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Lutheran Campus Ministry records, 1946-1997

7 Linear Feet
The Lutheran Campus Ministry serves Lutheran students at Duke and North Carolina Central University. The collection contains materials related to the operations of the organization dating back to 1946.
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Thomas Chapin papers, 1870s-2020, bulk 1979-1999

88 Linear Feet 0.2 Megabytes
Thomas Chapin (1957-1998) was a white jazz saxophonist/flutist and composer from Connecticut. Collection includes sheet music, audio recordings, photographs, correspondence, clippings, and other material that document Chapin's life and work.
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Program on Preparing Minorities for Academic Careers records, 1987-1994

1.5 Linear Feet 1000 Items
The Program on Preparing Minorities for Academic Careers was launched in 1989 with a grant from the Charles A. Dana Foundation to Duke University and five historically black colleges and universities: Spelman College, Xavier University, Morehouse College, Hampton University, and Tuskegee University. The program's purpose was to increase the number of minority undergraduate students preparing for careers as college and university professors.
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Reynolds Price papers, 1880-2014 and undated

151 Linear Feet 1 Gigabytes 354 boxes
Reynolds Price (1933-2011) was a novelist, short story writer, poet, dramatist, essayist, translator, and James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University, where he taught creative writing and literature beginning in 1958. He was an alumnus of Duke and of Oxford University, which he attended on a Rhodes Scholarship. He received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and his books were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. The collection is comprised of correspondence, writings, serials, clippings, speeches, interviews, legal and financial papers, photographs, audiovisual materials, and digital materials reflecting Price's career and personal life. Personal and professional correspondence document his education at Duke University, especially his studies under William Blackburn; his period abroad as a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford; and his literary work and interaction with other authors, including Stephen Spender, Eudora Welty, and Allan Gurganus. Writings include manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, outlines, and notes produced in the creation and publication of all his major works, including: A Long and Happy Life; Kate Vaiden; A Palpable God; Clear Pictures; A Whole New Life; The Collected Stories; The Collected Poems; A Letter to a Godchild; Ardent Spirits; The Good Priest's Son, and many other books, individual stories, poems, and essays.
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Veteran Feminists of America records, 1971-2025

32 Linear Feet 10.4 Gigabytes
Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) is a nonprofit organization for veterans of the Second Wave of the feminist movement. It was founded by Jacqueline Ceballos and held its first feminist reunion in 1993. The organization sponsors reunions, programs, and publications honoring feminists throughout the United States. The collection includes administrative files, board minutes, program and reunion materials, obituaries, correspondence, financial information, newsletters, and photographs. Acquired by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Literacy Through Photography records, 1990-2009

4.8 Linear Feet 2800 Items

The Duke University Center for Documentary Studies Literacy Through Photography Records comprise negatives, contact sheets, and written work (generally handwritten or printed observations, comments, stories, poems, drawings) documenting school children’s views of their community, Durham, NC. The materials would be useful to those interested in visual culture, the psychogeography of children, and Durham history, society and living environment, as well as those interested in pedagogy and developing an arts-based curriculum in public schools. The units collected and organized in the Records are LTP class projects, sorted first by format, then chronologically.

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Frances D. Acomb papers, 1953 - 1975

0.5 Linear Feet 500 Items
Frances D. Acomb (1907-1984) served as a professor of history at Duke University from 1945 to 1975. She specialized in French history. The Acomb papers contain correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, and printed matter dealing with Acomb's study of European history, particularly Jacques Mallet Du Pan; as well as the Duke University chapter of the American Association of University Professors, the American Association of University Women, and other professional organizations. English.
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Earl E. Thorpe papers, 1942-1990

2 Linear Feet (1225 items)
Historian, professor, clergyman, and activist; resident of Durham, N.C. The papers of Earl E. Thorpe span the years 1942-1990, the bulk of the materials having been generated during the years 1965 to 1982. Primarily, materials in the collection address Thorpe's work at North Carolina Central University (formerly North Carolina College), and his tenure as visiting professor at Harvard and Duke universities. Topics include student activism, teaching, racial and departmental politics on campus, and the development of viable African American Studies programs. Thorpe's service as chair of the program committee for the 1979 meeting of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (ASALH), and his term as president of the ASALH in 1980 are also well represented. Personal correspondence with family and students, and material reflective of Thorpe's life in the ministry are scattered throughout. Some materials also touch on North Carolina and Durham politics and race relations.
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Clippings, 1940s-1980s
Box 3

Contains pieces written by or on Thorpe, mostly in the local press. Included is a letter Thorpe wrote to his high school newspaper while stationed in Italy during World War II. The letter criticized Durham's black leaders for what Thorpe sees as their less than principled stance on local race matters.

  1. Earl E. Thorpe papers, 1942-1990

Clippings, 1973-1982
Box 5

Clippings deal with various legal matters and race issues. One clipping regarding Miriam Makeba, then-wife of Stokely Carmichael; "White Rule in Black Africa,"Journal and Guide, 1973; "Thorpe Connects Racism, Nuclear War,"The College of Wooster Voice, 1982; and "The Planter on the Couch: Earl Thorpe and the Psychodynamics of Slavery" by John Blassingame, Journal of Negro History, 1975.

  1. 1990 Addition, 1965-1983
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Doris Duke audiovisual collection, 1899-2012 and undated

51 Linear Feet
Doris Duke was the only child of James Buchanan (J.B.) Duke, a founder of the American Tobacco Company and Duke Energy Company and a benefactor of Duke University, and Nanaline Holt Duke. Although Doris did her best to live a private life, she carried on the Duke family's pattern of philanthropy by contributing to a number of public causes such as the arts, historic preservation, and the environment. Doris Duke died in October 1993 at the age of 80. In her will she left the majority of her estate to the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The Doris Duke Audio Visual Collection was created by combining 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm film reels, vinyl recordings, audiocassettes, and associated manuscript materials relating to Doris Duke's travels, her various estates, and her interests in jazz and gospel music, dance, history, and culture. The collection covers the years 1899 to 2012 and is organized into three series: Moving Images, Audio, and Sheet Music and Index Cards.
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J. Walter Thompson Company. Roy Glah papers, 1947-2003 and undated

33.0 Linear Feet
Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. It is headquartered in New York. Roy Glah was an executive and assistant to the CEO at the JWT New York Office. Includes correspondence and memoranda, research reports, presentations, speeches and other printed materials. Non-print materials include slides, audio and video cassettes, and computer discs. Materials primarily relate to top-level management of JWT, coordination between international offices, corporate vision and long-term strategy, interaction with parent company WPP. A significant portion of materials pertain to logistics and planning for executive-level meetings and conferences and client presentations. Companies represented include Bell Atlantic, Ford, Kellogg, Kodak, Nestle, Philip Morris, Rolex, Unilever and Warner-Lambert. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Outdoor Advertising Association of America. Nancy Fletcher papers, 1983-2019

10.0 Linear Feet
Founded in 1891, the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA, now the Out of Home Advertising Association of America) is one of the oldest and largest advertising industry trade organizations in North America. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Nancy Fletcher is a lawyer and advertising executive who served as President and CEO of OAAA from 1991-2019. The Nancy Fletcher papers include clippings, correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, planning documentation, texts of speeches and presentations and other materials. Topics include highway beautification and other legislation, relations with government regulators, state issues and the transition of the organization to more broadly represent the out of home advertising industry. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History and the Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Outdoor Advertising Archives.
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North Carolina Student Rural Health Coalition, Duke University Chapter records, 1988-2001

2 Linear Feet 2,500 Items
The first Student Rural Health Coalition began at Vanderbilt University in 1968. In 1978, the Lyndhurst Foundation began funding similar work in North Carolina with the goal of improving the health conditions of eastern North Carolina, the state's most impoverished and medically underserved region. Collection contains records pertaining to the operations and activities of the Duke University Chapter of the North Carolina Student Rural Health Coalition with the inclusive dates 1988-2001. Material includes correspondence and memoranda, material relating to internships and cooperative programs with North Carolina Central University, staff work plans and evaluations, reports and surveys, and various printed material.
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North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence records, 1980-1997

18.25 Linear Feet
North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence (NCARRV) was an activist group based in Durham, NC from 1983-1997 that worked to document hate crimes and hate groups including white supremacists, assist victims, raise awareness, and influence public policy across the state, and these records document their work. Collection includes founding documents, bylaws, meeting files, board meeting documents, photographs, audiovisual materials, administrative materials, grants and grant applications, incident reports, publications, subject and extensive newspaper clippings on racist violence and white supremacy movements in North Carolina.
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J. Walter Thompson Company. Charles J. Balestrino papers, 1986-1994 and undated

6 Linear Feet 4200 Items
Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. Charles J. Balestrino was an executive, primarily in account management, at JWT offices in New York, Detroit, San Francisco and Tokyo. The JWT Charles J. Balestrino Papers span the years 1986-1994 and include correspondence, presentations, photographs, and videocassettes that document the later years of Balestrino's career at JWT's New York Office. Correspondents include Burt Manning, John Furr and Bill Thompson. Clients represented in the collection include Esso/Exxon, Goodyear, IBM, and Northwest Airlines. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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William Clair Turner papers, circa 1960s-2013

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William Clair Turner, Jr. earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University in 1971, his M.Div. from Duke Divinity School in 1974, and his Ph.D. in religion in 1984. He has held several administrative positions at Duke, including Assistant Provost and Dean of Black Affairs and Acting Director of the Afro-American Studies program. In 1982 he became a full-time faculty member in the Divinity School, directing the Office of Black Church Affairs before being appointed Professor of the Practice of Homiletics. He has pastored several churches, including his current position at Mt. Level Baptist Church and was previously ordained in the United Holy Church of America, Inc. denomination. The collection documents Turner's academic and personal activities. Materials include personal and administrative correspondence regarding Turner's roles as pastor and administrator, manuscripts of lectures and sermons, syllabi and notes for courses taught, notes from classes taken while a student, subject files, and records of the United Holy Church of America. The collection also includes VHS, CD, and DVD recordings of some of his sermons.
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Paula Kamen papers, 1970-2006 and undated, bulk 1991-2002

57 Linear Feet 30,000 Items
Paula Kamen was born in Chicago and grew up in Flossmoor, Illinois. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1989 from the University of Illinois. Kamen is a Chicago-based (current as of 2007) journalist, playwright, and the author of a number of books, including one of the first books to describe the third wave of feminism. Articles and book reviews by Kamen have been published in The New York Times, Washington Post, Ms., Chicago Tribune, among others, and more than a dozen anthologies. Kamen is also a frequent public speaker and has appeared at over 70 universities. A focus of the collection, which spans the years 1971-2006, is on Generation X women, feminism, and sexuality. Contains a Writings Series which includes research files, drafts, and publicity-related files for all of Kamen's major works as of 2006, as well as drafts of and materials related to articles and other shorter pieces written by Kamen. Works represented are the nonfiction books All In My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening Headache, Feminist Fatale: Voices from the Twentysomething Generation Explore the Future of the Women's Movement, Her Way: Young Women Remake the Sexual Revolution, and the plays Jane: Abortion and the Underground and Seven Dates with Seven Writers. Other series in the collection are Conferences and Engagements, with files relating to Kamen's frequent speaking engagements, particularly at universities; Subject Files, an extensive array of clippings and articles maintained by Kamen on a wide range of feminist subjects primarily in the 1990s; Audiovisual Materials, and Printed Materials.
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Lara Cohen Zine collection, 1992-1996

9 Linear Feet 1000 Items
Lara Langer Cohen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She started collecting zines, including trading zines and corresponding with Sarah Dyer, in the early 1990s. The collection consists of approximately 280 zine titles (some with multiple issues) collected by Cohen and several hundred pieces of correspondence addressed to her or to her zines, Runt and Oh Oh Cheri, dating from the 1990s. Acquired by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Chris Kraus collection of Kathy Acker papers, 1971-2018 and undated

17 Linear Feet 9.3 Gigabytes
Chris Kraus is a writer and filmmaker who is also the co-editor of the press Semiotext(e). In 2017, she published After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography (Semiotext(e), 2017). This collection is comprised of the materials she created or amassed in the process of writing that book.
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Women's Center records, 1970-2014

31.75 Linear Feet 6.46 Megabytes
The Women's Center serves the Duke undergraduate, graduate and professional student communities. The center supports and promotes student women and gender issues on campus. Materials present include subject files, correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, surveys, programming records, committee records, flyers, job descriptions, training materials, photographs, slides, videocassettes, and other materials relating to the history and daily operation of the Center.
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A2001-42, 1983-1999, bulk 1989-1999 3 boxes

Accession contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, programming evaluations, and other print materials with inclusive dates 1983-1999, bulk 1989-1999. Major subjects include 10th anniversary plans, the Graduate and Professional Women's Network (GWPN), programming, gender issues, harassment, and VOICES magazine.

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Center for Women Policy Studies records, 1970-2012 and undated

331.5 Linear Feet 221 boxes
The Center for Women Policy Studies was founded in 1972 as the nation's first feminist policy analysis, research and advocacy institution. Collection documents the day-to-day operation, programs, and mission of the Center for Women's Policy Studies. The records include subject files, research files, publication materials, lectures, project documentation, program files, surveys, survey data and chronological files accumulated by the organization. Topics include women and AIDS, girls, teenage girls, work/life balance, women and violence, women and leadership, women and bio ethics and reproductive rights. The collection includes audio cassettes and VHS tapes, and patrons must request use copies to access the content of these materials. Acquired by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Accession (2010-094) 1970-2005 and undated 131 boxes

This series contains subject files, research files, publication materials, lectures, project documentation, program files, surveys, survey data and chronological files. Some boxes contain audio cassettes and VHS tapes that need to be reformatted before use.

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Phytotron records, 1958 - 1984

6 Linear Feet 4,500 Items
Established in 1968 with funds from Duke and the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Phytotron is a controlled environment research facility located on the Duke University campus housing plant growth chambers, controlled greenhouses, and associated instrumentation and laboratories. The Phytotron Records contain correspondence, memoranda, financial records, reports, grant proposals, blueprints, schematics, contracts, supplier catalogs, specification books, and other records of the planning, construction, and operation of the facility. Major subjects include the Duke University Dept. of Botany and Dept. of Biology, greenhouses, and global environmental change. English.
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Ella Fountain Pratt papers, circa 1850-2008

18 Linear Feet
Ella Fountain Keesler Pratt (1914-2008) was a Duke University employee for almost thirty years. Ms. Pratt was also a patron of the arts and community organizer in Durham, North Carolina. This collection contains documents, records, photographs, and notes that document her life as a Duke employee and Durham arts organizer. Items include personal notebooks, photographs of family and events, art exhibition catalogs, and audio recordings of performances at Duke University. The collection materials range in date from circa 1850 to 2008.
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Duke University Museum of Art records, 1962 - 2003

18.5 Linear Feet 3 Megabytes
The Duke University Museum of Art opened to the public in 1969, in a renovated science building on the University's East Campus. In 1998, Duke alumnus Raymond D. Nasher donated funds to support construction of a new art museum at Duke University, the Nasher Museum of Art, set to open in 2005. Collection includes correspondence, administrative files, financial records, exhibit catalogs and publicity material, fund-raising files, clippings, photographs, and related records. Major subjects include the opening of the Museum of Art, the Brummer Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Art, and exhibits. Materials range in date from 1962 to 2002. English.
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Doris Duke papers on the Duke Endowment, 1925-2001, bulk 1956-1993

3.2 Linear Feet 2,400 Items
Doris Duke's father, James Buchanan (J.B.) Duke, established the Duke Endowment as a perpetual charitable trust in 1924. Mr. Duke designed the fund to be both flexible and enduring, but limited its efforts to the Carolinas and to four program areas: child care, health care, higher education, and rural churches. Miss Duke became a trustee of the Endowment in 1933. The collection spans the years 1925 to 2001, with the bulk dating from 1956 through 1993. Collection materials primarily document the administrative business of the Endowment and include correspondence, news stories, meeting materials, financial statements, legal records, reports, and proposals. Many of the materials relate specifically to the Endowment's interests in private university education and health care.
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Youth Document Durham and Durham Works Project records, 1995-2008 and undated

45.5 Linear Feet (75 boxes; 1 oversize folder) Approximately 10,085 Items
Youth Document Durham and Durham Works were programs sponsored by Duke University and the Center for Documentary Studies that brought together young people ages 12–16 from diverse Durham communities to document their lives, local history, and contemporary social issues through photography, oral history, and narrative writing. The Youth Document Durham and Durham Works project records span the years 1995-2008 and document the process of training young people in Durham, North Carolina schools to use photography and other arts, oral histories, and writing to record the history and members of their communities and the local issues affecting the students' lives. Many of the students are African American or Hispanic and their topics often highlight social conditions and race relations in African American and Hispanic communities in Durham neighborhoods and in a few other locations, including South Carolina. Topics explored by participants, both interviewers and interviewees, include crime, food cultures, jobs and education, music, racism, technology, teen violence, work cultures, and tobacco cultivation and its social context. The bulk of the collection is made up of hundreds of oral interviews conducted by junior high and high school students with community members, documented through audiocassette recordings, photographs, writings, and some transcripts, but there are also many program publications, project curricula, and administrative records for the program from its beginnings through 2008. There is also a database created by Center for Documentary Studies staff that records the complete information for each interview, including descriptive notes on certain interviews. This data also contains restricted information. For access to this database, please consult with a reference archivist. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Duke University/University of North Carolina Center for Research on Women records, 1982 - 1992

30.5 Linear Feet 20,500 Items
The Duke-UNC Center for Research on Women was founded in 1982 as a collaborative endeavor between Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to promote Women's Studies scholarship, research, and curriculum development in the South. The project was originally named the Duke-UNC Women's Studies Research Center, but changed its name to the Duke-UNC Center for Research on Women in 1987. The Center operated with support from the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, smaller grants from local foundations, and institutional backing from Duke and UNC. The records contain correspondence, reports, grant documents, audiotapes, a videotape, and other materials relating to the Center for Research on Women. Major subjects include women's studies curriculum development and research, pay equity, and the relationships between race, class, and gender. Materials range in date from 1982 to 1992. English.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Quarterly Catalog collection, 1997-2007

3 Linear Feet 34 Items
Abercrombie and Fitch was founded in 1892 as a sporting goods supplier and expedition outfitter. It currently specializes in upscale sportswear aimed at children and young adults. The Abercrombie & Fitch Quarterly Catalog Collection consists of a run of lifestyle-oriented clothing catalogs issued between 1997 and 2007. The catalog featured articles on a wide range of youth popular culture and lifestyle topics, along with numerous photographs by Bruce Weber. Articles included advice, music and movie reviews, and profiles and interviews with celebrities and cultural critics such as philosopher Slavoj Žižek. The Creative Director for the catalog series was Sam Shahid, who had previously worked in the in-house advertising agencies for Calvin Klein and Banana Republic. After 2003, the lifestyle content and controversial photography was scaled back to focus more narrowly on seasonal fashion.
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J. Walter Thompson Company. Chicago Office. records, 1908-2000 and undated

161 Linear Feet (50,000 items) 11 Megabytes

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

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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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Triangle Raging Grannies records, 1998-2015

.5 Linear Feet
Raging Grannies is an activist organization that promotes peace, justice and social and economic equality by raising consciousness through song and satire. They also aim to challenge stereotypical assumptions about advocacy and aging. This collection contains materials documenting the Triangle chapter of the Raging Grannies in North Carolina from 1998-2015.
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Alison Amoroso papers, 1982-2021

1.8 Linear Feet (One Paige box, 1 half Hollinger box (1 DVD, 2 quarter-inch data cartridges), 1 oversize folder) 521 Megabytes (19 files)
The papers of Alison Amoroso (Duke alumna 1987), founder/editor of Teen Voices magazine, activist, and public health advocate. The bulk of the papers relate to Teen Voices and its parent foundation Women Express Inc.
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Rowing records, 1998-[ongoing]

0.7 Linear Feet 300 Items

The collection includes clippings, press releases, statistics, rosters, programs and press brochures/media guides about the women's rowing team at Duke University. The material dates from 1998-[ongoing].

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Julia Penelope papers, 1966-1999

40 Linear Feet
Julia Penelope (1941-2013) was a lesbian feminist linguist, educator, and activist. Collection consists of writings and published works, subject files, correspondence, and other materials related to Penelope's career and activist work. These materials document feminist linguistics, lesbian culture, and lesbian history and publishing. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Triangle Multicultural Women's History Project records, 1994-2000

0.6 Linear Feet 450 Items

The collection documents the activities of the Project, administrative and otherwise. Included are mailing lists (including an electronic file), newsletters, photographs, stationery, program and publicity ideas, old program lists, clippings, materials about other women's history groups, the Triangle Community Foundation proposal, non-profit status information, training materials, awards, past school projects, school visit evaluations, reports and surveys, newsletters, grant information, outreach materials, flyers and press releases, project ideas, and study group materials

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Accession #2000-0269

Materials in this accession span the dates 1994 through 2000.

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Rotary International. District 7710 records, 1920-2012

26.1 Linear Feet 6.3 Gigabytes (Approximately 10,000 files)
Rotary International was established as a men's service organization in Chicago in 1905. This collection contains records relating to Rotary International, District 7710, which includes counties in central North Carolina. Includes the district's conference programs, conference minutes, executive committee minutes, correspondence, directories, policies and procedures. Also includes information about the district's exchange program and various club histories, including numerous club rosters and club bulletins for the Chapel Hill and Raleigh Rotary Clubs. There are also clippings, newsletters, photographs, and slides related to the organization's activities.
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Lesbian Health Resource Center records, 1987-2005

4.5 Linear Feet (3375 items) 607 Megabytes (Materials extracted from 35 3.5" floppy disks and 1 internal hard drive. Approximately 20,000 digital files.)
Durham-based community organization that provided health advice and workshops for lesbians. Successor to the North Carolina Lesbian and Gay Health Project, founded in 1982. The LHRC opened in 1996. Collection includes administrative materials, grant and funding applications, volunteer orientation agendas, and a resource library maintained by the LHRC during the 1990s. Topics include mental and physical health for lesbians, in particular HIV/AIDS prevention, breast cancer prevention and screenings, and safe sex practices. Also includes materials about the LHRC's plans for a Lesbian Health Clinic in North Carolina, its ongoing relationships with other community organizations, and workshop materials on feminism, health, and leadership. Membership and participation lists are closed until 2030. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Consumer Reports. Film and Broadcast records, 1879-2003, bulk 1973-1998

7.0 Linear Feet
Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. The Film Division and Television Department produced educational films and television programming on a range of topics relating to consumer advice and protection, including household appliances, personal finance, food, health, and safety hazards. Collection includes clippings, contracts, correspondence, press releases, reports, scripts and other printed materials. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Arthur I. Bloomfield papers, 1927-1995

12 Linear Feet (12 boxes and one oversize folder.)
Arthur Bloomfield (1914-1998) was a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Pennsylvania. This collection documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, and professional and faculty activities. It forms parts of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Durham County (N.C.) papers, 1868-1996

12.5 Linear Feet (25 flat boxes)
Durham County is located in the northeast central North Carolina; it was established in 1881 from lands in Wake and Orange counties. The city of Durham was incorporated in 1866 and then again in 1869. Collection was assembled by library staff, and is arranged in rough chronological order beginning in 1868. Within the chronology, decades are broken down by subject. Formats include correspondence, deeds, leaflets, articles, events programs, booklets, maps, pamphlets, and some photographs. Subjects include: activism, performing arts, business, churches, clubs, courts, education, libraries, historic sites and landmarks, parades, city and county politics, public works, publications, real estate, senior citizens, utilities, Watts Hospital, women's clubs and women's history, preservation of Eno River lands, and the YMCA/YWCA. Materials relating to African Americans in Durham County are found throughout.
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19th Century Papers (General), 1868-1897
Box 3

Items of interest include: Duplicate Registry of Voters, Durham Election Precinct, Orange County [notebook], 1868; school census, Durham Township, Orange County, 1870, including white and "colored" children; deed recording sale of land in Orange County on the New Hope, from Henry Carlton [?] to Asa Pickett, 1870; deed between Durham Cty. officials (Latta, Jenkins, Barbee, Green) and James Blackwell for land near McCown's Mill, 1883; and numberous photocopies from 19th century newspapers and other publications about Durham history, including photographs of its leadership and the town, 1890s.

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Joseph Conrad papers, 1850-1972, 2023

3 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-born novelist and resident of Bishopsbourne, England. Collection comprises letters and scrapbooks about the life and works of novelist Joseph Conrad. Correspondence includes letters by Conrad to David S. Meldrum, an advisor to publisher Wm. Blackwood & Sons. Conrad conveys family news, including his son Borys's activities in France during World War I; he also comments on his various literary projects, including Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness, Youth: A Narrative and Other Tales, and The Rescue. Other correspondence includes letters of Jessie George Conrad, and letters from Conrad to Sir Sidney Colvin and his wife, Frances; Henry Arthur Jones and his daughter, Jennie Doris Arthur Jones Thorne; and T. Fisher Unwin, Conrad's publisher. Frequently mentioned are Henry James and John Galsworthy. There is also an album of 43 cabinet card photographs, 1850s-1890s, of Conrad's Polish relatives, many of whom were exiled by political and military conflicts. Six scrapbooks of reviews, tributes, and clippings, and a recipe book, all compiled by Conrad's wife, Jessie George Conrad, round out the collection.
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Adolf Pilchowski, seated, and unidentified woman, standing, full-length portrait, circa 1861
Box 2 > Page 1 > Image 1

Photographer: Unknown. Inscription: "Apollonowi i Ewelinie Korzeniowskim z Ojcowskim błogosławieństwem na pamiątkę d. 24 Grud. 1861." Translation: "For Apollo and Ewa Korzeniowski with fatherly blessings, in remembrance 24 Dec. 1861."

  1. Joseph Conrad photograph album of his Polish relatives, circa 1857-circa 1892
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Masahiko Aoki papers, 1945-2016

13.75 Linear Feet (Eight record cartons, one half document box, one flat box, and one custom box.) 1.49 Gigabytes
Masahiko Aoki (1938-2015) was the Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Professor of Japanese Studies and Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Stanford University. This collection documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, and professional activities. It was acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Aoki Masahiko and China, undated
Box 7

Printed material on Aoki and China published by the Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance of Tsinghua University after Aoki's death.

  1. Personal, 1945-2017
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United States Army materials relating to the American Civil War, 1860s-1890s

0.5 Linear Feet
The United States Army, also referred to as the Northern, Union, or Federal army, fought against the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. This collection was assembled by Rubenstein Library out of miscellaneous and disparate archival and manuscript collections, including: U.S. Army units and regimental records, inventories, and orders; as assorted letters and correspondence from various Army soldiers and officers; maps, letterheads, and blank forms, all created or produced during the Civil War era. Many materials relate to troop movements; inventories of supplies, equipment, troops, and food; enlistment, pay, and service histories of various members of the U.S. Army; activities of particular regiments; action or battles against the Confederacy; examples of personal letters to and from soldiers' family members; reports and summaries of war conditions in Southern territories (poverty and hunger in Southern towns, destruction and seizure of property, and the difficult circumstances facing newly-freed Black populations); and other assorted bureaucratic and administrative Army records.
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1st Connecticut Artillery (Heavy) narrative history, 1864
Box 1

Manuscript bound volume describing formation, movements, and service of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, under command of Capt. Uriah Wallace. Volume describes travels through towns and forts in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, including travel by James and Potomac Rivers. Includes list of deaths and wounded. Author unknown.

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J. Walter Thompson Company. New York Office. records, 1978-2000 and undated

10.7 Linear Feet 491 Items

Collection (02-197) contains primarily presentations and reports in videotape and paper format made to and at World Partner Council meetings (1996-1997). Also includes Andy Fenning's files of reports and manuals in paper, video, slide, and digital format prepared for or received at management meetings, a "Transformation" seminar (1997), and other speeches and presentations. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History.

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Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture records, 1996-2011

13 Linear Feet
In 1996, Bitch: Feminst Response to Pop Culture was created by Lisa Jervis, Benjamin Shaykin, and Andi Zeisler. After having a hard time finding critiques of sexism in pop culture in magazines and self published zines, they decided to make their own. Their goals are to write about sexism in pop culture, propose alternatives, and promote pop products that are pro-woman and pro-feminism. The magazine's final issue was April 2022. The collection includes production records for magazine issues, editorial correspondence, research files, meeting notes, promotional and subscription material, audio cassette and mini-cassette tapes, VHS tape, mini-disks, color and black-and-white photographs, negatives, color transparencies, and t-shirts and tote bags. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Carl Menger papers, 1857-1985, bulk 1867-1920

10 Linear Feet (28 boxes and three oversize folders.)
Carl Menger (1840-1921) was an economic theorist and professor. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, and research. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Trent Collection on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1945-1949

0.4 Linear Feet 12 Items
Josiah and Mary Duke Biddle Trent collected and donated the Trent Collection, including these materials on U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Assorted printed materials about FDR, including his stamp collecting and obituary material; autographed portraits; and 2 signed letters from FDR dating from 1932 and 1933.
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Deutscher Kampf Volume, circa 1929

0.2 Linear Feet 1 Item
Collection of programs of music, songs and speeches as well as the text of speeches, recitations, poetry and quotations from books apparently prepared for the Albert Forster School in Berlin during the Nazi period. Topics include soldiers, workers and peasants, Adolf Hitler, World War I, and the struggle for victory.
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Deutscher Kampf Volume, circa 1929 0.2 Linear Feet 1 Item

Collection of programs of music, songs and speeches as well as the text of speeches, recitations, poetry and quotations from books apparently prepared for the Albert Forster School in Berlin during the Nazi period. Topics include soldiers, workers and peasants, Adolf Hitler, World War I, and the struggle for victory.
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Coletta Youngers papers, 1977-2004 and undated

21 Linear Feet 0.4 Megabytes
Human rights researcher and policy advocate at the Washington Office on Latin America. The Coletta Youngers Papers span the dates 1977-2004, and consist of reports and scholarly research, clippings, correspondence, and government documents related to socio-political conditions and human rights issues in Perú, gathered by Youngers while living in Peru during the 1980s and researching her 2003 book on political violence in Perú.
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Accession (2008-0151) (CLOSED), 1985-2000 2 boxes

Addition (2008-0151) (900 items; 1.2 lin. ft.; dated 1985-2000) includes internal documents from the Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (Perú). Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive.

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Richard Lischer papers, 1940-2007

2.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes) 179 Megabytes (Files extracted from 3 optical discs)
Richard Lischer is a white ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Duke Divinity School. This collection contains research and audiovisual materials related to the preperation for Lischer's book The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America . Included are recordings and transcripts of interviews and sermons, research materials such as photocopies of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s writings, scholarly journal articles, photographic materials and correspondence related to interviews. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
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Audiovisual materials, 1955-1988

This series contains interviews about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his work, recordings of preachers who influenced King's preaching and sermons by King. Many include transcripts that can be found in the Research materials series.

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J. Walter Thompson Company. Legal Department microfilmed entertainment contracts, 1924-1957

3.0 Linear Feet
Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. It is headquartered in New York. The JWT Legal Department microfilmed entertainment contracts include contracts for appearances on radio and television broadcasts; correspondence; folios (typically collections of documents relating to an actor's career, or casting for a broadcast program); letters of terms; notices of cancellations of contracts; photographs; talent releases and other printed documents. Talent featured in the sponsored programming include journalists, motion picture actors, musicians, politicians (such as Wendell Willkie), sports announcers, vaudeville blackface and dance performers, writers and other celebrities. Talent-based and variety shows drew from American and international performers, including African Americans and women. Sponsoring firms include Ballantine, Elgin, Ford, General Cigar, Kodak, Kraft, Lever Brothers, Lorillard, Nash Motors, Nestle, Owens-Illinois, RCA, Seven-Up, Shell, Standard Brands, Swift, Textron, Ward Baking and Wrigley. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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