Every year, Duke University Libraries digitizes thousands of items in our collections. These digital assets must be carefully managed to preserve them for generations of students and researchers to come. This work requires storage space, the specialized expertise of our talented staff, and you!
We need your help expanding our capacity to preserve Duke's digital collections! Our Adopt a Digital Collection program allows you to support the long-term preservation of these important cultural and scholarly resources, keeping them safe and accessible indefinitely.
Adoption funds are contributed to the Lowell and Eileen Aptman Digital Preservation Fund.
Adoption Process
Our adoptable collections are listed below. Simply follow the link to adopt! If you have questions, or would like to talk more about adoption options, please contact the Associate University Library for Development, the Associate University Librarian (AUL) for Information Technology Services or the Digital Collections Program Manager.
Blue Dean
AUL for Development
919-660-5940
blue.dean@duke.edu
Tim McGeary
AUL for Information Technology Services
919.660.5802
tim.mcgeary@duke.edu
Molly Bragg
Head, Digital Collections
919.660.5888
molly.bragg@duke.edu
Adoptable Collections
Collection Information | Content | Size (in GB) | Adopt | Group |
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Over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955. Managing Center: John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
Advertisements | 5 | Adopted by Ann Elsner in honor of Allan Todd Sagraves | John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
Thousands of television commercials created or collected by the D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B) advertising agency, dated 1950s - 1980s. Managing Center: John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
Commercials | 10200 | Adopt for 73950 | John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
African American soldier's Korean War photograph album 106 black-and-white and color photographs mounted in a black-leaf photograph album, bound in Japanese-style lacquered covers. The photographer may be an African American soldier named Tommy, who served in the U.S. Army's 511th Operation and Maintenance Service (OM SVC) Company during the Korean War. Many photographs depict both white and African American soldiers together. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Color photographs | 1.5 | Adopted by Sarah Park, in honor of Kyungroc Park. | John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
African American soldier's Vietnam War photograph album A large photograph album likely created by an African American soldier serving in Vietnam. There are 268 uncaptioned black-and-white and several color photographs ranging in size from 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 to 3 1/2 x 5 inches, along with 15 souvenir postcards. Images primarily feature informal shots of African American and white servicemen in camp and off base, though few show the soldiers mingling. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Photograph albums | 2.5 | Adopt for 20 | John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
African American soldier's World War II photograph album of India A 16-page 8 1/2 x 11 inch photograph album belonging to an unidentified member of the 45th Engineer General Service Regiment, a segregated unit of African American soldiers stationed in Ledo, India beginning in 1942. Their charge was to build a portion of the Stilwell Road, a major supply route from India to China. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Photograph albums | 1 | Adopt for 10 | John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
African American soldier's World War II photograph album of Munich, Germany 34 black-and-white snapshots and one photographic postcard. The photographs document a close-knit group of African American soldiers of the U.S. Army's 3909th Quartermaster Truck Company in Munich, Germany, August 1945, during the last weeks of World War II. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Photograph albums | 0.5 | Adopted by Adopted by Seth Peltier in memory of Hawley Heglar and Leland Dingman | John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Alexander H. Stephens Papers, 1823-1954 The collection includes a large amount of correspondence as well as bills/receipts, financial papers, legal papers, political papers, clippings and printed material. It ranges in date from 1823 to 1954, with the bulk covering 1823-1883. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 160 | Adopt for 1160 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Images from Alex Harris' 1971-1972 project to document substandard housing and living conditions in North Carolina as an initiative of the Institute of Policy Sciences and Public Affairs at Duke University. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
Documentary Photographs | 5 | Adopted by Hannah Jacobs | Archive of Documentary Arts |
Allen Building Takeover Collection, 1969-2002 Publications, hand-outs, flyers, reports correspondence, media clippings and other items documenting the 1969 Takeover of the Allen building by students in the then Afro-American Society. Managing Center: Duke University Archives |
Mixed Material | 23 | Adopted by Deborah Jakubs, Jim Roberts, Susan Ross and Tom Hadzor to Tim Warmath and Ed Comber on the occasion of their marriage | Duke University Archives; Long Civil Rights Movement collaborative grant |
Americans in the Land of Lenin: Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia 750 photographs of every-day life in the Soviet Union (1919-1921 and 1930) from the papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
Documentary Photographs | 24 | Adopted by Kimberly and Scott Bradford in honor of Jack A. Bradford | Archive of Documentary Arts |
Legal and personal documents related to slavery in the United States including bills of sale, manumission papers, emancipation notes, bonds, auction notices and other assorted items. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 19.5 | Adopt for 150 | John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Approximately 1,800 broadsides and song sheets from nineteenth-century America. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 34 | Adopt for 250 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
These printed illustrations are single sheets, similar to broadsides, that depict the body using layers or flaps that can be lifted to reveal internal organs and other body parts, mimicking what one would find upon dissection. The History of Medicine Collections have a total of ten such anatomical fugitive sheets dating from the early-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth centuries. Managing Center: History of Medicine Collections |
Anatomical drawings | 5.5 | Adopt for 40 | History of Medicine Collections |
Asa and Elna Spalding Papers, 1909-1997 and undated Documents, photographs, memorabili and audio/visual items from an African American family's lifelong involvement in the business, political, educational, religious, and social life of Durham, N.C. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 654 | Adopt for 4750 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Barnard and Gardner Civil War Photographs Some of the most celebrated, recognizable, and graphic images of the American Civil War come from Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War and George N. Barnard's Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign, both published in 1866. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
Documentary Photographs | 38 | Adopt for 280 | Archive of Documentary Arts |
Basil Lee Whitener papers, 1889-1968 This collection includes correspondence between Whitener and Basil Lee's constituents, other congressmen, and government officials, legislative materials, drafts of bills, financial papers, speeches, invitations, printed material, clippings, photographs, and other papers, chiefly from congressional files (1957-1968), relating to issues of national importance during the 1960s, including the Vietnam War, crime legislation, gun control, riots, civil rights legislation, foreign aid, social security, and the Taft-Hartley Act. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 177 | Adopt for 1290 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Benjamin and Julia Stockton Rush Papers Personal and professional materials of Benjamin and Julia Rush, from 1766-1845, focusing on medical concerns, especially the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Managing Center: History of Medicine Collections |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 39 | Adopt for 290 | History of Medicine Collections |
Black Student Alliance Records, 1969-2006 Contains the records of the Black Student Alliance and materials of student groups specific to the African diaspora at Duke University. Also includes materials about race relations at Duke University and activities of various community groups. The records include fliers, memoranda, correspondence, printed e-mail, minutes, newsletters, reports, charts, printed materials, a scrapbook, and a history of the Black Student Alliance. Managing Center: Duke University Archives |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 53 | Adopted by Leanora Minai | Duke University Archives |
Thousands of broadsides, pamphlets, form letters, posters, newspapers, tickets, and other printed items on a wide range of topics from across the United States. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 383 | Adopt for 2780 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Materials related to Cuban, Dominican and Haitian maritime migration from 1965-1996, including camps at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 1991-1996. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 102 | Adopt for 740 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Carlo Naya Photograph Albums of Venice Four albums of mounted albumen prints of Venetian landmarks, taken by notable photographer Carlo Naya during the 1860s and perhaps into the 1870s. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
16.5 | Adopt for 120 | Archive of Documentary Arts | |
Cesare Lombroso Letters, 1878-1908, undated, to Prof. Riccardi This collection contains the letters from Cesare Lombroso, 1878-1908. Managing Center: History of Medicine Collections |
Mixed Material | 3 | Adopted by John Mishler T’09 in honor of Marc D. Samsky | History of Medicine Collections |
Charles N. Hunter Papers, 1850s-1932 and undated This collection contains correspondence, scrapbooks of clippings, print material such as articles and reports, and other papers, all dating from the Civil War into the first few decades of the 20th century. The collection was digitized as part of the collaborative grant on the Long Civil Rights Movement and its impact in North Carolina. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 248 | Adopt for 1800 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Rare and unusual publications of music for string quartets. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Sheet music | 85 | Adopted by Rebeccah Neff in honor of Harry Max Neff | |
Continued proceedings of the Clionian Debating Society, 1851-1858 The Clionian Debating Society was a Charleston, South Carolina debate society founded by and for free Black men. The Society was founded in 1847; it was dissolved in 1858. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Records | 8 | Adopted by Angela G. Ray in memory of Simeon W. Beaird | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Contract with Freedmen on Plains Plantation, 1865 June 8-August 28 A contract, dated 1865 June 8, made with 28 male and female former slaves for the growing of cotton on the 'Plains' plantation in Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi. The laborers committed to working every day 'from sun to sun,' except Sunday, with other possible days off. They were to be paid one quarter of the net proceeds for the crop. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Contracts | 0.5 | Adopted by | John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Cosmetics Trade Samples and Sachets Samples and sachets of cosmetics, powders, makeups, soaps and scented paraphernalia, 1890s-1930s. Managing Center: John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History; Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture |
Mixed Material | 2 | Adopted by Jackie Wachholz in honor of Richard Collier, Jr. and Henry Hebert for their fine work on this collection. | |
Approximately 1,850 photographs shot in Cuba between 1963 and 1964 and processed by Alberto Korda on the island. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
Documentary Photographs | 3 | Adopted by Jeff Kosokoff in honor of Steve Kosokoff | Archive of Documentary Arts |
Doris Duke Photograph Collection, 1870-2006 The Doris Duke Photograph Collection was created by combining color and black and white photographs, slides, negatives, and other photographic formats contained in albums, boxes, picture frames, and envelopes. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Photographs | 91 | Adopt for 660 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Dorothea Stevens Diary, 1887 April 1 - August 17 Diary written in 1887 by 16-year-old Dorothea Jane Stephen, cousin to Virginia Woolf; daughter of James Fitzjames Stephen, who was brother to Leslie Stephen, Virginia Woolf's father. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Diary | 7 | Adopt for 60 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Digitized issues of the Duke Chronicle, the university's student newspaper, dating from December 1905 to February 1989. Managing Center: Duke University Archives |
Newspaper | 9370 | Adopt for 67940 | Duke University Archives |
This collection contains images of 584 covers from Duke football game programs. Managing Center: Duke University Archives |
Sports program | 14 | Adopted by Bill and Ann Kirkland | Duke University Archives |
Duke Men's Basketball vs. Stetson (November 29, 1980) Footage of Mike Krzyzewski's first game as head basketball coach at Duke on November 29, 1980. Duke defeated Stetson 67-49. This silent film and others in the collection were made by and for the Duke University coaching staffs, and do not have the features common to televised games. Digitized from 16mm film reels. Managing Center: Duke University Archives |
Sports Film (moving image) | 0.5 | Adopted by Michael Corey T'05 | Duke University Archives |
The official magazine of the College of Engineering (Pratt School of Engineering) at Duke University, including 205 issues published from 1940 to 2013. Managing Center: Duke University Archives |
Magazine | 253 | Adopt for 1840 | Duke University Archives |
Survey plats of Duke University properties drawn between 1925-1926 in preparation for construction on East and West Campus. Managing Center: Duke University Archives |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 99 | Adopt for 720 | Duke University Archives |
Duke University Construction Progress Photographs, 1925-1932 A series of photographs documenting the construction of Duke University's East and West Campuses between 1925 and 1932. Managing Center: Duke University Archives |
Photographs | 23 | Adopted by Michael Schoenfeld T'84 and Elizabeth Schoenfeld T'84 | Duke University Archives |
Historic aerial photographs of Durham, NC. Managing Center: Data and Visualization Services at Duke University Libraries |
Aerial photographs | 20 | Adopted by Sara and Bruce Brandaleone in honor of Chris Brandaleone and Jennifer Hochberg | Data and Visualizaton Services |
Earl Garfield Cunningham World War II scrapbook, photographs, and ephemera Collection includes 12 scrapbook pages containing more than 150 amateur corner-mounted photographs taken primarily in Italy, together with postcards of Italian sights; military appointment certificates; military records; military awards including the Bronze Star Medal; and additional photographs that collectively document the military career and experiences of African American soldier Earl G. Cunningham. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Photographs | 2 | Adopt for 20 | John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Elizabeth Johnson Harris Memoir Handwritten memoir of poet and writer Elizabeth Johnson Harris, 1923. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture; Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture |
3 | Adopted by Hannah Jacobs | ||
Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920 Over 3,300 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920, illustrating the rise of consumer culture and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States. Managing Center: John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
Advertisements | 4.5 | Adopted by Cat McDowell | John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
Over 300 letters, primarily written by Emma Goldman. Other anarchists, activists, and thinkers are represented as authors, including Alexander Berkman, Eugene Debs, Harry Kelly, Alexander Shapiro, and the Socialist Party of New England. Many of the letter recipients are unnamed (as 'Comrade'), but the majority of the letters were directed to Thomas H. Keell, an English compositor and editor for the anarchist periodical Freedom, in London. Managing Center: Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture |
Letters | 109 | Adopt for 790 | Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture |
Frank Baker Collection of Wesleyana and British Methodism, 1536-1996 and undated Letters and writings of the Wesley family collected by Dr. Frank Baker Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 25 | Adopt for 190 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
60 wax cylinders, 51 aluminum lacquer (acetate) phonodiscs, and 25 aluminum phonodiscs extant from Brown's original field recordings. Brown recorded these performances between 1914 and his death in 1943, as part of his lifelong exploration and collecting of North Carolina and Appalachian folk music, ballads, and folklore. The recordings form the backbone of the seven-volume Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Songs (performances) | 1699 | Adopt for 12320 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Friedrich Carl Peetz Photographs Approximately 120 photographs taken by a German Naval officer during the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
Documentary Photographs | 3 | Adopt for 30 | Archive of Documentary Arts |
Gary Monroe Photographs, 1980-1998 100 black-and-white photos shot by Gary Monroe from 1980 to 1998 in Haiti, in Haitian neighborhoods in Florida, and in Krome Camp, Florida, where Haitian refugees are detained by the U.S. government. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
Documentary Photographs | 9 | Adopted by John Mishler in honor of Dr. Megan Jeanette Myers | Archive of Documentary Arts |
George Frederick Holmes Papers, 1767-1960 Correspondence, notes, diaries, and literary works of George Frederick Holmes. Also contains correspondence of William Howard Perkinson; and of Joseph Henry Herndon Holmes and Mary Ann Pemberton Holmes, parents of George Frederick Holmes. Managing Center: |
Letter books | 15 | Adopt for 110 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Haitian Declaration of Independence A rare manuscript copy of the Haitian Declaration of Independence (1804), and an excerpted copy of a will for Monsieur de la Martinier (1799) which mentions those with family members who became key Haitian revolutionaries. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Material | 1 | Adopted by Yves René | |
Hayti-Elizabeth Street Renewal Area 3 maps of the general neighborhood renewal plan of the Hayti-Elizabeth Street area in Durham, North Carolina, and two final project reports of the renewal project, dated 1962. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Maps | 41 | Adopt for 300 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Henry Heyliger photograph album of occupied Japan An accordion-bound photograph album containing 158 black-and-white and a few color photographs, belonging to African American soldier Henry Heyliger, named numerous times in the album. Most of the photographs document the 610th Port Company based in Yokohama, Japan, 1947, and many are labeled with soldier's names and some locations. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Photograph albums | 0.5 | Adopt for 10 | John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Over 3,000 pieces of sheet music published in the United States between 1850 and 1920. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Sheet Music | 1 | Adopted by Tim McGeary in honor of Kenneth McGeary | |
History of Medicine Artifacts collection, 1550-1980s Collection of historical medical instruments and artifacts, art objects, realia, and other three-dimensional objects related to the history of medicine, primarily originating from Europe and the United States, but including some artifacts from China and Japan, ranging in age from 16th to 20th centuries. Managing Center: History of Medicine Collections |
Photographs of artifacts | 0.5 | Adopted by Harsha Murthy T'81 in memory of M.S.N. Murthy, M.D. | History of Medicine Collections |
Hundreds of portraits made by an itinerant photographer who rode the trains to the small towns of North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
Documentary Photographs | 82.5 | Adopt for 600 | Archive of Documentary Arts |
Images of Mainline Protestant Children and Families in the U.S. Articles and advertising images of Protestant children and families in the U.S. from Protestant-supported or targeted magazines. Managing Center: Duke Divinity School |
Magazines | 5 | Adopt for 40 | Duke Divinity School Library |
Isaac Leroy Shaver Papers, 1893-1982 The collection includes sermons, correspondence, photographs, printed material and published works related to Shaver's missionary work in Japan and Idaho. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 245 | Adopt for 1780 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Includes 108 Italian cultural and political posters mostly dating from the 1970s-1980s, including many created by the Partito comunista italiano. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Posters | 54 | Adopt for 400 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
J. Walter Thompson Company Newsletters Internally produced newsletters from The J. Walter Thompson Company between 1916 and 1986. Managing Center: John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
Company newsletters | 303 | Adopt for 2200 | John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
J. Walter Thompson Ford Motor Co. Advertisments The collection includes over 11,000 advertisements created by the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency for Ford Motor Company's lines of cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs; Ford Farming line of tractors; Genuine Ford Parts; and dealerships and automotive services from 1945 through 2007. Managing Center: John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
Advertisements | 482 | Adopt for 3500 | John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
Jazz Loft Project Records, 1950-2012 and undated The Jazz Loft Project Records consist of the research and administrative records of author Sam Stephenson's Jazz Loft Project, which documented the events and inhabitants. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Records and oral Histories (audio and moving image) | 1210 | Adopt for 8780 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
131 photos from several of Andrews' projects, including portraits from North Carolina, Virginia, and New York City; and photographs of Halifax and Pittsylvania counties. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
Documentary Photographs | 4 | Adopted by Lesley Looper | Archive of Documentary Arts |
Joe Hernandez’s scrap book includes black and white and color photographs, ticket stubs, matchbook covers, night club flyers, program, postcards and more from performance venues for female impersonators and gay clubs across the United States. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Scrapbook | 6.25 | Adopt for 50 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Joseph A. Sinsheimer Papers, 1962-1987 Joseph A. Sinsheimer recorded oral histories of the Mississippi civil rights movement between 1983 and 1987, with grant support from the Lyndhurst Foundation. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Oral histories (audio and written transcripts) | 121 | Adopt for 880 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Josephine Napoleon Leary Papers, 1873-1988 The personal and business papers of Josephine Leary, an African-American business woman of Edenton, North Carolina. Josephine Leary, born into slavery and freed at age 9, owned several properties in Edenton until her death in 1923. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 43 | Adopt for 320 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Postcards showing the aftermath of the 1923 earthquake in the Kanto region of Japan Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 7 | Adopt for 60 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Ladyslipper, Inc. Retail Catalogs 52 retail catalogs produced and published by Ladyslipper Records Inc., a Durham, North Carolina-based non-profit organization which has been involved in many facets of women's music since 1976. Managing Center: |
Sales catalogs | 93 | Adopt for 680 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Audio and video of meetings and activities of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Georgia recorded by Larry Rubin, audio letters from Larry Rubin to his parents from Georgia, and Rubin’s radio program, 'Revolution in Georgia,' created at Antioch College, 1960s. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Audio recordings | 166 | Adopt for 1210 | John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Manuscripts and Woodcuts: Visions and Designs from Bloomsbury 12 Woodcuts by Roger Fry and the manuscript of Elizabeth and Essex written in Lytton Strachey's hand with 7 miscellaneous ms. letters. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Woodcuts | 9 | Adopted by John Mishler T’09 in honor of Matthew Holt Hameroff | |
Correspondence, project files, subject files, and publications documenting the human rights activism of the Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer in 1970s and 1980s Argentina. Managing Center: Human Rights Archive |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 311 | Adopt for 2260 | Human Rights Archive |
Maynard Miller photograph album of occupied Japan A large photograph album, marked 'property of Staff Sergeant Maynard Miller,' containing approximately 200 photographs of African American soldiers in Tokyo and other locales in occupied Japan during 1946. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Photograph albums | 2 | Adopt for 20 | John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Over 600 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920, illustrating the rise of consumer culture and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States. Managing Center: John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
Advertisements | 0.5 | Adopted by Tim McGeary in honor of Barbara McGeary | John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
Michael Francis Blake Photographs, 1912-1934 117 photographs of men, women, and children taken between 1912-1934 by Blake who opened one of the first African-American photography studios in Charleston, S.C. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
Documentary Photographs | 13 | Adopt for 100 | Archive of Documentary Arts |
52 caricatures from Musée des Horreurs and 3 caricatures from Musée des Patriotes depicting the anti-Semitic sentiment in France during the Dreyfus Affair, published between 1899 and 1900. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Caricatures | 8 | Adopt for 60 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Orange County (N.C.) Tax List Ledger, 1875 Tax ledger recording individual taxes owed by citizens in Orange County, N.C., for 1875. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Ledger | 20.5 | Adopt for 150 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Paul A. Samuelson Economics Cassette Series Interviews with Paul Samuelson as well as Milton Friedman, discussing fiscal policy and other issues through their respective lenses of Keynesian and Monetarist economics Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Audiocassettes | 289 | Adopt for 2100 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
580 photographs depicting life in Bainbridge, Georgia from 1960-2001, and several manuscripts by the photographer. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
Documentary Photographs | 16 | Adopted by John Mishler T’09 in honor of Nathaniel Scott Ries | Archive of Documentary Arts |
48 photographs taken by Sir Percy Moleworth Sykes during his travels in a mountainous region of Central Asia, now the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, with his sister, Ella Sykes. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Black-and-white photographs | 6 | Adopt for 50 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Ration Coupons on the Home Front, 1942-1945 This collection shows how the U.S. government controlled and conserved vehicles, typewriters, sugar, shoes, fuel, and food. Managing Center: Duke University Libraries |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 9 | Adopt for 70 | Duke University Libraries |
Re-Imagining is an ecumenical, radical, Christian movement focused on creating ways of understanding Womanist, Feminist, Mujerista, and Asian Feminist theologies, and opening spaces for dialogue with the church, diverse religious communities, and the world. Managing Center: Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture |
Interviews | 3 | Adopt for 30 | Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture |
Rencher Harris papers, 1851-1980 and undated The collection consists mainly of clippings, correspondence, legal papers, photographs, printed materials, journals and diaries, scrapbooks, oversize maps, and reports relating to Harris' work in political and educational affairs in Durham, North Carolina in the 1950s and early 1960s as a member of the City Council and the School Board, with emphasis on school desegregation, civil rights, and race relations in Durham. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 126 | Adopt for 920 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Resource of Outdoor Advertising Descriptions 2.0 (ROAD 2.0) ROAD 2.0 is comprised of over 31,000 digitized images from 5 collections: the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) Archives, the OAAA Slide Library, R.C. Maxwell Company Records, and the papers of prominent outdoor advertising figures John Paver and John Brennan. The project originated as a metadata-only database in 2003, funded by an grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. A grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) later funded digitization. Managing Center: John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
Advertisements | 1311 | Adopted by Fletcher Family Foundation in honor of Nancy Fletcher | John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History |
Richard Henry Gregory papers, 1905-1910 This collection contains diaries and photographs from Gregory's travels in China, 1905-1906, as an employee of the British-American Tobacco Company. It includes material on travels to Shanghai, Hankow, and the provinces of Honan, Hunan, Hupeh, and Kiangsi, including descriptions of the countryside and customs, and of tobacco culture in the region. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 4 | Adopt for 30 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
289 photographs and contact sheets made between 1957 and 1973 primarily in London and New York City. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
Documentary Photographs | 9 | Adopt for 70 | Archive of Documentary Arts |
Russian Posters Collection, 1919-1989 and undated Consists of 75 Russian posters, documenting almost 60 years of Communist political advertising (1920s-1980s). Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Posters | 27 | Adopted by the Fall 2005 Changing Faces of Russia FOCUS in honor of Dr. Jehanne Gheith, Dr. Edna Andrews, Professor Michael Newcity, Dr. Warren Lerner, and Dr. Simon Cook | |
Sam Reed and the Trumpet of Conscience Collection documenting the life and work of activist and organizer, Sam Reed, and the organization he founded, the Trumpet of Conscience, 1987-2000. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Newsletters and photographs | 4 | Adopt for 30 | John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Samuel Wilberforce papers, 1790-1872 Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873) was an Anglican Bishop of Oxford and Winchester. The collection consists primarily of letters related to missionary activities of the Church of England in East Africa and in various British colonies. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 9 | Adopt for 70 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Correspondence, financial papers, legal papers, writings and speeches, scrapbooks, photographs, films, audio tapes, and other materials reflecting the philanthropic, financial, cultural and social activities of the Semans family and other wealthy families in North Carolina and New York. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Autochromes (photographs) | 0.5 | Adopted by Seth Peltier in honor of Mark and Teresa Peltier | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Over 5,000 photographs, primarily of China, 1908-1932. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
Documentary photographs and glass plate negatives | 538 | Adopt for 3910 | Archive of Documentary Arts |
Silent Vigil (1968) and Allen Building Takeover (1969) Audio Recordings Recordings of the Silent Vigil at Duke following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the occupation of the Allen Building in February 1969 by Duke’s Afro-American Society. Managing Center: Duke University Archives |
Audio Recordings | 25 | Adopt for 190 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 1 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 19 | Adopt for 140 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 2 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 29 | Adopt for 210 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 3 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 20 | Adopt for 150 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 4 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 29 | Adopt for 210 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 5 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 38 | Adopt for 280 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 6 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 32.5 | Adopt for 240 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 7 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 34 | Adopt for 250 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 8 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 25.5 | Adopt for 190 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 9 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 36.5 | Adopt for 270 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 10 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 23 | Adopt for 170 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 11 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 18 | Adopt for 140 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 12 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 29 | Adopt for 210 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 13 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 29.5 | Adopt for 220 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 14 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 25.5 | Adopt for 190 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 15 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 28 | Adopt for 210 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 16 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 38 | Adopt for 280 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 17 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 35 | Adopt for 260 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 18 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 29 | Adopt for 210 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 19 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 24 | Adopt for 180 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 20 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 37 | Adopt for 270 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 21 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 42 | Adopt for 310 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 22 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 33 | Adopt for 240 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 23 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 42 | Adopt for 310 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 24 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 40 | Adopt for 290 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library, Box 25 Manuscript collections, predominately from the 19th century American South, that document life, politics, and culture in a variety of formats, including letters, diaries, and business papers. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 19.5 | Adopt for 150 | Small Manuscript Collections from the Rubenstein Library |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 40th Anniversary conference videocassette tapes, 2000 Sixteen digital videocassette tapes documenting the 13 April 2000 conference, 'We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest: Ella J. Baker ('Miss Baker') and the Birth of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee,' held at Shaw University, in Raleigh, NC. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Conference proceedings (moving image) | 180 | Adopt for 1310 | John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle papers Correspondence, fragments, and notes from Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle and their circle Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Correspondence | 7.5 | Adopt for 60 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Three issues of the comic book series Vica by Vincent Krassousky produced in France during World War II. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Propaganda | 5 | Adopt for 40 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
W. Duke, Sons & Co. Advertising Materials, 1880-1910 Tobacco trading cards, albums, and other advertising collectibles from the W. Duke Sons & Co., Liggett & Myers, American Tobacco, and other tobacco companies. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Tobacco cards and albums | 48 | Adopted by in honor of Sara H. Brandaleone WC’65, P’03, P’07, a Duke and Durham fan, for her remarkable service to the Library Advisory Board 1997 – 2019. | |
Wesley Family papers, 1726-1889 and undated Anglican clergymen John Wesley (1703-1791) and Charles Wesley (1707-1788) co-founded the Methodist movement. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 16 | Adopt for 120 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
William Emerson Strong Photograph Album Portraits of 200 military officers and 'notorious characters' of the Confederacy. Managing Center: Archive of Documentary Arts |
Cartes-des-visites | 22 | Adopt for 160 | Archive of Documentary Arts |
William Wilberforce Papers, 1782-1837 and undated British politician and social reformer William Wilberforce (1759-1833) was a leader in the movement to abolish slavery. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 71 | Adopt for 520 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Women's Army Corps and WAC African American Band scrapbook from Fort Des Moines A 44-page scrapbook belonging to an unidentified compiler, that documents the history of Fort Des Moines as a Women's Army Corps training center, and more specifically the 404th Women's Army Corps (WAC) band, the first African American female band in the United States military. Managing Center: John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Mixed Manuscript Material | 1 | Adopt for 10 | John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture |
Women's Liberation Movement Print Culture Manifestos, speeches, essays, and other materials documenting various aspects of the Women's Movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. Managing Center: Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture |
Mixed Material | 19 | Adopted by Jamie R. Flynn T’93 and Sean M. Flynn T’90 | Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture |
Over 100 diaries written by British and American women who documented their travels to places around the globe, including India, the West Indies, countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as around the United States. Managing Center: Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture |
Diaries | 983 | Adopted by Anne T’73 and Bill Newton | Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture |
Non-profit, inter-racial organization founded in Durham, N.C. in September 1968; Elna Spaulding was founder and first president. Collection comprises correspondence, by-laws, meeting agendas and minutes, budgets, articles of incorporation, as well as information about the organization's relationship to the Women In Action Foundation of Durham, N.C. Managing Center: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mixed Material | 165 | Adopted by James Semans in memory of the friendship between and activism of Elna and Asa Spaulding and Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans. | Long Civil Rights Movement collaborative grant |