Preliminary Inventory of the Duke University Living History Program Records, 1974-1999

Collection Overview

Individuals represented in the collection include Oscar Arias Sanchez, Les Aspin, Ellsworth Bunker, Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, Angier Biddle Duke, J. William Fulbright, Averell Harriman, Jesse Jackson, Samuel W. Lewis, William H. Luers, Jack F. Matlock, George Crews McGhee, Robert McNamara, King Mihai of Romania, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Paula H. Nitze, Charles Percy, Dean Rusk, Abdus Salam, Ryoichi Sasakawa, Stanton Griffis, Miguel de la Madrid, Alfredo Cristiani, George Pillsbury, George Agree, Ronald Reagan, Robert Dole, Terry Sanford, James Schlesinger, Earl E.T. Smith, Soedjatmoko, Hanna Suchaka, Richard Goldstone, Erhard Busek, Judy Woodruff, David Gergen, Vernon A. Walters, and a few others (see Container List). Also included is a composite tape from the interviews with Bunker, Fulbright, and Rusk relating to perspectives on the war in Vietnam; and videotapes of speeches given on the Duke campus by other prominent individuals.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Duke University Living History Program Records, 1974-1999
Creator: Duke University. Living History Program.
Extent: 27 Linear Feet, 369 Items
Repository: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language: English.

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Duke University Living History Program Records, 1974-1999

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Contents of the Collection

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Duke University Living History Program Records, 1974-1999

(369 items)

ARIAS, OSCAR

Transcript: 5 copies
Master Tape: 4 vols Beta
User Tape: 2 VHS unlab.

ASPIN, LES

Transcript: 2 copies
Master Tape: 2 Beta
User Tape: 1 VHS, 2 copies, unlab.

BOND, JULIAN

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 2 u-matic, unlab.
User Tape: 1 cassette

BORK, ROBERT

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 1 u-matic, unlab.
User Tape: 1 cassette

BUNKER, ELLSWORTH (also see: Vietnam: 3 Perspectives)

Transcript: 2 versions, plus address, clippings
Master Tape: 18 u-matic (3 each for address, Valenzuela, Maier, & Cole; 6 "worktapes"); 2 u-matic w/Braibanti (missing #1); 4 u-matic "Cutaways" (missing #4A); 3 audiocassettes (speech, press conf, int. w/Cole)
User Tape: (¾"?), 1 u-matic-address; 6 u-matic cassettes; 1 u-matic w/Barber "dub of master"

BUSEK, ERHARD

Transcript: 4 copies
Master Tape: parts 1 and 2
User Tape: 2 copies

CLAY, LUCIUS (also see: "Demo")

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 1 u-matic
User Tape: 1 u-matic (¾")

COOK, SAMUEL DUBOIS

Transcript: 2 copies
Master Tape: parts 1 and 2
User Tape: 4 VHS copies

COOPER, JOHN SHERMAN (also see: Rhine)

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 1 u-matic and 1 u-matic, edited
User Tape: None found

CRISTIANI, ALFREDO

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 2 beta-cam (parts 1 and 2)
User Tape: VHS, 2 copies (May 18, 1998)

DAVIS, WALTER

Transcript: 2 copies
Master Tape: 2 Beta "Prg." 2 Beta "ISO"
User Tape: VHS, 2 copies

DE LA MADRID, MIGUEL

Transcript: None
Master Tape: Yes
User Tape: ?

DOLE, ROBERT

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 3 u-matic
User Tape: ¾" u-matic

DUKE, ANGIER BIDDLE [& MRS.?]

Transcript: 2 copies (Mrs.)
Master Tape: 3 Beta "dub of orig.;" 4 VHS "orig. master."
User Tape: 3 VHS, 2 copies each, extra copy of tape 3

FULBRIGHT, J. WILLIAM (also see: Israel/AIPAC Lobby; Vietnam: 3 Perspectives; Misinfo. In Crisis Mgmt.)

Transcript: 4 copies
Master Tape: 4 16mm. reels
User Tape: 4 u-matic ¾" "back-ups"

GERGEN, DAVID

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 1 Beta, 2 VHS
User Tape: None

GOLDSTONE, RICHARD

Transcript: 4 copies
Master Tape: 2 Beta
User Tape: 2 VHS, 2 copies each

GOUREVITCH, PHILIP

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 1 Beta, 2 VHS
User Tape: None

GRIFFIS, STANTON (also see: Harriman)

Transcript: 1 copy
Master Tape: 2 u-matic, unlab.; "Griffis/Smith"
User Tape: 1 ¾" u-matic "possibly master" (w/Smith)

HARRIMAN, W. AVERELL (also see: "Demo")

Transcript: 2 copies
Master Tape: 2 u-matic (1 a "demo" w/Smith, Clay & Griffis)
User Tape: 1 ¾" u-matic

HOFFMAN, ABBIE

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 2 u-matic unlab.
User Tape: 1 VHS

JACKSON, JESSE

Transcript: 1 copy
Master Tape: 2 Beta, 1 VHS, 3 u-matic
User Tape: 2 VHS

LEWIS, SAMUEL

Transcript: 3 copies
Master Tape: 3 Beta, 2 labeled. "Reel 1"
User Tape: 1 VHS, 2 copies

LUERS, WILLIAM

Transcript: 2 copies
Master Tape: 2 Beta
User Tape: 2 VHS, 2 copies of each, unlab.

MARGELOV, MIKHAIL

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 1 Beta, 2 VHS
User Tape: None

DE LA MADRID, MIGUEL

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 2 Beta (Parts 1 and 2)
User Tape: 2 VHS-PART 1, 3 VHS-PART 2

MATLOCK, JACK F.

Transcript: 4 copies
Master Tape: 2 u-matic, 2 Beta "ISO"
User Tape: 1 VHS (2 copies)

MCGHEE, GEORGE

Transcript: 2 copies
Master Tape: 2 Beta "Prg," 2 Beta "ISO"
User Tape: 2 VHS unlab.

MCNAMARA, ROBERT (also see: Cuban Missle Crisis)

Transcript: 3 copies
Master Tape: 2 u-matic
User Tape: 1 VHS "dub"

MIHAI OF RUMANIA

Transcript: 3 copies
Master Tape: 4 Beta "Prg." 4 Beta "Iso"
User Tape: 2 VHS unlab.

MOHAMMED, IMAM

Transcript: 2 copies
Master Tape: 1 Beta
User Tape: 2 VHS

NAKASONE, YASUHIRO

Transcript: 3 copies
Master Tape: 2 Beta "Prg," 2 Beta "Iso"
User Tape: 2 VHS

NITZE, PAUL (also see: Cuban Missle Crisis)

Transcript: 3 copies
Master Tape: 2 u-matic unlab., 3 u-matic (Cam. 1, Cam. 2, lecture in Gross Chem)
User Tape: None

OZAL, TURGUT

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 1 Beta
User Tape: 2 VHS unlab.

PERCY, CHARLES (also see: Israel/AIPAC Lobby)

Transcript: 2 copies, 4 vols. ea.
Master Tape: 6 u-matic
User Tape: 7 ¾" u-matic

REAGAN, RONALD

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 2 KCA60 "#2 & #3," 1 KCA60 "edit master," 1 u-matic "cutaways & crowd shots
User Tape: 1 ¾" u-matic

RHINE, J.B.

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 1 u-matic, 1 umatic (Rhine & Cooper)
User Tape: 1 ¾" umatic, 2 copies (Rhine & Cooper)

RUSK, DEAN (also see: Cuban Missle Crisis)

Transcript: 3 copies
Master Tape: 4 u-matic, 3 25mm reels, 1 u-matic("Reel 2, cutaways & exteriors"), 1 audiocassette, speech w/Rutherford
User Tape: 4 u-matic, box only lab. "use"

SALAM, ABDUS

Transcript: Yes?
Master Tape: 2 u-matic
User Tape: 1 VHS, 2 copies

SANFORD, TERRY

Transcript: Yes?
Master Tape: 2 Beta
User Tape: 2 VHS ½"Tape "

SASAKAWA, RYOICHI

Transcript: Yes, clippings
Master Tape: 8 u-matic
User Tape: 8 u-matic

SCHLESINGER, JAMES (also see: Misinfo. In Crisis Mgmt.)

Transcript: 1st int'w, 3 vols., 2nd int'w, 1 vol.
Master Tape: 4 u-matic "Camera 1, Feb. 24", 4 u-matic "Camera 2, Feb. 24", 3 u-matic, Feb. 23, 4 "edit masters" Beta
User Tape: 4 u-matic "dub" Feb. 23 and Feb. 24, 2 VHS "dub" Feb 23 and Feb. 24 Set A, 2 VHS "dub" Feb. 23 and Feb. 24 Set B

SMITH, EARL E. T. (also see: "Demo")

Transcript: None found
Master Tape: 1 u-matic "possibly master" (also see Griffis)
User Tape: None (also see Griffis)

SOEDJATMOKO

Transcript: Yes?
Master Tape: 2 u-matic
User Tape: 1 VHS, 2 copies

URQUITI, VICTOR

Transcript: Yes?
Master Tape: 2 u-matic
User Tape: 1 VHS, 3 copies

WALTERS, VERNON

Transcript: Yes?
Master Tape: 2 Beta
User Tape: 3 copies VHS "Pt. 1," 1 copy VHS "Pt. 2"

WEISEL, ELIE

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 2 u-matic, unlab., 1 u-matic "edit master"
User Tape: 1 VHS

WOODRUFF, JUDY

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 1 Beta, 2 VHS
User Tape: None

CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS (McNamara/Nitze/Rush)

Transcript: Yes?
Master Tape: Yes?
User Tape:

EUROPEAN JOURNAL, OCT. 1981

Transcript: None
Master Tape: 1 u-matic, unlab.
User Tape: None?

ISRAEL/AIPAC LOBBY

Transcript: Yes?
Master Tape: None
User Tape: None

MISINFORMATION

Transcript: Yes?
Master Tape: 2 u-matic unlab., 1 VHS, 1 reel (15mm? 8mm?), 1 Beta "edit master"
User Tape: 1 VHS

VIETNAM: 3 PERSPECTIVES

Transcript: Yes?
Master Tape: 1 u-matic
User Tape: 1 VHS

UNKNOWN (3-24-89)

Transcript: None?
Master Tape: 2 u-matic "ISO"
User Tape: None?

Historical Note

The Program produces videotapes and transcripts of interviews by Duke University faculty members with prominent American and Latin American leaders, primarily in the area of post-World War II diplomacy.

Subject Headings

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Duke University Living History Program Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Duke University Living History Program Records include materials originally produced for the Jay Rutherfurd collection. On October 2, 1999, the Jay Rutherfurd Collection of audiovisual materials at Duke University was formally incorporated into the Duke University Living History Program, which will be administered by the De Witt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism. Jay Rutherfurd, whose name is permanently identified with this program, seeks to make available videotapes for use in classrooms. As he put it on Wednesday, the 3rd of November, 1973, "Here at Duke Library, we are initiating an exciting experiment in electronic journalism. May it illuminate well, educate wisely, and relay meaningfully for future generations."

Gift, in part, of Jay Rutherfurd; and transfer from the Living History Program, 1979-1999. New materials are added as received.