Inventory of the Duke University Oral History Program Collection, 1973-1978, 1992, and undated
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TitleDuke University Oral History Program Collection,
1973-1978, 1992, and undated
Creator
Duke University Oral History Program
Extent
10.3 Linear Feet
810 Items
Repository
810 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsThe Duke University Oral History Program Collection has been restricted due to the absence of release forms transferring intellectual property rights from interviewees or interviewers to researchers using the collections. Researchers are cautioned that the publication of information contained in these interviews may violate the legal rights of the interviewees and 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.
In addition, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this
collection.
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 more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Duke University Oral History Program Collection, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Duke University Oral History Program Collection (1973-1978, 1992, & undated) was donated to the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library in 1983, 1992 and 1993 by William H. Chafe, Oral History Program, History Department Duke University, and in 1992 and 1993 by Timothy Tyson.
Processing Information
Processed by Lisa Hazirjian
Completed February 1, 1998
Encoded by Don Sechler
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Collection Overview
The Duke University Oral History Program Collection contains 238 oral history interviews conducted by project participants in the years 1973-1978 and 1992. The majority of the oral history interviews deal with the civil rights movement in North Carolina, especially Durham, Chapel Hill, and Greensboro. Additionally, thirteen interviews deal with the Tulsa Race Riots, and fourteen interviews cover miscellaneous North Carolina topics. The collection also includes transcripts and research files related to the civil rights movement in North Carolina.
The collection is arranged in three series: Audiotapes, Transcripts, and Research Files. The Audiotapes Series consists of two identical sets of audiocassettes, one closed for preservation purposes and one open for researchers. The North Carolina Civil Rights Movement tapes, which make up the bulk of the series, include extensive interviews with Ella Baker, as well as hundreds of interviews with lesser-known but nonetheless important figures from the local movements in Greensboro, Durham, Chapel Hill, Weldon, and Monroe, N.C. The Tulsa Race Riots tapes include interviews conducted by Scott Ellsworth for his study Death in the Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. The North Carolina Miscellaneous tapes include an interview with Alex Haley about his critically-acclaimed book, Roots, as well as conversations about such topics as the state's agricultural history and mountain culture in Western North Carolina. The Transcripts Series includes eighty transcripts, as well as some interview notes, corresponding to tapes dealing with the North Carolina civil rights movement. The Research Files Series contains six files of background material related to the civil rights movement in North Carolina, including articles and speeches by Governor Terry Sanford and a bibliography of material dealing with the Durham sit-ins, and one file listing tapes and transcripts in the collection.
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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.
- Baker, Ella
- Afro-Americans--North Carolina--Civil rights
- Civil rights--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
- Civil rights--North Carolina--Durham
- Civil rights--North Carolina--Greensboro
- Civil rights--North Carolina--History
- Civil rights--North Carolina--Monroe
- Tulsa (Okla.)--Riot, 1921
- Tulsa (Okla.)--Race relations
- Oral History
- Duke University Oral History Program
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
 |  | Audiotapes Series, 1973-1978, 1992 & undated | ||||||
| | Transcripts | ||||||
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Detailed Description of Collection
Box 1Audiotapes Series, 1973-1978, 1992 & undated
Subseries A: Master Tapes
North Carolina Civil Rights Movement
Adams, Charlotte
Albright, J. W
Ashby, Warren
Atwater, Ann
Atwater, Lula
Augustine, Joe (2 cassettes)
Baker, Ella (4 cassettes)
Baker, Quinton (2 cassettes)
Quinton, Baker/Pat Cusick (2 cassettes)
Black & White Duke Students & Employees
Boulware, C. E
Bowers, Wayne & Mary (2 cassettes)
Bowles, Charles (Mrs.)
Brown, Bob
Bulkley, Joel
Bynum, Barbara
Bynum, Sheila
Caldwell, Edwin Jr. (3 cassettes)
Caldwell, Hillard (2 cassettes)
Calhoun, Dick
Campbell, Sharon
Carswell, John
Clarence & Wife
Clark, A. D.
Collier, Cobb III
Cotton, Charlie Pearl
Curitan, William (2 cassettes)
Cusick, Pat (4 cassettes)
Dansby, David
Dowdy, Lewis
Dunne, John
Evans, Docea
Fitts, Howard
Foster, Haddie B. (2 cassettes)
Foster, Harold (3 cassettes)
Foster, J., N. Coley & K. Troxler
Foushee, Charles (2 cassettes)
Foushee, James
Foushee, Vivian (2 cassettes)
Foushee, W. R. (2 cassettes)
Foushee, W. M.
French, Virginia (2 cassettes)
Giduz, Roland (3 cassettes)
Gulick, Margaret (2 cassettes)
Harris, Maggie Scott
Hicks, Charles and "Tink" Farrell
Hill, George Watts
Hill, Watts Jr.
Hudgens, Eula
Hughuely, Sadie
Jarrett, H. & E. Edmonds
Jones, Charles (3 cassettes)
Kerley, Jack
Khazan, J. (formerly Ezell Blair, Jr.)
Klopfer, Peter
Lassiter, Gaitha (2 cassettes)
Lee, Howard (2 cassettes)
Lineberry, Al
Malone, C. C. (2 cassettes)
Manley, J. R. (2 cassettes)
Mark, Carolyn
McClamrock (3 cassettes)
McCoy, Cleo
McDougall, C. A. and wife
McLaurin, Bessie
Morehead, David
Moseley, Alexander
Osborne, Robert
Perry, Velma
Phelps, Jake (2 cassettes)
Phelps, Jon
Queen, Anne
Richardson, John
Ruffin, Ben
Sanford, Terry
Schumaker, Jim (2 cassettes)
Scroggs, Ross (2 cassettes)
Box 2
Seiber, Hal
Smith, David
Smith, Reginald (2 cassettes)
Snider, William (2 cassettes)
Spearman, Walter
Straley, Joe (2 cassettes)
Strowd, Gene
Sturdivant & Jones, Carrboro Barber
Timerlake, Phyllis
Wager, Paul
Wallace, James
Walters, Adelaide
Weaver, Susie
Williams, P. A
Wilson, Hugh (3 cassettes)
Unidentified (2 cassettes)
North Carolina Civil Rights Movement: Marcellus Barksdale Tapes
Arrington, M & S. J. Cochran, L. Cooke (2 cassettes)
Bazemore, P. E
Belton, Edward (2 cassettes)
Caldwell, Hilliard
Campbell, J. A. and A. C. Cofield
Clemonts, J. and M. Boone
Cochran, Drois (2 cassettes)
Cofield, A. C. and daughter
Costy, W. and Mrs. A. C. Mathews
Faison, John W.
Hathaway, A. and E. Rushing
Hilliard, I. H.
Matthews, A. C. (Mrs.)
Moseley, Leroy
Robinson, Louisiana
Rorie, Magadalen Gillespie
Rushing, James
Sada, Rev.
Walker, James R. (3 cassettes)
Weaver, P. and R. D. Smith
Wilson, Woodrow
Winfield, B. J
North Carolina Civil Rights Movement: Timothy Tyson & Larry Thomas Tapes
Banks, Daniel [pseudonym?] (2 cassettes)
Bordeaux, Walter
"C-Man"
Grant, Jim
Shepherd, A./Anon. [black male] (2 cassettes)
Templeton, Eugene (2 cassettes)
Yopp, Abbot D.
Tulsa Race Riots
Caruthers, B. E.
Duckery, Nathaniel
Fairchild, Robert (2 cassettes)
Hodge, Victor
Jones, Mozella
Pittman, I. S. (Mr. & Mrs.)
Whitlow, Henry
Williams, N. C.
Williams, Seymour
Williams, William D. (2 cassettes)
North Carolina Miscellaneous
Chafe, William (2 cassettes)
Duke prof. (frmr. student) fr. Canada & student fr. Hong Kong
Duke bs. student fr. Madras, India & student fr. the Phillippines
Duke students fr. Hong Kong & the Phillippines
Duke Students fr. Phillippines & Australia
Haley, Alex
Haytt, W. (Mrs.) & M. C. Nix
Leatherwood, Lawrence & Elise McCrackern
Mitofsky
Siberman
Strothers, Kerman C.
Tunstall, Warren
Wheeler
Box 3
Ella Baker Reel-to-Reel Tapes
Reel 1
Side A - Tape 1
Side B - Tape 1
Beginning of Side A - Tape 2
Reel 2
Rest of Side A - Tape
Side B - Tape 2
Beginning of Side A - Tape 3
Reel 3
Rest of Tape 3
Side A - Tape 4
Beginning of Side B - Tape 4
Reel 4
Rest of Tape 4
Box 4
Subseries B: Use Tapes
North Carolina Civil Rights Movement
Adams, Charlotte
Albright, J. W
Ashby, Warren
Atwater, Ann
Atwater, Lula
Augustine, Joe (2 cassettes)
Baker, Ella (4 cassettes)
Baker, Quinton (2 cassettes)
Quinton, Baker/Pat Cusick (2 cassettes)
Black & White Duke Students & Employees
Boulware, C. E
Bowers, Wayne & Mary (2 cassettes)
Bowles, Charles (Mrs.)
Brown, Bob
Bulkley, Joel
Bynum, Barbara
Bynum, Sheila
Caldwell, Edwin Jr. (3 cassettes)
Caldwell, Hillard (2 cassettes)
Calhoun, Dick
Campbell, Sharon
Carswell, John
Clarence & Wife
Clark, A. D.
Collier, Cobb III
Cotton, Charlie Pearl
Curitan, William (2 cassettes)
Cusick, Pat (4 cassettes)
Dansby, David
Dowdy, Lewis
Dunne, John
Evans, Docea
Fitts, Howard
Foster, Haddie B. (2 cassettes)
Foster, Harold (3 cassettes)
Foster, J.,
N. Coley & K. Troxler
Foushee, Charles (2 cassettes)
Foushee, James
Foushee, Vivian (2 cassettes)
Foushee, W. R. (2 cassettes)
Foushee, W. M.
French, Virginia (2 cassettes)
Giduz, Roland (3 cassettes)
Gulick, Margaret (2 cassettes)
Harris, Maggie Scott
Hicks, Charles and "Tink" Farrell
Hill, George Watts
Hill, Watts Jr.
Hudgens, Eula
Hughuely, Sadie
Jarrett, H. & E. Edmonds
Jones, Charles (3 cassettes)
Kerley, Jack
Khazan, J. (formerly Ezell Blair, Jr.)
Klopfer, Peter
Lassiter, Gaitha (2 cassettes)
Lee, Howard (2 cassettes)
Lineberry, Al
Malone, C. C. (2 cassettes)
Manley, J. R. (2 cassettes)
Mark, Carolyn
McClamrock (3 cassettes)
McCoy, Cleo
McDougall, C. A. and wife
McLaurin, Bessie
Morehead, David
Moseley, Alexander
Osborne, Robert
Perry, Velma
Phelps, Jake (2 cassettes)
Phelps, Jon
Queen, Anne
Richardson, John
Ruffin, Ben
Sanford, Terry
Schumaker, Jim (2 cassettes)
Scroggs, Ross (2 cassettes)
Seiber, Hal
Box 5
Seiber, Hal
Smith, David
Smith, Reginald (2 cassettes)
Snider, William (2 cassettes)
Spearman, Walter
Straley, Joe (2 cassettes)
Strowd, Gene
Sturdivant & Jones,
Carrboro
Barber
Timerlake, Phyllis
Wager, Paul
Wallace, James
Walters, Adelaide
Weaver, Susie
Williams, P. A
Wilson, Hugh (3 cassettes)
Unidentified (2 cassettes)
North Carolina Civil Rights Movement: Marcellus
Barksdale Tapes
Arrington, M & S. J. Cochran,
L. Cooke (2 cassettes)
Bazemore, P. E
Belton, Edward (2 cassettes)
Caldwell, Hilliard
Campbell, J. A. and A. C. Cofield
Clemonts, J. and M. Boone
Cochran, Drois (2 cassettes)
Cofield, A. C. and daughter
Costy, W. and Mrs. A. C. Mathews
Faison, John W.
Hathaway, A. and E. Rushing
Hilliard, I. H.
Matthews, A. C. (Mrs.)
Moseley, Leroy
Robinson, Louisiana
Rorie, Magadalen Gillespie
Rushing, James
Sada, Rev.
Walker, James R. (3 cassettes)
Weaver, P. and R. D. Smith
Wilson, Woodrow
Winfield, B. J
North Carolina Civil Rights Movement: Timothy Tyson & Larry Thomas Tapes
Banks, Daniel [pseudonym?] (2 cassettes)
Bordeaux, Walter
"C-Man"
Grant, Jim
Shepherd, A./Anon. [black male] (2 cassettes)
Templeton, Eugene (2 cassettes)
Yopp, Abbot D.
Tulsa Race Riots
Caruthers, B. E.
Duckery, Nathaniel
Fairchild, Robert (2 cassettes)
Hodge, Victor
Jones, Mozella
Pittman, I. S. (Mr. & Mrs.)
Whitlow, Henry
Williams, N. C.
Williams, Seymour
Williams, William D. (2 cassettes)
North Carolina Miscellaneous
Chafe, William (2 cassettes)
Duke prof. (frmr. student) fr. Canada & student fr. Hong Kong
Duke bs. student fr. Madras,
India & student fr. the Phillippines
Duke students fr. Hong Kong & the Phillippines
Duke Students fr. Phillippines & Australia
Haley, Alex
Haytt, W. (Mrs.) & M. C. Nix
Leatherwood, Lawrence & Elise McCrackern
Mitofsky
Siberman
Strothers, Kerman C.
Tunstall, Warren
Wheeler
Box 6
Transcripts
Anonymous (black male), 1978, July 10
(2 folders)
Adams, Charlotte,
1974, Aug. 21
Augustine, Joe,
1974, June 10, 14
Baker, Quinton,
1974, June 2
(2 folders)
"Barnabus" and Darryl Franks,
1978, May 14
Blackwood, Roy,
undated
Bordeaux, Walter,
undated
Bowers, Wayne and Mary,
1974, June 6
Brown, Bob,
1974, June 6
Bulkley, Joel,
1974, June 14
Bynum, Sheila,
1974, June 5
C-Man,
1978, Aug, 12, 16
Caldwell, Hilliard,
1974, June 4
Calhoun, Richard,
1974, June 3
Campbell, Sharon Sitton,
undated
Carr, Warren,
1978, Jan. 31
Carswell, John,
undated
Chestnutt,
undated
Clarence and wife, 1974, June 16
Clark, A. D.,
undated
Cobb, Collier,
1974, June 14
Cooper, Thomas,
1974, June 6
Cotten, Charles Pearl,
undated
Curitan, William,
1974, Aug. 25
Cusick, Pat,
1974, June 10
(2 folders)
Dansby, David,
1974, June 6
Dunne, John,
1974, June 8
Foushee, Braxton,
1974, June 6
Foushee, Charles,
1974, June 5
Foushee, James,
1974, June 9
Foushee, Vivian,
1974, June 4
Foushee, W. R.,
1974, June 4-5
French, Virginia,
1974, June 5
Gulick, Margared,
1974, June 6
Grant, Jim,
1978, July 10
Hearn, James,
1974, June 10
Herzog, Frederick,
1974, June 10
Hicks, Charles and "Tink" Farrell,
1974, June 8
Hill, George Watts,
undated
Hill, Watts,
1974, June 14
Jones, Charles,
1974, June 6
Klopfer, Peter,
1974, June 5
Lassiter, Gaitha,
1974, Aug. 21
Lee, Howard,
1974, Aug. 27
Malone, C. C., 1974, Aug. 23
Manley, J. R.,
1974, June 12
McClamrock, Sandy, 1974, June 5
McDougall, C. A. and wife, 1974, June 6
McKissick, Floyd,
1978, Oct. 2
Minor, Paul,
1974, June 12
Moore, Douglas E.,
1978, Jan 28
Nye, Kemp,
1974, June 10
Osborn, Robert,
1974, June 4
Pendergraft, Don,
1974, June 10
Perry, Velma,
1974, June 6
Phelps, Jake,
1974, June 6
Queen, Ann,
1974, June 11
Sanford, Terry,
1974, Aug. 29
Schumaker, Jim,
1974, June 6
Shepherd, Ann,
1978, July 10
Smith, David,
1974, June 5
Smith, Reginald,
1974, June 4, 13
(2 folders)
Spearman, Walter,
1974, June 5
Straley, Joe,
1974, Aug. 17
Strowd, Gene,
1974, Aug. 27
Sturdivant and Jones,
1974, June
Templeton, Eugene,
1978, Aug. 1
Box 7
Timberlake, Phyllis,
1974, June 5
Wager, Paul,
1974, Aug. 7
Wallace, James,
1974, June 12
Walters, Adelaide,
1974, June 10
Weaver, Susie,
1974, June
White,
undated
Wilson, Hugh,
1974, June 5
Yopp, Abbot P., 1992, Aug. 15
Box 8
Research Files
Research 1960-1964
Background
(3 folders)
Durham Sit-ins Bibliography
Terry Sanford
Tapes and transcript lists
