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Turkish political cartoons collection, 1939-2007

2.5 Linear Feet
Collection contains original caricatures, original and drafts drawings, and select magazine issues that critique political decisions, parties, cultural and social issues, world affairs, economics, womens' rights, equality, foreign policies, World War II, and more in 20th century Turkey. Artists such as Ramiz Gökçe, Memduh, Olgaç, and many more are represented in this collection. There are also representative caricature journals, e.g., Mizah, Akbaba, Karikatür, and Amcabey.
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Turkish elections political ephemera, 2018-2019

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The collection consists of printed materials and ephemera documenting the 2018 presidential election and 2019 municipality elections in Turkey. Represented in the collection are the major parties, including the Justice and Development Party (AKP), Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Republican People's Party (CHP), Nationalist Movement Party (MDP), Felicity Party (Saadet), Patriotic Party (Vatan), and Iyi Party (Iyi). Materials are in Turkish.
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Dorthea Jane Stephen diary, 1887 April 1 - August 17

0.1 Linear Feet 1 Items
Missionary to India and author of religious works. Cousin to Virginia Woolf; daughter of James Fitzjames Stephen, who was brother to Leslie Stephen, Virginia Woolf's father. Handwritten diary, 151 full pages, by 16-year-old Dorothea Jane Stephen. Entries document the author's anticipation of Jubilee Day (July 21, 1887, the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign), as well as her activities on the day itself (written in red rather than black ink), and the parties and church services following it. Other topics include her daily life in London and two family trips in England. In particular, Stephen chronicled (through both words and ink drawings) her family, including her mother and two sisters; school classes and examinations; visiting rounds; current fashion, horses, and carriages rides; leisure activities and sports, especially collecting bugs, reading, dancing, and playing lawn tennis; and visiting the coast at Barnstaple, England. She also described sites in London, including Buckingham Palace, St. Jame's Park, Piccadilly, and Kensington Heights.
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Dorthea Jane Stephen diary, 1887 April 1 - August 17 0.1 Linear Feet 1 Items

Missionary to India and author of religious works. Cousin to Virginia Woolf; daughter of James Fitzjames Stephen, who was brother to Leslie Stephen, Virginia Woolf's father. Handwritten diary, 151 full pages, by 16-year-old Dorothea Jane Stephen. Entries document the author's anticipation of Jubilee Day (July 21, 1887, the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign), as well as her activities on the day itself (written in red rather than black ink), and the parties and church services following it. Other topics include her daily life in London and two family trips in England. In particular, Stephen chronicled (through both words and ink drawings) her family, including her mother and two sisters; school classes and examinations; visiting rounds; current fashion, horses, and carriages rides; leisure activities and sports, especially collecting bugs, reading, dancing, and playing lawn tennis; and visiting the coast at Barnstaple, England. She also described sites in London, including Buckingham Palace, St. Jame's Park, Piccadilly, and Kensington Heights.
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    Sugoroku (Japanese board games) collection, 1896-circa 1950

    4.0 Linear Feet
    Sugoroku are Japanese games similar to snakes and ladders, which in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were sometimes included in newspapers and children's magazines. Includes 26 sugoroku games (some items are double-sided), primarily dating from the 1910s to 1930s, with a few earlier and later.
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    Photograph of suffragists, approximately 1918

    0.9 Linear Feet (1 item)
    Collection comprises a stannotype photograph showing five female suffragists standing in a row. One woman holds a banner from the Equal Suffrage League of St. Louis, Mo. Another has a "Votes for Women" sticker on a suitcase at her feet.
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    Photograph of suffragists, approximately 1918 0.9 Linear Feet (1 item)

    Collection comprises a stannotype photograph showing five female suffragists standing in a row. One woman holds a banner from the Equal Suffrage League of St. Louis, Mo. Another has a "Votes for Women" sticker on a suitcase at her feet.
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      Wanted posters collection, 1914-1988

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      This collection consists of posters of individuals sought in connection with crimes that were collected by an anonymous police detective in Westchester County, New York. The posters are from the United States and Canada, with the bulk of the posters issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Notable individuals represented include Lester Gillis, alias Baby Face Nelson; Mary Evelyn "Billie" Frechette; Arthur "Doc" Barker; mobster Roger Touhy; and bank robber Frank Nash. Radicals from 1970s include Weather Underground member Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson, Symbionese Liberation Army member Kathleen Soliah; and Black Liberation Army members Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) and brother Mutulu Shakur.
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      Kanto Earthquake materials, 1923 and undated

      2.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes) 146 Items
      Materials from the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the Japanese region of Kantō on September 1, 1923. Includes a map of Tokyo and the disaster area; another map of the fire in Tokyo, with text in English and Japanese; a copy of the special issue International Graphic Magazine from September/October 1923; a photo-illustrated pamphlet; 18 postcards with color-tinted photographs; and a scrapbook of photographs and newsprint about the event. An additional 120 postcards, largely black-and-white photographs (some with captions), were added in 2016.
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      Bridget Booher collection on Sheldon Robert Harte, 1933-1941, 1987-1991

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      In 1990, Bridget Booher began research on Duke alum, Sheldon Robert Harte, for a final paper for her history course. Harte worked as a secretary and security guard for Leon Trotsky. Harte was killed following a raid of the Trotsky compound in 1940. This collection contains Booher's research materials including correspondence from alumni with recollections of Harte, Booher's notes, and copies of Harte's submissions to the literary magazine, The Archive.
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      Writings by Sheldon Robert Hart for The Archive, 1933-1937
      Box 1

      Includes photocopies of works submitted to The Archive by Harte. Consists of "Wither, These Many Years?", "Requisition," "The Redeeming Earth," "Twice Defeated," "Red is Symbolic of Kay," "Spring Rain," "The First Jew," "Postlude to Life," and "Imitation of Love."

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        John Buettner-Janusch Letters and Clippings, 1979-1992 and undated

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        John Buettner-Janusch was a professor at Duke University in the 1960s who was convicted of manufacturing illegal drugs in his New York University laboratory in the 1970s and of sending poisoned candy to a New York judge and another Duke professor in 1987.
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        Duke Inquiries into Social Relations records, 2014

        2 items
        A report and presentation slideshow regarding social and gender relations among undergraduates. The report was released in April 2014.
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        Duke Inquiries into Social Relations records, 2014 2 items

        A report and presentation slideshow regarding social and gender relations among undergraduates. The report was released in April 2014.
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          Duke Chinese Dance records, 2010-ongoing

          41 Gigabytes
          The Duke Chinese Dance Troupe (DCD) was established at Duke University in the 1990s as an organization of students presenting Chinese dance and Chinese/Chinese-American culture to the Duke, Durham, and surrounding North Carolinian communities. DCD records contain the website, and materials used for planning, performing and documenting annual performances including the Duke Chinese Dance Showcase also known as the LNY (Lunar New Year), and the Fallcase.
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          DCD performance planning, documents, and media, 2017-2018
          Digital-materials UA.31.07.0018-SET-0001

          Includes planning choreography notes; rosters; schedules; costume inventory; meeting agendas and notes; social media; photographs of dancers; publicity materials; and performance audio and video media for the DCD Showcase, Entwined, on April 13, 2018. Also included are event schedules, and an introductory slide presentation.

          1. Performance records, 2015-2019
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          Wholesale Jewelry Catalogs, 1966-1995

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          Trade catalogs of jewelry prepared for individual local retail stores.
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          Wholesale Jewelry Catalogs, 1966-1995 0.4 Linear Feet

          Trade catalogs of jewelry prepared for individual local retail stores.
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            W. M. Piatt and Company records, 1914-1973

            12.25 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
            Collection comprises correspondence, blueprints, proposals relating to construction or the improvement of sewage and wastewater treatment systems. Includes substantial amounts of material on the sewage treatment system for Winston-Salem and Durham, North Carolina. Other North Carolina localities and clients documented in the collection are Burlington Mills, Claremont, Cooleemee, Cothran, Cramertown, Dallas, Erwin Mills, Fairbanks Morse Company, Mooresville, Mebane, North Wilkesboro, and Wake Forest.
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            West Indies Travel Diary, 1885 Feb. 2-Apr. 10

            0.2 Linear Feet 1 item
            Journal of an unidentified young woman traveling with her father to the West Indies in 1885. The author described her voyage; entertainment and social engagements in the West Indies (where she and her family were guests of the Governor, Sir Henry Norman); her observations of the people of the West Indies; and her return voyage to Plymouth.
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            West Indies Travel Diary, 1885 Feb. 2-Apr. 10 0.2 Linear Feet 1 item

            Journal of an unidentified young woman traveling with her father to the West Indies in 1885. The author described her voyage; entertainment and social engagements in the West Indies (where she and her family were guests of the Governor, Sir Henry Norman); her observations of the people of the West Indies; and her return voyage to Plymouth.
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              Eliza Wilson diary, 1854-1860

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              May be the author Eliza Wilson (Mrs. Robert Wilson) of Kirkdale, Liverpool, England. Entries describe the social life and travel of a British woman living in India with General Craigie, his wife, and daughters. They left England in November 1854, traveled by ship with stops in Egypt, and arrived in Madras in January 1855. The group lived in Madras but journeyed to other cities in southern India, including Bangalore, Mysore, and Vellore. There are references to the Sepoy Rebellion, 1856-1858, before Wilson departed India in 1860.
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              Eliza Wilson diary, 1854-1860 0.3 Linear Feet

              May be the author Eliza Wilson (Mrs. Robert Wilson) of Kirkdale, Liverpool, England. Entries describe the social life and travel of a British woman living in India with General Craigie, his wife, and daughters. They left England in November 1854, traveled by ship with stops in Egypt, and arrived in Madras in January 1855. The group lived in Madras but journeyed to other cities in southern India, including Bangalore, Mysore, and Vellore. There are references to the Sepoy Rebellion, 1856-1858, before Wilson departed India in 1860.
                Duke University Archives

                Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity records, 1988-2012

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                The Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, originally the University Center for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Life, was founded in October 1994. The CSGD works to create an environment of inclusivity, support, and advocacy for the Duke LGBTQ community. The collection contains records related to the establishment of the Center, records for the LGBT Task Force, materials related to policies on same sex unions at Duke Chapel and harassment, strategic plans, reports, subject files, and events planning materials.
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                LGBT Task Force, 1991-2001 14 folders
                Box 1

                Contains SAFE on Campus Advisory Board minutes, LGBT Task Force agendas and minutes, strategic plans, memoranda, mission statements, climate surveys, reports, correspondence, policies, and drafts of General Orders.

                  LGBT Task Force, confidential, 1998-1999
                  Box 1

                  Contains photographic prints, agendas, correspondence regarding a General Order on hate crimes, and S.L.E.E.P website printouts.

                    Survey reports, 1999, 2001
                    Box 1

                    Includes the Preliminary Report from the Fall '99 Survey Conducted by the Duke University Center for LGBT Life and the Campus Climate Assessment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Persons.

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                      Dance Program Performance films, 1990-2012

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                      The Dance Program Performance Films are a video record of the performances put on by the Duke Dance Program from 1990-2012.
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                      American Economic and Tax Reform Pamphlets and Ephemera, 1919-1984

                      2 Linear Feet 1000 Items
                      This is a collection of pro-Libertarian literature, which includes a wide range of conservative viewpoints. Accession (2009-0196) (1000 items; 2.0 lin. ft.; dated 1919-1984) consists of pamphlets, newsletters, newspapers, brochures, and other publications and periodicals from a variety of pro-libertarian and right wing organizations, including the American Economic Foundation and the National Economic Council, Inc. Topics include free market capitalism, price stabilization, the elimination or reduction of taxes, anti-communism, the Federal Reserve, inflation and the gold standard, the Marshall Plan, and foreign aid.
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                      Charlotte Taft papers, 1977-1999

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                      Charlotte Taft is an abortion counselor and activist. Her papers contain clippings and articles documenting various aspects of the struggle for abortion rights as well as brochures from abortion clinics.
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                      Viscountess Emily Anne Beaufort Smyth Strangford Journal, 1859-1860

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                      Author of travel books on the Near East. Married 8th Viscount Strangford in 1862. Chiefly a journal of 141 pages (1859 Apr. 10-1860 July 7) describing a trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Apr.-Sept. 1859, and to Greece, May-July 1860. Beginning in Smyrna, Viscountess Strangford travelled to Rhodes, Mersin, Tripoli, Beirut, Baalbek, Athens, Attica, Pentelicus, Constantinople, and Belgrade. She described the locales, social life and customs of the Lebanese, a Druze wedding, and fighting between the Druzes and Christians. Included are drawings and other sheets laid in, including one in French, possibly by Marius Fontane. Also includes an albumen print of Viscountess Strangford.
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                      Viscountess Emily Anne Beaufort Smyth Strangford Journal, 1859-1860 0.2 Linear Feet 2 items

                      Author of travel books on the Near East. Married 8th Viscount Strangford in 1862. Chiefly a journal of 141 pages (1859 Apr. 10-1860 July 7) describing a trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Apr.-Sept. 1859, and to Greece, May-July 1860. Beginning in Smyrna, Viscountess Strangford travelled to Rhodes, Mersin, Tripoli, Beirut, Baalbek, Athens, Attica, Pentelicus, Constantinople, and Belgrade. She described the locales, social life and customs of the Lebanese, a Druze wedding, and fighting between the Druzes and Christians. Included are drawings and other sheets laid in, including one in French, possibly by Marius Fontane. Also includes an albumen print of Viscountess Strangford.

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