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George Coke Dromgoole papers, 1767-1974

8 Linear Feet 4564 Items
Planter, state legislator, and U.S. Representative, from Lawrenceville (Brunswick Co.), Va. Papers of G. C. Dromgoole, son Edward Dromgoole, and other members of the Dromgoole family, including the papers of Richard B. Robinson, George's nephew by marriage. George's papers concern family, business, and political matters and include a large number of letters dealing with plantation work and the management of slaves; items on the Democratic Party before the Civil War; and letters from Edward when he was a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Richard B. Robinson's papers include correspondence, business papers, and a daybook. Edward Dromgooles papers deal largely with legal and business matters and contain plantation records, accounts of cotton sales, and letters from tenants after the Civil War, and from a student at the Virginia Military Institute in the 1870s. The collection also includes Brunswick County, Va., legal records, including justice of the peace, county, and Circuit Court minutes, orders, summonses, warrants, and depositions. There are volumes, including daybooks, plantation books, an account book for the estate of Thomas Dromgoole, and a description of Edward Dromgoole's home and family genealogy.
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Ben E. Douglas, Sr. papers, 1935-1981 and undated, bulk 1953-1980

3.5 Linear Feet 817 Items
Ben E. Douglas, Sr. (1895-1981) was a politician, developer, and mayor of Charlotte, N.C. from 1935-1941. Collection contains three folders of correspondence with friends, family, business associates, and political figures; clippings; a small amount of printed material; addresses and writings; and over 100 photographs, including 22 autographed photographs of such notables as Gen. John Pershing, Eddie Rickenbacker, Gov. Luther Hodges, Eddie Cantor, and Gene Autry. There is relatively little material relating to Douglas' service as mayor, however, there are some items that refer to his failed Congressional campaign of 1956. Also included are three scrapbooks showing the development of N.C. during the period from 1953-955, when Douglas was Director of the N.C. Dept. of Conservation and Development, nine volumes of Douglas Airport studies and plans, and three boxes of papers relating to his work on the Airport Advisory Committee, including meeting minutes, letters, memos, clippings, reports, and airport plans.
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D.P. Brother. Oldsmobile advertising proofs, 1938

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Advertising agency founded in 1934 in Detroit, Michigan. Collection consists of Oldsmobile (General Motors) proof pages removed from an agency binder. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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D.P. Brother. Oldsmobile advertising proofs, 1938 2.0 Linear Feet

Advertising agency founded in 1934 in Detroit, Michigan. Collection consists of Oldsmobile (General Motors) proof pages removed from an agency binder. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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    Angier Biddle Duke papers, circa 1920s-1995, bulk 1950-1995

    94 Linear Feet (96 boxes.) 1.8 Gigabytes
    Angier Biddle Duke (1915-1995) was the oldest son of Angier Buchanan and Cordelia Drexel Biddle Duke and an American diplomat who served the Kennedy, Johnson, and Carter administrations. This collection primarily documents his professional life and philanthopy through his correspondence, diaries and appointment books, diplomatic papers, subject files, clippings and printed material, scrapbooks and photographs, and audio and video recordings.
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    Biographical, 1923-crica 1980s, bulk 1970s-1980s

    Primarily biographical sketches and articles on Angier Biddle Duke, a few military records on him, "in memoriam" booklets for his first wife and father, and genealogical material and other information on the Duke, Semans, Drexel, and Biddle families (including some photocopies of early Duke family photographs). Also contains a group photograph of Semans and Trent family members.

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      W. Duke, Sons & Co. records and advertising materials, 1876-1953

      6.5 Linear Feet 4000 Items
      W. Duke, Sons & Co. was a tobacco manufacturer founded by Washington Duke in 1881. His son, James B. Duke, later became president of the American Tobacco Company. Collection comprises a volume containing meeting minutes for shareholders and the Board of Directors, 1885-1891, along with a volume of company costs and expenses, 1909-1953. There are also advertising materials dated 1876-1904, including trading cards, albums, and other advertising collectibles from the W. Duke Sons & Co., Liggett & Myers, American Tobacco, and other tobacco companies.
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      Doris Duke Memorabilia collection, 1898-2011 and undated

      28 Linear Feet 2,400 Items
      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. Inheriting a bulk of her father's estate in 1925, which included Duke Farms in New Jersey, Rough Point in Newport, R.I., and a mansion in New York City, Doris was soon dubbed by the press as "the richest girl in the world." 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 Memorabilia Collection contains personal artifacts belonging to Doris Duke. The artifacts widely vary, yet tend to reflect what was important to Miss Duke including travel, philanthropy, growing orchids, and music. Of particular interest are those items from Doris Duke's childhood including scrapbooks, yearbooks, and homework assignments.
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      Doris Duke Oral History collection, 1998-2009

      8.7 Linear Feet (17 boxes)
      The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation was established in 1996 to manage the considerable charitable bequests made by philanthropist Doris Duke (1912-1993) in her will, as well as to manage her Duke Farms (Somerville, New Jersey), Shangri La (Honolulu, Hawaii), and Rough Point (Newport, Rhode Island) properties. This collection consists of 35 oral histories (1998-2009) given by the staff of these properties and the Newport Restoration Foundation, and includes testimonies of personal friends of Duke.
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      Literacy Through Photography records, 1990-2009

      4.8 Linear Feet 2800 Items

      The Duke University Center for Documentary Studies Literacy Through Photography Records comprise negatives, contact sheets, and written work (generally handwritten or printed observations, comments, stories, poems, drawings) documenting school children’s views of their community, Durham, NC. The materials would be useful to those interested in visual culture, the psychogeography of children, and Durham history, society and living environment, as well as those interested in pedagogy and developing an arts-based curriculum in public schools. The units collected and organized in the Records are LTP class projects, sorted first by format, then chronologically.

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      Alice Morse Earle letters, 1896-1899

      0.1 Linear Feet (3 items)
      Alice Morse Earle (1851-1911) was an American historian and author from Worcester, Massacusetts. Collection comprises two letters written by Earle, along with an unrelated cover addressed to her.
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        Alice Morse Earle letters, 1896-1899 0.1 Linear Feet (3 items)

        Alice Morse Earle (1851-1911) was an American historian and author from Worcester, Massacusetts. Collection comprises two letters written by Earle, along with an unrelated cover addressed to her.
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          Dykes family papers, 1942-1945

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          The Dykes were an African American family residing in Akron, Ohio, in 1940. Collection comprises 69 items, primarily family correspondence between Lawyer and Hattie Dykes by their brothers, Leo Dykes and Benjamin J. Peavy, from their military posts during World War II. Subjects common to both sets of letters include the weather, often hotter than both men are accustomed to in Ohio; pay and the recognition of the stability it affords; leave and plans for it; entertainment offered at the base; each man's war fatigue; and family news and greetings. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
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          Leah Dyjak photographs, 2014-2018

          1.0 Linear Feet (1 box)
          Collection comprises twenty-five 16x20 inch color inkjet prints from a body of work titled "New Beach" by artist Leah Dyjak. The images, taken by Dyjak on the Atlantic coast, show ocean and sand encroaching on and destroying human-made barriers and boundaries - roads, jetties, and groins - with people looking on, stretching out, and strolling the beaches, evoking the nature of human existence at the liminal boundaries of water and land. This work received the 2018 ADA Collection Award for Documentarians of Environmental Change. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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          Eclipse Enterprises trading cards collection, 1989-1993

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          Complete group of ten trading card sets on social and political topics created by California company Eclipse Enterprises, dating 1989-1993.
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          AIDS Awareness Trading Cards, 1993 Box 1

          Text: Perry Gaskill, William Livingstone, Catherine Yronwode, Althaea Yronwode. Illustrations: Greg Loudon, Charles Hiscock. Includes a sample package with condom.

            Bush League Trading Cards, 1989 Box 1

            Editor: Catherine Yronwode. Writer: Paul Brancato. Art: Salim Yaqub.

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              Crystal Eastman letters collection, 1896-1928 and undated

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              A collection of letters to Eastman from civil engineer Charles Sloane; journalist and social reformer Paul Underwood Kellogg; drama critic Clayton Meeker Hamilton; Eastman's secondary school friend Ida Langdon; an unidentified friend, Summer Robinson, and various other people (including Eastman's sister, Dorothy). Includes a folder of poetry and literature sent to Eastman by unidentified correspondents. There are no letters by Eastman in the collection.
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              Charles Sloane letters, 1909 Box 1-2

              Charles Sloane was a civil engineer based in Colorado, Utah, and California. Topics of his letters include their long-distance relationship and his love for Eastman, marriage, his study of Eastern philosophy, equality between the sexes, and their possible meeting. He describes his work, graft in his profession, his sale and purchase of stock in various companies, and the western scenes he encounters.

                Paul Kellogg letters, 1906 and undated Box 3

                Paul Underwood Kellogg was an American journalist and social reformer. Topics of the letters include descriptions of his life outdoors and his vacations, and his relationship with and love for Eastman.

                  Clayton Hamilton letters, 1904-1905 Box 4

                  Clayton Meeker Hamilton was an American drama critic. Topics of the letters include his friendship with Eastman, his writing and theater work, her career plans, and his travel.

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                    Economic Science Association records, 1984-2015

                    1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
                    The Economic Science Association is a professional organization devoted to economics as an observable science, using controlled experiments to learn about economic behavior. The collection consists of founding documents and bylaws of the ESA, as well membership lists, some business and conference meeting materials, and some files relating to the operation of Experimental Economics , the journal of the organization.
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                    Durham Theatre Guild records, 1946-1994

                    12 Linear Feet 8500 Items
                    Community theatre of Durham County, North Carolina. Established in 1947 and disbanded in 1994. The collection includes account books; tax and insurance records; board meeting minutes (dating from 1946-1994); scrapbooks and scrapbook files, arranged alphabetically (dating from 1950-1994); posters and handbills of the Durham Theatre Guild; audio and videocassettes; news clippings and photographs; and various ephemera, including buttons and t-shirts (dating from 1950-1993).
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                    Easter Bunny department store campaigns album, 1946-1949

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                    Collection includes campaign case study and strategy summaries, clippings, photographs and other printed materials that document retail department store holiday campaigns featuring the Easter Bunny in the late 1940s. Sponsoring companies include Davison-Paxon (Atlanta, Ga.), G. Fox & Co. (Hartford, Conn.), Genung's (Yonkers, N.Y.), Golden Rule (St. Paul, Minn.), Porteus Mitchell (Portland, Me.), and Whitney's (Albany, N.Y.). Photographs depict the Easter Bunny in portrait poses, sitting with children, arriving at events, and depictions in store show windows and displays. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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                    J. Walter Thompson Company. Legal Department microfilmed entertainment contracts, 1924-1957

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                    Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. It is headquartered in New York. The JWT Legal Department microfilmed entertainment contracts include contracts for appearances on radio and television broadcasts; correspondence; folios (typically collections of documents relating to an actor's career, or casting for a broadcast program); letters of terms; notices of cancellations of contracts; photographs; talent releases and other printed documents. Talent featured in the sponsored programming include journalists, motion picture actors, musicians, politicians (such as Wendell Willkie), sports announcers, vaudeville blackface and dance performers, writers and other celebrities. Talent-based and variety shows drew from American and international performers, including African Americans and women. Sponsoring firms include Ballantine, Elgin, Ford, General Cigar, Kodak, Kraft, Lever Brothers, Lorillard, Nash Motors, Nestle, Owens-Illinois, RCA, Seven-Up, Shell, Standard Brands, Swift, Textron, Ward Baking and Wrigley. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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                    Duplex Advertising Company. Billboard Images and records, circa 1964-1993 and undated

                    7.5 Linear Feet 5300 Items

                    The Duplex Advertising Company. Billboard Images and Records spans the period 1964-1993 and documents the outdoor advertising work of this company in the central Texas area, primarily through photographs, negatives and slides of billboards. Many of the images are in color. A large number of the images are of national campaigns advertised in central Texas, as well as billboards, signs and posters of local Texas business services. In addition, a handful of articles written by R. V. Miller, Jr. for a number of publications, as well as other printed material and miscellaneous items from the Duplex Advertising Company, are present. Some of these articles, along with the images themselves, provide examples of commercial art and design in the outdoor advertising arena. The collection includes outdoor advertising images from national clients such as Kentucky Fried Chicken, Chevrolet, Coca Cola, Coors, Wendy's, Hardee's, and Taco Bell, and Texas clients such as Lone Star and Pearl beers.

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                    Durham Chamber of Commerce records, circa 1910-1981

                    4 Linear Feet 150 Items
                    The Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce serves the needs of businesses, non-profits, and government agencies of all sizes by helping to create and sustain a healthy economic climate. The collection largely contains photographs of Durham businesses, homes, schools, places of worship, and individuals. It also includes two bound volumes of meeting minutes, by-laws, and correspondence which date from 1915-1923 as well as material sent to members, such as newsletters.
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                    Durham County (N.C.) papers, 1868-1996

                    12.5 Linear Feet (25 flat boxes)
                    Durham County is located in the northeast central North Carolina; it was established in 1881 from lands in Wake and Orange counties. The city of Durham was incorporated in 1866 and then again in 1869. Collection was assembled by library staff, and is arranged in rough chronological order beginning in 1868. Within the chronology, decades are broken down by subject. Formats include correspondence, deeds, leaflets, articles, events programs, booklets, maps, pamphlets, and some photographs. Subjects include: activism, performing arts, business, churches, clubs, courts, education, libraries, historic sites and landmarks, parades, city and county politics, public works, publications, real estate, senior citizens, utilities, Watts Hospital, women's clubs and women's history, preservation of Eno River lands, and the YMCA/YWCA. Materials relating to African Americans in Durham County are found throughout.
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                    General, 1900s-1910s Box 1

                    Item of note: photocopied article from The Southern Workman, titled "Art in Negro homes," 1901 [?] by Jerome Dowd, professor of Sociology at Trinity College. It describes an 1898 project by three student at Trinity, and lists in great detail architecture, yards, and the specific kinds of furnishings, books, photographs, and artwork found in homes of African Americans in the Hayti neighborhood of Durham, N.C.

                    1. Durham County (N.C.) papers, 1868-1996

                    Business, 1900s-1910s Box 1

                    Items of interest include: Durham Chamber of Commerce 30th anniversary publication about Durham, 1906; original receipts and letterheads from Durham businesses; and photograph (reproduction) belonging to Mrs. Luther C. Oldham of one of the first class of trained nurses in the state, seated and standing on the steps of the Wilson Sanatorium where they trained, circa 1906 (names of nurses are included).

                    1. Durham County (N.C.) papers, 1868-1996

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