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs.

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Consumer Reports. Florence Mason papers, 1957-1982 and undated

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Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. Florence Mason served as Librarian and Assistant to the Director at Consumers Union and correspondent to the United Nations for the International Organization of Consumers' Unions' (now Consumers International). The Florence Mason papers include correspondence, meeting minutes and notes, newsletters and periodicals, reports and other printed materials that primarily document Mason's work with the International Organization of Consumers Unions (IOCU). Topics addressed include consumer protection and education, food issues, economic development, humanitarian assistance, as well as issues relating to women in rural and developing areas. Several files relate to correspondence with Colston Warne, Director of Consumers Union. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Bonnie Lee Black papers, 1931-2022

43.25 Linear Feet 1.9 Gigabytes (3 files)
Bonnie Lee Black is a writer, editor, writing teacher, and chef who has worked both domestically and internationally. The collection centers primarily on her work as a writer, as a member of the Peace Corps in Gabon, as a professor in New Mexico, and as the creator of an economic development project in Mali aimed at teaching local seamstresses the art of patchwork quilt-making. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Writings and professional materials, 1977-2016

Access note. Some materials in this series are electronic records that may need to be reformatted. Access copies of electronic records require special equipment. Contact Research Services for access.

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    Meredith Tax papers, 1956-2016

    215 Linear Feet (224 boxes, 1 volume)
    Meredith Tax (1942-2022) was a feminist writer and organizer whose activism began in the 1960s. Collection includes many files documenting Tax's feminist activism and her role in founding feminist organizations; drafts and manuscripts of her writings, music, and art; personal and professional correspondence; research materials; and subject files. Organizations represented in this collection include Bread and Roses; Women's WORLD; CARASA (Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse); PEN American Center Women's Committee; and the International PEN Women's Writers Committee, as well as other organizations. There are also audiocassettes, VHS tapes, and optical media containing Tax's research interviews as well as interviews with Tax. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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    Juan E. Méndez papers, 1980-2017

    13 Linear Feet 15.4 Gigabytes
    Juan E. Méndez is a lawyer and human rights activist who is the former president of the International Center for Transitional Justice. This collection contains a portion of his writings, conference materials, subject and research files, and materials documenting his work with ICTJ and the United Nations, where he served as the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide.
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    Consumer Reports. Rhoda Karpatkin papers, 1935-2010

    50.0 Linear Feet
    Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. Rhoda Karpatkin is a lawyer and consumer advocate who served as Director of Consumers Union from 1974 until her retirement in 2001. The collection includes clippings; correspondence and memoranda; corporate and financial audits and reports; legal and legislative documents; meeting agendas and minutes; newsletters, pamphlets and other publications; photographs; press releases; speeches; texts of articles and other printed materials that document Karpatkins career with Consumers Union as well as her involvement with the international consumer movement. Topics include the Bhopal gas disaster; communism and the anti-communist movement during the Cold War; consumer protection; drug export controls; economic and human rights; environmental justice and policy protections; history of Consumers Union; sustainable consumption; tobacco use and passive health hazards; and transnationalism and international businesses. Individuals represented in the collection include Colston Warne, Eileen Nic, Esther Peterson, James Guest, Madeline Ross, Manubhai Shah, Michel van Hulten, and Ralph Nader. Organizations represented include the Administrative Conference of the United States, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer Reports Books, Consumers Union Foundation, Consumers' Association of Canada, International Organization of Consumers' Unions (now Consumers International), Media and Consumer Foundation, and the United Nations. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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    International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) records, 1918-2020, bulk 1970-2020

    221 Linear Feet (155 boxes; 3 oversize folders) 2700 Gigabytes
    The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is a non-profit organization that assists countries in pursuing accountability for mass atrocities and human rights abuses. Its records span the years 1918 to 2020, with the bulk of the materials dating from the 1970s-2020. Materials include ICTJ office and administrative files, program and conference records, annual reports, legal journals, human rights organization publications, reports and white papers, newspapers, subject files, teaching materials, trial transcripts, and posters and ephemera. There are many audiovisual and digital records. Groups and governing bodies represented in the materials include ICTJ, Amnesty International, United Nations organizations and missions, the European Union, the Washington Office on Latin America, the World Bank, Minority Rights Group International, criminal courts, truth commissions, and many others. Administrative files include the papers of former ICTJ Presidents and other staff files, including Juan E. Mendez, Priscilla Hayner, Louis Bickford, Alex Boraine, Ian Martin, Lisa Magarrell, and Marieke Wierda -- as well as institutional memory files that document the narrative of the creation and work of ICTJ. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive at Duke University.
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    Southeast Women's Employment Coalition records, 1868-1991, bulk 1981-1990

    103.5 Linear Feet 62,100 items

    The Southeast Women's Employment Coalition Records (SWEC) span the period 1868 to 1991 with the bulk dating from 1981 to 1990. The multiracial, regional organization was founded chiefly to expand employment opportunities for women in the rural South. Correspondence, financial records, reports, printed material, personnel files, photographs, audiovisual material, writings, meeting minutes, and conference papers comprise the majority of the collection. Well documented are the Southeast Women's Employment Coalition's efforts: to provide leadership training for women; to encourage women to apply for nontraditional jobs, for example through its Women's Opportunity in Road Construction (WORC) Project; to promote women's employment in the tourism industry; to evaluate economic, social and political trends affecting women in the South such as child care, comparable worth, and nontraditional jobs for women; and to establish ties with other organizations seeking to improve women's economic status. Administrative concerns relating to the Southeast Women's Employment Coalition, including personnel, financial, and organizational issues are also well described. Represented extensively are their efforts to raise money from private foundations and businesses. Organizations highlighted in the collection include Public Affairs Research and Communications, Inc. and the Women's Technical Assistance Project. In general, information concerning these topics and organizations is scattered throughout the collection.

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    Florence Tate papers, 1960-2006

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    Florence Tate (1931-2014) was a civil rights and pan-African activist based in Washington, DC. Involved in activism in support of Angolan independence, she later worked in support of the UNITA faction in the Angolan Civil War. In the United States, she worked as a press secretary for the first mayoral administration of Marion Barry and subsequently for the 1984 presidential campaign of Jesse Jackson.
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    Writings, 1966-2003 Box 1

    Photocopies of Florence Tate's articles in the Dayton Daily News, from Dayton, Ohio, primarily related to civil rights issues and local politics. Also contains later writing and Op-Eds by Tate.

    1. Personal Materials, 1960-2006

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