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MacRae family papers, 1817-1943 10 Linear Feet (4270 items)

Correspondence, diary, account books, ledgers, bills, receipts, business records, legal papers, and other material of the MacRae family of North Carolina and Florida. Alexander MacRae's papers concern Florida plantations and their management, the Seminole Indian War (1842), and settlements in southern Florida. Papers of his son, Archibald MacRae, deal with his life aboard ship as a U.S. naval officer, and with his trips to the Azores, Italy, Sicily, Hawaii, South America, and California during the Mexican War. Other papers pertain to railroad construction and management, North Carolina militia (1832, 1839), a general commission business, life in the Confederacy and Confederate Army during the Civil War, postwar business and industrial development in the Wilmington, N.C., area, and a variety of business enterprises with which the MacRae family was connected. Includes writings and papers of Hugh MacRae.
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Madame de Staël letter to LeRoy, Bayard & McEvers, 1814 October 12 0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)

Madame de Staël (1766-1817) was a French literary figure whose writings were highly influential in late 18th and early 19th century Europe. She was a political polemicist whose famous confrontation with Napoléon Bonaparte led to her exile from Paris until the Bourbon Restoration. This letter was written in 1814 towards the end of her life. She writes from Paris to the prominent New York mercantile firm LeRoy, Bayard & McEvers concerning a financial transaction in the amount of $20,000. She states that she has transferred the sum to McEvers in London, and wishes to confirm that they will, in turn, transfer it to her account with another firm. At the time she wrote this letter, Madame de Staël owned a large tract of land in upstate New York. Her father originally purchased the land in the event that the family wanted to escape France's instability and settle in America. Although she and her children never moved to the United States, de Staël both increased her land holdings and invested in developing her property. LeRoy, Bayard & McEvers represented Europeans purchasing property in New York State, so it's highly likely that the $20,000 was used to either increase or develop Madame de Staël's American land holdings. This letter is evidence of a degree of financial and business independence that was highly unusual for a woman at the time.
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Maggie Newton Van Cott letter and clipping, 1884 0.1 Linear Feet (2 items)

Collection comprises a four-page letter Van Cott wrote (19 May 1884) to an unidentified close friend regarding her preaching in Dover, Maine, and its impact. She confesses "...I find the people spiritually dead" and tells the story of a father who dragged his son away from her and the altar. The letter is signed, "Peggie." She inserted into the letter a newspaper clipping reporting the revival she led in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Mahala Ashley Dickerson papers, 1958-2007 and undated 1.2 Linear Feet Approximately 900 Items

African-American lawyer and businesswoman in the states of Alaska, Indiana, and Alabama. The personal and business papers of African American lawyer and businesswoman Mahala Ashley Dickerson span the years 1958 to 2007, the year of Dickerson's death, and chiefly consist of correspondence; newspaper clippings; real estate records; programs, letters, and additional items documenting honors, awards, and public appearances; papers concerning her homestead plot in Alaska and other personal and business concerns; photographs and videocassettes; and directories, journal publications, and pamphlets and correspondence concerning the American Bar Foundation and the Alabama State Bar Association. Business records chiefly are related to Dickerson's law firm of Dickerson & Gibbons, and the charitable organization Al-Acres, which she founded in memory of her son, Alfred, who drowned in 1960. There is some correspondence in the collection related to her memoir, Delayed Justice for Sale, which she published in 1998.
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Major Attractions Committee records, 1957-1995 6 Linear Feet

Major Attractions is a committee of Duke University Union. Its purpose is to present major events of contemporary entertainment with an emphasis on popular music. The collection contains files about attractions and artists brought to the Duke Campus by the Major Attraction committee. Materials present include administrative documents including annual reports, budgets, and policy notices, correspondence, committee minutes, performance contracts, hospitality/technical riders, publicity materials, and clippings. Dates in the collection range from 1957-1995.
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Major General Lloyd Brinkley Ramsey photograph albums of service in South Korea, 1959 July-1960 May 1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Lloyd Brinkley Ramsey was a U.S. Army three-star general who served in South Korea from 1959-1960 as Senior Military Advisor to the Korean National War College in Seoul, South Korea. The three spiral-bound albums house over 300 black-and-white mounted photographs, chiefly in 4x5 and 8x10 sizes, all with typed captions and commentary. The images document the War College campus, Ramsey's quarters, South Korean and American officers in group portraits and in military meetings, dinners, and parties, as well as official tours and visits, including to the DMZ and a U.S. guided missile base; and visits to Seoul streets and tourist sites, rice fields and markets, and to Tokyo, Japan. Ramsey often appears in event photographs. There are a few snapshots of Ramsey's family. Also includes about 20 close-range photographs documenting the violence and bloodshed at student and civilian street protests in Seoul against President Syngman Rhee, known as the April Revolution of 1960.
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Major Speakers Committee, 1956-2003 4.25 Linear Feet approx. 4,000 Items

Major Speakers is a committee of Duke University Union. Formerly the Educational Affairs Committee, the Major Speakers Committee is responsible for bringing to campus figures of national and international significance to speak upon the complex problems of the times. The collection contains files about speakers brought to the Duke Campus by the Major Speakers committee of Duke University Union. Materials present include administrative documents including budgets, policy notices, correspondence, performance contracts, publicity materials, and clippings. Dates in the collection range from 1956-2003.
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Malcolm Bell papers on the Attica Prison uprising, 1968-2023 10.5 Linear Feet (20 boxes; 1 oversize folder)

Malcolm Bell (1931- ) is an author, lawyer, and whistle blower; he was formerly a prosecuting attorney for the State of New York's Department of Law task force investigating the September 1971 Attica Prison Uprising. Collection comprises Bell's extensive investigative notes, witness statements, legal memoranda, trial records, correspondence, writings, clippings, subject files, and audio recordings related to the Attica Uprising. Also included are drafts for Bell's book, both written and electronic, The Turkey Shoot: Tracking the Attica Cover-Up, a documentary video, Ghosts of Attica, and ephemera such as programs and fliers. Subjects include events during the uprising, the subsequent cover-up, investigative efforts, and legal cases; Attica anniversary events; activism on behalf of Attica Uprising victims; and related topics such as police violence, political corruption in New York State, African Americans in the prison system, the U.S. legal system in general, and the effects of systemic racism in the U.S. Correspondents include Tom Wicker, Donald Jelinek, and Heather Ann Thompson, as well as N.Y. State officials. Includes a group of 18 audio recordings from November 1975 of Malcolm Bell and Donald Jelinek in conversation one-on-one about the Attica uprising and their involvement at the time. In addition, Bell's papers document his interest in what he saw as related social issues such as corporate corruption and immigrant rights. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive at Duke University.
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Malet Family papers, 1808-1937 15 Linear Feet 7,000 Items

The papers of the Malet family span the dates 1808-1937, with most of the papers being dated between 1824 and 1908. The papers consist chiefly of correspondence among members of the Malet family, particularly Sir Charles Warre Malet, Sir Alexander Malet and his wife Lady Marian Dora Malet, Sir Henry Charles Eden Malet, and Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, and their friends and diplomatic associates. Notable correspondents include Queen Sophia of the Netherlands, Sidney Herbert, Lord Clarendon, Lord Napier, Lord Stuart de Rochesay, Lord Brougham, Sir Rennell Rodd, Lord Lyons, Lord Granville and Lord Dufferin. The papers also include printed material, writings, financial papers, clippings, photographs, Lady Marian Dora Malet's diary (1831-1833), Sir Henry Charles Eden Malet's album of illustrations of his service in the Crimean War, and miscellaneous papers. The collection is particularly rich in material concerning 19th-century British diplomacy. The letters of Sir Alexander and Sir Edward Malet thoroughly document British relations with Russia, Portugal, Holland, Austria, Germany, the United States, France, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Belgium, China, and Egypt. The letters and album of Sir Henry Charles Eden Malet in the Malet Family Correspondence Series provide detailed information about the Crimean War, particularly the siege of Sevastopol.

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Malvern Hill Omohundro papers, 1866-1926 and undated 18.9 Linear Feet 14,143 Items

Lawyer, merchant, real estate agent, poultry farmer, and sawmill businessman, of Radford, Roanoke, and Richmond, Va. Business papers, together with correspondence relating to a book Omohundro intended to write, and a diary of a student at Hollins College. Subjects include land acquisition in Virginia, the government of Richmond, and farming problems.
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Mama Galore drag photograph album, 1980s-1995 1 Linear Feet (1 item)

Collection comprises a photograph album featuring 405 color photographs (ranging in size from 2.5" x 3.5" to 4" x 6", primarily 3.5" x 5") and black-and-white publicity stills documenting members of Mama Galore and their friends while at home, backstage, and on tour. Images capture performances, make-up and other performance prep, performer's pets, and general gatherings. Also includes many ephemeral items, including obituaries, news clippings, clippings of performers mentioned in Etcetera Magazine, flyers, greeting cards, and several inscribed publicity stills.
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M. A. M. Smith letter, 1863 June 5 0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)

M. A. M. Smith was the wife of a Civil War soldier who resided in Mazeppa, Minnesota. Collection comprises a letter (1863 June 5) M. A. M. Smith wrote to a friend, discussing the conduct of the war ("What is to become of the country. How long shall or must we wait for the right man in the right place to do the wash."), politics, her psychological state, the state of her farm, and the safety of her husband. She notes, "Cares, work, weariness, the blues, dumps, without the ling, are doing their legitamate [sic] business in bringing gray hairs & wrinkles. Will be a regular "roan," ha. ha."
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Man Bites Dog Films records, 1990-1991, 2000-2024, 1975-1979 31.7 Gigabytes 4 Linear Feet

Man Bites Dog Films is the creator of the podcast Leonard: Political Prisoner, which received the Rubenstein Library's first Human Rights Audio Documentary Award in 2021. The podcast details the case of Leonard Peltier, an Indigenous activist and artist who is serving a life sentence in prison for allegedly killing two FBI agents in 1975. Collection includes episodes and transcripts from season one of the podcast, as well as bonus interviews and transcripts, photographs, art, and supporting documents. Acquired as part of the Human Rights Archive and Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
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Manbites Dog Theater records, 1987-2018 and undated 38 Linear Feet

Manbites Dog Theater was a professional non-profit theater company founded in Durham in October 1987. Manbites Dog staged a variety of theatrical productions, with a focus on premieres of new works by working closely with playwrights, directors, actors, and artists. The theater mounted over 130 productions, many of them regional or state premieres. The theater closed in 2018. Collection includes a variety of administrative documents from these productions, including marketing materials, reviews, contracts, and box-office records. Also includes administrative documents from more general theater operations.
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Mandy Carter papers, 1970-2023 167.75 Linear Feet

Mandy Carter is a self-described "southern out black lesbian social justice activist" who has been based in Durham, NC since 1982. She has been involved in peace, social, racial, and LGBT organizing at the local, state, regional, and national levels since 1968. This collection contains material related to her work as a grassroots organizer and multi-issue social justice activist.
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Mann and Hawthorne family correspondence, 1853-1865 and undated, bulk 1864-1865 0.2 Linear Feet 17 Items

Primarily letters to Mann from his family and the family of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Correspondents include Sophia Hawthorne, Rose Hawthorne, Una Hawthorne, brother George Mann, mother Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, and Elizabeth Peabody. Topics include family activities and travels, especially comments on Mann's descriptions of San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands [now the Hawaiian Islands]; Nathaniel Hawthorne's death and burial; Abraham Lincoln's death and burial; and opinions about Civil War events, battles, and personalities. Includes a letter from Elizabeth Peabody (undated) describing her two visits to President Lincoln and mentioning General Hitchcock's opinions about Lincoln and the Civil War. In addition, there is a carte-de-visite of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Acquired as part of the Alfred and Elizabeth Brand Collection of Rare Books and Manuscripts.

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Manuel Sastrón papers, 1893-1900 2.5 Linear Feet Approx. 414 Items

Manuel Sastrón was a Spanish author and government official. Correspondence and other papers relating to the U.S. occupation of the Philippine Islands, collected by Sastrón, who was president of the Spanish Board of Liquidation for the transfer of the Philippine Islands to the U.S. Includes correspondence from U.S. commanders, official records of the liquidation board, reports of various administrative agencies in the Philippines, papers relating to social and economic conditions in the Islands, revenue reports, and papers relating to education and to the occupation.
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Manufacturer sales contest photograph albums, 1922-1925 0.2 Linear Feet

Collection comprises two photograph albums documenting manufacturer's sales promotion contests administered by various newspapers in the U.S. northeast, primarily in Pennsylvania. The contests required participants to amass "votes" by collecting labels or wrappers from designated products to be turned in to the newspaper offices. Photographs depict newspaper advertisements announcing the contests, collections of wrapper submissions, correspondence relating to the contest and other activities. Newspapers documented include the Advocate, Cleveland News, Philadelphia Record, Pittsburgh Post-Sun, and Sunday News Leader. D.J. Wattis, at one time of the Pittsburgh Post-Sun Advertising Department is featured several times in conjunction with the contests. Designated consumer products represent regional and national brands and include Barbasol, Foulds, Keebler, Lautz Brothers (Snow Boy), Post and Postum cereals, Salada Tea and Woolson Spice Company (Golden Sun Coffee). Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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