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Drucilla K. Barker papers, 1950s-2018

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

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

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

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

56.2 Linear Feet (76 boxes; 3 oversize folders)
Frank Espada was a political activist and documentary photographer of Puerto Rican extraction based in New York and California. His photographic archives comprise thousands of black-and-white photographs and negatives and related materials concerning Espada's lifelong work documenting the Puerto Rican diaspora, civil and economic rights movements, indigenous Chamorro communities in Micronesia, and HIV/AIDS outreach in San Francisco. The Puerto Rican Diaspora project also includes over 150 oral history recordings. The Civil Rights series documents voter registration and school desegregation rallies in New York City, 1964-1970, as well as housing and anti-poverty movements, primarily in California. Photographic subjects encompass Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and indigenous peoples, as well as whites and racially mixed people. The professional papers include files related to activism, research and writings, exhibits, teaching, and publicity. The earliest dated item is a 1946 essay by Espada, "What democracy means to me." Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Daniel Livingstone Papers, 1950-2001

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

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

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

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

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Assorted zines, monographs, and other printed materials related to science fiction and fantasy collected by John Betancourt, science fiction author and former editor of Weird Tales.
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Graduate Liberal Studies Records, 1982-2019

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

51.5 Linear Feet (82 boxes; 74 film reels; 500 GB)
New Day Films is a filmmaker-run cooperative founded in 1971. Its film archive consists of analog and digital elements for many of the cooperative's films dating from 1971 to the present. Film topics range widely and include women's history and culture; multiculturalism and diversity; social and political history; gender and socialization; media, culture; the environment; mental health; parenting and family; and global concerns. Paper records maintained by feminist co-founders Liane Brandon, Jim Klein, Julia Reichert, and Amalie R. Rothschild and by the cooperative office comprise correspondence between co-op members, staff, vendors, venues, and supporters; records relating to film production and distribution; steering committee and meeting minutes; policies and procedures; reports on activities; fund-raising proposals; film sales and rental receipts; film reviews, articles, fliers, posters, and other publicity; and some photographs of events and members. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Broadway Preview Series records, 1986-1993

3.7 Linear Feet (2250 items)
From 1986-1993, the Broadway Preview Series premiered new works for the American theater at Duke. The first Broadway Preview performance staged in the Reynolds Industries Theater (March 10, 1986) was Emanuel Azenberg's Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night, starring Jack Lemmon and Kevin Spacey. Some of the other productions previewed at Duke are: Broadway Bound and Laughter on the 23rd Floor by Neil Simon; A Month of Sundays with Jason Robards; A Walk in the Woods with Sam Waterston; Metamorphosis with Mikhail Baryshnikov; The Circle with Rex Harrison; Artist Descending a Staircase by Tom Stoppard; and Lucifer's Child with Julie Harris. The work of the Broadway Preview Series is continued today by Theater Previews at Duke. Collection contains programs, clippings, photographs, some autograph notes, and other materials pertaining to productions. Also includes scripts. The material ranges in date from 1986-1993.
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Philip Stewart Papers on the Nixon Library, 1979-1990, bulk 1981

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Philip Stewart is a professor emeritus of Romance Studies at Duke University. Stewart served on the Subcommittee on Library Relations, which was convened by Duke's Academic Council in September 1981 as part of a faculty initiative to study the potential impact of locating the Richard Nixon Presidential Library on the university campus. Materials in this collection primarily relate to the research of the Library Subcommittee, and include correspondence from Duke President Terry Sanford, who initiated the Nixon Library proposal in August 1981; correspondence from Duke faculty and trustees; press clippings; Academic Council meeting minutes; and the Library Subcommittee's report to the Academic Council. The collection also contains research and reports from the Academic Council's Subcommittee on Governance, another group formed in the wake of the Nixon Library proposal.
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Library Committee (Nixon), September-October 1981
Box 1

Contains correspondence, research, and drafts leading up to the Subcommittee on Library Relations' report to the Academic Council about the potential impact of having the Nixon Library on Duke's campus. Also includes some news clippings about the Nixon Library controversy.

Nixon Library, California, 1990
Box 1

Contains news clippings related to the opening of the Richard Nixon Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, in 1990.

Faculty Compensation Committee, 1981
Box 1

Contains memos, agendas, correspondence and other papers relating to the business of the Faculty Compensation Committee.

Duke University Archives

Sports Information Office records, 1932-2019

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The Sports Information Office provides information about Duke athletics to the media. They also facilitate press interviews with Duke athletes and coaches. The collection contains press releases, photographs, audio reels, and other material pertaining to sports at Duke University. The date ranges from 1932-ongoing.
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Center for Women Policy Studies records, 1970-2012 and undated

331.5 Linear Feet 221 boxes
The Center for Women Policy Studies was founded in 1972 as the nation's first feminist policy analysis, research and advocacy institution. Collection documents the day-to-day operation, programs, and mission of the Center for Women's Policy Studies. The records include subject files, research files, publication materials, lectures, project documentation, program files, surveys, survey data and chronological files accumulated by the organization. Topics include women and AIDS, girls, teenage girls, work/life balance, women and violence, women and leadership, women and bio ethics and reproductive rights. The collection includes audio cassettes and VHS tapes, and patrons must request use copies to access the content of these materials. Acquired by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Vice-Chancellor for Data Processing records, 1977-1982

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The collection documents the records of the office of the Vice Chancellor for Data Processing for the years 1977 through 1982. The bulk of the materials in the collection pertain to the Administrative System Planning Study, a project that studied the effects an automated computing system would have on the accuracy and efficiency of data processing at Duke. Materials include the final project report as well as drafts tracking the development of the project as well as notes and correspondence from members of the project team. The collection also includes interviews the committee conducted with Duke employees across a wide range of departments and external studies of information management at Duke. The Administrative System Planning Study series contains materials related to the report. They include a copy of the final report and several drafts of the report including notes and revisions. This series also contains two 1982 editions of The Chronicle announcing the institution of a new data processing system on campus. The Project Materials series contains meeting minutes from the Administrative System Planning council, papers as well as correspondence and notes from three members of the committee, Vice-Chancellor Mel Ray, Joe Kuran and Jim Prestwood as they worked to develop the project. These materials also include analyses of the research materials used in the report. The Research Materials series includes information the committee gathered while preparing the report. These materials include 15 interviews with employees from many departments about the current data processing environment at Duke. Interviewees included President Terry Sanford, Chancellor A. Kenneth Pye and Provost F. Cleaveland. Research materials also include the final copies of automation reports completed by IBM Corporation and Hay Associates on the existing systems and the potential effects of automation. Also included is a 1980 issue of IBM Corporation’s magazine, Prospectives in Computing featuring an article about the academic applications of computing at Duke.
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Board of Trustees records, 1860-ongoing

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The Duke University Board of Trustees has existed since 1924, and grew out of the Trinity College Board of Trustees that existed from 1859 to 1924. The Board is responsible for making major steering decisions in the administration of the school. The Board of Trustees records contain minutes, agendas, correspondence, reports, subject files, trustee handbooks, and other records of the Board and Executive, standing, and ad hoc committees. The minutes include reports, correspondence, resolutions, recommendations for the conferring of degrees, for employment and renewal of employment, and other material. Reports include those made by University officers, Board committees, and outside consultants. The Board's records also include statements of funds and scholarships, investment reports, correspondence, audits, bylaws, petitions from students, and other material. English.
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Committees, circa 1936-1953, 2005-2007

Committees are comprised of Board of Trustees members. Committees represented here (for only brief periods of time each) include the Audit Committee, the Academic Affairs Committee, the Buildings and Grounds Committee, the Business and Finance Committee, the Committee on Honorary Degrees, the Faculty, Grad, and Professional School Committee, the Human Resources Committee, the Institutioal Advancement Committee, the Medical Center Affairs Committee, the Student Affairs Committee, and the Undergraduate Affairs Committee.

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Mi Gente records, 2010-2024

1 Linear Feet 5 Gigabytes
Mi Gente is the largest Latinx student organization at Duke University. The group has the goals of serving the Latinx population at Duke and bringing Latinx culture to the larger Duke population. The Mi Gente records include meeting minutes, captures of the organization's website and Twitter feed, events and promotional materials, photographs, and advocacy documents. Contents of the collection span 2010-2017.
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Alumni Affairs Education and Travel Records, 1987-2008

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Education and travel records from the Alumni Affairs Office including fliers, correspondence, and memoranda.
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Duke Parliamentarians Records, 1990-1996

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The Duke Parliamentarians were a student group dedicated to the study and practice of parliamentary law. The collection includes minutes, reports, bylaws, publications, and correspondence by the Duke Parliamentarians from 1990-1996.
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Major Attractions Committee records, 1957-1995

6 Linear Feet
Major Attractions is a committee of Duke University Union. Its purpose is to present major events of contemporary entertainment with an emphasis on popular music. The collection contains files about attractions and artists brought to the Duke Campus by the Major Attraction committee. Materials present include administrative documents including annual reports, budgets, and policy notices, correspondence, committee minutes, performance contracts, hospitality/technical riders, publicity materials, and clippings. Dates in the collection range from 1957-1995.
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Major Attractions Committee records, 1957-1995 6 Linear Feet

Major Attractions is a committee of Duke University Union. Its purpose is to present major events of contemporary entertainment with an emphasis on popular music. The collection contains files about attractions and artists brought to the Duke Campus by the Major Attraction committee. Materials present include administrative documents including annual reports, budgets, and policy notices, correspondence, committee minutes, performance contracts, hospitality/technical riders, publicity materials, and clippings. Dates in the collection range from 1957-1995.
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News Service Biographical Files, circa 1930s - 2004

183 Linear Feet
The Duke News Service informs the public and the university community about research, programs, and events at Duke. The collection consists of biographical files of Duke University faculty, staff, alumni, and others compiled by the News Service, as well as some photographic materials in separate folders. The files contain primarily clippings and also curricula vitae, photographs, and other printed materials. English.
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News Service Biographical Files, circa 1930s - 2004 183 Linear Feet

The Duke News Service informs the public and the university community about research, programs, and events at Duke. The collection consists of biographical files of Duke University faculty, staff, alumni, and others compiled by the News Service, as well as some photographic materials in separate folders. The files contain primarily clippings and also curricula vitae, photographs, and other printed materials. English.
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Americans For Immigrant Justice records, 1982-2020; 1982-ongoing

103 Linear Feet 23625 Items
Americans for Immigrant Justice (formerly Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center [FIAC]) is a not-for-profit legal assistance organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the basic human rights of immigrants of all nationalities. The Americans for Immigrant Justice records span the years of 1980-2017. The collection contains project files and correspondence regarding immigrant detention policy and conditions in the state of Florida, particularly concerning the Haitian community; legal documents regarding the same, including restricted and confidential legal files; and audiovisual material produced by or for AIJ. The bulk of materials are organized by subject and detention facility.
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Craufurd D. W. Goodwin papers, 1960-2010

84 Linear Feet (65 boxes.)
Crauford Goodwin (1934-2017) was the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Economics and administrator at Duke University. This collection documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, and professional and faculty activities. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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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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Amelia Opie papers, 1798-1855

0.2 Linear Feet (22 items (1 folder))
Amelia Opie (1769-1853) was an English novelist and poet. Collection comprises 14 letters, 5 engraved portraits of Opie, a copy made by her father of two of her songs as well as four lines of poetry she wrote in French, and a draft for twenty guineas.
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Poetry, 1855 February 12
Folder 1

Four lines of poetry in French about a child, signed by Opie. She added a note: "The last line very applicable indeed."

Letter to Lord Cholmondeley, 1851 October 17
Folder 1

Letter requesting his vote for John Ladd, an applicant to an orphanage. Letter also mentions Dr. and Mrs. Copeman, friends of Mrs. Cholmondeley. Also mentions the closing of the Great Exhibition.

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Cessna Aircraft Company Spring Training Play Book, probably 1972

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Manufacturer of private aircraft founded in 1911 in Wichita, Kan., Collection comprises handouts of the aircraft sales training presentation that used an analogy to a football game to organize the information. Includes pages for the attendee's notes, as well as charts, graphs, financial information, and quizzes. Divided into sections: prospecting, consultant, interviewing, salesmanship, proposals, demonstrating, and scoring.
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Cessna Aircraft Company Spring Training Play Book, probably 1972 0.1 Linear Feet

Manufacturer of private aircraft founded in 1911 in Wichita, Kan., Collection comprises handouts of the aircraft sales training presentation that used an analogy to a football game to organize the information. Includes pages for the attendee's notes, as well as charts, graphs, financial information, and quizzes. Divided into sections: prospecting, consultant, interviewing, salesmanship, proposals, demonstrating, and scoring.
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Danny Lyon collection, 1950s-2021

26 Linear Feet 974 Gigabytes
Danny Lyon (1942- ) is a photographer, writer, and filmmaker originally from New York. The collection contains photographs and other writings created while Lyon served as a staff photographer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) between 1962-1964, later materials related to his books and films about the civil rights movement and its leaders, his time spent documenting Texas prisons between 1967-1968, and later projects related to several of the prisoners he met during his time in Texas. Materials related to Lyon's engagement with SNCC span 1963-2021 and include various photographs, correspondence, printed ephemera, manuscripts, clippings, audiovisual materials, and other assorted files showcasing SNCC activities, civil rights marches, protests, demonstrations, and violence and discrimination against African Americans. Materials related to Lyon's work with Texas prisons span from 1950s-2011 and include photographs, correspondence, collected prison records and mugshots, legal files, clippings, manuscripts, drafts and maquettes, artwork, audiovisual materials, and other assorted files depicting the experiences of prisoners in several units of the Texas Department of Corrections (now the Texas Department of Criminal Justice) between 1967-1968, and several prisoners afterwards in several books published by Lyon including Conversations with the Dead, The Autobiography of Billy McCune, and Like a Thief's Dream. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts and the John Hope Franklin Center for African and American History and Culture.
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The Freedom Choir in the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Selma, Alabama, probably 1963 October 5
Box 1 > Print RL.13021-P-0088

Written on back of print in Lyon's hand: Selma. This is the original print used for reproduction in Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement. Appears in the "Memories" book, p. 103. Original identifier: 62-13-6/8. Print date: unknown.

  1. SNCC and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1962-2021
  2. Photographs and book projects, 1962-2020
  3. Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement (1992) photographs and book project, 1962-2020
  4. Photographs appearing in Memories book, 1962-1989

Color snapshots of a Louisville, Kentucky mural and three other murals in unknown locations, based on Danny Lyon images, circa 2019-2020 13 photographs
Box 4

The mural commissioned in Louisville, Kentucky, is based on a photograph by Lyon from the March on Washington, 1963, and is shown in multiple images being worked on in August 2020 by artist Charlie Nunn, with artist Jared Diaz assisting. The other three murals, also documented in color snapshots, are of a lunch counter protest photograph, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International walkway exhibit (after 2019); the same image on the side of a building near a train station, unknown location; and an image of John Lewis speaking, in Rochester, N.Y. (2020). 13 prints.

  1. SNCC and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1962-2021
  2. Papers, printed materials, and conferences, 1963-2021
  3. Manuscript notes and unpublished materials, 1963-2020
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Henry Noel Brailsford letters, probably 1911.

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Henry Noel Brailsford was the most prolific British left-wing journalist of the first half of the 20th century. A founding member of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage in 1907, he resigned from his job at The Daily News in 1909 when it supported the force-feeding of suffragettes on hunger strike. Collection comprises two letters from Henry Noel Brailsford to (John Howard?) Whitehouse, probably written in 1911.
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Henry Noel Brailsford letters, probably 1911. 0.1 Linear Feet (2 items)

Henry Noel Brailsford was the most prolific British left-wing journalist of the first half of the 20th century. A founding member of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage in 1907, he resigned from his job at The Daily News in 1909 when it supported the force-feeding of suffragettes on hunger strike. Collection comprises two letters from Henry Noel Brailsford to (John Howard?) Whitehouse, probably written in 1911.
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William Hillman Shockley photographs, 1896-1922 and undated, bulk 1897-1909

9.0 Linear Feet (20 boxes; approximately 3224 items)
Collection contains over 2200 black-and-white photographs taken by W.H. (William Hillman) Shockley during his world travels as a mining engineer between the years 1896 -1909. Locations include China; Korea; India; Japan; Australia; Russia; London; Washington, D.C.; and San Francisco; and, to a lesser extent, Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon); Penang; Yangon (Rangoon); and Singpore. Subjects featured include local citizens and officials, and soldiers; Europeans (including businessmen, miners, diplomats, tourists, missionaries); indigenous peoples and their communities; mining operations (iron ore, gold, petroleum, and coal); ancient walls and forts; religious structures and art; street scenes; remote hamlets and camps; fields, rivers, mountains, geological formations, and other landscapes; domestic animals; and caravans and other forms of transportation, including railroads. There are many other work scenes in addition to mining settings. Formats include more than 2000 small vintage prints, over 400 modern prints, and over 400 nitrate film and glass plate negatives. Many of the photographs bear original captions. There are also some Shockley family photographs, correspondence (1905-1922), a notebook from India, and a few items of memorabilia. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Kate Gannett Wells letter, probably 1888

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Collection comprises a letter Kate Gannett Wells wrote (18 Jan. [1888]) to a "Mr. Gilbert" asking him to appoint a delegate and solicit funds for the American Unitarian Association's Industrial School for Crows [the Crow Indians]. The back of the letter contains the name "Mary E. Field," who perhaps became the delegate.
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Kate Gannett Wells letter, probably 1888 0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)

Collection comprises a letter Kate Gannett Wells wrote (18 Jan. [1888]) to a "Mr. Gilbert" asking him to appoint a delegate and solicit funds for the American Unitarian Association's Industrial School for Crows [the Crow Indians]. The back of the letter contains the name "Mary E. Field," who perhaps became the delegate.
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H. Milne-Edwards note, Versailles, postmarked 1841, Aug. 4

1 items
ANS. Sends an article.
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Paul M. Gross papers, 1939-1979

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Contains the personal and professional records of Paul Magnus Gross, a Duke University administrator, researcher, educator, and scholar. Gross was an Assistant Professor of Chemistry (1919-1920), William H. Pegram Professor of Chemistry (1920-1965), Chair of the Chemistry Department (1921-1948), Dean of the Graduate School (1947-1952), Dean of the University (1952-1958), and Vice-President in the Educational Division (1949-1960). The Paul M. Gross Chemistry Laboratory was named in his honor. Gross was also an independent consultant with the United States Army and various commercial companies. Types of materials include correspondence, clippings, reports, research papers, meeting notes, conference materials, contracts, speeches, dedications, eulogies, lecture notes, financial information, postcards, and building plans. Major subjects include Duke University, the Graduate School, the Department of Chemistry, University Council, the Board of Trustees, University Research Council, Duke University administration, University Committee on Long-Range Planning, Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, study and teaching of physical sciences, military training, war education, munitions development, United States Navy, United States Army, Office of Ordnance Research, universities in the southern United States, and the Gross-Edens controversy. Major correspondents include J. Deryl Hart, Robert Lee Flowers, Douglas M. Knight, Marcus Hobbs, Charles E. Jordan, and Arthur Hollis Edens. Materials range in date from 1935-1979. English.
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Batya Weinbaum papers, 1936-2021

55.0 Linear Feet 1.4 Gigabytes
Batya Weinbaum is a Jewish American artist, musician, poet, author, editor and professor. In addition to founding and editing the interdisciplinary feminist journal Femspec, she has published 17 books and more than 250 articles, poems, essays and reviews. She has made contributions to the fields of multiculturalism, women's studies, sexuality studies and education. The collection documents her personal and professional history, containing materials related to Weinbaum's writing and research, including drafts of her books, materials related to the journal Femspec, and several decades of journals and sketchbooks.
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Margery Sved papers, 1972-1984

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Margery (Margie) Sved, PhD is a psychiatrist practicing in the Triangle area of North Carolina. She champions issues related to women and members of the LGBTQ community in medicine. The Margery Sved papers document women's health organizations and events in the Triangle area from the 1970-80's including the Durham's Women Health Co-op and also include a notebook from a conference sponsored by AMWA (American Medical Women's Association) at Duke in 1980 on Leadership for Women in Medicine. There is also a file on an early conference of lesbian physicians.
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Martha O. Adams papers, 1960-2016

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Martha Olds Adams is an American writer and poet. Her works center primarily on the areas of feminist theology, female spirituality and social justice. The Martha O. Adams papers contain her poetry collections and other writings; correspondence and ephemera related to her publications, workshops and speaking engagements, as well as documentation of her research and activist work.
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Lionel Stevenson papers, 1808-1989, bulk 1911-1974

25.25 Linear Feet 30,300 items
Lionel Stevenson was James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University from 1955-1971. This collection contains artwork, canadiana, clippings, correspondence, course material, diaries, financial records, manuscripts, photographs, and scrapbooks regarding the life and work of Lionel Stevenson. The material ranges in date from 1808-1989, bulk from 1911-1974.
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Lionel Stevenson papers, 1808-1989, bulk 1911-1974 25.25 Linear Feet 30,300 items

Lionel Stevenson was James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University from 1955-1971. This collection contains artwork, canadiana, clippings, correspondence, course material, diaries, financial records, manuscripts, photographs, and scrapbooks regarding the life and work of Lionel Stevenson. The material ranges in date from 1808-1989, bulk from 1911-1974.
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Capt. Francis Micara collection, 1944-2015 (bulk 1944-1947)

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Capt. Francis Micara was a 1944 graduate of Trinity College at Duke University and a member of numerous student organizations and activities. Collection contains material pertaining to student life at Duke during the Second World War including NROTC bulletins, performance programs, photographs, clippings, a vinyl disc, and other assorted memorabilia. In addition, the collection contains material concerning Micara's research at the Marine Laboratory at Beaufort, North Carolina, and assorted printed matter concerning class reunions.
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Southerners on New Ground records, 1993-2015

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According to the organization's website, Southerners on New Ground (SONG) is an intersectional activist organization that works to build, connect, and sustain those in the South who believe in liberation across all lines of race, class, culture, gender and sexuality. It was established in 1994 following a National Lesbian and Gay Task Force meeting. SONG is currently headquartered in Atlanta with regional offices across the South. The accession (2009-0098) (9.6 lin. ft.; dated 1993-2004) includes administrative and financial records, programming materials, and organizational files, all stemming from retreats, training, workshops, and community events sponsored or promoted by SONG. The accession also includes SONG materials from the Bayard Rustin project, People of Color activities, Pride at Work, and the Highlander Economy Educational Institute, among others. The accession (2015-0113) (2.9 lin. ft.; dated 2006-2015) was donated by Caitlin Breedlove, Co-Director of SONG from 2006-2015. It includes administrative and financial records, programming information, flyers and promotional materials and research related to campaign initiatives from her time in the SONG leadership.
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J. Alfred Smith papers, 1902-2022

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Reverend Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr. is a Black minister who served as Senior Pastor at Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, CA for several decades. He also taught for many years at the American Baptist Seminary of the West (now Berkeley School of Theology). This collection contains recorded and written sermons, teaching materials, event files, and other papers that document Smith's pastoral and teaching career. Materials in the collection document Smith's work to bridge denominational, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic divides in California and throughout the United States. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
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Alison Amoroso papers, 1982-2021

1.8 Linear Feet (One Paige box, 1 half Hollinger box (1 DVD, 2 quarter-inch data cartridges), 1 oversize folder) 521 Megabytes (19 files)
The papers of Alison Amoroso (Duke alumna 1987), founder/editor of Teen Voices magazine, activist, and public health advocate. The bulk of the papers relate to Teen Voices and its parent foundation Women Express Inc.
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Department of Classical Studies records, 1925-2018

6.0 Linear Feet 9.5 Gigabytes
Originally the classical studies curriculum was spread over two separate departments which were Latin and Roman studies, and Greek studies. In 1962, these disciplines combined to become Classical Studies. This collection contains materials related to the Department of Classical Studies including minutes, materials created by students in classical studies classes, correspondence, financial records, a course paper, flyers, and other materials.
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Duke Players records, 1930-1986

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Duke University's Duke Players was founded in February 1931, with the intention of providing students with the opportunity to participate in all aspects of theater. Records include production files, news clippings, press releases, newsletters, posters, and scrapbooks.
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Radical and Labor Pamphlets collection, 1896-late 1970s, 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, 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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Office of the University Treasurer records, 1893-ongoing

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The Treasurer is an officer of the University whose duties have included supervision of contracts, relations with the Duke Endowment, and management of the Bursar's Office, student loans, and investments. The position of Treasurer is established by the By-laws of the University. In 1995, the Treasurer's post was taken up by the chief financial and administrative officer, the Executive Vice President. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence to and from individuals who served the University as Treasurer and the subject files they created while in office, including grants and contracts but also ledger and account books. The collection ranges in date from 1893-ongoing.
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Balkans postcards collection, approximately 1900s-1960s

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Collection consists of 174 postcards with photographs and mechanical prints, featuring scenes and landscapes from locations in what has historically been defined as the Balkans region of Southeastern Europe. Cities represented include: Varna, Bulgaria; Ruse/Rustchuk, Bulgaria; Sofia, Bulgaria; Bitola/Monastir, Macedonia; Negotin, Serbia; Skopje, North Macedonia; Sarajevo; Belgrade, Serbia; Oradea, Romania; Thessaloniki, Greece; Constanta, Romania; Sulina, Romania; Scutari, Albania; and Szegard, Hungary. The assorted postcards contains images of buildings, hotels, shops, government buildings, houses, monasteries, landmarks, and geographic features, as well as scenes of people walking on the street, swimming, sunbathing, shopping, and eating.
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Spanish Consulate records, 1794-1898 and undated

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Collection contains correspondence, logbooks, shipping and passport registers, crew lists, and an inventory of consular property. Communications in the collection are chiefly directed to the Spanish Consulate in Charleston, S.C., by the Madrid government, by Spanish diplomats and consular representatives in the U.S., and by governing officials in Florida, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. The papers of the 1790s and early 1800s are largely concerned with Spanish interests in Florida. The papers of the 1830s, except those dealing with routine commercial matters, are largely concerned with political affairs in Spain. Later papers relate to Spain's concern that the U.S. will aid Cuban insurgents; reports of American filibustering for Spanish possessions before and after the Civil War; revolutionary movements in Cuba; Spain's diplomatic approach to the U.S. during the Civil War; Spain's naval war with Chile and Peru (1865-1866); Charleston's trade with Spanish West Indian possessions during most of the 19th century; and occasionally to Spanish diplomatic relations with nations other than the U.S. Bound volumes in the collection include letter books, shipping and passport registers, logbooks, crew lists, and an inventory of consular property.
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Office of the Chancellor: Barnes Woodhall Records, 1969-1971

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Contains correspondence, addresses, reports, memoranda, clippings and printed material documenting Woodhall's role in the governance of the University. Topics include the student unrest of the period, such as the Allen Building takeover and Vietnam War protests, unionization of the Medical Center, the management of University-owned housing, as well as Duke Forest.
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Alexander Braun note, Berlin, to Herr Gilman, [no year], Feb. 20

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Note (ANS) inviting Gilman to an evening with the "Gesellschaft naturforscher Freunde."
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Morris C. McEldowney Military Service in Korea and Japan photograph album, 1954-1955

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A hand-made photograph album by US Army Chaplain Morris C. McEldowney, dated 1954-1955. The album contains 190 photographs laid down on 172 stiff cardboard sheets, 7.5 x 4 inches, plus 6 small Japanese color woodblock views laid down on three more pages. The candid snapshots, with handwritten captions, are primarily of Seoul, Korea, the 8th Army military base, and the surrounding area. It also contains photograhs of Pusa, Korea, Tokyo, and Sendai, Japan.
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Bullock family papers, 1784-1940s and undated

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Papers of several generations of a family of southern Virginia and central North Carolina, including Williamsboro, Granville County (now Vance), and southern Virginia. Fourteen photographs added at a later date represent bi-racial descendants of this family who lived in Nutbush and Manson, NC. The bulk is comprised of correspondence, 1820-1920, between John and William H. Bullock, a second John Bullock and his wife, Susan M. (Cobb) Bullock, their sons and daughters, and other children and grandchildren. Topics include family relationships and genealogy; illnesses and deaths; farming; enslaved persons and tenants (including lists with names of enslaved persons); campus life at the University of North Carolina, 1850s; plantation management; market prices, 1850s-1860s; secessionist and Union sentiments in Granville County; religious life; the Spanish-American War; and the Civil War in North Carolina and Virginia, with details on camp life, troop movements, and the Battle of Kinston and the siege of Petersburg. Volumes include two ledgers, a travel diary, 1848, from a business trip to Tennessee, and Susan Bullock's diary, 1869-1871. Included are legal and financial papers dating from 1784-1876.
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Travel diary, November 27-December 23, 1848 and undated 1 Volumes
Box 2

Travel diary by an unknown person, probably a Bullock family member, recounting a business trip from Warrenton, North Carolina west to Knoxville, Tennessee. The entries fill eleven pages and run from November 26 to December 23, 1848. They chiefly concern the weather, distances traveled, who he lodged with, landmarks noted (Pilot Mountain being one), rivers crossed, and the meals and expenses. He traveled until Sparta, Tennessee with a Dr. Cunningham, a Mr. Stamper, and a guide, a Mr. Ellis from Tennessee. They then took the Nashville road, and he the McMinnsville road. There are few if any details of the business that took him on this trip.

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Photographic Materials, circa 1900-1940s

Acquired in the 1990s as an addition to the Bullock family papers collection, this group of images represents African American and bi-racial descendants of the Bullock family of Granville (Vance) County, NC. The earliest image is a head and shoulders portrait of a toddler-aged child, from around 1900-1910 or earlier. Individuals photographed circa 1930s and 1940s are the donor's great-grandfather and great-grandmother Thomas S. Bullock (born ca. 1869) and Eliza Hendricks Bullock (born ca. 1875); grandfather and grandmother George Bullock and Winnie Russell; and aunts Alice and Sally. Other names are Elnora "Noda" Bullock, the donor's mother, as a child. The portrait of Thomas S. Bullock as a middle-age man was taken by the Flushing Photo Studio in Flushing, N.Y. Sally Bullock's photo at age 16 gives the location of Manson, NC, near the Bullock family's original homeplace. Thomas S. Bullock and Eliza Hendricks Bullock are listed in the 1910 census as a mulatto married couple in Nutbush, Vance County, NC. In other censuses and records, they are identified as African Americans ("Negro" or "Black").

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News Service Press Releases and Clippings, 1948-2024

121.5 Linear Feet 4.2 Gigabytes
The mission of the Duke News Service is to inform the public and the university community about research, programs, and events at Duke; to increase public understanding and appreciation of scholarly contributions made by Duke's faculty and the work of its other employees and students; and to provide media relations and consultative services to faculty and administrators. This collection contains press releases, clipping files, and National Press Exposure Reports created by the Duke University News Service. Major subjects include Duke University News Service, press releases, public relations, clippings, and mass media.
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National Women's Studies Association Journal records, 1978-2011

49.5 Linear Feet 1.2 Gigabytes
NWSA Journal, an official publication of the National Women's Studies Association, publishes interdisciplinary, multi-cultural feminist scholarship linking feminist theory with teaching and activism. Accession 2003-0263 (26,100 items; 43.5 lin. ft.; dated 1990-1998 and undated) comprises administrative files, records of the site search and other editorial board policy matters, correspondence, annual and semi-annual reports, copyedited manuscripts, readers' reports, and published manuscripts; and revisions of issues from each volume. Addition (06-006) (7 items, .1 lin. ft.; dated 1990-1998) comprises 7 issues of the NWSAction newsletter, Fall 1990-Summer 1998.Addition (06-039) (375 items, .2 lin. ft.; dated 2000-2003) contains final page proofs, abstracts, advertising, research and proposals, and correspondence generated for the special issue Gender and Modernity, Fall 2003, volume 15, number 3. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Henry Cline note, [London], [Nov. 1817]

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ANS. Appoints a time to meet.
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Newport Botanic Thomsonian Infirmary broadside, [not before 1836].

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Detailed advertisement.
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Elisha North manuscript, [not before 1811].

1 items
Manuscript pages from a proposed, but never published second and revised edition of North's book, "A treatise on a malignant epidemic, commonly called spotted fever". Available are photographs of the title page of North's own copy of the book, which bears marginal notes in his hand. Reader is referred to the article by Pleadwell, "A new view of Elisha North ... ", in Annals of medical history, 6 (1924). The manuscript and North's copy form the basis of this essay.
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Elisha North manuscript, [not before 1811]. 1 items

Manuscript pages from a proposed, but never published second and revised edition of North's book, "A treatise on a malignant epidemic, commonly called spotted fever". Available are photographs of the title page of North's own copy of the book, which bears marginal notes in his hand. Reader is referred to the article by Pleadwell, "A new view of Elisha North ... ", in Annals of medical history, 6 (1924). The manuscript and North's copy form the basis of this essay.
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Wallace Fowlie papers, 1911-1998 and undated

5 Linear Feet 516 Items
Writer, critic, translator, and faculty member at Duke University specializing in modern French literature. The Wallace Fowlie Papers span the years 1911 to 1998 and consist mainly of correspondence sent to Fowlie, but also texts from Fowlie's personal library, publications on French literature authored by Fowlie, typescript and handwritten drafts by Fowlie, amd clippings pertaining to Fowlie's career. A significant portion of the correspondence comprises exchanges between Fowlie and Thomas and Kit Foster. These letters mainly address personal and family matters (health issues, vacations and meeting with mutual friends), but also cover projects Fowlie was working on, teaching positions accepted and rejected and class progress, and other matters of professional relevance. There is also a folder of correspondence with Fowlie, almost entirely in French, that was maintained by John M. Dunaway, a Romance Languages professor at Mercer College in Georgia. It includes a few color photographs. Other smaller amounts of correspondence come from Robert Heslen, a former student of Fowlie, and well-known writers/artists including René Char, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, Alexis Léger (Saint-Jean Perse), Marianne Moore, Anaïs Nin, and others, discussing literary matters and their writings and careers. There are letters from Fowlie to Walter Muther. A folder of general correspondence contains single letters from a variety of colleagues and friends. Selections from Fowlie's library are sorted into works and translations by Fowlie, and works he used privately or for his own research.
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Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute Records, 2004-2013

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The Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute is an interdisciplinary center focused on promoting education and action around human rights, which offers an undergraduate certification. The Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute records include materials related to programs and events run by the DHRC, as well as other materials.
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Office of Special Events and University Ceremonies records, 1967-2010, bulk 1993-2007

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The Office of Special Events and University Ceremonies was formed in 1983 to handle the planning of campus-wide events. The Office of Special Events and University Ceremonies records includes files related to the organization of events and ceremonies such as Commencement, Baccalaureate services, Founders' Day celebrations, Board of Trustees dinners, awards banquets, special guests at football and basketball games, and many others.
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Jesse Harrison Epperson papers, 1915-1959

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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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Group of Durham, N.C. area midwives posed on outside steps of large building, mid to late 1920s?
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Photograph of a group of 20 Durham, North Carolina area midwives, posed standing in three rows on a flight of outside steps. From the architectural details, this is almost certainly the Old County Courthouse (built 1916), site of the Health Department offices. The midwives, mostly older women, are dressed in white caps and long aprons, and there are many cloth bundles, possibly their traveling supplies, on the steps surrounding the group. With the exception of one or two individuals, the midwives appear to be African American or mixed race women.

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Photographs, circa 1916-1959 19 photographs

The bulk of the photographs in this series were used to illustrate features in the Durham Herald-Sun newspaper. Although small in number, the photographs cover a wide range of decades, starting with three views of interiors of the Health Department labs (circa 1916), and a few images of downtown Durham, N.C. (1920). Editorial notes and occasional titles are penciled on the print versos. Of special interest is a large photograph dating from the 1920s of a large group of Durham-area midwives, mostly African American or multi-racial women, posed with Epperson and several of his staff. The photographs generally measure 8x10 inches.

Press photographs of the first Durham Health Department laboratory interiors and staff, circa 1915 2 photographs
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These two 8 x 10 inch original photographs show wide views of the newly built laboratory interiors (1915), showing equipment and glassware, and featuring several staff, including Dr. Epperson. A caption on the back of one print identifies this as the Geer Building, where the Health Department was first located - in 1916 it would move to the new Durham County Courthouse on Main Street.

  1. Photographs, circa 1916-1959
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Asian American Studies Working Group Records, 1995-2021

10 Gigabytes 1 Linear Feet
The Asian American Studies Working Group (AASWG) is made up of students, faculty, and staff at Duke University and advocates for the creation of an Asian American Studies department at Duke. The Asian American Studies Working Group Records include meeting notes; event planning records; photographs; strategic planning documents; website materials; reports related to the Asian American Studies programs at other institutions; materials from a social media campaign titled "Duke Doesn't Teach Me;" and AASWG's magazine titled Margins.
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Draeger frѐres printing collection, 1897-2025

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Draeger frères was a French printing and publishing company founded in 1866 by Charles Draeger and active until around 1980. Collection includes advertising and promotional materials; commercial trade catalogs; government propaganda posters including materials relating to World War I and the Vichy period of World War II; maps; educational books; art books; and other printed materials. Companies represented include Berliet, Cognac, Coty, Hermès, High Life Tailor, Nicholas Wines, Peugeot, Printemps, Renault, Royal House, and Samaritaine. Includes the work of artists and graphic designers such as Charles Martin, Edouard Garcia Benito, George Barbier, George Martin, Georges Lepape, Joseph Hemard, Leandre, Leonardo Cappiello, Leopold Franz Kowalski, Mariette Lydis, Maximilian Fischer, Paul Colas, Poulbot, R. Ernst, René Vincent, Sem, Willette, and the photographers Man Ray and Robert Doisneau. Text features contributions from writers including André Maurois, Charles Péguy, Jean-Henri Michel, Miguel Zamacoïs, and Pierre MacOrlan. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, & Marketing History.
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Kristine Stiles collection, 1900-ongoing

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Kristine Stiles is the France Family Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies. Her main field of research is contemporary art with a focus on experimental practices, as well as representations of destruction, violence and trauma in art. The collection includes several different series, including Stiles' personal and family papers, projects and writings, correspondence, photographs, and an artist archive documenting her correspondence and relationships with hundreds of contemporary modern artists from around the world. This archive has been sorted by each artist's last name and includes such artists as Chris Burden, Lynn Hershman, Allan Kaprow, Gustav Metzger, John Latham, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Yoko Ono, Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Dan and Lia Perjovschi, Carolee Schneemann, Wolf Vostell and many more.
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Chris Costner Sizemore papers, 1952-1989 (bulk 1956-1979)

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The Chris Costner Sizemore Papers span the time period 1952-1989, with the bulk of the papers dating between 1956 and 1979. The collection consists largely of correspondence; diaries and writings by Sizemore; publicity centered on film and book promotions or speaking engagements; materials related to her appearances; interviews and documentary materials (including film, video- and audiocassettes); and assorted materials including photographs, legal and financial papers.

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North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence records, 1980-1997

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North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence (NCARRV) was an activist group based in Durham, NC from 1983-1997 that worked to document hate crimes and hate groups including white supremacists, assist victims, raise awareness, and influence public policy across the state, and these records document their work. Collection includes founding documents, bylaws, meeting files, board meeting documents, photographs, audiovisual materials, administrative materials, grants and grant applications, incident reports, publications, subject and extensive newspaper clippings on racist violence and white supremacy movements in North Carolina.
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Harry A. Siitonen papers, 1926-1990 and undated, bulk 1953-1977

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The Harry A. Siitonen papers document Siitonen's work with the Socialist movement on the national and local scale in the 1950s through the 1970s. Siitonen, an alum of Michigan State University and son of Finnish immigrants, was heavily involved in the Socialist Party USA through the mid 1970s. He was chair of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Locals of the Socialist Party-USA during the 1950s-1970s, and active in the national Social Party-USA committee after its reconstitution in the 1970s. The papers are arranged into the following series: Correspondence, Subject Files, Party Conventions, Regional and National Organizations, Socialist Party Action Committee, California Socialist Parties, and Printed Materials. The papers include incoming and outgoing correspondence, internal memos, meeting minutes, resolutions, position papers, constitutions, and other records of party activities at local, state, and national levels.
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Major General Lloyd Brinkley Ramsey photograph albums of service in South Korea, 1959 July-1960 May

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Lloyd Brinkley Ramsey was a U.S. Army three-star general who served in South Korea from 1959-1960 as Senior Military Advisor to the Korean National War College in Seoul, South Korea. The three spiral-bound albums house over 300 black-and-white mounted photographs, chiefly in 4x5 and 8x10 sizes, all with typed captions and commentary. The images document the War College campus, Ramsey's quarters, South Korean and American officers in group portraits and in military meetings, dinners, and parties, as well as official tours and visits, including to the DMZ and a U.S. guided missile base; and visits to Seoul streets and tourist sites, rice fields and markets, and to Tokyo, Japan. Ramsey often appears in event photographs. There are a few snapshots of Ramsey's family. Also includes about 20 close-range photographs documenting the violence and bloodshed at student and civilian street protests in Seoul against President Syngman Rhee, known as the April Revolution of 1960.
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Lloyd Brinkley Ramsey photograph album #3, March-May 1960
Box 3

This album includes approximately 134 photographs with typed captions and commentary. They chiefly document South Korean and American military personnel during meetings, relaxing in quarters, and posing for snaphots and group portraits. Events documented include the Korean Military and Naval Academies graduations. There are also many images from touristic trips to towns, to the Chang Gyung Won (Changgyeong Palace) Gardens, and to Tokyo, Japan, just before Ramsey departed for the U.S. from Taiwan. The first photograph is the only color image in the collection - a snapshot of Korean children playing with a seesaw on the street. Included is a large brochure for the Atami Hotel in Tokyo as well as a publicity magazine about the Tokyo Tower, a record-height communications structure built in 1958.

Lloyd Brinkley Ramsey photograph album #2, 1959 October-1960 February
Box 2

This album includes approximately 82 photographs with typed captions and some newspaper clippings, and dates from October 1959 through March 1960. It includes many group photographs of Korean and American military officers, including officials from the Chinese embassy, as well as many snapshots of then-Colonel Lloyd Ramsey. Other images show interiors at the National War College near Kisan, Korea, including the NDC library, auditorium, typing room, and leadership's offices. There is one photo of General Paik Sun-yup, Korea's first four-star general, who died at 100 on July 10, 2020. In Korea, Paik's death sparked a controversy on his pro-Japanese activities during the colonial period.

Lloyd Brinkley Ramsey photograph album #1, 1959 July-October
Box 1

This spiral-bound album houses approximately 121 page-mounted and 5 loose sleeved photographs with typed captions and dates from July to October, 1959. Then-Colonel Ramsey came to Korea to serve as the U.S. Army advisor to the Korean National Defense College, near , South Korea, in July 1959.

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North Carolina Lesbian and Gay Health Project records, 1983-1996

24.7 Linear Feet (18 boxes; 3 oversize boxes; 1 oversize folder)
The North Carolina Lesbian and Gay Health Project was founded in 1982. The records in this collection contain administrative files, case files, board minutes, and newsletters that document the organization, staffing, and activities of the NCLGHP. Subject files provide general information about gay and lesbian health issues, such as AIDS, breast cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, mental health, and substance abuse. Includes some artifacts and ephemeral materials such as T-shirts, pamphlets, and fliers.
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Jean-Louis Faure papers, March 1922

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2 AMS concerning techniques of heart surgery.
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Daphne Muse Papers, 1817-2023, bulk 1960s-1990s

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Daphne Muse is an African American writer, educator, cultural event planner, and social commentator from Washington, D.C. Her papers include a portion of her typescript and handwritten correspondence collection; materials related to her time with Drum and Spear Bookstore and her involvement with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; her ephemeral publications and materials related to the cultural and political experiences of African Americans and persons of African descent; her study of multiculturalism in children's literature; and her academic tenure at UC Berkeley.
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Drum and Spear Bookstore, late 1960s-1970s

This series contains materials related to Muse's time as sales clerk and manager of Drum and Spear Bookstore and her involvement with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1968-1971. Materials include correspondence, books, newspapers, handwritten letters, posters, catalogs, and event materials. Topics covered include event planning, African American writers, reference services, and children's literature.

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Jean Charles Thibault certificate, Paris, [Mar. 1797]

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Certifies Thibault as Surgeon, Third Class, with the Seventh Regiment of the Light Cavalry. Signed by the Inspector-Generals of the "Service de Sante des Armees", including J.F. Coste, P. Bayen, and N. Heurteloup.
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Jean Charles Thibault certificate, Paris, [Mar. 1797] 1 items

Certifies Thibault as Surgeon, Third Class, with the Seventh Regiment of the Light Cavalry. Signed by the Inspector-Generals of the "Service de Sante des Armees", including J.F. Coste, P. Bayen, and N. Heurteloup.
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Jean Francois Thomassin certificate, [Mar. 1796].

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Certifies Thomassin as Surgeon in Chief with the Army of the Rhine and Moselle. Signed by members of the "Conseil de Sante", including J.F. Coste, P. Bayen, and N. Saucerotte.
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Jean Francois Thomassin certificate, [Mar. 1796]. 1 items

Certifies Thomassin as Surgeon in Chief with the Army of the Rhine and Moselle. Signed by members of the "Conseil de Sante", including J.F. Coste, P. Bayen, and N. Saucerotte.
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Lisa Unger Baskin Collection of Photographs, circa 1860-1960s, bulk 1860-1910

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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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The art gallery, late 19th century
Box 3 > Image RL.11785-P-0328

Group of four small statues and framed artwork on display. Printed on front left edge: Mrs. C. Kuhn, Photograph & Autograph Albums, Velvet Frames, Scrap Pictures, &c. / Musical Instruments in great variety. On right edge: Mrs. C. Kuhn, Fancy Stationery, Music, Toys, &c. / 2249 Third Avenue, N.Y. Title appears on bottom of image.

The art gallery, late 19th century
Box 3 > Image RL.11785-P-0330

Group of three small statues and framed artwork on display; variation of P-328. Printed on front left edge: Mrs. C. Kuhn, Photograph & Autograph Albums, Velvet Frames, Scrap Pictures, &c. / Musical Instruments in great variety. On right edge: Mrs. C. Kuhn, Fancy Stationery, Music, Toys, &c. / 2249 Third Avenue, N.Y. Title appears on bottom of image.

The art gallery, late 19th century
Box 3 > Image RL.11785-P-0331

Group of four small statues and framed artwork on display; variation of P-328. Printed on front left edge: Mrs. C. Kuhn, Photograph & Autograph Albums, Velvet Frames, Scrap Pictures, &c. / Musical Instruments in great variety. On right edge: Mrs. C. Kuhn, Fancy Stationery, Music, Toys, &c. / 2249 Third Avenue, N.Y. Title appears on bottom of image.

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Knight family papers, 1784-1960 and undated, bulk 1840s-1890s

5.5 Linear Feet (13 boxes)
Correspondence, diaries and notebooks, financial papers, legal papers, genealogical documents, printed materials, and other materials pertain to the John Knight family of Natchez, Mississippi and Frederick, Maryland. Materials in the collection date from 1784 to 1960, and the bulk date from the 1840s to the 1890s. The majority of the papers concern the personal, legal, and financial activities of John Knight (1806-1864), merchant, plantation owner, lawyer, and investor; Frances Z.S. (Beall) Knight (1813-1900), his wife; and their daughter Frances (Fanny) Beall Knight McDannold; as well as their children, relatives, friends, and business partners, especially banker Enoch Pratt and William Murdock Beall. Significant topics include: life in Natchez, Mississippi and Frederick, Maryland; their management of plantations and enslaved people; slavery in Mississippi and other Southern states; 19th century economic conditions, especially concerning cotton, banking and bank failures; U.S. politics in the 1850s-1860s; the Civil War, especially in Maryland; cholera and yellow fever outbreaks; 19th century family life; and the Knights' travels to Europe, Russia, and other places from 1850 to 1864. Genealogies chiefly relate to the descendants of Elisha Beall of Maryland, and the McCleery, Pettit, and McLanahan families of Indiana and Maryland. Papers of John Knight's wife, Frances (Beall) Knight, include her diaries, correspondence, and legal papers. There are also diaries kept by Fanny, their daughter, documenting her travels in the 1860s, as well as her school notebooks and correspondence.
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Photographs, late 19th century 2 items (1 box)

Two albumen photographs on large card mounts, showing views of two ancestral homes. Also found in the Rubenstein Library's Picture Collection, probably separated from the Knight collection: a copy of a miniature of John Knight painted by Hugh Bridgeport in 1832; a photograph of Frances Z.S. Beall Knight; and photographs of Knight and of his tombstone in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland.

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Sylvia Wynter papers, 1950s-2018

435 Linear Feet
Sylvia Wynter (1928- ) is a Jamaican writer, scholar, thinker, and teacher. As a writer, she wrote plays for radio and the stage, as well as a novel. As a professor, she taught at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica; the University of Michigan; the University of California, San Diego; and Stanford University. She has also published numerous essays on many topics from Jamaican history to literary criticism to exploring what it means to be human. The Sylvia Wynter papers contain Wynter's written works from the 1950s through 2018; professional correspondence to and from Wynter from the 1970s through the 2010s; teaching and administrative materials from her time at Stanford University, the University of California at San Diego, and other institutions; materials related to Wynter's participation in conferences, speaking engagements, guest lectures, and other events; and Wynter's reading and research materials.
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Front Page newspaper records, 1975-2006 and undated

116.9 Linear Feet
The Front Page (1979-2006) was a newspaper dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in North and South Carolina. Collection consists of a large clippings file, research and subject files, newsletters, book publicity, correspondence, including letters to the editor, administrative records, a "Kill" box file, mailing lists, advertising layouts, photographs, a reader survey, faxes, some writings submissions, flyers, press releases, and files of other gay and lesbian publications. Other items include T-shirts, posters, and photographs. Topics represented include early research on AIDS, gay rights, resources for the community, legal and political issues, and pride events across the two states; there are also papers related to local activists and Front Page staff Lee Mullis and Jim Duley. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Faith Holsaert papers, 1950-2020

16.5 Linear Feet
Faith Holsaert is a white, Jewish civil rights and LGBT community activist. The collection contains correspondence, newsletters, publications, writings, and other materials relating to the Holsaert's activities from the 1950s to the present. A large portion of the collection consists of correspondence and ephemera from her involvement in the civil rights movement, including with SNCC, as well as her activism in the women's rights and LGBT rights movements. Also includes materials from the writing and publishing of Hands on the Freedom Plow, as well as many other writings by Holsaert. The collection also contains personal memorabilia and materials relating to Holsaert's childhood and family. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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North Carolina Public Interest Research Group records, 1971-1982

4 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
The North Carolina Public Interest Research Group (NC PIRG) is a consumer advocacy group established in 1971 to facilitate student activism on North Carolina's campuses. Duke students formed the first local chapter of NC PIRG. Collection contains the records of NC PIRG campus groups at colleges and universities in North Carolina, the records of the statewide NC PIRG office, and a small group of material related to the national PIRG office. Materials date from the 1970s to the early 1980s. Topics in the collection include Duke University, consumer advocacy, environmental protection, disarmament, student rights, rental policies, utility rates, and other activist issues.
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Henry Horenstein photographs, 1967-2013, 2022

41.5 Linear Feet (44 boxes)
Henry Horenstein is an American photographer, author, teacher, and filmmaker based in Massachusetts. The collection comprises of approximately 250 black-and-white and color photographic prints selected from his projects, a large series of about 2500 contact sheets, and a few other related materials. Subjects in the project prints series include Horenstein's family and friends; beachgoers in Havana, Cuba; blues and country musicians, the venues where they play, and their fans; the human body in extreme close-ups; horse and stock car racing; burlesque and drag performers; and historic tri-racial communities in Maryland. Together, the prints and contact sheets offer landscapes, street scenes, storefronts, theaters, highways, museums, concerts, bars, nightlife, fairs, and people and animals in Cuba, Dubai, Germany, Los Angeles, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts and all of New England, Missouri, New York, Paris, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela, and other places. The dominant format is gelatin silver, with some chromogenic and digital work; print sizes range from 8x10 to 20x24 inches. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Sidney Winter papers, 1964-2017

3 Linear Feet (1 Paige box, 2 Hollinger boxes, and 1 oversize folder.)
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.
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Wolfgang F. Stolper papers, 1892-2001, bulk 1930s-1990s

29 Linear Feet (38 boxes) 2 Megabytes
Wolfgang Stolper (1912-2002) was a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Michigan. This collection documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, and professional and faculty activities (especially his missions to Africa as an economic advisor). It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Speeches, Lectures, and Conferences, late 1950s-1969

Files related to Stolper's public speaking engagements and activities at conferences, excluding those pertaining to Joseph A. Schumpter. Arranged chronologically.

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

9.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes; 4 oversize folders)
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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Adeline Burr Davis Green papers, 1796-1956

3.5 Linear Feet (8 boxes and 2 oversize folders)
Adeline "Addie" Burr Davis Green (1843-1931) was a white resident of Como and Bloomington, Illinois, and Fayetteville, North Carolina, who was notably married to former Supreme Court justice and Senator David Davis from 1883-1886, and later to Wharton Jackson Green, plantation owner and U.S. Representative from North Carolina, from 1888-1910. This collection spans the years 1796-1956 and documents the personal life and social interactions of Adeline "Addie" Davis Green and members of her family, including her father James M. Burr, aunt Adeline Burr Ellery Green, David Davis, Wharton Jackson Green, and sister Hettie Heitshu. Types of material include correspondence, notebooks, printed material, ephemera, and photographs and other visual material. Topics include James M. Burr's experiences during the California gold rush, United Daughters of the Confederacy activities, politics and social functions in Washington, D.C. (1882-1883), World War I and the League of Nations, and Burr and Neal family genealogy.
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Celeste and Reggie Hodges collection, 1968-2021

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder) 26.5 Gigabytes
Collection consists of photography created by Celeste and Reggie Hodges while living in Sembehu and Shenge, Sierra Leone, as Peace Corps volunteers in the 1960s and 1970s. Formats include negatives, prints, slides, and digital scans; all image titles and subjects have been applied by the Hodges. Images depict village life, social and religious customs, agriculture and fishing practices, medical care and treatment, textiles and art, schooling and children's life, and portraits of people. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
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Audiocassette, Shenge, June 1971
Box Separated DVD and CS Box 2 > Audio-cassette RL13023-CS-0001
Digital-materials RL13023-SET-0002 > Audio-file RL13023-CS-0001_01.wav
Digital-materials RL13023-SET-0002 > Audio-file RL13023-CS-0001_02.wav

Side 1: Primary school assembly; Krio Stories; Kids' songs; Mosu's solo; Brima's greeting; Abu; Brima's Labour School; Azan at mosque; Isatu; Brima (puppies); Temne song. Side 2: Radio S.L.; Class 2 and Class 5 English; Class 5 interviews and songs; ocean; Musu (medicine); Kaschid's lorry; Bundu songs.

  1. Children's classwork and drawings, circa 1968-1971
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John Lakin Brasher papers, 1840s-2005 and undated

46.75 Linear Feet
John Lakin Brasher (1868-1971) was a white Methodist preacher, evangelist, and leader in the Wesleyan holiness movement. The John Lakin Brasher Papers, 1840s-2005 and undated (bulk 1917-1970), are comprised of church-related and personal correspondence; records of the Iowa Holiness Association; records of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Alabama Conference; religious writings and speeches (including sermons, diaries and manuscripts of published works); printed material (tracts, religious brochures, serials, and hymnals); photographs (including many of camp meetings); transcriptions of tape recordings; legal papers; financial papers; and miscellanea. Most of the material concerns the religious career of John L. Brasher; the Holiness (Santification) movement in the Methodist Church, particularly in Alabama; Holiness education and the administration of the John H. Snead Seminary in Boaz, Alabama and Central Holiness University (later John Fletcher College) in University Park, Iowa; and camp meetings in the South, particularly Alabama, and the Midwest. Includes biographies of clergy and accounts of religious and family life in rural north Alabama. Among correspondents are Joseph P. Owens, F.D. Leete, John Paul, and missionaries in Eygpt, India, China, and Japan. Contains letters and printed material concerning the separation and reunification of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
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Glimpses Subseries, circa 1954, 1993-2002

Fragments of drafts and notes for Brasher's biographical work, Glimpses: Some Personal Glimpses of Holiness Preachers Whom I Have Known, and With Whom I Have Labored in Evangelism, Who Have Answered to Their Names in the Roll Call of the Skies (1954). Includes typescripts with marginalia and handwritten drafts. Each fragment is arranged in order of the page numbers assigned by Brasher. Material is undated.

  1. Writings and Speeches Series, 1890s-1968, 1993-2005
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W. M. Piatt and Company records, 1914-1973

12.25 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Collection comprises correspondence, blueprints, proposals relating to construction or the improvement of sewage and wastewater treatment systems. Includes substantial amounts of material on the sewage treatment system for Winston-Salem and Durham, North Carolina. Other North Carolina localities and clients documented in the collection are Burlington Mills, Claremont, Cooleemee, Cothran, Cramertown, Dallas, Erwin Mills, Fairbanks Morse Company, Mooresville, Mebane, North Wilkesboro, and Wake Forest.
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Center for Documentary Studies, SNCC Legacy Project Critical Oral Histories Conference Interviews, 2016-2018, 2016-2018

260 Files (MP4 video files, JPEG image files, MP3 audio files, PDF text files, and plain text files.) 75 Gigabytes
Digital videos, photographs, and transcripts documenting critical oral history conferences in 2016 and 2018, with Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee veterans, hosted by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. The 2016 Critical Oral Histories Conference focused on "The Emergence of Black Power, 1964-1967," while the 2018 Critical Oral Histories Conference focused on the efforts directly leading to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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G. M. A. Ferrus letter, [Paris], to M. Pierre Grand, Avocat, June 16, no year [between 1800 and 1826?]

1 items
ALS. Inquires on behalf of Charles Pinel regarding a bust of his father, Philippe Pinel.
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Marty Gross interviews with Mihoko Okamura, July 29, 2013

145 Gigabytes (Seven video files)
Seven interviews with Mihoko Okamura, an assistant to D.T. Suzuki, conducted by Marty Gross in 2013.
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Virginia DeMott Cox interviews, 1979-1982

6 items (5 cassettes, one letter) .25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Interviews with Virginia DeMott Cox on Orie Latham Hatcher's work as president of the Southern Woman's Educational Alliance and the Alliance for Guidance of Rural Youth, conducted by Dolores Elise Brien in 1979 and by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith in 1982. Includes information on the personal lives of both Cox and Hatcher as well as some Hatcher family history. The 1982 interview is comprised of written and audio responses to a set of written questions sent by Peavy and Smith.
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Virginia DeMott Cox interviews, 1979-1982 6 items (5 cassettes, one letter) .25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Interviews with Virginia DeMott Cox on Orie Latham Hatcher's work as president of the Southern Woman's Educational Alliance and the Alliance for Guidance of Rural Youth, conducted by Dolores Elise Brien in 1979 and by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith in 1982. Includes information on the personal lives of both Cox and Hatcher as well as some Hatcher family history. The 1982 interview is comprised of written and audio responses to a set of written questions sent by Peavy and Smith.
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Jack Fullilove and Alan Lesage papers, 1940s-2000s

40 Linear Feet
Jack Fullilove and Alan Lesage were a gay couple who were involved in the arts community in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough, NC. They were also medical doctors and residents of North Carolina and France. The Jack Fullilove and Alan Lesage Papers includes a variety of materials related to their life in Europe during World War II and, since 1955, in North Carolina and their involvement with local arts communities.
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Arthur F. Burns papers, 1911-2005, bulk dates 1940-1987

18.5 Linear Feet (17 boxes and one oversize folder.)
Arthur Burns (1904-1987) was a former chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and economic advisor to six US presidents. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Pouzin letter, Montpellier, to M. Audibert, Jan. 1823

1 items
ALS relating to a shipment of sulphate of quinine.
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Duke University Archives

Allen Building Takeover collection, 1969-2019

1 Linear Feet (1 box)
On February 13, 1969, Duke University students in the Afro-American Society occupied the the main administration building to bring attention to the needs of Black students. These needs included an African American studies department, a Black student union, and increased enrollment and financial support for Black students. This and subsequent events became known as the Allen Building Takeover. The Allen Building Takeover Collection contains announcements; flyers; publications; correspondence; handouts; reports; transcripts; ephemera; clippings; a bibliography; photographs documenting Black Culture Week (Feb. 4-12, 1969) and the Allen Building Takeover (Feb. 13, 1969); and items related to student demands, statements by Provost Marcus Hobbs and by Duke President Douglas Knight, student convocations and demonstrations both in support of and against the Takeover, and later events on the Duke campus and in Durham, N.C. In addition, the collection contains clippings and artwork related to remembering the Takeover, including the 2002 Allen Building lock-in.
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Kathy Hopwood papers, 1970-2016

30.5 Linear Feet
Kathy Hopwood is a martial arts and self-defense teacher who founded the SafeSkills Dojo in Durham, NC. She and her partner Beth Seigler provided both martial arts classes and women's self-defense programs. The collection contains materials documenting Kathy Hopwood's work in the areas of women's martial arts and self-defense in the Triangle area of North Carolina. Collection also comprise self-defense training manuals, course and workshop materials, newsletters, organizational history, some correspondence, the individual work of both Hopwood and her partner Beth Seigler, publications addressing self-defense and rape prevention topics, and materials related to martial arts activities across the country and international. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Terrade note, Feb. [1803].

1 items
ANS.
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Duke University Archives

Jazz @ records, 2017-2018

.031 Gigabytes
Jazz @ was initially created in 2003 as a weekly jam session at the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, and it is now run by a committee of students as part of the Duke University Union's (DUU's) weekly jazz programming committee. The records include: emails; sign-up lists; event and meeting information; flyers; playlists; and financial and administrative materials.The records represented in the collection are from 2017-2018, when Duke student Philip Moss served as president of the Jazz @ committee. Some of the events covered in the collection include: Jazz @ The Coffeehouse; Jazz Brunch; and Latin Jazz Night.
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Student Papers reference collection, 1890-1906, 1976-2017

1 Linear Feet
The Student Papers Reference Collection was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research. The collection consists primarily of Duke undergraduate student papers on topics concerning Duke University or Durham. The three earliest student papers date from circa 1890, 1895, and 1906, and were written by N. Raine Reed, Fannie W. Carr, and Raymond Browning, respectively. Paper topics present in the collection include: the founding of Duke; the undergraduate curriculum; Duke Chapel; 1969 Allen Building Takeover; Methodism and its relation to Duke University; the 1942 Rose Bowl; desegregation; and gender issues at Duke.
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Alexander Blackburn papers, 1880-2021

26.5 Linear Feet
Professor emeritus of English and Creative Writing at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; novelist; son of Duke University faculty member William M. Blackburn. Writings and correspondence of Alexander Blackburn, including books, correspondence, postcards, drafts, and typescripts of unpublished works. Also includes Blackburn and Cheney family history materials, genealogical materials, photographs, and a scrapbook.
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