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Priya Kambli photographs, 2006-2012

2.0 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Collection consists of forty 17x24 inch color inkjet prints from a body of work titled "Color Falls Down" by artist Priya Kambli, who emigrated from India to the U.S. at the age of eighteen. Sometimes resembling diptychs, the images juxtapose and recontextualize family photographs, personal objects such as clothing, spoons, and earrings, and contemporary self-portraits, exploring themes of migration, cross-cultural understanding, women and family, identity, and memory. This work received the 2018 ADA Collection Award for Women Documentarians. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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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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Legislative Attacks on Outdoor Advertising in New York collection, 1939-1942

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Privately bound compilations, published by Press of Fremont Payne, of conference proceedings, court documents, legislative motions and amendments, pamphlets, reports and other printed materials that relate to activities opposing or regulating billboards and outdoor advertising in New York. Topics addressed include building codes; highway beautification and construction; licensing, permit fees and taxes; railroad crossings; sign design, placement and removal; slum clearance and low-rent housing areas; women's role in anti-billboard activism; World War II wartime planning and activities; and zoning laws. Individuals and organizations represented include Albert S. Bard; American Automobile Association; American Planning and Civic Association; Archibald MacLeish; Henry Hudson Parkway Authority; New York City Planning Commission; New York State government (Assembly, Senate, Supreme Court); and Triborough Bridge Authority. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History and the Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Outdoor Advertising Archives.
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Legislative Attack on Outdoor Advertising, 1939 Box 1

State of New York, Senate and Assembly bills and amendments: Control and regulation of outdoor advertising; Licensing, permit fees, taxes; Marine and Henry Hudson parkway authorities; sign removal near highways; sign square footage taxes; slum clearance and low-rent areas; Triborough Bridge Authority

    Legislative Attack on Outdoor Advertising, 1940 Box 1

    State of New York Senate and Assembly; Supreme Court of Rennsalaer County; New York City Planning Commission. Topics: Business taxes; highway construction; railroad crossings; sign design and placement.

      Adverse Propaganda and Legislative Attack on Outdoor Advertising, 1941 Box 1

      Messages from the Governor; American Planning and Civic Association; Conference on Roadside Improvement; American Automobile Association ("America's Roadsides"; "Roadside Protection"); State Highway Survey Committee reports 1935-1941; zoning.

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        Ann Lovett papers, 1979-2015

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        Ann Lovett is an artist who teaches at the State University of New York at New Paltz. This collection documents her artistic and academic career with a focus on her work in the book arts.
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        1979-1989 Box 1

          1991-1995 Box 2

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            Hannah Mather request to Edward Hutchinson, 1758

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            Hannah Hutchinson married Samuel Mather in 1731; the couple settled in Boston, Mass. She died in 1781 (some sources have the death date 1752) and Samuel died in 1779. Collection comprises a request written by Hannah Hutchinson Matter on 3 April 1858 to Edward Hutchinson, asking him to fulfill the pecuniary bequest made to her by his father and to give the sum (4 pounds) to her son, Samuel Mather, Junior. The back of the request contains Samuel's note, dated 3 May 1858, stating that he received the money.
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              Hannah Mather request to Edward Hutchinson, 1758 0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)

              Hannah Hutchinson married Samuel Mather in 1731; the couple settled in Boston, Mass. She died in 1781 (some sources have the death date 1752) and Samuel died in 1779. Collection comprises a request written by Hannah Hutchinson Matter on 3 April 1858 to Edward Hutchinson, asking him to fulfill the pecuniary bequest made to her by his father and to give the sum (4 pounds) to her son, Samuel Mather, Junior. The back of the request contains Samuel's note, dated 3 May 1858, stating that he received the money.
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                Know-Nothing platform, 1856

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                Collection comprises the 16-point Know-Nothing party platform, "copied from the Know-Nothing newspaper for the special benefit of my honorable colleague, Miss R. In haste, S."
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                  Know-Nothing platform, 1856 0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)

                  Collection comprises the 16-point Know-Nothing party platform, "copied from the Know-Nothing newspaper for the special benefit of my honorable colleague, Miss R. In haste, S."
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                    Joan Little collection, 1973-1975

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                    This collection documents the case of Joan Little, an African-American woman from Eastern North Carolina who was tried for the capital offense of first-degree murder when she killed a jailer who had sexually assaulted her. She was aquitted of this charge, and her story became a flash point for women's rights, prisoner's rights, and the issue of racism in the criminal justice system. The collection contains of materials used by Southern Poverty Law Center counsel and documentary filmmaker Morris Dees, including exhibits for the defense and official court documents. Also included is original poetry written by Little while incarcerated, print media clippings, and an original screenplay, "Free Joann Little."
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                    Metamorphic tobacco trade cards, approximately 1868-1880s

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                    Collection consists of 12 metamorphic tobacco and cigarette cards. Most of the cards were printed by Donaldson Brothers of New York or Calvert Lithography of Detroit. Cards were produced by a number of American tobacco companies, including C.A. Jackson, E.H. Pogue, Duke, and W.T. Blackwell. Images on the cards include advertisements for the tobacco companies and local retailers; caricatures of politicians including Benjamin Butler, Bismarck, George Washington, Samuel Tilden, and U.S. Grant. Cards also feature jingles and poems along with depictions of racial and ethnic stereotypes. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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                    Allen & Co. (New York)--Allen's Jewel, 1880s Box 1

                    Allen's Jewel 5 cts Chew No Other/C. Kelly 228 Market St. Paterson N.J. Jobber in tobacco and segars; A sure Defence against all harm is Allen's Jewel five cent plug; He was a venerable cuss Who never got into a muss. Although he went most every day To Coney Isle or Rockaway. For if a rough would punch his head Showing the plug, this wise man said. "My Christian friend, permit me to Ask you of this to take a chew." The savage breast is straightway soothed The upraised fist forthwith removed The rising storm becomes a calm, The lion has become a lamb. Moral: If you'd not fear an ugly mug, Chew Allen's Jewel five cent plug. Image of two men fighting, then friendly.

                      Appleby & Helme (New York)--Railroad Mills snuff, 1880s Box 1

                      Established 1825 Railroad Mills snuff, The best & cheapest Sold by Dealers everywhere. Manufactured by Appleby & Helme 133 Water St. New York. Railroad Mills Snuff. She was not up to snuff. If this irate old lady could speak, She would say--"How remarkable weak and Nasty's the stuff That they sell for snuff. It's too bad to put into your beak. If this happy young lady could speak, She'd remark, and not stop for a week. "I've got Rail Road Mills! And the bill it quite fills. No better need anyone seek." Donaldson Brothers, Five Points N.Y. Images of unhappy and happy women.

                        C.A. Jackson (Petersburg, Va.)--Jackson's Best, 1880s Box 1

                        Patent applied for. Blue Strip Trade Mark on every Plug/All Sizes Bright and Mahogany Plugs./It is the Finest Sweet Navy Plug ever made./Awarded Highest Prize at Centennial. This unrivaled tobacco for sale by Wm. Goerder Dealer in Groceries, &c. Watertown, Wis.; A melancholy pair they were, With troubles sore oppressed, Until a sign the chanced to see Which said Chew Jackson's Best. And now they are a happy pair With every comfort blessed. Kind reader! Take that sign's advice, Be wise, Chew Jackson's Best. Manufactured by C.A. Jackson & Co., Petersburg, Va. Donaldson Brothers, Five Points N.Y. Image of two unhappy, then happy men.

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                          Norma Taylor Mitchell papers, circa 1930s-2020

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                          Norma Taylor Mitchell was an American History professor at Troy University in Alabama and a lay leader in the United Methodist Church. These materials document her research and teaching career, as well as her church leadership.
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                          The Memory Project Oral History collection | 民间记忆计划口述史, 2009-2016

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                          The Memory Project Oral History collection comprises digital video recordings and written supporting documentation of interviews spanning 2009 to 2016. The interviews were conducted by filmmakers associated with the Work Station, a film studio run by Wu Wenguang in Caochangdi, Beijing, China. Memory Project interviews were conducted with Chinese people about mid-20th century rural life, primarily experiences during the Great Famine (1958-1961), but also the Land Reform and Collectivization (1949-1953), the Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), the Four Cleanups Movement (1964), and the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Wu's studio in suburban Beijing, known as the Work Station, is the home for this project. More than 150 young filmmakers have joined the project, and since 2010 they have visited 246 villages in 20 provinces and interviewed more than 1,100 elderly villagers. These filmmakers, many of whom returned to their families' rural hometowns, developed new intergenerational relationships with elderly relatives. During the process of interviewing the villagers, they reconciled the official history taught in schools with each family's experiences.
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                          Wu Dayu, Wang Shuying, and Yu Shumei | 吴大雨,王淑英&于淑美, 2012 February 06, 2012 February 11

                          Wu Dayu (b. 1924) is a resident of Liudian Village, Madian, Woyang, Anhui Province. Wu recollects that in 1960, some people collapsed on the road and died of hunger. If people worked slowly or stole food, they would get beaten up. For her kids, Wu once walked miles to digged for frozen sweet potatoes. Still, two of her children died of hunger.

                          1. Anhui Province | 安徽省, 2012
                          2. Liudian Village | 亳州市涡阳县马店镇刘店村, 2012

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