Guide to the William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection, 1933-1978
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TitleWilliam Henry Chafe Oral History Collection,
1933-1978
Creator
Chafe, William Henry
Extent
1.9 Linear Feet
80 Items
Repository
80 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsThe William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection has been restricted due to the absence of release forms transferring intellectual property rights from interviewees or interviewers to researchers using this collection. Researchers are cautioned that the publication of information contained in these interviews may violate the legal rights of interviewees or interviewers. It is the sole responsibility of researchers to secure permission from interviewees or interviewers to publish quotes from either, and to ensure that information gained from research in this collection is not used in any way that violates rights remaining with interviewees, interviewers or their heirs.
Patrons who wish to use this collection must sign a restricted materials research agreement, which may be obtained from any Special Collections reference staff person.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For further information, see the section on copyright in the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection was donated to Special Collections in 1987 by William Henry Chafe.
Processing Information
Processed by Lisa Gayle Hazirjian
Completed January 1998
Encoded by Stephen Miller
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
Patrons who wish to use this collection must sign a restricted materials research agreement, which may be obtained from any Special Collections reference staff person.
Since this collection does not include any release forms for oral history interviews or transcripts of interviews, researchers must secure permission from copyright holders before publishing quotes from these materials.
Original audiotapes in this collection have been dubbed for use by patrons. These tapes are organized alphabetically by the name of interviewee on side A of each tape.
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Collection Overview
The William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection spans the years 1933 through 1978, 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.
The interview tapes and transcripts (1972-1978, undated), which comprise the bulk of the collection, include interviews with government officials, participants in the North Carolina civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and opponents of the movement, including members of the Ku Klux Klan. The few research files in the collection include statistical data related to Greensboro elections (1930s-1950s), notes from the Joan Bluethenthal papers and a report by the North Carolina State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights on civil disturbances at Dudley High School and North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1969.
The Audiotapes Series consists of two identical sets (one for preservation, one for use by researchers) of twenty-eight tapes containing oral history interviews. The Printed Material Series includes transcripts and/or notes on 67 oral history interviews, and three research files related to the civil rights movement and local politics in Greensboro.
William H. Chafe's book, Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom, chronicles the continuing conflict over desegregation in Greensboro in the 1950s and 1960s. Chafe explores the "progressive mystique" that defined the terms of culturally-sanctioned behavior, looking at how civility served to preserve the South's racial order. Within this context, he discusses the city's reaction to the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, the Greensboro sit-in movement begun by four college students at North Carolina A&T College in 1960, and the emergence of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Chafe, William Henry--Civilities and civil rights.
- Afro-Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina.
- Afro-Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro--Social conditions.
- Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations.
- North Carolina--Politics and government--1951-
- Civil rights--North Carolina--Greensboro.
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
 |  | Audiotapes Series, 1972-1978 and undated | ||||||
 | | Printed Materials Series, 1933-1978 (bulk 1972-1978). | ||||||
Detailed Description of Collection
Audiotapes Series, 1972-1978 and undated
This series includes two identical sets of taped oral history interviews (1972-1978 & undated) related to the civil rights movement in Greensboro, North Carolina. The master tapes in subseries A serve as preservation copies and are closed to researchers; subseries B contains a complete set of use copies, which are open for use by all patrons.
Restrictions
Since there are no release forms accompanying these interviews, researchers must seek the permission of copyright holders before publishing quotes from these sources.
Subseries A, Master Tapes
Allen, Carolyn
Bailey, Tom
Bishop, Cecil
Brandon, Lewis
Breathett, George/Troxler, Kay
Chavis, Vance
Elam, Jack
English, Ike/Notes on C of C docs.
Ford, Robert
Foster, John (2 tapes)
Hariston, Otis
Hudgkins, R. E./Brown, W. R. (KKK)
Jackson, William
Johnson, Walter/Johnson, Nelson
Jones, Mrs. David
Knox, Joe
McNeill, Joseph
Parker, Mrs. Franklin
Player, Willa
Price, Jim
Sanford, Terry/Johnson, Nelson
Schenck, David
Smith, Louise
Taylor, John and Betsy
Troxler, Evelyn
Weaver, Mike
Zane, Edward R.
Subseries B, Use Tapes
Allen, Carolyn
Bailey, Tom
Bishop, Cecil
Brandon, Lewis
Breathett, George/Troxler, Kay
Chavis, Vance
Elam, Jack
English, Ike/Notes on C of C docs.
Ford, Robert
Foster, John (2 tapes)
Hariston, Otis
Hudgkins, R. E./Brown, W. R. (KKK)
Jackson, William
Johnson, Walter/Johnson, Nelson
Jones, Mrs. David
Knox, Joe
McNeill, Joseph
Parker, Mrs. Franklin
Player, Willa
Price, Jim
Sanford, Terry/Johnson, Nelson
Schenck, David
Smith, Louise
Taylor, John and Betsy
Troxler, Evelyn
Weaver, Mike
Zane, Edward R.
Printed Materials Series, 1933-1978 (bulk 1972-1978).
This series consists primarily of transcripts (subseries A) and notes on 67 interviews (1972-1978,
undated) about the civil rights movement in Greensboro.
This series also includes three files of research materials (subseries B), including data on the Greensboro elections, 1930s -1950s; notes on the papers of Joan Bluethenthal; and a report by the North Carolina State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights on civil disturbances at Dudley High School and North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1969.
Restrictions
Since there are no release forms accompanying these transcripts, patrons must seek the permission of copyright holders before publishing quotes from these sources.
Transcripts
Ashby, Warren, 1974, Oct. 3
Bailey, Tom, 1977, July 9
Bardolph, Richard, 1972, July 11
Bell, Tart, 1977, Oct. 13
Bishop, Cecil, 1977, summer
Blackwell, Randolph, 1973, Mar. 5,
undated (2 folders)
Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Ezell, 1972, Mar. 13
Bluethenthal, Joan, 1977, July 13
Bowles, Mrs. Charles, 1974, Sept. 24
Brandon, Lewis, undated
Breathett, George, undated
Brown, Sarah Mendenhall, 1974, July 14
Brown, Walter R. "Dub" and Hudgins, Robert by Scott Ellsworth
Chavis, Vance, 1973, May 20
Coley, Nell, 1974, Oct. 15
Dawson, Eddie (KKK) by Scott Ellsworth, 1977, May 26
Davis, Charles, undated
Dowdy, Lewis, 1975, Jan. 21
Edmonds, Rev. Ed, undated
Elam, Jack, undated
Evans, Dr. George, undated
Ezell, Blair (now Jibreel Khazan), 1974, Nov. 27
Falkeners, Waldo, 1972, July 19
Flora, Joe, 1974, Sept. 26
Ford, Bob, 1977, June 17
Ford, S. N. (interview and FBI information), undated
Foster, John, 1973, Feb. 9
Gardner, Plato by Scott Ellsworth, 1977, May 26
Box 2
Hairston, Otis, 1972, July 17;
1977 (2 folders)
House, W. A., undated
Hudgins, D. E., 1972, July 6
Hudgins, Eula, 1974, Dec. 17
Jackson, William, 1977, July 12
Jarrett, Hobart, undated
Johnson, Nelson, 1978, Oct. 24
Jones, Mrs. David, undated
Knox, Joe, 1977, June 17
Lewis, John by Jack Bass, undated
Linck, R. B., 1974, Oct. 10
Lineberry, Al, 1974, Dec. 17
Mark, Carolyn, 1974, Oct. 10
McCoy, Cleo, 1977, Sept. 6
McNeill, Joseph, 1978
Morehead, David, 1974, Dec. 19
Parker, Willa, 1977, Dec. 2
Price, Jim by Scott Ellsworth, 1977, May 25
Richmond, David by Clay Carson, 1972, Apr. 10
Roach, George, 1972, July 17
Sanford, Terry, undated
Sieber, Hal, undated
Simkins, Anna, undated
Simpkins, Dr. & Mrs. George, 1972, July 19
Smith, Ben, 1973, June 6
Smith, Louise, 1973, Feb. 9
Smith, McNeill, 1973, July 14
Smith, Raymond, 1973, July 11
Snider, William, 1974, Dec. 19
Snider, William, 1976, Nov. 9
Stephenson Kiliminjaro, John Marshall, 1972, Nov. 2
Stoneburner, Carol, 1974, Dec. 12
Taylor, John & Betsy, 1973, July 7
Thomas, William, undated
Troxler, Kay, 1973, June 6
Weaver, Mike, 1977, July 6
Zane, Edward R, undated
Research Files
Bluethenthal, Joan
Political materials
"Trouble in Greensboro,"
1969 Civil Rights Demos.
