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Spaulding, C. C. (Charles Clinton), 1874-1952. Papers, 1905-1985.

Title: Papers, 1905-1985.

The collection contains photos, miscellaneous business papers, programs, speeches, clippings related to C.C. Spaulding, black civil rights, and to African-American life more generally (organized by subject), in addition to payroll ledgers and various publications created by and related to North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. These papers document the growth of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, Spaulding's and the company's connection to the community, their pride in that community, and their involvement in African-American issues (local and beyond) and livelihood. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African-American Documentation.

ArchivalResource: 19000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45279802 View

Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies. Behind the Veil: Documenting African-American Life in the Jim Crow South. 1940-1997 and n.d. (bulk 1993-1997).

Title: Behind the Veil: Documenting African-American Life in the Jim Crow South. 1940-1997 and n.d. (bulk 1993-1997).

Chiefly interviews recorded on cassette tapes (10670 items, dated 1940-1997 (bulk 1993-1997). The printed materials with the collection include biographical information about informants, interview agreement forms, proper names sheets, brief summaries on the interviews, and transcripts of approximately 314 interviews. The transcripts are also available as electronic documents. The 1260 interviews, 1993-1997, in this collection cover a number of topics related to African-American life in the 20th century with a focus on the age of southern segregation. The collection includes interviews with people from Albany, Ga.; Fargo, Ark.; Birmingham and Tuskegee, Ala.; Charlotte, Durham, Enfield, New Bern, Wilmington, and Craven County, N.C.; LeFlore County, Miss.; Memphis, Tenn.; Muhlenburg County, Ky.; New Iberia and New Orleans, La.; Norfolk, Va.; Columbia, Orangeburg, St. Helena, and Summerton, S. C.; and Tallahassee, Fla. (00-000) The addition (01-132) (15 items, n.d.) contains framed duplicates of photographs collected by the staff of the Behind the Veil project. The addition (01-183) (100 items, 1.5 linear feet; dated 1996-1997) includes a course syllabus, interviews of African-American North Carolinians on cassette tapes, some student self-evaluations, contracts, indices, and transcript excerpts. The area most represented is Durham, N.C. Students were to aim for insight into how African-Americans built communities during an age of racial oppression. The interviews include much information about family history and social and community issues. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American Documentation.

ArchivalResource: 11018 items (69.9 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83497727 View

Spaulding, C. C. (Charles Clinton), 1874-1952. Papers, 1905-1985.

Title: Papers, 1905-1985.

The collection (19000 items) contains photos, miscellaneous business papers, programs, speeches, clippings related to C. C. Spaulding, black civil rights, and to African-American life more generally (organized by subject), in addition to payroll ledgers and various publications created by and related to North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. These papers document the growth of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, Spaulding's and the company's connection to the community, their pride in that community, and their involvement in African-American issues (local and beyond) and livelihood. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African-American Documentation. (99-481) The addition to the collection (600 items) documents C. C. Spaulding's professional life as President of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company (NC Mutual) and his political interests as an African-American professional in Durham, N.C., during the Jim Crow era from the 1930s to his death in 1952. The collection includes pamphlets and publications from NC Mutual; speeches by Spaulding; correspondence to and from Spaulding and various public officials on city, state, and national levels; and newspaper clippings and funeral bulletins regarding Black citizens of Durham.

ArchivalResource: 19600 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80056304 View

Dawson, Robert Edward, 1918-. Robert Edward Dawson papers, 1939-1998.

Title: Robert Edward Dawson papers, 1939-1998.

This collection documents Dawson's professional and civic life. Materials include scrapbooks; reports; subject files; memoranda; and correspondence, in particular from prominent Durhamites, such as Floyd B. McKissick, Sr., and James E. Shepard. The collection details Dawson's medical practices, teaching, and board memberships at Lincoln Community Health Center, Lincoln Hospital, and Durham County General Hospital. It also documents his lengthy and high-level involvement with the following institutions and organizations: Meharry Medical College, George W. Hubbard Hospital, the National Medical Society, the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, the North Carolina Society for the Prevention of Blindness, the Old North State Medical Society, North Carolina Central University, and the Mutual Savings & Loan Association. The collection also contains 35 color photographs and 48 negatives. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American Documentation. (00-320).

ArchivalResource: 25,113 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46719292 View

St. Joseph's African Methodist Episcopal Church (Durham, N.C.). Church Fan Collection, [19---195-?].

Title: Church Fan Collection, [19---195-?].

Sixteen early-twentieth-century hand-held church fans depicting biblical and devotional scenes and displaying advertisements for local businesses (some owned by African Americans).

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45279799 View

Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies. American Communities Oral History Collection, 1996-1997.

Title: American Communities Oral History Collection, 1996-1997.

Collection includes a course syllabus, interviews of African-American North Carolinians on cassette tapes, some student self-evaluations, contracts, indices, and transcript excerpts. The area most represented is Durham, N.C. Students were to aim for insight into how African-Americans built communities during an age of racial oppression. The interviews include much information about family history and social and community issues. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African-American Documentation.

ArchivalResource: 100 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45279801 View