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[Identification of item], Cable 13 Videotapes, University Archives, Duke University.
The majority of the tapes in the Cable 13 Videotapes collection were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1981, accession number UA81-42. Some tapes were added to the collection after that date.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
Encoded by Dean Jeffrey, September 8, 2005
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Duke Union Community Television (Cable 13), Duke's student-run television station, grew out of Freewater Films' video programming group, following the purchase of a television camera. Cable 13 was the first student-owned and student-run television station in the country. Cable 13 became an official committee of the Duke University Union in 1976. It broadcasts on the Duke campus cable system.
The collection consists of approximately 250 U-Matic videocassettes and half-inch open reel videotapes of events recorded at and around Duke between 1976 and 1982. Interviews include William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Nikki Giovanni, Juanita Kreps, Joseph Kruzel, Henry Kyemba, Peter Orlovsky, Terry Sanford, and Daniel Schorr. Performances include Dance Black, the Duke Symphony Orchestra, the Duke Wind Symphony, the Firesign Theatre, Jerry Garcia, Lotte Goslar's Pantomime Circus, and Roger McGuinn and Thunderbyrd. Events include basketball, women's crew, football, soccer, volleyball, women's volleyball, and Joe College Weekend.
These and related materials may be accessed under the following subject headings in the Duke University Libraries online catalog.
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