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Edgar Tristram Thompson papers, 1915 - 1985

4.5 Linear Feet 3,000 Items
Edgar Tristram Thompson taught Sociology at Duke University from 1937 until his retirement in 1970. The papers include correspondence with Herbert Blumer, Charles Ellwood, Eric Hoffer, Everett Hughes, and Howard Jensen; teaching materials from undergraduate and graduate courses in race relations, religion, and social anthropology; lecture notes from Thompson's mentor and sociology instructor Robert E. Park; research on plantations in Hawaii and in Africa as the Hugh le May Fellow at Rhodes University; development and operations of a Black Studies program and Center for Southern Studies at Duke University; short papers discussing race relations at Duke University and racial identity; autobiographical histories of Thompson's students; manuscripts for many books on race relations; records of participation in Alpha Kappa Delta and American Sociological Association conferences; a campus-wide graffiti survey; and addresses to the Mayor's Committee on Interracial Affairs of Durham. English.
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Robert E. Park materials, 1920-1976.

Robert E. Park materials, 1920-1976.
Includes correspondence, lecture notes, reading lists, and general short writings by Robert E. Park

Includes correspondence, lecture notes, reading lists, and general short writings by Robert E. Park, a professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago during the 1930s. Also includes correspondence and drafts related to Park's biography, written by Winifred Raushenbush and edited by Thompson and Everett Hughes.

    Edgar Tristram Thompson papers, 1915 - 1985 4.5 Linear Feet 3,000 Items

    Jensen. Thompson's greatest influence was Robert E. Park, a former instructor who was also an expert on
    , religion, and social anthropology; lecture notes from Thompson's mentor and sociology instructor Robert E
    , religion, and social anthropology; lecture notes from Thompson's mentor and sociology instructor Robert E
    Edgar Tristram Thompson taught Sociology at Duke University from 1937 until his retirement in 1970. The papers include correspondence with Herbert Blumer, Charles Ellwood, Eric Hoffer, Everett Hughes, and Howard Jensen; teaching materials from undergraduate and graduate courses in race relations, religion, and social anthropology; lecture notes from Thompson's mentor and sociology instructor Robert E. Park; research on plantations in Hawaii and in Africa as the Hugh le May Fellow at Rhodes University; development and operations of a Black Studies program and Center for Southern Studies at Duke University; short papers discussing race relations at Duke University and racial identity; autobiographical histories of Thompson's students; manuscripts for many books on race relations; records of participation in Alpha Kappa Delta and American Sociological Association conferences; a campus-wide graffiti survey; and addresses to the Mayor's Committee on Interracial Affairs of Durham. English.
      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Robert A. Hill Collection, 1890-2014

      755 Linear Feet
      The Robert A. Hill Collection covers the period of 1800 to 2014 and documents Hill's research, writing, and publications about Marcus Garvey's life and work and the founding of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), as well as Hill's many other projects. Items in the collection include research material assembled by Hill, writings by and about Garvey, manuscripts, correspondence, printed material, clippings, microfilm, photographs, video and sound recordings, and objects. Series 1-4 contain the production papers of the Marcus Garvey Papers Project: American Volumes (AM), African Volumes (AF), Caribbean Volumes (CA), and Project Administration (PA). Hill's other projects and writings are included in Series 5-6 as Other Works by Robert A. Hill (OW) and Hill Personal (HP). The remaining Series 7-10 consists of Microfilm (MF), Primary Sources (PS), Research (RE), and the unprocessed Jamaica (J). The collection was acquired by the John Hope Franklin Research Center in 2015.
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      David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

      Josiah William Bailey papers, 1833-1967, bulk 1900-1946

      270 Linear Feet (539 boxes) Approximately 422,400 itemss
      The collection houses the personal and professional papers of Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946), Baptist layman, Raleigh attorney, and United States Senator. Chiefly consists of correspondence and print material, as well as smaller amounts of financial records, clippings, volumes, broadsides, photographs, and memorabilia dating from 1833 through 1967, with most items dating from 1900 through 1946. The collection documents Bailey's family, personal, religious, and professional life. Generally, papers prior to Bailey's election to the U.S. Senate in 1931 reflect North Carolina's legal, political, religious, agricultural, social, and economic issues. After 1931, material chiefly pertains to national affairs. Significant topics include: state and national elections and campaigns in the 1920s and 1930s; national defense and the military; veterans; the effects of the Depression on southern states and the U.S. economy and society in general; labor issues; Prohibition; the court system; taxation; the development of the Blue Ridge Parkway and other parks; agriculture in the Southern States; and the New Deal of the Roosevelt Administration. Legal papers offer a sample of case files from Bailey's law office, including a 1920s case involving W.V. Guerard of the Klu Klux Klan. Outgoing personal correspondence contains many references to national and regional issues as well as personal exchanges.
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      Josiah William Bailey papers, 1833-1967, bulk 1900-1946 270 Linear Feet (539 boxes) Approximately 422,400 itemss

      Robert E. Lee
      Robert E. Lee
      Alfred E. Smith for the presidency, O. Max Gardner for governor. 1930 Candidate for U.S. Senate; defeated
      The collection houses the personal and professional papers of Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946), Baptist layman, Raleigh attorney, and United States Senator. Chiefly consists of correspondence and print material, as well as smaller amounts of financial records, clippings, volumes, broadsides, photographs, and memorabilia dating from 1833 through 1967, with most items dating from 1900 through 1946. The collection documents Bailey's family, personal, religious, and professional life. Generally, papers prior to Bailey's election to the U.S. Senate in 1931 reflect North Carolina's legal, political, religious, agricultural, social, and economic issues. After 1931, material chiefly pertains to national affairs. Significant topics include: state and national elections and campaigns in the 1920s and 1930s; national defense and the military; veterans; the effects of the Depression on southern states and the U.S. economy and society in general; labor issues; Prohibition; the court system; taxation; the development of the Blue Ridge Parkway and other parks; agriculture in the Southern States; and the New Deal of the Roosevelt Administration. Legal papers offer a sample of case files from Bailey's law office, including a 1920s case involving W.V. Guerard of the Klu Klux Klan. Outgoing personal correspondence contains many references to national and regional issues as well as personal exchanges.
        David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

        Jesse Pyrant Andrews photographs and oral histories, 1973-2022

        15 Linear Feet (19 boxes) 59 Gigabytes (196 audio files)
        Jesse Pyrant Andrews is an American photographer based in rural southern Virginia. Collection comprises 301 black-and-white photographs and 46 oral history interviews by photographer Jesse Pyrant Andrews, documenting rural and small-town life in the Piedmont region of Virginia and North Carolina. Major themes center on the landscapes and people of the region; tobacco cultivation; the lives of farmers, war veterans, small business owners, and laid-off workers; local architecture and historic sites; traditional crafts and music; and new patterns of economics and society in rural Virginia. Andrews's Veterans Project has become a larger focus over the years; it now comprises over 30 portraits and associated audio interviews, chiefly with veterans of the Vietnam and Gulf Wars. Additional projects include materials related to the Carter-Wooding families of southern Virginia; views from an Amtrak train; views of an historic plantation home, Mountainview; and street scenes and portraits taken in New York City, California, and Massachusetts. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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        Clyde Roark Hoey papers, 1943-1954

        100 Linear Feet (211 boxes; about 167,000 items)

        The Clyde Roark Hoey Papers consist of office files created during Hoey's service in the United States Senate from 1944 through April, 1954. Correspondence, typed and printed material, clippings, and pictures provide a chronicle of Hoey's national political career as well as of American affairs during the early post-World War II period.

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        Clyde Roark Hoey papers, 1943-1954 100 Linear Feet (211 boxes; about 167,000 items)

        , George D. (Burlington Chamber of Commerce) Collier, Robert A. Cone, Benjamin Cone, Bonnie E.* Cone
        ) Riser, L. Arnold Ritch, Marvin Lee Rives, E. Earl Roberts, Coleman W. Robertson, Reuben B. Robinson
        Hosiery Company) Bacon, James E. (on investment of risk capital) Bailey, Edith Pou Bailey, James Hinton

        The Clyde Roark Hoey Papers consist of office files created during Hoey's service in the United States Senate from 1944 through April, 1954. Correspondence, typed and printed material, clippings, and pictures provide a chronicle of Hoey's national political career as well as of American affairs during the early post-World War II period.

          David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

          Charles Wilkes papers, 1816-1876

          7 Linear Feet (4,566 items)
          U.S. naval officer and explorer, of Washington, D.C. Family correspondence, chiefly relating to naval cruises of Wilkes and his son, John Wilkes; the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, to Antarctica, the Pacific Islands, and the Northwest Coast of the U.S., including preliminary planning, the voyage itself with detailed descriptions of places visited, and publishing the results; gold mining and milling in North Carolina; the Civil War; and Wilkes family business ventures in North Carolina; together with legal and financial papers, writings, printed material, clippings, and other papers. Includes correspondence, 1848-1849, with James Renwick (1792-1863) and others.
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          Charles Wilkes papers, 1816-1876 7 Linear Feet (4,566 items)

          Catalog Abbot, Henry Larcon Abert, John James [?] Adrain, Robert Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe Allen
          , Jacob Welsh Miller, William Starr Mills, Robert (1781-1855) [?] Morell, George Webb Morton, Samuel
          , James (1818-1895) Rhees, William Jones Ringgold, Cadwalader Roberts, Solomon White Rogers, William
          U.S. naval officer and explorer, of Washington, D.C. Family correspondence, chiefly relating to naval cruises of Wilkes and his son, John Wilkes; the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, to Antarctica, the Pacific Islands, and the Northwest Coast of the U.S., including preliminary planning, the voyage itself with detailed descriptions of places visited, and publishing the results; gold mining and milling in North Carolina; the Civil War; and Wilkes family business ventures in North Carolina; together with legal and financial papers, writings, printed material, clippings, and other papers. Includes correspondence, 1848-1849, with James Renwick (1792-1863) and others.
            David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

            John E. Browning papers, 1930-1999 and undated

            0.4 Linear Feet 120 Items
            John E. Browning was a commercial artist and designer who worked in outdoor advertising in New Jersey. The John E. Browning Papers span the years 1930-1999 and include billboard designs, photographs and negatives, correspondence, an autobiographical sketch, and printed materials relating to commercial art and typography. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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            John E. Browning papers, 1930-1999 and undated 0.4 Linear Feet 120 Items

            John E. Browning papers, 1930-1999 and undated
            ., Asbury Park, N.J. 1942 Civilian designer, U.S. Army Signal Corps 1943 U.S. Army, Fort Sill, Okla. 1943
            Robert A. Hamer Papers
            John E. Browning was a commercial artist and designer who worked in outdoor advertising in New Jersey. The John E. Browning Papers span the years 1930-1999 and include billboard designs, photographs and negatives, correspondence, an autobiographical sketch, and printed materials relating to commercial art and typography. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
              David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

              W. Eugene Smith Reference CD collection, 1946-1971

              50 Linear Feet
              The W. Eugene Smith Reference Reference CD Collection includes 5,087 compact discs containing audio originally recorded to quarter-inch open reel tape by photographer W. Eugene Smith. Smith recorded the bulk of the 1,740 reels represented in this collection between 1957 and 1971, while living in the "Jazz Loft" at 821 Sixth Avenue in New York City. The original tapes are housed in the W. Eugene Smith Collection at the University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography.
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              Reel 1004, 1963 June 11

              Mississippi speech on Youth and civil disobedience. SNCC inter by Robert Parks. then Mozart music on WRBR
              of Robert Gregs read by Robert Holman:"Goodbye to All That". 3. Jumps to Gereald Frank author of "The
              schools 3. Cooper Union Forum Richard D. Heafner, Johnson E. Fairchild. Addictions CBS TV and then Channel

              Note 1: "June 11, 1963. 1. All but very beginning of Pre Kennedy Integration speech based upon Birmingham. TV Alabama. News - U of Alabama Logger headed with Gov. Wallace. Frank O'Connar Stories. Steve Allen. Marlene Dietrich."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith, Carole, man. In loft. (June 11. 1963??) loft sounds, and Smith Carole conversatoin with some putter sounds and stairwell sounds, 2. jumps to WBAI Memoirs of Robert Gregs read by Robert Holman:"Goodbye to All That". 3. Jumps to Gereald Frank author of "The Dead" and other talk on WRVR NYC ad for Fine arts show 4. Dean Brock show "The Treasury of the 78" ASMPC, classical music. 5. Jumps to Moliere show on WNYC regarding Ihara Saikaku with translator Dr. Ivan Morris. New Directions paperback. CDII 1. end of Reader's Almanac, WNYC with host Professor Bauer 2. Late News includes Mayor Wagner Harlem Hospital, Slain Medgar Evers reference and PSA for public schools 3. Cooper Union Forum Richard D. Heafner, Johnson E. Fairchild. Addictions CBS TV and then Channel 13 WNDT referenced as station. CDIII 1. JFK speech on civil rights. June 11, 1963 report on civil rights 2. cont'd 3. WABC TV original content on Channel 13, WNDT . Gilbert and Sullivan content Jumps to live theatre song then 4. Civil Rights documentary including Governor George Wallace. and interviews with teacher/student 5. Sunbeam shaver ad., JFK quote, Tuscaloosa interview at U of Alabama, 2 students enroll (af-am) 6. interview with Charles Murphy, others, Frank McGee, ad for White Owl tobacco and TWA news 7. JFK Wallace News Ad for TWA 8. integration news footage, schools and Wallace 9. speech footage of JFK 10. Channel 9 RKO ad for Million Dollar Movie "7 Sinners" Jumps to new channel, late news, Ad for American Airlines, WCBS Channel 2 ID, Mobil Oil ad, and more channel changes 11. Ad 12. ad for Libesavers, Annacin, and Andry Grifftih talks as fragment of an interview. Jumps to Ad for Detergent (Add) Ad for Canada Dry Quinine Water, Jumps to Kirk Kirkham musician with Phyllis on tv, magic tricks and "Steve" (Steve Allen show?) 15. magic tricks and Ad for Black Flag insect spray. CDIV 1. Black Flag ad then ad for show polish, Tonight show with Johnnny Carson? Marlene Dietrich song (bad audio quality on tape) 2. channel changes , musician interviews 3. ads for Dutch egg noodles, Clairol. 4. Cleopatra Film operning ad (opened July 31, 1963), Ad for Golden 65 Health Insurance. Ad for spaghetti sauce 5. Johnny Carson, ad for L&M cigarettes ends with singer intro. CDV 1. bad tape quality then better, WBAI Mississippi speech on Youth and civil disobedience. SNCC inter by Robert Parks. then Mozart music on WRBR radio Riverside Church NYC radio servic6. Jumps back to WNYC Spoken Words Poetry Frank O'Connor reading and talking -15. CDVI 1. cont'd reading and 3. end of show 4. channel changes 5. monolouge car story "Taking Elivery" 6. WOR Long John Nebel 7. The Door to the Future" Jean Dixon, Jess Stern, pyschic pheonmena. cont'd. LJN.;

              1. Recordings, 1946-1971
              Duke University Archives

              William Kenneth Boyd papers, 1851 - 1956

              20 Linear Feet
              William Kenneth Boyd (1879-1938) was a historian, professor, and director of the library at Duke University. During his career at Duke and Trinity College, he published widely and helped to collect and preserve personal papers and books about Southern and North Carolina history. The William Kenneth Boyd papers include correspondence, diaries, financial and legal materials, writings, notes, student papers, photographs (including tintypes), and other materials related to the personal and professional life of Boyd. Major correspondents include N. B. McDowell, Pat LeGrand, Marion Colley, and John Spencer Bassett. There are also letters from W. E. B. Du Bois and other prominent African Americans. English.
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              William Kenneth Boyd papers, 1851 - 1956 20 Linear Feet

              Park School, a high school on the Trinity College campus. From 1900 to 1902, Boyd was an adjunct
              , 1584-1876 (with Robert P. Brooks), A Syllabus of North Carolina History, 1584-1896 (with J. G
              prominent African-Americans, including W. E. B. Du Bois, in 1899. The History Department and Library and
              William Kenneth Boyd (1879-1938) was a historian, professor, and director of the library at Duke University. During his career at Duke and Trinity College, he published widely and helped to collect and preserve personal papers and books about Southern and North Carolina history. The William Kenneth Boyd papers include correspondence, diaries, financial and legal materials, writings, notes, student papers, photographs (including tintypes), and other materials related to the personal and professional life of Boyd. Major correspondents include N. B. McDowell, Pat LeGrand, Marion Colley, and John Spencer Bassett. There are also letters from W. E. B. Du Bois and other prominent African Americans. English.
                Duke University Archives

                Records and Papers of Terry Sanford, 1945-1998

                265.5 Linear Feet
                Terry Sanford was a politician and President of Duke University from 1970 to 1985. He was Governor of North Carolina from 1961-1965, a United States Senator from 1986-1992, and campaigned for the Democratic Party nomination for President in 1972 and 1976. The Records and Papers of Terry Sanford include administrative records, personal papers, manuscripts, photographs, sound and video records, and other materials gathered by Terry Sanford during his careers as a politician and the President and President Emeritus of Duke University.
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                Subseries 1.1. Subject files, 1969-1985 175 ln. ft. (about 150,000 items

                Robert Dole, Gerald Ford, Vernon E. Jordan, and Robert Strauss.
                North Carolina Zoological Park (Asheboro). The files include correspondence regarding proposed site
                Among Sanford's correspondents were Walter Cronkite, Doris Duke, James E. Holshouser, Hubert H

                The Subject files document Sanford's role as President of Duke, and also his continued interest in many fields including education, politics, and the arts.

                1. Series 1. Duke University. President Terry Sanford Records, 1969-1985.

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