Author and professor of English from Anderson, S.C. Collection is chiefly significant for Holman's correspondence with writers, publishers and colleagues concerning the teaching and writing of American literature. Significant correspondents include Jay B. Hubbell, Rayburn Moore, Henry Field, Ann Page Johns, Armistead C. Gordon, Jr., Dr. Jeremiah N. Fusco, Corydon Bell, Guy Davenport, Edith Buchanan, Margaret Meaders, David Stocking, Marion Kingston Stocking, Newman I. White, E. M. Lander, Jr., Mattie U. Russell, and members of the Thomas Nelson Page and John Fox families. There are also letters from South Carolina authors, including Rosa Pendleton Chiles, Sidelle Ellis, Patricia Kneas Hill, Katharine M. Jones, Mary Boone Robertson Longley, and Alice L. O'Connell. Also includes works written or edited by Holman and others, a typed transcription and audio recordings of Cherokee stories as told by Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey, clippings, notecard files, printed material, and photographs of Thomas Nelson and Florence Lathrop Page, and Nannie Mae Tilley.
Scholar, educator, and author of Charlottesville (Albemarle Co.), Virginia. Correspondence, notes, diaries, and literary works of George Frederick Holmes. Also contains correspondence of William Howard Perkinson, educator and son-in-law of Holmes; and of Joseph Henry Herndon Holmes and Mary Ann Pemberton Holmes, parents of George Frederick Holmes. Early papers of Joseph and Mary Holmes concern their life in Demerara, British Guyana, where Joseph Holmes was a barrister, and include legal papers, poems, and a genealogy. The papers of their son, George Frederick, a professor at the University of Virginia, include correspondence, diaries, articles, literary works, and notes, and relate to his interests in philology, grammar, history, political science and economics, and to Southern colleges and universities. The papers of William Howard Perkinson are confined to a few records of his work as a professor of Latin and Greek at the University of Virginia, a few business papers, and records of the administration of his father-in-law's estate.
ALS. Letters on family genealogy; poems; and an ink cartoon drawing, on the reverse of one of the poems. Also includes a later addition to the collection of a signed manuscript poem Holmes wrote during the aftermath of the great Boston fire, November 13, 1872, entitled "After the fire" (4 leaves of lined paper).
Faith Holsaert is a white, Jewish civil rights and LGBT community activist. The collection contains correspondence, newsletters, publications, writings, and other materials relating to the Holsaert's activities from the 1950s to the present. A large portion of the collection consists of correspondence and ephemera from her involvement in the civil rights movement, including with SNCC, as well as her activism in the women's rights and LGBT rights movements. Also includes materials from the writing and publishing of Hands on the Freedom Plow, as well as many other writings by Holsaert. The collection also contains personal memorabilia and materials relating to Holsaert's childhood and family. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
This collection documents the work of the Durham, NC environmental artist Bryant Holsenbeck. It contains materials collected over the course of her career, including media clippings, publicity, photographs, and a portfolio.
Bertha "B" Holt is a longtime resident of Burlington, NC. She was first appointed to the NC House of Representatives in 1975 and later won re-election eight times. This collection includes campaign materials, correspondence, and research materials from various bills and issues from Holt's career. Other files relate to Holt's activities, including the Women's Forum of NC, NC Legislative Women's Caucus, the State Council for Social Legislation, the Science and Technology Board, tribute dinners and awards, clippings, and a scrapbook. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
Medical illustrator, sculptor, and exhibit designer, affiliated with the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. Collection consists of the exhibit detail book containing text and illustrations for the exhibit "Ostetrical Forceps Delivery," curated by Dr. Frederick H. Falls and illustrated by Charlotte S. Holt, as well as five large and one small exhibition panels. The exhibit consisted of five sections: Anesthesia; Technique; Management of Newborn; Pathology; and History and Indications. Within each section, Falls and Holt presented examples of situations leading to a forceps birth, correct technique for the use of forceps, the issues arising from this method, and the treatment of the newborn after this procedure. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
Collection comprises a 69-page report on "the potential which Nigeria offers for consumption of medicinal and pharmaceutical products" (Foreword) that Clarence L. Holte prepared for John Bowles, President of Rexall Drug & Chemical Co. Topics addressed include location, geographic divisions, climate, population, age, occupations, literacy, ethnic groups, income, consumer and government expenditures, distribution of companies by taxable profits, health and health facilities, government revenue and expenditures, balance of trade, political parties, transportation, telecommunications, periodicals, and cinemas. Includes an appendix, maps, and tables.
Resident of Harlem, N.Y., advertising executive, and bibliofile. Collection comprises one spiral-bound portfolio (21 pgs.) containing clippings, drawings, and typewritten notes, intended as a prospectus for a proposed new magazine supplement targeted at African Americans, to be carried in newspapers nationwide. In the prospectus, Holte explained the historical role played by African American newspapers in their community, as well as economic growth that made them stable consumers and an attractive targeted market. The advertising opportunity was directed at Lever Brothers Company. Includes 5 pages of correspondence between Holte, Lever Brothers, and THIS WEEK MAGAZINE, all laid-in at the end of the prospectus, that made it clear that Holte's proposal was rejected. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Correspondence and subject files of Holland Holton (1888-1947), relating to his roles as Professor of History and Science Education, Director of the Summer Session, and Head of the Department of Education at Duke University, and as the first editor of Southern Association Quarterly. Major subjects include the Duke University Dept. of Education and Summer Session, study and teaching of education, and the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. English.