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William Martin collection of photographs of the W. E. B. Du Bois family and others, early 1860s-circa 1914 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

The Du Bois family and the related Gomer family identified as African Americans of mixed-race descent and were based in Massachusetts and Iowa. Collection consists of eleven albumen and early gelatin silver photographs dating from the early 1860s to the early 1910s, featuring portraits of Alfred Du Bois (circa 1833-?), father of African American author, educator, and activist W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963); Nina Gomer Du Bois (circa 1870-1950), wife of W.E.B. Du Bois; and Nina Yolande Du Bois (1900 or 1901-1961), daughter of W.E.B. and Nina Du Bois. Other images are of unidentified women and children, some African American and some of indeterminate race. There are also two group photos: an elementary school class that includes W.E.B. Du Bois as a child; and one of the Carnegie Hall Conference "Committee of Twelve," all African American men, with Booker T. Washington and other men and women. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American Culture and History at Duke University.
  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

William Massie: "Crop Memorandum" plantation ledger, 1817-1844
Box 3

Bound volume, 173 pages, approximately 20x32cm, consisting of chronological entries by William Massie recording the various agricultural activities of the Pharsalia, Tyro, and Level Green plantation lands, with additional notes regarding weather or other events. Entries tend to be brief, for example: "Finished cutting the wheat" (1828 June 26). Some entries indicate which area of the plantation was being farmed, such as Newground, Old Ground, or various fields. Crops include wheat, oats, tobacco, apples, barley, clover, hemp, sweet potatoes; others entries record the killing of hogs, shearing sheep, and birth of foals. This book does not seem to include entries with names or groups of enslaved people, although their labor is indirectly implied. Later in the book, Massie began arranging entries by "Crop Memorandum," "Weather Memorandum," and "Orchard Memorandum."

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  2. Massie family papers, 1766-1920s
  3. Bound volumes, 1780-1862

William Massie: "Crop Memorandum" plantation ledger, 1845-1862
Box 3

Bound volume, 406 pages, approximately 22x33cm, containing Crop Memorandum entries by William Massie for Pharsalia, Level Green, Montebello and Tyro plantations and orchards, arranged by location with chronological entries. The entries vary in length and detail. Crops mentioned include wheat, tobacco, corn, hay, rye, oats, apples, cherries, and various others; also there are entries about shearing sheep, killing hogs, smoking meat, cheese production, and other livestock. Some entries include details of how many "hands" were needed, indicating the labor of different enslaved people, and at times Massie lists names of enslaved laborers or their enslavers that he had hired to supplement the work of the "plantation hands." For example, a set of entries for 1850 July 6-8 tallies the different groups and calculates their efficiency, with the total of "harvest hands brought over: 104", indicating the combined numbers of days it took the workers to complete the harvesting. Massie's notes evaluate the work: "from the above it will be seen that Nelson Monroe did greatly better than either Wm S. Bands or James Monroe, but Nelson's help hands were greatly better than Bands' were, and James Monroe's help hands, and plantation hands, were all better than Bands', so upon the whole, Tyro did more than any." The first few pages contain "a list of dates when each of Wm Massie's wheat harvests has been commenced, from 1817 inclusive. Also the times when sown, the quantity made, the yield to the bushel sown, and the quality of the crop."

  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
  2. Massie family papers, 1766-1920s
  3. Bound volumes, 1780-1862

William Massie: "Orchard Book", 1852-1862
Box 2

Bound volume, 226 pages, approximately 15x20cm, containing entries by William Massie about the various orchards and nurseries at Pharsalia. Notes record dates of planting, pruning, harvesting, and different yields. This volume does not appear to record names of enslaved people. Includes an index which lists the different crops represented: numerous types of apples, nectarines, cherries, plums, apricots, pears, grapes, blackberries, pearmains, cranberries, nuts, quinces, and others.

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  2. Massie family papers, 1766-1920s
  3. Bound volumes, 1780-1862

William Massie: "Weather Memorandum Book", 1858-1860
Box 2

Bound volume, 117 pages, approximately 14x20 cm, with penciled annotation that it was William Massie's book for Pharsalia, Nelson Co., and a notation on the inside cover that it later belonged to Florence Massie Mortone, Lynchburg, Va. The volume contains manuscript daily logs for weather, including temperatures, from 1858 January 1 through 1860 December 31. There are some references to enslaved people but it is generally not very detailed in that regard. Some days include comments on activities on the plantation, such as crop harvesting, hog slaughter, or the travels of different family members, and sometimes other topics on Massie's mind, similar to a diary entry. For example: "O if the political horizon was as clear as the Heavenly, how happy we might all be, but in the latter, the potential gloom over hangs us. O Heavenly Father watch over us, direct us right, and preserve us from infuriated fanaticism North, and fire eating South" (1860 Dec. 29).

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  2. Massie family papers, 1766-1920s
  3. Bound volumes, 1780-1862

William McDougall papers, 1892 - 1982 9.5 Linear Feet 10000 Items

William McDougall (1871-1938), an early twentieth century psychologist, taught at Duke University from 1927 to 1938. McDougall espoused a hormic theory of psychology, emphasizing genetics and instinct over nurture. McDougall was also a strong proponent of parapsychology. The William McDougall Papers, 1892-1982, includes correspondence, writing, research, teaching materials, clippings, notebooks, photographs, diaries, drawings, and tributes. Most of the materials date from the time of McDougall's tenure at Duke University. Major subjects include Lamarckian experiments conducted by McDougall, the McDougall family (and sons Kenneth and Angus in particular), the study of parapsychology, the Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University, the Psychology Department at Duke University, and anthropological studies in Borneo and the Torres Strait. English.
  1. Duke University Archives

William Minter papers, 1960-2016 30 Linear Feet

William Minter is a free-lance writer, researcher, and consultant primarily on Africa-related issues, based in Washington, DC. Collection comprises Minter's personal clippings files on economical, political, cultural and health issues (in particular AIDS and ebola) in Africa, foreign relations, as well as his research files for his Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Wisconsin on the Council on Foreign Relations.
  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

William Morehead papers, 1834-1898 and undated 3 Linear Feet

William Morehead was a merchant from Cumberland, Maryland. This collection contains correspondence, account books, bills, receipts, and advertisements, dealing with Morehead's household goods store. Collection also contains letters from firms in Maryland, Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, pertaining to the sale, purchase, and shipment of goods, borrowing of money, payment of notes, and other matters.
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William M. Piatt papers, 1843-1908 (bulk 1845-1883) 1 Linear Feet 593 Items

Collection comprises letters to and from Piatt. Topics include Pennsylvania canals; Democratic Party politics in Pennsylvania in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s; the temperance movement; the Piatt family, Pennsylvania railroads; the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1872; and the Liberal Republican Party.

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William Nast letter, 1860 June 18 0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)

Collection contains a letter William Nast wrote (1860 June 18) to "Charles" regarding his move to a house they rented near Cincinnati, and his request that regular notices be run in Harper's Magazine and the Atlantic World for new issues of the "Commentary," along with reports on the activities of family members.
  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

William O'Neill Files, 1990-2000, bulk 1990-1993 6 boxes

William (Bill) O'Neill consulted for NCHR. O'Neill served for six months as a senior human rights officer with the first UN Mission deployed in Haiti, known then as the UN/OAS Human Rights Observer Mission, deployed in early 1993. O'Neill, along with Juny McCalla, Ian Martin, Ken Roth, and a few others, designed the Mission and helped implement it.

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  2. National Coalition for Haitian Rights records, 1964-2020, bulk 1982-2004

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