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Collection comprises two letters (1864 January 3 and 1865 October 13) Phebe Ann Palmer wrote to unidentified recipients. Topics include the weather, health of family members, visitors and visiting, the local school teachers, the Clinton County Fair, the Civil War and its related deaths and sacrifices. She added at one point "I have told you all the gossip I know," and she writes at length about her thoughts and feelings regarding other people and situations.

Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International is a professional law fraternity advancing integrity, compassion and courage through service to the student, the school, the profession and the community. This collection includes minutes, correspondence, directories, workshop materials, constitution and by-laws, questionnaires and other material.

Beta of North Carolina, the Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Duke University, was founded at Trinity College in March, 1920, after ten years of effort by the President and Dean of the College to secure a charter. The collection includes minute books, correspondence, the original charter, manuals, handbooks, reports, and other related materials. Dates range from 1913-1996.

The North Carolina Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi began in 1934 and was the fifty-third Phi Kappa Psi chapter in the nation. The types of material include bound volumes, clippings, rosters, photographs, and miscellaneous notes. Major topics include student life at Duke University, rushing, pledging, hazing, community service, alcohol policies, Interfraternity Council relations, accounting, social activities, chapter establishment, and governance. The material ranges in date from 1934-1978.

Holograph document, signed. Statement of provisions and stores delivered to the Philadelphia General Hospital from July 1778 to February 1779. Signed by Thomas Jones.

Philip F. Rubio earned his Ph.D. in history from Duke University in 2006. From 2003-2007, he taught at the Center for Documentary Studies. The collection largely contains oral history interviews with African American postal workers generated by original research performed by Philip F. Rubio for his dissertation and eventual published work.

Philip Handler was a Duke University biochemist and goverment partner based in Durham, North Carolina. Collection comprises professional files kept by Handler as president of the National Academy of Sciences, chairman of the National Science Board, and member of the Committee on Science and Public Policy, the latter two being affiliated with the National Science Foundation. Includes many subject files on scientific topics, organizations, individuals, conferences, and institutions; correspondence; memoranda; travel records; printed materials such as articles and clippings; and various writings and speeches by Handler.

Philip Holland lived with his wife, Corabelle Anderson, and their children, Philip (Pito) and Isabelle Holland, in Guatemala City from 1923-1927. Philip Holland worked for the U.S. Consul and served as the U.S. Consul General in Guatemala from 1924-1927. Collection consists of four photo albums with approximately 600 gelatin silver prints assembled and maintained by the Holland family during their years in Guatemala, 1923-1927. Three of the albums contain snapshots from the family's life in Guatemala City and travels in the country. The fourth album contains panoramic photographs of Guatemalan landscapes and cities by Boston photographer Henry J. Thayer. The collection's photographs feature the Holland family, especially their children, and their travels through Guatemala; street and market scenes from various towns and cities in Guatemala; church processions and parades; landscapes with Lake Atitlan and surrounding volcanoes, including Fuego and Agua; Mayan ruins, churches, palaces, and other Guatemalan architecture; local potters firing and selling pottery; railroads, streetcars, steamships, and other methods of transportation; the piers and beaches of San Jose, which apparently served as the port city for Guatemala; and various farms from the United Fruit Company. Geographic areas represented in the collection include Guatemala City, Antigua, Tecpan, Chichichastenango, Lake Atitlan, Solola, Escuintla, Panajachel, Quirigua, and the Quetzaltenango Valley.