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Wanted posters collection, 1914-1988

3 Linear Feet
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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Duke University Archives

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."

Duke University Archives

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 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

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.

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