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Suzanne Pharr papers, 1940s-2023, bulk 1975-2023 11.25 Linear Feet (16 Hollinger boxes, 3 Paige boxes, one flat box, one shoe box)

Suzanne Pharr (b. 1939) is a social justice activist and author. Her papers document her professional life and include writings, speeches, correspondence, interviews, workshop materials, published books, book drafts and production materials, articles related to her research, publicity about her work, and journals documenting her daily work. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Swimming and Diving Team records, 1932-[ongoing] 5.6 Linear Feet 5500 Items

The collection includes clippings, press releases, statistics, rosters, programs and press brochures/media guides about the swimming and diving team at Duke University. The material ranges in date from 1932-ongoing.

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Sybil Thorndike letter to Elizabeth Robins, 1922 September 21 0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)

Dame Sybil Thorndike was a distinguished British actress best known for her work on stage. In this letter to the actress and playwright Elizabeth Robins, Thorndike thanks her for the gift of some heather from Yorkshire. She also sends her regards and thanks to "Lady Bell" for her support. The letter is addressed to Robins at Rounton Grange, the North Yorkshire estate which was the family home of the writer Florence Bell ("Lady Bell"). Bell and Robins were close friends and collaborators. Thorndike refers to a play; at the time of this letter, she was in rehearsals for the 1922-23 London production of Shelley's The Cenci at the New Theater, directed by her husband, Lewis Casson. This letter connecting three key female figures of the London stage is evidence of the strong support network these women formed in a male-dominated arena.
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Sydney Nathans collection, 1975-2018 and undated 3.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes; 1 oversize folder)

The papers in this collection include Duke history professor Sydney Nathans' documentation on the Richard Nixon Presidential Library debate, including his participation in Academic Council resolutions regarding the location of the library on Duke's campus; the Greensboro Massacre (1979), when the Ku Klux Klan murdered several people during a shoot-out at an Anti-KKK demonstration planned by the Communist Workers' Party; Nathans' copies of negatives and contact sheets from the Durham bicentennial photography project (1981 and undated); and materials used in the writing of his book A Mind to Stay, including original interviews, transcripts, and other research materials.
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Sylvia Norton papers, 1926-1938 0.6 Linear Feet 200 Items

Resident of Stockton and San Francisco, California. Collection consists of manuscript and typewritten letters, written primarily to Sylvia Norton from her family, dealing with their financial struggles during the Great Depression. Also contains manuscripts of poetry and short stories written by either Sylvia or Lillian Norton under the name (Frances) Elliott Norton. Correspondence with author and critic Laurence D'Orsay discusses Elliott Norton's writing abilities. There are also a few news clippings, legal documents, and some biographical materials. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Sylvia Wynter papers, 1950s-2018 435 Linear Feet

Sylvia Wynter (1928- ) is a Jamaican writer, scholar, thinker, and teacher. As a writer, she wrote plays for radio and the stage, as well as a novel. As a professor, she taught at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica; the University of Michigan; the University of California, San Diego; and Stanford University. She has also published numerous essays on many topics from Jamaican history to literary criticism to exploring what it means to be human. The Sylvia Wynter papers contain Wynter's written works from the 1950s through 2018; professional correspondence to and from Wynter from the 1970s through the 2010s; teaching and administrative materials from her time at Stanford University, the University of California at San Diego, and other institutions; materials related to Wynter's participation in conferences, speaking engagements, guest lectures, and other events; and Wynter's reading and research materials.
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Synergic Theater Company records, 1968-2020 18 Linear Feet 73 Gigabytes (Digital files include 482 JPG images, 202 PDF images, 30 DOC text documents, 28 MP4 videos, 6 TIFF images, 1 MPG video, and 42 simple text, html, and website-related files.)

Synergic Theater was formed as "Project Synergy" at Duke University in 1974, and developed conceptual and experimental theater productions and workshops which were staged in Durham, N.C., New York, and San Francisco. This collection contains materials from Synergic's operations and administration, productions, and workshops. It includes recordings, digitized materials, photographs and scrapbooks, and assorted papers.
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Takey Crist papers, 1944-2002 and undated 64.6 Linear Feet 21,903 Items

Accession 2002-0149 (778 items, 22.0 linear feet; dated 1971-2001) contains files of abortion, pregnancy, and hysterectomy malpractice cases in which Crist served as a consultant or codefendant along with the Crist Clinic. There is also printed material on reproductive topics. Also includes 2 VHS videocassettes; 6 color slides; 30 black-and-white and 2 color photographs. Addition 2003-007 (67 items, 7.3 linear ft.; undated) is composed of 16mm films used by "Crist Clinic Audio Visuals" in health education programs (undated). The clinic also offered the films for sale or rent to educators, students, doctors, parents, and others. The majority of the films focus on sex education for children and teenagers. Topics include puberty and menstruation, sex and sexuality, sexual orientation, lifestyle choices, and sexually transmitted diseases. Other topics include abortion; pregnancy and childbirth; infant care and nutrition; marriage and parenting; and drug and alcohol abuse.

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Talent Identification Program (TIP) records, 1980-2020 17 Linear Feet 59.7 Gigabytes

The Talent Identification Program (TIP) was established at Duke in 1980. TIP was a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving academically gifted and talented students grades seven through twelve. The collection includes publications, correspondence, reports, application materials, talent search materials, articles, syllabi, lists of students, flyers, audiovisual materials, promotional materials, guides, manuals, termbooks, and other records.
  1. Duke University Archives

Talmage Farlow Documentary Film collection, 1979-2011 77 Linear Feet circa 8000 Items

Filmmaker Lorenzo DeStefano directed and produced a documentary on jazz guitarist Talmage Farlow (1921-1998) titled Talmage Farlow (Productions A-Propos, 1981). The collection contains audio, moving image, and paper materials created and compiled by DeStefano during the production and distribution of the documentary and its related audio recordings.
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Tamar R. Stone papers, 1911-2023 10 Linear Feet 59.4 Gigabytes

Tamar Stone is a book artist whose one-of-a-kind works are made from fabric with embroidered text. This collection contains her book drafts, research materials, fabric and embroidery samples, book mock-ups, exhibition catalogs, press clippings, and correspondence with book dealers and collectors. The majority of the collection consists of documentation of the production of her Corset Books and her Bed Books.
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Task Force on Commmencement records, 1989-1990. 0.5 Linear Feet 250 Items

The Task Force on Commencement was appointed by President Brodie after the disturbances during the 1989 commencement ceremonies. It was chaired by University Secretary N. Alison Haltom, and included representatives from the undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools' student bodies, administrators, and one parent. The collection contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, and related records concerning student behavior at the 1989 commencement, and ways of improving future ceremonies.
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Tau Epsilon Phi, Delta Upsilon Chapter (Duke University) records, 1957-1981 0.5 Linear Feet about 200 Items

The Delta Upsilon Chapter of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity was established at Duke University in April 1952. It disbanded in 1981. Types of material include correspondence, minutes, reports, rosters, newsletters, printed material, and clippings. Major topics include student life at Duke University, housing arrangements for campus groups, and general management of a fraternal organization. The bulk of materials are from 1970-1976.
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Taylor family papers, 1850-1975 and undated 3.0 Linear Feet 1000 Items

Missionaries to Nigeria for the Southern Baptist Foreign Missions Board, 1955-1962. Family letters, photographs, and diaries from the Taylor family's mission work in Nigeria and their return voyage to the United States. Also includes a selection of photocopied letters from T. J. Bowen to James A. Taylor, 1850-1867, documenting Bowen's life as a missionary to Africa.
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Team Detroit records, 2004-2009 3.0 Linear Feet

Team Detroit was a joint project formed by segments of six WPP agencies in 2006 to focus on advertising and marketing primarily for Ford Motor Company products. Its headquarters were in Dearborn, Michigan. In 2016 Team Detroit became part of WPP bespoke agency GTB. Collection includes marketing plans, research reports, sample advertisements, direct-to-consumer mailings, and launch details for a variety of Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, and Cadillac vehicles. Topics addressed include customer loyalty, digital media, and women car buyers. Companies and brands represented include Cadillac, Ford, J. Walter Thompson Company, Infiniti (Nissan), Lexus, Lincoln, Mercury, Meredith, Microsoft, and Young & Rubicam. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Tennis records, 1933-ongoing 12.6 Linear Feet 13,000 Items

The collection includes clippings, press releases, statistics, rosters, programs and press brochures/media guides about the tennis team at Duke University. The material ranges in date from 1933-ongoing.

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Terrasson Brothers records, 1773-1869, bulk 1780-1860 2.5 Linear Feet (1245 items)

Collection contains the records of the firm of Terrasson Brothers, established in Philadelphia by Antoine and Barthelemy Terrasson as a branch of their father's firm, John Terrasson and Company, headquartered in Paris and Lyons, France. Early business letters reflect the trade of the firm in grain, the furnishings of supplies to the French and American armies, and the purchase of tobacco at various places throughout the South. The letters contain information on the American Revolution, especially on naval operations, and on post-Revolutionary business conditions. Papers after 1800 concern the family of Mark Prager, members of which apparently married into the Terrasson family. Prager was owner of a trading firm in Holland. These papers contain information on Prager's trading activities until 1820, and on the family of Harriet Prager of Philadelphia. The later letters contain references to family affairs, slavery, politics and sectionalism. Approximately 100 Civil War letters describe conditions in the North.
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Terry Sanford and the New South records, 2000-2005 5.5 Linear Feet (5 banker boxes, 1 cassette box)

Terry Sanford and the New South, a documentary by filmmaker Thomas Lennon, examines Sanford's governorship in North Carolina during the Civil Rights movement and his vision of a New South. Sanford was governor of North Carolina, 1961-1965, and also served as President of Duke University, 1969-1985. This accession (2009-0169) (5.0 lin. ft.; 2000 items; dated 2000-2005) includes digital videotapes and duplicates from the production of Terry Sanford and the New South, as well as research notes, production notes and timelines, an index of filed images, and subject files for images used in the film. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts. The finished documentary, Terry Sanford and the New South, can be viewed through NCLive (https://www.nclive.org/).
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Terry Sanford papers, 1926-1996 228.6 Linear Feet

The Terry Sanford Papers document Sanford's career as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1986 to 1992. The collection contains papers dated from 1926-1992, with the bulk of the material dated between 1986 and 1992. His senatorial campaigns, views on issues, interactions with constituents, and activities in committees of which he was a member are documented throughout the collection. Sanford served on the following U. S. Senate committees: Select Committee on Ethics (Chair); Special Committee on Aging; Budget; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, including the Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy and Subcommittee on Securities; and Foreign Relations, including Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair), Subcommittee on African Affairs, and Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs.

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Terry Schooley papers, 1980-1982 1.0 Linear Feet

Terry Schooley is a feminist organizer, teacher, and former Delaware state representative. She was a leader in the National Organization for Women and served as Coordinator of the North Carolina ERA Countdown Campaign. This collection consists of Schooley's North Carolina ERA Countdown Campaign report (1982); clippings and publicity about the Equal Rights Amendment ratification campaign; photographs and ephemera collected from various marches, events, and outreach encouraging ERA ratification by North Carolina; and some related materials and correspondence from Eleanor Smeal and Governor Jim Hunt. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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T. Gaillard Thomas papers, circa 1878-1882 6 items

ALS and manuscript, signed. Letters from Thomas to Robert P. Harris, of Philadelphia, statistician of cases of Ceasarean section and extra-uterine pregnacy in New York City and its environs. Manuscript, signed, appears to be a questionnaire sent by Harris and filled out by Thomas on a case of gastro-hysterotomy.
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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.
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The Duke University Currency collection, 1746-1982 4 Linear Feet 4,896 Items

The Currency Collection contains 4896 pieces, 1746-1982, of which all except a small number of coins and tokens are paper currency. Most of this money is domestic, but there are a limited number of foreign items, some of them quite old and interesting. Approximately two-thirds of the collection dates from the Civil War and one-fourth from the antebellum period.

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"The history of Western medicine" video recording, 1997 0.2 Linear Feet (1 videocassette)

Educational video on the history of Western medicine presented by the University of South Carolina's College of Library and Information Science as part of a workshop created by the library school specifically for students and professionals interested in medical history. Dr. Daniel Barron, USC Library School faculty, moderates a discussion with Lucretia McClure, Medical Library Special Collections, Harvard, and Dr. John Erlen, professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, on issues in the study of the history of medicine. Interspersed with their comments are video segments that provide an overview of the evolution of Western medical knowledge and practices from Neolithic times to the 20th century. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.
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The Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company records, 1908-1996 56.0 Linear Feet

Manufacturer of tobacco products, founded in 1873 in St. Louis, Mo.; now headquartered in Morrisville, N.C. Collection includes financial records; clippings; scrapbooks; ledgers; print advertisements and posters; point of sale displays; scripts of radio and television commercials; audiovisual materials (film reels, videocassettes, DVDs); photographs, memorabilia and other materials that document primarily Liggett's marketing of tobacco products during the 20th century. Brands represented include: Chesterfield, Eve, Fatima, Home Run, L&M, Lark, Piedmont, and Spur. Advertisements for non-tobacco products, including alcoholic beverages and watch bands, are also present, and reflect a period of Liggett's product diversification. Advertising materials reflect the work of several agencies, including Cunningham & Walsh; Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample; J. Walter Thompson; McCann Erickson; and Newell-Emmett. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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The Memory Project Oral History collection | 民间记忆计划口述史, 2009-2016 3799 Gigabytes

The Memory Project Oral History collection comprises digital video recordings and written supporting documentation of interviews spanning 2009 to 2016. The interviews were conducted by filmmakers associated with the Work Station, a film studio run by Wu Wenguang in Caochangdi, Beijing, China. Memory Project interviews were conducted with Chinese people about mid-20th century rural life, primarily experiences during the Great Famine (1958-1961), but also the Land Reform and Collectivization (1949-1953), the Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), the Four Cleanups Movement (1964), and the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Wu's studio in suburban Beijing, known as the Work Station, is the home for this project. More than 150 young filmmakers have joined the project, and since 2010 they have visited 246 villages in 20 provinces and interviewed more than 1,100 elderly villagers. These filmmakers, many of whom returned to their families' rural hometowns, developed new intergenerational relationships with elderly relatives. During the process of interviewing the villagers, they reconciled the official history taught in schools with each family's experiences.
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Theodore D. Segal papers, 1968-2019 3 Linear Feet 66.9 Gigabytes

Theodore D. Segal received his undergraduate degree from Duke in 1977. As a student, Segal began studying Black and white student activism of the 1960s and continued after he retired from practicing law. This research resulted in his book, Point of Reckoning: The Fight for Racial Justice at Duke University, published in 2021. This collection contains papers and audio recordings related to Segal's research related to student activism and his book. Materials in the collection include oral history interview transcripts and recordings, surveys, notes, and articles.
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Theodore Hornberger papers, 1930-1976 1.4 Linear Feet 463 Items

Theodore Hornberger (1906-1975) was a professor of English and scholar of Puritanism and Colonial American literature. Papers contain lectures, drafts, printed material, reprints, manuscripts, and correspondence relating to Hornberger's work on Puritanism and colonial American literature. Included are bibliographies compiled by Hornberger on the subjects of Puritanism, science, literature, and education, lecture notes on a variety of topics and individuals in American literature and history, and a draft manuscript of his book Puritanism and Science.
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Theodore MacManus letter to W.H. Solle, 1935 May 2 1 items

Advertising executive, author and philanthropist in Detroit, Michigan; principal in the D'Arcy MacManus Masius agency. Letter to William H. Solle, a bookshop owner in Omena, Mich. answers an inquiry regarding forthcoming poetry. MacManus reminisces on the ironies of his life, reflections, his legacy as author of the Cadillac "Penalty of Leadership" advertisement of 1915. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Theodore W. "Ted" Minah records and papers, 1941-1975 41.4 Linear Feet

Theodore W. "Ted" Minah, was the Director of Duke University Dining Halls from 1946-1974. Over his 28 years at Duke, Minah worked hard to serve the best quality food at as low a price as possible without incurring deficit to the University. By his retirement in 1974, Minah had transformed the dining halls at Duke University from a small operation to an operation of 12 dining halls serving approximately 15,000 meals per day. Materials in the collection include administrative records, work and purchase orders, food pricing, menus, financial and statistical reports, job descriptions, survey results, banquet logs, blueprints, union handbooks, black and white and color photographs, and other materials documenting the activities of the Duke University Dining Halls and the Director of Dining Halls.
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Theological Society records, 1870-1893 1 Linear Feet 3 Items

The Trinity College Theological Society was founded in 1870 and was the precursor to the Divinity School. This collection contains minutes, member lists, and constitution of the Trinity College Theological Society. The material ranges in date from 1870-1893.
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Theresa El-Amin papers, 1960s-2024 30.5 Linear Feet 335 Megabytes

Activist and union organizer who was involved with the Coalition of Labor Union Women, the Service Employees International Union, the Black Radical Congress, the Black Workers for Justice, Jobs with Justice, Solidarity, and the Durham NAACP. El-Amin was also a founding member of the Labor Party and the Southern Anti-Racism Network. Collection includes organizational and subject files from El-Amin's years of activism and organizing in the Service Employees International Union, the Black Radical Congress, the Southern Anti-Racism Network, and numerous other groups and causes. Also includes publications, photographs, videotapes, and correspondence. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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The Tenth Muse records, 1969-1974 and undated, bulk 1973 0.8 Linear Feet

Collection comprises primarily invoices and book claims and requests, along with correspondence, company balance sheets, flyers, booklists, and catalogs, literary proposals and prospectuses, and other printed and manuscript materials related to the bookselling and publishing activities of The Tenth Muse. Much of the material is routine in nature and documents day-to-day work. Includes a folder of letters to and from Isabel Fraire, along with partial translations from the Spanish of her poems. Also contains letters or other material from poets and authors Bill Bissett, Robert Duncan, Tom Clark, and Tom Pickard. There is a copy of Lynn Lonidier’s manuscript for the second part of “A Lesbian Estate.” Among the catalogs is a Shameless Hussy Press catalog, with a handwritten note from poet and publisher Alta Gerrey on the front cover, as well as two 20-page copies of Ganglia Press Index, 1972, compiled by B. P. Nichol, with handwritten comments. Many items feature handwritten dates and notes.
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The United Family Gazette and envelope, 1840-1895 0.1 Linear Feet

Collection comprises a handwritten copy of the Gazette (11 pgs, handstitched), plus an envelope. The Gazette contained a personal and detailed account of the marriage of Charlotte Elizabeth Octavia Collinson (1817-1850) to Charles Stansfield Rawson (1812-1863). The writer of the account was unidentified, but was probably one of Collinson's sisters. There are sections on the bridesmaids, ceremony, cake, wedding breakfast, and other celebrations, as well as desciptions of various family members. Rawson lived at Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, and married Charlotte at Boldon Church on Feb. 18, 1840. Later, two of their sons went to Queensland, where they made a fortune in ranching and pioneered the settlement of Mckay. The envelope, postmarked 1895, is illustrated and addressed to E. Rawson, Imperial Hotel, Brisbane, Queensland.
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The way it was, or at least how I remember experiencing it, 1980-1986 0.6 Linear Feet (1 upright hollinger, 1 upright half-hollinger)

Collection comprises Lola Frances Wilson Smith's 920-page typescript autobiography, including Wilson and Carroll family history, focusing on the period between 1909, when her parents married, and 1944, when she gave birth to her first child. Includes an additional 36 pages of introductory material where Smith describes herself. Smith accompanies her narrative with hand-drawn maps and illustrations or photocopies of illustrative material from other sources. She also includes copies of documents (marriage licenses, government documents, certificates, etc.) obituaries, genealogical charts, newspaper articles, family photographs, and private letters. Pages 885 to 920 are included as representative of Smith's working draft for the piece.
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