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Israel Gerber papers, 1920-2009 and undated

13.5 Linear Feet
Rabbi Israel Gerber was a Reform Rabbi and led congregations in Dothan, Alabama, North Carolina, and in Virginia. He served in the U.S. Army and held a PhD from Boston University in the Psychology of Religion. He authored six books and wrote numerous newspaper and magazine articles, including book reviews for the Charlotte Observer. Gerber was a sought-after lecturer because of his extensive biblical knowledge. The Israel Gerber Papers span the years 1920 to 2009 and primarily document public Gerber’s life, with the bulk of the materials related to his sermons, writings, and teachings. Also included is a small amount of correspondence, including letters to and from Harry Golden and letters to the editors of various newspapers, and two scrapbooks that document Gerber’s personal and professional life.
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Allan H. Gilbert papers, 1926-1976

12.56 Linear Feet 11,525 Items

Manuscripts, research files, correspondence, approximately 1287 black-and-white photographs and photostats of documents from various repositories and used in his research, and 3 reels of microfilm. Subjects of the research files and manuscripts include: Dante, Machiavelli, Milton, Jonson, and Aristotle (his POETICS).

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Libby Gilbert Zine collection, 1981-2009

4.75 Linear Feet
Libby Gilbert is a zine collector and publisher. Gilbert's zines include The Ten Condiments (1988-1989) and Ancient Grandma Secrets (1990-1997). Collection includes Gilbert's zines, acquired through trade, purchase, or self-publishing. Most zines focus on music or culture. Collection is arranged alphabetically by zine title. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Ancient Grandma Secrets, 1990-1997 Box 1

By Libby Gilbert. Music zine. 6 Issues: 5-7, 9-11. Location: Pacific Northwest, Tucson AZ, San Francisco, CA.

    Ancient Grandma Secrets, 1990-1997 Box 5

    By Libby Gilbert. Music zine. Issues 5-7, 11 (multiple copies).

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      Ralph Gibson photographs and publication materials, 2019

      3.0 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
      Ralph Gibson is an American photographer based in New York, N.Y. Collection consists of 208 photographs taken by Gibson in 2019, and publication materials for the corresponding photobook, Sacred Land: Israel before and after time (2020). In addition to the 188 small single-image printer's proof prints, there are 20 large diptych prints, in which juxtaposed color and black-and-white images explore the nature of Israel and surrounding regions of Galilee, Jordan, and Palestine, through contemporary and ancient landscapes, architecture, city and country scenes, and portraits of a wide variety of people. A book mock-up rounds out the collection. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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      Printer's proofs from Sacred Land photobook project, 2019 2 Linear Feet (3 boxes) Box 2

      This large set of 188 printer's proofs consists of photographs taken by Ralph Gibson as he traveled throughout Israel in 2019, and used to create the photobook Sacred land: Israel before and after time, published in 2020 by Lustrum Press. Printed in color and black-and-white, the proofs measure 8 1/2 x 11 inches.

      1. Photographs from Sacred land: Israel before and after time, 2019
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      Gillingham-Stith family papers, 1836-1932

      4.5 Linear Feet Approx. 4,074 Items
      Mine owners and speculators residing in Cid and Thomasville (Davidson County), North Carolina. Collection consist chiefly of correspondence, along with wills, deeds, and other personal, business, and legal papers of Mrs. Alberta Stith Jones Gillingham and of her brother, Fred H. Stith, mining speculator, of Cid and Thomasville (Davidson County), North Carolina. Most of the papers are Mrs. Gillingham's and center around the operation of gold, silver, copper, sulphur, and zinc mines in the Cid district of Davidson County, North Carolina, and the complications caused in family relationships because of contested inheritances and property rights. Alberta Gillingham was also a music composer, writer, and teacher; one of her compositions, "General Harrison's inaugural quick-step," was transferred to the post-bellum sheet music collection. Includes materials concerning Furnifold Simmon's campaign for U.S. Senate in 1930, letters from Stith's children in Trinity College (now Duke University), and correspondence between Mrs. Gillingham and William H. Bailey, a lawyer of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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      Walter B. Gibson papers, 1943-1980

      0.6 Linear Feet 450 Items
      Walter B. Gibson (1897-1985) was a professional magician and author, who often wrote under the name Maxwell Grant, and is credited with defining and popularizing the pulp hero, The Shadow. The collection includes: Two Shadow story outlines, one from 1943 and another from 1980, which was Gibson's last Shadow story; 97 radio scripts from Strange, a seemingly lost 15-minute program that Gibson hosted in 1955; an unproduced television proposal, Mike Regan, Confidential Investigator, circa the mid 1950s; and two bookplates featuring a black and white image of The Shadow.
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      George W. Gillette papers, 1940-1971

      2.8 Linear Feet
      George W. Gillette (1888-1971) was a native of Onslow Co., N.C.; officer in the Army Corps of Engineers; executive director of the N.C. State Ports Authority. As a consultant, Gillette was associated with projects worldwide through the World Bank, the United Nations, and private agencies. Collection is chiefly papers and letters concerning the later period of Gillette's life. An extensive correspondent, Gillette expounded his personal beliefs and philosophy with a wide circle of friends and associates, including prominent civic and military figures such as General Raymond Wheeler, senators B. Everett Jordan and Sam Ervin, congressman Alton Lennon, and governors Linwood Holton and Terry Sanford.
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      Gillette World Series sales promotion materials, 1953-1954

      2.0 Linear Feet
      Gillette is a manufacturer of safety razors and shaving equipment, founded by King Camp Gillette and partners in 1901. The collection consists of a set of "World Series Record Books" (edited by Hy Turkin) given away during the sales promotion campaign surrounding Major League Baseball's World Series in 1953 and 1954 in English and French versions, along with a flip chart presentation for Gillette retailers and sales representatives that features spokes-character "Sharpie the Parrot" among the illustrations. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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      Sales presentation flip chart, 1953-1954 Box 1

      Presentation supports the World Series sales drive and highlights the promotional giveaway of the World Series Record Book with the purchase of each Super Speed Razor Set. The text provides statistics on readership and viewership reach of Gillette-sponsored broadcasts (World Series, Friday Night Fights, other sporting events) and print activity (Sunday Comics newspaper supplements) as well as 1952 Gillette sales figures and market share, World Series gate receipts and a breakdown of allocations of World Series revenues (to the leagues, player pools and pension funds, bonus to winning team, and taxes). The presentation describes various Gillette point-of-sale displays and razor packaging styles. The pages also feature images of King Gillette and the advertising spokes-character Sharpie the Parrot.

        World Series Record Book (English and French editions), 1953-1954 Box 1

        The books were edited by sportswriter and baseball encylopedist Hy Turkin and include baseball rules and terms; instructions on how to score a baseball game; diagrams of major league baseball parks; team rosters and statistics; World Series records and highlights from past World Series games.

          Gillette World Series sales promotion materials, 1953-1954 2.0 Linear Feet

          Gillette is a manufacturer of safety razors and shaving equipment, founded by King Camp Gillette and partners in 1901. The collection consists of a set of "World Series Record Books" (edited by Hy Turkin) given away during the sales promotion campaign surrounding Major League Baseball's World Series in 1953 and 1954 in English and French versions, along with a flip chart presentation for Gillette retailers and sales representatives that features spokes-character "Sharpie the Parrot" among the illustrations. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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            German WWI regimental newspapers, 1914-1918

            0.8 Linear Feet 350 items
            German Army regiments assigned throughout Europe created these newspapers during World War I. Examples of newspapers produced by German military regiments from World War I, in folders organized by front. Fronts include Italy, Turkey, Belgium, France, Romania, Poland, the Eastern Front, and Galicia (Spain). There is also a large section of miscellaneous newspapers and illustrated war papers.
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            Friedrich Gerstäcker letters, 1859, 1865

            0.1 Linear Feet
            Collection comprises three letters written by Gerstäcker. Two letters, 1859 September 21 and 1865 August 18 were possibly addressed to the same individual; the 1959 letter mentions travel in California and San Francisco. The third letter, dated 1865 March 27, relays a person's address. Collection includes an unrelated mailing envelope.
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              Friedrich Gerstäcker letters, 1859, 1865 0.1 Linear Feet

              Collection comprises three letters written by Gerstäcker. Two letters, 1859 September 21 and 1865 August 18 were possibly addressed to the same individual; the 1959 letter mentions travel in California and San Francisco. The third letter, dated 1865 March 27, relays a person's address. Collection includes an unrelated mailing envelope.
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                William Golden papers, 1911-1970

                15 Linear Feet
                Graphic artist and Creative Director at CBS Radio and Television divisions. Creator of the CBS "eye" logo and corporate typography.
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                Willard B. Golovin papers, 1882-1974 and undated

                15 Linear Feet 10,500 Items
                Artist, advertising executive (Willard B. Golovin Co.) and director of an art gallery (Bayer Gallery) in New York, N.Y. Collection spans the years 1882-1974 and includes correspondence, tear sheets, clippings, printed material and original artwork that document Golovin's careers running the Willard B. Golovin agency and the Bayer Gallery. Clients include Aberle, Frances Denney, Glen Guard clothiers, and Harry Winston jewelers. There are also files relating to support efforts during World War II and a series of posters addressing absenteeism in war work industries. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.Cataloged from inventory.
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                O. Milton Gossett papers, 1951-2004 and undated

                14 Linear Feet
                O. Milton Gossett was an advertising executive with Compton Advertising and Saatchi & Saatchi agencies. He was also a member of the National Advertising Review Board and conducted career workshops for college students in conjunction with the American Advertising Federation. The O. Milton Gossett Papers span the years 1951-2004 and document Gossett's advertising career with the Compton Advertising (Compton) and Saatchi & Saatchi agencies, along with materials relating to the merger of Compton with Saatchi & Saatchi in 1982, including correspondence with Charles and Maurice Saatchi. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, writings and speeches, company newsletters, and other printed materials. Also included are advertising proofs and tear sheets, television commercial scripts and storyboards, videocassettes, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and cutouts of company employees, as well as artifacts and memorabilia. In addition, there is information on the history of the Procter & Gamble Company and its major advertising campaigns, including a number of advertisements for Ivory Soap.
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                W. M. (William Moore) Gorman papers, 1940s-1980s

                42 Linear Feet (28 boxes.)
                William Gorman (1923-2003) was an emeritus fellow at Nuffield College. This collection documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, and research. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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                John Mead Gould papers, 1841-1944

                8.8 Linear Feet (22 boxes; 2 oversize folders)
                John Mead Gould was a Union Army officer and bank teller from Portland, Maine. The collection comprises corresspondence, diaries, legal and financial papers, printed materials, and photographs, chiefly relating to Gould's service with the 1st Maine Infantry Regiment and its successors, the 10th and 29th Maine regiments. Subjects include Civil War campaigns in Louisiana, Maryland, and Virginia; veterans' reunions, pension claims, and the Grand Army of the Republic veterans' organization; wartime and Reconstruction conditions in South Carolina; and Gould's business life in S.C. and Maine after the Civil War. One regimental directory includes a narrative of the career of a freed African American from Louisiana, Harry Johnson, who returned with the Union regiment to Maine. Photographs are chiefly of battlefields visited in 1889, 1910, and 1912, and of Civil War veterans. Also includes the letters and diaries of Gould's wife, Amelia Jenkins Twitchell Gould, 1860-1865, who taught for a freedmen's school in Beaufort, S.C., and diaries written by his brother Samuel McClellan Gould, a Presbyterian minister, 1841-1845, 1890-1895. Letters and other papers relate to the career of zoologist Edward Sylvester Morse, a close friend of Gould's.
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                1853-1864 8 folders Box 1

                Includes an information folder about John Gould Papers at Maine Historical Society, and a folder of letters, 1853-1861 1st Maine Regiment.

                1. Correspondence, 1853-1935
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                Emmet Gowin photographs, 1972-2008

                0.5 Linear Feet 2 Items
                American photographer and Professor of Visual Arts in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University. Co-author, with Elijah Gowin, of Maggie, published by Tin Roof Press in 2008. Collection consists of 2 signed 8x10 gelatin silver photographs, originally included in the publication of Maggie. The edition, available in Lilly Library at Duke University, was Number 7 of a Special Edition of Twenty-five, September 2008.
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                Hal Goodtree papers, 1987-2004 and undated

                7.0 Linear Feet
                Advertising executive and producer for Benton & Bowles (DMB&B) and other agencies, primarily based in New York; later self-employed as a commercial producer and documdentary filmmaker based in Cary, N.C. Collection includes correspondence and television commercial production notes (including bids, casting notes, shooting sequences, storyboards, staffing lists and expense reports) and audiovisual materials in multiple formats (videocassettes, digital video, video tape reels). Companies represented include Audi, Cheerwine, HBO, Health-tex (VF Corp.), Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, New York Times, NFL, Road Runner (Time Warner) and the U.S. Postal Service. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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                Sarah E. Goodwin needlework patterns, circa 1865-1898 and undated

                0.4 Linear Feet Approx. 300 Items
                Resident of South Berwick, Maine. The centerpiece of this collection is a late 19th century scrapbook belonging to Sarah E. Goodwin of Maine, into which manuscript and printed instructions and patterns for the creation of tapestries, collars, edging, capes, mittens, afghans, hoods, curtains, infant shoes, slippers, and other items were pasted and pinned. Collection also includes a commonplace book of knitting and crocheting patterns, home remedies for illnesses and diseases, and a variety of household tips, as well as poems, literary quotations, and miscellaneous lists of information; as well as a catalog for a Baptist church in South Berwick, Maine (1898), numerous patterns for embroidered monograms, and many loose patterns. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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                Goodrich-Baker family papers, 1811-1952 and undated

                0.4 Linear Feet Approx. 300 Items
                The Goodrich and Baker families hailed from Maine, New Hampshire, Iowa and Illinois. Collection comprises letters, with a few other items, mostly to and from members and friends of the Baker and Goodrich families of Maine, New Hampshire, Iowa and Illinois, chiefly in the 19th century. Included are letters to Union soldiers and letters from Turkey and India in the 1870s and 1880s.
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                William Baskerville Hamilton papers, 1700-1975

                80 Linear Feet (53,700 items)

                Correspondence, memoranda, and reports, relating to Hamilton's teaching career; reasearch notes for his work in antebellum Mississippi history, particularly the Territorial period, and for biographies of William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, and William Murray, Earl of Mansfield; and personal and family papers. Includes ca. 9,000 British historical manuscripts donated by Hamilton, cataloged separately by the repository. Correspondents include Nash Kerr Burger, Hubert Creekmore, Eudora Welty, and other Mississippi literary figures.

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                Biographical and Autobiographical Information

                This information is filed in the first box of the collection. It includes a vita, letters, articles, clippings, obituaries, and other items.

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