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Contains folders of correspondence, data, and other supporting documents related to Schmidt-Nielsen's research on desert animals in the Sahara between August 1953 and July 1954. The folders are divided into two groups, general information and data, and are arranged alphabetically within the groups. His personal correspondence and journal entries are available in a bound format within the series. The data folders contain experiment results and research notes on camels, donkeys, rodents, and plants.

Includes annual reports from the station manager, engineering manager, public relations manager, business manager, production manager, news editor, and other staff members. Also included are profit and loss statements, correspondence regarding equipment, equipment diagrams, program schedules, and other materials related to the operation of WDBS.

Contains Jock Elliott's appointment books from the years 1961-2004. Arranged chronologically with the exception of the book for 1978, which is located in Box 3.

Appointment books and calendars that fall outside the Appointment Books and Calendars subseries in the Secretary of Commerce series. Calendars include daily schedules of meetings and appointments, as well as a record of her trips.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence that falls outside the Correspondence subseries in the Secretary of Commerce series. The folders with a date title contain various letters regarding departmental announcements, invitations to meetings and dinners, recommendation letters, and the networking of female academics. Of particular interest is the file on the merger of Duke University's Woman's College and Trinity College, which includes many expressions of support or disapproval from alumni and her responses as the Dean of the Woman's College at the time.

Contains appointment books kept by Guest annually from 1951 until 1985 and added to the collection after his death in 1987. Details range from precise hourly schedules of his daily activities and appointments to general notes and thoughts. Guest refered to his appointment books as "diaries." Organized by year.

The Archaeology series contains pamphlets, offprints, extracts, and many illustrated pieces. It is a small group of 233 pamphlets.

Contains correspondence between Silvette and Archibald MacLeish, who addressed Silvette as "Stiletto" in his letters. MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet, playwright, teacher and public official, and served as Librarian of Congress from 1939 to 1944 and as Assistant Secretary of State from 1944 to 1945. Silvette compiled these letters in a volume entitled "The Stiletto Letters."

Contains oversized originals, reproductions, blueprints, drawings, and sketches. Organized by building name.

The first series, Army Air Force Historical Office, contains material Watson collected while serving as the Chief of the Southwest Pacific Branch of the Army Air Force Historical Office. The work of the office was eventually collected in the seven volume series, The Army Air Forces in World War II, edited by Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate. Watson's contributions to the series pertain chiefly to Vols. I and IV. Types of material in this series include general correspondence about the work of the Historical Office, newspaper clippings chronicling daily events, and notes taken from primary wartime documents on Southwest Pacific Air Operations. Major events include Rabaul, Battle of the Bismarck Sea, Philippines campaign, Pearl Harbor, Wau, and Nassau Bay. Strategic topics include bombing techniques, equipment, men and morale, radio and radar, supplies, and allocations. There are also draft chapters of his work, The Fifth Air Force in the Huon Peninsula Campaign. Also included are several reference works such as maps of the Southwest Pacific, a gazetteer of New Guinea, and several works by J.V. Cragg on the Fifth Air Force.

This series includes maps, personal letters from officers and soldiers, and prison papers.

Audiovisual materials include footage captured by Gamble in China, 1926-1933; audiocassettes with commentary on the Gamble photographs; CD-Rs and a DVD-R containing image files used in a 2004 exhibition; later video productions reflecting on Gamble's life and work; and five phonograph records with audio recordings pertaining to folk music and China created circa 1930s-1950s.

Series includes a wide range of materials from Atlas' career as a book artist, including files from her trade edition publication of The Literary Ladies' Guide to the Writing Life and Secret Recipes for the Modern Wife. Other publications include Expect the Unexpected When You're Expecting!, Love and Marriage, The Idea Book, and Hand Jobs. Other material in this series relates to her many exhibits, correspondence, installations, travels, and other artwork and illustrations. Also included are early writings by Atlas from grade school and college. Oversize material is housed in Box 9.

The Asa Spaulding Subgroup is arranged in six general subject series:Correspondence; Writings and Speeches; Organizations; North Carolina Mutual Files; Insurance Files; and Subject Files.In addition, three series whose arrangement was dictated by the physical format of the materials support all of the major subject series: Photographic Materials; Audiovisual Materials; andOversize Materials.

This series contains material related to the July 1970 riots. The riots were sparked by the lack of employment for African Americans due to discrimination and poor living conditions on the west side of Asbury Park, a predominately African American neighborhood. All correspondence in this series is incoming. Series contains letters from supporters of segregation and hate speech. Letters expressing criticism towards the Mattice administration are prevalent. Some of the letters advise Mattice to punish the rioters, while other letters accuse Mattice of not being supportive of the African American community. In contrast, there are letters from concerned citizens fearful of the riots, and letters calling for peace. This series includes clippings and other news coverage from the riots, as well as a small assortment of letters of advice to Mayor Mattice.

Geographic locations represented in this series include Asheville, Brevard, Burnsville, Hendersonville, and Camp Blue Star.

The series contains letters and reminiscences about Duke University by prominent alumni, faculty, staff, administrators, and trustees, which were solicited in order to produce the book "Duke Encounters." The selections include Dr. Walter Campbell's reflections on Richard Nixon's aid to a fellow law student with polio, and author Fred Chappell's reflections on literary life at Duke in the 1950s.

Series contains papers from meetings and panels held by the AAS.