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Caroline Bien papers, 1960s-2006 and undated

5 Linear Feet
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Copywriter and executive at several U.S. advertising agencies, including Warwick & Legler, D'Arcy MacManus & Masius/deGarmo and Grey Advertising. Collection spans 1960s-2006 and includes proofs and tearsheets, correspondence, printed material, storyboards and other materials documenting Bien's career in advertising. Companies and products represented include Campho-Phenique, D-Con, Gerber, Helena Rubenstein, Karo, Mazola, Midol, Panasonic, Pepsi, Playtex, Seagram, and Timex. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Terry Sanford and the New South records, 2000-2005

5.5 Linear Feet (5 banker boxes, 1 cassette box)
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Terry Sanford and the New South, a documentary by filmmaker Thomas Lennon, examines Sanford's governorship in North Carolina during the Civil Rights movement and his vision of a New South. Sanford was governor of North Carolina, 1961-1965, and also served as President of Duke University, 1969-1985. This accession (2009-0169) (5.0 lin. ft.; 2000 items; dated 2000-2005) includes digital videotapes and duplicates from the production of Terry Sanford and the New South, as well as research notes, production notes and timelines, an index of filed images, and subject files for images used in the film. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts. The finished documentary, Terry Sanford and the New South, can be viewed through NCLive (https://www.nclive.org/).

Frank Baker papers, 1641-2002 and undated, bulk 1740-1995

112.7 Linear Feet Approx. 90,000 Items
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Scholar, editor, collector, and Duke University faculty member specializing in the history of English and American Methodist history, and the life and career of minister John Wesley. Collection documents the professional career and life of Frank Baker, historian of Methodism and particularly of the founder and Methodist minister John Wesley. Materials are arranged in the following series: Baker Collections Files; Correspondence; Libraries and Archives; Ministry; Personal Files; Printed Materials; Professional Service; Scrapbooks and Albums; Subject Files; Teaching Materials; and Writings and Research. Topics covered include: the history of the Baker book and manuscript collections in the Duke University libraries; the history and development of Methodism and of the Wesley family; the Church of England; the Methodist Church in England, the U.S., and other countries; the development of academic research on Methodist history; music and hymnology; and material on the Wesley Works Series, a publishing project headed by Baker. There are abundant research materials on notable individuals associated with Methodism such as Charles Wesley and many other Wesley family members, William Grimshaw, and Francis Asbury. Printed material abounds, and includes many maps, articles, clippings and newspapers, pamphlets, and religious music.
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Audiovisual Materials Series, 1738-1789, 1962-1994 1 box

Microfilm (neg.): resources on William Grimshaw, Benjamin Ingham, and James Everett

Something Borrowed Something Blue records, 1997-2014

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Something Borrowed Something Blue is a co-ed Christian a cappella group at Duke University. The Something Borrowed Something Blue records include materials documenting the group's activities, beliefs, and music selection and performance. Also included are copies of several albums released by SBSB, and captures of the group's website from 2010-2012.

Alliance for Audited Media microfilmed reports, 1914-1999 and undated

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The Alliance for Audited Media (AAM) is a research firm that provides data services to the advertising and publishing industries. It is headquartered in Arlington Heights, Ill. The collection consists of over 500 16mm microfilm reels of archived printed reports produced by the AAM for subscribing newspapers and publications distributed primarily in the United States and Canada. The reports depict circulation data in a variety of contexts, including coupon distribution, geographical penetration, interactive media, market coverage, trends, and Zip Code analyses. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Augustin Louis Taveau papers, 1741-1931, bulk 1830-1836

3 Linear Feet (6 boxes, 1,862 items)
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This collection contains family, personal, literary, and business correspondence and other papers (chiefly 1830-1886) of Taveau, of his father, Louis Augustin Thomas Taveau, and of their family. The collection centers around Augustin Louis Taveau and relates to his education, activities as a poet, European travels (1852-1854), career in the Confederate Army, postwar condemnation of Confederate leaders, removal to Maryland (1866), and agricultural efforts. Other subjects include family and legal matters, social life and customs in South Carolina, the education of Southern girls, rice planting before the Civil War, planting in Mississippi and Louisiana (1850s), agriculture and scientific farming in Maryland, Charleston during the Civil War, postwar politics, and other matters. Correspondents and persons mentioned in this collection include William Aiken, Josias Allston, Henry L. Benbow, A. R. Chisholm, Ralph Elliott, Nathan George Evans, J. A. Gadsden, Horace Greeley, William Gregg, Thomas S. Grimké, Robert Y. Hayne, O. W. Holmes, W. H. Huger, Robert Hume, T. J. Hyland-MacGrath, Andrew Johnson, Carolina Olivia Ball Laurens, Eliza G. Maybank, James L. Petigru, J. J. Pettigrew, William Gilmore Simms, Clifford Simons, Keating L. Simons, Admiral Joseph Smith, Horatio Sprague, John R. Thompson, and members of the Girardeau, Swinton, and Taveau families.

Douglas MacKinnon papers, 1917-1982

14 Linear Feet 10500 Items
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Douglas MacKinnon was a radio program director, businessman, and music aficionado. The collection includes materials from MacKinnon's many ventures in music and radio, including his work at Harvard University, his leadership at the WQXR radio station in New York, his service in the U.S. Army during World War II, his work with Radio Free Europe, his writings for Opera News, and numerous other interests and pursuits. Also present are MacKinnon's diaries, datebooks, personal correspondence, and autobiographical writings.
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Autobiographical Files and Diaries, 1917-1980s and undated 2 boxes

Henry E. Rauch papers, 1963-1992

2 Linear Feet
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Henry E. Rauch was an accountant, businessman, and executive who served on the Board of Trustees of Duke University. An executive and Chairman of the Board at Burlington Industries, he served on Duke's Board of Trustees from 1964-1974. He largely was responsible for the Trustee response to the Duke Vigil in 1968 and closely involved with the expansion of the Duke Medical Center from 1970-1978. The Henry E. Rauch papers include materials related to Henry Rauch's time as a member of the Duke University Board of Trustees, some autobiographical notes on Henry Rauch's personal and professional life, and excerpts from Board of Trustee meeting minutes related to Henry Rauch. Much of the material related to Rauch's tenure in the Board of Trustees was gathered together as a scrapbook, and includes correspondence, clippings, photographs, reports, and typed notes on his particular role and involvement in events, such as the Duke Vigil and in the development of the Duke Medical Center.
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Autobiographical materials, 1978, undated

Duke scrapbooks, 1963-1992

Thomas Dixon Jr. Papers, 1880s-1959

3.0 Linear Feet (4 gray hollinger boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 1 separately boxed volume.)
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Thomas Dixon Jr. (1864-1946) was a white supremacist, novelist, playwright, and clergyman, originally from North Carolina. Dixon authored The Leopard's Spots (1902) and The Clansman (1905), which later was adapted into D. W. Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation (1915). This collection contains literary drafts of his plays and novels, some correspondence, and other legal materials and photographs.
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Jenny Zervakis papers, 1991-2022

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Jenny Zervakis was part of a wave of underground, do-it-yourself cartoonists who came of age during the Zine Revolution of the 1990s. Collection consists largely of issues of her "Strange Growths" and "Love and Other Crack-ups" autobiographical comic zines and "Urban Hiker," a Durham magazine to which Zervakis regularly contributed. Also included in the collection are other comics and writings by Zervakis, as well as an artist's statement. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Artwork, 1995, undated

Strange Growths, 1991-2021 5 folders

La Roy Sunderland autograph and lecture ticket, bulk undated

0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)
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La Roy Sunderland was a minister and abolitionist. Collection comprises one page with a clipped autograph for Sunderland, along with a ticket for his lecture "On Pathetism."
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La Roy Sunderland autograph and lecture ticket, bulk undated 0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)

Millicent Fawcett autograph notes, 1879-1908

0.1 Linear Feet (3 items)
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Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929) was an English politician, writer, and feminist. Collection comprises three autograph notes written by Fawcett.
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Millicent Fawcett autograph notes, 1879-1908 0.1 Linear Feet (3 items)

Sarah Grand autograph statement and letter, 1898?-1908

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Sara Grand was a pseudonym for author and feminist Frances Elizabeth Bellenden Clarke (1854-1943), of Great Britain. Includes a signed statement and a letter, both written from Tunbridge Wells.
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Sarah Grand autograph statement and letter, 1898?-1908 0.1 Linear Feet (3 items)

Gary P. and Sandra G. Baden Collection of Print Advertisements, 1840-1986 and undated

32.0 Linear Feet
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Collection spans 1840-1986 and includes newspaper and magazine clippings and tear sheets, catalogs, ephemera, memorabilia, and other printed material primarily from the U.S., Great Britain, and France. Advertisements represent products and services from a wide range of categories including alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, businesses, cosmetics and other health and beauty products, fashion (including clothing, jewelry and watches), food, hotels and other tourist and travel destinations, household products, movies and theater events, tobacco products (primarily cigarettes) and transportation (airlines, automobiles, buses, cruise lines, trains, tires and other automotive accessories). The bulk of materials are in English, but French, Greek, and Spanish-language items are also present. Companies represented include Ford, Packard, Chrysler, Chevrolet, Coca Cola, TWA, Henri Bendel, Goodyear, and DeBeers. Non-advertising related materials include sheet music from the vaudeville, ragtime, and minstrel era; World War I; and depictions of African Americans, Native American, and other ethnicities in advertisements and print media. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

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Outdoor Advertising Association of America Slide Library, 1891-2000 and undated

51.0 Linear Feet
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The Outdoor Advertising Association of America Slide Library spans the years 1891 through the 2000s, with the bulk of the collection originating in the 1950s and later. The collection documents over a hundred years of outdoor advertising primarily in the United States, plus some international campaigns from several other continents. The Slide Library is a large collection, almost entirely comprised of slides of billboards, exhibiting a grand range of graphic artistry, advertising campaigns, and marketing strategies. A smaller group of images supports the ad collection with views of artwork, billboard construction and other related images. In addition to over 62,000 slides, there are a few early glass slides, as well as transparencies, a small number of paper files, and six audiocassettes accompanying slide presentations. Many images were submitted by outdoor advertising companies over a number of years to the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) as entries in annual national competitions to determine the best poster designs. The OAAA currently sponsors the OBIE Awards, which were preceded by awards programs under various names and sponsorships starting in the early 1930s. The award is modeled after the ancient Egyptian obelisk, considered by many the earliest form of outdoor advertising. Indeed much of the collection can be seen as evidence of this awards program although only the Award Nominees Series contains slides labeled as such. Other slides probably were transferred to OAAA when companies cleaned out their back files, though the precise sources of many items are unknown. The slides were maintained at OAAA primarily as a large supply of creative examples for member companies. Researchers interested in the following subjects may find the Outdoor Advertising Association of America Slide Library especially helpful: the outdoor advertising medium itself, advertising awards, advertising design, billboard construction, and commercial art, as well as the many outdoor advertising companies, advertisers, and advertising campaigns represented.

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Award Nominees Series, 1965-1968, 1983-1987 and undated

Signs and Symbols Reference collection, 1972-2014

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The Signs and Symbols Reference Collection contains material concerning Duke University's insignia, logos, motto, seal, color, and other emblems and identifying marks. Information about marketing and licensing is also included.
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Women's Studies Program Reference collection, 1988-ongoing

0.5 Linear Feet approx. 350 Items
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The Program in Women's Studies at Duke University is dedicated to exploring gender identities, relations, practices, theories and institutions. The collection includes clippings, flyers, newsletters, conference material, and program information.

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Dean S. Wright collection, 1957-1965, 1995

0.25 Linear Feet 100 Items
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Dean Wright played football for the Duke University Blue Devils from 1958 to 1961. During this time, the Duke football team earned two consecutive ACC Championships (1960 and 1961) and won the Cotton Bowl (1961). Dean Wright received many honors as an outstanding player, including the Team MVP Award and invitations to play in the honorary North-South Game (1961) and in the All-America Game (1962). The Dean S. Wright Collection consists of clippings, correspondence, awards, memorabilia, photographs, game programs, and a textbook, which document Dean Wright's student life and football career, Head Football Coach Bill Murray, and the Duke University football team from 1958 to 1962. English.
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Memorabilia, 1958-1961

Glenn Wellington Dobbs papers, 1913-1993

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Glenn Wellington Dobbs was an executive and sales manager for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N.C. Collection includes advertisements, clippings, examples of cigarette packaging, newsletters, photographs, speech materials and other items that document Dobbs's career as a sales manager for R.J. Reynolds. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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J. Walter Thompson Company. London Office records, 1934-2003

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Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) was one of the oldest and largest advertising agencies in the United States. It was headquartered in New York. In 2023 the agency was absorbed into marketing and communications firm VML. The London Office first opened in 1899 and reopened in 1926; it was JWT's first international office and the first international office of any American advertising agency. Collection includes accounting and financial statements; correspondence; country reports; performance assessments; photographs; policy and procedure manuals; presentation texts and other printed materials. Materials document administrative policies; company events; efforts to open offices abroad or to enter joint partnerships; office technologies; profit-sharing and other staff benefits; staff training; and other topics. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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J. Walter Thompson Company. Artifacts and Memorabilia collection, 1888-2004 and undated

39 Linear Feet 400 Items
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Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. Artifacts and Memorabilia span the years 1888 through 2004, and represent a continuation of Record Group 7 of the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) Archives. It is an artificial collection, the items drawn together from numerous accessions and gathered in one group because of their physical natures and purposes, rather than their Provenance. A significant portion of the objects came from the Epcot Worldwide Manager's Meeting, held in May 1984, at which offices displayed objects they used for New Business promotions, personnel recognitions, and other purposes.

Doris Duke Memorabilia collection, 1898-2011 and undated

28 Linear Feet 2,400 Items
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Doris Duke was the only child of James Buchanan (J.B.) Duke, a founder of the American Tobacco Company and Duke Energy Company and a benefactor of Duke University, and Nanaline Holt Duke. Inheriting a bulk of her father's estate in 1925, which included Duke Farms in New Jersey, Rough Point in Newport, R.I., and a mansion in New York City, Doris was soon dubbed by the press as "the richest girl in the world." Although Doris did her best to live a private life, she carried on the Duke family's pattern of philanthropy by contributing to a number of public causes such as the arts, historic preservation, and the environment. Doris Duke died in October 1993 at the age of 80. In her will she left the majority of her estate to the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The Doris Duke Memorabilia Collection contains personal artifacts belonging to Doris Duke. The artifacts widely vary, yet tend to reflect what was important to Miss Duke including travel, philanthropy, growing orchids, and music. Of particular interest are those items from Doris Duke's childhood including scrapbooks, yearbooks, and homework assignments.
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Awards and Tributes, 1905-2007

Awards Reference collection, 1972-ongoing

0.7 Linear Feet 400 Items
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The Awards Reference Collection contains files of clippings, flyers, lists, memoranda and other material concerning awards, prizes, medals, and similar marks of distinction.

J. Walter Thompson Company. Corporation Vertical Files, circa 1915-1999, bulk 1960s-1990s

43.1 Linear Feet (approximately 26,000 items)
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Alphabetical files of miscellaneous information about hundreds of mainly U.S. corporations, some of them domestic and many multinational. The fullest documentation tends to be for companies that are or have been JWT clients (notably Kraft, Quaker Oats, Sears, Ford, Northern Telcom, Gerber, Kellogg, Philip Morris, Oscar Mayer, Kemper, S.C. Johnson, McDonnell Douglas, Jos. Schlitz, 7-Up, and others) and several that are or were major competitors of JWT clients (e.g. AT&T, McDonald's, General Motors, among others). Files contain widely diverse formats of information including internal JWT unpublished reports and memoranda; many articles clipped from magazines (especially trade press) and newspapers; articles printed from computer databases; company publications and annual reports; historical booklets and articles; three vinyl record albums; and miscellaneous items. The richest files tend to be those for major JWT Chicago office accounts, with by far the greatest amount and diversity of information on Kraft. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History.

Parapsychology Laboratory records, 1893-1984

340 Linear Feet (approximately 250,115 items)
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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

Correspondence, 1893, 1919-1984 380 containers; 190 lin. ft.

Duke Ambassadors records, 1947-2004

0.25 Linear Feet 7 Items
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The Duke Ambassadors were an independent, student run, thirteen piece dance band founded by Sonny Burke '37 that was a staple of the Duke University social scene for thirty years. This collection is one compiled artificially by the Office of Alumni Affairs and contains material pertaining to the music and the origination of the Duke Ambassadors including one folder of background information and four CDs. Materials in the collection date from 1947-2004, bulk 1947-1957.

Collaborations in the Creative and the Sacred, Inc. records, 1980-1992, 2021 (bulk 1980-1992)

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Collaborations in the Creative and the Sacred, Inc., was founded in 1980 by Dorothy (Dot) Borden and a group of friends committed to a creative understanding of the sacred in human life and history. Materials in the collection relate to Collaborations in the Creative and the Sacred, Inc., an artistic and creative educational organization operating from 1980-1992. Collection includes records related to the annual summer conference, held by the group from 1981-1992.

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company sales and display materials, 1936-1948 and undated

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The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company is a Chicago-based chewing gum company founded in 1891. Collection includes designs for chewing gum and candy display cases and fixtures; and interview with Philip K. Wrigley; photographs of point-of-sale, shop floor, checkout counter, and storefront window merchandise displays; speeches and instruction guides for sales personnel; and other materials. Photographs include displays across the United States. Retail businesses represented in the materials include G.C. Murphy, Kress, and McCrory's. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Display sketches and instructions, 1940s

Baher Azmy papers, 1986-2007 and undated

1.8 Linear Feet 1,125 Items
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Professor of law at Seton Hall University and attorney representing Guantánamo detainee Murat Kurnaz. The Baher Azmy Papers span the years 1986-2007 and document Azmy's efforts for the writ of habeas corpus and the release and repatriation of his client Murat Kurnaz, a citizen of Turkey and permanent resident of Germany who was held in extra-judicial detention by the U.S. military at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The material documents Baher Azmy's legal motions and public efforts for writ of habeas corpus and the release and repatriation of his client, Mr. Kurnaz. Legal papers are composed of filings and petitions; correspondence comprises letters from and to Baher Azmy, Murat Kurnaz, his family and friends, diplomatic officials and U.S. government offices; writings include Azmy's personal notes pertaining to the case and notes of his interviews with Murat Kurnaz; press clippings consist of media coverage regarding the Murat Kurnaz case in the U.S. and German press. Also includes electronic files of legal documents, notes, media releases, and correspondence. Materials are chiefly in English, but there are German and Arabic items, some of which are translated.

Robert Jerome Fuhrman papers, 1960-1995

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Robert Jerome Fuhrman was an advertising and marketing executive and entrepreneur, co-founder of Eggland's Best, based in Pennsylvania. The Robert Jerome Fuhrman papers consist of clippings and marketing reports. Products include Beech-Nut baby foods; Crest toothpaste (Procter & Gamble/Benton & Bowles); Eggland's Best eggs; and Ricola candies and cough drops. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Baldy Ashburn Capehart papers, 1782-1902

1 Linear Feet 369 Items
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Collection contains deeds, plats, account books, regimental papers of North Carolina troops in the Civil War, and a scrapbook of letters and clippings regarding Capehart's death on January 5, 1899.

Baltimore Pathological Society records, 1853-1872

0.2 Linear Feet 2 Items
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The Baltimore Pathological Society was formed in May 1853 by physicians Francis Donaldson, Charles Frick, Thomas H. Buckler, Thomas F. Murdock, Christopher Johntson, William C. Van Bibber, David Steuart and others. The first meeting of the society was held on June 11, 1853. Collection contains two manuscript volumes kept by the secretary of the society that provide a detailed record of the society's proceedings. Volume 1, dated 1853 to 1858, includes a membership list of the organizing members of the society, minutes of the first meeting held on June 11, 1853, and minutes of 84 additional meetings held from 1853 to 1858. Volume 2, dated 1867 to 1872, includes meeting minutes, roll calls, and the society's constition and by-laws. Both volumes document the society's discussion of cases and diseases and methods of treatment as well as medical demonstrations given at meetings. It appears that the society was re-organized in 1867 after an initial period of activity in the 1850s.

Bamako (Mali) photographs, circa 2002

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Collection comprises 23 color photographs (4"x6") of Bamako, Mali, sent to Helene Baumann by a friend in 2002, accompanied by a letter containing descriptive information for each photograph. Baumann was librarian for African and Western European Studies at Duke University, 1988-2006. Includes images of housing conditions; markets, public spaces, monuments, and buildings; and soccer matches.
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Bamako (Mali) photographs, circa 2002 0.2 Linear Feet

Minister to the University (Dean of the Chapel) records, 1940-1997

31 Linear Feet
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The Dean of Duke Chapel oversees the operation of the chapel and plays an integral role in connecting the academic and spiritual lives of the university's students, faculty and staff. The collection contains materials of the Minister's office, the Chaplain, Duke University Church, Friends of Duke Chapel, student religious activities and organization. Materials include files on former preachers at Duke Chapel, photographs, pamphlets, clippings, correspondence and audio cassettes.

Lane Bryant catalog collection, 1918-1970s

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Retail chain of women's clothing, founded by Lena Himmelstein Bryant (1877-1951) in New York, now headquartered in New Albany, Ohio. Collection consists of an incomplete run of mail order catalogs for maternity clothing and plus-size women's wear. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History and the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Baron Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Ross Cochrane-Baillie Lamington papers, 1903-1908

0.5 Linear Feet 55 Items
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Member, House of Commons (1886-1890), Governor of Queensland (1895-1901), and of Bombay (1903-1907). Papers relating to Lord Lamington's governorship of Bombay, India. Letters and administrative notes concern budget surpluses and recommendations for local use; development of a program for inoculation against the plague; administrative and diplomatic matters in India; the relations between Hindus and Muslims, Europeans and Indians. Correspondents include George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquis Curzon; Gilbert John Murray Kynynmond Elliot, Earl of Minto; Sir Shahu Chhatrapati, Maharaja of Kolhapur; Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Earl of Kitchener; and John Morley, Viscount Morley. Includes two letter books containing regular and detailed dispatches from the governor to the Marquis Curzon, the Governor-general of India, and Lord Minto, the Viceroy. Handwritten indices to the letter books refer to various persons and topics such as administration, agriculture, the army, commerce, the courts, education, public finance, industry, journalism, public health, social life and customs, the British protectorate of Aden, and transportation, especially railroads.

Barriner Family papers, 1921-1941

0.4 Linear Feet 120 Items
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Barriner family of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Brothers Clyde Barriner and Woodrow Barriner were members of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Collection includes letters chiefly sent to Sarah Barriner of Poplar Bluff, Mo., from her children and relatives. Letters from her son Woodrow Barriner describe daily activities and camp life in Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1727 near Powers, Or., from 1933-1934. Also included are letters from Clyde Barriner in Van Buren, Mo.; from Esther Payne in Sumter, S.C., 1940-1941; from Minnie Hanson of Piedmont, Mo.; and from Opal Hill. Family letters typically discuss social life in customs and hardships caused by the Great Depression.
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William P. Littell papers, 1901-2020

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William P. Littell was an advertising executive at the Chicago office of Ruthrauff & Ryan (a subsidiary of the Interpublic Group) from 1922-1964. The William Littell papers include photographs, biographical information, correspondence, writings and other printed materials. The bulk of the collection consists of materials compiled for an advertising instructional course and proposed public relations campaigns for Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) Athletic Association records, 1912-1937

0.5 Linear Feet about 400 Items
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The Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) Athletic Association was responsible for organizing athletic events, such as baseball and basketball games. The collection includes correspondence and contracts and ranges in date from 1912-1937.

Sports Information Office: Photographic Negatives collection, circa 1924-1992, 1995, undated

23 Linear Feet (20,122 items)
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Collection includes photographic negatives related to sports at Duke. Sports include the following: baseball, basketball, boxing, cheerleading, cross country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, wrestling, and volleyball. There are also negatives that pertain to general athletics. The subjects of the negatives include athletes, coaches, team pictures, and game action. The collection ranges in date from 1924-1992, 1995, undated.

Bassett Residence Hall records, 1950-1979

1.5 Linear Feet 1500 Items
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Completed and occupied in the spring of 1927, Bassett Hall was first known as Dormitory No. 4. Bassett Residence Hall was home to female undergraduate students from the 1930s through the early 1990s. Types of material included in this collection are: correspondence, constitutions, financial summaries, minutes, notes, newsletters, clippings, a biography, rules, and scrapbooks. Major subjects include: Duke University, Trinity College, Bassett Hall, living groups, and female students. Materials date from 1950-1979.
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Bassett Residence Hall governance and activities, 1950-1979, undated, 1950-1979, undated

Anne Halley typescripts, approximately 1948-2004

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Anne Halley was a fiction writer and poet. Collection includes typescripts for four works (approximately 700 pages) and typesetting instructions for the opening pages of Rumors of the Turning Wheel, which was published by Lisa Unger Baskin's Aee Press in 2003.

William States Lee papers, 1911-1933

8.5 Linear Feet (24 boxes; 1 oversize folder)
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Collection contains photographs, memoranda of operations, blue prints, printed material, and volumes compiled by William States Lee in his role as consulting engineer for the construction of the Beauharnois Hydroelectric Power Station in Quebec Province, Canada. Included are over 1300 photographs which show the project's development from beginning to completion; project's weekly bound memoranda of operations from 1929-1933; and many reports, specifications, blueprints, and other plans generated from this project. Also included in this collection are some photographs, maps, and and other documents related to the Duke Power Company's hydroelectric development in the Carolinas. In addition, there is a volume outlining farming problems, especially erosion, in western North Carolina and southern Appalachia, and contains pictures of these areas.
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Beauharnois Power Station, 1927-1933

Beauharnois Power Station Progress Pictures, 1930-1932

University Writing Program records, 1997-2007

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The University Writing Program (UWP) promotes the role of writing in the undergraduate curriculum at Duke through three main programs: Writing 20; Writing in the Disciplines (WID); and the Writing Studio. Collection contains student essays from various Writing 20 classes and a clipping about the opening of the Writing Assistance Center in January 1979. Items in the collection range in date from 1997-2007.
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Chinese women's health and family planning posters, 1950s-1978

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Posters were used in cities and villages across China to promote health and hygiene, including for pregnancy and childbirth via the Patriotic Health Campaign from the 1950s through the 1970s, and to communicate limiting family sizes in the 1970s and the "one child" policy in the 1980s. The Chinese women's health and family planning posters include posters with images and text about childbirth, women's hygiene, and family planning.
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Bellevue High School records, 1875-1955 and undated

19.5 Linear Feet 3276 Items
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The collection contains school records including account books; stationery books; correspondence of the Abbott, Minor, and Henderson families; diaries and daybooks of John B. Minor, Jr.; a woman's journal; various notebooks; clippings, including a series of Civil War clippings; photographs; and other ephemera, including a school pennant. One oversize class photograph is housed in an oversize cabinet.

Ben E. Douglas, Sr. papers, 1935-1981 and undated, bulk 1953-1980

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

Benjamin Waterhouse papers, 1782-1841 and undated

0.5 Linear Feet Approx. 250 Items
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U.S. physician; pioneer of vaccination in the U.S. Collection chiefly consists of photostatic copies of correspondence written to Waterhouse, and brings together material from various U. S. collections. Includes some original letters acquired by Duke University. The bulk of the material, correspondence and minutes of meetings of the Corporation of Harvard College, relates to vaccination and Waterhouse's removal from his Harvard professorship. Correspondents include: J. Warren, J.C. Warren, J. Jackson, J. Gorham, W. Jenks, J.R. Coxe, B. Lincoln, S. Williams, J. Sullivan, B. Silliman, J. Redman, W. Cogswell, J. Lathrop, J. Monroe, J. T. Kirkland, H. Dearborn, H.A.S. Dearborn, J. Tilton, J. Winthrop, T. Jefferson, D. Webster, J. Sparks, L. Cass, and R. Elton. Collection also includes photostatic copy of Waterhouse's 1794 journal describing a trip to Saratoga Springs. Forms part of the Trent Manuscripts Collection and was acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
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Benjamin Waterhouse papers, 1782-1841 and undated 0.5 Linear Feet Approx. 250 Items

D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Archives, 1901, 1929-1999

162 Linear Feet
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New York-based advertising agency formed in 1985 by the merger of the Benton & Bowles and D'Arcy-MacManus and Masius advertising agencies. In 2002 the agency closed upon acquisition by French company Publicis. Collection includes memoranda; correspondence; reports; corporate publications; marketing research reports; manuals; employee reference material; press releases; a press book; speeches; clippings; photographs and negatives in color and black-and-white; films, video and sound recordings, and DVDs; book manuscripts; financial papers; and a scrapbook. The collection documents the history of Benton & Bowles advertising; the merger of the D'Arcy MacManus Masius and Benton & Bowles companies; the early careers of William Benton and Atherton W. Hobler; employee training, recruitment, and management; corporate publications; and marketing research. Clients represented include the Procter & Gamble Company, General Foods Corporation, Allied Chemical Corporation, Avco Corporation, Colgate Palmolive Co., Florida Citrus Commission, International Business Machines Corporation, and West Point Pepperell. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Benton & Bowles, 1929-1986 and undated

Memoranda, 1959-1985 bulk 1970s-1981

Sally Schauman collection of work by women photographers, 1920-2002, 2022

9.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes; 4 oversize folders)
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Sally Schauman was an art collector and resident of Durham, North Carolina. Collection consists of 25 prints by the following 20th century women photographers, assembled by Schauman: Berenice Abbot; Catherine Angel; Ilse Bing; Ruth Bernhard; Esther Bubley; Debbie Fleming Caffery; Sandra Russell Clark (2); Imogen Cunningham (2); Laura Gilpin; Mona Kuhn; Helen Levitt (2); Genevieve Naylor; Anne Noggle; Mary Peck; Susan Seubert (2); Joyce Tenneson; Charlotte Watts; Eudora Welty; Marion Post Wolcott; and Bayard Morgan Wootten. Subjects include portraits (among which Maya Angelou, Martha Graham, Carson McCullers, Marianne Moore, and Eleanor Roosevelt), landscapes, animal and botanical images, and studies of the American South. The photographs are almost all gelatin silver, with a few platinum prints and color inkjets. The mounts range in size from 8x10 to 22x28 inches, with one panoramic print measuring 10x30 inches. An obituary and funeral service program are also in the collection. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts and the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University.
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Vincent Cianni photographs, 1983-2019

25.25 Linear Feet (34 boxes) 4.2 Gigabytes
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Vincent Cianni is a documentary photographer and educator based in New York State. Project themes and subjects in this collection range widely: views of the city of Berlin, the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany in 1990; mall culture and the social impacts of urban decay in Poughkeepsie, New York State, 1980s; wedding ceremonies and rituals of straight and transgender people, mid-1980s; Latino youth and in-line skating culture in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, mid-1990s-2017; Cambodian kickboxing culture, 2004; the relationship between human story-telling, memory, and landscapes, 2000-2002; and gay pride marches and demonstrations in New York City, 1985-2019. An additional series offers a large set of oral histories of gay individuals in the U.S. military, 2010-2012. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Berlin, 1990 65 prints 4 boxes

Poughkeepsie Mall, 1980s 22 prints

Grace Mott Johnson papers, 1913, 1925-1928

0.5 Linear Feet
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Grace Mott Johnson was a white American artist and sculptor in the early 20th century. This collection contains letters to Johnson from her family, including her son Alfred Dasburg, and others in the artist community. Acquired as part of the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection at Duke University.
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Dasburg, Alfred, 1925-1927 9 folders

Dasburg, Andrew, 1927

Lisa Unger Baskin Collection of Photographs, circa 1860-1960s, bulk 1860-1910

4.5 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
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Lisa Unger Baskin, who assembled this collection of photographs centered on women's history and culture, is a bibliophile, collector, and activist. Collection consists of 514 photographs and other graphic items in a variety of formats typical for the time, chiefly albumen, but also including gelatin silver, cased images, and mechanical prints; there are also small groups of true photographic postcards. Along with titles, dates, and content, data points may include biographies of photographers and subjects, studio addresses, and other notes. Roughly three-quarters of the images were produced by commercial women photographers in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The great majority date from about 1860 to 1920, and the most common format is studio portraits of white men, women, children, and families. There are also many photographs of well-known women artists, entertainers, intellectuals, and activists of the time, as well as images of women in educational and a variety of work settings, on sports teams, posing with uniforms, guns, and tools, and enjoying leisure activities. Roughly 40 images are portraits of African Americans and other people of color or mixed race. Color images are chiefly limited to hand-tinted images and mechanical prints. Acquired as part of the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection at Duke University.
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Bertie Ray Davis, circa 1883

Home economics instructional materials, 1959-1970

0.4 Linear Feet (18 items)
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Collection consists of educational pamphlets and audiovisual materials (a phono disc, 35mm films) that cover a range of topics relating to home economics, meal preparation, menus, and party planning primarily aimed at teenagers and young adults. Booklets include information on consumer education; cooking; food service careers; hosting and entertaining; party planning; and recipes. Sponsoring companies include Best Foods; Campbell Soup; Carnation; Corn Products; Evaporated Milk Association; General Mills; Heinz; National Restaurant Association; Pan-American Coffee Bureau; Procter & Gamble; and Reynolds Metals. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Kristin Bedford photographs, 1930s-2018

10 Linear Feet (15 boxes)
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Kristin Bedford is a photographer based in Los Angeles. The 172 color photographs taken by Bedford from 2012 to 2018, derive from three projects: "Be Still: A Storefront Church in Durham," which consists of images of African American worshippers and their pastor in Durham, North Carolina; "The Perfect Picture," images from the multi-racial Peace Mission Movement religious community, founded by Father and Mother Divine in the 1930s, and the community's estate, Woodmont, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Bedford's latest work, "Cruise Night," a photographic essay on the lowrider community in Los Angeles, California. The "Perfect Picture" prints are accompanied by a variety of related materials (1930s-1990s), including movement publications and print ephemera, historical photographs, a CD of sermons, memorabilia, and other items; materials in this project speak to race relations in the 20th century, the civil rights movement, and African American religious culture. All three projects include a set of large color inkjet exhibit prints as well as a duplicate set of smaller handling prints, and an essay written by the photographer for each project. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Be Still: A Storefront Church in Durham, 2012-2013 1.5 Linear Feet (1.5 boxes; 1 oversize folder)

South Africa documentary photographs collection, 1940s-approximately 2013, bulk 1960-2013

45.0 Linear Feet (49 boxes; approximately 1133 items) 278.1 Gigabytes
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Collection consists of over 1100 black-and-white and color exhibit prints representing the work of over 50 South African photographers who documented conditions during and after apartheid, from about the 1940s to 2013, with most dating after 1960. Arranged in five series representing projects curated by documentary photographers Alex Harris, Paul Weinberg, and others: Beyond the Barricades, The Cordoned Heart, Then and Now, Underexposed, and The Other Camera. There is also a series of work by Jeeva Rajgopaul, and a series of Staffrider digital materials. Set in rural and urban South Africa, the images portray political rallies; protests; forced removals; funerals; social gatherings such as dances and concerts; work and domestic life; the life of the elderly, the migrants, and the impoverished; and labor organizing and strikes. There are many portraits of individuals of all races and classes, well-known activists and politicians, as well as countless ordinary South African citizens. Many of the photographers were members of Afrapix, a collective photography agency engaged in documenting the anti-apartheid struggle. There is a small amount of printed material, as well as a selection of digital image files and a digital audio file of an exhibit talk. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Beyond the Barricades: Popular Resistance in South Africa, 1981-1988 79 prints

Omar Badsha, 1981-1987 16 prints

Commencement Exercises Reference collection, 1850-2023

6.75 Linear Feet
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The Commencement Exercises Reference Collection contains commencement programs; addresses, speeches, and sermons; and associated material.
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Sidney Winter papers, 1964-2017

3 Linear Feet (1 Paige box, 2 Hollinger boxes, and 1 oversize folder.)
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Sidney Winter is a white American economist known for his application of evolutionary theory to economics and contributions to the field of evolutionary economics. His scholarship has influenced a range of fields, especially the study of the evolution of firms. Richard Nelson (1930-2025) was an American economist and frequent collaborator of Winter's who emphasized the role of institutions, learning, and routines in shaping economic dynamics. This collection contains drafts, notes, correspondence, and experiments from Winter and Nelson's works on evolutionary economics in the 1970s. It also contains published materials from the 1980s-2010s, including Winter and Nelson's An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change. Acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.

Consumer Reports. Edward Reich papers, 1940-1946 and undated

0.2 Linear Feet
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Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. Edward Reich was an educator and consumer advocate who served as director of the New York City Board of Education's Consumer Education Office and as Board member (1943-1973), Vice President (1958-1961) and Treasurer (1961-1973) of Consumers Union. The Edward Reich papers consist of correspondence, bibliographies reports and teaching guides relating to Reich's service with the New York City Board of Education's consumer education program. Topics include establishing and organizing activities for consumer clubs; adult consumer education programs; and suggested resources for study. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Environmentalism Reference collection, 1970-Ongoing

0.5 Linear Feet 300 Items
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The Environmentalism Reference Collection contains files of clippings, flyers, announcements, publications, reports and other materials pertaining to environmental matters at the University. This collection was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research.

Bunyan S. Womble papers, 1900-1976

3.9 Linear Feet 1800 Items
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Bunyan S. Womble, graduate of Trinity College in 1904 and Trinity Law School in 1906, served actively on the Board of Trustees from 1915-1963, and then as an emeritus trustee until his death in 1976. The collection includes correspondence, reports, several newspaper clippings, memoranda, charts, and other materials. The bulk of these materials date from 1959-1963 and concern the governance and administration of the University.

John E. Browning papers, 1930-1999

0.4 Linear Feet 120 Items
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John E. Browning (1915-2000) was a commercial artist, designer, and naval architect who worked in the outdoor advertising and maritime industries in New Jersey. This collection spans the years 1930-1999 and includes billboard designs, photographs and digitized negatives, sketches, correspondence, and printed materials relating to commercial art and typography. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Book and Booklet, 1930

Bill Bramberg collection, 1955-1956

1.5 Linear Feet approx. 19 items
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Bill Bramberg graduated from Duke University in 1957. The collection includes clippings, photographs, LPs, and Hoof'n'Horn memorabilia.

Bill Brown zine collection, 1981-2011, 1981-2011, bulk 1990-2005

4.8 Linear Feet (271 items)
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Bill Brown is a filmmaker, photographer, and zinester from Lubbock, Texas. His films explore the landscapes of North America, including the United States–Mexico border, North Dakota missile silos, and the Trans-Canada Highway, and have been exhibited at film festivals and museums around the world. He received a BFA from Harvard in 1992 and a MFA from CalArts in 1997. Brown is the author of a zine called Dream Whip as well as a novel on the underground in L.A., Saugus to the Sea. In January 2013, Bill Brown donated his personal collection of zines, comprising 186 titles and almost 250 issues in total. Although Brown never actively collected zines, he was always eager to barter and trade with other zine makers. The resulting collection includes zines spanning from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s. The zines are arranged alphabetically by title.

Bill Communications Harvard Business School file, 1959-1978.

0.1 Linear Feet
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Publishing, marketing research, business services, and seminar management company; name adopted in 1968. Founded originally as a publishing company in 1879; changed name to Bill Brothers Publications, Inc., in 1957. Collection comprises a file compiled by company president John W. Hartman, mainly regarding Harvard Business School's 10-year case study (1970s) of the company's development. In addition, there is an additional Harvard business case study, on Blackwood Press; as well as two copies of the Bill Communications newsletter TRADEWINDS (1959); and a reprinted article on marketing from the Harvard Business Review (1960).
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Bill Communications Harvard Business School file, 1959-1978. 0.1 Linear Feet

Bill Communications Sales and Marketing Management Vertical Files, 1960-1994

11 Linear Feet 7,700 Items
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Bill Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of Dutch publisher VNU Business Publications, is a business-to-business publisher and organizer of trade shows. Sales and Marketing Management is one of their main trade journals. The Bill Communications Sales and Marketing Management Vertical Files cover the years 1960-1994, with the bulk of the material dating 1975-1985. Topics include advertising, black middle class, finance, food industry, hiring, legal perspectives, management, marketing, media, packaging, product trends, real estate market, research, the Robinson-Patman Act, salesmen and salesmanship, research, telephone industry, training, women consumers, youth market and youth alcohol use, and zip codes. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Bill of indictment for African-American woman named "Blender", 1808 January

0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)
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Collection comprises a bill of indictment for perjury against "Blender," an African-American woman who allegedly falsely accused a man of rape. Contains a list of 10 witnesses in the case, including seven women. In 1807 Blender accused Jonas Fairlamb of raping her, resulting in pregnancy. The indictment also mentions the alleged crime of "bastardy," but those words have been crossed out. Blender appeared before the justice of the peace for Delaware County, Pennsylvania, but now, some months later, it appears that she perjured herself. The indictment contains a description of the alleged sexual assault, and lists the contradictions in Blender's account of the rape and the timeline of events. Blender is charged with committing "wilfull & corrupt perjury to the great displeasure of Almighty God." The docketing on the bill lists the foreman of the jury as Thomas Smith, and notes that the defendant, having been arraigned, pleads "non cul[pabilis]," or not guilty. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
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Bill of indictment for African-American woman named "Blender", 1808 January 0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)

American slavery documents collection, 1757-1878 and undated

2.0 Linear Feet (5 boxes and 5 oversize folders)
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Collection of manuscript items relating to American slavery assembled over a number of decades by the staff of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Duke University. Collection contains items documenting the sales, escapes, and emancipations of enslaved people from colonial times through the Civil War, and to a lesser extent, materials relating to slavery in the United States dating from the post-emancipation period.

Bic Retractable Pen Launch "Bic-Issimo" Promotion, 1965

1.0 Linear Feet
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Consumer products manufacturer founded in 1945 in Clichy, France. Binder announces introduction of "skip-proof" pen with black-and-white photographs and other images and humorous text. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.facturer founded in 1945 in Clichy, France. Binder announces introduction of "skip-proof" pen with black-and-white photographs and other images and humorous text. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Bic Retractable Pen Launch "Bic-Issimo" Promotion, 1965 1.0 Linear Feet

Mary A. Bell papers, 1846-1923

0.5 Linear Feet 125 Items
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Mary Bell's husband, C. C. Bell, was a soldier in the 16th Georgia Infantry during the Civil War. Family letters with typescripts. Many were written by C.C. Bell while in Civil War military camps in Tennessee and Georgia.
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Mary A. Bell papers, 1846-1923 0.5 Linear Feet 125 Items

Publicis Promotional Binder, approximately 1950

1.0 Linear Feet
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Advertising agency founded in 1926 in Paris, France. Binder of black-and-white photographs highlighting Publicis' work for its clients. Companies represented include Bouchara, Brunswick Furriers, Colgate-Palmolive, Craven cigarettes (brand of Benson & Hedges), Lordson, Timor insecticide (SOFACO), and Weill clothiers. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Publicis Promotional Binder, approximately 1950 1.0 Linear Feet

Clarissa Sligh papers, 1950-2010

70 Linear Feet 1.8 Gigabytes
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Clarissa Sligh is an artist and author of works such as Wrongly Bodied, Reading Dick and Jane with Me, What's Happening With Momma? Jake in Transition, and It Wasn't Little Rock. Collection includes materials relating to Sligh's career as an artist, with particular focus on her various projects and exhibitions in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. Projects represented include Jake In Transition/Wrongly Bodied, Witness to Dissent/It Wasn't Little Rock, Coast to Coast, Sandy Ground, Malcolm X: Man, Ideal, Icon, What's Happening With Momma? and an NC Reunion/Slavery project, along with several others. Sligh's files frequently include correspondence, research materials, drafts of essays and exhibition plans, clippings and other source materials, contact sheets and slides, and occasionally exhibit pieces and texts from the actual installation. Other items included in the collection are exhibition binders and scrapbooks kept by Sligh to document her career; correspondence and communication between Sligh and other artists, galleries, or publishers; catalogs and publicity materials from Sligh's many exhibitions, shows, and publications, artists' books, materials documenting Sligh's art and process, large framed photographic prints; and other materials. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Binders and Catalogs, 1982-2009 and undated 8 boxes

Hương Ngô zines and artists books, 2004-2021, undated

0.25 Linear Feet
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Hương Ngô is a feminist, interdisciplinary artist and educator born in Hong Kong and based in the USA. This collection consist of 14 zines and artists books created by Hương Ngô.
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Jesse Harrison Epperson papers, 1915-1959

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
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Dr. J.H. Epperson (1889-1958) was a resident of Durham, N.C. and director of the Durham County Public Health Department. Collection comprises correspondence, clippings, and photographs relating to his life and career. Subjects in the many photocopied news clippings center around Durham public health and sanitation history in the early 20th century, including efforts to combat communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and venereal disease in both white and African American populations. Includes 19 black-and-white photographs, mostly local news photographs, among which are 1920s views of downtown Durham, N.C.; interiors of the new Health Department laboratory in 1915; portraits of nurses and other staff, several of whom are people of color; and a 1920s group photograph of twenty local midwives, chiefly African American or multiracial women.
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Biographical, 1915-1958

Clippings, 1933-1959

Angier Biddle Duke papers, circa 1920s-1995, bulk 1950-1995

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

Financial, circa 1970s-1990s

Earl J. Hamilton papers, 1350-1995, bulk dates 1650-1940

45 Linear Feet (56 boxes and three oversize folders)
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Earl Hamilton (1899-1989) was a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Chicago (after beginning his career at Duke University). This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, and teaching. It forms parts of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Biographical, 1930-1995

William Baskerville Hamilton papers, 1700-1975

80 Linear Feet (53,700 items)
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Correspondence, memoranda, and reports, relating to Hamilton's teaching career; reasearch notes for his work in antebellum Mississippi history, particularly the Territorial period, and for biographies of William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, and William Murray, Earl of Mansfield; and personal and family papers. Includes ca. 9,000 British historical manuscripts donated by Hamilton, cataloged separately by the repository. Correspondents include Nash Kerr Burger, Hubert Creekmore, Eudora Welty, and other Mississippi literary figures.

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Biographical and Autobiographical Information

Alphabetical Files

Herbert Clarence Bradshaw papers, 1922-1976

35 Linear Feet (70 boxes.)
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Herbert Clarence Bradshaw (1908-1976) was a white American author, historian, and journalist. This collection documents his personal and professional life through his subject files, which include a great deal of correspondence. A retired editor of the Durham Morning Herald, he was murdered in his home during a series of random shootings in Durham by a single individual in December 1976.
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Biographical and Autobiographical Information

Subject Files

David B. McCall papers, 1939-1999 and undated bulk 1980-1994

21.8 Linear Feet 12,600 Items
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David B. McCall was an advertising executive and humanitarian. He was the originator of the idea for the children's educational television series Schoolhouse Rock. The David B. McCall Papers span the years 1939-1999, with the bulk documenting the years 1980-1994, and are comprised of clippings, correspondence, business reports, photographs, scrapbooks, speeches and writings, videocassettes, audio tapes and phonograph records. In particular, three main areas of McCall's career are represented: as an advertising executive and partner in agencies such as Young & Rubicam, Ogilvy Benson & Mather, McCaffrey & McCall, David J. Mahoney, Inc., the Sawyer Miller Group, and Shepardson Stern and Kaminsky; as a corporate director for the Hunter Fan Company, Save the Children, and two local radio broadcasting corporations, among others; and as a humanitarian involved with organizations such as the Committee for the Support of Roe v. Wade, CARE, and Refugees International. In addition, there is a substantial body of McCall's speeches and writings that reflect both the wide range of his professional and personal interests and commitments as well as his status as a public intellectual in high demand, as well as a number of files containing correspondence, clippings and articles concerning David Ogilvy, McCall's mentor in advertising. Major advertising campaigns represented in this collection include Mercedes Benz of North America, North American Philips, Life magazine, the American Can Company, Lever Brothers Company, and the Zippo Manufacturing Company, along with public relations work for such clients as the National Football League, Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC), and the Regional Bell Operating Companies. Major humanitarian issues documented in the collection include the Unsell protest movement against the war in Vietnam, tobacco advertising aimed at children, land mine removal, refugee welfare, and support of abortion rights. McCall was also involved in political campaigns for a number of notable candidates, such as John Lindsay (New York), Harvey Gannt (North Carolina), George Kevarian (Massachusetts), Ramón Mitra (Philippines) and Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru). While McCall is recognized as the originator of the idea behind the popular children's educational television series Schoolhouse Rock!, the collection contains very little documentation concerning that project apart from a copy of the original soundtrack.
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Park, Lambuth, and Sherertz family papers, 1825-2002

2 Linear Feet (2 boxes, 1 VHS tape)
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The Park, Lambuth, and Sherertz families were Methodist missionaries to China, Japan, and Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries. Collection contains correspondence, writings, biographical and reference material, and other items that document the families' missionary activities for the Methodist Episcopal Church South, social and personal lives, and genealogies. Materials date largely from the 1920s to the 1970s. Topics covered in the collection include Methodist missionary activities, medicine and Christian education in Suzhou (China), the Second Sino-Japanese War, and family history and genealogy.
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Roberta Cohen papers, 1965-2025

16 Linear Feet 220 Megabytes
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Roberta Cohen (born 1940) is an international human rights activist, scholar, diplomat, policy maker, and author. The Roberta Cohen papers document Cohen's involvement with many NGOs; think tanks such as Brookings Institution; government and United Nations bodies working on issues of international human rights, particularly during President Jimmy Carter's administration; Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs); war; disasters; and humanitarianism. Collection includes notes, correspondence, documents, clippings from newspapers and journals, recorded interviews, memorabilia, various research and writing files, and other assorted materials. Acquired by the Human Rights Archive.
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Biographical Data, 1960-2025

J. Walter Thompson Company. Peter Dunham papers, 1960-1967

0.4 Linear Feet
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Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) was one of the oldest and largest advertising agencies in the United States. It was headquartered in New York. Peter Dunham (1921-2011) worked at JWT from 1950-1974, primarily in international activities as a field representative and account manager. Collection includes correspondence; descriptions of JWT international field offices; travel itineraries for office visits by JWT executives including Dan Seymour and Tom Sutton. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Jay B. Hubbell papers, 1816-1998 and undated, bulk 1920-1979

10.7 Linear Feet
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Jay Broadus Hubbell was a professor of American literature at Duke University. The Jay B. Hubbell Papers span the years from 1816 to 1998, with the bulk of the material documenting Hubbell's career from his early student years in the 1920s until his death in 1979. The collection consists mainly of his professional papers, including correspondence with colleagues and literary figures, articles written by others at his request for the Jay B. Hubbell Center, printed materials inscribed to him and written by him, and unpublished manuscripts. The material chronicles the four decades of Hubbell's career as professor and critic, which he dedicated to the growth and development of American literature as a field of critical inquiry. Among the many significant correspondents or subjects of others' writings are Conrad Aiken, Gay Wilson Allen, Robert Frost, Clarence Gohdes, members of the Hubbell family, Ralph Leslie Rusk, Carl Sandburg, Allen Tate, Arlin Turner, and John Hall Wheelock. Other significant topics covered by the material include the founding of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography at Duke University, the study and teaching of literature from the American South, the activities of the faculty at Duke University, and the development of the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association (MLA).
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Biographical Data Series 1906-1980 and undated

Clarence Louis Frank Gohdes papers, 1811-1990s and undated, bulk 1905-1981, bulk 1905-1981

6.2 Linear Feet (11 boxes) 4650 Items
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Collection consists of research materials, correspondence, writings, clippings and other printed materials, and a few photographs, mainly from the latter half of Gohdes's career. The earliest date (1811) refers to reproductions of original research materials. Correspondence with other American Literature teachers and authors, combined with other materials relating to Gohdes's institutional and organizational affiliations, in particular with Duke University, the Modern Language Association (MLA), and the journal AMERICAN LITERATURE, comprise the most substantive aspects of this collection. They provide insight into American literary scholarship in the early and mid-twentieth century. Noted authors and scholars of the time whose letters and other writings are in the collection include Alexander Blackburn, Oscar Cargill, Lewis Chase, Robert Elias, Norman Foerster, Arthur Rubin, Arthur Quinn, and Upton Sinclair. Original manuscripts by Gohdes, inscribed reprints of writings by his colleagues, and materials relating to many major British and American literary figures, make up the rest of the collection. There is substantial material on Edgar Allen Poe and American humor. The collection also includes papers documenting Gohdes's research and writing for his last book project, a history of the muscadine grape in North Carolina entitled Scuppernong, North Carolina's Grape and Its Wines. Acquired as part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography
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Biographical Data Series, after 1959 and 1997

Biographical Reference collection, 1972 - 2004

15 Linear Feet
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The Biographical Reference Collection contains files of clippings, publications, biographical sketches, curriculum vitae, and other materials about the activities of Duke University administration, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as other people connected or associated with the University, including members of the Duke family. These files were compiled from a variety of sources by University Archives staff for use in reference and research. English.
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John Paver papers, 1920-1979, bulk 1938-1971

33.1 Linear Feet 16,105 Items
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The John Paver Papers span the years 1920 through 1979, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1938 through the year 1971. The collection documents Paver's career in the outdoor advertising industry, especially his years as president of the National Outdoor Advertising Bureau (NOAB), and his work writing a textbook on the outdoor advertising medium. Series include the Biographical Files Series; Writings and Speeches Series; NOAB Files Series; Subject Files Series; Personal Files Series; Miscellaneous Files Series; Photographs, Negatives, and Slides Series; and Oversize Materials. Researchers interested in the following subjects may find this collection especially helpful: management in the advertising industry, more specifically the outdoor advertising industry; the outdoor medium itself; and traffic and advertising. Common formats in the collection include paper files such as correspondence, meeting minutes, writings, memoranda, printed materials; and photographic prints and negatives. The Resource for Outdoor Advertising Descriptions (ROAD) database, which holds searchable information about the images in this and other outdoor advertising collections will be available in early 2003.

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Alexander Robinson Boteler papers, 1707-1924, bulk 1836-1889

3 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 1,686 items (incl. 4 vols.))
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Correspondence of Alexander's father, Dr. Henry Boteler, for 1776-1837; and family letters of Alexander with information on his career at Princeton College and his courtship of his future wife, Helen Macomb Stockton. Political correspondence, relating to the election of 1860, the Constitutional Union party, and Alexander's travels around the country in 1882-1884 while a member of the U.S. tariff commission. Volumes include Boteler's diary for 1845, regarding his plantation; various scrapbooks and some genealogical materials on the Pendleton, Digges, and Pope families. Among the correspondents are Lewis Cass, Samuel Cooper, John B. Floyd, S. B. French, Wade Hampton, T. J. Jackson, Andrew Johnson, R. E. Lee, John Letcher, W. P. Miles, John Page, Thomas N. Page, Rembrandt Peale, W. N. Pendleton, W. C. Rives, Alexander Robinson, W. H. Seward, J.E.B. Stuart, Jacob Thompson, J. F. Thompson, and Dabney C. Wirt.

William Robertson Perkins papers, 1903-1967

12 Linear Feet
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Judge William Robertson Perkins (1875-1945), counsel for James Buchanan Duke, executor of his will, and Trustee of the Duke Endowment, is represented by a letter on the relation of a university (Duke) and its president (W. P. Few) to students. This copy comes from an original letter to Judge Perkins to be found in the William Preston Few Papers.

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Biographical Information

Francis P. Corbin papers, 1662-1885

5 Linear Feet (2 boxes, 2 oversize folders)
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Francis P. Corbin (1801-1867) was a white plantation owner and resident of Paris, France, who married Agnes Rebecca Hamilton in 1825. Collection consists of financial and legal materials and correspondence related to Francis P. Corbin, his family, and the Couper and Hamilton families. Financial and legal papers include deeds, indentures, land grants, and surveys related to land in Virginia, Georgia, and Louisiana owned by the Corbin, Couper, and Hamilton families. Slavery papers in the collection document the enumeration, buying, and selling of enslaved people owned by the Corbin, Hamilton, and Couper families. Correspondence between members of the three families covers a variety of topics, including social and family matters, political discussions, plantation and business updates, race horses, theater and opera in Paris, the estate of James Hamilton, and railroad bonds.
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Biographical information, 1940s

Axel Leijonhufvud papers, 1953-2023

7.5 Linear Feet (13 boxes.)
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Axel Leijonhufvud (1933-2022) was a professor emeritus of economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. This collection documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, and research. Acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Walter Blair papers, 1933-1987 and undated

3 Linear Feet Approx. 1350 Items
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Walter Blair (1900-1992) was a professor at the University of Chicago from 1929 to 1968 and a specialist in American folklore and humor. Collection contains early drafts, edited manuscripts, and proofs of Blair's publications, as well as bibliographic information and correspondence regarding publication of materials and other professional services. The bulk of the material is comprised of draft manuscripts of his work which he wrote with Hamlin Hill (Texas A&M), America's Humor from Poor Richard to Doonesbury (Oxford, 1978). There is also a smaller amount of other materials such as correspondence and reviews related to other publications, including Native American Humor: 1800-1900 (1937), Horse Sense in American Humor (1942), Tall Tale America: A Legendary History of Our Humorous Heroes (1944), Half-Horse Half-Alligator: The Growth of the Mike Fink Legend (1956), and Mark Twain and Huck Finn (1960). Forms part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for Literary Historiography.
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Biographical Information and Other Materials Series, 1942-1986 and undated 4 folders

Benjamin Franklin Gardner papers, approximately 1865-1870s

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
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Benjamin Franklin Gardner was a white doctor and surgeon in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. This collection primarily contains the manuscript of field notes written by Gardner about his time as a Civil War battlefield surgeon from 1861-1865. Also included are Civil War certificates, photographs and photocopies of biographical information. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections.
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William Boone Douglass papers, 1809-1948

8.75 Linear Feet
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William Boone Douglass (1864-1947) was a white lawyer, engineer, and surveyor from Corydon (Harrison Co.), Indiana who was known for his survey work in the southwest United States. Collection includes correspondence, genealogical material, maps, photographs, notebooks on the Pueblo Indians, and other papers of Douglass and of various members of the Boone and Douglass families.
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John Spencer Bassett collection, 1802 - 1998 (bulk 1893-1911)

1 Linear Feet 250 Items
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John Spencer Bassett, a professor in the History Department of Trinity College from 1893-1906, was a renowned educator and advocate of freedom of expression. A native of North Carolina, Bassett received his A.B. from Trinity College in 1888 and his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University in 1894. He returned to Trinity College to teach and was active in teaching, writing and collecting southern Americana. Bassett began publication of an annual series of Historical Papers of the Trinity College Historical Society; founded the honorary society 9019, a precursor to Phi Beta Kappa; founded and edited the scholarly journal, the South Atlantic Quarterly; and encouraged his students to publish and fostered their interests in Southern history. In 1903, Bassett published an article, Stirring Up the Fires of Race Antipathy in the South Atlantic Quarterly, that praised the accomplishments of African Americans and offered views on how to improve race relations. Bassett's views brought on a controversy that became known as the Bassett Affair that helped to establish the concept of academic freedom in higher education in the United States. The collection contains personal and professional papers related to the life and work of John Spencer Bassett. Materials range in date from 1802 to 1998 (bulk 1893-1911) and include biographical information, correspondence, printed material, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and souvenirs. English.

Edwin Lee Jones papers, 1908-1981 and undated

4.4 Linear Feet 3,268 Items
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Official observer of the atomic bomb test in Bikini, Marshall Islands, July 1, 1946. Former secretary-general, general manager, president, and chairman of the board of J. A. Jones Construction Co. of Charlotte, N.C. Consists of correspondence, addresses and writings, legal and financial papers, clippings, printed materials, photographs, memorabilia, diaries, and scrapbooks related to Edwin Lee Jones and members of his family, including his father, daughter, son, wife, and brothers. Topics include the activities of the J. A. Jones Construction Company, Duke University student life, the Methodist Church, the Marshall Islands atom bomb tests, ship-building in WWII, and the military career of Edwin's son in the Marine Corps on Parris Island, SC, and in other schools in the South. Although most of the pictures are of the Jones family, there are also photographs relating to an awards ceremony held in honor of J. A. Jones Construction Co.'s prodigious production of "liberty ships" during WWII. The writings and addresses and printed materials document Jones's activities with various religious and philanthropic organizations, while the volumes include a travel journal, as well as several scrapbooks and ledgers recording Jones's personal expenditures from 1918 to 1959. Numerous legal and financial papers pertain to the settling of Jones's estate following his death in 1971. Addition includes letters (5 items; dated 1946) written by Jones describing the preparations for the atomic bomb test and the effects of the explosions on Bikini and Kwajalein atolls.
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McCoy-Love Family papers, 1774-1970 and undated

12.3 Linear Feet circa 9,210 Items
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Asheville, N.C. residents. Two prominent members of the families were George William McCoy, Sr. (b. 1901), editor of the Asheville-Citizen Times, and his father-in-law, Harry Weaver Love (b. 1883), YMCA executive. The collection contains personal and business correspondence, genealogical material, financial and legal records, printed material, clippings, addresses and writings, scrapbooks, miscellaneous items, photographs, and a number of volumes. Topics include the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Assoc. Harry Love's business papers include a large number of correspondence, reports, pictures and volumes relating to his work with the YMCA, in the U.S. and abroad; there are a great many items relating to the Philippine Islands. There are a sizable number of papers from Wythe Munford Peyton, a civil and highway engineer, who worked for several N.C. railroads; the papers of William C. Coleman, a businessman who sold and serviced Harley-Davidson motorcycles (1914-1915); and papers of the Frelinghuysen-Southwick family of N.J. and N.Y., one relative being a Senator and another, Emeline Sherman Smith, a poet. There are a few items concerning Thomas Dixon who founded the Mt. Mitchell Assoc. of Arts and Sciences.

Rosetta Reitz papers, 1929-2008

41 Linear Feet 30,750 Items
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Rosetta Reitz (1924-2008) was a business owner, stock broker, university lecturer, and writer on issues including food, feminism, women's health, and female jazz and blues musicians. She was also the founder and owner of Rosetta Records, a company most prominent in the 1980s that was dedicated to re-releasing historic recordings by female jazz and blues musicians. The Rosetta Reitz Papers address aspects of the entirety of Reitz's career, with the majority related to Rosetta Records and to Reitz's associated music research since the 1970s. The collection contains company documents, research notes, manuscripts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photocopies, photographs, a variety of audio and moving image formats, as well as magazines and books.
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Biographical Information Series, 1958-2008 4 boxes

Personal Correspondence, 1958-2004 14 folders

Robert Ward papers, 1910-2012 and undated

137 Linear Feet
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Robert Ward was a composer primarily of operas, instrumental works, and symphonic choral works. He won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his opera, The Crucible, which remains his best-known work. Ward served as Chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts and as a faculty member at Columbia and Duke Universities. His papers span from his time as a student at the Eastman School of Music in the 1930s to his final years composing in 2012. They include scores, music sketches, recordings, libretto drafts, correspondence, scrapbooks, research and information files, writings and speeches by and about Ward, as well as concert programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, awards, and other materials that document his professional life and work as a composer.
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Biographical Materials, 1939-2010 and undated

Mary McMillan papers, 1936-1997 and undated, bulk 1952-1991, bulk 1952-1991

8.1 Linear Feet (13 manuscript boxes; 2 oversize boxes; 2 oversize folders) 2277 Items
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The Mary McMillan Papers, 1936-1997 and undated (bulk 1952-1991), consist chiefly of journals and printed material, but also include correspondence, writings and speeches, photographic material, scrapbooks, clippings, videocassettes, audio cassettes, and memorabilia. Arranged in nine series based primarily on the format of the material, the papers illuminate the personal life and professional work of McMillan, a United Methodist missionary and teacher at the Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College in Hiroshima, Japan. In addition to her work as a teacher, the collection documents McMillan's service to the Kyodan, a unifying organization for Christian missionaries in Japan, and to the hibakusha, the survivors of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as her peace activism. Also included are materials related to the Topaz Relocation Center, a Japanese-American internment camp in Utah where McMillan worked in 1943. The papers are mostly in English, but include some Japanese language materials.

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Biographical Material Series, 1938-1992 and undated

John Wilson Fleming papers, 1948-2005

1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
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Collection comprises sermons, teaching materials, writings, and other professional papers of John Wilson Fleming, Baptist pastor and professor of history, philosophy, and religion at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Handwritten drafts of sermons date from the 1950s to the 2000s, and make up almost half of the collection. Other papers include: drafts of speeches, articles, and an unpublished full-length novel, Girded with strength; church programs; lecture notes, syllabi, and a few student papers; Shaw University administrative papers; papers pertaining to politics and school districts in Raleigh, North Carolina, 1964; and some biographical materials, including a resumé and obituary. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
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Biographical/Professional, 1971-2005 1 folders

Church Programs and Related Materials, 1964-2004 2 folders

Politics and School Districts, 1964, 1967 1 folders