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Joe Castro papers, 1957-2009 and undated 3.6 Linear Feet 7.5 Gigabytes (333 digital files)

Collection comprises materials primarily related to Doris Duke and Joe Castro and to Castro's work with his jazz trio, dated 1957-2009 and undated. Includes approximately 200 2-3/4 x 2-3/4 color transparencies, 35 mm color slides, negatives, and various prints. Subjects of the images vary, but include approximately 50 casual images of Doris Duke in various locations, along with many casual and a few formal photographs of Castro, as well as some with various jazz artists. There is also a group of scores for jazz arrangements, some original, others marked by various composers, as well as a few pieces of printed sheet music. Manuscript material is limited to a few letters and cards that speak to the relationship between Castro and Duke, and to the formation of Clover Records. There is a compact disc of music by Loretta and Joe Castro, and other electronic files of images have been transferred to the server.
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Edmund J. Catrow photograph album and clippings, 1945-1972 and undated 1.1 Linear Feet (11 items)

Edmund John Catrow was a marine who served in the following units during World War II. Collection primarily comprises a photograph album, entitled "The Occupation of Japan: Nagasaki, Isahaya, Kumamoto, Sasebo," Catrow maintained during his service in the marines from 1945-1946. There are 277 black-and-white photographs, mostly 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches, plus five Japanese newspapers and several other clippings. Many of the photographs have handwritten captions in white ink.
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Center for Death Penalty Litigation records, 1953-2020 and undated; 1953-ongoing 139 Linear Feet

The Center for Death Penalty Litigation is a non-profit law firm that represents inmates on North Carolina's death row. Its work often involves the investigation of racism and the judicial process, and the treatment of people with mental disabilities charged with crimes in North Carolina. Collection contains Center for Death Penalty Litigation case files dating from 1953-2020 for seventeen inmates on North Carolina's death row during the same period: Robert Bacon Jr., David Junior Brown, Frederick Camacho, Willie Ervin Fisher, George Earl Goode Jr., Harvey Lee Green Jr., Zane Hill, David Earl Huffstetler, Joseph Timothy Keel (the largest case file at 26 boxes), Gary Wayne Long, James Lewis Martin Jr., Elton Ozell McLaughlin, Phillip Thomas Robbins Jr., Steve Van McHone, Jimmy McNeill, Clinton Cebert Smith, and Norris Carlton Taylor, as well as limited files on other inmates. Case files typically include transcripts, affidavits, attorney notes, clemency requests, petitions, pleadings, photographs, correspondence, motions, Department of Corrections documents, Resource Center files, investigative files, audiovisual materials, and some electronic records.
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Center for International Policy records, 1960-2020 and undated; 1960-ongoing 60 Linear Feet 2.88 Gigabytes

Non-profit organization founded in 1975, based in Washington, DC, whose chief focus is promoting changes in U.S. foreign and military policy in support of global human rights. The records of the Center for International Policy (CIP) span the years 1960 to 2016, and document in detail the organization's global activities in support of human rights as well as its internal administration, funding, and public relations outreach. CIP's chief areas of interest lie in United States foreign and military policies, including the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Topics include human rights issues, U.S. relations with Central and South America, demilitarization, nuclear weapons, the Cuban trade embargo, money laundering and other aspects of international finance, terrorism, and the narcotics trade. The bulk of the files take the form of administrative files and records which contain correspondence, memos, data, reports, travel documents, and extensive files on other organizations; there are also many files of printed materials such as pamphlets, newsletters, and press releases.
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Center for Women Policy Studies records, 1970-2012 and undated 331.5 Linear Feet 221 boxes

The Center for Women Policy Studies was founded in 1972 as the nation’s first feminist policy analysis, research and advocacy institution. Collection documents the day-to-day operation, programs, and mission of the Center for Women's Policy Studies. The records include subject files, research files, publication materials, lectures, project documentation, program files, surveys, survey data and chronological files accumulated by the organization. Topics include women and AIDS, girls, teenage girls, work/life balance, women and violence, women and leadership, women and bio ethics and reproductive rights. The collection includes audio cassettes and VHS tapes, and patrons must request use copies to access the content of these materials. Acquired by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Chinese Filmscript and Advertisement collection, 1946-1985 3.5 Linear Feet (7 boxes, 1758 items)

Produced mostly by the Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio of China, documentary films and newsreels were two of the major mass media and communication channels in China from the 1950s through 1970s. This collection consists mainly of film advertisements and transcripts of Chinese documentary films from 1946(?)-1985. Other materials include printed advertisements and other publicity for Chinese and foreign films and theatre productions. Topics represented in the collection include industry, agriculture, the economy, military matters, education, public health care, medicine and science, political movements, foreign relations, cultural and sporting events.
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Cessna Aircraft Company Spring Training Play Book, probably 1972 0.1 Linear Feet

Manufacturer of private aircraft founded in 1911 in Wichita, Kan., Collection comprises handouts of the aircraft sales training presentation that used an analogy to a football game to organize the information. Includes pages for the attendee's notes, as well as charts, graphs, financial information, and quizzes. Divided into sections: prospecting, consultant, interviewing, salesmanship, proposals, demonstrating, and scoring.
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William Henry Chafe Oral History collection, 1933-1988 and undated 5.6 Linear Feet

The William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection spans the years 1933 through 1988, with most of the materials dated between 1972 and 1978. The collection consists mainly of oral history interview tapes and transcripts, but also includes interview notes and research files related to Chafe's book Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom.
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Nora Campbell Chaffin papers, 1835-1981 0.5 Linear Feet 250 Items

Nora Chaffin was on the history faculty at Duke University from 1935-1944. Her collection contains correspondence, clippings, typescripts, reviews, records, and other materials. Among the papers are review of her book Trinity College and a record book of an unidentified YMCA. The collection ranges in date from 1835-1981.
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John Armstrong Chaloner papers, 1876-1933 12 Linear Feet Approx. 6,500 Items

John Armstrong Chaloner was a celebrity and writer known for coining the catchphrase “Who’s looney now?” in the aftermath of psychiatric experiments and own legal troubles regarding his sanity. Great-grandson of John Jacob Astor; from Cobham (Albemarle County), Virginia. Collection includes business and personal correspondence, legal papers, writings and drafts by Chaloner, printed materials primarily composed of newspaper clippings, and some personal financial documents and photographs. The letters, almost half of the collection, are concerned with Chaloner’s attempts to have himself declared sane after a four-year involuntary internment in Bloomingdale Asylum at White Plains, New York.
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Chamber Arts Society Collection, 1990-2016 0.5 Linear Feet

The Chamber Arts Society was created in 1945 and is dedicated to the performance of classical music by small chamber ensembles. This collection includes programs for many performances from 1990-2016.
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G. Hope Summerell Chamberlain papers, 1821-1946 10 Linear Feet

G. Hope Summerell Chamberlain was an author, artist, and civic worker, of Raleigh (Wake Co.) and Chapel Hill (Orange Co.), N.C. Letters from 1821 to 1946 concern family matters for the most part but also reflect Chamberlain's career as an author of local history and her work at Duke University as the house counselor of Pegram House. Scattered earlier letters include one from Herbert J. Hagermand of the American Embassy at Saint Petersburg, 1889; letters on the Russo-Japanese War, 1905; and letters from John Spencer Bassett, 1903. The remainder of the collection includes genealogical material on the Chamberlain family; clippings of articles about Chamberlain and her books; drafts of some of her writings; a copy of a journal of a trip to Europe in 1792-1793; diary of Chamberlain's trip to Europe in 1929; and personal diaries, 1923-1926 and 1943.
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John Chamberlain papers, 1954-1959 0.6 Linear Feet 350 Items

Book reviewer, editor, and author of The Roots of Capitalism, published in 1959. Collection contains Chamberlain's working draft for The Roots of Capitalism, with both handwritten and typescript pages. Also includes a notebook with his thoughts and notes on economic history, a letter of correspondence from a publisher about The Roots of Capitalism, and galley proofs from Citadel, Market, and Altar (1957) and MacArthur 1941-1951 (1954).
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Edward H. Chamberlin papers, 1896-2017 31.5 Linear Feet (26 boxes and two oversize folders.)

Edward Chamberlin (1899-1967) was a professor emeritus of economics at Harvard University. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, research, and writings. It was acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Georgette A. Chamberlin papers, 1785-1917 10 Linear Feet 12 Items

Georgette A. Chamberlin (1831-1920) was daughter of Mehitable Varnum and Franklin Tenney, who was proprietor of the National Hotel in Washington, D.C, where she resided. Four travel diaries, a genealogical album, four photograph albums, two scrapbooks, and a postcard album; all except one photograph album maintained by Georgette A. Chamberlin.
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Jennie Chambers papers, 1838-1936 3 Linear Feet

Amateur artist and author, from Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Collection includes correspondence, daybooks (1880-1888) and other papers relating to the affairs of the Chambers family and their cousins, the Castles of Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Includes commonplace books, letters received after the Civil War from Union soldiers whom Miss Chambers' father boarded during the war, and letters from friends and suitors of Jennie and her sisters, depicting the social life of the period in West Virginia and Maryland. Also includes drafts of Chambers' article, What a School-Girl Saw of John Brown's Raid, published in Harpers Magazine in 1902, along with other essays and poems by Chambers and unidentified authors.
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John G. Chapman papers, 1799-1900 0.5 Linear Feet 78 Items

John Grant Chapman was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, active from the 1820s-1840s. Collection consists chiefly of business letters, combined with a small amount of personal correspondence. The collection includes a number of items relating to Thomas Yates Robey, also from Charles County, Maryland, possibly a relative or business client.
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Dabney Stuart-Fred Chappell Correspondence, 1984-2009 0.6 Linear Feet 150 Items

Fred Chappell is an author and a poet, and is a retired English professor from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dabney Stuart is also an author and poet, and is a retired English professor at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Accession (2009-0211) (150 items; 0.6 lin. ft.; dated 1984-2009) consists of Fred Chappell's letters to Dabney Stuart, covering a wide range of topics from personal stories and updates on families to his musings on literature and poetry in general. Chappell frequently offers feedback on Stuart's latest writings, as well as seeks input from Stuart on his own work. Occassional drafts are included for Stuart to read.
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Fred Chappell papers, 1944-2023 and undated 178.75 Linear Feet 10.3 Gigabytes

Fred Chappell (1936-2024) was an author and poet. He was an English professor at UNC Greensboro for 40 years, and he was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997 to 2002. Collection consists largely of correspondence and writings by Chappell and others, documenting Chappell's literary career, output, and network.
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J. H. Chappell collection, 1922-1927, 1967 4.0 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

J. H. Chappell graduated from Duke University in 1926 and was a college athlete. The collection includes Trinity College and Duke University memorabilia, student notebooks, correspondence, photographs and corresponding negatives, and other materials collected by Chappell during his years at Trinity College during its transition to Duke University. The memorabilia and ephemera include class grade reports, athletics events fliers, pins, banners and pennants, and Durham-specific advertising.
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Charis Books and More and Charis Circle records, 1974-2024 and undated 40 Linear Feet (62 boxes and 3 oversize folders.) 0.49 Gigabytes

Charis Books and More, founded in 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia, is the oldest feminist bookstore in the Southeast. Charis Circle is a non-profit organization founded in July 1996 that furthers the mission of the bookstore by offering free educational and cultural events and programs to the community. This collection documents the daily operations of Charis Books and More and Charis Circle, and the interrelated nature of these two organizations, through the administrative files, financial records, advertising material, photographs, and oral histories. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Charles Leonard Van Noppen papers, 1881-1935 9 Linear Feet

Charles Leonard Van Noppen (1869-1935) was a publisher, editor, and author, from Greensboro, N.C. The collection contains letters and papers, mostly relating to the projected extension of Samuel A'Court Ashe's book, Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present (1908-1925). Collection also contains 356 black-and-white photographs and engravings, almost exclusively 19th century portraits of prominent male North Carolinians.
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Charles Reinhart Management, Inc. records, 1951-2008 97.25 Linear Feet

Charles Reinhart Management, Inc. (CRMI) was involved in dance company management, festival production, grant-funded projects, and assorted professional services. Collection includes correspondence, printed material, and business and financial records created by Charles L. Reinhart and the employees of Charles Reinhart Management, Inc., 1951-2008.
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Charleston Cotton Exchange records, 1880-1952 3 Linear Feet 729 Items

The Charleston Cotton Exchange was founded in 1872 in the port of Charleston, South Carolina; one of its main functions was to provide commodity trading statistics to the mercantile community. Collection includes minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors in 1884; financial statements, 1896-1898, 1929-1930; letters of invitation to prospective members, 1910; and groups of reports on the cotton market at Charleston, 1936-1944, 1948-1950. The volumes contain detailed statistics on the shipping of cotton and other goods at Charleston, 1880-1905; cotton receipts at ports in the United States, 1899-1906; price quotations from several markets in naval stores, 1881-1886; and the finances of the Exchange, 1888-1938.
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Charleston S.C. Typographical Union 43 records, 1901-1976 4.4 Linear Feet 2912 Items

Trade-union for the printing industry. The Charleston S.C. Typographical Union 43 collection consists of correspondence with other local unions; printed material authored by the Charleston Typographical Union No. 43, the International Typographical Union, and the Virginia-Carolina Typographical Conference; and volumes, including minute books, an account book, printed books of laws, and a 1958 convention program. This collection also inludes subject files on such topics as arbitration, arbitration cases, contract negotiations, contracts, newspaper negotiations, resolutions, and secretary-treasurer of the International Typographical Union. These subject files sometimes include correspondence.
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Charles W. Hoyt Company records, 1894-1973 and undated, bulk 1909-1928 4.4 Linear Feet 3,300 Items

The records of the Charles W. Hoyt Company advertising agency span the years 1894-1973 with the bulk dating between 1909-1928. The collection primarily documents the founding and operation of the company, and to a lesser extent the personal activities of the Hoyt family (Charles, Effie, Winthrop, and Everett) and Winthrop's service during World War II in the U. S. Army Air Force. Materials include correspondence, scrapbooks, company publications and manuals, financial records, clippings, diaries, writings, drawings, photographs, house advertisements, Nazi medals, song lyrics, and printed material. Very little information exists in the collection concerning the Hoyt Company's clients. The only client advertisements that survive were produced for Merck and Co. The Hoyt company scrapbooks document some activities for clients including Arnold Bakers, Golden Blossom Honey, Jamaica Tourist Board, KLM, Stanley Home Products, the Charles B. Woolson Co. and the State of New Hampshire. The collection contains correspondence between family members as well as between the company and Merck and Co., the Charles B. Knox Co., and William Benton, one of the founders of the Benton and Bowles advertising agency. Another notable person mentioned in the collection is Hoyt Company employee Samuel Meek, who would go on to become an important executive for the J. Walter Thompson Company advertising agency. The collection is organized into the Company Series; the Family Series; and the Winthrop Hoyt World War II Series. Large-format items are located in the Oversize Materials.

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Lewis Nathaniel Chase papers, 1807-1941 2 Linear Feet

Lewis Chase taught in the English Department at Duke University beginning in 1929. It is unclear when/if he left the University. He died in 1937. The collection largely includes material pertaining to Chase's research on writer Edgar Allan Poe. It ranges in date from 1807-1941.
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Cedric N. Chatterley photographs, 1983-2013 and undated 15 Linear Feet (29 boxes)

The photographs of Cedric N. Chatterley span the years 1983-2013, and were created throughout his career as a documentary photographer, beginning with his MFA thesis project on religious experience in the U.S. The photographs are primarily black-and-white prints ranging in size from 8x10 to 18x24 inches. The most prominent themes in Chatterley's work are labor, community, and religious expression. He has photographed chicken slaughterhouse workers in Maine; Cambodian immigrants in North Carolina; David "Honeyboy" Edwards and other Southern blues musicians in Mississippi and on tour; a substance abusers' rehabilitation community in Durham, N.C.; tornado survivors in South Dakota; an abandoned religious theme park in Connecticut; and sheep rancher Judith Fae "Pachy" Burns in Montana. Some of his documentary work also includes oral history interviews. There are also several recordings of interviews with Chatterley, where he speaks about his work as a documentary photographer, and a book by Barbara Lau containing his photographs of Cambodian immigrants. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Nancy Cheser posters, 1970-1971 1 Linear Feet 4 Items

Photographer in Naples, Florida. Cheser is an artist, activist and former member of the Boston Women's Graphics Collective active during the women's movement of the late 1960s and 1970s. Four silk screen posters created by a group of women, including Cheser, at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1970-1971.
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Phyllis Chesler papers, 1968-2003 118 Linear Feet 88,500 Items

The papers of Phyllis Chesler are divided into the following series: Writings, Custody Speakout Project, Women and Health Organizations, and Personal and Professional Papers. Chesler's Writings are separated into subseries by titles of her published works, and comprise the bulk of the collection. These papers include research files, interviews, and chapter drafts for her books Women and Madness; Women, Money and Power; About Men; Mothers on Trial; and Sacred Bond. The detailed research files in the Writings Series also contain audio tapes and selected transcripts of interviews conducted by Chesler in conjunction with her research on women and mental health, women's history, child custody (particularly the "Baby M" case involving the lawsuit between Mary Beth Whitehead and William Stern and baby Melissa Stern), and feminist concerns. The Writings Series includes Chesler's miscellaneous writings and provides insight into her personal and professional life through correspondence, manuscripts and notes surrounding each work as well as clippings and records documenting her feminist activism. Among the major correspondents are Carolyn Shaw Bell, Sheila Kaplan, Kate Millett, Tillie Olsen, Grace Paley, Adrienne Rich, Donna Shalala, Susan Sontag, and Gloria Steinem.
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Jesse Chickering papers, 1758-1918, bulk 1818-1855 4 Linear Feet (Five document boxes, one flat box, two custom boxes, and two oversize folders.)

Jesse Chickering (1797-1855) was an American abolitionist and polymath who spent time as a Unitarian minister, physician, and statistician. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, and statistical analyses. It forms parts of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Lydia Maria Child letters, 1863-1873 0.1 Linear Feet (2 items)

Lydia Maria Child was a prominent American abolitionist. The Lydia Maria Child letters consist of two letters written by Child, the first to artist William Tolman Carlton, and the second to a Miss. Howland. The first letter concerns Carlton's well-known painting "Waiting for the Hour," and references the writer and fellow abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier. The second letter replies to a query about the German writer Bettina Von Arnim.
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Chi Omega Fraternity. Mu Kappa Chapter (Duke University) records, 1989-2005 0.5 Linear Feet

Chi Omega is a women's fraternity founded in 1895, and is the largest women's fraternal organization in the world. The Mu Kappa chapter was founded at Duke University on November 6, 1976. The Chi Omega Fraternity. Mu Kappa Chapter (Duke University) records include several packets of information issued by the Chi Omega national headquarters as well as limited materials specifically related to the Mu Kappa Chapter and the Durham Chi Omega Alumnae Chapter.
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John S. Chipman papers, 1948-2014 15.5 Linear Feet (11 boxes.)

John Chipman (1926-1922) was Regents' Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Minnesota. This collection documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, and professional activities. It was acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Shirley Chisholm political materials collection, 1969-1972 1 Linear Feet

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (1924-2005) was an American politician, educator, and author. She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress, where she represented New York's 12th district from 1969 through 1983. In 1972, she became the first major-party Black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. This collection includes mimeographed position papers from her presidential candidacy; two posters from her 1972 primary campaign; printed materials about Chisholm's political career; some printed ephemera from her campaign; and a photograph.
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Sarah Christianson photographs, 2012-2015 1.0 Linear Feet (1 flat box) 1.2 Gigabytes (1 optical disc containing 30 digital images in TIFF format.)

Sarah Christianson is a photographer originally from North Dakota. This portfolio of 30 11x14 inch color chromogenic prints is from her project, "When the Landscape is Quiet Again: North Dakota's Oil Boom," which won the 2015 Archives of Documentary Art Award for Women Documentarians. Since 2012, Christianson has been documenting through her photographs the legacy of oil booms and busts in North Dakota and how the region's agrarian landscape and environment is changing again today, due to horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Acquired by the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Samuel A. Christie Papers, 1882-1883 and undated. 8 items

2 letters (ALS) and 5 calling cards, signed. Samuel A. Christie's collection of the autographs of the physicians who attended President James A. Garfield after he was shot, between July 2 and Sept. 2, 1881. These included David H. Agnew, Frank Hastings Hamilton, Joseph K. Barnes, D.W. Bliss and Robert Reyburn. Correspondence from Hamilton and from a S.A. Boynton relate to this collection.
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