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Earl Dotter historic workplace images collection, 1910s-2024

9.5 Linear Feet
Earl Dotter (born 1943) is an American photographer and labor activist based in Maryland; Dotter's work has focused on documenting workers in hazardous occupations and conditions, and includes the creation of the exhibit, "Badges: A Memorial Tribute to Asbestos Workers." The collection contains nearly 250 workplace badges and identification cards collected by Earl Dotter throughout the twentieth century, notebooks and handbooks, matted prints, exhibit displays, posters, and other assorted materials. Employees featured in the badges and cards worked in a variety of industries such as household goods; textiles and clothing; automobiles and other forms of transportation such as railroads and ships; machinery; construction; steel, oil, and electricity; and manufacturing more generally. They were exposed to asbestos and other hazardous chemicals during their work for local, major national, and government-associated companies throughout the United States. Badges and cards include company names and portraits of employees and sometimes additional details such as names, employee ID numbers, dates, signatures and fingerprints, and biographical information. Topics largely focus on asbestos and how it was used in various industries in the twentieth century, the health-related impacts resulting from exposure for employees, and various litigation and advocacy efforts related to raising awareness about asbestos and other harmful chemicals. Acquired by the Archive of Documentary Arts.
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Duke University Archives

Nasher Museum of Art Records, 1942-2023

37 Linear Feet 3.5 Megabytes
The Nasher Museum, founded as the Duke University Museum of Art in 1969, opened in its current building in 2005. The museum's collection focuses on works by diverse artists, European medieval art, European and American paintings, Outsider art, classical antiquities, African art, and ancient American art. The Nasher Museum of Art records include materials related to exhibits and events at the Nasher as well as the planning, construction, and opening of the museum building.
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Ailecia Ruscin Zine collection, 1994-2002 and undated

7.2 Linear Feet 552 Items
The collection consists of 552 zines, collected by the donor between 1994 and 2001. The collection focuses on personal zines by women, politics, the punk music scene, social justice activism, and riot grrrl. Many of the zines are accompanied by correspondence with the donor. Ailecia Ruscin is a writer, activist, and scholar from San Antonio, Texas and Auburn, Alabama. She is the author or co-author of the zines provo-CAT-ive and alabama grrrl (published from 1997-2000).
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Robin Morgan papers, 1940s-2019 and undated, bulk 1970-2019

84.0 Linear Feet
The collection documents the personal, political, and professional aspects of the life of an important feminist writer of the twentieth century. The largest group of materials consists of documentation on all of Morgan's significant written works: DEMON LOVER; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRY YOUR SMILE; GOING TOO FAR; A HOT JANUARY; LADY OF THE BEASTS; SATURDAY'S CHILD; her well-known feminist anthologies, SISTERHOOD IS POWERFUL, SISTERHOOD IS GLOBAL and SISTERHOOD IS FOREVER; and other materials on her poems, articles, and other writings. In addition, Morgan's papers hold many items of correspondence with a wide range of individuals, including prominent activists and feminists as well as family members and close friends. There is also a significant amount of correspondence and other material that documents Morgan's role as founder of the Sisterhood is Global Institute, and records related to her role as editor and writer for MS. magazine.
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Eleanor Foa Dienstag papers, 1940s-2018

16 Linear Feet (21 boxes)
Eleanor Foa Dienstag is a feminist activist, writer, and corporate communications specialist. These materials document her professional life and include drafts of her writings, research on Renée Richards, media appearances, and materials related to the production of her books Whither Thou Goest, In Good Company, and Mixed Messages: Reflections on an Italian Jewish Family and Exile.
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Bingham Center zine collection, 1992-2025

37.75 Linear Feet
This collection consists of zines, primarily authored by women, acquired as donations from multiple collectors or purchased from book stores, zine fairs, and zine distributors. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Sallie Bingham papers, 1900-2023

93.75 Linear Feet
Feminist and author. The Sallie Bingham Papers provide rich documentation of the personal life, literary development, and philanthropic activities of Sallie Bingham, feminist and writer. The papers, dated 1900-2011, with the bulk of the materials dating from the 1940s to 2011, are comprised of correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, personal papers, diaries and notebooks, legal and financial papers, audiovisual recordings, and photographic media. Included also are some records of The Kentucky Foundation for Women, a philanthropic organization founded by Bingham; The American Voice, a literary journal founded by Bingham and published under the auspices of The Kentucky Foundation for Women; and Santa Fe Stages, a regional theater founded by Bingham. Arranged into the following series: Audiovisual Materials, Correspondence, Diaries and Notebooks, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Legal and Financial, Miscellaneous, Photographs, Poetry, Santa Fe Stages, Speeches, Subject Files, Writings, and Oversize Material, with the Writings, Diaries and Notebooks, and Correspondence Series composing the bulk of the collection. Multiple additions have been added since the collection was processed; these are represented at the end of this finding aid.
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Ladyslipper, Inc. records, 1965-2011 and undated

190.5 Linear Feet (127 boxes)
Ladyslipper Music is a North Carolina non-profit organization which has been involved in many facets of women's music since 1976. Their mission is to heighten public awareness of the achievements of women artists and musicians, and to expand the scope and availability of musical and literary recordings by women. This collection documents the history, activities, and output of this organization.
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Edwin and Terry Murray Collection of Role-Playing Games, 1972-2017

270 Linear Feet Approx. 13,000 Items
Edwin L. and Terry A. Murray, brothers residing in Durham, North Carolina, have been collectors of comic books and other pulp culture for forty years. Collection includes role-playing game boxed sets, miniatures, card sets, role-play game magazines and literature, campaign guides, modules, and rule books.
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Fuqua School of Business records, 1929-2024

103.5 Linear Feet 12.4 Gigabytes
The mission of The Fuqua School of Business is to provide the highest quality education for business and academic leaders, and promote the advancement of the understanding and practice of management through research. Collection includes annual reports, business associates, files on administrators, material on MBA programs, promotional materials, practicum papers, and other files.
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H. Gregg Lewis papers, 1939-1990

28.5 Linear Feet (19 boxes.)
H. Gregg Lewis (1914-1992) was a professor emeritus of economics at Duke University and the University of Chicago. This collection documents his professional life through his research, writings, and teaching. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Research Notes, Drafts, and Proofs, 1978-1986

Lewis' files for Union Relative Wage Effects: A Survey (University of Chicago Press, 1986). Boxes 1-6 contain approximately 300 manila folders' worth of research notes, arranged by him according to subject matter. Boxes 7-8 hold chapter drafts, a file on reviews of his book, as well as data analyses (statistical tables and computer printouts).

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Margaret McFadden Papers, 1825-2015, bulk 1961-2015

145.0 Linear Feet 145.0 linear feet
Margaret McFadden is a feminist scholar and activist; she was the founder of the Women's Studies Program and retired as a professor in Interdisciplinary Studies at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. This collection comprises McFadden's professional papers. Includes published materials, conference files, materials related to the Southeastern Women's Studies Association (of which she is a founding member), correspondence, writings, teaching materials, and subject files. This collection also includes several additions; please consult the Collection Overview below to learn more about their contents. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Reginald Sellman negatives, 1911-1935

1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Collection consists of 898 nitrate negatives and two prints, all taken by amateur photographer Reginald Sellman from 1911 to 1935, chiefly in Baltimore, Maryland and environs. There is also a detailed handwritten index to over 100 images. Subjects include Susie Ford, possibly Sellman's fiancée; his wife Obedience (Bedie) Darden Sellman, and their son Bruce Darden Sellman. Places featured include Baltimore residences, streets, bridges, railway stations, monuments, parks, and hospitals and medical institutions such as Johns Hopkins Medical School and the Biedler and Sellman Sanatorium, founded by Reginald Sellman's father, William A. B. Sellman. There are many snapshots of family members, and photos taken during hikes, camping trips, and visits to parks. Maryland locations include Baltimore County historic sites and parks: the Owing's Mills area, Gwynn's Falls, Chatalonee, Loch Raven, Druid Lake, the Chesapeake's Eastern Shore, Elk River, and the Patapsco River. The Sellmans often visited relatives in North Carolina; thus, there are also many images taken in early 20th century Beaufort, Goldsboro, La Grange, Kinston, and Raleigh, including the Raleigh Methodist Orphanage. Some photographs feature commercial fishing scenes and cotton transport.
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Lawrence Klein papers, 1950-2016

52.5 Linear Feet (35 boxes.) 3 Megabytes (One set.)
Lawrence Klein (1920-2013) was a Nobel Prize winner and the Benjamin Franklin Professor of Economics and Finance, Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, and professional and faculty activities. It forms parts of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Ronald Reis photographs, 1954-2014

20.5 Linear Feet (26 boxes; approximately 4018 items)
The images in this collection were taken by photographer Ron Reis from the 1950s to 1979 and from 2004 to 2014. The earlier body of work (1962-1974) contains 289 black-and-white photographs, accompanied by negatives and contact sheets. The later body of work (2004-2014) contains 3,719 black-and-white and color laser inkjet prints, with a majority of images dated 2012 to 2013. Reis focused his camera on street scenes primarily in New York and New England, but also in Colorado and the midwest, in Europe (Italy, England, Ireland, and Greece), and in the Middle East. His images capture anti-war demonstrations, feminist and gay pride parades, and ethnic festivals, while also documenting the more quotidian life of urban neighborhoods, street markets, and other public spaces such as Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park and New York City's Washington Square. The earlier black-and-white gelatin silver prints measure 11x14 inches, while the laser inkjet prints measure 11x17 inches. There are also manuscript and printed materials such as a curriculum vitae, some correspondence, exhibition publicity, articles, and photo essays. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Francis Warrington Dawson family papers, 1386-1963, bulk 1859-1950

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Journalist, of Charleston, S.C., and Versailles, France. The collection contains the papers of Francis Warrington Dawson, who was born Austin John Reeks; his wife, Sarah Ida Fowler Morgan Dawson; and their son, Francis Warrington Dawson II, better known as Warrington Dawson. The papers are primarily literary in character but also include many letters. Francis's papers are primarily autobiographical with information about his Civil War service, travels, courtship, and career. Also present are Morgan family papers describing social life in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La., in the second half of the 19th century, especially during Reconstruction. Warrington Dawson materials document his work with the American Embassy in Paris and describes French life and politics. Also present is material from his work as director of French Research for Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., including copies (made from the originals at Colonial Williamsburg) of original documents pertaining to French participation in the American Revolution. Also included are copies of 18th century maps of North America, Williamsburg, Va., and positions of the French and American armies in New York and Virginia during the Revolutionary War.
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Radio Haiti papers, circa 1934-2003, bulk 1968-2003

80 Linear Feet (197 boxes; 2 oversize folders; and digital photographs)
Radio Haïti-Inter was Haiti's first and most prominent independent radio station from the early 1970s until 2003. Under the direction of Jean Léopold Dominique and Michèle Montas, Radio Haiti was a voice of social change and democracy, speaking out against oppression and impunity while advocating for human rights and celebrating Haitian culture and heritage. The Radio Haiti papers contain mainly the station's on-air scripts and research materials covering a wide variety of subjects. The Radio Haiti audio recordings are described in a separate collection guide.
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Vodou: Haiti's Eternal Promise (demo tape), Kartemquin Films, Undated, circa 1990s
Box 197

Demo tape for a film called "Vodou: Haiti's Eternal Promise." Narrated by scholar William Balan-Gaubert, who discusses Lakou Souvenance, death rituals and the "peyi san chapo," among other topics. The full film will explore the lives of Esther, an eleven-year-old girl who grew up in Lakou Souvenance and who is a Vodou drummer, and the Haitian singer Marjorie Beaubrun, who grew up Protestant and became a Vodou adherent later in life.

  1. Oversized, Photos and AV materials, circa 1934-2004
  2. AV materials, 1980-2001

General, undated
Box 16

"Le Sénat veut-il ballonner la presse?" (discussion of government's lack of respect for the code penal vis-à-vis journalists); "Projet de code d'éthique et déontologie du journaite professionnel haïtien."

  1. Civil Society, 1973-2003
  2. Press, 1973-2003
Duke University Archives

Duke Photography, job number records, 1960-2018

129 Linear Feet 129.2 Gigabytes
Duke Photography, formerly called Duke University Photography, was the official photographic service of Duke University. The Duke Photography Records include many of the original photographs taken by the service from the 1960s through the 2010s.
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Thomas Dixon Jr. Papers, 1880s-1959

3.0 Linear Feet (4 gray hollinger boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 1 separately boxed volume.)
Thomas Dixon Jr. (1864-1946) was a white supremacist, novelist, playwright, and clergyman, originally from North Carolina. Dixon authored The Leopard's Spots (1902) and The Clansman (1905), which later was adapted into D. W. Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation (1915). This collection contains literary drafts of his plays and novels, some correspondence, and other legal materials and photographs.
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God's Fool: A Drama of Negro Life in Modern Harlem, script by Thomas Dixon, unknown
Box 1

Typescript draft pages of a script. Pages are summaries, not script lines. Characters are racist caricatures in a morality play. "Theme: the conflict between the old ideals of Religion, Truth, Right and Honor and the Modern Jazz Worship of the World, the Flesh and the Devil - illustrated in the clash between the Old and New Negro in Harlem…." Many pages torn, worn, water-stained.

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Locus Science Fiction Foundation archives, 1942-2012 and undated

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Locus, the Magazine of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Field, was co-founded by Charles N. Brown (1937-2009), Ed Meskys (1936-), and Dave Vanderwerf (1944-) in New York in 1968. It first began as a science-fiction and fantasy one-sheet news fanzine that was created to help the Boston Science Fiction Group win its 1971 Worldcon bid. Vanderwerf left after issue #4, and Meskys after #11. Charles Brown remained as editor until his death in 2009. The Locus Archives include names files for more than 800 people, many of whom are writers, editors, or publishers. The files contain correspondence, clippings, obituaries, and writings, the bulk of which relate to American writers, though there are several files kept on writers and fans from across the world, including China, Japan, and Russia. Much of the correspondence is about publishing news, corrections, and deaths in the science-fiction, fantasy, and horror community. There are several well-known correspondents including: Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Jim Baen, Ian and Betty Ballantine, Algis Budrys, Octavia E. Butler, Arthur C. Clarke, L. Sprague de Camp, Harlan Ellison, Robert Heinlein, Ursula K. Le Guin, Dean Koontz, Andre Alice Norton, James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon), and Gene Wolfe.
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Adlard, Mark, undated
Box 1

Printed photograph with small biographical description.

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Terence Mitchell collection of tobacco-related ephemera, 1880-1990

10.0 Linear Feet (14 boxes)
Terence Mitchell is a collector and expert on collectible cigarette cards. This collection contains a wide assortment of trading cards, collectible silks and fabrics, pins, and tobacco cartons and packs acquired by Mitchell. Most date to the early twentieth century.
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Jack and Rebecca Matlock Papers, 1930s-2017 and undated

210 Linear Feet
Jack Faust Matlock was US Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987-1991. This collection includes materials from him and his wife, photographer Rebecca Matlock, dating largely from the 1940s through the mid-2010s. The bulk of items relates to their work for the US Foreign Service; they were officially stationed in Washington, Moscow, Prague, Accra, Dar es Salaam, and Zanzibar and traveled extensively throughout the world. Jack Matlock was a key figure in the Ronald Reagan administration and participated in almost every US-USSR summit from the 1970s until his retirement in 1991. Also present in the collection are diaries, writings, memoranda, reports, clippings, interviews, photographs, event files, audiovisual materials, and other documents regarding the Matlocks' career, travels, interests, family life, and scholarship.
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Society of Women Engineers, Duke University Chapter Records, 1997, 2006-2007

0.25 Linear Feet
The Duke University chapter of the Society of Women Engineers is an academic group for women engineering students at Duke University. Collection includes newsletters, meeting minutes and agendas, budget materials, flyers, the organization's constitution, program materials, photographs, and snapshots of the organization's website.
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Radio TV Services records, circa 1937 - 2012

36.5 Linear Feet 372 Gigabytes
Established in 1954 as part of the Office of Information Services (now the Office of News and Communications,) Radio TV Services supervises the production of materials for radio and television, assists in the preparation of audio-visual materials needed by the university, and promotes the University's exposure to local, state, and national audiences. It makes documentary films, covers events and functions on campus, sets up news conferences in cooperation with local and national media, interviews university personnel, and provides features on students for their home-town media. Collection includes correspondence, subject files, sound recordings (audiocassettes and reel-to-reel tapes), film (16mm), and video tape (U-Matic and 2-inch quadruplex). Notable people documented on film and tape include Keith Brodie, Terry Sanford, Douglas M. Knight, Orin Pilkey, Robert Menzies, Jerry Falwell, Billy Graham, Queen Noor al Hussein, Jesse Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Juanita Kreps, Robert McNamara, Ronald Reagan, William Westmoreland, Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel, Reynolds Price, Martin Luther King, Jr., Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, Stokely Carmichael, Kenneth Clark, Sidney Cohen, Adam Clayton Powell, Betty Friedan, B. F. Skinner, Sam Ervin, Alex Haley, Tom Wolfe, Buckminster Fuller, and Cesar Chavez. Subjects include Duke University basketball, football, commencement, convocation, homecoming, the Epoch Campaign announcement, student unrest in the 60s, the Silent Vigil held after the death of Dr. King, the Duke Marine Laboratory, the discovery of the U.S.S. Monitor, oceanographic research, the 1954 Orange Bowl, Joe College Weekend, various campus scenes, Duke Gardens, and the Richard Nixon Library controversy. Completed films include Response to Our Challenge and This is Duke. English.
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Leon S. Adler papers, 1943-1993

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Collection comprises letters, military service and medical records, two photograph albums, and printed items maintained by Leon S. Adler, along with a scrapbook maintained stateside by Roslyn "Posy" Adler between 1943 and 1945 to record Leon's naval service, from his training and teaching at Ft. Schuyler, N.Y., to his service as part of the fleet which occupied Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, following the war. Includes two printed items, a copy of the book U.S.S. Biloxi published around 1945, and a CRAM'S WAR ATLAS, dating between 1941-1945, along with a U.S. Service flag from World War II.
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Sophia Jex-Blake letter, to the Editor of the Spectator, undated, [probably between 1878 and 1912]

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ALS. Response to the editor's inquiries regarding the tuition and course of studies at the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women.
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J. C. (James Cossar) Ewart note, undated [probably between 1870 and 1933].

1 items
ANS.
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James Mathews Duncan note, [London], undated, [probably between 1846 and 1890]

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ANS. Regretfully declines invitation.
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John William Draper letter, New York City, to Count A. Gurowski, undated [probably between 1840 and 1882]

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ALS. Writes of the reception of one of his books.
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Augustin Grisolle note, undated [probably between 1830 and 1869].

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ANS. Arranges a meeting.
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Ange Marie Francois Guepin letter, undated [probably between 1825 and 1873].

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ALS. Writes of family matters.
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Richard Bright papers, [London], undated, probably between 1817 and 1858

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2 letters (ANS) and 2 holograph notes, unsigned, relating to various social engagements.
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Charles Francois S. Giraudy letter, undated [probably between 1800 and 1848].

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ALS relating medical notes and observations.
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Andrew Duncan, Jr. letter, [Edinburgh], to "My dear Sir.", undated, [probably between 1793 and 1832]

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ALS. Invites addressee to join the Horticulture Society [of Edinburgh].
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John Mackie letter, to Tristam Burges, undated [probably between 1790 and 1853]

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ALS. Writes regarding the settlement of an estate.
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John Mason Good papers, undated [probably between 1784 and 1827].

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ALS. Writes to Mr. J. Robinson and Mr. Stockdale respectively regarding his account and the sale of his work.
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St. Thomas's Hospital document, London, undated [probably between 1775 and 1823]

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Document, signed. John Mitchell petitions the Hospital for admittance. The Hospital receives the promise of John Haighton, physician, to supply the patient with clean body linen weekly and to remove the body at his expense, if the patient should die within the Hospital's care.
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St. Thomas's Hospital document, London, undated [probably between 1775 and 1823] 1 items

Document, signed. John Mitchell petitions the Hospital for admittance. The Hospital receives the promise of John Haighton, physician, to supply the patient with clean body linen weekly and to remove the body at his expense, if the patient should die within the Hospital's care.
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New family papers, 1858-1931 and undated, bulk 1913

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Collection contains a scrapbook for the 1913 Suffrage Pilgrimage, describing the route from Birkenhead to London. This is accompanied by 78-page narrative of the trip, which is keyed to the photographs in the scrapbook. Also included are two other drafts of the narrative, "A few impressions" (14 pages) and "The Suffrage Pilgrimage, July 1913" (88 pages). The scrapbook and narratives were possibly prepared by Alice Margery New. Her "Suffrage Quotation Book" that contains signatures of suffragists, including those of Constance Lytton and Emmeline Pankhurst, is also present. In addition, there is another unidentified participant's description (31 pages) of the Birkenhead to London pilgrimage, perhaps written by Alice's mother or aunt. There are five postcards related to the pilgrimage, along with a black-and-white photograph of F. W. Pathick Lawrence, who was imprisoned for his association with militant suffrage demonstrations. Finally, the collection contains an autograph book (1858-1931) containing primarily letters directed to William Newmarch, but with a few Dalby and New family items.
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David Ramsay document, Charleston, South Carolina], undated, [post 1815]

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Holograph document, signed. Details the division of the trust estate of Ramsay by the commissioners appointed by the court of equity. Signed by commissioners, J. King, T. Smith and W. Simmons. Also signed by heirs and beneficiaries, J.W. Campbell, G.B. Reid, M.G. Ramsay, Sarah Ramsay, J.A. Ramsay, and W.G. Ramsay.
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David Ramsay document, Charleston, South Carolina], undated, [post 1815] 1 items

Holograph document, signed. Details the division of the trust estate of Ramsay by the commissioners appointed by the court of equity. Signed by commissioners, J. King, T. Smith and W. Simmons. Also signed by heirs and beneficiaries, J.W. Campbell, G.B. Reid, M.G. Ramsay, Sarah Ramsay, J.A. Ramsay, and W.G. Ramsay.
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John Shelton Curtiss papers, 1796-1981

6.5 Linear Feet
John Shelton Curtiss was a professor emeritus of history at Duke University, specializing in Russian history and civilization. The collection includes professional and personal papers, as well as extensive documentation of Curtiss family history and genealogy.
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Ann Baker papers, 1965-2014, bulk 1970s-1990s

84 Linear Feet (60 boxes, 2 oversize folders)
This collection documents the work of Ann Baker (1936-2016), an abortion rights and LGBTQ+ activist. A resident of New Jersey, she was active in state and federal politics, and was involved in many local and national organizations promoting access to abortion and equality for LGBTQ+ couples. The bulk of this material pertains to Baker's work collecting, documenting and disseminating information relating to the anti-abortion movement in the 1980s-1990s, in particular her work tracking Operation Rescue and other militant anti-abortion organizations. Baker's papers contain periodicals and other publications, correspondence, photographs, clippings and audiovisual materials, which document the anti-abortion movement and the pro-abortion movement's responses. Baker was in contact with organizers, clinics, abortion providers, as well as national anti-abortion and pro-abortion organizations. This collection includes graphic images of fetuses and babies. In some cases, the presence of such materials has been noted at the folder level; however, not every instance was identified.
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Re-Imagining Collection, 1991-2025

8 Linear Feet (8 boxes) 16 Gigabytes
Re-Imagining was an ecumenical, radical, Christian movement focused on creating ways of understanding Womanist, Feminist, Mujerista, and Asian Feminist theologies, and opening spaces for dialogue with the church, diverse religious communities, and the world. Eighty-two audio files comprise an oral history project by Sherry E. Jordon with 70 participants in the Re-Imagining conferences, including the first gathering in 1993, Re-Imagining: A Global Theological Conference By Women: For Men and Women. Additionally, 127 mp3 files and 79 audiocassettes comprising Re-Imagining conference sessions and rituals from gatherings in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2003, as well as papers documenting the organization's work, including Jordan, Mary Kay Sauter, and Rev. Katherine Austin Mahle's administration files.
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John Buettner-Janusch Letters and Clippings, 1979-1992 and undated

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John Buettner-Janusch was a professor at Duke University in the 1960s who was convicted of manufacturing illegal drugs in his New York University laboratory in the 1970s and of sending poisoned candy to a New York judge and another Duke professor in 1987.
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Courtland Cox papers, 1963-2021

4.25 Linear Feet (9 boxes) .05 Gigabytes (approximately 60 files)
Courtland Cox (1941- ) is an African American civil rights activist, former member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and a manager and co-owner of Drum and Spear Bookstore in Washington, D.C. His papers consist of materials related to the Drum and Spear Bookstore and associated organizations, folders related to his tenure as the Secretary General of the Sixth Pan-African Congress in Tanzania, and subject files and audiovisual materias related to the civil rights movement in the South during the 1960s. Audiovisual materials consist largely of oral history interviews with veterans of the civil rights movement. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
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Samuel Jean Pozzi papers, undated [between 1866 and 1918?].

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ANS and a calling card, with mss, unsigned. Regarding social engagements.
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Amedee Dechambre papers, undated, between 1853-1886

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2 ANS. In one note, Dechambre refers to Ch. Bouchard and P. Brouardel.
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Lewis A. Sayre note, undated [between 1850 and 1900].

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ANS. Introduces Dr. Grant, a Canadian surgeon.
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Leon Clement le Fort note, undated [between 1850 and 1893?].

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ANS. Asks addressee to bring his "memoire" to the evening's gathering.
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Auguste Nelaton letter, [Paris], to M. Dallais, undated [between 1836-1873]

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ALS. Prescribes treatment of a fistula on a joint by iodized injections, Burgrave dressings and sea baths.
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David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Charles Lasegue note, undated [between 1835 and 1883?].

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ANS. Informs addressee that a Dr. Morel, physician in chief at the Rouen Asylum, wishes to visit their patient, Leon Guibout.
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