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LGBTQ ephemera collection, 1964-2010s

1.5 Linear Feet
The LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) Ephemera Collection consists of pamphlets, flyers, t-shirts, and other items that document the activism, celebration, education, harassment, survival, and daily life of the LGBTQ community in the United States. Also included are materials related to AIDS awareness, activism, and prevention. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Duke University Archives

Doris Duke papers on the Shangri La residence, 1932-2003

16.8 Linear Feet approx. 10,680 Items
Traveling through many Muslim countries and parts of India during her honeymoon, Doris Duke was fascinated by Islamic cultural traditions, art and architecture. A visit to the Taj Mahal inspired Duke to eventually commission plans for the house she built in Hawaii. Duke engaged the architectural firm of Wyeth and King to design her Hawaiian home, and architects Marion Sims Wyeth and H. Drewry Baker worked closely with Duke to design the home, with Duke providing sketches and photographs of buildings and architectural details she had seen during her travels. Throughout her life, Doris Duke enthusiastically designed and redesigned her home and gardens, and in 1965 made a codicil in her will directing her executors to organize a foundation to manage and maintain Shangri La for the study and understanding of Middle Eastern art and culture. The collection tells the story of Shangri La, the most intimate of Doris Duke's residences. While the collection spans the years 1932 to 2003, the materials primarily begin in 1936, with correspondence relating to early discussions of architects to design Shangri La in what was then the U.S. Territory of Hawaii, and end in the mid to late 1990s with materials related to the handling of the Estate of Doris Duke after her death in 1993. The materials primarily detail the design, construction, decoration, and furnishing of Shangri La and the routine business matters of its daily operation.
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Third Wave Foundation records, 1992-2017

3.5 Linear Feet 6.9 Gigabytes
Feminist activist organization that works nationally to support young women and transgender youth. Collection includes administrative files, fundraising materials, grant partner information, photographs, clippings, and conference materials in physical and digital formats. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Vice President for Student Affairs records, 1923-2019

103 Linear Feet 15.7 Gigabytes
The Vice President of Student Affairs oversees the Division of Student Affairs and is involved in all aspects of student life at Duke University. The first Dean of Student Affairs was Herbert Herring, who held the position in the 1950s. William J. Griffith was Dean of Student Affairs, later to be known as Vice President of Student Affairs, from 1963-1991. The Vice President for Student Affairs records include correspondence, reports, memorandums, and other materials related to the operations of the Division of Student Affairs and cover such topics as student organizations, student housing, student government, student activities, administrative planning around student facilities and resources, and many other subjects.
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Office of University Development records, 1896-2024

58 Linear Feet 1 Gigabytes
The Office of University Development is responsible for fund-raising programs in the areas of annual gifts, capital gifts, and program support. This collection contains correspondence, printed promotional materials, speeches, annual reports, and records related to fundraising. The collection also consists of a small number of photographs, questionnaires, and gift records.
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Center for Multicultural Affairs records, 1968-2025

23 Linear Feet
The Center for Multicultural Affairs began as the Office of Black Affairs in 1969 to address the needs of the African American student population at Duke University. As the Center for Multicultural Affairs, the department's mission is to foster a welcoming environment, support all students in becoming engaged members of the Duke community, and to promote community engagement. The collection contains a variety of administrative materials, including reports, correspondence, minutes and programs, documenting the directives and activities of the Office of Black Affairs, the Office of Minority Affairs, the Office of Intercultural Affairs, and the Center for Multicultural Affairs. Also included are materials pertaining to the Summer Transitional Program, which was established in 1969 and managed by the Office of Minority Affairs.
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Jimmy Creech papers, 1972-2014 and undated

16.8 Linear Feet 16 Megabytes
James (Jimmy) Edward Creech (1944-) is a former United Methodist minister and activist. He was an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church from 1970 to 1999, serving as a minister in North Carolina and Omaha, Nebraska, and as the North Carolina Council of Churches' liaison with the North Carolina General Assembly. In 1999, The United Methodist Church revoked his credentials of ordination following two church trials for conducting covenant ceremonies for two same-sex couples in 1997 and 1999. Collection includes printed material, documentation of the church trials, and Creech's sermons and writings, including the original unedited manuscript of his memoir, Adam's Gift, initially entitled, The Church on Trial.
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Beth El Synagogue records, 1881-2012 and undated

15 Linear Feet 4.68 Gigabytes
Beth El Synagogue is a Jewish congregation in Durham, N.C. The collection consists of organizational records for Beth El Synagogue including records related to the synagogue's governance, general membership, the Beth El Sisterhood, the Beth El Preschool, synagogue buildings, and other topics. Materials include committee reports; financial reports; correspondence; printed material, including Books of Life, programs from services, newsletters, and other publications about Jewish history; documentation about the operations of Beth-El Preschool; legal papers; financial papers; photographs of the synagogue, congregation, and programs; and subject files documenting changes in the synagogue's constitutions, construction of new synagogue buildings in 1921 and 1957, dedication services, and the careers of rabbis.
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Lois Stifel collection of tobacco ephemera, 1880-2019 and undated

12.0 Linear Feet
Collection includes print advertisements, accessories and merchandise catalogs, collector newsletters, direct mailings, cigarette and tobacco labels and packaging, point of sale displays, sheet music, memorabilia and collectibles, tobacco tins, smoking and smoking cessation paraphernalia, juvenile and adult literature, research reports and articles on smoking and health and other printed materials, along with audio and video cassettes and optical discs. Materials primarily relate to smoking, tobacco use and prevention in the United States but some international examples are also present. Materials also relate to the tobacco industry in North Carolina. Companies represented include Alfred Dunhill, American Cancer Society, American Legacy Foundation, American Lung Association, American Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson, Liggett & Myers, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Tobacco Institute, U.S. Surgeon General and Zippo. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Consumer Reports Archives records, 1924-2015 and undated

15.0 Linear Feet
Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. The Consumer Reports Archive was first established in 1972 as the Center for the Study of Consumer Movements. Collection includes correspondence, forms, photographs, policy and procedure statements and other printed materials that pertain to the operation support activities of the Consumer Union Archives. Included are files relating to archival administration and records management for the organization, reference requests and reference files relating to exhibit planning, Consumers Union and consumer movement history, and photocopied materials for individual research requests on various subjects. Organization resources include staff biographies; collection finding aids, indexes, and inventories; card and microfiche files. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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W. Eugene Smith Reference CD collection, 1946-1971

50 Linear Feet
The W. Eugene Smith Reference Reference CD Collection includes 5,087 compact discs containing audio originally recorded to quarter-inch open reel tape by photographer W. Eugene Smith. Smith recorded the bulk of the 1,740 reels represented in this collection between 1957 and 1971, while living in the "Jazz Loft" at 821 Sixth Avenue in New York City. The original tapes are housed in the W. Eugene Smith Collection at the University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography.
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Reel 0006, undated

Note 1: Zoot Simms & Fred Greenwell - Tenor, Ronny Free - drums, Bill Takas - bass, Dave McKenna - piano; Hotdogs mentioned in part of conversation - Zoot and Dave; good music and good recording; It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't got that Swing), Preacher, Deep Purple, Tico Tico, (Blues) (overlaps with reel 15). Crazy Otto record discussed with sarcastic commentary by Brookmeyer. Ray Charles record (I/4) Kitchen in apartment. Bill Evans and Horace Silver discussed. (II) Ends with a delegation headed to a bar.

  1. Recordings, 1946-1971

Reel 0009, undated

Note 1: Lee Konitz. Pepper Adams, Freddie Greenwell, Zoot Simms, Ronnie Free. Smith labeled cd not for release due to Konitz's presence(?). Two informal songs with some talking before better played song with talking of non-musicians in background. Some tape garbled at very end.

  1. Recordings, 1946-1971

Reel 0018, undated

Note 1: Overlaps with reel 17 starting on II/2 ("something in the piano"). At Dave Young's and featuring players from the following group: Warne Marsh, Zoot Sims, Pepper Adams, Ronnie Free, Peter Ind, Bob Brookmeyer, Lin Haliday, Bill Takas Bass, Dick Scott. These players referenced by name or voice: Zoot, Brookmeyer, Halliday, McKenna (Pepper Adams identified by sax sound) I/1and 2 lots of talk "Anybody got any...whiskey?" "You'll have to go upstairs." on I/2 Zoot Sims "play some minor blues with the bridge and then some major blues." I/3 great tune, humming and loud horn interjection. II/1 begins with weird tape sound into cacophonic passages of jazz then talk repeats from overlapping cd. something in piano, tuning joke with glass, "ain't nobody in the world got a cap like that", microphones, spectators on II/4

  1. Recordings, 1946-1971
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Beth York papers, 1968-2022

6.5 Linear Feet
Musician and academic music therapist. Collection includes manuscripts, sound recordings, and photographs from York's music career, with materials from her participation at the 1986 International Music Festival; press kits with photographs and reviews of her music; contracts and agreements from Ladyslipper Inc.; and materials relating to her album Transformations, released in 1985. Also includes materials documenting academic career including research, teaching, publishing, and grant administration.
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Carolina Justice Policy Center records, 1936, 1948, 1952-2017, bulk 1970-2017

140 Linear Feet (277 boxes; 1 oversize folder) 37.24 Megabytes (1 DVD, 1 audio track)
The Carolina Justice Policy Center (CJPC) was a nonprofit organization founded in 1975 under the name Prison and Jail Project in Durham, North Carolina, whose primary mission was criminal justice reform in North Carolina. The collection comprises CJPC's office files and records documenting its staff and activities over the span of four decades, as well as the work of other local, regional, and national organizations. The records include correspondence, including exchanges with inmates and attorneys; meeting agendas and minutes; operational files; court records and case files; research files; books, articles, reports, and clippings; some photographs; a few born-digital items; and analog audio recordings, films, and videos. Includes a group of materials on Velma Barfield, executed in 1984. Topics include criminal justice and sentencing reform; the death penalty; prison conditions and construction; juveniles and women in the court and prison systems; prison-related statistics; alternatives to incarceration; racial justice; violence prevention; and rehabilitative programs. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive at Duke University.
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Duke University Archives

Woman's College records, 1928-1974

60.4 Linear Feet (42,305 items)
The Woman's College was established at Duke University in 1930, as a coordinate to Trinity College for men. As a coordinate college within Duke University, the Woman's College fostered a community that allowed for shared university faculty, curriculum, and educational facilities, while giving women an opportunity for leadership through their separate student government, social standards committees, and judicial board. It was merged with Trinity College in 1972. The collection includes university administrative records, correspondence, reports, memoranda, minutes, course schedules, statistics, handbooks, newsletters, calendars, financial information, photographs, audio recordings and other materials. Major topics include coordinate education at Duke University, especially administrative and curricular procedures; relationship between the Woman's College and its students (in loco parentis); social standards policies; women's student government; integration of the Woman's College; student health care; and student organizations.
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Student Activism Reference collection, 1934-2025

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The Student Activism Reference Collection was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research. Collection contains materials pertaining to student movements and protests at Duke University in Durham, N.C. Contents are chiefly printed materials and include flyers, clippings, publications, petitions, print outs of chants and slogans, and other items. Major topics include: civil rights; human rights; campus labor issues; corporate divestiture in South Africa; anti-Semitism and racism on campus; and global events such as the Vietnam War. Materials in the collection date from 1934 and are added to the collection on a continuing basis.
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Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) Archives, 1885-2019 and undated

277 Linear Feet 3.9 Gigabytes
The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) Archives document the operations and activities of the OAAA, the primary professional organization throughout the modern history of the outdoor advertising industry in the U.S. The collection also includes materials pertaining to the OAAA's predecessor organizations such as the Poster Advertising Association, Associated Bill Posters, the Painted Outdoor Advertising Association, and the International Bill Poster's Association of North America. There is some information on the outdoor industry abroad as well; Canada and the England/U.K. are more fully addressed than other countries. Materials include a wide variety of media and formats, and include correspondence, directories, published materials (such as technical and periodic reports, newsletters and bylaws), membership records, texts of speeches, articles and clippings, minutes of association meetings, and industry publications such as the long-running serial The Poster.
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Terry Sanford papers, 1926-1996

228.6 Linear Feet

The Terry Sanford Papers document Sanford's career as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1986 to 1992. The collection contains papers dated from 1926-1992, with the bulk of the material dated between 1986 and 1992. His senatorial campaigns, views on issues, interactions with constituents, and activities in committees of which he was a member are documented throughout the collection. Sanford served on the following U. S. Senate committees: Select Committee on Ethics (Chair); Special Committee on Aging; Budget; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, including the Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy and Subcommittee on Securities; and Foreign Relations, including Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair), Subcommittee on African Affairs, and Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs.

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Media Services Audio and Video Recordings, 1963 - 2018

40 Linear Feet
Media Services (also referred to as Duke Studios) provided broadcast quality media production services to all parts of the Duke University community. Its services included video and audio production and post-production (including event documentation), project design, production equipment rentals, tape duplication, custom CDs and DVDs, and computer graphics and animation. Collection includes audio and video recordings of campus events, programming produced for various university offices and departments, and musical recordings. Campus events include basketball, football, the inaugurations of presidents Richard Brodhead, Keith Brodie, and Nannerl Keohane, dedication of the Doris Duke Memorial, the retirement and funeral of Terry Sanford, events related to September 11, 2001, a remembrance of Benjamin N. Duke, and commencement ceremonies. Authors, scholars, and other notable people represented include John Hope Franklin, Jesse Jackson, Reynolds Price, Ronald Reagan, Elie Wiesel, Billy Graham, C. D. Wright, Gerald Barrax, Elizabeth Cox, Tim McLaurin, Eric Meyers, Orrin Pilkey, and Alex Roland. Musical recordings include the Duke University Concert Band, Dan Locklair, and 1980s rock band the X-Teens.
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Joseph Mitchell Papers on Max Wicker, 1932-2006, bulk 1954

1 Linear Feet
Max Wicker was head of Duke University's Baptist Student Union (BSU) in 1953. He was dismissed by the North Carolina Baptists' General Board in 1954, along with state BSU director Jimmy Ray and UNC-Chapel Hill BSU secretary J.C. Herrin, after events surrounding the invitation of a controversial speaker, Christian theologian Nels Ferre, to the 1953 BSU Convention. Their termination followed a six-hour hearing before the Board. The student leaders' dismissal made the pages of the April 12, 1954 TIME magazine. Joseph Mitchell graduated from Duke Divinity School in 1953, where he met Max Wicker. After his retirement, Mitchell began to research and write the account of his friend's dismissal. This collection contains the materials he gathered in the course of his research, including biographical information about individuals involved in the controversy; correspondence related to Wicker's BSU activities, his hearing and termination; Max Wicker's public statement about his beliefs; other documents related to the activities of the BSU at Duke and elsewhere in the state; and news clippings that appeared in regional and national publications. The collection also contains appendices and drafts of Mitchell's account, and his final bound paper, "The 1954 Firing of Max Wicker and Two Other North Carolina Student Directors, Jimmy Ray and J.C. Herrin" (2006).
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Marshall T. Meyer papers, 1902-2010 and undated, bulk 1984-1993

64.8 Linear Feet 18.4 Gigabytes
Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer (1930-1993) was a Conservative rabbi and human rights activist who was active in Argentina during the period of the Dirty War/El Proceso (1976-1983) and later in New York City (1983-1993). The papers span 1902-2010 with most between 1983-1994. The collection contains personal and professional correspondence from throughout Meyer's career as a religious leader and human rights activist; his published and unpublished writings and speeches; printed material collected by Meyer; working and research files organized by geography, organizations, people, and subject; personal files such as appointment books, biographical material, papers from Meyer's school days, photographs, memorabilia, and material documenting his numerous engagements; audiovisual materials related to Meyer's services, lectures, events, interviews, and other appearances by Meyer. Acquired by the Human Rights Archive.
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Journeys of the Soul (心灵之旅) recordings, 1998-2018

12 Linear Feet 1,117 items (595 audiocassettes, 522 minidiscs)
Eight hundred twenty-six episodes of Radio Free Asia's program Journeys of the Soul (心灵之旅), 1998 to 2018. Episodes are approximately 30 minutes, with interviews covering topics including the Great Leap Forward, The Great Famine, Korean War, the Cultural Revolution, the June 4th Movement, the Anti-Rightest Campaign, and the Weiquan movements (civil rights movements) in China. Also includes unedited audio.
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Minidisc, undated Box 04, Audio-disc RL11948-MD-0277

心灵之旅 之一; Journeys of the Soul: One; 心灵之旅 之二; Journeys of the Soul: Two

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Minidisc, undated Box 04, Audio-disc RL11948-MD-0278

232 re-recorded version; 關于"洛讓鄧珠, 阿安扎西案"; About the Lobsang Dhondup and Tenzin Delek Case; 【再录版】(上) 王力雄、Mr.Dawa Tse-ring、Mr.Rinchen Tashi、茉莉、Mr.Tashi Dhondup、高寒; 【Re-recorded version】One: Wang Lixiong, Mr. Dawa Tse-ring, Mr. Rinchen Tashi, Moli, Mr. Tashi Dhondup, Gao Han

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Minidisc, undated Box 04, Audio-disc RL11948-MD-0279

321 re-recorded version; A; 呼吁关注、释放持不同政见者; Call for Attention to and Release of Political Dissidents; 【重录版】(一)大陆106人致信联合国人权委员会：请求关注、呼吁中国释放异议人士 李国涛、赵昕太太、师华、方草、魏京生、黄慈萍、张钰、Ms.Kristin Jones、Mr. Joshua Rosenzweig、王庭金; 【Re-recorded version】One: Letter from 106 from Mainland China to the UN Human Rights Committee: Calling for the Release of China's Dissidents: Li Guotao, Wife of Zhao Xin, Shi Hua, Fang Cao, Wei Jingsheng, Huang Ciping, Zhang Yu, Ms. Kristin Jones, Mr. Joshua Rosenzweig, Wang Tingjin; 321; B; 林昭：回忆、纪念与研究; Lin Zhao: Memory, Remembrance and Study; 【重录版】(一)访林昭的胞妹彭令范 彭令范; 【Re-recorded version】One: Interview with Lin Zhao's Younger Sister Peng Lingfan; 226 re-recorded version; "反右"回憶与研究第一部 ：話說"反右"; "Anti-Rightist Movement" Memory and Study One: About "Anti-Rightist"; 【重录版】第一集: 四十五周年回顧 丁抒、林希翎、茅于轼、朱正、李梧龄、刘宾雁; 【Re-recorded version】One: Looking back at the 45th Anniversary: Ding Shu, Lin Xiling, Mao Yushi, Zhu Zheng, Li Wuling, Liu Binyan; 187 re-recorded version; 中國宗教迫害報告; Report on Religious Presecution in China; 【重录版】第五集 : 兩封公開信 刘凤钢、李金奎、江葛珍、周同用、王美如、张凤英、严正学、徐永海; 【Re-recorded version】Five: Two Open Letters: Liu Fenggang, Li Jinkui, Jiang Gezhen, Zhou Tongyong, Wang Meiru, Zhang Fengying, Yan Zhengxue, Xu Yonghai

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James H. Semans papers, 1878-1955, bulk 1936-1953

23.0 Linear Feet (Six record cartons, five document boxes, five flat boxes, seven lantern slide boxes, two audiocassette boxes, one phonodisc box, and one oversize folder.)
James Hustead Semans (1910-2005) was an American urologist and the second husband of Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans. This collection documents the history of the Semans family of Uniontown, PA and his medical training and career, which involved stateside military service during World War II, private practice in Atlanta, GA, and teaching at Duke University. His clinical interests included medical rehabilitation and marriage counseling, and he was the creator of polylingual lecturing.
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Josiah C. Trent papers, 1852-1869, 1919-1961, bulk 1934-1961

4.9 Linear Feet (Seven document boxes, one record carton, one card file box, and one oversize folder.)
Josiah Charles Trent (1914-1948) was an American thoracic surgeon and rare book and manuscript collector. This collection primarily documents his medical education and training apart from his career at Duke University Hospital, as well his collecting activities, through his coursework, subject files, and writings. It was acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections.
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Marc L. Nerlove papers, 1930-2014, bulk 1947-2014

172 Linear Feet (134 record cartons, four document boxes, two half document boxes, two electronic record boxes, and three oversize folders.) 0.1 Gigabytes
Marc Nerlove (1933-2024) was a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, teaching, and professional activities. It was acquired as part of Economists' Papers Archive.
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Art Libraries Society of North America Southeast Chapter records, 1975-2017 and undated

6.75 Linear Feet (10 boxes) 8 Megabytes
ARLIS/SE was founded in 1974 as a chapter within the Southern Region of the Art Libraries Society of North America. The collection includes chapter correspondence, bylaws, annual reports, membership lists, photographs, conference materials, LoPresti Awards (for excellence in art publication), and financial records. Scattered throughout are materials and correspondence related to the national organization. There are 20 electronic files on one floppy disk that have been migrated to the electronic records server. There are 20 black-and-white photographs and two transparencies.
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Mark Danner papers, 1985-2004

6 Linear Feet 1 Megabytes 4500 Items
Mark Danner is a writer, journalist, and professor at the University of California at Berkeley. His work covers politics and foreign affairs, with a focus on war and conflict. The Mark Danner Papers date from 1970 to 2004 and focus predominately on Danner's coverage of Haiti during the period of unrest that followed President Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier's exile in 1986. Additional materials document Danner's interest in the Balkan Wars during the 1990's and preliminary research on the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador. These materials include research notes, travel information, newspaper clippings, and VHS tapes.
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Mark Danner papers, 1985-2004 6 Linear Feet 1 Megabytes 4500 Items

Mark Danner is a writer, journalist, and professor at the University of California at Berkeley. His work covers politics and foreign affairs, with a focus on war and conflict. The Mark Danner Papers date from 1970 to 2004 and focus predominately on Danner's coverage of Haiti during the period of unrest that followed President Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier's exile in 1986. Additional materials document Danner's interest in the Balkan Wars during the 1990's and preliminary research on the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador. These materials include research notes, travel information, newspaper clippings, and VHS tapes.
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    Elizabeth Fink papers, 1971-2015

    7 Linear Feet 779 Gigabytes
    Elizabeth Fink was a human rights lawyer who represented prisoners killed and injured during the 1971 Attica prison uprising. The collection consists of photographs gathered as evidence used in the subsequent lawsuits on behalf of Attica prisoners, represented by Fink, as well as some copies of trial transcripts and audiovisual recordings of news coverage, interviews, and footage.
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    Tim Smith "The Hutterites" project collection, 2010-2024

    1.75 Linear Feet (1 oversize box) 854 Megabytes (1 file)
    Tim Smith (born 1978) is an award-winning photographer based in Manitoba, Canada. "The Hutterites" is part of an ongoing project by Tim Smith, entitled "In The World But Not Of It", documenting the Hutterites, Anabaptists who live communally in colonies in Canada and the United States, largely removed from broader society. Materials span 2010-2024 and include 25 color prints sized 18x24 inches featuring various Hutterite colonies particularly the Deerboine Hutterite Colony in Manitoba, Canada; a directory; a Christmas program; a tiechel (headscarf); journal notes written by Smith; postcards and small ephemera related to Smith's exhibitions; and one video file showcasing cattle branding at Forty Mile Hutterite Colony in Montana, United States. Topics include family life; marriages; communal living; farmwork, ranching, and livestock; depictions of women and youth; adoption of new technology; and religious practices. Acquired by the Archive of Documentary Arts.
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    Moses family papers, 1859-1951

    14 Linear Feet (10 boxes)
    Papers relate to a Jewish family originally from South Carolina and Georgia, and residents of New York City, whose members included drama critic and journalist Montrose Jonas Moses, his wife Dorothy Herne and other Herne sisters, and his sister, author Belle Moses. The collection primarily consists of manuscripts written by Belle Moses, as well as her research notes and letters. Notes, clippings, diaries, letters, and other papers of Montrose J. Moses and Dorothy Herne also represent a substantial portion. There are also five scrapbooks assembled by the Herne sisters. Also included are family and travel photographs, nitrate negatives, physician Montefiore Moses' visiting books, and memorabilia such as pins, calling cards, programs, and other keepsakes. Print materials include literature, poetry, and textbooks published around the turn of the century.
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    Reynolds Price papers, 1880-2014 and undated

    151 Linear Feet 1 Gigabytes 354 boxes
    Reynolds Price (1933-2011) was a novelist, short story writer, poet, dramatist, essayist, translator, and James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University, where he taught creative writing and literature beginning in 1958. He was an alumnus of Duke and of Oxford University, which he attended on a Rhodes Scholarship. He received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and his books were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. The collection is comprised of correspondence, writings, serials, clippings, speeches, interviews, legal and financial papers, photographs, audiovisual materials, and digital materials reflecting Price's career and personal life. Personal and professional correspondence document his education at Duke University, especially his studies under William Blackburn; his period abroad as a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford; and his literary work and interaction with other authors, including Stephen Spender, Eudora Welty, and Allan Gurganus. Writings include manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, outlines, and notes produced in the creation and publication of all his major works, including: A Long and Happy Life; Kate Vaiden; A Palpable God; Clear Pictures; A Whole New Life; The Collected Stories; The Collected Poems; A Letter to a Godchild; Ardent Spirits; The Good Priest's Son, and many other books, individual stories, poems, and essays.
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    Lucy Monroe Calhoun family photographs and papers, 1886-1993 and undated, bulk 1911-1933

    6.3 Linear Feet
    The Lucy Monroe Calhoun family photographs and papers contains loose photographs, a photograph album, Lucy Monroe Calhoun's writings and papers, along with Monroe family papers. The photographs include 740 loose black-and-white photographs, generally developing-out paper or gelatin sliver prints, as well as 5 safety negatives, and one slide, all featuring images of Lucy's residences, locations in a and around Peking (Beijing), and locations elsewhere in China, Cambodia, Japan, and the Philippines between 1910 and 1932. A subset of 15 photographs contains images captured during the Peking riots of 1912. The photograph album (60 pages) contains 94 albumen prints featuring images taken during the Calhoun party's travel between China and the United States in 1911, via Siberia. The Lucy Monroe Calhoun papers series features primarily Calhoun's writings, including her 276-page memoir of her life in China (1910-1936), five typescript articles on China, as well as her letters to family members, commercial postcards, and printed material. The Monroe family papers include mainly writing by family members, from letters to autobiographical and biographical pieces, along with some photographs, postcards, and a few newspaper clippings. There are also extensive letters written by Polly Root Collier and Henry Stanton Monroe, Lucy Monroe Calhoun's niece and nephew, both of whom wrote letters to family members during their stays in China. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts.
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    William Styron papers, 1855-2019

    30.2 Linear Feet (24,562 items)
    American author and Duke University alumnus. The William Styron Papers span the years 1855-2019, with the bulk of the papers being dated between 1943 and 1996. The collection consists of correspondence; writings by Styron and other authors; printed materials (including serials containing articles by and about Styron and his work as well as newspaper and magazine clippings); audiotapes, videotapes, and photographs; legal and financial papers; speeches and addresses; interviews; scrapbooks; and other material relating to Styron's personal life and his career as a writer. Extensive personal and professional correspondence between his family, friends, and fellow authors provides insight into his education at Duke University (particularly his studies with Professor William Blackburn of the Department of English) as well as his literary career and personal life.
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    Center for International Policy records, 1960-2020 and undated; 1960-ongoing

    60 Linear Feet 2.88 Gigabytes
    Non-profit organization founded in 1975, based in Washington, DC, whose chief focus is promoting changes in U.S. foreign and military policy in support of global human rights. The records of the Center for International Policy (CIP) span the years 1960 to 2016, and document in detail the organization's global activities in support of human rights as well as its internal administration, funding, and public relations outreach. CIP's chief areas of interest lie in United States foreign and military policies, including the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Topics include human rights issues, U.S. relations with Central and South America, demilitarization, nuclear weapons, the Cuban trade embargo, money laundering and other aspects of international finance, terrorism, and the narcotics trade. The bulk of the files take the form of administrative files and records which contain correspondence, memos, data, reports, travel documents, and extensive files on other organizations; there are also many files of printed materials such as pamphlets, newsletters, and press releases.
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    Duke University Living History Program records, 1973-2010, 2022, 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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    Autry, George B., undated

    George Autry (1937-1999) was the founder and president of MDC, Inc., a nonprofit research corporation in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, concerned with employment policies and programs in North Carolina. Autry became founding executive director of MDC in 1967 and served as president of the organization until his death in 1999. Prior to his work at MDC, Autry served as chief counsel to Senator Sam Ervin's subcommittee on constitutional rights. Recent MDC projects include Latino Student Success, Partners for Postsecondary Success, and Career Pathways for a Greener South.

    1. Interviews, 1973-2010

    Barnwell, Thomas, undated

    Thomas C. Barnwell, Jr., a native of Hilton Head, SC, began his work in community service at Penn Community Service, Inc. While at the Penn Center, he worked in community organization, program planning, federal program orientation and implementation.

    1. Interviews, 1973-2010
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    Doris Duke Photograph collection, 1880-2006

    56.6 Linear Feet
    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 Photograph Collection was created by combining color and black and white photographs, slides, negatives, and other photographic formats contained in albums, boxes, picture frames, and envelopes.
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    Edward Featherston Small papers, 1884-1921 and undated

    0.5 Linear Feet
    Edward Featherston Small was a photographer and salesperson for the W. Duke, Sons & Co. tobacco company in Durham, North Carolina. His papers include correspondence regarding W. Duke, Sons & Co. sales tactics during the 1880s as well as typescript drafts by Small, including some undated autobiographical essays and a 1907 history of his work for W. Duke, Sons and Co.
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    Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel collection, 1876-2023 and undated, bulk 1950-2023

    673 boxes (673 boxes; 9 oversize folders; 2 tubes; 2 frames.)
    Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel is an advocate for the arts, interviewer, documentarian, teacher, political organizer, and resident of New York City. Her collection comprises research files, correspondence, printed materials such as articles and clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, artifacts, and artwork, all deriving from Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel's books, educational programming, interviews, public art installations, and exhibits centering on the arts and architecture and historic preservation in the United States. The materials highlight her work with many arts and political organizations and appointments to committees such as the Commission for Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission. Also includes materials from her work as columnist and author for publications like Ms. Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, and Saturday Review, and as television producer for CBS and A and E. Topics include: art and architecture in the 20th century; artists' biographies and interviews; gender and society; historic preservation from the 1960s to the present; the history of New York City, particularly through art, architecture, and public space; media and society; social conditions in Slovakia during her husband's ambassadorship there; U.S. politics and public policy; arts programs affiliated with the White House; women and the arts; women's rights; and many others.
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    Parapsychology Laboratory records, 1893-1984

    340 Linear Feet (approximately 250,115 items)

    The Parapsychology Laboratory records span the years 1919-1984, with the exception of an 1893 letter written by Richard Hodgson, Secretary of the American Society for Psychical Research, to William James. Included are personal papers of J. B. Rhine, J. G. Pratt, L. E. Rhine and other Laboratory staff, as well as professional correspondence, research records, legal and financial papers, clippings, and photographs. Over half the collection is represented by correspondence, and about a third of it by research files. Included are editorial files (1942-1959) of Dorothy Pope, Managing Editor of the Journal of Parapsychology, and papers (1957-1963) relating to the tenures of Rhea White and J. G. Pratt as officers of the Parapsychological Association.

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    Background files, 1970s-1980s 1 box

    Folders of historical and biographical information on the Parapsychology Laboratory and the Rhines. Includes some unprocessed material added to the collection, chiefly clippings and three journal articles on parapsychology and the Rhines (by McVaughn and Mauskopf, Matlock, and Zingrone and Alvarado).

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      Randy Riddle Phonodisc Collection, 1920s-1981

      5 Linear Feet 321 Items
      Randy Riddle is a Senior Consultant in the Teaching Innovation Department, Duke University, and a collector of rare phonodiscs. Collection includes aluminum, lacquer, shellac, and vinyl discs of various sizes.
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      Aladdin Lamp, undated

      Randy Riddle note: Thirty-six episodes (Programs 1-36) of a five-minute syndicated show sponsored by the Aladdin Lamp company. Smilin' Ed McConnell does two songs on each show - an old number from the turn of the century updated with a peppy jazz arrangement and a hymn. In between, he makes a pitch for the lovely Aladdin brand lamps and lampshades the woman of the house can find at their local dealer.

      1. Radio Programs, 1930s-1980s

      D-U-Z Does Everything promotional record, undated

      Randy Riddle note: This record contains a full three minute version of the jingle for Duz laundry detergent. A short version of the jingle was heard for many years on radio soap operas sponsored by the company. The vocal is by Audrey Marsh, backed with Miltion Rettenberger's Orchestra. I couldn't determine what purpose the disc was made for, whether it was some kind of promotional giveaway to customers or something sent to dealers as part of a promotional package. https://randsesotericotr.podbean.com/e/d-u-z-does-everything-promotional-record/

      1. Radio Programs, 1930s-1980s

      Globe Theatre, undated

      Randy Riddle note: Armed Forces Radio Service rebroadcast of Norman Corwin-produced series, This is My Best. Program 166: features the original cast of Porgy and Bess, performing a half-hour adaptation of the musical.

      1. Radio Programs, 1930s-1980s
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      Julius Logan Brasher papers, 1935-2012

      12.5 Linear Feet
      Collection spans the pastoral career of United Methodist minister Julius Logan Brasher. Brasher was minister at six congregations in New Jersey from the early 1940s to 1976, when he and his wife Lois Brasher relocated to the Brasher home of Gadsden, Alabama. Collection contains Brasher's diaries and pastor's record books, materials from the churches where he ministered, sermons and accompanying notes, subject and name files, correspondence, photographs, and printed materials.
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      Divinity School records, circa 1920-2021

      156 Linear Feet 3.2 Gigabytes
      Established in 1926, the Divinity School is one of 13 seminaries founded and supported by the United Methodist Church, and attracts students from around the nation and several different countries. The Divinity School has from its beginnings been ecumenical in aspiration, teaching, and practice. This collection contains information and materials documenting the operations of the Divinity School, including the activities of its deans, faculty, students, as well as various councils, committees and organizations within and associated with the school.
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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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      Autry, George B., undated

      George Autry (1937-1999) was the founder and president of MDC, Inc., a nonprofit research corporation in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, concerned with employment policies and programs in North Carolina. Autry became founding executive director of MDC in 1967 and served as president of the organization until his death in 1999. Prior to his work at MDC, Autry served as chief counsel to Senator Sam Ervin's subcommittee on constitutional rights. Recent MDC projects include Latino Student Success, Partners for Postsecondary Success, and Career Pathways for a Greener South.

      1. Interviews, 1973-2010

      Barnwell, Thomas, undated

      Thomas C. Barnwell, Jr., a native of Hilton Head, SC, began his work in community service at Penn Community Service, Inc. While at the Penn Center, he worked in community organization, program planning, federal program orientation and implementation.

      1. Interviews, 1973-2010
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      Stephanie Strickland papers, 1955-2025

      30.5 Linear Feet 182.1 Gigabytes
      Stephanie Strickland is a poet and born-digital writer whose works range from paper to interactive websites. She also teaches and serves on the board of the Electronic Literature Organization. Her papers include journals and anthologies featuring Strickland's poetry; TechnoPoetry Festival materials; schoolwork, college, and graduate papers; posters and programs from events; proofs and drafts of her writings; and audio recordings.
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      Jim Grimsley papers, 1970-2018 and undated

      19.75 Linear Feet
      Collection includes Grimsley's personal journals, personal and professional correspondence, handwritten notebooks containing the creative beginnings of his novels and plays, drafts of of his writings, publicity, reviews, and publications by or about him in small magazines. Also includes published copies and translations of his writings.
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      Frank and Anne Warner papers, 1888-2000, bulk 1933-1985

      12 Linear Feet (32 boxes)
      Anne and Frank Warner were folklorists and folk song musicians. The Frank and Anne Warner collection documents the Warners' collecting, recording, and producing music and publications associated with traditional American folk music culture, primarily from along the eastern seaboard areas, in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina, and as far as New Hampshire to the north. Also includes items relating to the Warners' work for the YMCA. Materials include correspondence, subject files, folk music materials, sound and moving image recordings, articles and other writings, posters. Includes several hundred photographs and some negatives with images of the Warners and folk musicians, particularly the Hicks and Profitt families at their homes in N.C. Significant correspondents comes from the American Folklore Society, the Library of Congress, YMCA, and individuals William Rose Benet, Carl Carmer, Wayland Hand, Alan Lomax, Carl Sandburg, Pete Seeger, and folk musicians.
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      Music of Frank Warner. WLIW/Channel 21, circa 1971

      Frank Warner speaks to young people at his home near Old Brookville, Nassau County, New York, about his experiences collecting folksongs. With Anne, Jeff and Gerret Warner, Long Island, New York. Note that the 16mm film copy is A and B roll rather than a composite, and the soundtrack appears incomplete. The Umatic video cassette and the digital file scanned from it contain the entire program.

      1. Audiovisual Materials, circa 1920-2000
      2. Moving images, 1920s-1974
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      Fred Chappell papers, 1944-2023 and undated

      178.75 Linear Feet 10.3 Gigabytes
      Fred Chappell (1936-2024) was an author and poet. He was an English professor at UNC Greensboro for 40 years, and he was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997 to 2002. Collection consists largely of correspondence and writings by Chappell and others, documenting Chappell's literary career, output, and network.
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      Raymond C. Battalio and John B. Van Huyck papers, 1949-2014, bulk dates 1972-2014

      90 Linear Feet (66 record cartons and 15 electronic records boxes.) 56.2 Gigabytes (10 sets.)
      Raymond C. Battalio (1938-2004) and John B. Van Huyck (1956-2014) worked together as professors of economics at Texas A&M University. This collection primarily documents their professional lives through their correspondence, writings, research (especially experiments), and professional and faculty activities. It was acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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      Alex Harris photographs and papers, 1970-2019

      56 Linear Feet (88 boxes; 2 oversize folders)
      Alex Harris is a documentary photographer, author, and professor emeritus at the Center for Documentary Studies in Durham, North Carolina. The over 700 black-and-white and color photographs in the collection span his career, and include projects exploring the landscapes and peoples of Alaska, the American South, New Mexico, and Cuba; portraits of older reading volunteers and students in Philadelphia; students on strike at Yale University; counter-culture people at a Rainbow Gathering in Arizona; the artist's son tethered to his game device; elderly people living on their own in North Carolina; the interior of author Reynolds Price's home; and movie production sets in the South. The gelatin silver and inkjet prints range in size from 8x10 inch reference prints to 24x36 inch exhibit prints. Harris's professional papers document his collaborations with other photographers and writers on books and exhibitions, including anthropologist Gertrude Duby Blom, naturalist E.O. Wilson, and South African photographers; they also cover his long career at Duke University, as teacher, author, and co-founder of the Center for Documentary Studies and its publication, DoubleTake. In addition to the paper records, there are many recorded oral histories and interviews. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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      Kenneth J. Arrow papers, 1921-2017

      142 Linear Feet (97 boxes) 13.2 Gigabytes
      Kenneth Arrow (1921-2017) was a Nobel Prize winner and the Joan Kenney Professor of Economics and Professor of Operations Research, Emeritus at Stanford University. This collection consists of his correspondence, research, writings, and other materials documenting his political and personal interests, as well as his collaborations and professional affiliations across the fields of economics, mathematics, public policy, and international relations. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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      American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina records, 1960-2025

      220.75 Linear Feet
      North Carolina affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, founded in 1965 and based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The records of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina (ACLU of NC or ACLU-NC) date mainly from the 1960s-2010s and is ongoing. The collection is organized into the following series: ACLU Historical Files, Executive Director Office Files, Legal Program, Audiovisual Material, Print Material, Accession 2013-0209, Web Content, and Accession 2025-0020. Many files focus on the investigation and prosecution of cases related to civil rights, public education relating to civil liberties, and lobbying for civil liberties and human rights. Materials include correspondence files from the Executive Director's office and other unions in the ACLU of NC; thousands of case files; administrative files on cases, operations, and attorney's activities; lobbying and subject files; and printed materials and other records relating to organizational publications, outreach, and public education activities. There are also some audiovisual materials and electronic files including educational videos, ACLU of NC's website, and social media pages. Topics include civil rights and legal status of legally under-represented groups such as juveniles and high school students, incarcerated persons; LGBTQ+ people, and immigrants; education and academic freedoms; religious freedom and separation of church and state; freedom of expression (including desecration of the flag); racial inequalities and injustices; reproductive rights; women's rights; police misconduct and the legality of search procedures; drug testing and the decriminalization of drugs; voting rights, including issues surrounding reapportionment; and worker's rights, including unionization. Some files in the collection are on the Ku Klux Klan, Confederate displays, and right-wing organizations. Many of these issues span decades of ACLU involvement. Researchers consulting case files and any other materials should be aware of privacy laws that govern the publication and use of these records. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive at Duke University.
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      Doris Duke audiovisual collection, 1899-2012 and undated

      51 Linear Feet
      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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      Munford-Ellis Family papers, 1777-1942

      30 Linear Feet 12522 Items
      The Munford and Ellis families were connected through the marriage of George Wythe Munford and Elizabeth Throwgood Ellis in 1838. The earliest papers from the Munford family center around William Munford (1775-1825) of the first generation, George Wythe Munford (1803-1882) of the second generation, and the children of George Wythe Munford, notably Thomas Taylor Munford (1831-1918), Sallie Radford (Munford) Talbott (1841-1930), Lucy Munford and Fannie Ellis Munford. Papers of the Ellis family begin with those of Charles Ellis, Sr. (1772-1840), Richmond merchant; his wife, Margaret (Nimmo) Ellis (1790-1877); and his brother, Powhatan Ellis (1790-1863), jurist, U.S. senator, and diplomat. Later materials include letters from Thomas Harding Ellis (1814-1898), son of Charles and Margaret Ellis, as well as some materials from their other children and grandchildren. Collection contains family, personal, and business papers of three generations of the Munford and the Ellis families of Virginia. The papers contain information on politics, literary efforts, social life and customs, economic conditions, and military questions principally in nineteenth century Virginia. Includes materials on the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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      Horace Trumbauer Architectural Drawings collection, 1924-1958

      9 Linear Feet 11.3 Gigabytes
      From 1924 through 1958 the architectural firm of Horace Trumbauer of Philadelphia, Pa. was hired to design much of Duke University's East and West campuses. Horace Trumbauer, William O. Frank, and Julian Abele were the firm's main designers. Frank Clyde Brown, S.W. Myatt and A.C. Lee were administrators of construction at Duke University during this time. Some of the buildings designed by the firm are the Duke University Chapel, the Allen Administration Building, Cameron Indoor Stadium, Baldwin Auditorium, the East Campus Union Building, the East Campus Central Heating Plant Complex, the Carr Building (formerly known as the Class Room Building), the Medical School and Hospital, the Nurses' Home, the Law School, the School of Religion, the Chemistry Building, and the Botany and Biology Building. The firm also designed the Giles, Alspaugh, Pegram, Bassett, and Brown residence halls (formerly known as Dormitories 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively). Included in the collection are blueprints and printed material relating to the planning and construction of buildings at Duke University from 1924 to 1958.
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      Guido Mazzoni pamphlet collection, 1572-1946, bulk 1750-1940

      860 Linear Feet (1626 boxes)
      This collection of print materials, many of them rare and ephemeral, was assembled over many decades by Guido Mazzoni, an Italian Senator, Dante scholar, professor, and bibliophile. The approximately 49,648 pieces span the years 1572 through 1946, with the bulk dating from the mid-18th to the early 20th centuries. Topics range widely and include Italian politics, particularly the rise of Socialism and Fascism; Italian humanities, especially poetry, theater, and opera; Dante studies; patriotic writings, including some by Mussolini and others in his regime; and the history and context of both World Wars. Popular literary and cultural serials abound, many with writings by noted authors, including women writers. Given Mazzoni's background in academics, his friendships with publishers, and his residence in Padova and Firenze, many of the authors are Jewish. Many of the pieces were sent to Mazzoni from former students or colleagues and are inscribed to him. Mazzoni collected many rare pieces from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries; broadsides from Napoleonic, Medicean, and Borbonic Italian regions are numerous. Formats represented in the collection include: pamphlets, offprints, clippings, full-issue newspapers (many from the Piedmont), libretti, scores, manuscript items, small cards, periodicals, small volumes, political broadsides, epithalamia (pieces produced on the occasion of a wedding), and one handmade photo album. There are many illustrated publications, fine engravings, woodcuts, and items with map inserts. About 80 percent of the material is in the Italian language: other common languages include Latin, French, English, German. There are also some publications in Greek, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, and Eastern European languages.
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      Earl Dotter photographs and papers, 1967-2023

      62 Linear Feet (86 boxes; 2 oversize folders) 6.45 Gigabytes (1052 files)
      Earl Dotter is a documentarian, photojournalist, and labor activist based in Maryland. Collection comprises 818 mounted black-and-white and color photographs documenting hazardous occupations, conditions for workers, and labor activism in the United States, and related materials such as photography subject files, work prints, digital image files, exhibit items, a large series of publications, and ephemera. A few historical photographs of coal mining settings by Russell Lee are also present. Specific occupations and topics represented by collection materials spanning many decades include: working conditions in the coal mining, garment, auto, poultry, public safety, logging, and fishery industries; child labor in the U.S.; conditions for migrant and Native American workers; the labor behind hand-harvested crops; medical care for workers; U.S. occupational safety standards and labor laws; and labor activism in support of people in hazardous occupations. There is also a series on the 9/11 Ground Zero site and first responders. Mount sizes range from 8x10 to 22x28 inches; most are 11x14 and 16x20. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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      Women's Refugee Commission records, 1979-2024

      57 Linear Feet 0.92 Gigabytes
      The Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) was established in 1989 as part of the International Rescue Committee. It advocates for laws, policies, and programs to improve the lives and protect the rights of refugee and internally displaced women, children, and adolescents. Collection includes audiovisual materials; field and research reports; program materials; files from its executive directors, board of directors, board and commission members, and foundation; subject files; media binders; and other assorted materials. Featured in the audiovisual materials are interviews; specific initiatives such as the WRC's Voice of Courage luncheons; and footage and photographs from trips to refugee camps. In addition, materials include focus on programs aimed at children, education, and youth; the Reproductive Health program; the Livelihoods program; and others. Countries represented include Cambodia, Afghanistan, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Thailand, Myanmar, Israel, Guatemala, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Liberia, Kosovo, Iraq, Zambia, Tanzania, the United States, and others. Material predating the founding of the WRC primarily includes photographs from UNHCR and other organizations. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive.
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      Chris Kraus collection of Kathy Acker papers, 1971-2018 and undated

      17 Linear Feet 9.3 Gigabytes
      Chris Kraus is a writer and filmmaker who is also the co-editor of the press Semiotext(e). In 2017, she published After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography (Semiotext(e), 2017). This collection is comprised of the materials she created or amassed in the process of writing that book.
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      Joseph J. Spengler papers, circa 1896-1987

      111.8 Linear Feet (137 boxes and one oversize folder.)
      Joseph Spengler (1902-1991) was the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Economics at Duke University and a founding faculty member of the graduate economics program. This collection documents his professional and personal life, including with his wife Dorothy "Dot" Kress, through correspondence, writings, and visual material. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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      Campus Club records, 1914-2022

      26.5 Linear Feet
      The Campus Club was founded in 1914 as a way for the wives of Duke faculty members to create a social community and to support the University through educational events. The collection contains documentation of Campus Club events, business meetings, and financial transactions, as well as scrapbooks, correspondence, clippings, and publications.
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      Peggy Weiss papers, 1976-1986, undated

      3.25 Linear Feet 62 audiovisual items (35 16mm motion picture reels, 22 quarter-inch open reel audio tapes, 4 Umatic videocassettes, 1 audiocassette.)
      The Peggy Weiss papers consist primarily of commercials Weiss produced as part of the Ogilvy and Mather advertising agency in the late 1970s and early 1980s, for companies such as Unilever, Kimberly-Clark, and General Foods. Additionally, there is a small number of Ogilvy and Mather in-house publications, including instructional materials and an issue of the Ogilvy and Mather newsletter profiling Weiss's team's work on Mueller's pasta. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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      Frank Clyde Brown papers, 1912-1974

      70 Linear Feet (98 manuscript boxes; 1 oversize box)
      English professor, Duke University, folklorist of Durham, N.C., and founder in 1913 of the North Carolina Folklore Society. Collection centers around Frank Clyde Brown's lifelong exploration and collecting of North Carolina and Appalachian folklore, which resulted in this vast archival collection of original folklore materials and editorial records for the seven-volume Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore (published 1952-1964). Collection is comprised of field recordings on wax cylinders and phonodiscs; tens of thousands of field notes, transcriptions of original songs, stories, and traditional expressions; musical scores; and numerous journal articles, student theses, books, and lists. Also included are the papers of Charles Bond, a Duke graduate student who studied and expanded the collection in 1970. The vast majority of the folklore sources originated in North Carolina, but there are some materials from other regions. Subjects include: African American traditions; ballads and songs (music as well as lyrics); European roots of North American folklore; folk music; folk poetry; games and parties; oral traditions and storytelling; sayings, names, and superstitions; social conditions in the Southern States; work songs; and North American folklore in general. In addition, one can find rich resources on the study and teaching of folklore, and attitudes during the 1920s to 1950s about Southern customs and communities.
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      RL00160-WC-0010, undated Box 131, Audio-cylinder RL00160-WC-0010

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      1. Title: Lamkin (Beaulampkins), performer: Smith, Thomas, location: Zionville (N.C.) | Watauga County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:42:970
      2. Title: Singing the Ten Commandments, performer: Poole , I.T., location: Morganton (N.C.) | Burke County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:31:994
      3. Title: Jennie Jenkins, performer: Smith, Thomas, location: Zionville (N.C.) | Watauga County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:38:775
      4. Title: Lord Thomas and Fair Annet (Lord Thomas), performer: Smith, Thomas, location: Zionville (N.C.) | Watauga County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:20:905
      5. Title: unknown, performer: Hayman, L.D., location: Elizabeth City (N.C.) | Pasquotank County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:57:171
      6. Title: Sweet Lulur, performer: Greer, I.G., location: Boone (N.C.) | Watauga County (N.C.), running time: 00:01:03:320
      7. Title: Sweet Bunch of Daisies, performer: Greer, I.G. | Smith, A., location: Vilas (N.C.) | Watauga County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:50:316
      8. Title: unknown, performer: Smith, Thomas | Norris, E.G. | Moir, location: unknown, running time: 00:00:37:146
      9. Title: Bill Miller's Trip to the West, performer: Norris, E.J., location: Sands (N.C.) | Watauga County (N.C.), running time: 00:00:47:316
      10. Title: Here Come Three Dukes A-Riding, performer: unknown, location: unknown, running time: 00:00:21:190
      1. Cylinders and Discs
      2. Wax Cylinders, 1921-1935
      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Meredith Tax papers, 1956-2016

      215 Linear Feet (224 boxes, 1 volume) 7.4 Gigabytes
      Meredith Tax (1942-2022) was a feminist writer and organizer whose activism began in the 1960s. Collection includes many files documenting Tax's feminist activism and her role in founding feminist organizations; drafts and manuscripts of her writings, music, and art; personal and professional correspondence; research materials; and subject files. Organizations represented in this collection include Bread and Roses; Women's WORLD; CARASA (Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse); PEN American Center Women's Committee; and the International PEN Women's Writers Committee, as well as other organizations. There are also audiocassettes, VHS tapes, and optical media containing Tax's research interviews as well as interviews with Tax. There are also electronic records formats, mainly documents and email correspondence. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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      Eric M. and Carol L. Meyers papers, 1950-2025

      65 Linear Feet 8.2 Gigabytes (1296 files)
      Eric M. and Carol L. Meyers are professors in Duke University's Department of Religion. Throughout their careers, they have conducted archeological digs in relation to their interest in biblical and Judaic studies. The collection contains extensive materials related to several major excavations the pair conducted in Israel from the 1970s to the 1990s. The materials in the collection include binders and notebooks of field notes, charts, maps, and records; notecards; photographs (including slides, prints, and negatives), almost all black-and-white; a few audiovisual items; clippings; some administrative and correspondence files; coins; and drawings of sites and artifacts. There are many electronic files, some of which represent items not present in the collection. Topics include 20th century archaeology and practices; the Sepphoris, Meiron, Khirbet Shema, Nabratein, and Gush Halav excavation sites in Israel, including maps and photographs of the sites; Jewish and Arabic artifacts such as coins and pottery; other ancient artifacts; and religious and biblical studies as they relate to archaeology.
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      Elizabeth Grosz papers, 1973-2016

      13.5 Linear Feet (9 boxes) 3.02 Gigabytes
      Professional papers of Elizabeth Grosz, professor in the Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies Department at Duke University. Materials include her scholarly work, teaching files, and her students' work.
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      Jere Link papers, 1914-2016 and undated, bulk 1975-2006

      7.5 Linear Feet .03 Gigabytes
      The Jere Link papers comprise his private diaries and journals, creative and scholarly writings, lecture notes and teaching materials, along with incoming correspondence. Diaries and journals contain Link's personal thoughts and comments on his life, activities, creative and scholarly work, and relationships. Link was very open regarding his inner thoughts and concerns, and very frank about his sexual activities and his life as a gay man. His writings include general notebooks with drafts of creative work, screenplays, book proposals and drafts, Link's dissertation, along with articles, poetry, and short stories. There are teaching materials primarily featuring Link's handwritten lecture notes for his classes, along with additional related maps, handouts, photographs, exams and other materials. In addition, there are incoming personal letters and cards, along with some professional letters regarding Link's institutional appointments, writing, and Fulbright travel grant.
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      Allan Troxler Papers, 1800s-2024, bulk 1960s-2010s

      11 Linear Feet
      Allan Troxler (1947-2025) was an artist, author, and dance instructor from Durham, N.C. Troxler's collection consists of his artwork, family history, and writings, as well as the archives of his lifelong partner, Carl Wittman. Carl Wittman's archives include his diaries, letters, and writings on civil rights and gay liberation. The collection also contains materials documenting the Durham (N.C.) arts scene, English country dance, AIDS in the gay community, and Troxler's collection of materials from Catherine Nicholson.
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      Veteran Feminists of America records, 1971-2025

      32 Linear Feet 10.4 Gigabytes
      Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) is a nonprofit organization for veterans of the Second Wave of the feminist movement. It was founded by Jacqueline Ceballos and held its first feminist reunion in 1993. The organization sponsors reunions, programs, and publications honoring feminists throughout the United States. The collection includes administrative files, board minutes, program and reunion materials, obituaries, correspondence, financial information, newsletters, and photographs. Acquired by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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      Thomas Hughes papers, 1835-1846 and undated

      5 items
      Documents, signed, relating to Thomas Hughes, his maternal grandmother, Joyce Morgan, his mother, Anne Hughes Samuel, her second husband, William Samuel, and the disposal of family property and goods in Llandilo, [Wales?]. There is also a page of printed material, Miscellaneous articles sold by Thomas Hughes, dispensing chemist.
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      Thomas Hughes papers, 1835-1846 and undated 5 items

      Documents, signed, relating to Thomas Hughes, his maternal grandmother, Joyce Morgan, his mother, Anne Hughes Samuel, her second husband, William Samuel, and the disposal of family property and goods in Llandilo, [Wales?]. There is also a page of printed material, Miscellaneous articles sold by Thomas Hughes, dispensing chemist.
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        Ipas records, 1962-2020

        363 Linear Feet (242 boxes)
        Ipas works around the world to increase women's ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights, especially the right to safe abortion. The collection documents this global nongovernmental organization dedicated to ending preventable deaths and disabilities from unsafe abortion.
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        Crowing Rooster Arts records, 1964-2024

        233 Linear Feet (6 processed boxes, 187 unprocessed boxes) 40 Terabytes (MP4 and MOV video files; WAV audio files.)
        The Crowing Rooster Arts records contain original film, video, and audio resources as well as company records associated with Crowing Rooster Arts, a documentary and music production company focusing on Haiti's struggle for democracy and on labor, human rights, and immigration policy in Central America and the United States. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive.
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        Duke University Archives

        Cable 13 videotapes and records, 1976-2020

        155 Linear Feet
        Duke Union Community Television (Cable 13), Duke's student-run television station, grew out of Freewater Films' video programming group, following the purchase of a television camera. Cable 13 was the first student-owned and student-run television station in the country. Cable 13 became an official committee of the Duke University Union in 1976. It broadcasts on the Duke campus cable system. The collection consists of videocassettes and videotapes of events recorded at and around Duke between 1976 and 2009. It includes such figures as William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Nikki Giovanni, Juanita Kreps, Terry Sanford, Ralph Nader, and Elie Wiesel, as well as performances from Dance Black, the Duke Symphony Orchestra, the Duke Wind Symphony, the Firesign Theatre, Jerry Garcia, and Hoof'n'Horn. Other events include men's and women's basketball, women's crew, football, soccer, men's and women's volleyball, and Joe College Weekend, as well as news and talk shows.
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        Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans family papers, 1865-2014, bulk 1935-2012

        130.7 Linear Feet (164 boxes, three film cans, and 11 oversize folders.) 33.6 Gigabytes (Born digital electronic records.) 6.5 Terabytes (Digitized audiovisual material.)
        Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans (1920-2012) was the only daughter of Mary Duke and Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr. This collection documents her childhood in New York, enrollment at Duke University, and marriages to Josiah C. Trent and James H. Semans. She continued her family's legacy of philanthropy, with a focus on the arts, education, and medicine, and became civically active beginning in the 1950s, espeically in Durham and North Carolina.
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        Franco Modigliani papers, 1936-2005, bulk dates 1970s-2003

        89 Linear Feet (163 boxes and two oversize folders.) 15 Megabytes (One set.)
        Franco Modigliani (1918-2003) was a Nobel Prize winner and Institute Professor Emeritus (of economics) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings and speeches, professional activities, and teaching. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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        Benjamin Newton Duke papers, 1834-1972, bulk 1890-1929

        99.5 Linear Feet (166 boxes, 46 volumes, six flat boxes, and three oversize folders.)
        Benjamin Newton Duke (1855-1929) was a tobacco manufacturer, industrialist, and philanthropist of Durham, NC and New York, NY and a trustee and major benefactor of Trinity College (later Duke University). He was the son of Washington Duke, older brother of James B. Duke, husband of Sarah P. Duke, and father of Angier Buchanan Duke and Mary Duke Biddle. This collection documents his personal and professional life through his correspondence, financial and legal records, and photographs.
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        Mary Duke Biddle papers, 1894-1980, 1992, 2013, bulk 1913-1960

        44.95 Linear Feet (38 boxes (including 23 flat boxes), one oversize folder, and two volumes.)
        Mary Lillian Duke Biddle (1887-1960) was the only daughter of Sarah P. and Benjamin N. Duke and one of the heirs of the Duke family fortune. This collection documents her personal and family life in New York and North Carolina as a wealthy socialite and philanthropist in the first half of the 20th century. She gave notable contributions to Duke University related to the Duke Homestead, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, and Duke University Libraries, and she established the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation in Durham to continue her philanthropy after her death.
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        Washington Duke papers, 1764-1987, bulk 1880-1905

        2.6 Linear Feet (Six boxes, one oversize folder, and three volumes.)
        This artificial collection primarily documents Washington Duke's financial and philanthropic interests after his retirement from the tobacco industry in 1880 through his correspondence and bound volumes. An additional ledger and account book date from his family's move to downtown Durham in 1874, before the founding of W. Duke, Sons and Company. There is a small amount of legal documents and personal papers, including clippings, genealogical records, and photographic prints.
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        Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick papers, 1945-2013

        130.25 Linear Feet
        Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950-2009) was a literary critic, teacher, artist, and poet. She is best remembered as one of the founders of the field of queer theory. Her work on sexuality influences our continuted understanding of contemporary culture. This collection contains materials that document her scholarly career, her visual art, and her personal life. It includes drafts and copies of her published and unpublished works, her correspondence, research files, and teaching materials, as well as her visual artwork, and some documentation of her personal life, particularly her experience living with breast cancer. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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        John E. Fleming papers, 1961-2014

        57 Linear Feet
        Dr. John E. Fleming served as director of the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce, Ohio, from 1988-1998 and served on numerous boards and committees to develop and plan museums and exhibits focused on African American history. His papers reflect his career as a historian of African American history and as a museum administrator in museums throughout the United States. Collection acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center.
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        American Economic Association records, 1886-2010

        1,706 Linear Feet (1,460 boxes and one oversize folder.) 0.2 Gigabytes
        The American Economic Association (AEA) is the primary professional association for economists in the US. This collection documents the activities of the organization, especially their journals, and including the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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        Roy Radner papers, 1951-2014

        36 Linear Feet (24 boxes.) 1 Megabytes (One set.)
        Roy Radner (1927-2022) was the Leonard N. Stern Professor of Business, Emeritus at New York University. This collection documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, and teaching. It was acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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        History of Medicine artifacts collection, 1550-2000s

        51.5 Linear Feet (about 855 items)
        Collection consists of historical medical instruments and artifacts, art objects, realia, and other three-dimensional objects related to the history of medicine, primarily originating from Europe and the United States, but including some artifacts from China and Japan. Ranging in age from the late 16th to the early 21st centuries, objects include medical kits and pharmaceutical items (often in the original cases and bags); equipment used in amputation, obstetrics, opthalmology, surgery, urology, neurology, early electrical therapies, and in research and diagnostic settings; instructional objects such as anatomical models and figurines; and other objects such as apothecary jars, cupping glasses, infant feeders, a bas-relief memento mori, and fetish figures. There are many models of microscopes, ear trumpets, and stethoscopes, dating from the 17th to the 20th century. Includes some original medicines, such as pills and capsules. Accquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
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        Philip Kapleau papers, 1952-2009 and undated

        24 Linear Feet
        Zen Buddhist teacher and author of "The Three Pillars of Zen." Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Kapleau was a chief court reporter for the Nuremberg Trials and also covered the Tokyo War Crimes Trials. While in Japan for the trials, he met and was influenced by D.T. Suzuki and other Zen practitioners, which led him to become a serious student of Zen in Japan. Eventually, he returned to the United States and founded the Rochester Zen Center (New York) in 1966. Most of the papers relate to Kapleau's role as a Zen teacher, to his writings, and to personal concerns such as his health and Parkinson's disease. Some of Kapleau's notes are written in shorthand, and there are some materials in Japanese. The recorded teishos (dharma talks) were mainly recorded during sesshin (retreats) and span 30 years. According to the tape labels, there are various speakers including Kapleau, Toni Packer, and Bodhin Kjolhede (all of whom led the Rochester Zen Center at different times).
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        Duke University Archives

        Kenneth Willis Clark papers, 1924-1980

        23 Linear Feet
        Kenneth Willis Clark was a faculty member in the Divinity School at Duke University. The Kenneth W. Clark papers include materials from Kenneth Clark's time as a faculty member in the Divinity School. Topics covered include teaching and work on a translation of the biblical New Testament from Greek manuscripts.
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        Graduate School records, 1924-2022

        78.75 Linear Feet
        The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Duke University was formally established in 1926, although some graduate instruction had been offered previously at Trinity College and Duke University. In 1968 the name was shortened to the Graduate School. Collection includes student records, admission applications, correspondence, dissertation abstracts, brochures, memoranda, newsletters, minutes, financial records, grant records, statistics, and other material generated by the Graduate School. Some individuals featured within the collection include William Glasson, Paul Gross, John McKinney, and Richard Predmore.
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        Duke Chapel records, 1920-2025

        58.5 Linear Feet 0.23 Gigabytes
        Construction on Duke University Chapel began in 1930, and the building was dedicated in 1935. The Chapel hosts worship services, concerts, festivals, seminars, study groups, and retreats. The collection contains records relating to the operations and activities of Duke Chapel including administrative records, printed exercise programs and bulletins, transcripts of sermons, marriage and baptismal registries, carillon and carillonneur material, and published material relating to Duke University and the Chapel. University Archives staff must be consulted in order to determine what material is covered by the administrative restriction.
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        Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership records, 2000-2012

        4.5 Linear Feet
        The Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership(DDNP) collaborates with the twelve communities surrounding the Duke Campus on a wide range of neighborhood support and revitalization projects.The Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership Records contains planning documents, correspondence, meeting notes and other materials on the programs and initiatives sponsored by the Duke Durham Neighborhood Partnership between 2000 and 2012. It also includes materials pertaining to the administrative management of civic affairs and community outreach efforts at Duke University.
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        Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions records, 1995-2013

        11 Linear Feet
        The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions was founded in 2005 and merged with the Duke University Energy Initiative to form the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability in 2022. The institute worked to improve global environmental policies through research, engagement with policymakers, and highlighting critical environmental issues. This collection consists of records of staff meetings, board meetings, committees, reports, and educational materials related to climate action, water usage, and water policy in North Carolina.
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        Jesse Pyrant Andrews photographs and oral histories, 1973-2024

        16 Linear Feet (20 boxes) 63.9 Gigabytes (262 audio files)
        Jesse Pyrant Andrews is an American photographer based in rural southern Virginia. Collection comprises 310 black-and-white photographs and 50 oral history interviews by photographer Jesse Pyrant Andrews, documenting rural and small-town life in the Piedmont region of Virginia and North Carolina. Major themes center on the landscapes and people of the region; tobacco cultivation; the lives of farmers, war veterans, small business owners, and laid-off workers; local architecture and historic sites; traditional crafts and music; and new patterns of economics and society in rural Virginia. Andrews's Veterans Project has become a larger focus over the years; it now comprises over 30 portraits and associated audio interviews, chiefly with veterans of the Vietnam and Gulf Wars. Additional projects include materials related to the Carter-Wooding families of southern Virginia; views from an Amtrak train; views of an historic plantation home, Mountainview; and street scenes and portraits taken in New York City, California, and Massachusetts. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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        Drucilla K. Barker papers, 1950s-2018

        5 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
        Drucilla "Drue" K. Barker (1949-2023) was a white Marxist feminist economist and labor scholar and a founding member of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). Collection consists of organizational materials from the International Association for Feminist Economics, Barker's early-career writings and professional materials, materials related to Barker's pedagogy and teaching at Hollins, materials from Barker's undergraduate and graduate work, personal materials, and reading materials. The bulk of this collection dates from the 1980s and 1990s, and it documents Barker's education and career as a feminist economist, including her contributions to the field, her intersectional work, and the breadth of her scholarly interests. Topics represented in the collection include: feminism, feminist economics, Marxian economics, the economic value of caregiving and women's work, and economic aspects of medical malpractice. Acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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        Sarah Wood Zine collection, 1990s

        2 Linear Feet 150 Items
        Sarah Wood was the co-owner of GERLL Press, a zine distro based in Chicago, Ill., in the early to mid-1990s. The collection consists of about 150 zines self-published by women and girls, largely in the United States. Subjects include feminism, the riot grrrl movement, body image and consciousness, women's health, women athletes, sexual abuse, television and film, poetry and short stories, rock music and punk music, violence against women, sexual identity, homosexuality, and bisexuality. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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        Ingrid Bengis papers, 1930-2016

        14 Linear Feet (10 boxes) 11 Megabytes (24 files)
        Ingris Bengis was a white writer, poet, and fishmonger. This collection documents Bengis's life and work in New York City, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Deer Isle and Stonington, Maine. The collection includes drafts, poetry, and published works (including I Have Come Here to Be Alone and Metro Stop Dostoevsky). The bulk of this collection contains correspondence, including letters to and from Bengis, relating to her personal life; teaching; running Ingrid Bengis Seafood; and her 2003 court case regarding her Wooster Street Apartment in New York. Bengis's papers also include photographs of Bengis and her travels, clippings about Bengis as a writer and fishmonger, materials related to her teaching at St. Petersburg State University and Fulbright grant to Russia, as well as personal diaries, journals, and ledgers from her seafood business.
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        Irene Peslikis papers, 1957-2002 and undated

        26.5 Linear Feet
        Feminist artist, activist, and educator Irene Peslikis (1943-2002) was born in New York, New York, and raised in different locations in Queens, New York. She was instrumental in a number of influential feminist and feminist art groups, including the New York Feminist Art Institute, the journal Women & Art (co-founded with Pat Mainardi), and the group Redstockings. The Irene Peslikis Papers span the years 1957-2002 and document Peslikis's life as a feminist artist, activist, and educator. The collection is organized into nine series: Feminist Activism, Correspondence, Writings, Personal Files, Subject Files, Education, Art, Printed Material, and Audiovisual Material. Materials in this collection include correspondence, essays, personal journals, exhibit files, artwork in a number of media, personal files, her student files, teaching files, clippings, photographs, journals, pamphlets, and audiocassettes. Frequent and/or notable correspondents include her immediate family: her mother, father, and brother, Michael; and friends Ursula Karau, Alix Kates Shulman, Rosalyn Baxandall, Robin Morgan, Carol Hanisch, Lucinda (Cindy) Cisler, Lucia Vernarelli, Pat Mainardi, Judy Chicago, and Shulamith (Shulie) Firestone.
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        Frank Espada photographs and papers, 1946-2010, bulk 1964-2000

        56.2 Linear Feet (76 boxes; 3 oversize folders)
        Frank Espada was a political activist and documentary photographer of Puerto Rican extraction based in New York and California. His photographic archives comprise thousands of black-and-white photographs and negatives and related materials concerning Espada's lifelong work documenting the Puerto Rican diaspora, civil and economic rights movements, indigenous Chamorro communities in Micronesia, and HIV/AIDS outreach in San Francisco. The Puerto Rican Diaspora project also includes over 150 oral history recordings. The Civil Rights series documents voter registration and school desegregation rallies in New York City, 1964-1970, as well as housing and anti-poverty movements, primarily in California. Photographic subjects encompass Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and indigenous peoples, as well as whites and racially mixed people. The professional papers include files related to activism, research and writings, exhibits, teaching, and publicity. The earliest dated item is a 1946 essay by Espada, "What democracy means to me." Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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        Duke University Archives

        Daniel Livingstone Papers, 1950-2001

        36 Linear Feet
        Daniel A. Livingstone is the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Biology at Duke University, with longstanding research interests in biology, limnology, paleolimnology, zoology, and other subjects. The Daniel A. Livingstone papers include the extensive correspondence of Dr. Livingstone from the 1980s to 2001 as well as other materials related to his research and teaching at Duke University.
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        Library Collection Development records, 1960-2020

        0.24 Gigabytes 21.5 Linear Feet
        Collection Strategy & Development, previously the Collection Development Office, coordinates the strategic development and management of collections for Duke University Libraries (DUL). The Library Collection Development records contains materials related to the Collection Council, strategic planning, policies, budgets, staff training, the history of the library and its collection, collection development, and acquisitions.
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        Richard White papers, 1964-2017

        6.5 Linear Feet
        Richard White began his career at Duke University as a professor of Botany in 1963. In addition to teaching and researching plant biology, White held administrative positions including Dean of Arts and Sciences and Dean of Trinity College from 1985-1990, Dean of Trinity College and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education from 1990-1997, and Director of Sarah P. Duke Gardens in 1999. The collection contains records related to Richard White's work as an administrator and professor. This includes correspondence, reports, notes, and articles related to curriculum planning, commencement, the Biology Department, Duke faculty and students, course materials, and projects outside of Duke.
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        Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life records, 1964-2012

        27.5 Linear Feet
        The Duke University Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life serves as a liaison between the university administration and student Greek, fraternity, sorority, and selective living groups. Records contain printed materials; publications; meeting minutes; annual reports; housing reviews; residential hall constitutions and officer lists; Panhellenic alcohol surveys; correspondence; judicial files and letters; and composite photographs related to the administration of Duke University fraternity and sorority programs.
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        John Betancourt collection, 1980s

        7.5 Linear Feet
        Assorted zines, monographs, and other printed materials related to science fiction and fantasy collected by John Betancourt, science fiction author and former editor of Weird Tales.
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        True Review, 1994 Oct. Box 1

        Volume 6, no. 4

          Duke University Archives

          Graduate Liberal Studies Records, 1982-2019

          3.0 Linear Feet
          The Duke Graduate Liberal Studies program was founded in 1984, under director Bonnie E. Erickson. The program grants a Master of Arts in Liberal studies (MALS) and is sometimes referred to as the MALS program. The materials include programs, curriculum development, faculty folders, photographs, slides, and correspondence.
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          New Day Films archive, 1968-2021

          51.5 Linear Feet (82 boxes; 74 film reels; 500 GB)
          New Day Films is a filmmaker-run cooperative founded in 1971. Its film archive consists of analog and digital elements for many of the cooperative's films dating from 1971 to the present. Film topics range widely and include women's history and culture; multiculturalism and diversity; social and political history; gender and socialization; media, culture; the environment; mental health; parenting and family; and global concerns. Paper records maintained by feminist co-founders Liane Brandon, Jim Klein, Julia Reichert, and Amalie R. Rothschild and by the cooperative office comprise correspondence between co-op members, staff, vendors, venues, and supporters; records relating to film production and distribution; steering committee and meeting minutes; policies and procedures; reports on activities; fund-raising proposals; film sales and rental receipts; film reviews, articles, fliers, posters, and other publicity; and some photographs of events and members. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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