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Anti-Civil Rights ephemera collection, 1945-1971 and undated

0.2 Linear Feet
Assorted racist flyers, printed materials, and some manuscript ephemera produced by groups, particularly white supremacist and states' rights groups, intent on opposing civil rights legislation and desegregation efforts in the Southern United States.
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Flyers and circulars promoting states' rights or white Southern rights, 1945-1971
Box 1

Includes general states' rights ephemera as well as transcripts of three speeches: "The Brotherhood of Man Racket," by W. H. Amerine; an untitled speech by Hugh Morrow delivered to the Alabama legislature; and "Civil Rights Bill Denies Trial by Jury-Our Greatest Constitutional Right," by John J. Sparkman, reprinted in the Congressional Record in 1957. Some materials are photocopied clippings about Martin Luther King; other document the presence of The Southerners and Ku Klux Klan units.

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Arab political posters collection, 1970s, 2020-2021

6 Linear Feet (50 posters)
Collection of assorted posters in Arabic commemorating revolutionary and political movements in Yemen, Oman, Palestine, Syria, and the Middle East.
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Arabic movie posters, 1957-2008 and undated

1.5 Linear Feet Approx. 50 Items
The Arabic Film Posters collection comprises more than forty color movie posters published between 1957 and 2008 in Egypt. The posters publicize popular film productions by major Egyptian film directors that were shown in Arab countries. Film genres represented are drama, comedy, adventure, historical fiction and war. The information in each entry is transcribed from the poster, and may include actors, producer, title in Arabic and in English, date released or date of poster publication, and country of origin. Title transcriptions and English translations supplied by library staff. A few of the posters are undated and some have not been positively identified. Smaller posters are housed in an oversize box and the larger sizes in two oversize folders; the smaller posters are currently undescribed but are open to access.
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Charles L. Abernethy Sr. papers, 1713-1972, bulk 1907-1959

85 Linear Feet (160 boxes; 2 oversize folders)
Charles L. Abernethy, Sr. (1872-1955) was a Democratic Congressman representing eastern North Carolina from 1922-1935. His professional papers consist chiefly of correspondence and records from his law practice and legal cases, with smaller amounts of writings and speeches, financial papers, printed materials, diaries, and some personal papers, including early deeds. There is also a large group of photographs, photo albums, and clippings scrapbooks chiefly documenting Abernethy's political career. One album from 1907 contains postcards of Beaufort, N.C.; another contains photographs of a three-month Congressional trip to Alaska, 1923, and includes images of President and Mrs. Harding and a diary transcript of the trip. Other items include some papers of his son, Charles Laban Abernethy, Jr., also a lawyer, and a volume of his poetry.
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Archive of Documentary Arts administrative collection, 2000-2021

2 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Exhibit posters and other publicity materials associated with the Archive of Documentary Arts programming at Duke University.
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Asian maps collection, 1771-1945

4.0 Linear Feet (10 items)
The Asian Maps Collection comprises maps of Korea, China, and Japan, dated from 1771-1945. Several of the maps are full color, and include woodblock prints.
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Map of China incident, Shanghai, Jinan, 1936
Box 1

Shows Shanghai city, Truce zone of Shanghai Incident, Japanese resident area, Tsingtao city map, Jinan city map. Published by the Oriental Culture Association.

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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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Cuban Revolution Materials collection, 1952-1964

3.0 Linear Feet
The Cuban Revolution Materials collection comprises assorted printed materials and serials publications regarding the Cuban Revolution of 1959, Fidel Castro's governance, and U.S. foreign policy in Cuba in the 1960s, especially the Bay of Pigs Invasion of April 1961. Committees and Organizations series contains assorted documents including leaflets, position statements, generated by pro-Cuba organizations based in major metropolitan areas, primarily New York City, in 1960 and 1961. Original sources are unknown; the collection was received as a transfer from the Duke University Library pamphlet collection.
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Degeto Weltspiegel 22. Entscheidung auf dem Balkan III. Sprung nach Kreta. [Decision in the Balkans III. Jump to Crete.], 1941 May 31

150 film feet (One flat box containing one film can with one 16mm, b&w, silent film.) 00:03:53 minutes
"Degeto Weltspiegel 22. Entscheidung auf dem Balkan III. Sprung nach Kreta" is a 16mm, black-and-white, silent film documenting the German airborne invasion of Crete in May 1941.
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Egypt postcards collection, 1880s-1930s

0.25 Linear Feet
This collection contains 163 assorted postcards with photographs and mechanically printed images of Egypt, dating from the 1880s through the 1930s.
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