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Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen papers, 1930-1994

46.5 Linear Feet (31 boxes)
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1906-1994) was a professor emeritus of economics at Vanderbilt University. This collection primarily documents his professonal life through his correspondence, writings, research, and professional and faculty activities.
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Giant Food Stores Advertising collection, 1951-2001

87.2 Linear Feet
Giant Foods, established in 1936, is one of the oldest enduring chains of supermarkets in the U.S., and primarily serves the Washington, D.C. area and surrounding states. The Giant Food Stores Advertising Collection spans the years 1951 through 2001 and includes bound, unbound, and microfilmed volumes of reductions of newspaper advertisements and circulars; oversize posters and banner advertisements; Supermarket News issues from the 1990s; advertising scrapbooks from the 1970s and 1980s; and a set of videotapes of broadcast commercials, that document daily local advertising for a major regional supermarket chain.
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George W. Gillette papers, 1940-1971

2.8 Linear Feet
George W. Gillette (1888-1971) was a native of Onslow Co., N.C.; officer in the Army Corps of Engineers; executive director of the N.C. State Ports Authority. As a consultant, Gillette was associated with projects worldwide through the World Bank, the United Nations, and private agencies. Collection is chiefly papers and letters concerning the later period of Gillette's life. An extensive correspondent, Gillette expounded his personal beliefs and philosophy with a wide circle of friends and associates, including prominent civic and military figures such as General Raymond Wheeler, senators B. Everett Jordan and Sam Ervin, congressman Alton Lennon, and governors Linwood Holton and Terry Sanford.
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Allan H. Gilbert papers, 1926-1976

12.56 Linear Feet 11,525 Items

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

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Libby Gilbert Zine collection, 1981-2009

4.75 Linear Feet
Libby Gilbert is a zine collector and publisher. Gilbert's zines include The Ten Condiments (1988-1989) and Ancient Grandma Secrets (1990-1997). Collection includes Gilbert's zines, acquired through trade, purchase, or self-publishing. Most zines focus on music or culture. Collection is arranged alphabetically by zine title. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Ancient Grandma Secrets, 1990-1997
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By Libby Gilbert. Music zine. 6 Issues: 5-7, 9-11. Location: Pacific Northwest, Tucson AZ, San Francisco, CA.

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Girl Germs Posters, 1996-1999

2 Linear Feet 9 Items
The Coalition for Positive Sexuality is a grassroots, not-for-profit, activist organization funded through grants and donations. CPS seeks to give teens information about sexual health and safe sex, and to facilitate dialogue in public schools about sex education. This collection consists of nine 18x24 posters produced by artist Jeanette May for the CPS Girl Germs campaign.
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Boys will be boys is over
Box 1

Poster text: You know who you are. You are boyfriends, relatives, classmates, and strangers. You think you have the right to push us around. Think again. "Boys will be boys" is over. We're told to protect ourselves. We're warned not to go out at night alone. We're advised to get out of abusive relationships. Well, we're sick of trying to avoid you! You know who you are. We will walk down the street wearing a short skirt, or whatever we want, and it is not an invitation to you. And don't flatter yourself–we do not consider your taunts a compliment. We can't always tell the innocent flirt from the violent creep. You know who you are. Every guy is a potential threat as long as society tolerates "men behaving badly". And if you're a guy we actually like, that doesn't mean you can control us. We are not property and you do not own us. It's about power. Well, no more! We won't stand for it. We are fearless. We are strong. We demand respect. You know who you are ... and you need to stop.

  1. Girl Germs posters, 1996-1999

Girls have the right to a future
Box 1

Poster text: Girls have the right to a future, with or without a baby. We need our families' support to help us to be good parents. The baby's dad should help out, too. We're just like other girls–we want to finish high school, go to college, get a job. But it's hard. Sometimes we're told to go to a school for pregnant girls. That should be our choice. We should be allowed to stay in our regular school with friends and teachers we know. Schools should have daycare centers just like some businesses do. Some schools have special homebound programs so we don't fall behind when we first give birth. People's attitudes need to change, too. If people treat pregnant teens with respect, we will make better choices about pre-natal care, adoption, and abortion. If people accept the fact that teens have sex, we will get decent sex education, access to birth control, and be less likely to get pregnant accidentally. People have to stop treating pregnant teens and teen moms like sexual criminals.

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We've got a different spin
Box 1

Poster text: Does this shock you? It shouldn't. Lesbian and bisexual girls kiss, have sex, and fall in love everyday, everywhere. It's not a fad. Those heterosexual mating games like spin-the-bottle don't work the same for everyone. We've got a different spin on sexuality! We don't need boys to have fun. Lesbian and bisexual girls exist outside the stereotypes seen in movies and on TV. We might have short or long hair, wear dresses or pants, play sports or piano. You can't pick out a lesbian just by looking, but we are here. We are sisters, daughters, activists, students, and people you admire. We demand respect and equality. We are proud to be who we are–lesbian and bisexual girls of all kinds, making herstory.

  1. Girl Germs posters, 1996-1999
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Gillingham-Stith family papers, 1836-1932

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

0.6 Linear Feet 450 Items
Walter B. Gibson (1897-1985) was a professional magician and author, who often wrote under the name Maxwell Grant, and is credited with defining and popularizing the pulp hero, The Shadow. The collection includes: Two Shadow story outlines, one from 1943 and another from 1980, which was Gibson's last Shadow story; 97 radio scripts from Strange, a seemingly lost 15-minute program that Gibson hosted in 1955; an unproduced television proposal, Mike Regan, Confidential Investigator, circa the mid 1950s; and two bookplates featuring a black and white image of The Shadow.
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Gillette World Series sales promotion materials, 1953-1954

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

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

World Series Record Book (English and French editions), 1953-1954
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The books were edited by sportswriter and baseball encylopedist Hy Turkin and include baseball rules and terms; instructions on how to score a baseball game; diagrams of major league baseball parks; team rosters and statistics; World Series records and highlights from past World Series games.

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

Gillette is a manufacturer of safety razors and shaving equipment, founded by King Camp Gillette and partners in 1901. The collection consists of a set of "World Series Record Books" (edited by Hy Turkin) given away during the sales promotion campaign surrounding Major League Baseball's World Series in 1953 and 1954 in English and French versions, along with a flip chart presentation for Gillette retailers and sales representatives that features spokes-character "Sharpie the Parrot" among the illustrations. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Richard Deming papers, 1939-1988 and undated

13.6 Linear Feet
Richard Deming (1915-1983) was an American crime and non-fiction writer. His papers primarily contain manuscripts by Deming, including short stories, novels, t.v. scripts and screenplays, publisher's pitches, along with plays, an article, poetry, and one letter. Some of the novels are written under the pseudonyms or with coauthors. All manuscripts are typescript, except for an incomplete, handwritten novel. The papers also include incomplete runs of mixed serials, all featuring published writing by Deming. These include scattered or single issues of each title and some duplicates. Items with dates past Deming's death in 1983 feature reprints as well as marketing materials for a novel. The collection also includes poetry and a novel-length manuscript written by Richard Deming's uncle, Rollin Gregg Deming.
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Francis Warrington Dawson family papers, 1386-1963, bulk 1859-1950

30 Linear Feet
Journalist, of Charleston, S.C., and Versailles, France. The collection contains the papers of Francis Warrington Dawson, who was born Austin John Reeks; his wife, Sarah Ida Fowler Morgan Dawson; and their son, Francis Warrington Dawson II, better known as Warrington Dawson. The papers are primarily literary in character but also include many letters. Francis's papers are primarily autobiographical with information about his Civil War service, travels, courtship, and career. Also present are Morgan family papers describing social life in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La., in the second half of the 19th century, especially during Reconstruction. Warrington Dawson materials document his work with the American Embassy in Paris and describes French life and politics. Also present is material from his work as director of French Research for Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., including copies (made from the originals at Colonial Williamsburg) of original documents pertaining to French participation in the American Revolution. Also included are copies of 18th century maps of North America, Williamsburg, Va., and positions of the French and American armies in New York and Virginia during the Revolutionary War.
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Consumer Reports. Southwest Regional Office records, 1955-2007

15.0 Linear Feet
Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936 as Consumers Union. The Southwest Regional Office was established as a public interest law office in 1979 in Austin, Tex. Collection includes booklets, clippings, correspondence, data charts, journal articles, position statements, press releases, reports, testimonies and other printed materials. Materials primarily relate to advocacy issues in Texas but also touch on similar issues and activities in California, the American West, Appalachia and the U.S. southeast. Organizations represented include Baylor Health Care System, Columbia/HCA, United Methodist Church, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, and the Texas Public Utility Commission. Materials largely focus on the protection of consumer interests with regard to: electric utility deregulation, environmental justice, funeral industry, health care reform, hospital for-profit conversions, managed medical care plans, mobile and manufactured homes, pesticide use, telephone services and telecommunications. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Consumer Reports. Office of Public Information records, 1917-2007

30.0 Linear Feet
Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936 as Consumers Union. The Office of Public Information was established for public and media relations functions. Collection includes clippings, correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, press releases, reports, reprints of articles and other printed materials relating to the Office's public relations and media activities. Topics and events covered in the materials include: consumer credit and financial management; Consumers Union history and anniversaries; the consumer and cooperative movements; food packaging and safety; household appliances; medical and health care; product safety; sport utility vehicle rollover tests; and relations between Consumers Union and the Newspaper Guild. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Josephus Daniels papers, 1904-1954

11.6 Linear Feet 22,300 Items

The papers of Josephus Daniels span the period 1904-1954. However, the bulk of the material begins in 1913, while he was Secretary of the Navy in the Wilson administration, and continues until 1942 just after he resigned as Ambassador to Mexico.

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Dade Media records, 1970-2012 and undated

1.2 Linear Feet
Dade Media Inc. is a marketing and advertising agency based in Delray Beach, Florida. The collection includes promotional materials; trade literature; outdoor awards publications; slides and photographs of billboards and mall advertisements; audio cassettes; and other materials relating to outdoor advertising. Companies represented include 3M National, AK Media, Atomic Props and Effects, Eller Media Company, Foster and Kleiser, Honda, Institute of Outdoor Advertising (IOA), Metromedia Technologies (MMT), Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA), Outdoor Advertising Magazine, TDI, Titan Outdoor, and Young and Rubicam (Y&R). Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Linda Dahl Collection on Mary Lou Williams, 1944-1993 and undated

0.6 Linear Feet 375 Items
Author Linda Dahl wrote the first full-length biography of jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and educator Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981), titled Morning Glory: A Biography of Mary Lou Williams (1999). The Linda Dahl Collection on Mary Lou Williams contains materials compiled by Dahl in researching the Williams biography, including newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, photographs and transparency strips, concert programs, and a variety of financial and foundation records.
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Civil War Manuscripts Map collection, 1861-1865

1 Linear Feet (14 items)
Sketch maps from the Civil War period representing geographic areas in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and one unidentified location. These maps chiefly depict roads, waterways, mountain ranges, fortifications, counties, cities, and towns. There are two battlefield maps present, including Bull Run (Va., 1861; a Confederate map) and Spring Hill (Tenn., 1864). Most maps are unsigned; however, there are maps drawn by A. M. Thornton, Barbette Sims, and Edward Fontaine, as well as Confederate Army engineers A. B. DeSaulles and Jeremy F. Gilmer. Primarily drawn in ink on paper or linen cloth. Sizes of maps vary between 24 x 20 cm. and 63 x 60 cm.
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1861: Virginia

Principally a map of the towns of Harrisonburg and New Market west to the Shenandoah Mountains showing roads, waterways, churches, and topography. Pencil and colored ink on paper. Scale, 4:10. 42 x 43 cm.

1861: Virginia.

"This is a Map of Portsmouth, Norfolk City and surrounding vicinity by A. M. Thornton" [verso] showing the Dismal Swamp, waterways and the Cheasepeake Bay, military and naval sites, and the location of fleets, with notations. Pencil and ink on paper. Scale,1:[1]? 24 x 20 cm.

1861-1865: Virginia

Map of the region between the Potomac and Rappahanock Rivers showing Caroline, Stafford, King George, Richmond, Essex, and Westmoreland counties. Roads and waterways are shown in detail. Colored ink on paper. 41 x 26 cm.

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Linda Damico papers, 1969-1979

0.8 Linear Feet
Linda Damico was a feminist author. Collection contains printed materials, cassette tapes, and photographs related to the radical women's and lesbian separatist movement. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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David Cutrell photographs, 1969-1977 and undated

0.5 Linear Feet Approx. 335 items
American-born missionary and photographer who lived in Haiti during the 1970s. The black and white and color images in the David Cutrell Photographs portray life in the village of La Hatte Cadet in Haiti in the 1970s. Missionary David Cutrell lived in La Hatte Cadet and documented daily life with a Roliflex camera. Images include landscapes, portraits and snapshots of everyday life including family groups, children, adults, gardening, livestock, house repair, market day, and religious ceremonies and artifacts. Collection includes negatives, contact sheets, prints, and 35mm and 2" color slides. Arranged in order by format and roll number. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts.
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Lionel Cust letters to Reginald John Smith, 1906

0.1 Linear Feet (2 items)
Sir Lionel Henry Cust was a British art historian, courtier, and museum director. He was director of the National Portrait Gallery from 1895 to 1909 and co-edited The Burlington Magazine from 1909 to 1919. Collection comprises two autograph letters signed by Cust, dated 1906 November 22 and 1906 November 26, to "Jack," regarding a portrait said to be that of Charlotte Brontë. The November 26 letter also mentions Constantine Gilles Romain Heger. On letterhead of the National Portrait Gallery.
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Lionel Cust letters to Reginald John Smith, 1906 0.1 Linear Feet (2 items)

Sir Lionel Henry Cust was a British art historian, courtier, and museum director. He was director of the National Portrait Gallery from 1895 to 1909 and co-edited The Burlington Magazine from 1909 to 1919. Collection comprises two autograph letters signed by Cust, dated 1906 November 22 and 1906 November 26, to "Jack," regarding a portrait said to be that of Charlotte Brontë. The November 26 letter also mentions Constantine Gilles Romain Heger. On letterhead of the National Portrait Gallery.

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