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John F. Hogan papers, 1928-1992 and undated, bulk 1949-1972

10 Linear Feet 7,250 Items
John F. Hogan was a sales representative and manager for several transportation advertising companies, from the 1940s to the 1970s, responsible for placing advertisements in and on buses, subways, trains, and transit stations in the northeastern United States, particularly New York and Connecticut. The John F. Hogan Papers span the years 1928-1992, with the bulk of the material dating from 1949 to 1972, and document Hogan's career as an executive in transportation advertising. The collection consists of photographs, contracts, poster samples, print publications and other printed material, and scrapbooks of transit advertising images, clippings, correspondence and memorabilia. Particularly represented in the collection is Hogan's work for the John H. Breck, Inc. hair-care company.
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William Woods Holden papers, 1834-1929 and undated

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William Woods Holden was a journalist and Republican governor of North Carolina during Reconstruction. He was the owner and editor of the North Carolina Standard newspaper from 1843 to 1860, during which time he and the paper were affiliated with the Democratic Party. He was elected governor as a Republican in 1868, but was impeached by the Democratic state legislature in 1870 for his efforts to combat the Ku Klux Klan. Collection consists of correspondence, memoirs, business papers, legal documents, poems, and other papers. Of note are depositions and other evidence gathered by Holden and his supporters of various members of the Ku Klux Klan, documenting their membership and activities during 1869-1870. Also includes Holden family papers, including scrapbooks and account books kept by Holden's wife and daughters.
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Philip Holland family photographs, 1923-1927

4 Linear Feet (4 boxes) 600 Items
Philip Holland lived with his wife, Corabelle Anderson, and their children, Philip (Pito) and Isabelle Holland, in Guatemala City from 1923-1927. Philip Holland worked for the U.S. Consul and served as the U.S. Consul General in Guatemala from 1924-1927. Collection consists of four photo albums with approximately 600 gelatin silver prints assembled and maintained by the Holland family during their years in Guatemala, 1923-1927. Three of the albums contain snapshots from the family's life in Guatemala City and travels in the country. The fourth album contains panoramic photographs of Guatemalan landscapes and cities by Boston photographer Henry J. Thayer. The collection's photographs feature the Holland family, especially their children, and their travels through Guatemala; street and market scenes from various towns and cities in Guatemala; church processions and parades; landscapes with Lake Atitlan and surrounding volcanoes, including Fuego and Agua; Mayan ruins, churches, palaces, and other Guatemalan architecture; local potters firing and selling pottery; railroads, streetcars, steamships, and other methods of transportation; the piers and beaches of San Jose, which apparently served as the port city for Guatemala; and various farms from the United Fruit Company. Geographic areas represented in the collection include Guatemala City, Antigua, Tecpan, Chichichastenango, Lake Atitlan, Solola, Escuintla, Panajachel, Quirigua, and the Quetzaltenango Valley.
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Frederick W. M. Holliday papers, 1846-1899 and undated

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Lawyer, and Governor of Virginia, from Winchester (Frederick Co.), Virginia. Papers contain letters from Holliday while a student at Yale University, 1846; papers relating to the 33rd Virginia Regiment, which Holliday raised and commanded during the Civil War; letters concerning the International Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876, at which Holliday served as a commissioner from Virginia; and letters and papers relating to Holliday's election as governor in 1877; and letters from his term as governor, for the most part dealing with routine political and administrative matters. Also includes printed matter and scrapbooks of clippings and letter books created while Holliday was a student at Yale and at the University of Virginia, 1845-1849, and as governor of Virginia, 1878-1879; and four record books concerning Holliday's legal work.
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William Hollopeter papers, 1869-1930

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William Clarence Hollopeter was born in Muncy, Pennsylvania, and worked as a physician in Philadelphia from 1877-1917. He specialized in pediatrics and hay fever. Collection includes correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed materials, financial materials, and other materials relating to Hollopeter's work as a doctor.
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Clippings, 1876, 1912 Box 1

Mostly related to the death of William Hollopeter's son, Ralph Hollopeter, in 1912.

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    William C. Holgate papers, 1798-1911 and undated bulk 1799-1887

    3 Linear Feet Approx. 1,605 Items
    Railroad investor and land speculator of Defiance, Ohio. Family, business, and legal papers (chiefly 1799-1887) of William C. Holgate, of his father, Curtis Holgate, and of William's daughter, Fannie Holgate Harley. Papers before 1852 relate mostly to legal and business affairs of Holgate and his father, including investments in Ohio land and New York railroads; papers of his daughter begin in 1872 and are concerned with family affairs, but also include references to birth control, abortions, a smallpox epidemic, and the education of women. Includes letters from students at Hamilton College and the University of Vermont in the 1830s; papers relating to land speculation; and material pertaining to the economic development of Defiance, Ohio, and internal improvements and education in Ohio for the period from 1830-1840.
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    Copy of the Lady Holfords will and codicills 1717..., circa 1720

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    Lady Elizabeth Holford was born Elizabeth Lewis around 1650. She first married a merchant called Harbin, whose wealth she inherited. Her second husband was a poor baronet, Sir William Holford, who died before her. Lady Holford died on 3 November 1720, without an heir. Collection comprises a handwritten manuscript copy (70 pages; incomplete, the text ends mid-sentence) of Lady Holford's will and codicils, created around 1720, following her death. In the will, large sums of money are bequeathed to several Oxford colleges, including Christ Church, Pembroke and Worcester Colleges, and Hart Hall, along with Charterhouse School. There are also lesser legacies made to various London charity schools, along with other amounts left to individuals.
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    Copy of the Lady Holfords will and codicills 1717..., circa 1720 1.0 Linear Feet (1 item)

    Lady Elizabeth Holford was born Elizabeth Lewis around 1650. She first married a merchant called Harbin, whose wealth she inherited. Her second husband was a poor baronet, Sir William Holford, who died before her. Lady Holford died on 3 November 1720, without an heir. Collection comprises a handwritten manuscript copy (70 pages; incomplete, the text ends mid-sentence) of Lady Holford's will and codicils, created around 1720, following her death. In the will, large sums of money are bequeathed to several Oxford colleges, including Christ Church, Pembroke and Worcester Colleges, and Hart Hall, along with Charterhouse School. There are also lesser legacies made to various London charity schools, along with other amounts left to individuals.
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      Rachel Hoff zines, 1990-1996

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      Rachel Hoff is an American author and librarian. Her papers contain the original copies of her zine Intelligence Lull that she wrote when she was 15 years old; as well as writings, drawings and correspondence related to this publication.
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      International Monitor Institute records, 1986-2011

      530 Linear Feet 8.3 Gigabytes
      The non-profit agency International Monitor Institute (IMI) operated between 1993 and 2003, primarily to assist international war-crimes tribunals by collecting, indexing and organizing visual evidence of violations of international human rights law. The International Monitor Institute Records span the dates 1986-2006, and primarily comprise audiovisual materials related to IMI's documentation of contemporary conflicts and human rights violations around the world. Countries represented include: Burma (Myanmar), Bosnia and Hercegovina, Cambodia, Kuwait, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Thailand. Includes master and use copies of approximately 6000 videocassettes and 100 audio tapes and audiocassettes. The video and audio material is indexed by an extensive database developed by IMI which includes keywords, air dates, segment producer, segment title, and in some cases, transcripts and stills from the video. There are also many photographs and slides taken in the same regions, depicting destruction in areas of conflict, forced labor, refugees and refugee camps, and protests. The majority of the photos were taken on the Burma/Thai border, in Bosnia and Hercegovina, and refugee camps in Rwanda. Finally, there are extensive organizational records, including an extensive database of the audiovisual components. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive.
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      International Monitor Institute. Middle East videotapes, 1991-2008

      108 Linear Feet 720 Items
      The non-profit agency International Monitor Institute (IMI) operated between 1993 and 2003, primarily to assist international war-crimes tribunals by collecting, indexing and organizing visual evidence of violations of international human rights law. The International Monitor Institute Records, Middle East Videotapes span the dates 1991-2008, and comprise audiovisual materials related to IMI's documentation of contemporary conflicts and human rights violations in the Middle East, including Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon. The collection includes footage regarding the Iranian revolution, the Kurdish genocide in Iraq and refugee populations in Lebanon, chemical warfare, the September 11, 2011 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the war on terror, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Also included is a Department of Air Force Series covering Operation Provide Comfort. Documentaries and news segments make up the bulk of material in this collection; news segments are predominantly from CNN, Frontline, Fox News, and Al Jazeera.
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      Frontline: Saddam's Killing Fields [1992 Mar. 31] Box 328 and 336, Video-cassette ME001

      1. Language: English
      2. Producer: Frontline
      3. Original Credits: Correspondent: Hodding Carter. Frontline Producer: Robin Parmalee
      4. Introduction: Interview of Kanan Makiya by Hodding Carter and his experience in Northern Iraq and his story, scenes of Saddam Hussein, raw footage of invasion of Kuwait. Main Part of tape is the American version/screening of documentary made by Northern Iraq by Gwynne Roberts and Kanan Makiya.
      5. See record ME017 Part 1.
      6. One year after the fateful Kurdish uprising, Frontline charts dissident Iraqi writer Kanan Makiya's secret return to Iraq to investigate rumors of an official extermination program aimed at the Kurds, this is called the Anfal. Makiya travels from town to town, sifting through documents, audiotapes, and video footage kept for years by the Iraqi secret police and captured by the Kurds in the uprising. The records detail the horrifying scale of the Iraqi state's routine surveillance, torture, and murder.
      1. Middle East videotapes, circa 1991-2008

      Frontline: The Gulf War Box 316 and 336, Video-cassette ME002

      1. Language: English
      2. Producer: Co-production by Frontline/BBC
      3. Original Credits: Producer for Frontline: Ben Loeterman. Producer for BBC: Eammon Mathews
      4. Three part documentary that reconstructs the events leading up to the war, the war itself, and its aftermath. First hand accounts from major American players in the war, Generals Schwarzkopf and Powell, President Bush and other world leaders, Brent Scrowcroft, Middle East Advisor Richard Haass, Margaret Thatcher, Gorbachev, Moshe Arens, Iraqi soldiers, many American advisors and policy people, General Calvin Waller, General John Leide, General Buster Glossen, Robert Gates, Bernard Trainor, Tom Ricks (author of The Generals), General Walter Boomer, Waf iq Sammarai, General Chuck Horner, Colonel David Baker.
      1. Middle East videotapes, circa 1991-2008

      ICA Iraqi Civilian Aid - News Reports and Interviews with Dr. Shahristani, 1994 Jan. and Feb. Box 316 and 336, Video-cassette ME003

      1. Language: English/Arabic
      2. Producer: Various
      3. Original Credits: Reporter: Lyse Doucet
      4. Sky News Report, John Cookson reporter, report on the destruction of the Marsh Shiite's ecology by flooding the marshes leading to repression/genocide by Saddam's government, interviews with Dr. Hussein Shahrastani, human rights campaigner, 1994 Jan. 27, 2:15.
      5. BBC News, draining homes of Marsh Shiites, controlled flooding, draining marshes, campaign for the creation of safe havens in the south, campaign to publicize this situation, Lyse Doucet Reporter, 1994 Feb. 1.
      6. Channel 4 News report on altering Marsh environment, refugees from rising water, caused by Iraqi government, Kent Barker reporter, 1994 Feb. 8.
      7. MSC Network, Ismail al-Amin reporter, report in Arabic, interview with Dr. Shahrastani.
      8. Raw footage of flooding in Southern Iraq, 1994 Feb. 1; reports above seem to be taken from this documentation/footage.
      1. Middle East videotapes, circa 1991-2008
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      International Monitor Institute. Rwanda Videotapes and audiotapes, 1992-1999

      4 Linear Feet 8.3 Gigabytes About 335 items 7.04 GB
      The non-profit agency International Monitor Institute (IMI) operated between 1993 and 2003, primarily to assist international war-crimes tribunals by collecting, indexing and organizing visual evidence of violations of international human rights law. The International Monitor Institute Records, Rwanda Videotapes and Audiotapes span the dates 1992-1999, and comprise audiovisual materials related to IMI's documentation of contemporary conflicts and human rights violations in Rwanda. The collection contains videotape segments of news broadcasts as well as documentaries of the Rwandan genocide, including footage of massacre sites and refugee camps, and interviews with both victims and perpetrators of the genocide. The collection also contains audiotapes of broadcasts from Radio Télévision Libres des Milles Collines (RTLM) and Radio Rwanda, classified as incitement to genocide, as well as several recordings produced by Reporters without Borders. The bulk of materials in this collection are audiotapes of RTLM broadcasts.
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      Kirche Ohne Gewissen (A Church Without a Conscience) Box 116, Video-cassette RW001

      • Air Date: 1996 Aug. 15
      • Producer: Koos Barten
      • Original Language: French, Kinyarwanda
      • This report begins with Rwandans being interviewed at a grave site and follows with churches being accused of not showing a strong moral conscience, as well as denying any responsibility. An interview is featured with a Tai Chi professor, showing how he works to instill in the minds of Rwandans the 4 qualities of Tai Chi discipline: softness, humility, realism and patience. A close-up of a classroom follows, where Rwandans are learning self-discipline and self-control. It is believed that had the Rwandans taught self-control, the massacres would not have happened. The program focuses on Tai Chi training as a method to help heal the ills of the society and prevent future killing.
      1. Rwanda Videotapes Series, 1992-1999

      Sky News: Africa Bureau - Kigali Box 116, Video-cassette RW002

      • Air Date: 1996 Aug. 23
      • Producer: Sky News Africa Bureau
      • Original Language: English, Kinyarwanda
      • Evacuation in Kigali: CBS reporter James Forlong reports for Sky New from Kigali, Rwanda about the UN controlled evacuation of the St. Famille orphanage in Kigali in late June, 1994. Based on a list, 200 out of thousands of Tutsis were allowed in the UN trucks, the rest remaining in the control of the Interhamwe, a Hutu paramilitary organization. Investigator: Faria Rekkas.
      • Church Massacre: Church massacre at Ntarma, Rwanda in late June 1994. The report contains images of the aftermath of the massacre and an interview with a member of the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) who claims the killings were the work of the Hutu paramilitary organization Interhamwe. Investigator: Faria Rekkas
      • Kigali Prison: James Forlong reports for Sky News from Kigali, Rwanda about the living conditions in the Kigali prison where both victims and perpetrators are being held. Investigator: Faria Rekkas.
      1. Rwanda Videotapes Series, 1992-1999
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      International Monitor Institute. Burma Videotapes, circa 1990-2002

      12 Linear Feet 287 Items
      The non-profit agency International Monitor Institute (IMI) operated between 1993 and 2003, primarily to assist international war-crimes tribunals by collecting, indexing and organizing visual evidence of violations of international human rights law. The International Monitor Institute Records, Burma Videotapes span the dates 1992-2002, and comprise audiovisual materials related to IMI's documentation of contemporary conflicts and human rights violations in Burma (Myanmar). These audiovisual records largely document the activities, interviews, speeches, press conferences and ceremonies of political figures, especially Aung San Suu Kyi, and document the activities of political and military institutions such figures represent, including the All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF), the National League for Democracy (NLD) and the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC). Records also include extensive network and independent story packages of Burma and footage of human rights conflicts. Topics and footage cover life in Burma under military regime, refugees and refugee camps (especially Karen refugees), political prisoners, survivor stories, forced labor, Japan's role in the refugee situation, and Los Angeles protests against the SLORC and Unocal. These records include copies of approximately 268 video cassettes. The video and audio material is indexed by an extensive database developed by IMI which includes keywords, air dates, segment producer, and segment title. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive. Further organizational material on Burma can be found in the International Monitor Institute Records, also at the Rubenstein Library.
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      Burma Diary Box 291, Video-cassette BU001

      1. Produced by: Bay Area Video Coalition.
      2. Diary: Edited Report by Jeanne Hallacy for Bay Area Video Coalition (English).
      3. This video portrays a general picture of Burma's struggle for democracy and the Junta's human right abuses, and includes interviews with refugees, deserters and soldiers from the student army and an exiled student named Htin Aung.
      4. Behind the peaceful landscape and holiness of the pagodas, we see evidence of the torture of Burmese people. The people's demand for democratic changes in 1988 resulted in thousands of deaths.Thousands of students fled Burma in order to plan a coup against the regime.
      5. In 1992 reporters visited Manawplaw HQ of Karen National Union on the Thai border. The student army, All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF), joined them.
      6. Htin Aung was from a family of 10. His brothers and sisters were scattered and jailed.He could not attend the funerals of either of his parents.
      7. Htin Aung fled Burma with his family and left his little sister behind with villagers and never saw her again.
      8. Chatate's parents were killed by the army. He ran away and ended up joining ABSDF. He said, "I am not scared. I am holding a gun not a stick...."
      9. Kevin, an American living in Manawplaw said, "Nonviolent? After your father was taken as porter and your mother was raped and you were forced to watch? What can you expect?"
      10. In 1994 Htin Aung married San San Aye and had twin daughters. "As long as Burma is not free," he said, "we won't go back.We will stay here. We will fight if not in our generation then my daughters will carry on."
      11. An interview was conducted with two deserters from the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) who talked about abuses to porters.
      12. In January 1995 Manawplaw fell. Htin Aung was in the jungle at the time and his two daughters were hit by malaria.
      13. A reporter in Rangoon met San's parents with Aung San Suu Kyi.
      14. The National League for Democracy's (NLD) stand on ABSDF is as follows: "Unfortunately we can't stop them from taking up arms because we can't guarantee their safety here."
      15. During Christmas 1995, Htin Aungwas in Bangkok. In 1996, he left for Australia where he stayed in the Refugee Processing Camp for a year.
      16. At the end of the interview with one student and Myint Myint San about torture in prison, Htin Aung said: "My country will win finally." The reporter remarked, "The picture records the moment of truth before they are changed."
      1. Burma Videotapes, circa 1990-2002

      BBC: 40 Million Hostages Box 291, Video-cassette BU002

      1. Produced by: BBC
      2. Network: BBC
      3. Report on the struggle for Democracy in Burma and the army's treatment of the Burmese people. Includes footage from various demonstrations that occurred in 1988 and footage of the Burmese army firing on demonstrators; amateur footage of injured or dead protesters being carried away by other protesters; and scenes from the All Burma Student Democratic Front (ABSDF) training camp.
      4. Various interviews with Burmese refugees who have escaped to Thailand and who give accounts of torture, detainment, forced labor, forced portage and arbitrary killings. Documentary also features interviews with Aung San Suu Kyi, Ohn Gyaw (Foreign Affairs Ministry), and Karen refugees.
      5. Report on the National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi and how she came out as the single strongest party to challenge the regime sponsored National Unity party. The National League for Democracy (NLD) won 81% of the total seats in parliament. Ne Win's government arrested and/or intimidated many parliament members and encouraged them to abandon their support for the NLD. Ne Win's government announced an open door trade policy. Thailand, Japan, United Kingdom and USA are trading with Burma and China has supplied arms.
      6. Burmese refugees who have escaped to Thailand: Unidentified male 2: "When we arrived at the monastery and looked back we saw some young women cowering; they fell into the gutter. The government thugs bayoneted these young women and beat them up with batons."; Unidentified female 1: "The soldier ordered my brother to dig his own grave.Then they cut off his arms and then his legs. Then they cut out his tongue and gouged out his eyes. Then they pushed him into the grave and shot him twice through the head and then filled in the pit."; Unidentified male 7: "I was not fed. They asked me if I wanted to eat. I said I did, so they said, 'Here's some food' and they stood on my face until blood came out of my ears.The sergeant asked me if I realized who he was, and I said I didn't. Then they tied me up to a tree and left me there for seven days."
      7. Ohn Gyaw (Foreign Affairs Ministry): "The demonstrators, there were about twenty. But five-hundred-and-twenty-five looters. Of course there are many people on the streets. The shooting scene was only one scene. You can check again, whatever tapes only one scene of the army is shooting in the crowds, thousands would have been killed."
      1. Burma Videotapes, circa 1990-2002

      Asia Works: Three interviews with Aung San Suu Kyi (August '97 and November '96) Box 291, Video-cassette BU003

      1. Produced by: Images Aisa
      2. Interview Episode 1:
      3. In August 1997, Aung San Suu Kyi discussed various economic and political issues taking place in Burma and the National League for Democracy (NLD): "Investment in Burma won't be a success due to instability and inflation. Dialogue is the best possible solution to the problems in Burma." She expressed the NLD's readiness for comprehensive dialogue with the government, not merely a meeting. Although Suu Kyi's movements were restricted and her speeches were not reaching the public,people could get the updates through Radio Free Asia, BBC, VOA or theDemocratic Voice of Burma. Regarding the political stalemate, Suu Kyi said, "Politics is not a drama, it is everyone's life.The regime-sponsored National convention will not bring genuine democracy because their members do not truly represent the people." When generals accused her of being a dictator in NLD, she said generals did not understand democracy.
      4. Interview Episode 2.
      5. November 1996: Burmese citizens do not have the right to file a complaint when they are deprived of political rights by the government. Although the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) signed the United Nations Convention on Child Abuse,they did not prevent children from working in government projects. SLORC must deliver basic family rights before it can go further.(Continue interview in Tape 4)
      1. Burma Videotapes, circa 1990-2002
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      Incarceration Zine collection, 1995-2007 and undated

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      Collection of incarceration and anarchist publications produced by South Chicago ABC Zine Distro. Collection consists of 103 zines and drawings which include works most notably by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Sundiata Acoli, Ashanti Alston Omowali, David Gilbert and his son, Chesa Boudin, Kevin "Rashid" Johnson, Dennis Kyne, Anthony Rayson, Bobby Sands, Sean Swain, and Harold H. Thompson.
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      International Ladies Garment Workers Union records, 1924-1953 and undated

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      Assorted manuals and publications produced by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and its various local unions.
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      Local 22 (Dressmakers), 1940s 2 folders Box 1

      Union pamphlets, booklets; political literature, including American Labor Party

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        Index Iconologicus, circa 1970s-1980s

        21 Linear Feet 15000 Items
        Original index of iconography in early prints and illustrated books developed by Karla, Langedijk, Dept. of Art, Duke University. Collection is microfilmed.
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        Robert A. Hill Collection, 1890-2014

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        The Robert A. Hill Collection covers the period of 1800 to 2014 and documents Hill's research, writing, and publications about Marcus Garvey's life and work and the founding of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), as well as Hill's many other projects. Items in the collection include research material assembled by Hill, writings by and about Garvey, manuscripts, correspondence, printed material, clippings, microfilm, photographs, video and sound recordings, and objects. Series 1-4 contain the production papers of the Marcus Garvey Papers Project: American Volumes (AM), African Volumes (AF), Caribbean Volumes (CA), and Project Administration (PA). Hill's other projects and writings are included in Series 5-6 as Other Works by Robert A. Hill (OW) and Hill Personal (HP). The remaining Series 7-10 consists of Microfilm (MF), Primary Sources (PS), Research (RE), and the unprocessed Jamaica (J). The collection was acquired by the John Hope Franklin Research Center in 2015.
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        Doris Duke audiovisual collection, 1899-2012 and undated

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        Doris Duke was the only child of James Buchanan (J.B.) Duke, a founder of the American Tobacco Company and Duke Energy Company and a benefactor of Duke University, and Nanaline Holt Duke. Although Doris did her best to live a private life, she carried on the Duke family's pattern of philanthropy by contributing to a number of public causes such as the arts, historic preservation, and the environment. Doris Duke died in October 1993 at the age of 80. In her will she left the majority of her estate to the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The Doris Duke Audio Visual Collection was created by combining 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm film reels, vinyl recordings, audiocassettes, and associated manuscript materials relating to Doris Duke's travels, her various estates, and her interests in jazz and gospel music, dance, history, and culture. The collection covers the years 1899 to 2012 and is organized into three series: Moving Images, Audio, and Sheet Music and Index Cards.
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        Somerville Scenes, circa 1919 Digital-materials RL10005-SET-0003, Video-file RL10005-F35-0005_uc.mp4

        Tinted. Roll #5 and #6 of Somerville Scenes. Includes scenes of young Doris Duke feeding swans, in boat, canoe. Scenes around Duke Farms. Man with pony (Princie Shep?) performing tricks. Also includes Doris Duke walking among rose trellis, holding a barrel, walking around, under, in tree and finally sitting on stone with small black dog.Digital use copy is available in the Reading Room

        1. Moving Images, 1899-2012 and undated
        2. Film, 1919-2012
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        Duke University Living History Program records, 1973-2005 and undated

        41 Linear Feet 0.03 Gigabytes
        The Living History Program produces interviews with prominent American and world leaders who have been major participants in significant international or domestic events, or movements of social change. This collection contains videotapes and transcripts of interviews by Duke University faculty members with prominent American leaders, primarily in the area of post-World War II diplomacy.
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        Duke University Oral History Program collection, 1973-1978, 1992 and undated

        10.3 Linear Feet (810 items)

        The Duke University Oral History Program Collection contains approximately 153 oral history interviews recorded to audiocassette by project participants in the years 1973-1978 and 1992. The majority of the oral history interviews deal with the civil rights movement in North Carolina, especially Durham, Chapel Hill, and Greensboro. Additionally, thirteen interviews deal with the Tulsa Race Riots, and fourteen interviews cover miscellaneous North Carolina topics. The collection also includes transcripts and research files related to the civil rights movement in North Carolina.

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        Robin Chandler Lynn Duke papers, [ca. 1930]-2009

        56.2 Linear Feet 81747 Items
        Robin Chandler Lynn Duke held office or was active in a number of organizations including Population Action International, the National Abortion Rights Action League, The Packard Foundation, the Draper World Population Fund, and several major corporations. Married to Ambassador Angier B. Duke. Collection (22100 items, dated 1942-2000) contains items related to Duke's extensive involvement in abortion rights, family planning, and population studies organizations. Series within the collection include correspondence, clippings, writings, publications, miscellaneous, photographs, and subject files. A substantial amount of correspondence from Duke was written to members of the U.S. House and Senate, and was written by Duke in her capacity as National Chair of Population Action International. Books and pamphlets report on population studies, child education, family planning, violence against women, and international education. Organizations represented in the collection include Population Action International, the Draper World Population Fund, Planned Parenthood, NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League), "The Anatomy of Hate" conference, and the National Abortion Federation.
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