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Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South interviews, photographs, and project records, circa 1864-2011, bulk 1990-2004

87 Linear Feet (122 boxes; 4 oversize folders)
The Behind the Veil: Documenting African-American Life in the Jim Crow South project was undertaken by Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies from 1990-2005. Its goal was to record and preserve African American experiences in the American South from the 1890s to the 1950s. Materials in the Behind the Veil project collection date from about 1864 to 2011, with the bulk dating from the 1990s; earlier dates represent original image content rather than the reproduction date. The collection comprises over 1200 oral history interviews with associated transcripts and administrative files, several thousand historic and contemporary photographs, and project records, which include paper and electronic administrative files and audiovisual recordings. Oral histories were conducted in 19 locations, chiefly in the South; topics represented in these recordings include childhood, religion, education, politics, celebrations and other events, family histories, work histories and military service, and details about segregation and the effects of racism in the South. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African American History and Culture at Duke University.
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J. Walter Thompson Company. Competitive Advertisements, 1955-1997

550.0 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.
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Philip Kapleau papers, 1952-2009 and undated

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Zen Buddhist teacher and author of "The Three Pillars of Zen." Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Kapleau was a chief court reporter for the Nuremberg Trials and also covered the Tokyo War Crimes Trials. While in Japan for the trials, he met and was influenced by D.T. Suzuki and other Zen practitioners, which led him to become a serious student of Zen in Japan. Eventually, he returned to the United States and founded the Rochester Zen Center (New York) in 1966. Most of the papers relate to Kapleau's role as a Zen teacher, to his writings, and to personal concerns such as his health and Parkinson's disease. Some of Kapleau's notes are written in shorthand, and there are some materials in Japanese. The recorded teishos (dharma talks) were mainly recorded during sesshin (retreats) and span 30 years. According to the tape labels, there are various speakers including Kapleau, Toni Packer, and Bodhin Kjolhede (all of whom led the Rochester Zen Center at different times).
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Consumer Reports. Iconographic materials, 1895-2013

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Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. Collection includes: black-and-white and color photographic prints; contact sheets; cartoons and line art; graphic designs; magazine page layout art and designs; posters; slides; and other visual materials. Images depict products and product testing methods photographed for inclusion in Consumer Reports' magazines and other consumer education and protection publications; office, library and testing facilities in Mt. Vernon and Yonkers, N.Y.; staff and Board of Directors members; and corporate events. Posters include Consumer Reports anniversary events; speaking engagements; and post-World War II consumer advocacy messages from organizations in England and India. Cartoonists and illustrators represented include Art Glazer, Bob Bugg, Bob Engelhart, Gary Larson, Joseph Farris, Joseph Mirachi, Marty Norman, Richard Guindon, Roy Doty, and Tom Bloom. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Martha O. Adams papers, 1960-2016

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Martha Olds Adams is an American writer and poet. Her works center primarily on the areas of feminist theology, female spirituality and social justice. The Martha O. Adams papers contain her poetry collections and other writings; correspondence and ephemera related to her publications, workshops and speaking engagements, as well as documentation of her research and activist work.
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Martha O. Adams papers, 1960-2016 16 Linear Feet

She has written three poetry collections including: Buried Seed (2015), What Your Heart Needs to Know (2008) and Peeling the Rind (2000).
Martha Olds Adams is an American writer and poet. Her works center primarily on the areas of feminist theology, female spirituality and social justice. The Martha O. Adams papers contain her poetry collections and other writings; correspondence and ephemera related to her publications, workshops and speaking engagements, as well as documentation of her research and activist work.
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    Committee on International Studies records, 1962-1978, bulk 1964-1977

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    Established under a large Ford Foundation grant in 1964, the Committee on International Studies oversaw the distribution of the grant money and other sources of income to various departmental and area programs having to do with international scholarship. Spanning from 1962 to 1978, the records contain details of the committee and various subcommittee's activities during that time.
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    Committee on International Studies records, 1962-1978, bulk 1964-1977 5.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

    Funding and interest shifted, but many of the programs and courses established with the seed money from the Ford Foundation and others became permanent parts of the Duke curriculum and remain active to this day.
    Established under a large Ford Foundation grant in 1964, the Committee on International Studies oversaw the distribution of the grant money and other sources of income to various departmental and area programs having to do with international scholarship. Spanning from 1962 to 1978, the records contain details of the committee and various subcommittee's activities during that time.
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      W. Eugene Smith Reference CD collection, 1946-1971

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      The W. Eugene Smith Reference Reference CD Collection includes 5,087 compact discs containing audio originally recorded to quarter-inch open reel tape by photographer W. Eugene Smith. Smith recorded the bulk of the 1,740 reels represented in this collection between 1957 and 1971, while living in the "Jazz Loft" at 821 Sixth Avenue in New York City. The original tapes are housed in the W. Eugene Smith Collection at the University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography.
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      Reel 0519, 1963 February

      Note 1: "Truman Capote's "The Grass Harp" Lillan Gish and … Feb 1963: News - Fall of Canadian Gov. over American war heads. 4th track: Starting 1/2 way in - Last Scenes from "Dragon seed Pearl Buck …"; Note 2: CDI 1. NBC Kraft Television Theater, Juan Valdez coffee ad and tv drama mid scene 2. cont'd -8.

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

      1. Recordings, 1946-1971

      Reel 1321, 1965 March 14

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

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

      1. Recordings, 1946-1971

      Reel 0573, undated

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

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

      1. Recordings, 1946-1971
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      Mary Rudge Share the Seed typescript, 1969-1979

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      Mary Rudge was a peace activist and poet. Collection comprises an unpublished typescript Share the Seed: A Farmworkers Anthology, containing a compilation of voices of the Farmworkers Movement, edited by Mary Rudge, dated 1979. There are at least one hundred items, including narratives and interviews, poems, songs, documents, sketches, and photocopied photographs, focusing on farmworkers in California, as well as elsewhere in the United States. The text features corrections and emendations. Signed by Rudge at the end of her foreword to the volume. Velobound in brown vinyl covers. Several pages missed the binding and are thus laid in. Also laid in are several ephemeral pieces from the farmworkers movement.
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      Mary Rudge Share the Seed typescript, 1969-1979 1 Linear Feet (6 items)


      Mary Rudge Share the Seed typescript, 1969-1979
      Collection comprises an unpublished typescript Share the Seed: A Farmworkers Anthology, containing a compilation of voices of the Farmworkers Movement, edited by Mary Rudge, dated 1979.
      The Mary Rudge Share the Seed Typescript was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2016.
      Mary Rudge was a peace activist and poet. Collection comprises an unpublished typescript Share the Seed: A Farmworkers Anthology, containing a compilation of voices of the Farmworkers Movement, edited by Mary Rudge, dated 1979. There are at least one hundred items, including narratives and interviews, poems, songs, documents, sketches, and photocopied photographs, focusing on farmworkers in California, as well as elsewhere in the United States. The text features corrections and emendations. Signed by Rudge at the end of her foreword to the volume. Velobound in brown vinyl covers. Several pages missed the binding and are thus laid in. Also laid in are several ephemeral pieces from the farmworkers movement.

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        Mary Rudge Share the Seed typescript, 1969-1979
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          Jim Dow photographs, 1966-2025

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          Jim Dow (1942- ) is an American photographer and educator based in Massachusetts. The core of the collection consists of over 1900 single-image photographs, 232 multi-image panoramic prints, and approximately 2300 film negatives, representing black-and-white and color images taken by Dow from 1966 to 2023. It also includes raw and adjusted digital image files that Dow created from his photographic negatives. Subjects include: U.S. vernacular culture and landscapes, including roadside architecture, courthouses and jails, and small business interiors; eateries, including diners, bars, drive-in restaurants, and food trucks; stadiums and athletic fields around the world; and interiors and exteriors of private clubs, libraries, and churches and museums in cities around the world. Photographs often include cultural expressions such as advertising, murals, bar decor, and graffiti. Dow's U.S. work focuses mainly on New England, the South, and the West, with a single-state project on North Dakota. Other images were taken by Dow in Argentina, Canada, England, Mexico, Portugal, Scotland, and Uruguay, with a few images from Wales. Also included is a series of commissioned work. Dow's professional papers comprise teaching slides, course readers, syllabi, and digital files, as well as art gallery ephemera. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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          Robert L. Lawrence papers, 1950-2005

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          Robert L. Lawrence (1919-2004) was an American film and television producer during the second half of the twentieth century. He was primarily based in New York City with offices and studios in Hollywood, Toronto, and Paris. Collection includes correspondence, memos, press releases, newspaper and magazine clippings, legal agreements, financial documents and statements, scripts, production documentation, audiovisual material (audio and film reels, videocassettes), black-and-white and color photographs and slides, and other materials that document Lawrence's career as a producer in the American, Canadian, and international motion picture and television industries. Papers include Lawrence's work on documentaries, newsreels, commercials, animated films, and domestic and international motion films. Included are materials related to Lawrence's direct marketing concept called Cable Catalogue and his foray into the food industry with La Vie Products, Inc., a company created for the manufacture and distribution of sourdough bread and other foodstuff. Collection documents Lawrence's education at the United States Military Academy at West Point and military service in the Fifth Army during World War II, as well as his service to the Directors Guild of America as chair of several committees, West Point Assembly of Graduates, and West Point Society of New York. Companies and individuals represented include RKO Pathé (a division of RKO Pictures), Jerry Fairbanks Productions, National Association of Investment Companies, Marvel, Stan Lee, Jim Henson, and Frederick, I. Ordway. Advertising agencies represented include D'Arcy Advertising Company, Foote, Cone & Belding, Inc, Campbell-Ewald, Young & Rubicam, Batton, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc. Other companies represented include General Electric, RCA Records, General Motors, General Foods Corporation, Colgate-Palmolive-Peat, Noxzema, Revlon, Inc. and Clairol. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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