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Manuscript Sheet Music collection, circa 1800s-1900s

0.3 Linear Feet (1 oversize folder; 20 pieces)
Collection includes 20 pieces of collected manuscript sheet music, circa 1830s-1900s. The scores, which cover multiple genres, were most likely copied by hand from other sources.
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Mary C. Parks journals, 1827-1878

0.2 Linear Feet 4 items.
Journals (1827-July-1832 Jan. 20) in the form of diary entries and extracts from letters, written principally while the author was travelling with family and friends in France, Switzerland, and Germany between July and October, 1827. The bulk of the entries are written from Paris and include an account of a meeting with a group of Osage Indians that were visiting there. Other entries describe the local landscape, history, folklore, and customs of the various places visited. There are numerous color and pencil drawings that illustrate the text. Also includes one letter (1878 Oct. 10) and a clipping.
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Mary C. Parks journals, 1827-1878 0.2 Linear Feet 4 items.

Journals (1827-July-1832 Jan. 20) in the form of diary entries and extracts from letters, written principally while the author was travelling with family and friends in France, Switzerland, and Germany between July and October, 1827. The bulk of the entries are written from Paris and include an account of a meeting with a group of Osage Indians that were visiting there. Other entries describe the local landscape, history, folklore, and customs of the various places visited. There are numerous color and pencil drawings that illustrate the text. Also includes one letter (1878 Oct. 10) and a clipping.
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    Phil Weaver collection of World War II films, 1943-1946

    2 Linear Feet (15 film cans in two records center boxes.)
    Seventeen United States and British government-produced films on 15 reels, dealing with World War II and dating 1943 to 1946, primarily including films made explicitly to sell war bonds, as well as documentaries, training films, and anti-Japanese and anti-German propaganda.
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    Photographic Memory student projects, 2016

    .5 Linear Feet (1 box)
    Seven creative projects produced by students in Photographic Memory: Photo Albums, Photobooks, & Zines, taught by Lisa McCarty in Spring 2016 at Duke University. The one zine and six photobooks utilize photographs and ephemera from their personal archives, and document representations of women in art; a morning walk in Durham, N.C.; Duke students at a horse race in South Carolina; the Pan Mass bicycle charity event in Massachusetts; the rapid changes in downtown Durham, N.C.; a ferry service in Hong Kong; and U.S. war memorials. Through their work, the students explored aspects of the interplay of text and image, methods for sequential storytelling, basic layout and design techniques, as well as methods for production and distribution. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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    Bechtold, John. War memorials, 2016 Box 1

    Photobook documents regional war memorials and the artist's attempts to understand their meaning as a retired soldier and war veteran. Photographs are in color.

    1. Spring semester, 2016

    Di Napoli, Caroline. Closer by the mile, 2016 Box 1

    Photobook documents the PanMass Challenge, a 2-day long 192-mile bike ride across the state of Massachusetts which the artist and her family participates in annually. Photographs are in color.

    1. Spring semester, 2016
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    Picture File, 1700s-1980s, bulk 1814-1950

    50 Linear Feet
    The Picture File was created and maintained beginning in the 1950s by the Duke University Manuscript Department staff and its institutional successors as a vertical file of pictorial works separated from manuscript collections as well as acquired individually. The collection is large and diverse, with images dating from the 18th through the 20th centuries. Engravings feature prominently, with photographs a close second. The predominant genre is portraits of political and military leaders, authors, artists, physicians, scientists, and others. Members of the Duke family and others from Durham, N.C. are also present. In the Socialist Party Series there are numerous images of leader Eugene Debs. Topics range widely, with a focus on American history, including the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; history and culture of the southern U.S.; and U.S. and European politics. A significant number of individuals in the People Series are African Americans, ranging from individual studio portraits to groups of individuals and racist caricatures and cartoons; a smaller number are of Native Americans.
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    United States political ephemera collection, 1856-2000s

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    The United States Political Ephemera Collection contains campaign materials on both the national and state levels between the years 1856-2008. Materials are mostly related to the Democratic and Republican parties, but include materials from the American Labor party, Greenback party, League of Women Voters, Libertarian party, National Prohibitionist party, and Socialist party, as well as non-partisan materials. Materials include campaign pamphlets, flyers, form letters, newsletters, press releases, booklets, handouts, newspapers, posters, bumper stickers, and buttons.
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    Richard Powell papers, 1960-2011

    40 Linear Feet 30,000 Items
    Richard J. Powell is the John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University, where he has taught since 1989. The Richard Powell Papers date from 1960 to 2011 and document Powell's career as a prominent scholar of African and Afro-American art and as professor of art history at Duke University. Materials originate from Powell's student years, travels, research, and work at various cultural institutions, including Duke University, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, and the Washington Project for the Arts. There is extensive material on Powell's books, exhibitions, and other professional activities.
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    Certificate for proof of smallpox vaccination, 1872 August 20

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    Printed form in German language for proof of smallpox vaccination, filled out in manuscript hand with the name of the patient, a P[?] Maurer, 49 years of age, and the date of vaccination, August 12, 1872, and the date when the vaccination was declared successful and the certificate signed by the physician, a Professor Zelinder, August 20, 1872. The entry for the location may be Balaton, Hungary. In 1872 there was a very severe smallpox outbreak in England; in 1874, a compulsory vaccination law went into effect in Germany. The certificate bears a decorative border and a small shield. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
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    Certificate for proof of smallpox vaccination, 1872 August 20 1 Leaves

    Printed form in German language for proof of smallpox vaccination, filled out in manuscript hand with the name of the patient, a P[?] Maurer, 49 years of age, and the date of vaccination, August 12, 1872, and the date when the vaccination was declared successful and the certificate signed by the physician, a Professor Zelinder, August 20, 1872. The entry for the location may be Balaton, Hungary. In 1872 there was a very severe smallpox outbreak in England; in 1874, a compulsory vaccination law went into effect in Germany. The certificate bears a decorative border and a small shield. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
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      Radical and Labor Pamphlets collection, 1896-1977, bulk 1911-1954

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      The Radical and Labor Pamphlets Collection (1896-1977) includes pamphlets and other ephemeral publications relating to communism, socialism and other left-wing movements as well as to labor organizations, trade unions, feminism and the women's movement, and Black power. There are some additional pamphlets related to anti-communist movements and some examples of Soviet propaganda.
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      Isaac Leroy Shaver papers, 1893-1982

      13 Linear Feet 4000 Items
      Isaac Leroy Shaver (1893-1984) was a Methodist clergyman and missionary to Japan from the 1920s to the 1960s. The collection includes sermons, correspondence, photographs, printed material and published works related to Shaver's missionary work in Japan and Idaho. The material ranges in date from 1893-1982.
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      Yehudit Shadur Mizrach papercut, 1975

      2.4 Linear Feet (1 item)
      Yehudit Shadur (1928-2011) pioneered the contemporary revival of the Jewish papercutting tradition. Collection comprises a papercut by Yehudit Shadur, entitled "Mizrach" (east wall marker), from the original in the Jewish National Museum and Archives, Israel. Cut blue paper; mounted on brown paper. 15.25 x 18.75 inches.
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        Yehudit Shadur Mizrach papercut, 1975 2.4 Linear Feet (1 item)

        Yehudit Shadur (1928-2011) pioneered the contemporary revival of the Jewish papercutting tradition. Collection comprises a papercut by Yehudit Shadur, entitled "Mizrach" (east wall marker), from the original in the Jewish National Museum and Archives, Israel. Cut blue paper; mounted on brown paper. 15.25 x 18.75 inches.
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          Arthur B. Shostak papers, 1976-2012

          8.0 Linear Feet 8 boxes
          Arthur Shostak is a sociologist whose research focused on the topic of men and abortion. The collection documents his work, including survey results, speeches, research, clippings. and printed materials.
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          Shopkeeper's Expense Account Book, 1850-1863

          0.1 Linear Feet 1 Item
          The collection consists of one expense account book kept by a shopkeeper in or near Port Deposit, Cecil County, Maryland. Chronological entries from March 1850 to February 1863 record the date, description, and amount for each personal and business expenditure of the shopkeeper, who appears to have sold medicine and paint. Business related entries include freight bills, license fees, corporation taxes, payments for services performed at the shop, expenses in Baltimore and Philadelphia, regular purchases from wholesale druggists such as Canby & Hatch and Wilson & Merritt, and frequent checks drawn on Cecil Bank. Other firms frequently mentioned include Hugh Bolton & Co., Geo. D. Wetherill & Co., and Clark & Jones. Also listed are purchases of food including flour, butter, potatoes, apples, peaches, chicken, beef, mackerel, and brandy; purchases of non-food items including wood, seeds, matches, candles, books, and journals; expenses for his wife and children; payments for services performed at the house; and contributions to the Colonization Society, missionary organizations, the local Methodist church, and Reverend Henry Colelazer. In addition to the itemized entries, the account book contains two tabular sections that together record the daily total for nearly every week from March 18, 1850, to August 10, 1863. Overall, 122 filled and 5 partially used manuscript pages reflect the life of an educated and civic-minded rural shopkeeper in Maryland during the mid-1800s.
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          Shopkeeper's Expense Account Book, 1850-1863 0.1 Linear Feet 1 Item

          The collection consists of one expense account book kept by a shopkeeper in or near Port Deposit, Cecil County, Maryland. Chronological entries from March 1850 to February 1863 record the date, description, and amount for each personal and business expenditure of the shopkeeper, who appears to have sold medicine and paint. Business related entries include freight bills, license fees, corporation taxes, payments for services performed at the shop, expenses in Baltimore and Philadelphia, regular purchases from wholesale druggists such as Canby & Hatch and Wilson & Merritt, and frequent checks drawn on Cecil Bank. Other firms frequently mentioned include Hugh Bolton & Co., Geo. D. Wetherill & Co., and Clark & Jones. Also listed are purchases of food including flour, butter, potatoes, apples, peaches, chicken, beef, mackerel, and brandy; purchases of non-food items including wood, seeds, matches, candles, books, and journals; expenses for his wife and children; payments for services performed at the house; and contributions to the Colonization Society, missionary organizations, the local Methodist church, and Reverend Henry Colelazer. In addition to the itemized entries, the account book contains two tabular sections that together record the daily total for nearly every week from March 18, 1850, to August 10, 1863. Overall, 122 filled and 5 partially used manuscript pages reflect the life of an educated and civic-minded rural shopkeeper in Maryland during the mid-1800s.
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            Shenandoah Valley account books, 1841-1859 and undated

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            Collection consists of an estate inventory of Peter Helsley from Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and three account books whose relationship to each other and to the estate inventory is unknown. Names of individuals associated with two of the account books are Henry Bowers and Kefflet and Brown; the only fact known about the third account book is that it comes from Conicville, Virginia.
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            Joe Schaumburger papers, 1954-1986 and undated

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            Joe Schaumburger's collection of correspondence and early writings by Lin Carter.
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            Books for the Schaumb, undated Box 1

            Lin Carter's book recommendations for Schaumburger

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              Mary J. Scarlett letters and broadside, 1845-1864 and undated

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              Dr. Mary J. Scarlett was a Quaker, born in 1822 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She devoted her early years to being a teacher in Chester County, Pennsylvania, then entered and graduated from the Woman's Medical College in 1857. In 1862, she became professor of anatomy at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.
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                  Mary J. Scarlett letters and broadside, 1845-1864 and undated 1.01 Linear Feet (8 items)

                  Dr. Mary J. Scarlett was a Quaker, born in 1822 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She devoted her early years to being a teacher in Chester County, Pennsylvania, then entered and graduated from the Woman's Medical College in 1857. In 1862, she became professor of anatomy at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.
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                    Johnson family papers, 1798-1943

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                    Alabama family whose members were instrumental in founding the Alabama School for the Deaf in Talladega. The Johnson family's papers chiefly contain letters (1927-1930) from Nellie Hall Johnson (wife of Joseph Henry Johnson Jr.), of Talladega, Alabama, to her son, Seaborn Johnson, while he was a student at Alabama Polytechnic Institute and elsewhere. Other papers represent three generations of the Johnson family in Alabama and Georgia, and include correspondence, some legal and financial papers, student papers from the University of Alabama, and printed material. Of particular interest is the 1861 muster roll of the Alabama Rifles, and items referring to the sale of slaves. Other topics in the family papers include life in Cave Spring, Georgia and the history of Hollins College. Persons represented include Abner Darden, Joseph Henry Johnson Jr., and the Asbury and Darden families.
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                    Know-Nothing platform, 1856

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                    Collection comprises the 16-point Know-Nothing party platform, "copied from the Know-Nothing newspaper for the special benefit of my honorable colleague, Miss R. In haste, S."
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                      Know-Nothing platform, 1856 0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)

                      Collection comprises the 16-point Know-Nothing party platform, "copied from the Know-Nothing newspaper for the special benefit of my honorable colleague, Miss R. In haste, S."
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                        Charles Lamb clippings collection, 1826-1940 and undated

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                        Collection of published clippings and journal/magazine excerpts related to the life and works of English writer Charles Lamb (1775-1834). Includes some of Lamb's writings, as well as literary criticism and biographical clippings.
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                        Writings by Lamb, 1826-1940 and undated 3 folders Box 1

                        Published clippings of Lamb's writings, some autobiographical, and some published during his lifetime. Arranged chronologically.

                          Biographical, 1837-1896 Box 1

                          Biographical clippings about Lamb, his sister Mary, and his relationships with other English writers in the early 19th century. Autobiographical clippings are included in the Writings by Lamb files.

                            Criticism, 1835-1934 and undated 2 folders Box 1

                            Excerpts and clippings of published literary criticism about Lamb and his works.

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                              Istanbul postcards and photographs collection, 1890-1940

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                              Collection is a set of postcards and photographs from late 19th and early 20th century Turkey, depicting scenes and people in the Üsküdar neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey, and in other unidentified areas of Istanbul. Materials in the Üsküdar series have been individually numbered and described in English and Turkish. Materials in the Ottoman period postcard series have been translated from French and described in English.
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                              Italian public health documents declaring ships and goods to be disease-free, 1630-1818

                              14 items (2 boxes)
                              Fourteen single-sheet printed documents issued by officials in northern Italian ports or inland trade centers, declaring that ships, cargoes, and crews have been inspected and are free of contagion, chiefly meaning bubonic plague. Cities include Venice, Brindisi, Milano, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio, San Giovanni in Persiceto, and Trieste. Almost all bear small woodcuts chiefly of patron saints and coats of arms, and official seals and stamps. Handwritten annotations include dates, itineraries, and, in the case of maritime shipping, the names of ships and owners. Some note the type of cargo and a few list the names of crew members, with age, stature, and other details. Most are in Italian but several also include some Latin. Forms part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
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                              Italian soldier's Ethiopian photograph album, 1935-1937

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                              Collection comprises a photograph album maintained by an Italian soldier stationed in Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and the subsequent Italian occupation of the region. The soldier is unidentified, but his name may be the one that is embossed on the lower right-hand corner of the album's leather cover. On the first page of the album is a postcard announcing the Italian troop's victorious entry into Addis Ababa. Comprises 133 black-and-white photographs, ranging in size from 2"x1" to 4.75"x6", of the A.O.I. (Africa Orientale Italiana). The photographs are divided into groups by city, and many have captions written in Italian. Cities and other locations mentioned include Axum, Scire, Gondar, Cheren, Asmara, Lake Tana, Adua, and Addis Ababa, among others. In addition to images of military maneuvers, there are photographs of social customs and conditions (markets, native buildings, hairdos, priests, pilgrims, ceremonies, families, etc.), wildlife, and landscapes.
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                              Italian soldier's Ethiopian photograph album, 1935-1937 0.6 Linear Feet

                              Collection comprises a photograph album maintained by an Italian soldier stationed in Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and the subsequent Italian occupation of the region. The soldier is unidentified, but his name may be the one that is embossed on the lower right-hand corner of the album's leather cover. On the first page of the album is a postcard announcing the Italian troop's victorious entry into Addis Ababa. Comprises 133 black-and-white photographs, ranging in size from 2"x1" to 4.75"x6", of the A.O.I. (Africa Orientale Italiana). The photographs are divided into groups by city, and many have captions written in Italian. Cities and other locations mentioned include Axum, Scire, Gondar, Cheren, Asmara, Lake Tana, Adua, and Addis Ababa, among others. In addition to images of military maneuvers, there are photographs of social customs and conditions (markets, native buildings, hairdos, priests, pilgrims, ceremonies, families, etc.), wildlife, and landscapes.
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                                İzmir (Smyrna) postcards and photographs collection, approximately 1890-1960s

                                0.25 Linear Feet (1 half-size Hollinger box)
                                Collection is a set of postcards (including photograph postcards) from late 19th and 20th century Turkey, depicting scenes and people in İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey. The first folder of postcards have been individually numbered. The subsequent folders list the postcards by titles that are either on the postcards and/or were supplied by the dealer who sold the postcards to the library. The postcards are described in English, French, and Turkish.
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                                Japanese ephemera collection, 1910-1943 and undated

                                2.8 Linear Feet (63 items)
                                Collection comprises postcards, posters, and ephemera related to the Japanese military, as well as propaganda, and patriotism in the country between 1910 and World War II. Includes a postcard with patriotic children (1910's), postcards relating to the 1933 Army anti-air raid drill in the Kanto region, a New Year's greeting card celebrating the Nagoya Pan-Peace Exposition from 1937, and an advertisement for Sin-Japanese war bonds. Items dating from the 1930s include a postcard encouraging the public to save for the war effort, a life insurance flyer, an advertising packet for a conscription insurance policy, a 1936 brochure issued by the South Manchuria Railway of the Fushun Colliery, and a drug advertising propoganda leaflet showing the battlefield and home front. Material related to World War II includes a bank account passbook, a postcard from Italy that glorifies Japan, postcards with songs from a cavalry division and the 16th Infantry division, a confectionery wrapper, a wrapper for a whiskey bottle, an anti-communist print, a brochure for the Dong Bain Dao Development Company in Manchuria, and 44 propaganda posters. Several of the postcards were used and contain messages.
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                                Japanese medical manuscript notebooks, 1810-1849 and undated

                                3.5 Linear Feet 63 Items
                                The sixty-three manuscript volumes in this collection range from 10 to 154 pages, and were created in Japan from about 1810 to 1849, chiefly by medical students. The notebooks usually take one of two forms: transcriptions of lectures and demonstrations, and bodies of knowledge written up as manuals by well-known Japanese physicians of the time, especially Hanaoka Seishū and Takenaka Bunpō. Topics covered include herbal medicines and other prescriptions; treatments for diseases of the eyes and other parts of the head; surgery, particularly for cancers, tumors, and fistulas; breast cancer; smallpox; scurvy; osteopathy; treatment of wounds; suturing; hematology; gynecology and obstetrics; and pediatric medicine. Some notebooks contain black-and-white and color hand-drawn illustrations - many full-page - of surgeries, close-ups of suturing, bandages and wrappings, osteopathic manipulations, and medicinal plants. In most cases, the author or copyist recorded details such the place and time of the lecture and the name of the medical school. There are references in the notes to at least a dozen other contemporary or earlier physicians, and to earlier dates for the work being copied - these range from 1677 to 1796. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
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                                Japanese matchbox label collection, circa 1910

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                                Collection comprises 400 Japanese matchbox labels, each approximately 3.5 x 5.5 cm., mounted ten to a page in a contemporary paper album and housed in a custom-made cloth box. The collector of the material is not identified.
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                                Japanese matchbox label collection, circa 1910 0.2 Linear Feet (1 volume)

                                Collection comprises 400 Japanese matchbox labels, each approximately 3.5 x 5.5 cm., mounted ten to a page in a contemporary paper album and housed in a custom-made cloth box. The collector of the material is not identified.
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                                  Jewish Orthodox Publication collection, 1914-2004

                                  29 Linear Feet 3,000 Items
                                  Jewish Orthodoxy, the traditional section of Jewry that maintains a religiously observant way of life based on a divinely ordained Torah and its laws, is composed of many groups that differ by certain customs and ideological trends. This collection documents Jewish Orthodoxy in its various manifestations through ephemeral publications created and distributed by Orthodox Jewish groups in Israel, the United States, and around the world. The materials range in date from 1914-2004, with the bulk of the material published between 1950-1995.
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                                  Priya Kambli photographs, 2006-2012

                                  2.0 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
                                  Collection consists of forty 17x24 inch color inkjet prints from a body of work titled "Color Falls Down" by artist Priya Kambli, who emigrated from India to the U.S. at the age of eighteen. Sometimes resembling diptychs, the images juxtapose and recontextualize family photographs, personal objects such as clothing, spoons, and earrings, and contemporary self-portraits, exploring themes of migration, cross-cultural understanding, women and family, identity, and memory. This work received the 2018 ADA Collection Award for Women Documentarians. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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                                  Kanto Earthquake materials, 1923 and undated

                                  2.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes) 146 Items
                                  Materials from the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the Japanese region of Kantō on September 1, 1923. Includes a map of Tokyo and the disaster area; another map of the fire in Tokyo, with text in English and Japanese; a copy of the special issue International Graphic Magazine from September/October 1923; a photo-illustrated pamphlet; 18 postcards with color-tinted photographs; and a scrapbook of photographs and newsprint about the event. An additional 120 postcards, largely black-and-white photographs (some with captions), were added in 2016.
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                                  Mao era photographs of Chinese women, 1973-1975 and undated

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                                  Collection comprises 36 black-and-white photographs, varying in size from about 4x6 to 9.5x11, some with card-stock backing. The images mainly portray women at work, as textile and other industry workers; as scientists, medical professionals, and academics; and as participants in Communist Party education. There are also images that pertain to improvements in women's status, whether for minorities or workers in general. The majority of the photographs bear captions in both Chinese and English. Several have Hsinhua News Agency markings; beyond such markings, the photographer is unidentified. A few have sizing information for reproduction, and many were likely used in an exhibition on the status of women in modern China. Loosely organized according to amount within the following topics, based on the caption provided for the photograph: factory workers, professional women, Communist Party workers, commune and other workers, and minorities.
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                                  Mao era photographs of Chinese women, 1973-1975 and undated 0.2 Linear Feet

                                  Collection comprises 36 black-and-white photographs, varying in size from about 4x6 to 9.5x11, some with card-stock backing. The images mainly portray women at work, as textile and other industry workers; as scientists, medical professionals, and academics; and as participants in Communist Party education. There are also images that pertain to improvements in women's status, whether for minorities or workers in general. The majority of the photographs bear captions in both Chinese and English. Several have Hsinhua News Agency markings; beyond such markings, the photographer is unidentified. A few have sizing information for reproduction, and many were likely used in an exhibition on the status of women in modern China. Loosely organized according to amount within the following topics, based on the caption provided for the photograph: factory workers, professional women, Communist Party workers, commune and other workers, and minorities.
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                                    Hannah Mather request to Edward Hutchinson, 1758

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                                    Hannah Hutchinson married Samuel Mather in 1731; the couple settled in Boston, Mass. She died in 1781 (some sources have the death date 1752) and Samuel died in 1779. Collection comprises a request written by Hannah Hutchinson Matter on 3 April 1858 to Edward Hutchinson, asking him to fulfill the pecuniary bequest made to her by his father and to give the sum (4 pounds) to her son, Samuel Mather, Junior. The back of the request contains Samuel's note, dated 3 May 1858, stating that he received the money.
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                                      Hannah Mather request to Edward Hutchinson, 1758 0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)

                                      Hannah Hutchinson married Samuel Mather in 1731; the couple settled in Boston, Mass. She died in 1781 (some sources have the death date 1752) and Samuel died in 1779. Collection comprises a request written by Hannah Hutchinson Matter on 3 April 1858 to Edward Hutchinson, asking him to fulfill the pecuniary bequest made to her by his father and to give the sum (4 pounds) to her son, Samuel Mather, Junior. The back of the request contains Samuel's note, dated 3 May 1858, stating that he received the money.
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                                        Arnold Palmer advertisements and memorabilia, 1959-2005 and undated

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                                        Professional golfer and celebrity spokesperson. Arnold Palmer advertisements and memorabilia collection consists of print advertisements featuring Palmer as spokesperson, celebrity figure or providing product endorsements, as well as print advertisements for Arnold Palmer's own companies. In addition, the collection includes trading and collector cards, telephone prepaid cards and photographs bearing Palmer's likeness. Companies represented include Beaunit, Chemstrand, Ford, Glaxo (Nicorette smoking cessation products), Haggar, Heinz, Munsingwear, Rayovac, Rockwell, Sears, United Air Lines and Wilson Sporting Goods. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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                                        Ottoman documents collection, 1881-1978

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                                        Collection includes documents written in Ottoman-Turkish covering a variety of places, including Istanbul, Thessaloniki and Crete from the late 19th to early 20th century. The documents are written in Rika and Divani scripts and include fiscal and revenue stamps. Collection also includes documents related to the Mübadele population exchange.
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                                        Ottoman Empire maps collection, 1869-1920

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                                        Collection consists of published maps produced in the late Ottoman Empire, specifically Anatolia, documenting Ottoman or Anatolia geographic and political borders in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Maps have been acquired individually and description has been provided in Turkish by the dealer.
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                                        Karadağ ve civarının haritası / A Map of Montenegro and its vicinity, 1869 Volume 1, Item RL.11740-M-003

                                        Description provided by the dealer: "1869 senesi Avusturya Devleti Askeri Coğrafya Cemiyeti tarafından hazırlanan Karadağ ve Civarını gösteren haritaya Erkan-ı Harbiye Zabitanı tarafından 1852 Karadağ Muharebesi haritaları tahkik edilerek 1875 yılında hazırlanmıştır. Orjinal deri kabında Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda Maden Haritacılık Dairesinin Kurulmasından önce hazırlanan çok nadir haritalar içerisinde kabul edilen 24 parça beze monte edilen harita, 105x110 cm. Arnavutluk ve İşkodra'yı coğrafi ve idari açıdan ele almaktadır. 1852 yılında Osmanlı ordusunun Karadağ üzerine icra olunan askeri taarruz inkişaf suretiyle ahz olunmuş haritalar birleştirilerek tanzim ve tertip olunan bir kıta haritasıdır."

                                          İstanbul Planı, 2. Meşrutiyet, 1324, 1906 Oversize-folder 2, Item RL.11740-M-002

                                          Description as provided by the dealer: "Bab-ı Ali caddesinde Tefeyyüz Kütüphanesi ve Matbaası tarafından neşren olunmuştur. Meşrutiyetin ilani dolayısıyla çıkarılan Türk Bayraklarıyla hazırlanmış özel harita."

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                                            Philippine-American War stereographs, 1898-1905 and undated

                                            0.5 Linear Feet (176 items)
                                            Collection comprises 176 commercially-produced stereograph cards dating from 1898-1905, depicting scenes from the Philippine Islands during the Philippine-American War, with a few taken in the U.S. of the embarkation and return of troops. Almost all are in black-and-white, with a few in color. The large majority convey the preparations, armed conflicts, and aftermath of the war, with scenes of battlegrounds including Angeles, Luzon, Malabon, Pasay, Pasig,Taquig, Tarlac, and San Pedro Macati. Other war-related images feature military personnel, officers, troop movements, encampments, hospitals, ruins, dead soldiers, allied native troops, prisons and prisoners. In addition, there are two groups, Places and People, which feature views of ordinary citizens and their dwellings, and places such as markets, bridges, railway stations, rivers, and buildings in Dagupan, Manila, Malabon, Pasay, Pasig, and San Pedro Macati. Almost all the stereographs bear captions, dates, and the names of the publishers, chiefly Underwood & Underwood (New York), C.H. Graves (Philadelphia), Keystone View Company (Pa.), and George W. Griffith (Griffith & Griffith, Philadelphia). Some have the names of individuals, possibly the photographers.
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                                            War-Related Scenes Series Box 1

                                            Subdivided into the following subseries: Battles, Drills, Embarkments, Encampments, Insurgents, Hospitals, Prisons and Prisoners, and Other.

                                            1. Stereographs
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                                            Pilot Mills Company records, 1890-1971

                                            9 Linear Feet (5 boxes; 4 oversize folders; 1 volume)
                                            The Pilot Mills Company was a cotton textile mill based in Raleigh, North Carolina and founded in 1892. Files in the collection include correspondence (1892-1918), legal records (1892-1922), financial records (1890-1971), plans and blueprints (1890-1971), printed material (1906), and other records relating to the mill's construction and equipping, its ownership, and its financial operations. Persons represented include co-founder William Holt Williamson.
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                                            Contract with freedmen on Plains Plantation, 1865 June 8-August 28

                                            1.0 Linear Feet (1 item)
                                            Collection comprises a contract, dated 1865 June 8, made with 28 male and female former slaves for the growing of cotton on the "Plains" plantation in Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi. The laborers committed to working every day "from sun to sun," except Sunday, with other possible days off. They were to be paid one quarter of the net proceeds for the crop. The contract was witnessed by O.H. McGinty[?] and signed by executors E.G. Woods and Stephen Ireland; the last name of the deceased owner is illegible. The document was recorded by the sub-commissioner for the Freedmen's Department in Jefferson County, A.M. Brobst[?], on 1865 August 28, with notes regarding the executors, the contract's attachment to a lien, and $45 taxes paid on 15 laborers on August 21.
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                                            Contract Box 1

                                              Contract with freedmen on Plains Plantation, 1865 June 8-August 28 1.0 Linear Feet (1 item)

                                              Collection comprises a contract, dated 1865 June 8, made with 28 male and female former slaves for the growing of cotton on the "Plains" plantation in Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi. The laborers committed to working every day "from sun to sun," except Sunday, with other possible days off. They were to be paid one quarter of the net proceeds for the crop. The contract was witnessed by O.H. McGinty[?] and signed by executors E.G. Woods and Stephen Ireland; the last name of the deceased owner is illegible. The document was recorded by the sub-commissioner for the Freedmen's Department in Jefferson County, A.M. Brobst[?], on 1865 August 28, with notes regarding the executors, the contract's attachment to a lien, and $45 taxes paid on 15 laborers on August 21.
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                                                Recueils. Affaires Diverses du 18e Siècle, Particulièrement de Celles de Dauphiné, 1770-1790

                                                0.2 Linear Feet 1 item
                                                Manuscript volume includes thirty-two articles of varying lengths relating mostly to the political, economic, social, and ecclesiastical history of the French province of Dauphiné during the eighteenth century. No authors are given for any of the writings. The volume probably dates from the decade before the outbreak of the revolutions. Topics of the articles include: the boundary between Dauphiné and Sardinia; the government of Geneva in 1733; extracts from the registers of the Council of State about certain ecclesiastical matters; the boundaries of Dauphiné; methods of teaching at the University of Paris; population, emigration, and the Huguenots; the condition and productivity of Valence, Montélimar, Crest, and Die; commerce, silk and textile production; meat production; a history of fiefs; a petition from the nobles to the King, 1770; Princess Charlotte of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, wife of the Russian Tsarevich Alexius Petrovich; affairs concerning the parliament of Dauphiné; and other matters.
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                                                Recueils. Affaires Diverses du 18e Siècle, Particulièrement de Celles de Dauphiné, 1770-1790 0.2 Linear Feet 1 item

                                                Manuscript volume includes thirty-two articles of varying lengths relating mostly to the political, economic, social, and ecclesiastical history of the French province of Dauphiné during the eighteenth century. No authors are given for any of the writings. The volume probably dates from the decade before the outbreak of the revolutions. Topics of the articles include: the boundary between Dauphiné and Sardinia; the government of Geneva in 1733; extracts from the registers of the Council of State about certain ecclesiastical matters; the boundaries of Dauphiné; methods of teaching at the University of Paris; population, emigration, and the Huguenots; the condition and productivity of Valence, Montélimar, Crest, and Die; commerce, silk and textile production; meat production; a history of fiefs; a petition from the nobles to the King, 1770; Princess Charlotte of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, wife of the Russian Tsarevich Alexius Petrovich; affairs concerning the parliament of Dauphiné; and other matters.
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                                                  Reproductive Health Ephemera Collection, 1826-2009 and undated

                                                  3.25 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 2 oversize folders)
                                                  The Reproductive Health Ephemera Collection consists of pamphlets, flyers, brochures, booklets, bumper stickers and other items that document the work of organizations concerned with women's reproductive health and reproductive rights, largely in the United States and United Kingdom. Collections contains items from both pro-choice and pro-life organizations. Also includes advertisements and information about products related to birth control and to ideas of vaginal hygiene (such as diaphragms, suppositories, and douching products). Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture and the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
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                                                  Dr. H. Will Elders pamphlets, 1920s 2 items Box 1

                                                  Includes two pamphlets, "A Very Important Private Message about Health" and "Important Dr. H. Will Elders' Private Personal Message." The pamphlets promote the doctor's products, Steriltone and Mentho-Borodine, and his specialization in diseases of women.

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                                                    Reproductive Health Periodicals collection, 1989-2009

                                                    0.6 Linear Feet 300 Items
                                                    This collection includes a number of periodicals produced by different organizations interested in enabling and protecting a women's right to reproductive healthcare. The organizations are: the Mayo Clinic, the American Civil Liberties Union's Reproductive Freedom Project, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and HealthyWomen. Accession (2009-0236) (300 items; 0.6 lin. ft.; dated 1989-2009) includes the following publications: Mayo Clinic Women's Health Resource (Mayo Clinic); Reproductive Freedom News (Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, now known as the Center for Reproductive Rights); Reproductive Rights Update (Reproductive Freedom Project); and the National Women's Health Report (National Women's Health Resource Center). Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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                                                    May McEwen Kaiser Company records, 1913-1948

                                                    10 Linear Feet (80 volumes)
                                                    Collection comprises 80 volumes, including account books, balance sheets, trial balances, ledgers, journals, cashbooks, voucher registers, operating ledgers, cost ledgers, sales journals, sales summaries, incomplete stock books, and other records of a Burlington, N.C., manufacturer of rayon, cotton, nylon, and silk hosiery. There are records of the Daisy Hosiery Mills and the May Hosiery Mills, which consolidated under the name May McEwen Kaiser, as well as a chart of accounts that was prepared in 1948.
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                                                    Martha Maxwell photographs and clipping, 1875-1877 and undated

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                                                    Collection comprises 48 stereographic photographs, 5 cartes-de-visite photographs and a clipping regarding Martha Maxwell. The cartes-de-visite photographs feature full-length portraits of Maxwell, two seated at her taxidermy work and three standing while holding a gun. Several of the stereographic photographs are also portraits, most often showing Maxwell positioned within displays of her taxidermy birds and mammals; however, the majority of the stereographs depict her displays at the Centennial Exhibition and at the Rocky Mountain Museum in Boulder. The clipping describes the birds and mammals represented at her Centennial Exhibition display and provides a review of her work.
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                                                    Martha Maxwell photographs and clipping, 1875-1877 and undated 0.2 Linear Feet

                                                    Collection comprises 48 stereographic photographs, 5 cartes-de-visite photographs and a clipping regarding Martha Maxwell. The cartes-de-visite photographs feature full-length portraits of Maxwell, two seated at her taxidermy work and three standing while holding a gun. Several of the stereographic photographs are also portraits, most often showing Maxwell positioned within displays of her taxidermy birds and mammals; however, the majority of the stereographs depict her displays at the Centennial Exhibition and at the Rocky Mountain Museum in Boulder. The clipping describes the birds and mammals represented at her Centennial Exhibition display and provides a review of her work.
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                                                      The Memory Project Oral History collection | 民间记忆计划口述史, 2009-2016

                                                      2959 Gigabytes
                                                      The Memory Project Oral History collection comprises digital video recordings and written supporting documentation of interviews spanning 2009 to 2016. The interviews were conducted by filmmakers associated with the Work Station, a film studio run by Wu Wenguang in Caochangdi, Beijing, China. Memory Project interviews were conducted with Chinese people about mid-20th century rural life, primarily experiences during the Great Famine (1958-1961), but also the Land Reform and Collectivization (1949-1953), the Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), the Four Cleanups Movement (1964), and the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Wu's studio in suburban Beijing, known as the Work Station, is the home for this project. More than 150 young filmmakers have joined the project, and since 2010 they have visited 246 villages in 20 provinces and interviewed more than 1,100 elderly villagers. These filmmakers, many of whom returned to their families' rural hometowns, developed new intergenerational relationships with elderly relatives. During the process of interviewing the villagers, they reconciled the official history taught in schools with each family's experiences.
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                                                      Wu Shiqi | 吴士奇, 2011

                                                      Wu Shiqi (b. 1933) is a resident of Gaogezhuang Village, Yang Town, Shunyi District, Beijing. In this interview, Wu talks about his experience during the Great Famine. Wu was driving cart for the production team in Xiaodian Village, so he did not starve at all. However, because the production team in his village needed to build a kindergarten, the east side of his house had to be demolished.

                                                      1. Beijing | 北京, 2011
                                                      2. Gaogezhuang Village | 顺义区杨镇高各庄, 2011

                                                      Gao Yueqi | 高悦启, 2011

                                                      Gao Yueqi (b. 1928) is a resident of Shaziying Village, Yang Town, Shunyi District, Beijing. Gao joined the communist army during the Civil War. After being demobilized, he was assigned to work on finalizing the Land Reform. In this interview, Gao describes various policies during the Land Reform and how to calculate the exploitation rate for the purpose of class identification. Meanwhile, Gao points out that there were lots of physical conflicts during the Land Reform and many people were beaten to death. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

                                                      1. Beijing | 北京, 2011
                                                      2. Shaziying Village | 顺义区杨镇沙子营, 2011
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                                                      Metamorphic tobacco trade cards, approximately 1868-1880s

                                                      0.2 Linear Feet
                                                      Collection consists of 12 metamorphic tobacco and cigarette cards. Most of the cards were printed by Donaldson Brothers of New York or Calvert Lithography of Detroit. Cards were produced by a number of American tobacco companies, including C.A. Jackson, E.H. Pogue, Duke, and W.T. Blackwell. Images on the cards include advertisements for the tobacco companies and local retailers; caricatures of politicians including Benjamin Butler, Bismarck, George Washington, Samuel Tilden, and U.S. Grant. Cards also feature jingles and poems along with depictions of racial and ethnic stereotypes. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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                                                      Allen & Co. (New York)--Allen's Jewel, 1880s Box 1

                                                      Allen's Jewel 5 cts Chew No Other/C. Kelly 228 Market St. Paterson N.J. Jobber in tobacco and segars; A sure Defence against all harm is Allen's Jewel five cent plug; He was a venerable cuss Who never got into a muss. Although he went most every day To Coney Isle or Rockaway. For if a rough would punch his head Showing the plug, this wise man said. "My Christian friend, permit me to Ask you of this to take a chew." The savage breast is straightway soothed The upraised fist forthwith removed The rising storm becomes a calm, The lion has become a lamb. Moral: If you'd not fear an ugly mug, Chew Allen's Jewel five cent plug. Image of two men fighting, then friendly.

                                                        Appleby & Helme (New York)--Railroad Mills snuff, 1880s Box 1

                                                        Established 1825 Railroad Mills snuff, The best & cheapest Sold by Dealers everywhere. Manufactured by Appleby & Helme 133 Water St. New York. Railroad Mills Snuff. She was not up to snuff. If this irate old lady could speak, She would say--"How remarkable weak and Nasty's the stuff That they sell for snuff. It's too bad to put into your beak. If this happy young lady could speak, She'd remark, and not stop for a week. "I've got Rail Road Mills! And the bill it quite fills. No better need anyone seek." Donaldson Brothers, Five Points N.Y. Images of unhappy and happy women.

                                                          C.A. Jackson (Petersburg, Va.)--Jackson's Best, 1880s Box 1

                                                          Patent applied for. Blue Strip Trade Mark on every Plug/All Sizes Bright and Mahogany Plugs./It is the Finest Sweet Navy Plug ever made./Awarded Highest Prize at Centennial. This unrivaled tobacco for sale by Wm. Goerder Dealer in Groceries, &c. Watertown, Wis.; A melancholy pair they were, With troubles sore oppressed, Until a sign the chanced to see Which said Chew Jackson's Best. And now they are a happy pair With every comfort blessed. Kind reader! Take that sign's advice, Be wise, Chew Jackson's Best. Manufactured by C.A. Jackson & Co., Petersburg, Va. Donaldson Brothers, Five Points N.Y. Image of two unhappy, then happy men.

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                                                            Nathan Carter Newbold family papers, 1848-1952 and undated

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                                                            North Carolina family active in education, law enforcement, farming, and slavery. The bulk of the papers relate to Nathan Carter Newbold and his relatives, including his father William A. Newbold and grandfather William Newbold (Sheriff of Pasquotank County, North Carolina), his first wife Mabel Wooten, and his second wife Eugenia Bradsher. Nathan Carter Newbold was the Director of the Division of Negro Education for the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction from 1913-1950. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, photographs, financial and property records dating from the 1840s, and recorded speeches given at Nathan Carter Newbold's retirement dinner. Some photographs have been identified as being of South Carolina during the late 19th century-early 20th century, which include portraits, street scenes (in Charleston), sail boats, as well as a few photographs of people of color, including photographs of "Lascar Sailors."Some photographs are of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point during the 1890s. Many of the legal and financial papers were generated by Nathan Carter Newbold's father and grandfather. The bulk of the correspondence relates to Nathan Carter Newbold's role as an administrator for North Carolina public schools and to his tenure as the Director of the Division of Negro Education during segregation and Jim Crow.
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                                                            New England girls' summer camps photograph album, 1916-1917

                                                            0.6 Linear Feet
                                                            Collection comprises a photograph album in two sections, containing a total of 261 black-and-white prints that feature the athletic and social activities of young female campers. The photographs were taken by an unidentified teenage girl. The first section of the album comprises 51 photographs (with captions) taken during the summer of 1916, twenty-six of them at Camp Mascoma, in Enfield, N.H., including shots of the Shaker Bridge and scenes of campers canoeing and swimming, among other activities. There are also 8 photos taken at Lost River, near North Woodstock, N.H.; 6 photos of girls with other family members at Wollaston Beach in Quincy, Mass.; and 11 photos of Boston's Franklin Park, a children's May Party, and other activities. The second section of the album contains 210 photographs (of which only 35 have captions and 10 are loose) taken during the summer of 1917 at Camp Teconnet on China Lake in China, Me. These photographs picture campers swimming, canoeing, playing basketball, doing calisthenics, posing singly and in small groups, etc. There are also many photographs of campers dressed in elaborate costumes (of dowagers, gypsies, clowns, Native Americans, etc.), including several featuring campers in male attire, impersonating Charlie Chaplin, WWI soldiers, playboys, waiters, etc.
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                                                            New England girls' summer camps photograph album, 1916-1917 0.6 Linear Feet

                                                            Collection comprises a photograph album in two sections, containing a total of 261 black-and-white prints that feature the athletic and social activities of young female campers. The photographs were taken by an unidentified teenage girl. The first section of the album comprises 51 photographs (with captions) taken during the summer of 1916, twenty-six of them at Camp Mascoma, in Enfield, N.H., including shots of the Shaker Bridge and scenes of campers canoeing and swimming, among other activities. There are also 8 photos taken at Lost River, near North Woodstock, N.H.; 6 photos of girls with other family members at Wollaston Beach in Quincy, Mass.; and 11 photos of Boston's Franklin Park, a children's May Party, and other activities. The second section of the album contains 210 photographs (of which only 35 have captions and 10 are loose) taken during the summer of 1917 at Camp Teconnet on China Lake in China, Me. These photographs picture campers swimming, canoeing, playing basketball, doing calisthenics, posing singly and in small groups, etc. There are also many photographs of campers dressed in elaborate costumes (of dowagers, gypsies, clowns, Native Americans, etc.), including several featuring campers in male attire, impersonating Charlie Chaplin, WWI soldiers, playboys, waiters, etc.
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                                                              New Bern (N.C.) Merchant's Ledger C, 1767-1785

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                                                              Ledger of an unknown merchant in New Bern, N.C. Transactions appear chronologically by account holder, and reflect the sale of general merchandise, such as cloth and clothing, food, rum, seed, pitch, tar, and turpentine. Accounts were settled with either cash or goods. Formerly known as Anonymous ledger C, 1767-1776.
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                                                              New Bern Merchant's Ledger, 1467-1776 1 volume; 482 pages

                                                              Letters A-K missing from manuscript index at beginning of volume. At least 21 folios missing at the end of the volume. Index includes name, date range of activity, and folio where name appears.

                                                                New Bern (N.C.) Merchant's Ledger C, 1767-1785 0.5 Linear Feet 1 item

                                                                Ledger of an unknown merchant in New Bern, N.C. Transactions appear chronologically by account holder, and reflect the sale of general merchandise, such as cloth and clothing, food, rum, seed, pitch, tar, and turpentine. Accounts were settled with either cash or goods. Formerly known as Anonymous ledger C, 1767-1776.
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                                                                  North India diary, 1861 May 1-1865 Mar. 29

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                                                                  Account of life in camp and traveling while stationed in North India and modern-day Pakistan by an unidentified wife of a British Army officer. The first entry begins in Meean Meer (or Mian Mir), a former large British cantonment in Pakistan. Officers and families traveled to locations including Islamabad, Kashmir, Aliabad, and Pindi Gheb. Illustrated with sketches.
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                                                                  North India diary, 1861 May 1-1865 Mar. 29 0.2 Linear Feet

                                                                  Account of life in camp and traveling while stationed in North India and modern-day Pakistan by an unidentified wife of a British Army officer. The first entry begins in Meean Meer (or Mian Mir), a former large British cantonment in Pakistan. Officers and families traveled to locations including Islamabad, Kashmir, Aliabad, and Pindi Gheb. Illustrated with sketches.
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                                                                    Frederick B. Nightingale stereographs of China, 1920-1921

                                                                    0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
                                                                    Collection of 143 stereographic images of areas in southeastern China, taken by an amateur photographer and American lighting engineer Frederick B. Nightingale from 1920 to 1921, while he traveled on business as a representative of General Electric. Nightingale's photographs are of value not only for the image content, which includes street scenes, vendors, modes of transportation, shrines, temples, pagodas, monasteries, towers, and landscapes, but also for his lengthy contextual commentary written on the back of each card. The majority of the images were taken in Hangzhou (referred to as Hangchow), Suzhou (Soochow), Mount Putuo island (Pu-tu), and Shanghai, China, but there are also a few images from other cities (Ningbo, Chang'an, and Harinen?), and a set of 11 images were taken in Japan. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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                                                                    New York City newspaper daily issue hoaxes, 2009

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                                                                    Collection contains two single issues of New York City newspapers printed as hoaxes. Includes a New York Times issue from July 4 whose lead story is "Iraq War Ends." There is also a New York Post issue with lead stories "We're Screwed," on climate catastrophes and public health disasters, and "World Leaders Slip on UN Summit Slope."
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