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Robert Wilson Christ papers, 1922-1952 0.5 Linear Feet 500 Items

Christ was assistant librarian for Duke University from 1948 until his death in 1951. Primarily materials pertaining Robert Wilson Christ's professional activities with the American Librarian Association. The papers also include a talk given to the North Carolina Negro Library Association. Christ collected the writings of Walter de La Mare and his papers contain seven letters by De la Mare and one by the illustrator W. Graham Robertson.
  1. Duke University Archives

The Chronicle records, 1904-2000 2.9 Linear Feet 3000 Items

The Chronicle is Duke's independent, student-run news publication. Originally financed by the Columbian and Hesperian Literary Societies, the newspaper is currently (2007) completely independent of the University, and funded entirely by advertising revenue. Materials in the collection include letters to the editors, correspondence, submitted material, awards, illustrations, historical documents and notes, schedules, calendars, reports, flyers, forms, surveys and questionnaires, meeting minutes, and releases. The materials date from 1904-2000, the bulk of which is from 1950-1970.
  1. Duke University Archives

Moses T. Cilley essays on natural theology, theism, and creationism versus evolution, 1861 and undated 0.1 Linear Feet (1 volume) 1 v.

Methodist minister who preached in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Born in Salisbury, Mass., in 1830, to Jonathan Cilley and Abigail Fowler; married Sarah A. Eaton in 1849, and died after 1910. Collection comprises a volume, 250 pages, filled with handwritten religious essays (called themes or lectures, which are sometimes separated into chapters), on the topics of natural theology, theism, and creationism versus evolution. Whether the essays were written to support the author's theological studies, as material to be presented in convocations, or in response to the scientific revelations or debates of the time is unclear; however, a reader with initials "J.W.M" read, notated, and provided short comments on the contents. Cilley provided a few ink drawings, including a chart showing the geologic strata and time periods, as well as an image of the human heart. Many essays contain citations to theological writings of the period. Among the many philosophers and writers covered are Aristotle, Benedict Spinoza, Thomas Hobbes, d'Alembart, Diderot, Voltaire, Alexander Pope, David Hume, Hugh Miller, and Enoch Pond.
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Giorgio Ciompi papers, 1900s-1992 5 Linear Feet

This collection consists of scrapbooks, programs, photographs, memorabilia, and sound recordings documenting the professional career and interests of violinist Giorgio Ciompi. Items include concert programs, photographs, and ephemera from various performances with different orchestras, including Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony (1947-1952), as well as several years of attendance at the Pablo Casals Festival in Puerto Rico (1965-1972). Also represented are assorted materials from Ciompi's residency and teaching at Duke University, including photographs and programs from the Ciompi Quartet.
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Blanche H. Clark scrapbook, 1923-1928 1.3 Linear Feet 1 Item

Blanche Henry Clark was both an undergraduate and graduate student at Trinity College from 1923-1928. The scrapbook includes personal correspondence, photographs, clippings and assorted mementos of holidays and events held at Duke and ranges in date from 1923-1928.
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Edwin Clark papers, 1798-1930 and undated 4.8 Linear Feet 3,636 Items

Merchant, of Weldon (Halifax Co.), N.C. Records and business correspondence of a general merchant of Weldon, N.C., together with daybooks (1880-1918) and ledgers (1878). Also includes a letter from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., concerning a son in college; and a letter from an instructor at Oak Ridge Military Institute, Guilford Co., N.C. (1917).
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Elmer T. Clark papers, 1929 6 Linear Feet 9 Items

Born in 1886, Elmer Talmadge Clark was a publicist and editor for the Methodist Church and related bodies. Collection contains 9 bound volumes of original data questionnaire sheets regarding The Psychology of Religious Awakening, published in 1929 by the MacMillan Company.
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Elon Clark papers, 1958-1970 2.2 Linear Feet 200 Items

Elon Clark was a professor in the Duke Medical Center's Division of Audiovisual Education. His collection includes drawings, sketches, correspondence and other materials used to design the Duke University shield, mace, academic gowns, flags and university colors.
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Jane Clarke-Owen papers, 1869-1926 2.25 Linear Feet 775 Items

The Jane Clarke-Owen Papers consist primarily of Dr. Clarke-Owen's letters to her two daughters and other family members, and letters from each daughter to Dr. Clarke-Owen and other individuals. The bulk of the letters were written between 1886 and 1919 and document the domestic lives, financial difficulties, and relationships of the women in the Clarke family. The letters written by Dr. Clarke-Owen document her years as a medical student in Chicago, her struggles in the medical profession, and her domestic life. Therese Clarke's correspondence chronicles her life as a working actress in the early 20th century and her domestic life. The Laura Clarke letters are primarily concerned with domestic and financial matters and her prospects as a sales clerk for various shops and department stores on the east coast. Miscellaneous correspondence includes letters from family members and friends to all three women, and a small selection of the business correspondence of Thaddeus "Tom" Clarke. The collection also includes clippings and programs of the performances of Marguerite Urquhart, the stage name employed by Therese Clarke, and a photograph of Jane Clark-Owen from 1870. Miscellaneous papers in the collection include undated and unaddressed cards, notes, and letters.

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Kenneth Willis Clark papers, 1924-1980 23 Linear Feet

Kenneth Willis Clark was a faculty member in the Divinity School at Duke University. The Kenneth W. Clark papers include materials from Kenneth Clark's time as a faculty member in the Divinity School. Topics covered include teaching and work on a translation of the biblical New Testament from Greek manuscripts.
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C. C. Clay papers, 1811-1925 20 Linear Feet

Clement Claiborne Clay (1816-1882) was a lawyer, U. S. Senator, Confederate diplomat, planter, and enslaver from Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. He was married to Virginia Carolina (Tunstall) Clay (1825-1915). His father, Clement Comer Clay (1789-1866) was a U.S. Congressman and Governor of Alabama. Collection includes personal, business, and political correspondence, bills of sale for enslaved people, accounts, diaries, memoranda, college notes, scrapbooks, and clippings of Clement Claiborne Clay, and of his father, Clement Comer Clay; his mother, Susanna Claiborne Withers Clay; his wife, Virginia Caroline Tunstall Clay; and brothers, Hugh Lawson Clay and John Withers Clay. Letters deal with family matters, including Alabama and Washington, D.C., social life, education, the management of cotton plantations, bills of sale for and correspondence regarding enslaved people, civic affairs in Huntsville; state and national politics and elections; Clay Sr.'s governorship; Clay Jr.'s service in both the U.S. and Confederate senates; ante-bellum politics; the organization of the Confederacy; Reconstruction politics, including Clay Jr.'s arrest, imprisonment, and his wife's efforts to obtain his release; Clay Jr.'s efforts to retrieve his property and re-establish farming operations, and to settle his father's estate; Virginia Clay's dissatisfaction with Reconstruction period social life, her tour of Europe, 1884-1885, and her efforts to operate the plantation after her husband's death.
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Clement C. Clay papers, 1846-1970 and undated 3.5 Linear Feet 2,803 Items

Physician; member of the Clay family of Alabama; headed a photographic unit in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy in WWII; also served in the Hospital Division of the Medical Corps in that war. Later served as a hospital administrator and taught at a number of universities including the American University in Beirut, University of Chicago, Columbia University and Yale University. His consulting service included work for N.C. Memorial Hospital. Collection includes Clay family correspondence, Clement Clay's professional and military correspondence, and writings, including a number of presentations and reports. There are also scrapbooks, and two photographs of C.C. Clay, II as a child.
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Diskin Clay papers, 1962-2014 18 Linear Feet (14 boxes)

Diskin Clay was on the Classics faculty at Duke University from 1990 to 2008. This collection of his professional papers includes correspondence, writings, teaching files, and research materials. Topics include Greek literature, especially poetry; Greek philosophy; and archaeology in Greece; specific topics relate to Oenanda, an ancient Greek city in Turkey, to the writings of Xenophon, Diogenes, and the poetry of Archilocus. There are also many slides of Greece, as well as from Italy and Paris, France, taken during research and archaeology trips.
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Joseph Clay papers, 1767-1800 .1 Linear Feet

Joseph Clay was a businessman, slave trader, and politician in Savannah, Georgia, during the late 18th century. The Joseph Clay papers consist of a few letters and legal documents related to or written by Joseph Clay, including one referring briefly to the acquisition of two enslaved men from Jamaica, and an unbound volume of depositions regarding the seizure of the brigantine Bachelor, suspected of supplying British troops in South Carolina in late 1782.
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Clear Channel outdoor image collection, 1935-2002 30.0 Linear Feet 0.27 Gigabytes (343 files)

Clear Channel is a multi-media communications company based in San Antonio, Tex. Collection includes audiovisual materials; black-and-white and color photographs; glass plate negatives, memoranda and correspondence; research reports; slides; and other printed materials. Most of the images depict outdoor advertising designs and billboard locations in the Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif. areas. A wide range of products and services are depicted, including airlines; automobiles and automotive services; banks; cosmetics and health care products; events and entertainment; food and beverages; household goods; tobacco products and travel. The bulk of images depict work performed under the names of Foster and Kleiser and the Patrick Media Group. Acquired by the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History and the Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Outdoor Advertising Archives.
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Frederic N. Cleaveland papers, 1938-1983 0.5 Linear Feet 500 Items

Frederic N. Cleaveland (1915–2005) served as assistant dean of men at Duke University from 1937-1941 and as provost and professor of political science from 1971–1979. In the interim, he was a professor of political science and researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was educated at Duke (AB and MA in history) and Princeton (MA and PhD in politics). His papers contain correspondence from colleagues in the academic community in relation to his career and professional/community involvement. It also contains photographs, employment files, various handwritten speeches and manuscripts. Materials ange in date from 1938-1983.
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Parker Cleaveland papers, 1822-1828 3 items

ALS to Cleaveland from Adam Seybert, regarding mineral specimens; from John Doane Wells, relating to affairs at Bowdoin College; and from Andrew Ferdinand Holmes, informing Cleaveland of his election to honorary member of the Natural History Society of Montreal.
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William Lemuel Clegg papers, 1893-1961 3 Linear Feet Approx. 1000 Items

William Lemuel Clegg was a Methodist minister in the North Carolina Conference and a Duke University graduate and Trustee. Collection contains sermons, notes, clippings, diaries, photographs, and printed material from Clegg's student days at Duke University (Trinity, 1924; Divinity, 1930); and his career as a Methodist minister and Burlingon District Superintendent of churches in the North Carolina Conference. Clegg was elected a Trustee at Duke University in March 1961, but passed away suddenly at a Duke football game in Durham, N.C., November, 1961.
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James T. Cleland papers, 1928-1975 50 Linear Feet 50,000 Items

Contains personal and professional papers relating to the life and work of James Tough Cleland, preacher, Dean of the Duke University Chapel (1955-1973), and Professor of Preaching in the Divinity School (1945-1968). Materials include addresses, sermons, lecture notes, speeches, clippings, printed materials, correspondence, a tape recording, committee records, course materials, photographs, subject files, a scrapbook, diaries, and gift albums. Albums include sketches, engravings, frontispieces, and colored illustrations from printed materials. Major subjects include armed forces chaplains, hospital chaplains, death and dying, euthanasia, spirituality, Christianity, the study and teaching of the book of Paul, the study and teaching of the Bible, study and teaching of preaching, Duke University Chapel, Duke University, and the Divinity School. Materials range in date from 1825 to 1982 (bulk 1928-1975). Contains restricted materials. English.
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Duke University Chapel recordings, 1954-2005 90 Linear Feet

Collection contains audio of sermons delivered at religious and ceremonial services in the Duke University Chapel by various ministers, professors, and guests of the University. Notable speakers include Howard Wilkinson, James Cleland, Waldo Beach, Thor Hall, Charlene Kammerer, Jon Laidlaw, Will Willimon, Robert Young and others. The collection consists of 7" reel-to-reel audio tapes, audiocassette tapes, VHS tapes, and digital audio tapes of sermons, programs and Lenten meditations delivered in Duke Chapel from 1954 to ongoing.
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Steve Climons papers, 1980s-2014 1.0 Linear Feet (1 oversize folder) 358 Megabytes (approximately 66 files)

Steve Climons is a Black advertising executive and founder of Crossover Creative agency based in Elk Grove, Calif. Collection consists primarily of electronic records relating to Climons's career in brand management; graphic design; and public service advertising. Campaigns include anti-smoking; Oakland Calif. police public relations; Quik Stop; and Stop the Violence. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Robert W. Clower papers, 1920s-2000 20 Linear Feet (11 boxes.) 1 Megabytes (One set.)

Robert Clower (1926-2011) was the Hugh C. Lane Professor of Economic Theory, Emeritus at the University of South Carolina. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, teaching, and professional activities. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
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Inventory of the Paul Hibbert Clyde and Mary (Kestler) Clyde papers, 1924-2001 and undated 26 Linear Feet Approximately 16,985 Items

The Paul Hibbert Clyde and Mary (Kestler) Clyde Papers span the years 1924-2001 and chiefly consist of newspaper clippings, drafts of memoranda, and translations of foreign news reports, given to Paul Clyde by Hugh L. Keenleyside, who was first secretary of the Canadian Legation in Tokyo (1929-1936). Multiple additions of personal papers assembled by the Paul and Mary Clyde complete the collection.

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Girl Germs Posters, 1996-1999 2 Linear Feet 9 Items

The Coalition for Positive Sexuality is a grassroots, not-for-profit, activist organization funded through grants and donations. CPS seeks to give teens information about sexual health and safe sex, and to facilitate dialogue in public schools about sex education. This collection consists of nine 18x24 posters produced by artist Jeanette May for the CPS Girl Germs campaign.
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Charlie Cobb Interviews, 2012-2014 98 Files (85 audio files (MP3), 13 document files (Microsoft Word)) 3.04 Gigabytes

Audio interviews and programs recorded by Charles E. Cobb, Jr., from 2012 to 2014, with members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and others around the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer and for research for Cobb's book, THIS NONVIOLENT STUFF'LL GET YOU KILLED: HOW GUNS MADE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT POSSIBLE.
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Frances Power Cobbe letters, 1886 and undated 0.1 Linear Feet (2 items)

Frances Power Cobbe was an Irish writer, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist, and leading women's suffrage campaigner. Cobbe wrote the first letter to Mrs. Madden, undated but probably in 1886, regarding vivisection along with the poor treatment of horses. She wrote the second, undated, letter to Miss Galtz[?], regarding a planned visit.
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Coca-Cola Company Star Salesman Kit, 1949-1951 2 Linear Feet 43 Items

The Coca-Cola Company was founded in Atlanta in 1886 by John Pemberton. The Star Salesman Kit was part of a program developed to train Coca-Cola salesmen. The Coca-Cola Company Star Salesman Kit dates from 1949-1951 and consists of numbered training lessons, memorabilia buttons, 35mm filmstrips and accompanying phonograph records, which together comprise a training program for Coca-Cola sales employees. Topics covered include increasing sales, product placement, stock magazines, coolers and vending machines, and selling to women. Acquired as a part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Coca-Cola advertising fact sheets, 1969 April - August 0.1 Linear Feet

The Coca-Cola Company and its flagship product, Coca-Cola (a carbonated soft drink), were founded by John S. Pemberton in 1886. Collection contains seven advertising "Fact Sheets" created by the Advertising and Sales Promotion Department of the Coca-Cola Company in 1969. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Cochrane Family papers, 1777-1957 and undated 8.9 Linear Feet (16 boxes and 1 oversize tube) 4125 Items

Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane served in the British Navy from 1839-1886, where he fought in the Anglo-Chinese war and rose to the rank of admiral. He was also instrumental in administering the Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company during its early years. His brother, Ernest Grey Lambton Cochrane was also active in the Royal Navy from 1847-1873, participating in the British campaign to suppress the slave trade in West Africa during the 1860s. He was also a landowner and landlord of the Redcastle Estate in County Donegal, Ireland, and served in his later years as High Sheriff for County Donegal. The collection contains correspondence, legal and financial documents, notes and writings, notebooks and diaries, clippings, printed books and pamphlets, photographs, maps, charts, diagrams and technical drawings pertaining to the lives and careers of Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro and Ernest Grey Lambton Cochrane, and to the Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company. The papers span the years 1777-1957, with the bulk of the collection being dated from 1850-1905, and document the naval careers of Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane and Ernest Grey Lambton Cochrane, the role of the Cochrane family as landlords in Western Ulster, and the development of the colonial asphalt industry in Trinidad during the 19th century.
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William Johnston Cocke papers, 1682-1977, bulk 1900-1960 6.4 Linear Feet 2121 Items

Rhodes scholar and lawyer of Asheville, N.C. Collection is divided into the following categories: Correspondence (1815-1969, some transcribed); Writings (1682-1965); Speeches (1896-1965); Miscellany (ca. 1908); Clippings (1792-1975); Printed materials (1865-1977); Volumes (1886-1954); Pictures, late 19th and early 20th centuries; and an Alphabetical file (1787-1977), arranged by topic. Most of the material spans the years 1900-1960. Included are personal correspondence and materials relating to Cocke's political and civic interests; family correspondence and photographs; clippings; and scrapbooks. Cocke's many correspondents include Sam Ervin, B. Everett Jordan, and Terry Sanford. Correspondence topics include the Democratic Party; life as an American law student in England; English law compared to American law; and travels in Europe. Some letters refer to Thomas Wolfe, whom Cocke knew.
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Adrienne Cohen papers, 1963-2000 and undated 5 Linear Feet 2000 Items

Copy writer and advertising executive for several agencies primarily in the Atlanta, Ga. area. The Adrienne Cohen Papers span the years 1963-2000 and include print advertisements, copy designs, direct marketing mailings and brochures, storyboards, audiotapes, 16mm and 35mm films of radio and television commercials that document Cohen's work as an advertising copy writer and creative executive. Companies represented include Marschalk, Young & Rubicam, and McCann-Erickson. Clients include Coca-Cola, Drackett, Eastern Airways, Gulf Oil, and Texize. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Lara Cohen Zine collection, 1992-1996 9 Linear Feet 1000 Items

Lara Langer Cohen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She started collecting zines, including trading zines and corresponding with Sarah Dyer, in the early 1990s. The collection consists of approximately 280 zine titles (some with multiple issues) collected by Cohen and several hundred pieces of correspondence addressed to her or to her zines, Runt and Oh Oh Cheri, dating from the 1990s. Acquired by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Roberta Cohen papers, 1965-2025 16 Linear Feet 220 Megabytes

Roberta Cohen (born 1940) is an international human rights activist, scholar, diplomat, policy maker, and author. The Roberta Cohen papers document Cohen's involvement with many NGOs; think tanks such as Brookings Institution; government and United Nations bodies working on issues of international human rights, particularly during President Jimmy Carter's administration; Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs); war; disasters; and humanitarianism. Collection includes notes, correspondence, documents, clippings from newspapers and journals, recorded interviews, memorabilia, various research and writing files, and other assorted materials. Acquired by the Human Rights Archive.
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