Center for Documentary Studies records, 1990-[ongoing]

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies
Abstract:
The Center for Documentary Studies opened in January 1990 and is an outgrowth of and replacement for the Center for Documentary Photography (1980-1990). The Center combines traditions of documentary photography and film, writing, oral history, and scholarly analysis in seeking to capture life experiences. Collection contains publications, calendars, announcement, brochures, newspaper and magazine clippings, a videocassette, and other materials such as administrative files and electronic files. The materials date from 1990 and the collection is ongoing.
Extent:
14.6 Linear Feet
13,050 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
UA.26.03.0016
University Archives Record Group:
26 -- Interdisciplinary Institutes, Research Centers, and Departments
26 -- Interdisciplinary Institutes, Research Centers, and Departments > 03 -- University-wide Interdisciplinary programs

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains publications, calendars, announcement, brochures, newspaper and magazine clippings, a videocassette, and other materials. Publications include Up for Grabs (1996-). Also included is a videocassette of the opening of the CDS, 23 January 1990, features remarks by Center director Iris Hill, and Dean R. A. White, Robert Coles, and Reynolds Price. Accessions UA2010-0024 and UA2011-0003 contain promotion materials including exhibit postcards and administrative records. The administrative records are restricted for 25 years from date of origin.

Biographical / historical:

The Center for Documentary Studies opened in January 1990 and is an outgrowth of and replacement for the Center for Documentary Photography (1980-1990). Creation of the CDS was approved by the Board of Trustees in February, 1989. It was a non-profit support corporation for the University, and was initially funded through a $5 million gift from the Lyndhurst Foundation (1988). The Center combines traditions of documentary photography and film, writing, oral history, and scholarly analysis in seeking to capture life experiences, particularly in four areas of research: the American family, African American life and race relations, law and politics, and ecology and the environment. Directors: Iris T. Hill, 1990-1998; Tom Rankin, 1998-.

Acquisition information:
The Center for Documentary Studies records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1990, 1992, 2000, 2010-2011.
Processing information:

Processed by Archives Staff, November 2006

Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, February 2007

Updated by Kimberly Sims, March 2011

Updated by Rosemary K. J. Davis, November 2011

Accessions were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

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Names:
Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies

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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection.

In off-site storage; 48 hours advance notice is required for use.

For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the office of origin and the University Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist.

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[Identification of item], Center for Documentary Studies Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.