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Lewis Gaston Leary papers, 1790-1986 36 Linear Feet 29,802 Items

Chiefly notes, lectures, addresses, and articles on American writers, with an emphasis on early American literature, especially minor authors. Includes research materials on Philip Freneau, Parson Weems, and Henry D. Thoreau. The collection also contains correspondence, 1958-1985, and an autobiographical sketch by Leary. Most of this material is described in the container list.

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William Thomas Leavell papers, 1831-1932 5.6 Linear Feet (17 boxes; 5,136 items)

Collection contains the papers of W. T. Leavell and of his son-in-law, Edward Allen Hitchcock McDonald, Confederate officer, attorney, and businessman. Leavell's papers contain correspondence with leaders of the Episcopal Church concerning church business, doctrinal disputes within the church, and debates between the Episcopal Church and other Protestant denominations; along with family letters and papers which provide information on the salaries, duties, and home life of a minister. The papers of Edward Allen Hitchcock McDonald contain letters from Civil War veterans of McDonald's regiments, the 11th Virginia Cavalry and the 77th Virginia Militia, concerning battles and skirmishes in which they participated; a manuscript copy of McDonald's "The History of the Laurel Brigade," and letters, 1870-1890, pertaining to the Louisville Abstract and Loan Company and general business conditions in Louisville, Ky.
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Leavenworth Family papers, 1733-1927 and undated 20 Linear Feet 2838 Items

Family originally from Connecticut; later settled in Petersburg, Virginia. Correspondence, journals, memorandum books, sermons, an autograph album (1822), and other papers of Abner Johnson Leavenworth and of his son, Frederick P. Leavenworth. Sermons comprise about half of the manuscript collection. Includes pre-Civil War letters from theological students in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York; a tuition ledger for the Van Buren, Arkansas Female Seminary (1860-1862); and genealogical information on the Leavenworth family. Correspondents include Calvin Colton, Harrison Gray, Otis Dwight, Jeremiah Evarts, Samuel Lee, Benjamin Palmer, and Noah Porter.
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W. Robert Leckie papers, 1768-1906 and undated 3 Linear Feet

Although filed under the name Leckie, the collection primarily consists of the papers of two individuals: W. Robert Leckie, and his son-in-law, William Hendrick. The papers of Leckie, who was educated in Scotland, are concerned with construction of public buildings, canals, arsenals, aqueducts, fortifications, masonry of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and surveying and building of walls in the District of Columbia. The papers of Hendrick and those of his wife, after his death, constitute a long record of the sales of plantation products and the purchase of supplies from commission merchants in Petersburg, Virginia, and the operation of a series of corn and grain farms.
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Lee Family papers, 1780-1851 0.5 Linear Feet 224 Items

Delaware and Maryland residents and owners of Louisiana sugar plantation. Chiefly letters and papers of John Lee, lawyer and Federalist politician, and his brother-in-law, Outerbridge Horsey, attorney general of Delaware and U.S. senator from Delaware, relating to their joint ownership of a sugar plantation in Thibodeauville, Louisiana, 1828-1834, including a number of items from the lawsuit which ended the partnership pertaining to the management of the plantation. There is also a plantation account book (with index), dated 1829-1836, for the sugar plantation, which includes information about overseers, inventories, slave lists, debts, purchases (both slaves and land), expenses for provisioning slaves and for operations, planting and harvesting dates for crops, production totals, and crop sales, and more. Also contains a few papers of Thomas Sim Lee concerning his service as governor of Maryland, 1779-1783.
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Henry Lee papers, 1793 and undated. 2 items

Two copies of a printed "Act to oblige vessels coming from foreign parts to perform quarantine" of the Virginia General Assembly. One copy bears a note by Lee on the reverse, stating that the law expires in October, but that the new law contains the same principles and regulations.
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Sarah Bowdich Lee manuscript on African history and geography, 1830s 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box; 439 pages)

Sarah Wallis Bowdich Lee was an English naturalist, author, and illustrator. This collection consists of an untitled, apparently unpublished, 1830s manuscript (439 pages) surveying the African continent and discussing African exploration, history, geography, and culture from a white British colonialist perspective.
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Robert E. Lee papers, 1749-1975 3 Linear Feet 204 Items

Robert E. Lee was a Virginia-born career military officer, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War, and president of what is now Washington and Lee University. Family and military correspondence of Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), Confederate general-in-chief; and of his descendants; and a few letters of Francis Lightfoot Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Henry Lee, and Mary Ann Randolph (Custis) Lee. The letters deal with many phases of Robert E. Lee's life from his marriage in 1832 until his death, including family and personal affairs, especially in his letters to a cousin, Mrs. Anna M. Fitzhugh; settlement of the Custis estate; and improvements at the family house in Arlington, Virginia. Included also is one volume of 295 telegram dispatches sent by Robert E. Lee from the field to Jefferson Davis and the Confederate War Department; two scrapbooks memorializing Robert E. Lee; a small notebook in Robert E. Lee's hand, 1857-1860, containing amounts of meat purchased for the Arlington household; and a letterpress book of Robert E. Lee III, a lawyer of Washington, D.C.
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William States Lee papers, 1911-1933 8.5 Linear Feet (24 boxes; 1 oversize folder)

Collection contains photographs, memoranda of operations, blue prints, printed material, and volumes compiled by William States Lee in his role as consulting engineer for the construction of the Beauharnois Hydroelectric Power Station in Quebec Province, Canada. Included are over 1300 photographs which show the project's development from beginning to completion; project's weekly bound memoranda of operations from 1929-1933; and many reports, specifications, blueprints, and other plans generated from this project. Also included in this collection are some photographs, maps, and and other documents related to the Duke Power Company's hydroelectric development in the Carolinas. In addition, there is a volume outlining farming problems, especially erosion, in western North Carolina and southern Appalachia, and contains pictures of these areas.
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George "Jelly" Leftwich scrapbook, 1925-1931 3 Linear Feet 4 folders Items

George "Jelly" Leftwich joined Duke University in 1926 as conductor of the Duke University Club Orchestra. He is best remembered for having written the words and music to Duke's fight song, "The Blue and White." The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photos, programs, invitations, tickets, booklets, advertisements, posters, and memorabilia related to the Duke University music department, as well as George "Jelly" Leftwich's personal photos and documents. The items date from 1925 to 1931.
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Clare Leighton papers, 1940-1968 5.8 Linear Feet 594 Items

Clare Ellaline Hope Leighton was an English printmaker who immigrated to the United States in 1939. The Clare Leighton Papers date from the mid-twentieth century and include woodblocks, preparatory prints and drawings, engravings, and correspondence related to Leighton's artistic practice.
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Axel Leijonhufvud papers, 1953-2023 7.5 Linear Feet (13 boxes.)

Axel Leijonhufvud (1933-2022) was a professor emeritus of economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. This collection documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, and research. Acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Jonathan Leiss papers, 1960-2008 0.75 Linear Feet

Collection includes 15 oral history interviews on 19 audio-cassette tapes, interview transcripts, and other papers related to Leiss's research on Duke University administrator Jon Julian "Jake" Phelps and his experiences during the Civil Rights movement in Durham, N.C. Interview subjects include Jake Phelps, Howard Clement, Floyd McKissick, Jr., Bill Griffith, Stephen Phelps, Peggy Manring, Wayne King, and Trudy Minnear Smith.
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Terry Sanford and the New South records, 2000-2005 5.5 Linear Feet (5 banker boxes, 1 cassette box)

Terry Sanford and the New South, a documentary by filmmaker Thomas Lennon, examines Sanford's governorship in North Carolina during the Civil Rights movement and his vision of a New South. Sanford was governor of North Carolina, 1961-1965, and also served as President of Duke University, 1969-1985. This accession (2009-0169) (5.0 lin. ft.; 2000 items; dated 2000-2005) includes digital videotapes and duplicates from the production of Terry Sanford and the New South, as well as research notes, production notes and timelines, an index of filed images, and subject files for images used in the film. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts. The finished documentary, Terry Sanford and the New South, can be viewed through NCLive (https://www.nclive.org/).
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Thomas Lenoir papers, 1771-1912 5 Linear Feet 2,007 Items

Army officer, of Caldwell Co., N.C. Correspondence, diary, legal documents, account books, mercantile records, surveying records, and other papers (chiefly 1838-1880) of Lenoir, of his father, William Lenoir, and of his children. The early papers concern horse breeding, legal matters, deism in North Carolina (1790s), and the international situation (1790s). Thomas Lenoir's papers make up the majority of the collection and relate to the settlement of his father's estate, activities of his brother in Tennessee and his sons at the University of North Carolina, and antebellum agriculture in North Carolina. Postwar letters pertain mainly to politics, agriculture, cattle diseases, family matters, student life at the University of North Carolina and at Davis Military School, Winston (now Winston-Salem), N.C., North Carolina militia, and Civil War reminiscences. Correspondents include W. J. Bingham, Calvin J. Cowles, Charles F. Deems, S. F. Patterson, Lewis Williams.
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Leo Burnett Company. Project British Columbia report, 1952 0.1 Linear Feet

Advertising agency founded 1935 in Chicago, Ill. Collection consists of a research report on the construction of a hydroelectric power plant and aluminum manufacturing facility in British Columbia by the Aluminum Company of Canada (later ALCAN). Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Lesbian Health Resource Center records, 1987-2005 4.5 Linear Feet (3375 items) 607 Megabytes (Materials extracted from 35 3.5" floppy disks and 1 internal hard drive. Approximately 20,000 digital files.)

Durham-based community organization that provided health advice and workshops for lesbians. Successor to the North Carolina Lesbian and Gay Health Project, founded in 1982. The LHRC opened in 1996. Collection includes administrative materials, grant and funding applications, volunteer orientation agendas, and a resource library maintained by the LHRC during the 1990s. Topics include mental and physical health for lesbians, in particular HIV/AIDS prevention, breast cancer prevention and screenings, and safe sex practices. Also includes materials about the LHRC's plans for a Lesbian Health Clinic in North Carolina, its ongoing relationships with other community organizations, and workshop materials on feminism, health, and leadership. Membership and participation lists are closed until 2030. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Robert Leslie papers, 1783-1934 and undated, bulk 1814-1872 23.7 Linear Feet Approximately 15,398 Items

Merchant, of Petersburg, Va. Correspondence, accounts, invoices, statements, and legal papers (chiefly 1814-1872) of Leslie, a member of the Virginia mercantile firm of Leslie and Shepherd, and a slave owner. The papers before 1819 largely concern the processing and sale of cotton, tobacco, rice, and western lands. Most of the papers after 1819 pertain to tobacco manufacture in the Richmond-Petersburg area. Other topics include Leslie's career, family, and travels in England; his western landholdings and efforts to develop the West; his slaveholding and attitude toward it; mercantile prices and U.S.-British trade; and absentee landlordship referring to the maintenance of American property owned by Englishmen. Later material includes scattered correspondence and business papers of Leslie's nephews, Robert L. Watson and John McGill, whom Leslie had admitted to partnership in the firm.
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Charles Edwards Lester letter and newspaper clipping, 1845, 1887 0.1 Linear Feet (2 items)

Charles Edwards Lester was an American author and diplomat. Collection comprises an invitation written by Lester to Unitarian ministers at a New York convention (1845 October 20), along with a newspaper clipping on Lester (1887 December 31). The invitation asks the Unitarian ministers to see an ivory sculpture of Christ, and mentions sculptor Hiram Powers' opinion of the work.
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Robert M. Lester papers, 1879-1969 3 Linear Feet 2329 Items

Teacher; foundation administrator and consultant. Correspondence, speeches, writings, clippings, and pictures, all related to the life and career of Robert Lester. Correspondence and clippings cover every facet of his career: teacher and superintendent of schools in Mayfield, Ky.; service in the Army in World War I, library, teaching, and administrative positions at Columbia University; his involvement with Duke University and with major fundraising organizations such as the Carnegie Corporation, and the Council of Southern Universities, where he was director of the Southern Fellowship Fund. One volume of memoranda from the Southern Fellowship Fund includes a 1966 proposal for faculty development among predominantly Afro-american colleges and universities. Lester's addresses and speeches chiefly concern education, philanthropy, and library issues. Collection also includes papers relating to other Lester family members, and to Lester's Chapel in Shelby County, Alabama.
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John Coakley Lettsom papers, 1788, 1789, 1794, [1801], 1813 6 items

ALS from Lettsom to Miss Warren briefly mentions Thomas Joseph Pettigrew. 4 ALS to Lettsom from various correspondents, B. Wilmer, L. Maclean, J. Murphy and W. May, relate to the Medical Society of London. A transcription, in an anonymous hand, of abolitionist verse by Lettsom is followed by a description of the setting of the gathering at which the verses were presented. On the verso of this is an autograph note, signed by Benjamin Wilson, 1801.
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Lux "mouchoirs" campaign case history booklet, approximately 1950 1.0 Linear Feet

Lux Toilet Soap developed 1925 by Lever Brothers in the U.S.; marketed globally beginning in 1928. Collection is comprised of a bound booklet providing a case history of Unilever's Lux toilet soap campaign in France in which a free handkerchief was offered for the purchase of three bars of the soap. Included are summaries of the ad campaign, examples of print advertising and point-of-sale promotional materials, as well as an insertion schedule. Advertising agency is not specified; possibly J. Walter Thompson. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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William Hesketh Leverhulme Solomon Islands photograph album, circa 1906-1910 0.5 Linear Feet 1 Volume

William Hesketh Lever was the First Viscount Leverhulme, and founder of the international firm, Lever Brothers. This bound photograph album belonging to Lord Leverhulme is entitled Solomon Islands Views, and contains 98 black-and-white photographs, chiefly measuring 6x8 inches, that illustrate the beginnings of the Lever Brothers Pacific plantations operations from about 1906-1910. Images include company buildings, plantations at various stages of development, local inhabitants and dwellings, other cultivated crops, flora and fauna, and steamships. Among the place names listed are Rendova, Pepesala and Guadalcanal. Notable persons found among the images include the Resident Commissioner of the Islands at the time, missionary J.F. Goldie, and various Lever officers.
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Gary Davis collection of Leon Levinstein photographs, 1950s-1970s 1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Collection consists of 38 black-and-white photographs taken by Leon Levinstein from the 1950s to the 1970s. The images, usually taken at close range and at unusual angles, portray children, women, and men of all races and backgrounds - many of them marginalized - on New York City streets and on the beach. Locations include Harlem, Manhattan, the Lower East Side, and Coney Island. There are also photographs of people in Haiti. and a few from India and Mexico. Most of the unmounted gelatin silver prints measure approximately 11x14 inches, with several larger prints. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Harry L. Levy papers, circa 1934 - 1980 3 Linear Feet 2000 Items

Harry L. Levy (1906-1981) served as a professor and dean of students at Hunter College, dean and vice-chancellor of the City University of New York, professor of the humanities at Fordham University, and visiting professor of classical studies at Duke University. Levy wrote several books and numerous articles; he specialized in the Roman poet Claudian, and authored major works on Ovid and Lucian. Papers include correspondence, subject files, articles, and reprints written and collected by Harry L. Levy, relating to his research in classical studies, and his roles as a professor and administrator. English.
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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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Libraries Assembly records, 1972-2022 7.75 Linear Feet 763 Megabytes

The Libraries Assembly (LA) of Duke University is the staff association for library staff at Duke University. The Libraries Assembly records contains materials related to the formation, organization, and activities of the LA.
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Marianne Lieberman papers, 1974-2021 1.5 Linear Feet

Marianne Lieberman was an abortion rights activist, artist, memoirist, and Holocaust survivor. Her papers document her work with Pro-Choice North Carolina, NARAL Pro-Choice America, her art, and her published works. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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John L. Lievsay papers, 1937 - 1989 4.5 Linear Feet 4500 Items

John L. Lievsay was an educator, author, and noted authority on Italian Renaissance literature. He was a Professor Emeritus of English at Duke University from 1962-1975. The collection includes correspondence with students, publishers, administrators, and faculty. Major subjects include all aspects of Renaissance scholarship, Lievsay's career as a professor of English, and his involvement with the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. English.
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The Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company records, 1908-1996 56.0 Linear Feet

Manufacturer of tobacco products, founded in 1873 in St. Louis, Mo.; now headquartered in Morrisville, N.C. Collection includes financial records; clippings; scrapbooks; ledgers; print advertisements and posters; point of sale displays; scripts of radio and television commercials; audiovisual materials (film reels, videocassettes, DVDs); photographs, memorabilia and other materials that document primarily Liggett's marketing of tobacco products during the 20th century. Brands represented include: Chesterfield, Eve, Fatima, Home Run, L&M, Lark, Piedmont, and Spur. Advertisements for non-tobacco products, including alcoholic beverages and watch bands, are also present, and reflect a period of Liggett's product diversification. Advertising materials reflect the work of several agencies, including Cunningham & Walsh; Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample; J. Walter Thompson; McCann Erickson; and Newell-Emmett. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Roy Lightner Collection of antique advertisements, 1871-2009 and undated 24 Linear Feet 20,000 Items

Roy Lightner was an advertising and marketing executive, primarily with N.W. Ayer & Son agency, from which he retired in 1980, and with Carden & Cherry Advertising of Nashville, Tenn. The Roy Lightner Collection of Antique Advertisements spans the years 1871-2009 and includes primarily print advertisements clipped from U.S. magazines. Also present are proofs of print advertisements and 16mm reels of television commercials, much of which was produced by the N.W. Ayer & Son agency during Lightner's career there. Advertisements predominantly focus on automobiles, railroads, insurance companies and manufacturers of brand name consumer goods. Over 300 companies are represented in the collection, including AT&T, Buick, Cadillac, Campbell's, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Coca-Cola, Dodge, Du Pont, Kodak, Ford, General Electric, General Mills, General Motors, Lincoln-Mercury, Metropolitan Life, Oldsmobile, Packard, Plymouth, Pontiac, RCA, and Studebaker.Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Lincoln Hospital (Durham, N.C.) records, 1901-1998 and undated 19.9 Linear Feet

Durham, N.C. hospital established in 1901 Dr. Aaron Moore, Dr. Stanford Warren, and John Merrick to serve African Americans in the area. The Lincoln Hospital Records span the years 1901-1998, and primarily comprise the institution's administrative and medical files. The administrative records document the hospital's administrative history from the 1930s to the 1980s (bulk 1950-1976), primarily in files maintained by the hospital superintendents, especially Larry T. Suitt (1963-1977). There is also some information on the Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing. The medical records (1925-1983 and undated) include obstetrical, surgical, discharge, and death records. Some of these are currently closed to research. The collection as a whole documents the bi-racial cooperation that was involved in establishing, running, and maintaining the institution, and outlines the collaboration between Lincoln Hospital, Watts Hospital, and the Duke University School of Medicine in providing patient care as well as education for African American medical professionals. The medical records also demonstrate the emphasis superintendents placed on general record-keeping, statistics, and the documentation of a patient's medical history. Included is a Duke Endowment series that documents the funds the Endowment distributed annually to assist the hospital in meeting costs incurred by charity cases, equipment, and renovations. There are only a few items dated after the merger in 1976 and only one file regarding the institution's School of Nursing.
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Lindsey and Brown photographs, circa 1890 2 Linear Feet 53 Items

Photographers of Asheville, NC. Photographs (chiefly cabinet cards produced by Lindsey and Brown) of street scenes, landscapes, and tourist attractions in late 19th-century western N.C. Descriptive text is printed on the reverse side of many of the photographs. Most photographs were taken in the vicinity of the Swannanoa, Hot Springs, the French Broad River, Round Knob, Hickory Nut Gap, Buck Forest, Highlands, and Asheville. Contains photographs of the Battery Park Hotel, Chimney Rock, Hooker's Mill, McElroy Tunnel, Devil's Pulpit, Paint Rock, the Seven Sisters, the Swannanoa tunnel stockade, the Murphy Division, Devil's Slip Gap, the Western North Carolina Railroad and U.S. Mail boys. Includes several images of African Americans in western N.C. Collection also includes 4 photographs produced by Brown alone and 3 stereoscopic views produced by Nat W. Taylor.
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Jere Link papers, 1914-2016 and undated, bulk 1975-2006 7.5 Linear Feet .03 Gigabytes

The Jere Link papers comprise his private diaries and journals, creative and scholarly writings, lecture notes and teaching materials, along with incoming correspondence. Diaries and journals contain Link's personal thoughts and comments on his life, activities, creative and scholarly work, and relationships. Link was very open regarding his inner thoughts and concerns, and very frank about his sexual activities and his life as a gay man. His writings include general notebooks with drafts of creative work, screenplays, book proposals and drafts, Link's dissertation, along with articles, poetry, and short stories. There are teaching materials primarily featuring Link's handwritten lecture notes for his classes, along with additional related maps, handouts, photographs, exams and other materials. In addition, there are incoming personal letters and cards, along with some professional letters regarding Link's institutional appointments, writing, and Fulbright travel grant.
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Joan Lipton papers, 1963-2001 and undated 0.2 Linear Feet

Advertising executive who worked for a number of New York agencies, including Benton & Bowles and McCann Erickson. Collection includes clippings, proof pages, storyboards, writings, speeches and other printed materials that primarily document Lipton's career at McCann Erickson during the 1970s and 1980s. Advertisements relate to a variety of personal consumer products including lotions and other cosmetics, baby care, contraception and family planning. Companies represented include Gillette, Johnson & Johnson, Mennen (now part of Colgate-Palmolive), Ortho, Pepperell, and Tampax. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Activating the Archive student projects collection, 2015 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box; 7 computer files; 10.6 Gigabytes)

Creative projects produced by students in Activating the Archive: Archival Research as Documentary Practice, DOCST 316-01 / 716-01 / ARTVIS 316-01 / VMS 314S-01, taught by Lisa McCarty in the Rubenstein Library in the Fall of 2015. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Art (Duke University).
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Richard Lischer papers, 1940-2007 2.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes) 179 Megabytes (Files extracted from 3 optical discs)

Richard Lischer is a white ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Duke Divinity School. This collection contains research and audiovisual materials related to the preperation for Lischer's book The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America . Included are recordings and transcripts of interviews and sermons, research materials such as photocopies of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s writings, scholarly journal articles, photographic materials and correspondence related to interviews. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
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Donna Lisker papers, 1999-2014 4.5 Linear Feet 525 Megabytes

Donna Lisker was the head of the Women's Center and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at Duke University in the 2000s and 2010s. The Donna Lisker Papers include materials on the development of the Baldwin Scholars Program, Lisker's service on the Women's Initiative and the President's Council on the Status of Women, retreats for women alumni of Duke, student housing, and other topics.
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Baron Joseph Lister papers, 1900-1902 and undated. 3 items

2 ALS and a fragment of an ALS. Lister writes to James Burn Russell, inquiring about the use and success of anti-plague sera against the plague in Glasgow, and to Herbert Edward Durham, on the question whether the mosquito is the carrier of the yellow fever agent, suggesting various experimental ways to discover the bacilli and establish their development within the organism of the mosquito.
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William P. Littell papers, 1901-2020 0.2 Linear Feet

William P. Littell was an advertising executive at the Chicago office of Ruthrauff & Ryan (a subsidiary of the Interpublic Group) from 1922-1964. The William Littell papers include photographs, biographical information, correspondence, writings and other printed materials. The bulk of the collection consists of materials compiled for an advertising instructional course and proposed public relations campaigns for Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Daniel Livingstone Papers, 1950-2001 36 Linear Feet

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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Houston Riot of 1917 trial photograph, 1917 1.2 linear ft. Linear Feet (1 item)

W. C. Lloyd was a photographer. Collection comprises a gelatin silver photograph taken during the trail at Fort Sam Houston following the Houston Riot of 1917 or Camp Logan riot. It shows 64 African-American members of the Army's 24th Infantry being court martialed for mutiny and the murder of 17 people during the riot. The photographer included description written onto the negative. The back is stamped with the Lloyd Photo Co. address.
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Locus Science Fiction Foundation archives, 1942-2012 and undated 10 Linear Feet

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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Just Christian von Loder papers, 1806-1813 2 items

ALS. Loder writes of his situation and that of friends and family during the Napoleonic Wars, from Narva in 1806 and from Moscow in 1813. In the first letter, he bemoans the defeat of the German states; mentions the student unrest at the University of Halle and the subsequent closing of the university as yet another setback for the German nation; and sees Russia as the only "nation" which can now hope to defeat Napoleon. Loder, educated in Germany, was born in Riga, Estonia, and thus could be considered a Russian. In the second letter, he expresses fierce Russian nationalist sentiments, for which uncharacteristic effusions he explains that he cannot give reasons in writing. Probably he meant to appease the Russian censors. In this letter he details his efforts to organize and oversee the operation of the field hospital in Kassimoff and describes Moscow before and after the siege.
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George Augustus Lofton papers, 1784-1941 14.2 Linear Feet 1800 Items

The George Augustus Lofton Papers span the years 1874-1941, although the bulk of the material dates from 1875-1900. They consist of correspondence, writings and sermons, clippings, book reviews, and printed materials. The collection principally relates to Lofton's career as a Baptist minister serving churches in Dalton, Gal; Memphis, Tenn. (First Church); St. Louis, Mo. (Third Church); Talladega, Ala.; and Nashville, Tenn. (Central Church). The collection mostly contains handwritten sermons and sermon notes, and includes little family or personal material, although a few family letters are in the Correspondence Series. The Correspondence Series, however, primarily contains letters critiquing Lofton's works, Review of the Question and Bible Thoughts and Themes. The Writings and Speeches Series documents Lofton's intellectual growth throughout his career as author and minister. This series also contains Lofton's published text, Character Sketches (1890), and a manuscript draft of his autobiography titled, "My Family Garden." Lofton's sermons and sermon notes track both his spiritual development and writing skills throughout the years of his ministry. The sermon notes reveal his views on slavery, capital punishment, and foreign mission work. The Printed Materials Series includes published brochures and sermons written by Lofton and others, 1881-1914. The Miscellaneous Series contains an assortment of items from 1873-1940 including Lofton family photographs and other materials. Included are items pertaining to Baptist minister George Law Stewart and Dr. Adiel Sherwood.

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Logan Family papers, 1952-1994 2.7 Linear Feet 2025 Items

The Logan family were Southern Baptist missionaries to Nigeria from 1952 to 1982. Wayne Logan was a dentist practicing in Enugu and Ibadan. In the late 1970s, the family moved to Lagos, where Dr. Logan taught orthodontics at the University of Lagos Dental School. The Logan Family Papers includes many slides documenting the Logan family's life in Nigeria, including missionaries, missionary children, churches, and local Nigerian culture. Also includes books from their library collection.
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Lynnsy Logue papers, 1989-2007 0.5 Linear Feet

Lynnsy Logue is a sculptor and founder of the Wonderful Women organization. She worked with Rachel Watkins to create The Homecoming Queens project in the mid-1990s. The collection includes a scrapbook and a videotape from The Homecoming Queens public arts project, as well as some research materials about women around the world and some materials on a vigil for the Montreal 14 held in Charlotte in 1989. The Homecoming Queens was a traveling exhibit of life-size mannequins and papier-mache dolls that represented women suffering from various social and political issues around the world, including female genital mutilation, rape, abuse, war, aging, and sexism. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Phillip Loken photographs, 2024-2025 2.5 Linear Feet

Phillip Loken is a fine art ethnographic and documentary photographer based in North Carolina whose work focuses on the Black American South. The collection contains 24 black and white inkjet prints, one color inkjet print, and associated materials for The Calling: Hoodoo's Communion With The Ancestors taking place in Durham, North Carolina's Eno River State Park and documents Hoodoo and Black community. Acquired by the Archive of Documentary Arts.
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Carl L. Lokke papers, 1913-1968 16.1 Linear Feet Approximately 4000 Items

Archivist and historian; chief of Foreign Affairs Branch at the U.S. National Archives. Collection consists of the biographical and professional files of Carl Ludwig Lokke, who was on the staff of the National Archives for many years. Material includes copies of his own research papers and many folders of research notes on his specialty, 18th century French colonialism in the West Indies colonies, and more specifically on the life and career of colonial administrator Baron Pierre-Victor Malouet, who was active mainly in French Guiana. There are also many transcriptions and photocopies of primary documents from archives in France and other repositories, as well as some microfilms. Other material includes Lokke's work files from the National Archives.
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Fritz London papers, 1845-2019, bulk 1926-1954 22.5 Linear Feet

Fritz London, physicist and theoretical chemist, formulated the London equations of superconductivity with his brother, Heinz London. After fleeing Nazi Germany in 1933, London held appointments at Oxford and Paris, then at Duke University from 1939 to 1954. He specialized in low temperature physics and quantum chemistry, and authored Superfluids (1950) and numerous articles. The Fritz London Papers include correspondence, notes, manuscripts, reprints, and other materials, with bulk dates 1926-1954. The more than 300 correspondents include Walter Heitler, F.A. Lindemann, Max von Laue, Wolfgang Pauli, Michael Polyani, Erwin Schrödinger, Enrico Fermi, Edward Teller, and other noted scientists. Other materials include galleys and drafts of Superfluids, lab notebooks, course materials, notes, bound reprints. Materials acquired after London's death include interviews with Edith London; memorials; copies of correspondence held in other repositories; selected publications and interview transcripts; and indexes to London's scientific correspondence. English and German.
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Charles Alexander Long papers, 1889-1979 and undated 11 Linear Feet 8,273 Items

Methodist clergyman, missionary, and educator, of Ardmore, Oklahoma Chiefly personal and family correspondence concerning the work of Long and his wife, Lucy Maie (York) Long, as Methodist missionaries in Brazil (1911-1952), where he was also an official and teacher at Granbery Institute, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Correspondents include Bishop César Dacorso Filho, John Monroe Moore, and Hugh Clarence Tucker in Brazil, and evangelist Davidson Victor York in the U.S. Other materials include writings, sermon notes, photographs, manuscript volumes, and printed materials, almost all relating to Long's activities in Brazil. Additions in the 1980s were processed separately from the main collection, and some unprocessed materials remain..
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Crawford Williamson Long papers, 1870-1933 3 items

ALS from Long to the editor of The southern watchman, on the fictional character created by Long, Billy Muckly; a typescript of a poem by Mary McKinley Cobb, In memoriam, Dr. Crawford W. Long, discoverer of anaesthesia; and a photostat of James Venable's account with Long for the first half of 1842. The letter and the typescript are annotated by Long's daughter, Emma M.
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David Long papers, 1868-1909 0.4 Linear Feet

David Long (1843-1924) served as Postmaster of the Midway (Davidson Co.), N.C. post office from 1875-1907. Collection includes correspondence; advertising mailings and fliers; personal and registered mail receipts; audit reports and other printed materials. Much of the material relates to Long's interactions with mail order companies promoting products and services including books; career and business opportunities; and patent medicines and curative programs. There are also materials relating to Democratic political activity during the 1908 election, and materials from the American Surety Company and Star Route Mail Service concerning private mail route bids and contracts. Mail order firms represented include American Book Company, Atlanta Constitution, Clark's, Curtis Publishing, David C. Cook, Doubleday Page, Franz Huld, Huber Manufacturing, Fleming H. Revell, L.C. Smith & Bros., Mast Crowell & Kirkpatrick, Minter Company, N.D. Thompson Publishing, Presbyterian Board of Publication, Royster Guano, Stone & Barringer, Wells & Richardson, and World's Dispensary Medical Association. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Janie Long papers, 1990-2020 1.5 Linear Feet

Janie Long was Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Duke and the former Director of the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. This collection documents the professional and administrative activities of Janie Long, including the development of the Duke Center for LGBT life, programs and resources for the Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity (CSGD), CSGD Student Groups including Athlete Ally and Duke's student body LGBT history.
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Mary Alves Long papers, 1944-1953 (bulk 1950) 0.2 Linear Feet approximately 100 Items

Mary Alves Long was born in Randolph County, North Carolina in 1864. She graduated from Peace Institute [College] in Raleigh, NC and eventually earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Her autobiography High Time to Tell It was published by the Duke University Press in 1950. The bulk of the material is from 1950, after Mary Alves Long's book was published. Correspondence makes up the majority of the papers. There is one postcard dated 1944 and a letter dated 1953. The rest is dated 1950. Also included in the collection is a book jacket from her book High Time to Tell Itas well as clippings and a few photographs.
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Bob Long collection, 1936-1944, 1991 0.5 Linear Feet About 150 Items

Bob Long was a 1941 graduate of Duke University. Collection contains photographs, clippings, Duke ephemera, and printed matter such as handbooks and programs. The collection ranges in date from 1936-1944, 1991.
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Percy Lyham Loraine papers, 1904-1960 0.2 Linear Feet

Sir Percy Lyham Loraine (1880-1961), was the 12th Baronet of Kirk Harle, Northumberland, and a British diplomat. After joining the Diplomatic Service in 1904, Loraine was stationed in Istanbul, Turkey, for three years before transfer to Iran, Greece, Egypt, and other locations. The collection includes correspondence concerning diplomatic matters in Turkey and the surrounding area (1906-1909, 1929, 1935?, 1938) and a detailed narrative journal by Loraine relating to Egyptian activity on the Turkish border near Akaba (Aqabah), 1905-1906.
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Alfred H. Love letter, 1875 0.1 Linear Feet (3 items)

Collection comprises a letter Alfred H. Love wrote to a Mr. Hacker (26 Jan. 1875) regarding his intention to take Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia for a peace meeting on 4 July 1876. Enclosures include Love's business card as a commission merchant and manufacturer's agent for woolens and yarns, along with an undated clipping regarding Love's being burned in effigy during a protest against the Universal Peace Union.
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Ada Lovelace Letter, August 5, [1841 or 1847] 1 items

Ada Lovelace was a mathematician in 19th century England and the only legitimate child of the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron. She is often recognized as the creator of the first set of instructions meant to be carried out by a machine, and is thus seen as a pioneer of what would later become computer programming. The Ada Lovelace letter is a one-page note to [Fortunato] Prandi, an Italian interpreter, regarding ten guineas Lovelace owed Prandi.
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Edwin and Anita Low papers, 1920-2007 1.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Edwin and Anita Low were Southern Baptist missionaries (Edwin was a physician, Anita was a teacher) in Ogbomosho and Kontagora, Nigeria between 1950 and 1961. This collection contains family correspondence, photographs, writings, and a co-written memoir compiled of diary entries and letters about the Lows' lives and work in Nigeria.
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Benjamin Lowy photographs of Iraq, 2003-2008 3 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

The collection consists of thirty-two 9x13 inch untitled digital color inkjet photographs taken by Benjamin Lowy, documenting the U.S. military presence in Iraq from 2003 to 2008. The prints are arranged in two series: Windows and Nightvision. Images in the Windows series were taken from the bulletproof windows of the armored Humvees in which Lowy spent most of his time while on missions in Iraq; they depict street scenes with Iraqi civilians, tanks, soldiers, checkpoints, military impoundments, street life, urban Iraqi culture, and a war-ravaged Iraqi landscape. Taken through U.S. military-issue night vision goggles, photographs in the Nightvision series reveal greenish images of late-night raids, prisoners and soldiers, landscapes, families, women, and street scenes. The images in this collection were published in 2011 as a photobook titled Iraq | Perspectives. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Abraham Zacarías López Penha letters, 1894-1925 and undated 0.2 Linear Feet

Novelist and poet, editor of the modernist journal REVISTA AZUL. Born to a Jewish family in 1865 in Willemstad, Curacao, emigrated to Colombia in 1887, died in 1927 in Barranquilla, Colombia. Collection features letters to López Penha from a wide variety of Latin American and European literary and intellectual figures, many of them Jewish. Correspondents include Venezuelan journalist Nicanor Bolet Peraza; Peruvian novelists Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera and Clorinda Matto de Turner; Cuban authors Aurelia Castillo de Gonzáles and Enrique Hernandez Miyares; English novelist H. Rider Haggard; Mexican poet Amado Nervo; European Jewish activists Max Simon Nordau, Angel Pulido, and Israel Zangwill; Spanish authors Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Emilia Pardo Bazán, and Miguel de Unamuno; and many others. The majority of the letters are written in Spanish, a few are in English.
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Robert E. Lucas papers, 1960-2004 27 Linear Feet (47 boxes and one oversize folder.) 96 Megabytes

Robert Emerson Lucas, Jr. (1937-2023) was a white American academic economist and Nobel Prize laureate (1995) who was known for developing the hypothesis of "rational expectations." This collection primarily documents his professional life through correspondence, manuscripts, research materials, reports, administrative files, and course materials.
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Earle Ludgin papers, 1920-1979 and undated 4.5 Linear Feet

Advertising executive, founder of Earle Ludgin and Company agency, Chicago, Ill. Collection includes correspondence, clippings, tear sheets and proofs of print advertisements, speeches and other printed materials. Companies represented include: Albert Pick, B. Altman, Bluebird Diamond Syndicate, Chicago Title and Trust, Clinton Carpets (Ozite), Elgin, Elizabeth Arden, Eureka, Lenox, Lucien Lelong, Macy's, Matson Line, Mullins Manufacturing, Pennsylvania Railroad, Rit Dye, Saks, Scott Radio Laboratories, Swift, Walgreen, and W.F. McLaughlin. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Alice Houston Luiggi papers, 1866-1952, bulk 1948-1952 5.6 Linear Feet (1,514 items)

Alice Houston Luiggi was an author, of New York City. Collection comprises research material gathered by Mrs. Luiggi for her book, "65 Valiants" (University of Florida Press, 1965) concerning American teachers who helped establish teacher education and public schools in Argentina during the 1870s and 1880s.
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Olav K. Lundeberg papers, circa 1940s- 0.25 Linear Feet 12 Items

Olav K. Lundeberg taught at Duke in the Dept. of Romance Languages from 1931-1948. This collection includes photographs, a bulletin, and a guest log from social events hosted by Lundeberg and his wife.
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Darrin Zammit Lupi photojournalism archive, 2004-2022 6 Linear Feet (4 boxes) 65.4 Gigabytes (18,097 files)

Darrin Zammit Lupi is a photojournalist based in Malta. This archive comprises four bodies of documentary work comprising 80 large color inkjet photographs and 18,097 digital files of low-resolution and full-resolution images and some videos, as well as supporting journalistic documents and data, also in electronic format. The "Malta Detention" project consists of color photographs taken by Zammit Lupi from 2004-2013 of African migrants and asylum seekers in Malta detention camps. The "On Board the MV Aquarius" project comprises color photographs and materials compiled by Zammit Lupi in December 2017 while on board the Aquarius, a migrant search and rescue ship operated by the non-profit organizations SOS Méditerranée and Médecins sans frontières. The "Journeys of Hope – Refugees in the Balkans" project includes color photographs and files compiled by Zammit Lupi in 2016 while documenting migrants and refugees in the Balkans. The "Migrants within the Maltese Community" project entails color photographs and files compiled by Zammit Lupi in Malta between 2002 and 2018, documenting the circumstances of migrants once they leave transitional housing or "open centers." Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive at Duke University.
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"A brief history of medicine" short subject film, 1969 .2 Linear Feet (1 box)

Short subject film whose sequence of still images encapsulates the evolution of medical knowledge and practices from Neolithic times to the 20th century. The style is sixties psychedelic, with fast-moving sequences and vivid colors. The still images consist of historical scenes, procedures, and individuals significant to the history of medicine, chiefly Western, but there are a few images from Eastern practices. The only sound is music from "Mass in F Minor" by the Electric Prunes rock group (1968). Produced by staff in the Audio Visual Resources at the School of Medicine at Wake Forest University for educational purposes as well as for photographic research. Although the original 16 mm film is restricted, digital copies are available for viewing. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
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Holly Lynton photographs, 2017-2023 1.5 Linear Feet

Holly Lynton is a Massachusetts-based documentary photographer and artist. Collection consists of 27 chromogenic prints from Lynton's Meeting Tonight project, which portrays contemporary (2017-2023) religious camp meetings in Dorchester County, South Carolina. The photographs depict people and social activities, labor, environment, and structures at the camp meetings. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts.
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Civil Rights Movement and Wayside Theatre photographs, 1960s 0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)

Collection comprises 18 black-and-white photographs taken in the 1960s, assembled by a private collector and organized into two distinct groups: nine journalistic photographs documenting civil rights movement events, some credited to Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) photographers Cliff Vaughs, Danny Lyon, and Rufus Hinton, with others unattributed; and nine prints of an unidentified multi-racial dramatic performance, circa mid-1960s, found in the archives of the Wayside Theatre in Middletown, Virginia. The Civil Rights prints typically include detailed press captions on the backs, and include images of injured and jailed demonstrators, police, bombed-out churches, and portraits of activists Fannie Lou Hamer and Atlanta's Markham Street rent protest leader Willie Williams. All the prints except one measure roughly 8x10 inches. Acquired as part of the John Hope Research Center for African and African American History and Culture at Duke University.
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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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Arthur H. Lyons papers, 1891-1933 3 Linear Feet 15 Items

Collection comprises seven bound typescript volumes containing Lyons' daily accounts of his trips. There are postcards, brochures, and other materials related to his travel that were placed in the volumes. Destinations include Washington, D.C.; New York City; Boston; Nashville; Charleston, S.C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago; the White Mountains; and the Adirondacks. Topics include destinations, the people he meets, hotels, train travel, and scenery. The collection also contains a postcard scrapbook; a pamphlet by James M. Gillis entitled, "The Ku-Klux Klan" (1922); and a bound typescript short story entitled "The Irony of Fate," which fictionalizes Lyons' father's participation in and life immediately after the Civil War. Includes 5 black-and-white photographs. (02-046)

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