Search

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

David Bullock Harris papers, 1789-1894

6.6 Linear Feet (12 boxes, 5,075 items (including 9 volumes))
Collection contains correspondence, account books, receipts, statements, and other papers, chiefly relating to David Bullock Harris's training at West Point (1829-1833), his military career, and his tobacco business in Virginia, Kentucky, and England. Includes Civil War military papers and maps, accounts of the sale of slaves, and accounts of trade with Brazil. Also present are letters from Frederick Overton Harris, David's father, while in the Virginia House of Delegates, and from Nathaniel W. Harris, his brother and business partner. Other correspondents include P. G. T. Beauregard, D. H. Mahan, and Sylvanus Thayer.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 23
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Dick Harold papers, circa 1930s-1960s

1.5 Linear Feet
Outdoor advertising executive, manager of family billposting company Harold Outdoor Advertising that operated in Indiana and surrounding states.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 10
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Alex Harris photographs and papers, 1970-2019

56 Linear Feet (88 boxes; 2 oversize folders)
Alex Harris is a documentary photographer, author, and professor emeritus at the Center for Documentary Studies in Durham, North Carolina. The over 700 black-and-white and color photographs in the collection span his career, and include projects exploring the landscapes and peoples of Alaska, the American South, New Mexico, and Cuba; portraits of older reading volunteers and students in Philadelphia; students on strike at Yale University; counter-culture people at a Rainbow Gathering in Arizona; the artist's son tethered to his game device; elderly people living on their own in North Carolina; the interior of author Reynolds Price's home; and movie production sets in the South. The gelatin silver and inkjet prints range in size from 8x10 inch reference prints to 24x36 inch exhibit prints. Harris's professional papers document his collaborations with other photographers and writers on books and exhibitions, including anthropologist Gertrude Duby Blom, naturalist E.O. Wilson, and South African photographers; they also cover his long career at Duke University, as teacher, author, and co-founder of the Center for Documentary Studies and its publication, DoubleTake. In addition to the paper records, there are many recorded oral histories and interviews. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 772
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Frances Hasso collection, 1983-2015

3 Linear Feet
Printed materials from Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, and Dubai collected by Frances Hasso regarding women's rights, political activism, and feminism in the Middle East during the 1980s and 1990s. Includes publications from the Palestinian Federation of Women's Action Committee, the Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance, and the National Council of Women (Egypt).
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 28
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Gay Wilson Allen papers, 1801-1988

33 Linear Feet 5,500 Items
Gay Wailson Allen (1903-1995) was a university professor, author, and Walt Whitman scholar. Collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, printed material, essays, and other writings, literary manuscripts, scrapbooks, teaching materials, pictures, books, clippings, offprints, periodicals, and sale catalogs. The focus of the collection is Allen's career as an university professor and Walt Whitman scholar. In particular Allen's activities as a professor at New York University and as a lecturer at Nagono, Japan in 1955, are documented. The history of Whitman criticism is an important theme. There is a large amount of research material on Whitman, both of Allen and other literary scholars. These include Evie Allison Allen, Clara Barrus, Charles N. Elliot, Clifton Joseph Furness, Emory Holloway, Peter Mitilineos, Hans Reisiger, and Henry Scholey Saunders. The Correspondence Series contains original correspondence acquired by Allen of Richard Watson Gilder, Alice James, and William James. This series also contains the correspondence of Roger Asselineau, Fredson Bowers, Oscar Cargill, Malcolm Cowley, Charles E. Feinberg, Milton Hindus, Emory Holloway, Sholom Kahn, and Frederik Schyberg. There are no strictly personal papers in the collection.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 1023
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

American Economic Association records, 1886-2010

1,706 Linear Feet (1,460 boxes and one oversize folder.) 0.2 Gigabytes
The American Economic Association (AEA) is the primary professional association for economists in the US. This collection documents the activities of the organization, especially their journals, and including the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 738
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

American slavery documents collection, 1757-1878 and undated

2.0 Linear Feet (5 boxes and 5 oversize folders)
Collection of manuscript items relating to American slavery assembled over a number of decades by the staff of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Duke University. Collection contains items documenting the sales, escapes, and emancipations of enslaved people from colonial times through the Civil War, and to a lesser extent, materials relating to slavery in the United States dating from the post-emancipation period.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 216
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Ann Imlah Schneider papers, 1959-2014 and undated

10.7 Linear Feet
Ann Imlah Schneider's most extensive and recent government service was at the U.S. Department of Education, where she was senior program officer for several of the Education Department's grant programs for international education, under Title VI (of the Higher Education Act). Collection primarily includes publications regarding issues in education, including foreign languages and international and area studies, study abroad, internationalization, business education, and teaching. There are also research files on international education and foreign languages, area studies, Title VI, and governmental regulations; files regarding Schneider's work with Title VI higher education centers for international and area studies; and files related to the Center for Education within the U.S. Department of Education, primarily regarding appropriations.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 232
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 166
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Association of Professional Communication Consultants records, 1980-2017

5 Linear Feet (6 boxes) .03 Gigabytes
The Association of Professional Communication Consultants (APCC) is an organization dedicated to educating new consultants and helping existing consultants expand and improve their businesses. The APCC records also include materials from the Association of Professional Writing Consultants (APWC), the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), and the Association of Business Communication (ABC). These entities often worked together on projects and workshops aimed at educating consultants and spreading knowledge about the profession. The collection comprises administrative materials, information about workshops, and documents belonging to former APCC President Barbara Shwom.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 112
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Arab political posters collection, 1970s, 2020-2021

6 Linear Feet (50 posters)
Collection of assorted posters in Arabic commemorating revolutionary and political movements in Yemen, Oman, Palestine, Syria, and the Middle East.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 40
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

American Revolution Bicentennial Administration records, 1976-1977

1.5 Linear Feet
The American Revolution Bicentennial Administrstion was created by Congress in 1974 to encourage and coordinate local events commemorating the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Collection includes copies of ARBA administrative materials.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 17
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Niku Arbabi Zine collection, 1999-2007 and undated

0.5 Linear Feet 34 Items
Arbabi is an artist, DJ, writer, filmmaker, and zinester from Durham, NC and Austin, TX. She is the author of several craft and activist zines, including Radical South, Chicks Rock, and Polaroid-Celluloid. The collection consists of 34 zines (27 titles, produced between 1999 and 2007) collected by Arbabi. Eight of the zine titles in the collection were written or co-written by Arbabi. The majority of zines in the collection focus on either craftmaking and the do-it-yourself lifestyle or women's personal stories, including stories of abuse. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 35
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina records, 1960-2025

220.75 Linear Feet
North Carolina affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, founded in 1965 and based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The records of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina (ACLU of NC or ACLU-NC) date mainly from the 1960s-2010s and is ongoing. The collection is organized into the following series: ACLU Historical Files, Executive Director Office Files, Legal Program, Audiovisual Material, Print Material, Accession 2013-0209, Web Content, and Accession 2025-0020. Many files focus on the investigation and prosecution of cases related to civil rights, public education relating to civil liberties, and lobbying for civil liberties and human rights. Materials include correspondence files from the Executive Director's office and other unions in the ACLU of NC; thousands of case files; administrative files on cases, operations, and attorney's activities; lobbying and subject files; and printed materials and other records relating to organizational publications, outreach, and public education activities. There are also some audiovisual materials and electronic files including educational videos, ACLU of NC's website, and social media pages. Topics include civil rights and legal status of legally under-represented groups such as juveniles and high school students, incarcerated persons; LGBTQ+ people, and immigrants; education and academic freedoms; religious freedom and separation of church and state; freedom of expression (including desecration of the flag); racial inequalities and injustices; reproductive rights; women's rights; police misconduct and the legality of search procedures; drug testing and the decriminalization of drugs; voting rights, including issues surrounding reapportionment; and worker's rights, including unionization. Some files in the collection are on the Ku Klux Klan, Confederate displays, and right-wing organizations. Many of these issues span decades of ACLU involvement. Researchers consulting case files and any other materials should be aware of privacy laws that govern the publication and use of these records. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive at Duke University.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 3300
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

We want aid that advances women [poster], undated

1 Linear Feet
Group of Ten Lakas ng Kababaihan, Inc. was established in 1962 as an informal group of countries that contribute to General Arrangements to Borrow (GAB). Collection comprises a poster protesting against IMF that Aggr[e]vates Inequality and Disempowerment of "poor southern women." Published in Quezon City, Philippines.
3 results in this collection

We want aid that advances women [poster], undated 1 Linear Feet

Group of Ten Lakas ng Kababaihan, Inc. was established in 1962 as an informal group of countries that contribute to General Arrangements to Borrow (GAB). Collection comprises a poster protesting against IMF that Aggr[e]vates Inequality and Disempowerment of "poor southern women." Published in Quezon City, Philippines.
    David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    Fourth World Conference on Women collection, 1994-1997, 2010, 2017

    2.75 Linear Feet
    The United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, China, in 1995 and built on political agreements that had been reached at the three previous global conferences on women. Collection includes conference publications, information packets, schedules, activism calls, and posters collected by attendee Margot Smith, as well as videos produced by Smith. All materials date from 1995 unless otherwise indicated.
    Top 3 results in this collection — view all 65
    David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    Abortion Rights Association, Inc., photographs and pamphlets, 1972-1974 and undated

    1.0 Linear Feet
    Seven mounted photographs and five pamphlets from the Abortion Rights Association of New York, later known as the Abortion Rights Association, Inc., dating between 1972 and 1974. Pamphlets explain abortion procedures, clinic and physician guidelines, and women's rights to abortion, largely designed to address and implement the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. Photographs (which contain captions) include black-and-white images of tools used in self-induced abortions; coroner's office photographs of deceased women following self-induced abortions; morgue photographs of infanticide victims; and images of fetuses in utero.
    Top 3 results in this collection — view all 15
    David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    Kathy Acker papers, 1972-1997 and undated

    21.0 Linear Feet 0.03 Gigabytes
    The Kathy Acker papers are primarily comprised of drafts of her novels, short stories, and other miscellaneous writings, ranging from early works like The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula (1975) to her last novel Pussy, King of the Pirates (1996). Described as a cyberpunk author and performance artist, her novels question the strictures of female sexuality and the power of language.
    Top 3 results in this collection — view all 402
    David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    Advertising Paper Dolls collection, 1894-1980 and undated

    1.0 Linear Feet
    Collection consists of approximately 400 paper dolls, trade cards, bookmarks and other printed materials that comprised promotional packaging or premium gifts for a variety of products dating from the Victorian era to the 1980s. Dolls depict Mother Goose and other fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters; Victorian men, women and children; animals; occupations; and figures in military, international and ethnic dress. Product classes represented include coffee and other beverages, cotton and linen thread and other sewing supplies, food and patent and nonprescription drugs, Companies represented include A&P, Bendix, Clark's O.N.T., Coca-Cola, Estey Organ, General Mills, Horsman Dolls, J&P Coats, Kellogg, Lion Coffee, McLaughlin Coffee, Morton Salt, Munsingwear, Nestle, Pillsbury, Singer, Western and Southern Life Insurance and Worcester Salt. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
    Top 3 results in this collection — view all 22

    A-C, undated
    Box 1

    Includes Adam's Pepsin Tutti Frutti Gum; Ayer's Sarsaparilla (The House that Jack Built); B&B Shoe Store (Pied Piper cut-out story book); Behr-Manning (Daddy Uses Barney's Sandpaper); Bontex Wash Fabrics (Kiddie Kloth Kids); Boraxine; Coca-Cola; Hoyt's German Cologne

    1. Paper Dolls by Company, 1894-1980, undated
    David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    African American history marketing and promotional posters, 1967-1984 and undated

    1.0 Linear Feet
    This collection consists of approximately 50 posters, the bulk of which are corporate promotions depicting notable African Americans or significant moments in African American history and culture. Posters include biographical sketches of African American writers, scientists, professional athletes, soldiers, civil rights workers and celebrity entertainers. Companies represented include Anheuser-Busch (Budweiser), Army National Guard, CIBA-GEIGY, Columbia Artists Management, Federal Home Loan Bank, Honeywell, Nabisco and Pepsi. The collection also contains a number of promotional posters produced by and for the NAACP that address the organization's campaigns to reduce poverty, school dropouts and voter registration, as well as calls to join the NAACP.
    Top 3 results in this collection — view all 16

    Pepsi-Cola: The Black Presence series, undated
    Box 1

    This poster series features Paul Robeson, Harriet Tubman, John Henry, Jackie Robinson, Charlie Christian, Alexander Dumas, Mary McLeod Bethune, Garrett A. Morgan, Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., and Madam C.J. Walker.

      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Maurice Allais collection, 1945-2003

      6.5 Linear Feet (Five boxes.)
      Maurice Allais (1911-2010) was a Nobel Prize winner and professor of economics at the École Nationale Supérieur des Mines de Paris. This collection primarily documents his professional life through writings by or about him. It was acquired as part of the Economits' Papers Archive.
      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 332
      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Art Libraries Society of North America Southeast Chapter records, 1975-2017 and undated

      6.75 Linear Feet (10 boxes) 8 Megabytes
      ARLIS/SE was founded in 1974 as a chapter within the Southern Region of the Art Libraries Society of North America. The collection includes chapter correspondence, bylaws, annual reports, membership lists, photographs, conference materials, LoPresti Awards (for excellence in art publication), and financial records. Scattered throughout are materials and correspondence related to the national organization. There are 20 electronic files on one floppy disk that have been migrated to the electronic records server. There are 20 black-and-white photographs and two transparencies.
      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 147
      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Dilmus J. Appleberry papers, 1810-1927, bulk 1850-1896

      2.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 1,750 items)
      Business, family, and legal correspondence, accounts, bills, invoices, indentures, land surveys, and other papers. Correspondents whose names appear most often are Pettit and Leake, a legal firm of Goochland Court House, Va., Altantic and Virginia Fertilizing Co. of Richmond, Va., and Appleberry's nephew, Thomas A. Bledsoe.
      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 9
      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Kenneth J. Arrow papers, 1921-2017

      142 Linear Feet (97 boxes) 13.2 Gigabytes
      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.
      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 2585
      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Alliance for Audited Media microfilmed reports, 1914-1999 and undated

      8.0 Linear Feet
      The Alliance for Audited Media (AAM) is a research firm that provides data services to the advertising and publishing industries. It is headquartered in Arlington Heights, Ill. The collection consists of over 500 16mm microfilm reels of archived printed reports produced by the AAM for subscribing newspapers and publications distributed primarily in the United States and Canada. The reports depict circulation data in a variety of contexts, including coupon distribution, geographical penetration, interactive media, market coverage, trends, and Zip Code analyses. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 1454
      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Anthony B. Atkinson papers, 1944-2021, bulk 1967-2017

      125 Linear Feet (121 boxes) 10 Gigabytes
      Anthony Atkinson (1944-2017) was Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford University. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his research, writings, professional activities, correspondence, and teaching.
      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 833
      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Anne Baker papers, 1976-2014

      4.7 Linear Feet
      Anne Baker was an abortion counselor, serving as the Director of Counseling at the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Illinois, for the majority of her career. The Anne Baker papers consist of informational pamphlets, handouts, forms, workshop evaluations, personal writings, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, audiovisual materials, buttons, and sweatshirts.
      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 86
      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Gary P. and Sandra G. Baden Collection of Print Advertisements, 1840-1986 and undated

      32.0 Linear Feet

      Collection spans 1840-1986 and includes newspaper and magazine clippings and tear sheets, catalogs, ephemera, memorabilia, and other printed material primarily from the U.S., Great Britain, and France. Advertisements represent products and services from a wide range of categories including alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, businesses, cosmetics and other health and beauty products, fashion (including clothing, jewelry and watches), food, hotels and other tourist and travel destinations, household products, movies and theater events, tobacco products (primarily cigarettes) and transportation (airlines, automobiles, buses, cruise lines, trains, tires and other automotive accessories). The bulk of materials are in English, but French, Greek, and Spanish-language items are also present. Companies represented include Ford, Packard, Chrysler, Chevrolet, Coca Cola, TWA, Henri Bendel, Goodyear, and DeBeers. Non-advertising related materials include sheet music from the vaudeville, ragtime, and minstrel era; World War I; and depictions of African Americans, Native American, and other ethnicities in advertisements and print media. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 1048
      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Lauchlin B. Currie papers, 1921-2000, bulk 1945-1993

      53.4 Linear Feet (50 record cartons and 1 flat box.)
      Lauchlin Bernard Currie (1902-1993) was President Roosevelt's chief economic advisor during World War II before relocating to Colombia in the 1950s and assisting their federal government with development and urbanization efforts. This collection documents his professional life through his subject files, writings, correspondence, and teaching. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 1086
      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Consumer Reports. Colston E. Warne papers, 1910-1995 and undated

      60.0 Linear Feet
      Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. Colston E. Warne was an economist and consumer advocate who served as the first President of Consumers Union from its formation in 1936 until his retirement in 1980. The Consumer Reports Colston E. Warne papers include correspondence, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, manuscripts and texts of articles and speeches, reports and other printed materials. Correspondents include Arthur Kallet, Dexter Masters, E. Scott Maynes, Edward Reich, James Mendenhall, James Morgan, Jean Whitehall, Leland Gordon, Morris Kaplan, Persia Campbell, Rhoda Karpatkin, Ruby Turner Morris, Walker Sandbach and William Pabst. Institutions represented include the American Council on Consumer Interests, Amherst College, Consumer Federation of America, Cooperative Distributors, Council of Economic Advisors, International Organization of Consumers' Unions (later Consumers International), League for Industrial Democracy, National Consumer Energy Advisory Committee, National Consumers League, National Recovery Administration and the University of Pittsburgh. Topics addressed include academic and intellectual freedom, communism and subversion, consumer and worker education, economics, labor and war-time advertising. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 1326
      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Peter A. Diamond papers, 1960-2013, bulk dates 1986-1998

      5 Linear Feet (Six boxes.) 1 Megabytes (One set.)
      Peter A. Diamond (born 1940) is a Nobel Prize winner and an Institute Professor Emeritus (of economics) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, and professional and faculty activities. It was acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 198
      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Eclipse Enterprises trading cards collection, 1989-1993

      0.5 Linear Feet
      Complete group of ten trading card sets on social and political topics created by California company Eclipse Enterprises, dating 1989-1993.
      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 11

      AIDS Awareness Trading Cards, 1993
      Box 1

      Text: Perry Gaskill, William Livingstone, Catherine Yronwode, Althaea Yronwode. Illustrations: Greg Loudon, Charles Hiscock. Includes a sample package with condom.

        David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

        Cuban Revolution Materials collection, 1952-1964

        3.0 Linear Feet
        The Cuban Revolution Materials collection comprises assorted printed materials and serials publications regarding the Cuban Revolution of 1959, Fidel Castro's governance, and U.S. foreign policy in Cuba in the 1960s, especially the Bay of Pigs Invasion of April 1961. Committees and Organizations series contains assorted documents including leaflets, position statements, generated by pro-Cuba organizations based in major metropolitan areas, primarily New York City, in 1960 and 1961. Original sources are unknown; the collection was received as a transfer from the Duke University Library pamphlet collection.
        Top 3 results in this collection — view all 64
        David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

        Robert Edward Dawson papers, 1880-2008

        38.5 Linear Feet
        Dr. Robert Edward Dawson (1918-2008) was an African American ophthalmologist and citizen of Durham (Durham County), North Carolina. This collection primarily documents Dawson's professional and civic responsibilities, both local and national. Materials include meeting agendas and packets; reports; memoranda; correspondence, speeches, and writiings. The collection details Dawson's medical practices, teaching, and board memberships at Lincoln Community Health Center, Lincoln Hospital, and Durham County General Hospital/Durham County Hospital Corporation. It also documents his lengthy and high-level involvement with Meharry Medical College and the National Medical Association, as well as a wide array of other organizations and institutions. Personal materials involve Dawson's military service, memorabilia, his documentation for building his house, and his retirement.The collection also contains black and white and color photographs as well as negatives, mostly of family members. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
        Top 3 results in this collection — view all 462
        David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

        James D. B. De Bow papers, 1840-1915, bulk 1840-1867

        3.2 Linear Feet (6 boxes, 1 volume, and 1 oversize folder) Approx. 1,618 Items
        Editor, publisher, statistician, and pro-secessionist residing in New Orleans, Louisiana. Collection comprises business and personal correspondence, diary, and other papers. Much of the material relates to "De Bow's Review," an agricultural and economic newspaper and pro-secession, pro-slavery publication which he founded and edited from 1846-1867, and to De Bow's position as agent for the Confederacy's cotton and produce loan, with many letters to and from Christopher G. Memminger and George A. Trenholm concerning details of the loan. Includes early items apparently collected in connection with De Bow's statistical work, essays written while a student at Charleston College, lectures on temperance, and a scrapbook of accounts of Civil War campaigns. Correspondents include John W. Daniel, Charles E. Fenner, George Fitzhugh, Charles Gayarré, Alexander D. Von Humboldt, Freeman Hunt, Edmund Ruffin, William Gilmore Simms, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Maunsel White.
        Top 3 results in this collection — view all 52
        David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

        James Monroe Deems manuscript musical scores, undated

        1.2 Linear Feet (3 items)
        James Monroe Deems was a musician, composer, teacher and native of Baltimore, Maryland. Collection includes three manuscript musical scores for piano. One entitled "Glissando March, Jas. M. Deems" (3 pp.), may have been written by Deems. Another score entitled "Pas-de-deux" (7 pp.) bears the penciled notations "Auber, Performed by Mad. Celeste, Arranged by Jas. Deems." The third score (2 pp), untitled, is a march. It may or may not relate to Deems.
        2 results in this collection

        James Monroe Deems manuscript musical scores, undated 1.2 Linear Feet (3 items)

        James Monroe Deems was a musician, composer, teacher and native of Baltimore, Maryland. Collection includes three manuscript musical scores for piano. One entitled "Glissando March, Jas. M. Deems" (3 pp.), may have been written by Deems. Another score entitled "Pas-de-deux" (7 pp.) bears the penciled notations "Auber, Performed by Mad. Celeste, Arranged by Jas. Deems." The third score (2 pp), untitled, is a march. It may or may not relate to Deems.
          David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

          Roy Eaton papers, 1860-2016 and undated

          54.0 Linear Feet
          Advertising executive and music director for Young & Rubicam and Benton & Bowles agencies in New York. First African American with hold general creative managerial responsibilities in a major American advertising agency. Noted composer and concert pianist.
          Top 3 results in this collection — view all 950
          David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

          Earl Dotter photographs and papers, 1967-2023

          62 Linear Feet (86 boxes; 2 oversize folders) 6.45 Gigabytes (1052 files)
          Earl Dotter is a documentarian, photojournalist, and labor activist based in Maryland. Collection comprises 818 mounted black-and-white and color photographs documenting hazardous occupations, conditions for workers, and labor activism in the United States, and related materials such as photography subject files, work prints, digital image files, exhibit items, a large series of publications, and ephemera. A few historical photographs of coal mining settings by Russell Lee are also present. Specific occupations and topics represented by collection materials spanning many decades include: working conditions in the coal mining, garment, auto, poultry, public safety, logging, and fishery industries; child labor in the U.S.; conditions for migrant and Native American workers; the labor behind hand-harvested crops; medical care for workers; U.S. occupational safety standards and labor laws; and labor activism in support of people in hazardous occupations. There is also a series on the 9/11 Ground Zero site and first responders. Mount sizes range from 8x10 to 22x28 inches; most are 11x14 and 16x20. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
          Top 3 results in this collection — view all 1372
          David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

          Davis Family papers, 1876-2007 and undated, bulk 1924-2004

          4 Linear Feet 1500 Items
          The Davis family, originally of Hampton, Virginia, is a prominent African-American family whose members include authors, journalists, photographers, filmmakers, composers, and educators who have made significant contributions to American history and culture. The collection includes photograph albums, loose photographs, and writings documenting the history of the African American Davis family in Hampton, Virginia from the 1930s to the 1950s as well as family members at later points; it also includes materials related to family history and genealogy that span the period from 1876 to the 1920s. Family members featured within the collection include William Roscoe Davis, Andrew Davis, Arthur P. Davis, Sr., Georgia Campbell Neal, Willie Louise Barbour Davis, Collis H. Davis, Sr., Georgia Louise Davis, Jennie Crosby Davis, Collis H. Davis, Jr., Thulani Davis, Anthony Davis, and Charles Sumner Stone, Jr. (Chuck). Educational institutions attended by family members and documented in the collection include Colby College, Fryeburg Academy, George P. Phenix School, and the Hampton Institute.
          Top 3 results in this collection — view all 108

          Davis Family papers, 1876-2007 and undated, bulk 1924-2004 4 Linear Feet 1500 Items

          The Davis family, originally of Hampton, Virginia, is a prominent African-American family whose members include authors, journalists, photographers, filmmakers, composers, and educators who have made significant contributions to American history and culture. The collection includes photograph albums, loose photographs, and writings documenting the history of the African American Davis family in Hampton, Virginia from the 1930s to the 1950s as well as family members at later points; it also includes materials related to family history and genealogy that span the period from 1876 to the 1920s. Family members featured within the collection include William Roscoe Davis, Andrew Davis, Arthur P. Davis, Sr., Georgia Campbell Neal, Willie Louise Barbour Davis, Collis H. Davis, Sr., Georgia Louise Davis, Jennie Crosby Davis, Collis H. Davis, Jr., Thulani Davis, Anthony Davis, and Charles Sumner Stone, Jr. (Chuck). Educational institutions attended by family members and documented in the collection include Colby College, Fryeburg Academy, George P. Phenix School, and the Hampton Institute.
            David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

            Mark Danner papers, 1985-2004

            6 Linear Feet 1 Megabytes 4500 Items
            Mark Danner is a writer, journalist, and professor at the University of California at Berkeley. His work covers politics and foreign affairs, with a focus on war and conflict. The Mark Danner Papers date from 1970 to 2004 and focus predominately on Danner's coverage of Haiti during the period of unrest that followed President Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier's exile in 1986. Additional materials document Danner's interest in the Balkan Wars during the 1990's and preliminary research on the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador. These materials include research notes, travel information, newspaper clippings, and VHS tapes.
            Top 3 results in this collection — view all 75

            Mark Danner papers, 1985-2004 6 Linear Feet 1 Megabytes 4500 Items

            Mark Danner is a writer, journalist, and professor at the University of California at Berkeley. His work covers politics and foreign affairs, with a focus on war and conflict. The Mark Danner Papers date from 1970 to 2004 and focus predominately on Danner's coverage of Haiti during the period of unrest that followed President Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier's exile in 1986. Additional materials document Danner's interest in the Balkan Wars during the 1990's and preliminary research on the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador. These materials include research notes, travel information, newspaper clippings, and VHS tapes.
              David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

              Eliot Dudik photographs, 2009-2010

              2.0 Linear Feet (1 box)
              Collection comprises 39 digitally printed color photographs selected from a project by photographer Eliot Dudik, "Road Ends in Water," which documents the expansion of U.S. Route 17 in South Carolina and the landscapes, buildings, inhabitants, and way of life in the areas affected by this highway project. Images include house interiors, churches, abandoned buildings, remains of Confederate breastworks, hunting and fishing camps, natural areas, a "hanging tree," old rice fields, and portraits of local people. The prints are sized 15x19 inches. Dudik's work received the 2015 Archive of Documentary Arts Award for Emerging Documentarians and has been published as a photobook in 2010. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
              Top 3 results in this collection — view all 41

              Eliot Dudik photographs, 2009-2010 2.0 Linear Feet (1 box)

              Collection comprises 39 digitally printed color photographs selected from a project by photographer Eliot Dudik, "Road Ends in Water," which documents the expansion of U.S. Route 17 in South Carolina and the landscapes, buildings, inhabitants, and way of life in the areas affected by this highway project. Images include house interiors, churches, abandoned buildings, remains of Confederate breastworks, hunting and fishing camps, natural areas, a "hanging tree," old rice fields, and portraits of local people. The prints are sized 15x19 inches. Dudik's work received the 2015 Archive of Documentary Arts Award for Emerging Documentarians and has been published as a photobook in 2010. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Consumer Reports. Washington Office records, 1966-2007

                2.0 Linear Feet
                Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. The Washington Office opened in 1972 focused on representation of consumer interests before government institutions. Collection includes correspondence, status reports, position papers, statements and testimonies before Congressional committees and other government agencies, and other printed materials. Topics addressed include energy policy, food marketing and safety, product safety and other subjects relating to consumer protection. Institutions represented include the Center for Law and Social Policy, Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Originally designated Record Group 1LD in Consumers Union Archives. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 46
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Consumer Reports. William S. Taylor papers, 1932-1973 and undated

                0.5 Linear Feet
                Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. William Sentman Taylor was professor of psychology at Smith College and active in cooperative societies in the Northampton, Mass. area. The William S. Taylor papers include correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, business papers, committee reports and other printed materials that relate primarily to the operation and administrative activities of the Northampton Consumers Association and its relations with other regional consumer groups and cooperative societies. Topics include consumer education and protection, cooperative-run enterprises including book clubs and mail order. Organizations represented include Consumers' Research, the Eastern Cooperative League and Springfield Consumers Cooperative. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 17
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Cathy Davidson papers, 1969-2010s

                13.5 Linear Feet
                Former English Professor at Duke University, and Vice-Provost for Interdisciplinary Affairs. Author of fiction and memoirs, and editor of The Book of Love and Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States. The Cathy Davidson Papers encompass Davidson's various writings, organizational work, correspondence, and materials related to Fred Hampton.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 299
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Daylight Books records, 2004-2019

                10 Linear Feet
                Daylight is a nonprofit organization dedicated to publishing art and photography books. It was founded by Michael Itkoff and Taj Forer in 2004. This collection includes materials, largely page proofs and galleys, from the publication of several Daylight books. There is also assorted loose materials promoting and publicizing Daylight's publications.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 65
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Duke University Oral History Program collection, 1973-1978, 1992 and undated

                10.3 Linear Feet (810 items)

                The Duke University Oral History Program Collection contains approximately 153 oral history interviews recorded to audiocassette by project participants in the years 1973-1978 and 1992. The majority of the oral history interviews deal with the civil rights movement in North Carolina, especially Durham, Chapel Hill, and Greensboro. Additionally, thirteen interviews deal with the Tulsa Race Riots, and fourteen interviews cover miscellaneous North Carolina topics. The collection also includes transcripts and research files related to the civil rights movement in North Carolina.

                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 1038
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                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.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 179
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Durham Hosiery Mills records, 1887-1962 and undated, bulk 1895-1922

                45.9 Linear Feet (5,477 items)
                Collection comprises letters, bills, time books, ledgers, check stubs, inventories, broadsides, stock certificates, dye house records, and other materials. The bulk of the letters, 1895-1897, date to George M. Graham's service as secretary and treasurer of the Durham Hosiery Company, as do many of the volumes. Topics include machinery and supplies purchased from firms in the North, newly organized textile mills in the South, the installation and repair of machinery, the sale of hosiery, the purchase of yarn, wages offered, and the hiring of laborers.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 60
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                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.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 919
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Benjamin Newton Duke papers, 1834-1972, bulk 1890-1929

                99.5 Linear Feet (166 boxes, 46 volumes, six flat boxes, and three oversize folders.)
                Benjamin Newton Duke (1855-1929) was a tobacco manufacturer, industrialist, and philanthropist of Durham, NC and New York, NY and a trustee and major benefactor of Trinity College (later Duke University). He was the son of Washington Duke, older brother of James B. Duke, husband of Sarah P. Duke, and father of Angier Buchanan Duke and Mary Duke Biddle. This collection documents his personal and professional life through his correspondence, financial and legal records, and photographs.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 532
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Washington Duke papers, 1764-1987, bulk 1880-1905

                2.6 Linear Feet (Six boxes, one oversize folder, and three volumes.)
                This artificial collection primarily documents Washington Duke's financial and philanthropic interests after his retirement from the tobacco industry in 1880 through his correspondence and bound volumes. An additional ledger and account book date from his family's move to downtown Durham in 1874, before the founding of W. Duke, Sons and Company. There is a small amount of legal documents and personal papers, including clippings, genealogical records, and photographic prints.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 57
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Leonid Hurwicz papers, 1917-2008, bulk dates 1951-1999

                115 Linear Feet (252 document boxes and two half document boxes.) 7.6 Gigabytes
                Leonid Hurwicz (1917-2008) was a Nobel Prize winner and Regents' Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Minnesota. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, and professional and faculty activities. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 2626
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                International Association for Feminist Economics records, 1983, 1991-2020

                22.7 Linear Feet (18 record cartons and one half document box.) 3.4 Gigabytes
                The International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) is an international non-profit organization committed to promoting awareness of and advancing scholarship in feminist economics. This collection documents their founding in 1992 and subsequent growth through records related to their self-governance, Annual Conference, and academic journal Feminist Economics. It was acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive and the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 234

                Photos: Unsorted, late 1990s-early 2000s
                Box 13

                Taken by Jean Shackelford at various IAFFE events, such as the 1998 Annual Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Includes former Presidents, such as Barbara Bergmann. Some prints have labels on the back, and the bulk seem to be late 1990s-early 2000s.

                1. Events, 1992-2020
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Jim Hunt papers, 1950s-2000s

                8.0 Linear Feet
                Dr. Jim D. Hunt was a Professor of Ethics and Religion at Shaw University in Raleigh, NC for almost 30 years. He studied the philosophy of Mohandas K. Gandhi and published several authoritative books on Gandhi, satyagraha, civil rights and peace. The Jim Hunt Papers span the years 1950s-2000s and document Hunt's academic career as a Professor of Religion and his personal life as an activist for social changes. Items in the collection include research materials, correspondence, writings by and about Dr. Hunt, manuscripts, clippings, printed materials, notebooks, information and multimedia packets, photographs, slides, videos and sound recordings, as well as a few artifacts.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 196
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                International Ladies Garment Workers Union records, 1924-1953 and undated

                0.5 Linear Feet
                Assorted manuals and publications produced by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and its various local unions.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 17
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                International Advertising Association. International Advertising Exposition exhibitor handouts, 1925-1928 and undated

                0.4 Linear Feet
                Advertising trade organization founded in 1905 as Associated Advertising Clubs of America, changing its name in 1926 to International Advertising Association and in 1929 to Advertising Federation of America; the first international exposition was held in July 1928 in Detroit, Mich. Collection includes reprints, print advertisements, brochures, booklets and other printed materials handed out by participant exhibitors representing a variety of fields in the advertising and marketing industry, including apparel, direct mail, electric and neon signs, graphic art, gravure, newspapers, outdoor advertising, photolithography, telephotography, trade and women's clubs, and window show displays. Companies represented include firms from the U.S., Canada and Great Britain, including the Advertising Club of New York, AT&T, Aronsson Printing, Art Gravure, Bausch & Lomb, Capitol Machine, Chicago Daily News, Consolidated Press, Detroit Free Press, Dictaphone, Fairchild Publications, General Outdoor, Jam Handy, Mulford, National Printing & Engraving, and R.F. Heinrich. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 36
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Inside-Outside Alliance records, 2012-2019 and undated

                2.25 Linear Feet 0.08 Gigabytes
                Collection includes zines, newsletters, flyers, posters, banners, and a petition which document Inside-Outside Alliance's activism concerning the Durham County Jail and policing in Durham, North Carolina. This collection also documents the stories of Durham County Jail detainees and community members.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 16

                Fliers, undated
                Box 1

                Fliers in English and Spanish that document letter writing campaigns, protests, outreach, and Durham County jail policies (such as requiring a state-issued ID for visitors to the jail and banning pencils among inmates).

                1. Printed Materials, 2012-2018 and undated

                Cloth banners from Durham County Jail protests, 2019
                Box 2

                Banner (black fabric, white text): "'Video visit' is Newspeak." Banner (white fabric, black and red text): "Video visitation is not visitation at all." Banner (white fabric, black and red text): "ICE out of Durham / Video =/= Visitation / No more jail deaths / IOA [heart] Alerta."

                1. Ephemera and Objects, 2019
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Internationalist Books and Community Center records, 1960-2011

                4.5 Linear Feet
                The Internationalist Books and Community Center Records include materials documenting the organization and operation of the organization, particularly through its Board of Directors; lists of members and volunteers who staffed or supported the bookstore; advertisements and flyers, often handmade, created by store staff for events, sales, and other activities; Internationalist newsletters and drafts; zines and other printed materials collected and distributed by the bookstore; clippings and media coverage about Bob Sheldon and the organization; and other miscellaneous materials. Many of the materials documenting the activities of the Board of Directors were created and collected by Kelly Wooten, a Board member in the early 2000s.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 34
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Inter-Citizens Committee Records, 1960-1963

                0.1 Linear Feet
                The Inter-Citizens Committee of Birmingham, Alabama, was dedicated to promoting "mutual understanding through assimilating, interpreting, and communicating factual material affecting basic American rights in Alabama." It formed in April 1960 at Trinity Baptist Church. The collection consists of typescript documents produced by the ICC during the early 1960s. It includes the constitution and its by-laws; a fundraising circular; a copy of the Birmingham Manifesto, produced by the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights; and numbers 1-14, 16, 18-25, and 33-40 of the ICC's Documents on Human Rights in Alabama. The Documents on Human Rights in Alabama are reproduced typescripts, designed to circulate to government and political officials to alert them of human rights abuses, violence, and intimidation, largely committed by white people against African American people in Birmingham.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 6
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                John Hicks papers, 1950-2015

                26 Linear Feet
                John Hicks was an African American jazz pianist, composer, and educator professionally active in music since the 1960s. Papers consist of compositions composed, arranged, or performed by John Hicks or Elise Wood; and professional and personal files comprising business records, press materials, photographs and correspondence. There are some photographs and clippings relating to his father, John Hicks, Sr, a Methodist minister. Also included is a large collection of audio and moving image materials in audio cassette, LP, CD, VHS, Betamax, and DVD formats, consisting chiefly of concert recordings of Hicks from the 1980s through the 2000s, but also containing rehearsals, interviews, and piano lessons with Hicks and his band members, including flautist Elise Wood.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 802
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Susan Hill papers, 1976-2003

                24.5 Linear Feet
                Susan Hill is a North Carolina native, social worker, activist for female reproductive rights, and founder of the National Women's Health Organization. Collection includes newspaper clippings related to abortion and women's health issues, records from the National Women's Health Organization, and audiovisual material. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 481
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Randall Hinshaw papers, 1930-1997

                18 Linear Feet (12 record cartons, two document boxes, and three audiocassette boxes.) 1.4 Gigabytes (One set.)
                Randall Hinshaw (1915-1997) was a professor of economics at the Claremont Graduate School. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, professional activities, and teaching. It was acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 296
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                History of Economics Society records, 1971-2016

                37.5 Linear Feet (36 boxes.)
                The History of Economics Society seeks to promote communication, dessiminate knowledge, and encourage inquiry into the history of economics. This collection contains membership and financial records, papers and proceedings of annual meetings, officer's correspondence, constitution and bylaws, and publications, including accepted and rejected manuscripts from the Journal of the History of Economic Thought. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 85
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Cornelius Baldwin Hite papers, 1711-1918, bulk bulk

                4.6 Linear Feet (9 boxes, 2,344 items (includes 2 vols.))
                Collection contains personal, business, and legal papers of Cornelius Baldwin Hite, Jr. and of his family. The material pertains largely to life in Virginia during Reconstruction, with information about social life and customs, and on prominent Virginia families, especially the Marshall family, who were related to Hite by marriage. Includes copies (1709-1711) of passages from the diary of Mrs. Alexander Spotswood, and early legal documents relating to Hardy Co., Va.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 13
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Ipas records, 1962-2020

                363 Linear Feet (242 boxes)
                Ipas works around the world to increase women's ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights, especially the right to safe abortion. The collection documents this global nongovernmental organization dedicated to ending preventable deaths and disabilities from unsafe abortion.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 316
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                James Iredell Sr. and James Iredell Jr. papers, 1724-1890, undated

                9.5 Linear Feet
                James Iredell Sr. was a statesman and one of the first justices of the Supreme Court of the United States serving from 1790 to 1799. James Iredell Jr. was the governor of North Carolina (1827-1828) as well as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina (1828-1831). Topics in this collection include revolutionary sentiment in North Carolina, North Carolina's ratification of the U.S. constitution, national politics, the legal and political careers of both James Iredell Jr. and Sr., correspondence from family and friends in England and Ireland, and other family affairs.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 41
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Renée Jacobs photographs, 1979-2015

                15 Linear Feet (16 boxes; 1 oversize folder)
                Renée Jacobs is a documentary photographer and photojournalist whose project, "Slow Burn," documents the abandonment of Centralia, Pennsylvania due to an underground coal mine fire in the mid-1980s. Her archive includes negatives, contact sheets, gelatin silver work prints and exhibit prints, digital inkjet prints, and publication materials deriving from the project. There are also oral history interviews on audiocassette with residents of Centralia, as well as some correspondence, a 1979 federal government report on Centralia, and color photographs and negatives taken by another photographer who visited the town in 1987. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 89
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel collection, 1876-2023 and undated, bulk 1950-2023

                673 boxes (673 boxes; 9 oversize folders; 2 tubes; 2 frames.)
                Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel is an advocate for the arts, interviewer, documentarian, teacher, political organizer, and resident of New York City. Her collection comprises research files, correspondence, printed materials such as articles and clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, artifacts, and artwork, all deriving from Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel's books, educational programming, interviews, public art installations, and exhibits centering on the arts and architecture and historic preservation in the United States. The materials highlight her work with many arts and political organizations and appointments to committees such as the Commission for Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission. Also includes materials from her work as columnist and author for publications like Ms. Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, and Saturday Review, and as television producer for CBS and A and E. Topics include: art and architecture in the 20th century; artists' biographies and interviews; gender and society; historic preservation from the 1960s to the present; the history of New York City, particularly through art, architecture, and public space; media and society; social conditions in Slovakia during her husband's ambassadorship there; U.S. politics and public policy; arts programs affiliated with the White House; women and the arts; women's rights; and many others.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 6465
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                John R. Blaney papers, 1953-2001 and undated

                15.0 Linear Feet
                Advertising executive who worked for the Ogilvy & Mather agency in New York and London. Collection includes correspondence, financial and research reports, client and new business presentations, speeches, policy manuals, booklets and other printed materials, as well as videocassettes and print advertisements that document Blaney's work in client services, staff training and general management at Ogilvy & Mather. Companies represented include American Express, Chesebrough-Pond's, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Shell, SmithKline Beecham and Unilever. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 474
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Reginald Horace Blyth papers, 1885-2010, bulk 1940s-1960s

                8.5 Linear Feet
                Reginald Horace Blyth popularized Japanese poetic forms such as haiku and senryū within English-speaking audiences by publishing widely read English translations. Notably, Blyth helped draft the Ningen Sengen declaration, which stated that Emperor Hirohito was a human being and not divine. Blyth also served throughout the post-WWII era as a tutor to Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko. In addition, Blyth was an associate of Zen teacher D.T. Suzuki and other Buddhist practitioners and authors who, along with him, introduced Zen to Western audiences. The Reginald Horace Blyth papers include manuscript drafts, notes, and notebooks for published and unpublished works. Many of the files relate to his books on Japanese poetry, humor, and Zen, as well as to his works about British and American Literature. Other files relate to unpublished works and to research interests about animism, culture and mysticism, the British poet John Clare, language, love, and satanism. The bulk of the Printed Materials series includes an incomplete selection of Blyth's published books as well as newsletters and commentary from the Diamond Sangha in Honolulu.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 188
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                John Bonsack papers, 1786-1929, bulk bulk

                2 Linear Feet (4 Boxes, 2,034 items.)
                Collection contains personal and business correspondence, and accounts and genealogical records of the Bonsack and Plaine families, connected by marriage. Included are letters from family members in schools in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. Included also are letters concerning woolen factories in Good Intent, Va., 1862, and at Bonsack, Va., during the 1880s. There are also references to David H. Plaine's work as a churchman, teacher, and politician in and around Roanoke, Va.; accounts of Jacob Bonsack, a merchant in Good Intent, Va., and accounts of Harry E. Plaine, a hardware dealer in Broken Bow, Neb., during the 1880s. About fifty letters, 1786-1851, are written in German to the two John Bonsacks, father (1760-1795) and son (1781-1859).
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 8
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Archie Boston papers, 1963-2018 and undated

                8.0 Linear Feet
                African-American graphic artist, professor and advertising executive based primarily in California; principal in the firm Archie Boston Graphic Design. Collection includes print materials, posters, sketches, greeting cards, correspondence, as well as audiovisual materials in multiple formats (DVDs, tape reels, and film reels) that document Boston's career in advertising and graphic design as well as his academic life at California State University-Long Beach. Companies represented include California Plum, Raisin and Apple Advisory Boards, FMC, Motorola, Pentel, Raytheon and Yamaha. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 89
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Roy J. Bostock papers, 1976-2002 and undated

                1.5 Linear Feet
                Advertising executive and former Chairman of D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles agency, headquartered in New York. Collection includes correspondence, corporate reports, clippings, speeches and videocassettes. Companies represented include Benton & Bowles, D'Arcy MacManus Masius, D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Burger King, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, General Motors, Hardee's, Kal Kan and Procter & Gamble. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 81
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Alexander Robinson Boteler papers, 1707-1924, bulk 1836-1889

                3 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 1,686 items (incl. 4 vols.))
                Correspondence of Alexander's father, Dr. Henry Boteler, for 1776-1837; and family letters of Alexander with information on his career at Princeton College and his courtship of his future wife, Helen Macomb Stockton. Political correspondence, relating to the election of 1860, the Constitutional Union party, and Alexander's travels around the country in 1882-1884 while a member of the U.S. tariff commission. Volumes include Boteler's diary for 1845, regarding his plantation; various scrapbooks and some genealogical materials on the Pendleton, Digges, and Pope families. Among the correspondents are Lewis Cass, Samuel Cooper, John B. Floyd, S. B. French, Wade Hampton, T. J. Jackson, Andrew Johnson, R. E. Lee, John Letcher, W. P. Miles, John Page, Thomas N. Page, Rembrandt Peale, W. N. Pendleton, W. C. Rives, Alexander Robinson, W. H. Seward, J.E.B. Stuart, Jacob Thompson, J. F. Thompson, and Dabney C. Wirt.
                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 15
                David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                Jane L. Berdes papers, 1525-1993

                79.5 Linear Feet 46,000 Items

                The Jane L. Berdes Collection (1525-1993) has as its focal points the four Venetian welfare institutions known as the Ospedali Grandi and their role as providers of musical training for girls and women. The inclusive dates for the collection begin with the dates of primary materials Berdes collected and extend through her lifetime. The collection consists primarily of Berdes's research notes and materials on the Ospedali Grandi, and photocopies or microfilms of primary sources, including musical scores in manuscript and printed editions. It also contains correspondence, photographs, recordings and printed materials. Berdes identified the maestri of the Ospedali Grandi, the music performed, and the names of over 800 women who were members of the cori , but relatively little is known about them individually with the exception of Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen. In addition, the collection features general materials pertaining to other women in music throughout history. The user is advised that some photocopies are unattributed and, where Berdes did not indicate composer or author, no attempt has been made to provide one. The archive contains very few of Berdes's personal papers.

                Top 3 results in this collection — view all 480

                Jane L. Berdes papers, 1525-1993 79.5 Linear Feet 46,000 Items

                The Jane L. Berdes Collection (1525-1993) has as its focal points the four Venetian welfare institutions known as the Ospedali Grandi and their role as providers of musical training for girls and women. The inclusive dates for the collection begin with the dates of primary materials Berdes collected and extend through her lifetime. The collection consists primarily of Berdes's research notes and materials on the Ospedali Grandi, and photocopies or microfilms of primary sources, including musical scores in manuscript and printed editions. It also contains correspondence, photographs, recordings and printed materials. Berdes identified the maestri of the Ospedali Grandi, the music performed, and the names of over 800 women who were members of the cori , but relatively little is known about them individually with the exception of Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen. In addition, the collection features general materials pertaining to other women in music throughout history. The user is advised that some photocopies are unattributed and, where Berdes did not indicate composer or author, no attempt has been made to provide one. The archive contains very few of Berdes's personal papers.

                  David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                  Barbara R. Bergmann papers, 1942-2015

                  13.5 Linear Feet (Eight boxes.)
                  Barbara Bergmann (1927-2015) was a distinguished professor emerita of economics at American University. This collection primarily documents her professional life through her writings, research, and professional activities. It was acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
                  Top 3 results in this collection — view all 219
                  David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                  Beth El Synagogue records, 1881-2012 and undated

                  15 Linear Feet 4.68 Gigabytes
                  Beth El Synagogue is a Jewish congregation in Durham, N.C. The collection consists of organizational records for Beth El Synagogue including records related to the synagogue's governance, general membership, the Beth El Sisterhood, the Beth El Preschool, synagogue buildings, and other topics. Materials include committee reports; financial reports; correspondence; printed material, including Books of Life, programs from services, newsletters, and other publications about Jewish history; documentation about the operations of Beth-El Preschool; legal papers; financial papers; photographs of the synagogue, congregation, and programs; and subject files documenting changes in the synagogue's constitutions, construction of new synagogue buildings in 1921 and 1957, dedication services, and the careers of rabbis.
                  Top 3 results in this collection — view all 230
                  David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                  Caroline Bien papers, 1960s-2006 and undated

                  5 Linear Feet
                  Copywriter and executive at several U.S. advertising agencies, including Warwick & Legler, D'Arcy MacManus & Masius/deGarmo and Grey Advertising. Collection spans 1960s-2006 and includes proofs and tearsheets, correspondence, printed material, storyboards and other materials documenting Bien's career in advertising. Companies and products represented include Campho-Phenique, D-Con, Gerber, Helena Rubenstein, Karo, Mazola, Midol, Panasonic, Pepsi, Playtex, Seagram, and Timex. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
                  Top 3 results in this collection — view all 68
                  David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                  John R. Bittner papers, 1918-1994 and undated

                  3 Linear Feet (500 items)
                  Professor of mass communications and administrator at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
                  Top 3 results in this collection — view all 67
                  David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                  William Blackburn papers, 1859-1985

                  20 Linear Feet 15,000 Items
                  William Blackburn was a professor of English and creative writing at Duke University. The collection includes correspondence, writings, teaching materials and notes, biographical and family papers, printed materials, scrapbooks, audiovisual material, and photographs from William Blackburn and his family.
                  Top 3 results in this collection — view all 425
                  David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                  Bonnie Lee Black papers, 1931-2022

                  43.25 Linear Feet 1.9 Gigabytes (3 files)
                  Bonnie Lee Black is a writer, editor, writing teacher, and chef who has worked both domestically and internationally. The collection centers primarily on her work as a writer, as a member of the Peace Corps in Gabon, as a professor in New Mexico, and as the creator of an economic development project in Mali aimed at teaching local seamstresses the art of patchwork quilt-making. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
                  Top 3 results in this collection — view all 271
                  David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                  Blackwell family papers, 1845-1976 and undated

                  1.6 Linear Feet
                  Collection contains primarily correspondence and printed materials. There are also three unidentified and undated black-and-white photographs, along with a few items representing the Livingston family, including a genealogy developed by Helen Thomas Blackwell. The correspondence contains mostly routine letters to Blackwell family members from other family members; including Alice Stone Blackwell, Anna M. Blackwell, Elizabeth Blackwell, Emma Blackwell, Helen Blackwell, Henry B. Blackwell, and Lucy Stone. There are also several postcards mailed to the Woman's Journal regarding subscriptions, address changes and other matters related to publication, or the editor's business acquaintances. There are several printed materials written by Blackwell authors, including "Philosophy of Re-Incarnation" by Anna Blackwell, and "Medicine & Morality," "Scientific Method in Biology," and "Erroneous Method in Medical Education" by Elizabeth Blackwell. However, the series primarily features printed items that were maintained in the Blackwell family library. Also contains a corrected typescript (1940s) of Ishbel Ross' Life of Elizabeth Blackwell along with notes from 1958 on the Elizabeth Blackwell award at Smith College.
                  Top 3 results in this collection — view all 24

                  Photographs, undated 0.1 Linear Feet

                  Contains three uncaptioned black-and-white photographs. Two are cabinet cards. Images feature two unidentified women, a baby, and a dog.

                    David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                    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.
                    Top 3 results in this collection — view all 6006
                    David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                    Bookplate collection, undated

                    0.5 Linear Feet approx. 400 Items
                    The Bookplate Collection contains bookplates acquired by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library over time. The exact provenance of most is not known. The collection includes bookplates specific to Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) and Duke University. Also included is a book seller's ticket, which is in French. The collection is undated.
                    Top 3 results in this collection — view all 395

                    Bookplate collection, undated 0.5 Linear Feet approx. 400 Items

                    The Bookplate Collection contains bookplates acquired by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library over time. The exact provenance of most is not known. The collection includes bookplates specific to Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) and Duke University. Also included is a book seller's ticket, which is in French. The collection is undated.
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      Amy Morris Bradley papers, 1806-1921, bulk 1841-1904

                      3 Linear Feet
                      Amy Morris Bradley was a white nurse and agent of the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War as well as an educator in Maine, 1840s-1850s, and Wilmington, N.C., 1865-1890s. This collection comprises correspondence, diaries, record books, and photographs documenting Bradley's family life and teaching in Maine during the 1840s, her travels throughout the South and Costa Rica in the 1850s, her duties as a nurse at several U.S. Sanitary Commission convalescent camps during the Civil War, and her post-war work in Wilmington, N.C., where she founded free schools for white children in 1866 and 1872 under the auspices of the Soldiers' Memorial Society and worked as an administrator in the public school system until 1891. The collection includes two salted paper prints and several albumen photographs of Civil War relief camps, some by noted photographer Alexander Gardner.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 55
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      Louise Hortense Branscomb papers, 1864-2002 and undated

                      7.95 Linear Feet
                      Louise Hortense Branscomb was a physician from Birmingham, Alabama, who was also heavily involved in community work and with the United Methodist Church. Her papers include diaries, medical notebooks, correspondence, and photographs documenting her and her family's activities during the twentieth century.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 154
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      Julius Logan Brasher papers, 1935-2012

                      12.5 Linear Feet
                      Collection spans the pastoral career of United Methodist minister Julius Logan Brasher. Brasher was minister at six congregations in New Jersey from the early 1940s to 1976, when he and his wife Lois Brasher relocated to the Brasher home of Gadsden, Alabama. Collection contains Brasher's diaries and pastor's record books, materials from the churches where he ministered, sermons and accompanying notes, subject and name files, correspondence, photographs, and printed materials.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 16
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      Branch family papers, 1778-1899

                      1.5 Linear Feet
                      Collection consists of papers of John Branch (1782-1863), governor of North Carolina, U.S. senator, and secretary of the navy, and of his nephews, Joseph Branch, lawyer, and Lawrence O' Bryan Branch (1820-1862), lawyer and brigadier general in the Confederate Army, concern political appointments in 1829-1830; land speculation, chiefly in Leon County, Florida; the legal practices of Joseph and Lawrence O' Bryan Branch in Florida and North Carolina; and Whig politics and Union sentiment in North Carolina. Volumes include a scrapbook and daybook, account books, a letter book, a notebook on public questions, and a list of political constituents supporting Lawrence O'Bryan Branch.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 13
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      Charles Davis Jameson papers, photographs, and photograph albums, 1887-1919 and undated

                      7.3 Linear Feet
                      Charles Davis Jameson was an American civil engineer who lived and worked on railroads in China with the Perkin Syndicate between 1895-1918. The papers include two letters Jameson wrote to his mother; four diaries, one of which was unused; a 60-page commonplace book mainly filled with handwritten copies of published poetry, and four Japanese lithotints. The rest of the papers comprise eight typescript or published engineering reports authored by Jameson and others on Chinese projects, in English and a few in Chinese, along with two versions of Jameson's typescript description of a trip to Shanxi and Hunan. There are seventeen photograph albums, dated 1898 and undated, featuring 1255 black-and-white photographs ranging in size from 2.25 to 5.75 inches. There are also five loose photographs, four black-and-white, and one tinted, ranging in size from 8 x 4.5 inches to 11.5 x 9.5 inches. An additional five black-and-white photographs feature a Chinese man as an archer, holding a stone, and a wielding a kwan dao. These photographs are generally 6 x 8.25 inches and are mounted on 10 x 12.25-inch card stock.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 585

                      Commonplace book, undated
                      Box 3

                      Contains a 60-page commonplace book filled with published poetry and verse.

                      1. Papers

                      Lithotints, undated
                      Box 4 > Folder 1

                      Includes four Japanese lithotints, sized 11.5 x 9.25, showing Japanese homes; a religious shrine; and two figures walking on a beach near a volcano, possibly Mt. Fuji.

                      1. Papers
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      Joseph Jastrow papers, 1875-1961 and undated

                      6.5 Linear Feet (12 boxes)
                      Collection contains correspondence; lectures, speeches, prose, and poetry; published articles; book reviews; photographs and negatives; a scrapbook; and newspaper clippings. Subjects include the Jastrow family of Philadelphia and the Szold family of Baltimore, early psychology and psychophysics, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Jewish society and Judaism in Baltimore and Philadelphia, and the Zionist movement. Correspondents include his father, Talmudic scholar Marcus Jastrow, and sister-in-law and U.S. Zionist movement leader, Henrietta Szold. Papers also include information on Joseph Jastrow's adopted son, Benjamin (Benno) Jastrow; a typed memoir, circa 1920, by Benno's biological father contains a moving account of the tragic outcome of the Spanish influenza epidemic (1918-1919), which led to the adoption of the infant Benno by the Jastrow family. Glass plates in the collection contain charts of symbols which may be results of experiments in involuntary hand movements, traced by his invention, the "automograph."
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 14
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      Jarratt-Puryear family papers, 1807-1918, bulk 1843-1879, bulk 1843-1879

                      3 Linear Feet (6 boxes, 2,349 items (including 4 vols.))
                      Collection contains chiefly correspondence relating to the Clingman, Jarratt, Poindexter, and Puryear families, early settlers of Surry County, N.C., together with a genealogical table. Subjects include the slave trade between North Carolina and Alabama, 1830-1835; North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction, conditions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill prior to the war, plantation accounts, the distillation and sale of whiskey, and business affairs. Correspondents include William James Bingham, John Adams Gilmer, and Zebulon Vance.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 17
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina collection of Jewish historical materials, 1888-1988, 2014

                      20.5 Linear Feet
                      The Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina (JHFNC) is an independent organization dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of the Jewish people of North Carolina, and transferred its archives, including these materials, to the Rubenstein Library in 2014. Since 2019, the organization has been known as Jewish Heritage North Carolina (JHNC). This collection consists of historical material created or collected by Jewish individuals, families, and social and religious organizations of North Carolina, and donated to the JHFNC. Types of material include scrapbooks, certificates, pamphlets, catalogs, correspondence, photographs, World War II-era Nazi weapons and military paraphernalia collected by Jewish American soldiers, and other artifacts and manuscript materials.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 51
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina records, 1750-2014 and undated

                      34.1 Linear Feet 42.6 Gigabytes
                      The Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina records span the years 1750 to 2014 and document the origins and daily operations of the organization, which preserves and presents the history of the Jewish people of North Carolina through public programming, exhibits, and other projects. The collection includes documents and digital material related to the planning, funding, and carrying out of various exhibits, events and projects, especially the multimedia program "Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina." Also present are primary and secondary research materials collected by JHFNC historian Leonard Rogoff related to the history and culture of Jews in North Carolina and southern Jewish identity. Types of materials in the collection include financial statements, meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, typescripts, newsletters, marketing materials, photographs, research notes, and audiovisual material. Digital materials include photographs, administrative and promotional materials, and project design materials.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 1244
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      George Wesley Johnson papers, 1829-1939, bulk bulk

                      10 Linear Feet (7 boxes, 2,620 items and 77 vols.)
                      Correspondence, daybooks, in the early 1840s, ledgers, notebooks, accounts, bills, receipts, orders, promissory notes, postal records, and other papers (chiefly 1831-1888) of George Wesley Johnson and of his family. The material pertains to Tennessee agriculture, purchases of goods in Philadelphia and other northern cities before and after the Civil War, Wake Forest College, the University of North Carolina, Greensboro Female College, economic conditions after the Civil War, and the mercantile activities of the Johnsons.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 61
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      John Warfield Johnston papers, 1778-1890

                      2.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 416 items.)
                      Collection includes papers of Johnston and of his wife, Nicketti Virginia (Floyd) Johnston, of her parents, John Floyd, governor of Virginia, and Letitia (Preston) Floyd, Letitia's brother, Francis Smith Preston, and other members of the Preston family. Includes letters, fictional and political writings, and other papers, including many references to plantation life, Virginia and national politics, pioneers of southwestern Virginia and genealogical material on the Breckinridge, Buchanan, Floyd, Preston, and other Virginia families.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 8
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      Journeys of the Soul (心灵之旅) recordings, 1998-2018

                      12 Linear Feet 1,117 items (595 audiocassettes, 522 minidiscs)
                      Eight hundred twenty-six episodes of Radio Free Asia's program Journeys of the Soul (心灵之旅), 1998 to 2018. Episodes are approximately 30 minutes, with interviews covering topics including the Great Leap Forward, The Great Famine, Korean War, the Cultural Revolution, the June 4th Movement, the Anti-Rightest Campaign, and the Weiquan movements (civil rights movements) in China. Also includes unedited audio.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 3130

                      Minidisc, undated
                      Box 04 > Audio-disc RL11948-MD-0278

                      232 re-recorded version; 關于"洛讓鄧珠, 阿安扎西案"; About the Lobsang Dhondup and Tenzin Delek Case; 【再录版】(上) 王力雄、Mr.Dawa Tse-ring、Mr.Rinchen Tashi、茉莉、Mr.Tashi Dhondup、高寒; 【Re-recorded version】One: Wang Lixiong, Mr. Dawa Tse-ring, Mr. Rinchen Tashi, Moli, Mr. Tashi Dhondup, Gao Han

                      1. Associated Recordings

                      Minidisc, undated
                      Box 04 > Audio-disc RL11948-MD-0279

                      321 re-recorded version; A; 呼吁关注、释放持不同政见者; Call for Attention to and Release of Political Dissidents; 【重录版】(一)大陆106人致信联合国人权委员会：请求关注、呼吁中国释放异议人士 李国涛、赵昕太太、师华、方草、魏京生、黄慈萍、张钰、Ms.Kristin Jones、Mr. Joshua Rosenzweig、王庭金; 【Re-recorded version】One: Letter from 106 from Mainland China to the UN Human Rights Committee: Calling for the Release of China's Dissidents: Li Guotao, Wife of Zhao Xin, Shi Hua, Fang Cao, Wei Jingsheng, Huang Ciping, Zhang Yu, Ms. Kristin Jones, Mr. Joshua Rosenzweig, Wang Tingjin; 321; B; 林昭：回忆、纪念与研究; Lin Zhao: Memory, Remembrance and Study; 【重录版】(一)访林昭的胞妹彭令范 彭令范; 【Re-recorded version】One: Interview with Lin Zhao's Younger Sister Peng Lingfan; 226 re-recorded version; "反右"回憶与研究第一部 ：話說"反右"; "Anti-Rightist Movement" Memory and Study One: About "Anti-Rightist"; 【重录版】第一集: 四十五周年回顧 丁抒、林希翎、茅于轼、朱正、李梧龄、刘宾雁; 【Re-recorded version】One: Looking back at the 45th Anniversary: Ding Shu, Lin Xiling, Mao Yushi, Zhu Zheng, Li Wuling, Liu Binyan; 187 re-recorded version; 中國宗教迫害報告; Report on Religious Presecution in China; 【重录版】第五集 : 兩封公開信 刘凤钢、李金奎、江葛珍、周同用、王美如、张凤英、严正学、徐永海; 【Re-recorded version】Five: Two Open Letters: Liu Fenggang, Li Jinkui, Jiang Gezhen, Zhou Tongyong, Wang Meiru, Zhang Fengying, Yan Zhengxue, Xu Yonghai

                      1. Associated Recordings
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      J. Walter Thompson Company. 16mm Microfilm Investigations, 1913-1950 and undated

                      3 Linear Feet (53 items)
                      Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. The JWT 16mm Microfilm Investigations span the years 1913-1950 and consist of research reports, market studies, account histories, office overviews, campaign studies and other investigative documents. Clients include Andrew Jergens, Ballantine, Corning, Kodak, Emerson Drug, General Cigar, J&J Colman, J.B. Williams, J.P. Stevens, Johns-Manville, Lehn & Fink, Lever Brothers (Unilever), Lorillard, Northam Warren, Penick & Ford, Pond's, R.T. French, Scott Paper, Standard Brands and the U.S. Marine Corps. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 3402
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies records, 1966-2024

                      247 Linear Feet 96.17 Gigabytes
                      The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (JCPES) is a nonprofit American research and public policy institution, or think tank, founded in 1970 to aid black elected officials in creating effective policy and successfully serve their constituents. The collection includes subject files, writings, publications, photographs, audiovisual materials, and electronic records pertaining to JCPES events, programs, and projects especially of concern to African Americans in the late 20th century. Collection acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 2874
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina oral history collection, 1981-2014

                      5.3 Linear Feet
                      The oral history video recordings, audio recordings, and transcripts in this collection were produced or collected by the Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina (JHFNC) and historian Leonard Rogoff as source material for various projects related to the history of Jews in North Carolina. The collection consists of individual and group interviews of Jewish residents of urban and rural North Carolina, including rabbis. Topics discussed by interviewees include family and community history, religious education, participation in Jewish congregations, anti-Semitism and race relations the civil rights movement in North Carolina, World War II military service and the Holocaust, family businesses, and philanthropy. Interviewers include Rogoff, Robin Gruber, and Steven Channing.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 691
                      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

                      Lee Clark Johns papers, 1960-2016

                      13.5 Linear Feet
                      The collection consists of materials documenting the professional and community activities of the corporate communications specialist Lee Clark Johns from Tulsa, OK. Materials include Materials include presentations, speeches, business contracts, book drafts and copies, articles, and materials related to professional technical writing associations. There is a scrapbook documenting the Battle for HB 1017, an educational reform bill for the state of Oklahoma. Johns' family history and alumni activities on behalf of Duke University are also included.
                      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 141

                      Limit your search

                      more »

                      more »

                      View distribution

                      more »

                      more »

                      more »

                      more »