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Everett Family papers, 1919-1967 2.4 Linear Feet 250 Items

The papers are those of R. Oscar Everett and his wife, Katherine (Robinson) Everett, prominent attorneys and civic leaders in Durham, N.C. The collection is comprised primarily of correspondence concerning the Durham-Orange County Historical Association, the Bennett Place Memorial Commission, the prohibition movement in N.C. after the repeal of the 18th Amendment, and the Durham County Bar Association. The collection also contains minutes and reports of the Durham-Orange County Historical Association; publications of the city of Durham; national defense material; an address delivered by Katherine Everett at a Methodist Board of Education Seminar at Duke University in 1948, entitled, "Idealism in the Political Process;" and other items of a varied nature.

  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

R. O. (Reuben Oscar) Everett papers, 1913-1971 4 Linear Feet (11 boxes) 10 Megabytes 156 Items

Reuben Oscard Everett was an attorney and civic leader in Durham, N.C. The R. O. Everett Papers includes Everett's extensive diaries, 1915-1971, chronicling Everett's professional career, his interests, his family's careers, and social, civic and historical aspects of life in Durham, N.C. The collection also contains a small amount of correspondence, clippings, lecture notes, printed material, pictures, and other papers. In addition, transcripts for all the diaries in the collection have been converted to electronic documents that have been transferred to the Special Collections file server.
  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Wright H. Everett papers, 1853-1998 and undated 27 Linear Feet 11,000 Items

Wright H. Bill Everett (1925-2010) was a media space salesman for several major magazines, and the founder of his own businesses, Flix and the W.H. Everett Co., that specialized in a variety of print materials combining humorous captions with still images from silent movies. The Wright H. Everett Papers span the years 1853-1998 and include correspondence, photographs and negatives, 8mm and 16mm films and audiotapes, print advertisements, layouts, presentations, research reports, pamphlets and brochures that document Everett's career selling advertising space in national magazines as well as his own businesses, Flix and the W.H. Everett Co. Magazines represented in the collection include Advertising Age, American Home, Flying, Progressive Grocer, Reader's Digest, Reminisce, Suburbia Today, Time, Western Advertising and Woman's Home Companion. Other companies represented include American Greeting Cards, Hunter Snead, Lennen-Newell, Maclean Hunter Media and Remington Advertising. There are also files relating to Everett's book How Were Things At The Office? Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Ever-Ready Club records, 1927 0.2 Linear Feet 2 Items

The Ever-Ready Club was a Ku Klux Klan Women's group based in Catskill, New York. Minute book and cashbook documenting the origin and activities of this local chapter of Klanswomen. Entries from May through November, 1927, reflect routine business matters such as the induction of new members, the adoption of the chapter name and by-laws, donations to charities, and service work. Members are referred to by name. Secret ceremonies are mentioned but not described. Includes a printed clipping of the "Kreed" of the group that called itself Women of the Ku Klux Klan.
  1. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Sarah J. Ewing diary, 1868 December 17-1869 July 17 0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)

Collection comprises a diary (49 pages) Sarah Ewing maintained in ink, focusing on the domestic abuse she suffered from her husband, including verbal and physical abuse. One entry also records her husband's arrest for an assault that took place outside the home. By the end of the diary, Sarah has left her husband in fear for her safety, taking with her the baby. After visiting the house in order to retrieve more clothing, she ends the diary with a note that she is not a thief, "I had never in my life before removed or taken away from H.H. [Haydon House] any articles of clothing or jewelry of any sort." Marginal notes made by an unidentified writer in pencil indicate that the diary may have been used in legal or other proceedings on her behalf.
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Facing History and Ourselves regional course brochures and notices, 2006-2007 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

The organization Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation was formed in the U.S. in 1976 to offer support for teaching about social justice in the classroom and in the community. Collection comprises seven regional calendars of programs offered in 2006-2007 by the Foundation. Printed as color brochure mailers, the calendars list detailed entries for classes and workshops for teaching the history of African Americans, civil rights, social justice movements, genocide, the Holocaust, and transitional justice; and to address injustices and violence in the present day by studying human behavior. The programs were held in Chicago, Cleveland, the Denver area, Los Angeles, New England, New York, and the San Francisco/Bay Area. Included are two printed notices about the course listings; one is addressed to the Board Members.
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Faculty Club of Duke University records, 1918-1976 0.7 Linear Feet

The Faculty Club of Duke University is a non-stock corporation chartered by the State of North Carolina in 1933. The purpose of the club was to foster good fellowship among members; to contribute to their social life; and to promote discussion of scholarly matters as well as matters of general interest. This collection contains reports, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, agendas, programs, lists, questionnaires, charter and bylaws, and newspaper clippings. Major subjects include Duke University faculty, faculty societies, and the Duke University Faculty Club. Materials range in date from 1918-1976. English.
  1. Duke University Archives

Fairbank Family papers, 1837-1971 4.8 Linear Feet circa 3,600 Items

The Fairbank Family Papers consist almost exclusively of correspondence written between members of the Fairbank family and their religious associates. The letters, carried by steamer between India, America and other parts of the world, span the years 1837-1971, with the bulk occurring between 1905 and 1940. Earlier letters were sent by Samuel Bacon, Katie, and Emily Fairbank and Thomas Snell Smith to Samuel's brother and other relatives in the United States.

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