DACS

uckol Preliminary Inventory of the Lenora Greenbaum Ucko papers, 1966-1998 Processed by: John Mayrose; machine-readable finding aid created by: John Mayrose David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 003584919

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: May 2007Processed by Rubenstein Library staff, March 2006; John Mayrose, May 2007; Finding Aid encoded by John Mayrose, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, May 2007 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and our local Style Guide Preliminary Inventory of the Lenora Greenbaum Ucko papers, 1966-2002 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Ucko, Leonora Greenbaum Lenora Greenbaum Ucko papers, 1966-2002 Material in English 6.9 Linear Feet 4145 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Professor of anthropology, sociology, and social work, who founded StoriesWork, a non-profit organization in Durham, N.C. that advocates Therapeutic Storytelling, or the use of folk story analysis for empowering abused women. Collection consists of several separate accessions and includes Ucko's travel diaries; teaching and course materials; transcripts of Ucko's publications, including her book, Endangered Spouses; correspondence; Russian genalogy; materials from the Henry Zvi Ucko Memorial Exhibit, "What We Brought with Us," which featured personal items taken by German Jews who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s; and other materials from Ucko's position at the Museum of the Jewish Family in the late 1990s. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is restricted.

In addition, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.

Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.

Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.

The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Lenora Greenbaum Ucko papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Provenance

The Lenora Greenbaum Ucko papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2006, 2007, and 2011.

Processing Information

Processed by Rubenstein Library staff, March 2006; John Mayrose, May 2007; Meghan Lyon, May 2011

Encoded by John Mayrose, May 2007

Updated by Meghan Lyon, May 2011

This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Accessions included in this finding aid: 2006-0015, 2007-0015, 2007-0066, 2011-0063

Biographical Note

Professor of anthropology, sociology, and social work. Founded StoriesWork, a non-profit organization in Durham, N.C., advocating Therapeutic Storytelling, or the use of folk story analysis for empowering abused women. The organization offers training to domestic violence staff/volunteers, the medical/psychiatric profession; the legal profession and private practitioners.

Collection Overview

Accession (2006-0015) consists primarily of files, lectures, and papers for classes taught by Ucko; files pertaining to cross-cultural communications prepared for the U.S. Army JFK Special Warfare Center; 20 labeled color slides; and travel diaries from Sierra Leone, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Senegal, Pakistan, and Holland. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Addition (2007-0015) (750 items, 1.2 lin. ft.; dated 1973-1994) contains typescripts and promotional material for articles and books including Endangered Spouses; course materials including files, papers, and class rosters; correspondence; and one audiocassette. Also included are materials from a study of Russian genealogy by students at Aldephi University directed by Ucko.

Addition (2007-0066) (200 items, 0.6 lin. ft.; dated 1996-1998) contains slides, photographs, oral histories on audiocassettes, 1 VHS videocassettes, printed and other materials all concerning a 1996 exhibit Lenora Ucko curated in honor of her late husband, Henry Zvi Ucko. The exhibit was entitled What We Brought with Us, an exhibit about the personal items taken by German Jews who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The exhibit was first at Duke University and then moved to the NC Museum of History in Raleigh.

Addition (2011-0063) (900 items, 1.5 lin. ft.; dated 1994-2002) largely consists of materials from Ucko's involvement in the Museum of the Jewish Family. Museum materials include programming pamphlets and advertising, exhibitions, budget materials, grant applications, Board of Directors correspondence and meeting minutes, newsletters, mission and by-laws, and other materials from the operation of the organization, primarily dated 1997-1998. Other items in this addition include some of Ucko's correspondence, her research on museums and memory, and some StoriesWork materials.

The Lenora Greenbaum Ucko Papers were acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Ucko, Lenora Greenbaum. Genealogy. Jews--Germany--1930-1940. Marriage--Folklore. Anthropology. Photographs. Audiocassettes. Videocassettes. Slides. Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. Contents of Collection Accession (2006-0015) 6 Boxes

Accession consists primarily of files, lectures, and papers for classes taught by Ucko; files pertaining to cross-cultural communications prepared for the U.S. Army JFK Special Warfare Center; 20 labeled color slides; and travel diaries from Sierra Leone, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Senegal, Pakistan, and Holland. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

1 Professional correspondence Dr. Greenbaum's dissertation Yale University summer seminar information Research notes Academic research papers 2 Academic research papers Cross-cultural communication lesson plans 3 University course material East Asia tradition Middle East traditions Dissertation material Course material for courses taught by Dr. Ucko at Duke University 4 Love and Marriage mythology Culture and Violence Academic papers 5 Who's on top Travel information Dominican Republic Diary Notebooks 6 European Women Senegal research diary Pakistan diary Accession (2007-0015) 2 Boxes

Addition (750 items, 1.2 lin. ft.; dated 1973-1994) contains typescripts and promotional material for articles and books including Endangered Spouses; course materials including files, papers, and class rosters; correspondence; and one audiocassette. Also included are materials from a study of Russian genealogy by students at Aldephi University directed by Ucko.

7 Typescripts and publicity materials for Endangered Spouses Typescripts for other articles Teaching files Correspondence, 1976-1992 8 Typescripts for articles and a short play, Shalom Bayit Student papers Teaching materials Materials for Russian genealogy studies Audiocassette Accession (2007-0066) 1 Box

Addition (200 items, 0.6 lin. ft.; dated 1996-1998) contains slides, photographs, oral histories on audiocassettes, 1 VHS videotape, printed and other materials all concerning a 1996 exhibit Lenora Ucko curated in honor of her late husband, Henry Zvi Ucko. The exhibit was entitled What We Brought with Us, an exhibit about the personal items taken by German Jews who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The exhibit was first at Duke University and then moved to the NC Museum of History in Raleigh.

9 What We Brought with Us exhibit materials Videocassette of Leonora Ucko public reception, Duke University Library, October 19, 1996 Oral histories (15 audiocassettes) Photographs of exhibit materials Slides (12 items) Printed materials Accession (2011-0063) (1 box)

10Correspondence, 1993-1998 Museum of the Jewish Family materials(17 folders)

Programming pamphlets and advertising, budget materials, grant applications, Board of Directors correspondence and meeting minutes, newsletters, mission and by-laws, and other materials from the operation of the organization, primarily dated 1997-1998. Includes coverage of the exhibit "What We Brought With Us." Also includes early inventories of the Rosenzweig Collection. Particular exhibitions or programming are detailed below.

Artist, Bible, and Storyteller program, 1998 Ala Moses sculpture From Russia With Love exhibit Rattner exhibit Jewish-Arab Cross Cultural Encounters, 1995 Meaning of Light in Jewish Tradition, 1997 Jewish Film Festival exhibitions, 1999 Kanof Israeli Medals exhibit, 1994(2 folders) Light is for Everyone, 1997-1998 The Running Stag: Images of Israel in Postage Stamp Art, 1998(5 folders) Migrations: Jewish Settlers of Eastern North Carolina, 1998-1999(5 folders) Articles written by Ucko Stories workshop evaluations StoriesWork promotion/publicity Ucko's research Holocaust Jewish fabric and handicrafts Museum/curatorship articles Memory articles Association of Jewish Libraries Council of American Jewish Museums Beth Shalom Centre, England(2 folders)