MenuGuide to the Ann Atwater interviews, 2006
Abstract
African-American civil rights activist from Durham, N.C; subject of the 2002 film, An Unlikely Friendship.
Collection comprises master copies (4 audiocassettes and a Digibeta videotape) for Jeff Storer's oral interviews with Atwater, an African-American civil rights activist based in Durham, North Carolina, regarding her friendship with Ku Klux Klan leader C. P. Ellis. Interviews have been reformatted to compact discs and a gold DVR. Note that one segment of the video copy is silent; the audiocassettes provide the full interview.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Creator
- Atwater, Ann, 1935-
- Title
- Ann Atwater interviews, 2006
- Language of Materials
- English
- Extent
- 10 items (.6 lin. ft.)
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
Collection comprises master copies (4 audiocassettes and a Digibeta videotape) for Jeff Storer's oral interviews with Atwater, an African-American civil rights activist based in Durham, North Carolina, regarding her friendship with Ku Klux Klan leader C.P. Ellis. Interviews have been reformatted to compact discs and a gold DVR. Note that one segment of the video copy is silent; the audiocassettes provide the full interview.
Administrative Information
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Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
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Contents of the Collection
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African-American civil rights activist from Durham, N.C. and subject of the 2002 film, An Unlikely Friendship.
Subject Headings
- Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Durham.
- Atwater, Ann, 1935-
- Ellis, C. P. (Claiborne Paul)
- Storer, Jeff.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915-)--North Carolina--Durham.
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
- Durham (N.C.)--Race relations--History.
- Audiocassettes.
- Videotapes.
- Video recordings.
- CD-ROMs.
- DVDs.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Ann Atwater interviews, 2006, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Provenance
Gift, 2007.
Processing Information
Processed by: Alice Poffinberger, February 2010
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, February 2010
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2007-0074
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.