MenuInventory of the Center for Documentary Studies records, 1990-[ongoing]
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.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University Archives, Duke University
- Creator
- Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies.
- Title
- Center for Documentary Studies records, 1990-[ongoing]
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 14.6 Linear Feet, 13,050 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
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.
Administrative Information
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Access Restrictions
Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
In off-site storage; 24 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.
Use Restrictions
Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Contents of the Collection
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UA2010-0024 circa 1996-2010
This accession is not processed.
UA2011-0003 circa 1994-2002
This accession is RESTRICTED as it contains administrative files and is unprocessed. The accession included 4 ZIP disks and a 3.5 inch floppy which were separated from the collection. Their contents were migrated to the server. The originals are stored elsewhere. The contents appear to be related to the exhibit on William Gedney. Please consult Research Services staff before coming on-site so that the electronic files can be reviewed.
UA2011.0033circa 1998-2002
This accession contains materials pertaining to CDS traveling exhibitions.
Historical Note
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-.
Subject Headings
Related Material
- News Service Biographical Files, 1960-2004. (University Archives, Duke University.)
- Brodie (H. Keith H.), President, Records, 1963-1994. (University Archives, Duke University.)
- Building Reference Collection, 1972-2004 (see Lyndhurst House). (University Archives, Duke University.)
- Biographical Reference Collection, 1972-2004 (see Tom Rankin). (University Archives, Duke University.)
- Documentary Studies. Audio Documentary Institute student projects, 2003 Summer. (Rubenstein Library, Duke University.)
- Larry Schwarm photographs, 2003. (Rubenstein Library, Duke University.)
- Indivisible: Stories of American Community records, 1999-2002. (Rubenstein Library, Duke University.)
- Literacy through Photography records, 1990-2000. (Rubenstein Library, Duke University.)
- South African photograph collection. (Rubenstein Library, Duke University.)
- Behind the Veil: Documenting African-American Life in the Jim Crow South. 1940-1997 and undated (Rubenstein Library, Duke University.)
- Walker Evans photographs, 1935-1936. (Rubenstein Library, Duke University.)
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Center for Documentary Studies records, University Archives, Duke University.
Provenance
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.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.