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Ruth S. Breece scrapbook, 1935-1936 1.3 Linear Feet 1 Item

Ruth Schoenberger was an undergraduate student at Duke University from 1935 to 1939. The topics of the scrapbook include social and academic life at Duke, women at Duke, dormitory housing, the Woman's College, and campus scenes. The scrapbook ranges in date from 1935-1939.
  1. Duke University Archives

Ruth Stokes correspondence, 1941-1951 0.25 Linear Feet

Ruth Stokes (1918-1992) was a Black woman from North Carolina who married Pervis Stokes (1919-2012) in 1942. Pervis Stokes joined the U.S. Navy in 1944. Collection consists of letters from Ruth to Pervis documenting their relationship during and after World War II, particularly their struggles and reconciliation. Frequent topics of discussion include general updates, inquires into when Pervis will return, sexual desires, financial and health struggles, and Ruth's pregnancy and the subsequent birth of their son, Reginald. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture and as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Ruth W. Morgan collection of Oxford N.C. Women's Conference records, 1999-2004 0.6 Linear Feet 126 Items

Ruth "Peach Pie" Webb Morgan is an African American native of Granville County, North Carolina. The collection contains material collected by Morgan from the church-related "Women's Conference" held at the Oxford Public Works Complex in Oxford, North Carolina in 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2004. Items include handouts, photographs, meeting agendas, and notebooks. The materials offer insights into the status and relationships of African American women in North Carolina, and their church-related affiliations and activities. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Ruth Zalph papers, 1980-2024 4.75 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 1 oversize folder) 2.7 Gigabytes 26 items

Ruth Zalph is a Chapel Hill-based activist for peace, a founding member of the Triangle Raging Grannies, and a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Triangle Chapter. Collection documents Ruth Zalph's activism and humanitarian work from the 1980s to 2024. It contains documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, and audiovisual and electronic materials related to her participation in pacifist and antinuclear protests and organizations, her civil rights and economic justice advocacy, and her travels for Habitat for Humanity. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

R. Wensell Grabarek papers, 1963-2013 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box containing mini-dv tapes, DVDs, and a hard drive.)

Collection consists of 11 DVDs, 9 mini-dv videocassettes, one hard drive, and 12 video files primarily associated with interviews of former Durham, North Carolina mayor R. Wensell Grabarek, from 2004 to 2013, in which Grabarek details his career and participation in desegregating Durham in the early 1960s.
  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Ryerson special machinery and machine tools sales bulletins, 1912-1919 0.2 Linear Feet

Metal and machinery manufacturing firm founded in 1842, based in Chicago, Ill. Collection includes numbered bulletins and catalogs describing a variety of milling, metal-working and other industrial machinery and machine parts and tools as well as varieties of metal stock. Bulletins also include technical specifications, suggested uses, testimonials of users and promotional materials showing Ryerson metals used in airplanes, automobiles and other manufactured items. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Saatchi & Saatchi records, 1946-1992 2.0 Linear Feet

Saatchi & Saatchi is a British advertising agency founded in 1970 in London. Collection includes audiovisual materials; correspondence; presentations; promotional booklets; reports; transcripts of interviews and other materials. Companies and individuals represented include the British Conservative Party; Compton Advertising; Dancer Fitzgerald Sample; O. Milton Gossett; Procter & Gamble; Saatchi & Saatchi Compton; Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Sacred Worth records, 1999-2014, bulk 2011-2014 0.5 Linear Feet

Sacred Worth is a student group affiliated with the Divinity School of Duke University that seeks to serve the community by increasing awareness of LGBTQI persons in the church. The Sacred Worth records include the group's administrative materials, including meeting agendas, notes, flyers, and other materials, as well as materials related to the 2014 exhibit Clouds of Witnesses.
  1. Duke University Archives

Sacvan Bercovitch papers, 1940-2011 36 Linear Feet 148 Megabytes

Collection contains research notes, manuscripts on paper and floppy diskettes, and correspondence relating to the serial Cambridge History of American Literature, of which Bercovitch is general editor. Research notes chiefly relate to Bercovitch's work on colonial American literature and religion, particularly on the Puritans in New England, and American humor. Also includes drafts with corrections of "A Cultural Model of Literary Studies," and "Literary Context," both by Bercovitch. Another set of files consists of writings by others, curriculum vitae, and more correspondence pertaining to the Cambridge serial. Some correspondence and articles date from the 1940s and 1950s and were written by Bryna Bercovitch in Yiddish; English translations included. There are also some research materials and correspondence concerning Yiddish literature. Part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for Literary Historiography.

  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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