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Fred Chappell papers, 1944-2023 and undated

178.75 Linear Feet 10.3 Gigabytes

Abstract Or Scope: Fred Chappell (1936-2024) was an author and poet. He was an English professor at UNC Greensboro for 40 years, and he was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997 to 2002. Collection consists largely of correspondence and writings by Chappell and others, documenting Chappell's literary career, output, and network.

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"Seed Catalogue and H.P. Lovecraft," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct. Box WP-3

Seed Catalogue and H.P. Lovecraft, undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.

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J. Walter Thompson Company. Competitive advertisements, pre-1955 group, 1907-1965

85 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) was one of the oldest and largest advertising agencies in the United States. It was headquartered in New York. In 2023 the agency was absorbed into marketing and communications firm VML. The collection includes newspaper and magazine print advertisements for companies and consumer products that competed with those of JWT clients. Product categories include airlines; alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages; bus and cruise lines; cosmetics; food; hair preparations; health products and drugs; household appliances and furnishings; radios and televisions; railroads; shaving preparations and toiletries; and tobacco products. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

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Burpee, 1940-1950 2 folders Box 93

Seeds, Plants, Fertilizers, 1940-1954

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Burpee, 1940-1951 Box 94

Seeds, Plants, Fertilizers, 1940-1954

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Ferry's Seeds, 1940 Box 93

Ferry's Seeds, 1940

Seeds, Plants, Fertilizers, 1940-1954

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International Monitor Institute records, 1986-2011

530 Linear Feet 8.3 Gigabytes

Abstract Or Scope: The non-profit agency International Monitor Institute (IMI) operated between 1993 and 2003, primarily to assist international war-crimes tribunals by collecting, indexing and organizing visual evidence of violations of international human rights law. The International Monitor Institute Records span the dates 1986-2006, and primarily comprise audiovisual materials related to IMI's documentation of contemporary conflicts and human rights violations around the world. Countries represented include: Burma (Myanmar), Bosnia and Hercegovina, Cambodia, Kuwait, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Thailand. Includes master and use copies of approximately 6000 videocassettes and 100 audio tapes and audiocassettes. The video and audio material is indexed by an extensive database developed by IMI which includes keywords, air dates, segment producer, segment title, and in some cases, transcripts and stills from the video. There are also many photographs and slides taken in the same regions, depicting destruction in areas of conflict, forced labor, refugees and refugee camps, and protests. The majority of the photos were taken on the Burma/Thai border, in Bosnia and Hercegovina, and refugee camps in Rwanda. Finally, there are extensive organizational records, including an extensive database of the audiovisual components. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive.

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RTLM 50 Sony HF 60 (1 copy of Side A and 1 copy of Side B Box 119, Audio-cassette RW035

He criticizes Kagame's tactics and tells the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) leader that he has done nothing but sow seeds of hatred for the Inkotanyi. Ruggiu ends the broadcasts with the beginning of an interview with George France Hategekimana about the impending French intervention.

Air Date: 1994 June 20
Producer: RTLM
Original Language: Kinyarwanda, French
Side B of this tape is blank
Bemeriki begins the tape accusing the Inkotanyi of "drinking Rwandan blood" and killing residents. She calls on the population to exterminate the Inyenzi-Inkotanyi. She is followed by Kantano who mockingly sings a song about the Inkotanyi having all perished. Kantano gives some of the local news from Kigali and targets several sectors and communes as areas where conflicts have taken place. As he targets areas like Nyamirambo he comments that the "Inyenzi" are committing suicide. He also refers to the current war as the "final" one. Kantano then announces that the imminent arrival of French troops to intervene against the "suicidal Ugandans and suicidal extremists Tutsis." He criticizes Kagame's tactics and tells the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) leader that he has done nothing but sow seeds of hatred for the Inkotanyi. Ruggiu ends the broadcasts with the beginning of an interview with George France Hategekimana about the impending French intervention.

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Allan Troxler Papers, 1800s-2024, bulk 1960s-2010s

11 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: Allan Troxler (1947-2025) was an artist, author, and dance instructor from Durham, N.C. Troxler's collection consists of his artwork, family history, and writings, as well as the archives of his lifelong partner, Carl Wittman. Carl Wittman's archives include his diaries, letters, and writings on civil rights and gay liberation. The collection also contains materials documenting the Durham (N.C.) arts scene, English country dance, AIDS in the gay community, and Troxler's collection of materials from Catherine Nicholson.

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Collard flowers with roots; B&W; Variations included, 1998 April 27 Box 1, Item PC-56

"April 27 1998: Last fall's collards have bloomed and set seed. Tomorrow, they give way to sunflowers and okra."

"April 27 1998: Last fall's collards have bloomed and set seed. Tomorrow, they give way to sunflowers and okra." Original/ Fragile

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Birds and Pine Cones Plan Box 1, Item PC-92

Note birds eating sunflower seeds; also in Drawings file (D-41). Sketch only.

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Sunflower and farmers planting flower seeds Box 1, Item D-17

Sunflower and farmers planting flower seeds

Print. Also in Botanicals with variation.

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Kenneth J. Arrow papers, 1921-2017

142 Linear Feet (97 boxes) 13.2 Gigabytes

Abstract Or Scope: Kenneth Arrow (1921-2017) was a Nobel Prize winner and the Joan Kenney Professor of Economics and Professor of Operations Research, Emeritus at Stanford University. This collection consists of his correspondence, research, writings, and other materials documenting his political and personal interests, as well as his collaborations and professional affiliations across the fields of economics, mathematics, public policy, and international relations. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.

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IEA: SEED, 1991-1994 Box 51

IEA: SEED, 1991-1994

Files related to School of Economics and Economic Development

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Southern Lesbian-Feminist Activist Herstory Project, 2001-2025

36 Gigabytes (402 digital audiovisual files; 153 digital text files; 1472 digital image files; 1332 textual image files (PDF).) 0.3 Linear Feet (1 box)

Abstract Or Scope: Two hundred twenty-six digital oral history interviews documenting lesbian feminist activism and community in the South in the latter part of the 20th century.

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Denman, Joan - interviewed by Rose Norman, 2016 February 10 Digital-materials RL10066-SET-DENMANJ, Digital-materials digital-materials

Tags: Lesbian; Feminist; Joan Denman; The Booklegger; Feminist Bookstores; Barbara Grier; Fsu; Florida State University; Feminist Bookstore Network; Rubyfruit Books; University Of California Santa Barbara; Ms Magazine; Vista; Volunteers In Service To America; Huntsville Alabama; Robin Morgan; Rita Mae Brown; Anne Koedt; Judy Brady; Nick's News; Clear Englebert; Books As Seeds; Gay; Now; Alabama Now; George Wallace; Celia English; March On Washington; Donna Mcbride; American Booksellers Association; Aba; Book Expo; Carol Seajay; Feminist Bookstore News; Refuge House; Dana Farmer; Every Woman's Coffee House; Lisa Medley; Women's Outdoor Adventures; Tallahassee Gay And Lesbian Film Festival; Aids Activism; Big Bend Cares; Inland Book Distributors; New Leaf; Amenra; Susan Mayer; Naiad Press; Sheila Ortiz Taylor; Lee Lynch; Katherine V Forrest; Tallahassee Community College; Angela Davis; Tallahassee Activism; Lesbian Archives; Lesbian Websites; Lesbian Biographies; Slfahp; Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project

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Hannan, Kathleen, 2020 November 16 Digital-materials RL10066-SET-HANNANK, Digital-materials digital-materials

Tags: Kathleen Hannan; Women's Music; Bisexuality; Witch One; The Pagoda Center; The Center; Jude Speck; Our Bodies Ourselves; Catholicism; From Outside The South; New York; Coming Out; Meri Furnari; Mica-Meri Furnari; Organa; Debbie Venn; Kathy Oaks; Cathy Oaks; Vermont; Bellydancing; Morgana; Morgana Macvicar; Shefay; Sheila Fay; Nancy Breeze; Emily Greene; Pam Shook; Seeds For Peace; Pat Nolan; Peggy Mcintyre; Alix Dobkin; Teresa Trull; Pagoda Theatre; Pagoda Playhouse; Deb Ennis; Flame; Shyne; Barbara Lieu; Pam Oldham; Shyne; Nancy Breeze; Rainbow Williams; Barbie Quin; Lori Hollar; National Organization For Women (Now); Rena Carney; Astrology; Lesbian Astrology; By Any Other Name; Loraine Hutchins; Lani K'ahumanu; Controversies

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Shook, Pamela, 2020 October 17 Digital-materials RL10066-SET-SHOOKP, Digital-materials digital-materials

Tags: Pamela Shook; South Carolina; Southern Baptists; Christianity; Sojourner; Feminist Bookstores; Atlanta Georgia; Charis; Charis Books And More; Charis Feminist Books And More; A Celebration Of Women Artists; An Afternoon Of Sophie And Myrtle; Maraccas; Megan Terry; The X Miss Copper Queen On A Set Of Pills; American Sign Language; Bisexuality; North Carolina; South Carolina; Finding Feminism; Coming Out; Consciousness Raising; Eloise Bruce; Rena Carney; Emily Greene; Pagoda Playhouse; Pagoda Theatre; Barbara Lieu; Morgana; Morgana Macvicar; Trudy Anderson; Sherry Kliegman; Princess Cinderella; Lavender Lieu; Chrysalis; Leslie Eastman; Carole Powell; Womankind Books; Patty Johnson; Mary Jo; Kris Matson; Suzi Chance; Gail Reeder; Rosemary Curb; Feminist Theatre; Nancy Vogl; Berkeley Women's Music Collective (Bwmc); Alice Gerstenberg; Cathy Cook; Alix Dobkin; Sign Language; Kaimora; Kay Mora; Johanna Powell Colbert; Anna Rallo; Anna Flower; Dore Rotundo; Elethia; Dorothy Campbell; Paula Arden; Feminist Spirituality; Lesbian Spirituality; Ellen Spangler; Tarot; Marilyn Murphy; Irene Weiss; Lesbian Separatism; Female Separatism; Kathleen Hannan; Seeds For Peace; Hot Letters; Childcare; Gabby Penning

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Sarah Dyer zine collection, 1985-2005

18.3 Linear Feet (2500 items)

Abstract Or Scope: Approximately 2000 individual zines and nearly 800 titles, most self-published by women and girls 1985-2000. Most were produced in the United States, a few come from Canada and other countries. In-house database with subject access available. Subjects include feminism, riot grrrl, body image and consciousness, sexual abuse, music, mental illness, film, poetry, rock and punk music, comics, violence against women, sexual identity, homosexuality and bisexuality, and erotica. The collection includes four audiocassette tapes and one VHS tape. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

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The Last Seeds of the Night Box 3

The Last Seeds of the Night

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Frank Clyde Brown papers, 1912-1974

70 Linear Feet (98 manuscript boxes; 1 oversize box)

Abstract Or Scope: English professor, Duke University, folklorist of Durham, N.C., and founder in 1913 of the North Carolina Folklore Society. Collection centers around Frank Clyde Brown's lifelong exploration and collecting of North Carolina and Appalachian folklore, which resulted in this vast archival collection of original folklore materials and editorial records for the seven-volume Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore (published 1952-1964). Collection is comprised of field recordings on wax cylinders and phonodiscs; tens of thousands of field notes, transcriptions of original songs, stories, and traditional expressions; musical scores; and numerous journal articles, student theses, books, and lists. Also included are the papers of Charles Bond, a Duke graduate student who studied and expanded the collection in 1970. The vast majority of the folklore sources originated in North Carolina, but there are some materials from other regions. Subjects include: African American traditions; ballads and songs (music as well as lyrics); European roots of North American folklore; folk music; folk poetry; games and parties; oral traditions and storytelling; sayings, names, and superstitions; social conditions in the Southern States; work songs; and North American folklore in general. In addition, one can find rich resources on the study and teaching of folklore, and attitudes during the 1920s to 1950s about Southern customs and communities.

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RL00160-WC-0024, 1922-07 Box 132, Audio-cylinder RL00160-WC-0024

.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:19:740 Title: Farm Sows His Seed String Beans and Barley Grow, performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:25:614

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Title: Vilikins and his Dinah, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:35:073
Title: Jonah and the Whale, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:43:200
Title: Mary and Martha, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:34:903
Title: Shortnin' bread, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:43:200
Title: When I Was a Bachelor, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:30:326
Title: Ninety Nine Blue Bottles, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:25:176
Title: My Mammy Told Me, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:23:460
Title: There Was an Old Woman (Skin and Bones), performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:39:042
Title: Cindy, performer: Holeman, Jean, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:23:400
Title: My Mammy Told Me, performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:24:587
Title: London Bridge is Falling Down, performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:24:873
Title: Last Night I Was Nearly Crazy, performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:01:04:498
Title: Standin' In The Need of Prayer ('Taint My Mother, 'Taint My Brother), performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:19:740
Title: Some Folks Say That a Nigger Won't Steal, performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:19:740
Title: Farm Sows His Seed String Beans and Barley Grow, performer: Overton, Doris, location: Durham (N.C.) | Durham County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:25:614

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J. Walter Thompson Company. New York Office. Media Center Audiovisual collection, 1953-2015 and undated

88.0 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: 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. Collection includes correspondence, track listings, transcriptions, and other printed materials, audio and video cassettes (Betacam SP, VHS and Umatic), DAT, optical media (CDs, DVDs. etc.), 16mm film reels, phonograph records, and computer media. JWT management events documented in the collection include Cannes and Effies Awards submissions, Epcot, Executive Committee, Worldwide Creative Council, speeches and presentations by top managers as well as interviews undertaken as part of an oral history project at JWT. Offices represented include North America, Europe, Great Britain, India, Asia and Latin America. Main companies include California Lottery, Chase & Sanborn, Chevron, Del Taco, Diageo, Diamond Trading Company (DeBeers), Domino's, Ford, HSBC, Jenny Craig, JetBlue, Kaiser Permanente, Kimberly-Clark, Kodak, Kraft, Lipton, Macy's, Mexicana Airlines, Standard Brands, Trailways, Warner-Lambert, Weight Watchers and Wyeth. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

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Nestle/Davide Sunflower Seeds--Good Times Female, 1996 Box A4, Audio-cassette RL00734-CS-171

Nestle/Davide Sunflower Seeds--Good Times Female, 1996

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Kristine Stiles collection, 1900-ongoing

204 Linear Feet 0.83 Gigabytes

Abstract Or Scope: Kristine Stiles is the France Family Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies. Her main field of research is contemporary art with a focus on experimental practices, as well as representations of destruction, violence and trauma in art. The collection includes several different series, including Stiles' personal and family papers, projects and writings, correspondence, photographs, and an artist archive documenting her correspondence and relationships with hundreds of contemporary modern artists from around the world. This archive has been sorted by each artist's last name and includes such artists as Chris Burden, Lynn Hershman, Allan Kaprow, Gustav Metzger, John Latham, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Yoko Ono, Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Dan and Lia Perjovschi, Carolee Schneemann, Wolf Vostell and many more.

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Original art: paper made from seeds, drawings Box 89

Original art: paper made from seeds, drawings

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Lisa Unger Baskin collection of women's work and domestic arts ephemera, 1700s-1940s

2 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 2 oversize folders)

Abstract Or Scope: Collection assembled by Lisa Unger Baskin containing printed ephemera, receipts, manuscripts, handbills, catalogs, decorative trade cards, prospectuses, circulars, political campaign materials, and other advertisements from the United Kingdom, Western Europe, and the United States. The bulk of the collection's materials advertise businesses or services offered by women, including millinery, fancy goods, hair work, tea, painting, teaching, music, bricklaying, gardening, dressmaking, apothecaries, and a clairvoyant. Also includes calling cards and bookplates with women's names, and assorted ephemera relating to women's pay, income, or work, including a pensioner's card for a firefighter's widow and a pamphlet about life insurance for women.

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Lippincott's seed catalogs and advertisements, 1895-1917 Box 2

Lippincott's seed catalogs and advertisements, 1895-1917
Assorted examples of Carrie H. Lippincott's seed catalogs and advertisements, based in Minneapolis, Minn., promoting her flower and seed business as well as offering horticulture expertise. Also contains a 1915 seed catalog from Emma V. White, her rival.

Assorted examples of Carrie H. Lippincott's seed catalogs and advertisements, based in Minneapolis, Minn., promoting her flower and seed business as well as offering horticulture expertise. Also contains a 1915 seed catalog from Emma V. White, her rival.

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Lisa Unger Baskin collection of women's work and domestic arts ephemera, 1700s-1940s 2 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 2 oversize folders)

Includes examples of some Lippincott seed catalogs from the early 1900s, art samples and calligraphy by women, and some materials related to domestic arts and homemaking, including advertisements for patterns, sewing, cooking, and landscaping or interior decoration.

Collection assembled by Lisa Unger Baskin containing printed ephemera, receipts, manuscripts, handbills, catalogs, decorative trade cards, prospectuses, circulars, political campaign materials, and other advertisements from the United Kingdom, Western Europe, and the United States. The bulk of the collection's materials advertise businesses or services offered by women, including millinery, fancy goods, hair work, tea, painting, teaching, music, bricklaying, gardening, dressmaking, apothecaries, and a clairvoyant. Also includes calling cards and bookplates with women's names, and assorted ephemera relating to women's pay, income, or work, including a pensioner's card for a firefighter's widow and a pamphlet about life insurance for women.

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Duke Centennial Celebration records, 1946-2025, bulk 2024-2025

0.75 Linear Feet 145.7 Gigabytes

Abstract Or Scope: Duke University commemorated its hundredth anniversary in 2024. This collection contains photographs, video recordings, publications, programs, promotional material, ephemera, and reports related to Duke University centennial celebrations.

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Brochures, programs, and flyers, 2024 2 folders Box 1

Service of Commemoration, "They Tried to Bury Us They Didn't Know We Were Seeds" exhibit, student actvism, guest speakers, and the Samuel DuBois Cook Society awards ceremony.

Includes brochures, programs and flyers for centennial events related to the Presidential Awards, commencement, Martin Luther King, Jr. Service of Commemoration, "They Tried to Bury Us They Didn't Know We Were Seeds" exhibit, student actvism, guest speakers, and the Samuel DuBois Cook Society awards ceremony.

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Philip Kapleau papers, 1952-2009 and undated

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Abstract Or Scope: Zen Buddhist teacher and author of "The Three Pillars of Zen." Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Kapleau was a chief court reporter for the Nuremberg Trials and also covered the Tokyo War Crimes Trials. While in Japan for the trials, he met and was influenced by D.T. Suzuki and other Zen practitioners, which led him to become a serious student of Zen in Japan. Eventually, he returned to the United States and founded the Rochester Zen Center (New York) in 1966. Most of the papers relate to Kapleau's role as a Zen teacher, to his writings, and to personal concerns such as his health and Parkinson's disease. Some of Kapleau's notes are written in shorthand, and there are some materials in Japanese. The recorded teishos (dharma talks) were mainly recorded during sesshin (retreats) and span 30 years. According to the tape labels, there are various speakers including Kapleau, Toni Packer, and Bodhin Kjolhede (all of whom led the Rochester Zen Center at different times).

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Kisa Gotami Mustard Seed Story, 1957 Box 11

Kisa Gotami Mustard Seed Story, 1957

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The Tree Sitter and the Sesame Seed by pb hunter, Undated Box 13

The Tree Sitter and the Sesame Seed by pb hunter, Undated

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D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Archives, 1901, 1929-1999

162 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: New York-based advertising agency formed in 1985 by the merger of the Benton & Bowles and D'Arcy-MacManus and Masius advertising agencies. In 2002 the agency closed upon acquisition by French company Publicis. Collection includes memoranda; correspondence; reports; corporate publications; marketing research reports; manuals; employee reference material; press releases; a press book; speeches; clippings; photographs and negatives in color and black-and-white; films, video and sound recordings, and DVDs; book manuscripts; financial papers; and a scrapbook. The collection documents the history of Benton & Bowles advertising; the merger of the D'Arcy MacManus Masius and Benton & Bowles companies; the early careers of William Benton and Atherton W. Hobler; employee training, recruitment, and management; corporate publications; and marketing research. Clients represented include the Procter & Gamble Company, General Foods Corporation, Allied Chemical Corporation, Avco Corporation, Colgate Palmolive Co., Florida Citrus Commission, International Business Machines Corporation, and West Point Pepperell. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

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Seeds of Change, 1997-1998 Box 150

Seeds of Change, 1997-1998

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Seeds of Change, 1997-1999 Box 147

Seeds of Change, 1997-1999

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Elaine Katz collection of women's trade cards, 1870s-1920s

0.75 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: Elaine Katz is a collector of books and ephemera. This collection was created by Katz and contains more than 800 cards documenting numerous women's businesses and professions during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries including millinery, dressmaking, and fancy work, as well as many other types of businesses and work. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture and the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

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Mrs. E. B. Beals, circa 1870-1920 Box 1, Folder 3, Item RL13174-TC-0094

Plants, Garen & Flower Seeds, Birds, Bird Seed, and Sand. 2nd Door Below the American House, Greenfield, Mass.

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Mrs. C. H. Lippincott, circa 1870-1920 Box 1, Folder 1, Item RL13174-TC-0024

[Dealer in] Flower Seeds. 319 & 323 Sixth St, South Minneapolis, Minn.

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Tobacco collection, 1828-1996

5.4 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: The Tobacco Collection contains material assembled by library staff related to the manufacturing, sale, and use of tobacco in the United States, particularly in North Carolina and Virginia. There are also items referring to tobacco cultivation and processing. Printed advertising predominates, but the contents also include items that are not paper products. Typical paper-based items include cigarette and cigar advertising trade cards of W. Duke, Sons & Co., Lorillard, Liggett and Myers, John Player and Sons, and various other American and British companies; tobacco advertisements by Krueger and Brown of N.Y.; and souvenir tobacco albums published by Allen & Ginter. Other forms of advertising in the collection include broadsides, pamphlets, books, leaflets, letters, envelopes, cigar and cigarette boxes and labels, cans, a plate, wrappers, labels, and catalogs. Images include birds, animals, battle scenes, and persons, including a series on "African Types."

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Unknown, Tobacco Seed Circular [Pamphlet: Ragland, Robert L.], 1882 Box 3

Unknown, Tobacco Seed Circular [Pamphlet: Ragland, Robert L.], 1882

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J. Walter Thompson Company. Competitive Advertisements, 1955-1997

550.0 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States.

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T540--Fertilizer and Seed Treatment, 1956 Box 1956-38

T540--Fertilizer and Seed Treatment, 1956

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T540--Fertilizers and Seed Treatment, 1958 Box 1958-33

T540--Fertilizers and Seed Treatment, 1958

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T540--Fertilizers and Seed Treatment, 1959 Box 1959-15

T540--Fertilizers and Seed Treatment, 1959

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W. Eugene Smith Reference CD collection, 1946-1971

50 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: The W. Eugene Smith Reference Reference CD Collection includes 5,087 compact discs containing audio originally recorded to quarter-inch open reel tape by photographer W. Eugene Smith. Smith recorded the bulk of the 1,740 reels represented in this collection between 1957 and 1971, while living in the "Jazz Loft" at 821 Sixth Avenue in New York City. The original tapes are housed in the W. Eugene Smith Collection at the University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography.

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Reel 0519, 1963 February

Note 1: "Truman Capote's "The Grass Harp" Lillan Gish and … Feb 1963: News - Fall of Canadian Gov. over American war heads. 4th track: Starting 1/2 way in - Last Scenes from "Dragon seed Pearl Buck …"; Note 2: CDI 1. NBC Kraft Television Theater, Juan Valdez coffee ad and tv drama mid scene 2. cont'd -8. "gypsy queen dropsy cure" (Dragonseed play) CDII 1. Cont'd-8. CDIII 1. middle of scene in the Grass Harp and ad for Late Late Show and Roto Rooter Channel 2, New York. 2. end of Dragonseed 3. cont'd 4. cont'd 5. cont'd CDIV 1. TV "2. cotn'd 3. cont'd 4. cont'd and end, jumps to News from Feb 5 1963 5. cont'd 6. cont'd, Cuban Missile crisis news. ;

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Reel 0573, undated

Interview w/ Patty McCormack, child star of Broadway's "The Bad Seed." CD 2: In the loft. Smith talking to Carole.

Note 1: "Starts with air taped Jazz, the GC dialogues and emotionals(on GBC 1 7/8) Not stereo. End side blank end of first side blank. 2nd side - Another machine - going backwards to GBC. An interrupting door knock."; Note 2: CD 1:End of interview w/ a writer, jazz. Christmas jazz music--DATE 12/24/??. Interview w/ Patty McCormack, child star of Broadway's "The Bad Seed." CD 2: In the loft. Smith talking to Carole. Long stretches of silence. Sex, interrupted by a knock on the door, more sex. ;

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Reel 1321, 1965 March 14

Critics and authors, The Dragon Seed film ad 14. Memories of Chinese Revolution 15. 1957 Chinese Revolution, Mao Tse Tsung.

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CDI WBAI: Folio Editor Marsh Tompkins documentary on the Klu Klux Klan 1. field recordings and narrator documenting the KKK in Tuscaloosa. Ends with Summary. 2. Next Program is Jazz with Don Schlitten and daughter Tianna, guest DJ.Early 1965 (10 year anniversary of Charliet Parker death, track 8) Fats Waller's Christopher Columbus" and personanel listed 3. Louis Armstrong "Honeydew" 4. Bessie Smith "Alexander's Ragtime Band" . Don Schlitten announces Saturday Afternoon jazz show and eight and a half year old cohost. 5. "Gone with the Wind" McLean, chambers, Taylor... 6. Wilbur Ware "Lullaby of the Leaves" 7. Chalrie Ventura tune, "Sweet Georgia Brown" "Tammy's Dream" Al Hall, Buck Clayton. Announcer WBAI. 8. dono Schlitten, Booker Ervin. Duke Ellington "Come Sunday" Nat King Cole, Trio and "Somtimes I'm Happy" by Gillespie and cres with Stuf Smith at end. CDII 1. con'td tune, drops out. 2. Midtune, (violin, jazz with Nat King Cole vox) 3. Don Schlitten recount of jazz fet at Hunter College. Jazz PIano workshop, then tuen, Willie the Lion Smith "Just one of those things" 3. Willie the Lion Smith 4. Daave Frishbert, Stella, "Will you still be mine" 5. talk and "St. Louis Blues" by Earl Hines 6. Benny Carter, Maxine Sulliva, Dexter Gordon 7. Becket "You know that I know" and WBAI 8. Dono Schlitten on latesnt project "Bebop revidisited" and tuen "Embaceable You" Barrie Harris, others. Village play, Cahrlie Parker March, 12, 10th Anniversary of his Death, and Carniegie Hall Memorial convert, Dizz, JJ Stitt, others, .. 9. Gene Ammons "Confirmation" 10. Jumps to Woody Allen, mid dialogue about Manhattan residence and ex wife 11. cont'd guitar song, blues for Chris" Lonnie Johnson, includes Wendell Marshall 12. Woody Alllen NYU and other material cont'd. CDIIIcont'd radio with Woody Allen 2. cont'd 3. "the Police" bit 4. summing up and then to banjo folk song, male singer 5. "Don't Wait Too Long" Tony Bennett 6. cont'd, new song 7. con'td music collage includes Star Spangled Banner 8. talking again, and audio collage 9. cont'd 10. cont'd 11. cont'd 12. ends with jazz scat ballad CDIV (Feb 1965) 1. collage, cocnt'd, talk by DJ over truntable, organ jazz 2. Fats Waller, DJ talking with reverb 3. WBAI ID and Long John Neble show (LJN) and Amazing Randi show announced. (one week after Malcolm X death. World's Fair discussed, guessed mentioned in passing 4. cont'd, 5. con'td, WWII piece (frivolous) and Joseph Spence song. 6. commentary on Joseph Spence, WBAI ID and mention of John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman 7. gospel song, and jazz pop balld "All by Myslef" 8. mention of hidden mic on news. 9. cont'd and pop/rock song 10. Jumps to radio tune, then Malcolm X argreement after his deat (week after February 21, 1965) human rights. WOR ID. . Sudeio ONe. Leon Amir, Herbert Rollins, Myrna Bain, Esther Jackson, Tom Gask, Amazing Randi (12-5 AM) and disucssion, includes Jn 1962 issue of "Mohamed Speaks" CDV 1. cont'd Randi show. Muslims and Malcolm X 2. cont'd, threats against Malcolm X 3. Malcolm X story murder account 4. cont'd discussion 5. Brass Rail Ad, Champagne Dinner, Listing of Panelists and telerams 6. Discussion 7. cont'd 8. rumors 9. telegrams 10. Irving Drake, composer "What Makes Sammy Run" for a 30 minute break in show. One year anniversary of "What Makes Sammy Run" (Feb 27, 1965) 11. cont'd Suskind and Moose Charlap mentioned 12. cont'd, Abraham Lincoln 13. con'td 14. cont'd, discussion 15. Hank Williams "Your cheating heart" (talk about) and Sinatra at end. CDVI 1. cont'd overlap, Sinatra/Williams and mention of Parmount Mecca Theater. 2. Irving Drake cont'd and return to WOR Randi show on Death of Malcolm X. with Louis Amir talking 3. cont'd, with introductions 4. cont'd, South Africa 5. cont'd Malcolm X history 6. RAM and plans to blow up US monuments? Robert Williams and N. Carolina other topic 7. politics and X, Muslims in america 8. cont'd 9. cont'd then NY Philharmoni Mahler Symphony #4 announced. Back to guests and telegram 10. cont'd CDI 1. con'td WOR, Amazing Randi, Pnel introduced and telegrams 2. Malcolm X. Mau Mau in Kenya, telegram. 3. cont'd, 4. cont'd 5. telegram, race discussed 6. cont'd 7. cont'd and Radio music "Good Morning" 8. JUmps to LJN 8. social porblem of prostitiution 9. vlaues, 10. socio political discussion 11. Panel introduction: Robert Mullel, Pearl S. Buck, Theaodore Harris, Frank Davis, Steve Goldstein 12. Pearl S. Buck on foster parenting 13. con'td 14. cont'd CDVIII 1. Randi with Pearl S. Buck, cont'd. Politics and Boxer Rebellion 2. China 3. Chinese history, presidents 4. con'td, guests, jewelry and Pekings 5. Chinese language 6. con'td 7. cont'd 8. cont'd China never affected by the West 9. cont'd 10. con'td, on writing books 11. "mixed race" children story 12. Ad for Brass Rail restaurant, Panelists listed 13. Critics and authors, The Dragon Seed film ad 14. Memories of Chinese Revolution 15. 1957 Chinese Revolution, Mao Tse Tsung. Mu Shu Feng. Wilting of the 100 flowers. and war history. CDIX 1. Pearl S. Buck, cont'd, Panelists and WOR ID 2. on Chinese Intellectuals (specific) 3. politics 4. cont'd 5. cont'd 6. race in America 7. African Student in China, discrimmination and related book 8. discussion 9. coffee break, Arthru Chu. randi on food 10. Chinese food talk and coffee break St. Patricks day "this Saturday" and Carmel Quinn, singer, Tennessee country songs album 11. Harp lager and Randi talk at end. CDX 1. New Content, Norman Corman? Corwin? "The Alchemists and O'Neill 2. Philosophical argument 3. commentary 4. CBS News, Look Up and Live "The Initiation, Scientific Man, 20th Century, and PSA for 3 Orbit flight wiht 2 man space team, Monday, March 22nd. Jumps to Macy's ad. and Golden 65. Jumps to Jazz and Lawrence Ferlinghetti Poem "Autobiography" . Duke Ellington music and poem called "Canon 3" Choreography Sophie Maslow, discussion with Jim McAndrews. 5. cont'd. Modern dance. Mike's Place and dance (TV) 6. Jazz Poetry and Duke Ellington music "A Coney Island of the Mind" Ferlinghetti 7. cont'd 8. cont'd 9. cont'd, "American Dance Theater" 10. Announcer, ad for Red Cross. Ad Haley's MO laxative, corn doodle ad, Channel 2 NY New show. WCBS, legistlative hearing, Moderator Dallas Townsend. and talk about homicide law change. CDXI 1. cont'd discussion, Red Cross and Macy's spring sale ad 2. NAACP in news 3. Interview, cont'd 4. cont'd 5. cont'd 6. cont'd 7. cont'd 8. Channel changing: Wall Street Journal ad, menition of President Johnson, and Alabama politics9. discussion George Wallace, Selma 10. cont'd 11. commentary by Governor George Wallace, talk to 12. Jingle Choc Full O Nuts is a heavenly coffee. 13. end of Governor George Wallace on Face the Nation. Ad for 25 Country Hits compilation, Bobby Darrin LP and end of show 14. Ad Galaxy filtered cigarettes. Walter Cronkite. Ad: Colgate toothpaste. Jumps to hair ads Alberto VO5 hairspray, 15. Western on TV, ?John Wayne? "Profiles in Courage" ALCAN (Aluminum Limited) as sponsor. Red Scare, A. Mitchell Palmer, NY Assembly, dramatic profile. CDXII 1. cont'd at dramatization, Presidency, Hughs and Hayes. 2. Jude talk scne Profiles in courage 3. politics, talk 4. play discussion, Al Can Ad. 5. press conference 6. Aluminum Ad, AL-CAN and Easter Seal charities 7. Ad, Easter Seals and WNBC new York, Charlie Hughes, Convention and 1920 election meeting scene 8. cont'd applause and backstage scene 9. cont'd 10 cont'd and AL-CAN ad. ;

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Committee on International Studies records, 1962-1978, bulk 1964-1977

5.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Abstract Or Scope: Established under a large Ford Foundation grant in 1964, the Committee on International Studies oversaw the distribution of the grant money and other sources of income to various departmental and area programs having to do with international scholarship. Spanning from 1962 to 1978, the records contain details of the committee and various subcommittee's activities during that time.

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Committee on International Studies records, 1962-1978, bulk 1964-1977 5.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Funding and interest shifted, but many of the programs and courses established with the seed money from the Ford Foundation and others became permanent parts of the Duke curriculum and remain active to this day.

Established under a large Ford Foundation grant in 1964, the Committee on International Studies oversaw the distribution of the grant money and other sources of income to various departmental and area programs having to do with international scholarship. Spanning from 1962 to 1978, the records contain details of the committee and various subcommittee's activities during that time.

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Duke University Retirees Outreach (DURO) records, 1997-2021

2 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: Duke University Retirees Outreach was founded in 1997 to provide volunteer opportunities to Duke retirees and their partners and operated until 2021. DURO members developed volunteer programs like the Backpack Program and the Lakewood Garden project at Lakewood Elementary School. The collection, spanning 1997 to 2021, consists of administrative and financial records, correspondence, and materials related to projects and events.

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Duke University Retirees Outreach (DURO) records, 1997-2021 2 Linear Feet

The Lakewood Garden project started in 2000 in partnership with South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces (SEEDS) and Lakewood Elementary. With this, DURO members helped to construct and maintain a garden at Lakewood.

Duke University Retirees Outreach was founded in 1997 to provide volunteer opportunities to Duke retirees and their partners and operated until 2021. DURO members developed volunteer programs like the Backpack Program and the Lakewood Garden project at Lakewood Elementary School. The collection, spanning 1997 to 2021, consists of administrative and financial records, correspondence, and materials related to projects and events.

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Duff Green papers, 1818-1909 and undated

1.6 Linear Feet 1,855 Items

Abstract Or Scope: Merchant and manufacturer of Falmouth, Virginia. Correspondence, ledgers, daybooks, account books, and other business records (chiefly 1822-1875) of Green and his various associates, illustrating activities such as retailing, grain milling and merchandising, and cotton cloth manufacturing. The bulk of the collection is in the form of bound manuscript volumes. Firms represented include the Bellmont and Eagle flour mills, the Falmouth Manufacturing Company, and the Elm Cotton Factory. The papers also reflect the emergence of Fredericksburg, Va., as a business center, and the decline of Falmouth.

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Duff Green papers, 1818-1909 and undated 1.6 Linear Feet 1,855 Items

Mercantile ledgers and daybooks show the sale of various types of farm supplies, such as Osnaburg, ground plaster, flour, clover seed, and sundries. Unbound volumes include daybooks; ledgers; account books; records of cotton purchased, wood hauled, cloth shipped, flour sent by boat, and wheat hauled; cashbooks; memoranda; baling books; wool-carding books; time books; records of production, cash sales, wages, and expenses; letter books; invoices; notes and bills; and receiving and delivery books.

Merchant and manufacturer of Falmouth, Virginia. Correspondence, ledgers, daybooks, account books, and other business records (chiefly 1822-1875) of Green and his various associates, illustrating activities such as retailing, grain milling and merchandising, and cotton cloth manufacturing. The bulk of the collection is in the form of bound manuscript volumes. Firms represented include the Bellmont and Eagle flour mills, the Falmouth Manufacturing Company, and the Elm Cotton Factory. The papers also reflect the emergence of Fredericksburg, Va., as a business center, and the decline of Falmouth.

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Benjamin Hedrick papers, 1848-1893

20 Linear Feet 6037 Items

Abstract Or Scope: Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick was a white professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina, 1854-1856, and U.S. Patent Office official, 1861-1886. Collection consists chiefly of letters to Hedrick. The early correspondence is between Hedrick and Mary Ellen Thompson, his future wife. Other correspondence concerns life at the University of North Carolina, Hedrick's dismissal from the University in 1856 for his Republican and anti-slavery opinions, and his life in the North during the Civil War period. Many of the post-1861 papers relate to Hedrick's position as chemical examiner at the Patent Office. Other topics include Reconstruction, the economic plight of the South, and politics, including Hedrick's attempt to win political office in North Carolina (1868). Correspondents include Kemp P. Battle, Daniel R. Goodloe, Horace Greeley, Hinton Rowan Helper, David L. Swain, John Torrey, and Jonathan Worth.

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Benjamin Hedrick papers, 1848-1893 20 Linear Feet 6037 Items

Many write to Hedrick asking for seeds. One notable letter to Hedrick from February 2, 1866, comes from Milly Walker, formerly enslaved by D.L.

Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick was a white professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina, 1854-1856, and U.S. Patent Office official, 1861-1886. Collection consists chiefly of letters to Hedrick. The early correspondence is between Hedrick and Mary Ellen Thompson, his future wife. Other correspondence concerns life at the University of North Carolina, Hedrick's dismissal from the University in 1856 for his Republican and anti-slavery opinions, and his life in the North during the Civil War period. Many of the post-1861 papers relate to Hedrick's position as chemical examiner at the Patent Office. Other topics include Reconstruction, the economic plight of the South, and politics, including Hedrick's attempt to win political office in North Carolina (1868). Correspondents include Kemp P. Battle, Daniel R. Goodloe, Horace Greeley, Hinton Rowan Helper, David L. Swain, John Torrey, and Jonathan Worth.

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Douglas M. Knight records, 1949 - 1970

60 Linear Feet

Abstract Or Scope: Douglas M. Knight, born in 1921, served as president of Duke University from 1963 to 1969. Knight was educated at Yale and served as president of Lawrence University prior to becoming president of Duke. After leaving Duke in 1969, he worked as an industry executive at several firms. Records include correspondence, memoranda, proposals, surveys, reports, writings and speeches, minutes, audio-visual media, honorary citations, clippings, and printed matter. Major subjects include the administration of Duke University, the planning of a new art museum, university development, Duke's Fifth Decade Campaign and fundraising, the Duke Board of Trustees, Knight's inauguration, the School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Forestry, the Graduate School of Business, student protest, African-American students at Duke, the takeover of the Allen Building by members of the Afro-American Society, and student rights. Major correspondents include R. Taylor Cole, E.R. Latty, Lath Meriam, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, R. Philip Hanes, Nancy Hanks, R. Patrick Ransom, George V. Allen, Charles B. Wade, Henry Rauch, Edwin L. Jones, Wright Tisdale, Les Brown, Ellen Huckabee Gobbel, Mark Pinsky, Graddon Rowlands, and Floyd B. McKissick.

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Douglas M. Knight records, 1949 - 1970 60 Linear Feet

He later became president of SEED in 1973, and then president of the Questar Corporation in 1976.

Douglas M. Knight, born in 1921, served as president of Duke University from 1963 to 1969. Knight was educated at Yale and served as president of Lawrence University prior to becoming president of Duke. After leaving Duke in 1969, he worked as an industry executive at several firms. Records include correspondence, memoranda, proposals, surveys, reports, writings and speeches, minutes, audio-visual media, honorary citations, clippings, and printed matter. Major subjects include the administration of Duke University, the planning of a new art museum, university development, Duke's Fifth Decade Campaign and fundraising, the Duke Board of Trustees, Knight's inauguration, the School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Forestry, the Graduate School of Business, student protest, African-American students at Duke, the takeover of the Allen Building by members of the Afro-American Society, and student rights. Major correspondents include R. Taylor Cole, E.R. Latty, Lath Meriam, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, R. Philip Hanes, Nancy Hanks, R. Patrick Ransom, George V. Allen, Charles B. Wade, Henry Rauch, Edwin L. Jones, Wright Tisdale, Les Brown, Ellen Huckabee Gobbel, Mark Pinsky, Graddon Rowlands, and Floyd B. McKissick.

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Michael Leib letter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Joseph Clay, House of Representatives, Washington, 1806, Dec. 22

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Abstract Or Scope: ALS. Writes of his part in the effort to impeach Governor Thomas McKean and asks Clay to obtain seeds of curious plants from a Captain Lewis for a visiting friend, Henry Muhlenberg.

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Michael Leib letter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Joseph Clay, House of Representatives, Washington, 1806, Dec. 22 1 items

Writes of his part in the effort to impeach Governor Thomas McKean and asks Clay to obtain seeds of curious plants from a Captain Lewis for a visiting friend, Henry Muhlenberg.
Writes of his part in the effort to impeach Governor Thomas McKean and asks Clay to obtain seeds of curious plants from a Captain Lewis for a visiting friend, Henry Muhlenberg.
Writes of his part in the effort to impeach Governor Thomas McKean and asks Clay to obtain seeds of curious plants from a Captain Lewis for a visiting friend, Henry Muhlenberg.

ALS. Writes of his part in the effort to impeach Governor Thomas McKean and asks Clay to obtain seeds of curious plants from a Captain Lewis for a visiting friend, Henry Muhlenberg.

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Nadia Sablin photographs, 2008-2014

1.5 Linear Feet (39 13x19 photographs in one box.)

Abstract Or Scope: This collection includes 39 photographic prints comprising the series Aunties, by Nadia Sablin, the 2014 CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography Award Winner. Aunties is a series of photographs detailing the lives of two unmarried sisters living in a Russian village.

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Nadia Sablin photographs, 2008-2014 1.5 Linear Feet (39 13x19 photographs in one box.)

Folded handwritten recipes contain seeds for planting, or rolled up balls of stray hair.

This collection includes 39 photographic prints comprising the series Aunties, by Nadia Sablin, the 2014 CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography Award Winner. Aunties is a series of photographs detailing the lives of two unmarried sisters living in a Russian village.

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John Humphrey Small papers, 1720-1946, bulk 1850-1870, 1912-1937

13 Linear Feet 9,721 Items

Abstract Or Scope: Lawyer and U.S. Representative from North Carolina. Correspondence, legal documents, and other papers (chiefly 1850-1870 and 1912-1937) of John Humphrey Small; of his father-in-law, Col. Rufus W. Wharton, lawyer and planter; and of Col. David M. Carter, lawyer, planter, businessman, and court official, of Fairfield, N.C. Small's papers form the bulk of the collection and concern his North Carolina agricultural interests, his legal practice, his activities in Congress, river and harbor improvements, the Intracoastal Waterway, patronage, Southern financial conditions, U.S. and North Carolina politics, World War I labor problems, and the 1929 Depression. The papers before 1850 are mainly deeds, family papers, and legal documents. Wharton's and Carter's papers relate largely to the legal profession and to their agricultural interests.

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John Humphrey Small papers, 1720-1946, bulk 1850-1870, 1912-1937 13 Linear Feet 9,721 Items

Correspondence during his years in Congress discusses plans for a white grade school in Washington, North Carolina, 1903-1904; conditions of large scale farming at Edgewater, North Carolina, including descriptions of seeds, fertilizer, prices, machinery, crop conditions, and marketing, 1903-1912; problems of railroads, especially the Norfolk and Southern Railroad; the presidential campaign of 1916; coastal highway development; various rivers and harbors bills; the Inlet Waterway project; transportation via an inland waterway; the National Rivers and Harbors Congress; railroad and water transportation in relation to national defense during World War I; land acquisition and construction plans for the Intra-Coastal Waterway from Norfolk, Virginia, to Beaufort, North Carolina; problems of labor, including the movement for the eight hour day; labor shortages in eastern North Carolina during World War I; prohibition; woman suffrage; the National Guard; military service and the draft; coal shortages during the war; army camp sites; home guards; rising prices; excess profits tax; the Red Cross; various agricultural bills, national and North Carolina politics; a Congressional trip of inspection to the Far East in 1920, including Japan, Korea, and the Philippines; the Railroad Act of 1920; and routine matters such as patronage, post office appointments, appointments to West Point and Annapolis, and pensions for Spanish-American War veterans.
Chester; copies of the Greenville (North Carolina) Daily Reflector, December 27, 1913, and the Red Triangle, Paris, April 5, 1919; seed catalogues; reprints of the House of Representatives reports and bills on immigration, 1921, and airways, 1937; broadsides of the 1920 election; plan of organization of the Democratic Party in Beaufort, North Carolina, in 1896; the "Declaration of Principles" of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, 1916, and its officers for 1916-1917; and a bond pamphlet for the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company, 1879.

Lawyer and U.S. Representative from North Carolina. Correspondence, legal documents, and other papers (chiefly 1850-1870 and 1912-1937) of John Humphrey Small; of his father-in-law, Col. Rufus W. Wharton, lawyer and planter; and of Col. David M. Carter, lawyer, planter, businessman, and court official, of Fairfield, N.C. Small's papers form the bulk of the collection and concern his North Carolina agricultural interests, his legal practice, his activities in Congress, river and harbor improvements, the Intracoastal Waterway, patronage, Southern financial conditions, U.S. and North Carolina politics, World War I labor problems, and the 1929 Depression. The papers before 1850 are mainly deeds, family papers, and legal documents. Wharton's and Carter's papers relate largely to the legal profession and to their agricultural interests.

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Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory records, 1994-2023

0.14 Gigabytes

Abstract Or Scope: The Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) is a collaborative laboratory operated on the campus of Duke University. The Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory records include progress reports and archived websites.

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Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory records, 1994-2023 0.14 Gigabytes

The Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) was founded in 1965, with seed funding from the United States Atomic Energy Commission.

The Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) is a collaborative laboratory operated on the campus of Duke University. The Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory records include progress reports and archived websites.

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