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Juan E. Méndez papers, 1980-2017

13 Linear Feet 15.4 Gigabytes
Juan E. Méndez is a lawyer and human rights activist who is the former president of the International Center for Transitional Justice. This collection contains a portion of his writings, conference materials, subject and research files, and materials documenting his work with ICTJ and the United Nations, where he served as the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide.
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Aaron Michael Barker papers, 1905-1979 and undated, bulk 1917-1944

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This collection includes two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, letters, receipts, family photographs, and the written memories of Jewish, Lithuanian-American merchant A. Michael Barker (1886-1943) of Wilson, North Carolina. Topics represented in the scrapbooks include family life, relief efforts for Jewish victims of World War I in Europe, the Zionist movement, Nazi atrocities against Jews in Europe, and the speeches of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Barker's approximately 49 pages of memories (circa 1942-1943) detail his financial troubles, family updates, and feelings on the treatment of Jews in Germany.
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Aaron Michael Barker papers, 1905-1979 and undated, bulk 1917-1944 1.4 Linear Feet

This collection includes two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, letters, receipts, family photographs, and the written memories of Jewish, Lithuanian-American merchant A. Michael Barker (1886-1943) of Wilson, North Carolina. Topics represented in the scrapbooks include family life, relief efforts for Jewish victims of World War I in Europe, the Zionist movement, Nazi atrocities against Jews in Europe, and the speeches of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Barker's approximately 49 pages of memories (circa 1942-1943) detail his financial troubles, family updates, and feelings on the treatment of Jews in Germany.

    Family photographs, circa 1900s-1922, circa 1943 6 photographs Box 3, Folder 18

    Michael Barker, circa 1900s-1910s; Anna Harris Barker, circa 1900s-1910s; the Barker family in front of home on Vance St. (Wilson, NC), 1922; 2 photographs of Gladys [nanny and maid] with Minnie Lee Barker and Paul Barker, circa 1917-1922; Michael and Anna Barker, Arnold and Charles Leder [grandchildren] standing in front of Wilson, NC synagogue, circa 1943.

    1. Other Barker family material, circa 1900s-1943
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    International history of photography collection, 1885-1951

    3 Linear Feet (3 boxes) 11 Items
    Collection dates from 1885-1951 and comprises eleven vintage photographic prints by individuals considered to be master photographers. The prints are intended to represent major formats, techniques, and genres of the 19th and 20th centuries. Photographers whose prints are in the collection hail from Europe, the United States, and Mexico: Eugène Atget (printed by Berenice Abbot), Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, F. Holland Day, Peter Henry Emerson, Lewis Hine, Aaron Siskind, Ralph Steiner, Alfred Stieglitz, and Minor White. Formats range from photogravures to gelatin silver prints, with the latter predominating; all are black-and-white and matted. Subjects include rural landscapes, individual and group portraits, and urban streetscapes. Acquired as part of the Archive for Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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    Aaron Siskind photographs of Harlem, circa 1932-1941

    1.0 Linear Feet (1 box)
    Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) was an American photographer and faculty member of the Chicago Institute of Design and Rhode Island School of Design. Collection consists of 28 black-and-white signed 11x14 inch prints, documenting life in New York City's Harlem neighborhoods from about 1932 to 1940. The images originate from two projects by Siskind: "Harlem Document" and "The Most Crowded Block in the World." Subjects include African American men, women, and children at home and in the streets; scenes from the Apollo and New Lafayette theaters, a nightclub, and a church; and the interiors and exteriors of tenement buildings. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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    Aaron Siskind photographs of Harlem, circa 1932-1941 1.0 Linear Feet (1 box)

    Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) was an American photographer and faculty member of the Chicago Institute of Design and Rhode Island School of Design. Collection consists of 28 black-and-white signed 11x14 inch prints, documenting life in New York City's Harlem neighborhoods from about 1932 to 1940. The images originate from two projects by Siskind: "Harlem Document" and "The Most Crowded Block in the World." Subjects include African American men, women, and children at home and in the streets; scenes from the Apollo and New Lafayette theaters, a nightclub, and a church; and the interiors and exteriors of tenement buildings. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.

      Amateur performer, Apollo Theater, circa 1937 Box 1, Folder 4, Print RL.11171-P-0012

      Variant title on verso, written by collector: Apollo Theatre, Harlem 1937.

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        DoubleTake records, 1908-1999, bulk 1994-1999

        53.1 Linear Feet Approximately 58,872 Items
        The DoubleTake magazine records contain story manuscripts with editor's markings, correspondence, photographs and slides, and production files for issue numbers 1-16, 1994-1999. Files of editors Jay Woodruff, Rob Odom, and other editors contain correspondence with writers whose work they were interested in publishing and editing. There are postcards and transparencies used in various issues; and a complete run of the magazine through spring 1999. There are two unidentified files. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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        Mary Margaret Wade papers, 1966-2007

        9.4 Linear Feet 6555 Items
        Artist, writer, and arts educator. Collection contains personal correspondence, photographs, writings and drawings, subject files, ephemera, and clippings. The photographs document Wade's personal life, her art exhibits, and trips to Cuba, Alaska, and Costa Rica. The drawings and writings primarily consist of published versions and drafts of cartoons, as well as some manuscripts of writings and drawings for texts, including the artwork for Have You Ever Seen an Ugly Bride?, an unpublished book by Wade and Elizabeth Lide. The subject files include a file for the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South, an abortion rights petition signed by Norma McCorvey, and typescripts documenting the Kilbuck family, who were ancestors of Wade's that were missionaries in Alaska. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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        Asian Students Association records, 1986-2022

        11 Linear Feet 17 Gigabytes
        The Asian Students Association was founded at Duke University in 1981 to serve the social, political and cultural interests of Asian and Asian-American students. This collection consists of the records of the Duke University Asian Students Association from 1986 to 2022. Types of materials include a short history, meeting minutes and agendas, budgets, correspondence, constitutions, scrapbooks, event programs and flyers, and video recordings.
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        Asian American Studies Working Group Records, 1995-2021

        10 Gigabytes 1 Linear Feet
        The Asian American Studies Working Group (AASWG) is made up of students, faculty, and staff at Duke University and advocates for the creation of an Asian American Studies department at Duke. The Asian American Studies Working Group Records include meeting notes; event planning records; photographs; strategic planning documents; website materials; reports related to the Asian American Studies programs at other institutions; materials from a social media campaign titled "Duke Doesn't Teach Me;" and AASWG's magazine titled Margins.
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        AASWG working documents, 2016-2017 .4 Gigabytes Digital-materials UA.31.04.0019-SET-0001

        Includes Asian American Studies Working Group lists, agendas; external review; external working group minutes; memos; and planning documents. Also includes planning and strategy documents related to demands for creating Asian American Studies at Duke University.

        1. Accessions UA2018-0033 and UA2020-0025, 1995-2021

        AASWG working documents, 2017-2018 0.078 Gigabytes Digital-materials UA.31.04.0019-SET-0001

        Includes Asian American Studies Working Group lists, PowerPoint slides; agendas; memos; planning documents.; external review; external working group minutes. Also includes a presentation on "Remembering Vincent Chin;" and planning and strategy documents related to demands for creating Asian American Studies at Duke University.

        1. Accessions UA2018-0033 and UA2020-0025, 1995-2021
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        Frances Campbell Brown papers, 1932-1975

        9 Linear Feet 6000 Items
        Frances Campbell Brown was a professor of chemistry at Duke from approximately 1931-1973, and a professor emeriti after 1973. Professor Brown was also active in the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), serving as its second vice president from 1964-1966. This collection contains correspondence, subject files, committee minutes, printed matter, speeches, and reports concerning personal, professional, departmental, university matters as well as the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). The bulk of the material dates from 1958-1968.
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        AAU, 1964 Box 3

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          Office of the Chancellor: Barnes Woodhall Records, 1969-1971

          5.5 Linear Feet
          Contains correspondence, addresses, reports, memoranda, clippings and printed material documenting Woodhall's role in the governance of the University. Topics include the student unrest of the period, such as the Allen Building takeover and Vietnam War protests, unionization of the Medical Center, the management of University-owned housing, as well as Duke Forest.
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          ACT, 1969 Box 10

            Duke University Archives

            Men's Basketball Game Film Collection, 1947-1996

            303.5 Linear Feet
            Basketball was first played at Trinity College in 1906, introduced by then-Athletic Director Wilbur Wade Card. Since then, men's basketball has been played each year at Trinity College and later Duke University, appearing in the NCAA Tournaments, and winning national championships. The Men's Basketball Game Film collection contains recordings of Duke Blue Devils men's basketball games created by Duke Athletics for the use of coaches and departmental staff.
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            Benjamin U. Ratchford papers, 1924-1980

            4.5 Linear Feet (Three boxes.)
            Benjamin Ratchford (1902-1977) was a former professor of economics at Duke University. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence and research. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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            Arthur M. Proctor papers, 1906 - 1967

            5.5 Linear Feet 4000 Items
            Arthur Marcus Proctor (1886-1955) was a professor in the Department of Education at Duke University. He also served as Director of the Duke Summer Session for several years. The Arthur M. Proctor Papers include correspondence, speeches, articles, clippings, handbooks, photographs, and other materials related to Proctor's career as a teacher of teachers. Includes surveys of North Carolina schools, 1920s-1950s, and handbooks for state high schools, course materials for his work at Duke and other schools, and some files on the Duke Department of Education. English.
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            Arthur M. Proctor papers, 1906 - 1967 5.5 Linear Feet 4000 Items

            Arthur Marcus Proctor (1886-1955) was a professor in the Department of Education at Duke University. He also served as Director of the Duke Summer Session for several years. The Arthur M. Proctor Papers include correspondence, speeches, articles, clippings, handbooks, photographs, and other materials related to Proctor's career as a teacher of teachers. Includes surveys of North Carolina schools, 1920s-1950s, and handbooks for state high schools, course materials for his work at Duke and other schools, and some files on the Duke Department of Education. English.
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              Beth York papers, 1968-2022

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              Musician and academic music therapist. Collection includes manuscripts, sound recordings, and photographs from York's music career, with materials from her participation at the 1986 International Music Festival; press kits with photographs and reviews of her music; contracts and agreements from Ladyslipper Inc.; and materials relating to her album Transformations, released in 1985. Also includes materials documenting academic career including research, teaching, publishing, and grant administration.
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              Consumer Reports. Persia Campbell papers, 1930-1974

              50.0 Linear Feet
              Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. Persia Campbell (1898-1974) was an economist, author and consumer interests advisor to a number of government agencies and consumer organizations, and a member of the Consumers Union Board of Directors (1959-1974). Collection includes clippings, conference proceedings, correspondence and memoranda, legislative materials, press releases, speeches, travel notes, and other printed materials that document Campbell's career in consumer advocacy and education. Topics covered in the collection include consumer credit, environment, fraud and misrepresentation, health care, poverty, and price and economic stability during the Depression and World War II. Organizations and institutions represented include the Council on Consumer Information, Food and Agriculture Organization (United Nations), International Federation of University Women, International Organization of Consumers' Unions, National Association of Consumers, New York City Community Development Agency; New York State Consumer Counsel, Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association. Queens College, U.S. Agricultural Adjustment Administration, U.S. Consumer Advisory Council, U.S. Office of Price Administration, U.S. Office of Price Stabilization, U.S. National Recovery Administration, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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              Paris Cleveland Gardner papers, 1834-1976

              5.4 Linear Feet 3,156 Items

              The papers of Paris Cleveland Gardner span the years 1834 to 1976, though they fall chiefly in the period 1920 to 1951. They consist of correspondence, legal papers, case files, printed matter, and clippings.

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              Harry L. and Mary K. Dalton collection, 1695-1955 and undated

              80.5 Linear Feet approx. 11,160 Items
              Harry L. and Mary K. Dalton collected art, rare books, and manuscripts, and made many contributions to art museums and libraries, most notably the Duke University Library, the Mint Museum, and the library of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The Dalton Collection is comprised of sub-collections acquired by Harry L. and Mary K. Dalton.
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                Adams Family papers, 1828

                Land grant signed by John Quincy Adams for William Mason of Huntsville, AL in 1828.

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                Andrassy, Count Julius papers, 1832-circa 1873

                One 1832 letter written in Hungarian, possibly from Andrassy's father, Karoli, as well as a couple of newspaper articles that deal with the acceptance by Count Andrassy of the post of Prime Minister of Hungary, written in English in the 1870s. Items are located in Box 1 of the Harry L. and Mary K. Dalton Collection.

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                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.
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                J. Walter Thompson Company. 35mm Microfilm Proofs, 1906-1960 and undated

                3 Linear Feet (104 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 35mm Microfilm Proofs collection spans the years 1906-1960 and consists primarily of images of print advertisements and proofs taken from proof books and portfolios of domestic and foreign JWT offices. Clients include Ballantine's, B.F. Goodrich, Butterick, Corning, Crowell Publishing, Davey Tree Surgeons, General Cigar, General Motors, Guinness, Horlicks, J.B. Williams, Jergens, Johns-Manville, Nash, Northam Warren, Pennsylvania RR, RCA, Sharp & Dohme, Shell, Standard Brands, Sun Maid, Swift, Sylvania, United Airlines, Ward Baking, and Welch's Grape Juice. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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                Anspach Travel Bureau collection of tourism literature, 1936-2014 and undated

                60 Linear Feet (50,000 items)
                Real estate and travel company founded in 1932 by brothers Herman and Robert Anspach in Highland Park, Ill. Currently part of Valerie Wilson Travel, Inc. Collection spans 1936-2014 with the bulk of materials dating from the 1960s-1980s. Primarily brochures, leaflets and other take-away direct marketing materials advertising resorts, hotels, airlines, cruise lines, and other services and destinations comprising the travel and tourism industry. Also includes newsletters, itineraries, and some correspondence. All continents and ocean regions are represented. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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                John Seelye Papers, 1862-2015 and undated, bulk 1955-2007

                46.7 Linear Feet 0.065 Gigabytes
                John Seelye was a professor of English and American Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, University of Connecticut, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dartmouth College, and the University of Florida. The papers of John Seelye span the years 1862-2015, with the bulk of the papers dated between 1955 and 2007, covering Seelye's professional career as both an scholar and as an editor of the Penguin Classics series for literature. Although there are files related to his teaching and career as an academic, the emphasis of the collection is on Seelye's work as author and editor. The collection consists of correspondence (sent and received) and contracts; subject files Seelye maintained at each of his institutions and for his research; writings by Seelye, including book reviews, poetry, articles and prose, as well as books, including a copy of the Life of Asa G. Sheldon: Wilmington Farmer (1862); and personal items, which include incoming correspondence intended for Suzanne Everett Throop, who received a large number of love letters from "Marguerite" between 1897 and 1898 and some additional letters from "Harriet" and "Chandler" in the 1920s. Subjects in the papers include Mark Twain, the literary criticism and interpretation of Herman Melville's works and American literature generally, the West in fiction, rivers in the United States, cowboys in popular culture, the history of Plymouth Rock, and the publishing of poetry in the United States.
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                Academia, 1958-2009, undated

                The Academia Series contains subject files Seelye maintained during his professional career while at the University of California at Berkeley (1959-1965), the University of Connecticut (1966-1974), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1974-1984), the University of Florida (1984-2008), and Dartmouth (1982-1992). A few files date from the period following Seelye's retirement in 2008. Beyond files for each institution, the series includes Seelye's first published paper (1958); teaching files, especially multiple files for a seminar on the 1930s he taught at the University of Connecticut in 1969; files for organizations with which Seelye was involved, such as Mystic Seaport, Popular Culture Association, and Phi Beta Kappa; and files for Hubble Award decisions. There are also files related to his teaching periods at Dartmouth College, his personal job searches, the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association; and his work associated with grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

                  A-E, 1950s-2000s Box 13

                  Drafts, notes, typed copies, and published versions of Seelye's prose and scholarly articles. Arranged alphabetically by title. Includes prospectus for Alpheus; his Berkeley Gazette Daily columns; Black on White; preparatory materials for Border; columns for the Wesleyan Cardinal; and numerous unpublished articles and story drafts.

                  1. Writings, 1862, 1950s-2000s
                  2. Articles and Prose, 1950s-2000s
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                  Balkans postcards collection, approximately 1900s-1960s

                  0.25 Linear Feet
                  Collection consists of 174 postcards with photographs and mechanical prints, featuring scenes and landscapes from locations in what has historically been defined as the Balkans region of Southeastern Europe. Cities represented include: Varna, Bulgaria; Ruse/Rustchuk, Bulgaria; Sofia, Bulgaria; Bitola/Monastir, Macedonia; Negotin, Serbia; Skopje, North Macedonia; Sarajevo; Belgrade, Serbia; Oradea, Romania; Thessaloniki, Greece; Constanta, Romania; Sulina, Romania; Scutari, Albania; and Szegard, Hungary. The assorted postcards contains images of buildings, hotels, shops, government buildings, houses, monasteries, landmarks, and geographic features, as well as scenes of people walking on the street, swimming, sunbathing, shopping, and eating.
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                  Adam Reynolds photographs, 2013-2015

                  2.0 Linear Feet
                  Adam Reynolds is a conceptual documentary photographer whose work explores contemporary political conflict, primarily in the Middle East. His series "Architecture of an Existential Threat" was the 2016 winner of the ADA Collection Award for an Emerging Documentarian. Taken in Israel between 2013 and 2015, the photographs document bomb shelters and sealable rooms to which residents of the State of Israel are required to have access. There are over 10,000 of these public and private bomb shelters in Israel and the Occupied Territories. The photographs show the way these spaces are normalized in Israeli life, using them as community centers, places of worship, or bars. Reynolds writes that "these shelters are the architecture of an existential threat--both real and perceived."
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                  Adam Reynolds photographs, 2013-2015 2.0 Linear Feet

                  Adam Reynolds is a conceptual documentary photographer whose work explores contemporary political conflict, primarily in the Middle East. His series "Architecture of an Existential Threat" was the 2016 winner of the ADA Collection Award for an Emerging Documentarian. Taken in Israel between 2013 and 2015, the photographs document bomb shelters and sealable rooms to which residents of the State of Israel are required to have access. There are over 10,000 of these public and private bomb shelters in Israel and the Occupied Territories. The photographs show the way these spaces are normalized in Israeli life, using them as community centers, places of worship, or bars. Reynolds writes that "these shelters are the architecture of an existential threat--both real and perceived."
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                    Lin Carter papers, 1900s-2001 and undated

                    12 Linear Feet
                    Lin Carter (1930-1988, aka H. P. Lowcraft, Grail Undwin) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, editor, poet and critic. The Lin Carter Papers span the years 1900 to 2001 and consist mainly of documents stemming from Carter's own work as a writer and editor, other authors' manuscripts sent to Carter, unidentified writings likely being written by Carter, and personal and professional correspondence addressed to Carter (e.g. with Sprague de Camp, Roy A. Squires, et al.).
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                    Nate Larson photographs, 2015

                    1 Linear Feet (2 boxes; 63 items; 13 x 19 inches)
                    Collection comprises a set of 48 color photographs, 13 reproductions of historic postcards, and several introductory panels, from a project by photographer and artist Nate Larson entitled "Map of All the Railroads," inspired by H.V. Poor's "Map of All the Railroads in the United States in Operation and Progress" (1854). The 13x19 inch digital color photographs, taken in 2015, explore social and economic aspects of thirteen railroad-centered cities and towns identified in Poor's publication, and their progress and potential future. Images feature cityscapes, railroad tracks, buildings and businesses, abandoned sites, monuments, several portraits of people, and other subjects. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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                    Lewis Hine Fellowship photographs collection, 2003-2024

                    5.5 Linear Feet 795 Megabytes (1 website)
                    The Lewis Hine Documentary Fellows Program (LHDFP) is administered by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University to support documentary photographers who address humanitarian issues in the U.S. and abroad. The Lewis Hine Fellowship Photographs Collection represents a selection of images from the documentary projects of seven LHDFP fellows: Alex Fattal, Maital Guttman, Kate Joyce, Jonna McKone, Elena Rue, Amanda van Scoyoc, and Lucy Wilson. The photographic images and videos in the collection depict home and community life of disadvantaged families and children in several sub-Saharan African nations (South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Ethiopia), as well as Massachusetts and New Jersey. They show everyday life and activities, such as children playing and completing chores, mothers cooking meals, disabled children going to school, household living conditions, and impoverished orphans and HIV-positive children in their familial situations, as well as funerals and school presentations (among other community events). In addition to photographic prints, there are also some documents relating to the projects, DVDs of the photographers' documentary work, and an archived version of the LHDFP website. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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                    World War II ration coupon collection, 1942-1946

                    0.2 Linear Feet
                    Collection consists of ration coupons, stickers, permits, and certificates for tires, bicycles, typewriters, sugar, shoes, fuel oil, gasoline, and food which were issued by the Office of Price Administration between 1942-1946. There are duplicates for a few items.
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                    Axel Leijonhufvud papers, 1953-2023

                    7.5 Linear Feet (13 boxes.)
                    Axel Leijonhufvud (1933-2022) was a professor emeritus of economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. This collection documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, and research. Acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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                    British Correspondence and Miscellany collection, 1556-1972 and undated

                    4 Linear Feet 3,500 Items

                    The materials comprising the British Correspondence and Miscellany Collection are dated from 1556 to 1972 (bulk 1740-1890). The papers are arranged into the following series: Correspondence, 1556-1972 and undated; Subject Files, 1699-1902 and undated; Pictures, 1795-1921 and undated; and Miscellaneous Material, 1814-1836 and undated An artificial collection, the papers are, for the most part, unrelated by provenance. The collection consists chiefly of correspondence, and topics include numerous political events and activities of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries in Great Britain and the colonies (particularly India and Africa).

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                    Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017

                    10 Terabytes (High (ProRes) and low (MP4) resolution Apple MOV files.)
                    One hundred fifty-three video files of interviews with 149 former detainees and others -- attornies, chaplains, guards, government officials, human rights advocates, journalists -- who witnessed the impact of the Guantanamo Bay detention center in the post-911 years. An additional 346 files, short clips extracted from the interviews featured on the Witness to Guantanamo site, are also included.
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                    Abbasi, Feroz Ali, 2010-08-07

                    Feroz Ali Abbasi, male, age 30, British, was detained in Guantanamo from January 10, 2002 until January 25, 2005, when he was returned to Britain.

                    1. Interviews, 2009-2017
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                    Louanne Watley photographs, 1961, 1985, 1991-2010, bulk 2000-2010

                    4.0 Linear Feet (8 boxes; 1 oversize folder)
                    Louanne K. Watley is a photographer and artist based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The core of the collection consists of portraits of aging Catholic nuns in convents and abbeys in Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia, taken by Watley chiefly from 2002-2003. There are also a few images of Buddhist and Trappist monks and their communities. Watley's images, almost all black-and-white contact prints, often feature close-ups of the nuns' faces, hands, and feet; some are further enhanced using a variety of artistic techniques. Collection also includes digital versions of Watley's photographs, audio recordings of interviews with nuns, exhibit image panels, and professional papers, chiefly drafts of artist's statements, informational material, and correspondence related to the religious communities Watley visited and to exhibits of Watley's work. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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                    Audio interview recordings on CD-ROM, 2002-2003 Box 1

                    Contains oral history recordings conducted by Louanne Watley with four Catholic nuns from the Our Lady of the Angels in Crozet, Virginia (total running time 00:58:02), and a Buddhist nun in the NC Zen Center in Pittsboro, NC (00:30:00). Topics include the women's religious experiences, life in their community - in particular the role of work, and how they experienced being photographed by Watley.

                    1. "Down a Dark Passage" (Nuns Series): Photographic and Audiovisual Materials, 2002-2010
                    2. Audiovisual materials: interview recordings and digitized images, circa 2002-2010

                    Audio interviews on cassette and CD, 2002 2 folders Box 7

                    The CD contains an audio recording described by Louanne Watley as her first interview with a nun on her front steps, Easter 2002; according to Watley, the nun is likely to be Sister Joyce Hummel of the Dominican Sisters. From Watley's statement: "I had begun the idea of the series when an acquaintance's sister (a nun) was down visiting from maybe NJ, talked with them at the Carrboro Farmer's Market about my project and the sister came over the next day, Sunday. So, I guess you could say it started then."

                    1. "Down a Dark Passage" (Nuns Series): Photographic and Audiovisual Materials, 2002-2010
                    2. Audiovisual materials: interview recordings and digitized images, circa 2002-2010
                    Duke University Archives

                    News Service Biographical Files, circa 1930s - 2004

                    183 Linear Feet
                    The Duke News Service informs the public and the university community about research, programs, and events at Duke. The collection consists of biographical files of Duke University faculty, staff, alumni, and others compiled by the News Service, as well as some photographic materials in separate folders. The files contain primarily clippings and also curricula vitae, photographs, and other printed materials. English.
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                    Abbey, W. D. Box 1

                    Biographical information - updated

                      Abbey, W. D. Box 123

                      Photograph(s).

                        Abbey, W. D. Box 146

                        Photographic negative(s).

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                          J. Walter Thompson Company. Legal Department microfilmed talent consents and releases, 1920-1957

                          3.0 Linear Feet
                          Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. The Legal Department microfilmed talent consents and releases collection consist of release forms and consent agreements between radio, screen and motion picture actors and actresses, models, producers and stage production staff to allow photographs, testimonials, mentions or other forms of likeness to be used in promotion of programming, advertising, contests and publications by JWT clients. The collection also includes photographs, memos and other correspondence. Releases and contracts include white, Latino and African American actors, as well as broadcast materials in French and Spanish for national and international programming. Correspondence covers a number of topics including guardian consents for underage talent; name and marital status changes; refusals of consent; and death notices. Client organizations represented in the collection include Chesebrough-Pond's, Ford, J.B. Williams, Lever Brothers, Kodak, New York Subways, and Standard Brands. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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                          Virginia Barber Literary Agency records, 1975-2003

                          52.5 Linear Feet .0002 Gigabytes 40,000 Items
                          Virginia Barber became a literary agent in 1971 and opened her own agency in 1974. The Virginia Barber Literary Agency was sold to the William Morris Agency in 2001. Among the authors she represented have been Rosellen Brown, Andrew Delbanco, James Dodson, Sue Monk Kidd, Peter Mayle, Alice Munro, David Nasaw, Anita Shreve, and Anne Rivers Siddons. She has served on the Board and as President of Women's Media Group and on the Boards of Literacy Partners, Duke University Libraries, and Poets and Writers. The collection includes client files and correspondence for the VBLA's many clients during the late 1970s through the early 2000s. There are also legal and financial materials, correspondence files with other agencies and publishers, including Virago Books, and materials from Barber's work with professional organizations such as the Independent Literary Agents Association. Notable clients represented in this collection include Peter Mayle, Anita Shreve, MacDonald Harris, and Paul Ehrlich.
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                          Albert Cornell, M.D. collection of medical ephemera, 1910-2004

                          4 Linear Feet (1500 items)
                          Retired Chief of the Gastrointestinal Clinic at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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                          Arthur Einstein papers, 1978-2001 and undated

                          54 Linear Feet 30,000 Items
                          Advertising executive for Lord Geller Federico Einstein, Lord Einstein O'Neill; Arthur Einstein Advertising, an advertising and consulting firm; and Loyalty Builders LLC, a marketing services company. Collection spans the years 1978-2001 and includes advertising agency credentials presentations, correspondence, print advertisements, audiocassettes, videocassettes, compact discs, 16mm films, clippings and other materials that document Arthur Einstein's career as an advertising executive and consultant. Companies represented include Bankers Trust, Compaq, DDB Needham, Foote Cone Belding, IBM, the New York Stock Exchange, Oppenheimer Funds, Saab and Steinway. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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                          Bellevue High School records, 1875-1955 and undated

                          19.5 Linear Feet 3276 Items

                          The collection contains school records including account books; stationery books; correspondence of the Abbott, Minor, and Henderson families; diaries and daybooks of John B. Minor, Jr.; a woman's journal; various notebooks; clippings, including a series of Civil War clippings; photographs; and other ephemera, including a school pennant. One oversize class photograph is housed in an oversize cabinet.

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                          J. Walter Thompson Company. Legal Department records, 1936-1978

                          10.6 Linear Feet
                          Founded in 1864 in New York, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) was one of the largest and oldest advertising agencies in the United States. In 2018 JWT merged with Wunderman to form Wunderman Thompson. The collection includes release forms, photographs and publications associated with JWT advertising campaigns; legal contracts outlining terms of agreement between clients and the agency; and other printed materials. Companies represented in the collection include Ford, Gillette, Kodak, Lever Brothers, Pacific Mills (Cocheco Manufacturing Company), Pan American , Quaker Oats, Radio Corporation of America (RCA), Seven-Up, Singer, and Uncle Ben's. Photographers mentioned or whose work appears in the collection include Richard Avedon, Ralph Bartholomew, Anton Bruehl, Horst, Otto Mayo, Valentino Sarra, and Francesco Scavullo. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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                          History of Medicine ephemera collection, 1747-1999

                          9.5 Linear Feet (13 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
                          Collection contains a wide variety of material documenting different medical topics, specialties, institutions, education, and people throughout history, and it is largely but not entirely focused on Western, Euro-centric medicine as practiced by white men. Women, people with physical and mental disabilities, and non-Western medical practices are represented in select materials. The collection consists mostly of publications (article reprints, theses, dissertations, and journal issues), speeches, histories, and profiles of medical professionals and organizations, as well as a large amount of material advertising patent medicines and devices. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collection at Duke University.
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                          Robert H. Woody papers, 1927-1985.

                          6 Linear Feet 6,000 Items
                          Contains the personal and professional papers of Robert Hilliard Woody, a professor of history at Duke University from 1929 to 1970. Types of materials include correspondence, manuscripts, short writings, vitae, certificates, diplomas, committee reports, printed material, photographs, 8 mm films, and VHS tapes. Major subjects include Robert H. Woody, the Civil War, the South, South Carolina, North Carolina, reconstruction, republicans, southern newspapers, biographies, mountain culture, folklore, history instruction, Duke University, the Duke University history department, and the George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana. Major correspondents appearing in the collection include: William Preston Few, Francis B. Simkins, William K. Boyd, William T. Laprade, Francis Warrenton Dawson, Stanly Godbold, Jr., Arthur Hollis Edens, Paul M. Gross, Stanley Godbold, the Southern Historical Association, and the Historical Society of North Carolina. Some materials are restricted. Materials range in date from 1927 to 1985. English.
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                          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.
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                          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company literature collection, 1920s-1960s

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                          Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was founded in 1863 as the National Union Life and Limb Insurance Company; it opened as Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1868. Today the company is known as MetLife. This collection contains printed literature and booklets about medical care, first aid, healthy living, and safety published and distributed by Metropolitan Life, particularly the Welfare Division, to the public in the mid-twentieth century. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collection and the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History.
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                          "ABC" booklet, approximately 1930s 14 pages Box 1, Folder 1

                          Cover description: Red ABC booklet with children intertwined on gray; includes "does your child like to color?" insert

                            "About rheumatic fever", approximately 1940s 3 pages Box 1, Folder 1

                            Cover description: 2 black and white photographs of children, blue title text hand with pen

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                              Richard Payne papers, 1969-2023

                              21 Linear Feet 6.3 Gigabytes
                              Richard Payne, M.D. (1951-2019) was a physician and researcher known for his work in pain management, palliative care, bioethics, neuro-oncology, medicine and spirituality, and end-of-life issues for African-Americans. The collection consists of his professional materials, writings and presentations, academic materials, personal materials, and medical objects. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections.
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                              Academic Materials, 1969-2020

                              The series includes material from Yale College and Harvard Medical School through Richard Payne's appointments at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, New York Hospital, the University of Cincinnati Medical College, the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Duke University, and the Center for Practical Bioethics. Included are Richard Payne's CV and materials on his academic appointments, job negotiations, annual reviews, and teaching. Also included are financial aid materials from Richard and Terrie Payne's time at Yale, and materials regarding Payne's retirement from Duke. Of interest is an obituary Richard Payne wrote for himself as part of a Duke course, Dying and Suffering Across Cultures.

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                                Richard Finkel Associates records, 1946-1987 and undated

                                15.0 Linear Feet
                                Advertising executive based in Seattle, Washington; specialist in newspaper advice columns and cartoon advertisements. Collection includes clip art, cartoon and comic designs, advertising copy, print advertisements and other largely humorous printed materials that feature advertising characters, limericks, "do it yourself" hints and advice columns, and fact- and quiz-based promotional copy. Newspaper advertising services were primarily directed at local businesses including apparel and shoe stores, appliances and home furnishings, automotive dealerships and service firms; hardware stores, hotels and restaurants, insurance and real estate companies, sporting goods and travel agencies primarily in the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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                                Michael Ruhlman Collection of Reynolds Price, 1986-2006

                                0.5 Linear Feet 12.1 Gigabytes 10 Items
                                Michael Ruhlman is an American author and alumnus of Duke University. Collection includes photocopies of correspondence from Reynolds Price to Ruhlman, digitized audio of interviews conducted by Ruhlman with Price and others for a magazine profile, and transcripts of the interviews.
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                                Photographs by Iraqi civilians collection, 2004 April-May

                                4.0 Linear Feet (3 boxes; 1 oversize folder)
                                Collection comprises 464 original 4x6 inch color snapshots, 23 13x19 inch color inkjet exhibit prints; roll negatives; and text panels for the exhibit, "Photographs by Iraqi Civilians, 2004." The images are a result of a project, "Iraq From Within," coordinated by the North Carolina-based Daylight Community Arts Foundation, which encouraged Iraqi civilians to document through photographs and captions a point of view unavailable to the foreign press. The original color snapshots, taken by men and women chiefly in Baghdad and Fallujah, show families at home and in their neighborhoods, various workplaces, and scenes of wartime destruction. Taken as a whole, the collection conveys the impacts on men, women, and children of the 2003 U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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                                Committee on African Studies records, 1965-1976.

                                1.5 Linear Feet 1,000 items
                                The Committee on African Studies formed in 1965 as part of the Center for International Studies at Duke University. The committee was composed of faculty from the departments of history, political science, anthropology, and economics. Its mission included supporting research in Africa, publishing articles and sponsoring lectures on African studies, and developing African studies curricula for middle school and high school students. Records date from 1967 to 1976 and consist of correspondence, papers and proposals, course materials, reprints, and sound recordings. The Committee's work focused on cultures including the Dan, Mbuti, Somali, and Zulu. The bulk of the material relates to the African Curriculum Development Project conducted in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, and publication of the series Africa Sketches. English.
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                                African Curriculum Development Project, 1973-1976

                                This series contains material relating to the project undertaken by the Committee and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to develop supplementary classroom units and materials for inclusion into junior high and high school social studies curricula. The project was supported by a National Endowment for Humanities grant. In 1973 fourteen North Carolina teachers came to the Duke campus for an eight-week session to prepare teaching units and materials. The program was repeated in the summer of 1974. Cultures focused on by group include the Dan, Mbuti, Somali, and Zulu. The subject files in this series contain correspondence with participants regarding their individual projects, as well as evaluations of how the teaching units were received in the classroom. Other materials include the grant proposal, some background papers on African studies in the public schools, budgets, and correspondence relating to the publication of several of the units prepared during the summer session.

                                  Africa Sketches, 1973-1976

                                  The records in this series chronicle the publication of Africa Sketches, a series of nine short biographical sketches of contemporary Africans written for secondary school students. Committee director Gerald Hartwig served as General Editor for the series. The idea for the books grew out of the work of the African Curriculum Development Project.

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                                    Mark Bowden papers, 1972-2004

                                    11.4 Linear Feet 6 Gigabytes 7125 Items
                                    Author, journalist, screenwriter, and adjunct professor at Loyola College in Maryland. Papers contain research materials for Bowden's book about the Iran hostage crisis (1979-1981), published as Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam (NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006). Materials include interview transcripts with American hostages, Iranian hostage takers, and members of the United States military who were involved in the 1980 rescue attempt. Collection also contains many research files and clippings.
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                                    Richard White papers, 1964-2017

                                    6.5 Linear Feet
                                    Richard White began his career at Duke University as a professor of Botany in 1963. In addition to teaching and researching plant biology, White held administrative positions including Dean of Arts and Sciences and Dean of Trinity College from 1985-1990, Dean of Trinity College and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education from 1990-1997, and Director of Sarah P. Duke Gardens in 1999. The collection contains records related to Richard White's work as an administrator and professor. This includes correspondence, reports, notes, and articles related to curriculum planning, commencement, the Biology Department, Duke faculty and students, course materials, and projects outside of Duke.
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                                    Consumer Reports. Office of the Executive Director records, 1937-1989

                                    9.0 Linear Feet
                                    Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936 as Consumers Union. Collection includes bylaws, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and other printed materials. It includes materials collected and maintained under the names of Executive Assistants including Dan Franklin, Florence Mason and Richard Cross. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence files pertaining to consumer organizations, cooperatives, buying clubs, libraries and trade unions, including Consumers Association of Canada, Consumers Association Ltd. (England), and the International Organization of Consumers' Unions. Topics addressed include consumer protection, education, the cooperative movement, and product safety. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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