- Archives & Manuscripts at Duke University Libraries Search Results

Stylish youthful apparel for the expectant mother, 1930s
Box 1

Collection Context

This is truly a money-saving book, 1942
Box 1

Collection Context

While waiting for the stork, 1935-1936
Box 1

Collection Context

Talk by Jennette Williams at the opening of The Bathers, 2009 November 12
Audio-cd RL01388-CD-0001
Digital-materials RL01388-SET-CD0001 > Audio-file RL01388-CD-0001.wav

Collection Context

The Bathers, 2000-2006 2 boxes

Collection Context

Outgoing and incoming correspondence and other items related to Malcolm Bell's appointment and resignation, circa 1970-1974
Box 1

Folder includes routine State of New York employment literature, schedule from a seminar on criminal law taken by Bell in fall 1973; various hiring correspondence; and resignation letters.

Collection Context

Exchanges with Attorney General's office, State Police, journalists, photographers, authors, 1973-1980
Box 1

Collection Context

Post-resignation correspondence with Governor, Attorney General, and NY State judges, 1974-1977
Box 1

Includes separated postal cards for certified letters.

Collection Context

Correspondence related to resignation and testimony, 1974-1977
Box 1

Collection Context

Exchanges with donors Ferry and McGee, and Burnham from National Conference of Black Lawyers, 1975-1985
Box 1

Collection Context

New York Times article fall-out, 1977-1978
Box 1

Collection Context

Loose correspondence, 1986-2017
Box 18

File contains a handful of incoming and outgoing letters between Bell and other authors such as Scott Christianson (whistleblower and author of a book on Sing Sing Prison), Don Jelinek, and Deann Miller. There is also one email printout with URLs to Liz Fink's memorial service and related videos.

Collection Context

Loose correspondence from 1990s, 1995, 1997
Box 1

Several pieces; includes a note from Bell to Elizabeth Fink regarding financial support for her legal team.

Collection Context

Loose correspondence from 2000s, 2001, 2008
Box 1

Several pieces; includes a letter to Bell from Studs Terkel.

Collection Context

Exchanges in 2016 with documentarian Chris Christopher regarding Attica deaths, including copies of 1971 Hicks and Barkley autopsies, 1971, 2016
Box 1

Collection Context

Correspondence from 2010s, 2012-2015
Box 1

Several pieces, including two letters from Bell to Judge Michael Telesca about Bell's book.

Collection Context

One piece of correspondence and packet of editorial corrections sent to Heather Thompson, 2015 June 9
Box 18

Collection Context

Correspondence on Bell's employment and resignation, 1973-1975
Box 21

Collection Context

Loose correspondence, 1987-2015
Box 21

Collection Context

Correspondence to Elizabeth Fink, 1992 February 06
Box 21

Collection Context

Correspondence to Tom Wicker, 1997, 2000
Box 21

Collection Context

Correspondence from Maryn, 2002
Box 21

Collection Context

Correspondence with Marty Mack, 2015
Box 21

Collection Context

Correspondence with Joe Heath, 2015-2016
Box 21

Collection Context

Correspondence with Tom Robbins, 2015-2017
Box 21

Collection Context

Correspondence with Gail Mott, 2022
Box 21

Collection Context

Correspondence, circa 1970-2022

Contains mostly outgoing and incoming correspondence in the form of typescript, handwritten letters, and email print-outs. Occasional clippings, extracts, and notes sent by correspondents are also included. Topics are chiefly related to particular events such as Bell's resignation in 1974 from the Attica investigation, the publication of his New York Times whistle-blowing article in 1975, court case decisions, or Attica more broadly. Significant correspondents include Tom Wicker, a New York Times journalist, author, and political commentator; Don Jelinek, a defense attorney for Attica inmates and author; and Heather Ann Thompson, historian and author. Correspondence can also be found throughout the collection, including the Subject files series and the Writings, Speeches, and Interviews series.

Collection Context

Goldman Panel report on protecting the Constitutional rights of prisoners, 1971 November
Box 1

Collection Context

Final report of the Special Attica Investigation, by Bernard Meyer, Special Deputy Attorney General, State of NY Department of Law [Meyer Report], Part I, 1975 October 27
Box 1

Collection Context

Jones/Hardie case, material on Meyer Report case, and Bell's correspondence, 1975-1977
Box 2

Collection Context

Attica Grand Jury report, Special Prosecutor Simonetti, with letter from attorney, 1976 March
Box 2

Photocopy of several hundred pages sent to Bell by a fellow attorney in 2001. Final pages are of poor reproduction quality.

Collection Context

State of NY vs. John Hill [aka Dacajeweiah] and Charles Pernasilice: William Kunstler's deposition, 1976 May
Box 2

Complete transcript.

Collection Context

Jones/Hardie case, Nelson Rockefeller deposition, 1977 April 22
Box 2

Complete transcript.

Collection Context

Jones/Hardie case: Malcolm Bell's testimony before trial, 1977 June 29
Box 2

Complete transcript, 127 pages. Testimony was given at law offices of Tenney, Smith & Scott, Buffalo, New York.

Collection Context

New York Governor Hugh Carey's Attica-related pardons, 1977, and correspondence from Donald Jelinek, 1977, 2007
Box 2

Photocopy of Governor Hugh Carey's pardons statement from 1977, sent to Malcolm Bell by Jelinek.

Collection Context

Jones/Hardie case and Meyer Report: Malcolm Bell's affidavit and response to a memorandum of law, 1977-1979
Box 2

Collection Context

Correspondence with Attorney General Lefkowitz, justices, and various others regarding Bell's role in the trials, Bell's 1977 deposition, and the Meyer Report, 1977-1980
Box 2

Collection Context

State of NY Supreme Court: Appeal from Governor Hugh Carey and Attorney General Lefkowitz, 1978 January
Box 2

Complete transcript of 322 pages, with affidavits and exhibits, with a few additions at end.

Collection Context

State of NY Supreme Court, John Hill case: Bell's deposition (three copies), 1978
Box 2

Collection Context

State of NY Supreme Court, John Hill case: Bell's affidavit, with annotations and edits, 1978
Box 18

This annotated and edited draft of Bell's 1978 affidavit on his role in the Attica case is accompanied by Bell's own notes, two pieces of correspondence with attorney William Kennedy, and one letter to journalist Nat Hentoff.

Collection Context

New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division: Meyer Report brief for Fischer, Carey memorandum, appeals, and judicial opinion, 1979-1980
Box 3

Collection Context

State of NY Supreme Court: Order for Meyer Report to be sealed, and Bell's 1979 notes, 1979-1980 November 20
Box 3

Eight-page opinion is signed by Justice Frederick Marshall.

Collection Context

Transcript of Nelson Rockefeller being questioned about the Attica Uprising by Senator Robert Griffin during confirmation hearings for Vice-President, annotated by Bell, with note to Tom Wicker, 1974
Box 3

Eight pages. Rockefeller was nominated in August 1974; the hearings were held from September through November 1974.

Collection Context

State of NY Court of Claims: Lynda Jones and victims' claims decision (two copies), 1982 August 31
Box 3

Full transcripts of 89 pages each, with different annotations by Bell.

Collection Context

State of NY District Court, Akil Al-Jundi et al. vs. K. Pfeil et al.: Trial transcript, 2000 May 24-June 13
Box 3

The next five folders are one complete trial transcript set. The trial was held before Judge Michael Telesca, whose correspondence with Bell is also found in this collection. Each transcript is roughly 450 pages, with the exception of the Michael Smith testimony transcript. Akil Al-Jundi's name is mis-spelled Arkil.

Collection Context

State of NY District Court, Akil Al-Jundi et al. vs. K. Pfeil et al.: Trial transcript, 2000 June 14-June 26
Box 3

Collection Context

State of NY District Court, Akil Al-Jundi et al. vs. K. Pfeil et al.: Michael Smith testimony [Attica hostage], 2000 June 20
Box 3

Complete transcript, 33 pages, with letter from Judge Telesca to Michael Smith, accompanying the transcript that was sent to Smith.

Collection Context

Search

Search Results

Limit your search

Digital Materials

Collection

Creator

Date range

Level

Names

Repository

Research Center

Places

Subjects

Format

University Archives Record Group