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Inventory of the Barbaralee Diamonstein Collection, 1983-1997

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Descriptive Summary

Title
Barbaralee Diamonstein Collection, 1983-1997
Provenance
Diamonstein, Barbaralee.
Extent
125 Items
Repository
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Language
English.
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Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Barbaralee Diamonstein Collection, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
Donated to Duke University by Barbarlee Diamonstein in September 1988 and 1997
Processing Information
Processed by: Allison Gluvna
Completed 11/25/97
Encoded by Jackie Dean
Updated to include previous accession by Noah Huffman, February 2009
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note

Diamonstein is an author, interviewer, television producer, and exhibit curator.

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Collection Overview

Accession (1988-0024)(94 items: 16.5 lin. ft.) contains 1 inch master videotapes of interviews conducted by Diamonstein with artists, architects, craftsmen, interior designers, fashion designers, and photographers concerning their respective fields. Produced by the Corporation for Education and Learning, the tapes include unedited interviews of Philip Johnson for American Architecture Now and of Bill Blass for Inside Fashion.
Accession (1997-0176)(31 items, 0.5 lin. ft.) contains thirty unedited audiotapes of interviews Diamonstein did with Americans Who Make a Difference, and a copy of her book that included versions of these interviews, Singular Voices (1997).
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Subject Headings

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List of Series in Collection
Accession (1988-0024), 1983-1988
Accession (1997-0176), 1997
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Detailed Description of Collection

Accession (1988-0024), 1983-1988

(15 boxes)
Accession (1988-0024) (94 items: 16.5 lin. ft.) contains 1 inch master videotapes of interviews conducted by Diamonstein with artists, architects, craftsmen, interior designers, fashion designers, and photographers concerning their respective fields. Produced by the Corporation for Education and Learning, the tapes include unedited interviews of Philip Johnson for American Architecture Now and of Bill Blass for Inside Fashion.
Box 1-15
1 inch master videotapes

Accession (1997-0176), 1997

(1 box)
Accession (1997-0176) (31 items, 0.5 lin. ft.) contains thirty unedited audiotapes of interviews Diamonstein did with Americans Who Make a Difference, and a copy of her book that included versions of these interviews, Singular Voices (1997).
Box 1
Singular Voices: Conversations with Americans Who Make a Difference (book)
Audiotapes
H.L. Gates
Edward Albee
William Styron
Beverly Sills   (2 tapes)
Larry Kramer
James Wofenson
Gloria Steinem
Bill Conway   (3 tapes)
Sherwin Nuland   (2 tapes)
Denise Brown and Robert Venturi   (3 tapes)
Larry Kramer and William Styron
Twyla Tharp   (2 tapes)
Jimmy Carter
Dr. Baker
Helen Gurley Brown
Skip Gates
Elie Wiesel
Dr. Ruth Simmons   (2 tapes)
Dr. Ellen Baker
Larry Kramer