Robin Chandler Lynn Duke Papers, [ca. 1930]-2009

ArchivalResource

Robin Chandler Lynn Duke Papers, [ca. 1930]-2009

Robin Chandler Lynn Duke held office or was active in a number of organizations including Population Action International, the National Abortion Rights Action League, The Packard Foundation, the Draper World Population Fund, and several major corporations. Married to Ambassador Angier B. Duke. Collection (22100 items, dated 1942-2000) contains items related to Duke's extensive involvement in abortion rights, family planning, and population studies organizations. Series within the collection include correspondence, clippings, writings, publications, miscellaneous, photographs, and subject files. A substantial amount of correspondence from Duke was written to members of the U.S. House and Senate, and was written by Duke in her capacity as National Chair of Population Action International. Books and pamphlets report on population studies, child education, family planning, violence against women, and international education. Organizations represented in the collection include Population Action International, the Draper World Population Fund, Planned Parenthood, NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League), "The Anatomy of Hate" conference, and the National Abortion Federation.

56.2 Linear Feet; 81747 Items

eng,

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6359386

Related Entities

There are 99 Entities related to this resource.

American Express

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65z321f (corporateBody)

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60h497c (corporateBody)

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was chartered by the legislature of Massachusetts in 1780 and is the second oldest learned society in the U.S. Among its incorporators were James Bowdoin, John Adams, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock. From the description of Records of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1775-1800 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122413111 ...

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6998xfr (person)

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and previously as the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973. He also served as assistant secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (1944–1945) as well as under secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954....

U.S.-Japan Foundation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vc3pwf (corporateBody)

National Center for Children in Poverty

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w822p6 (corporateBody)

United Nations Population Fund.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6935mpz (corporateBody)

Rockwell

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qd5jdc (corporateBody)

Duke, Angier Biddle, 1915-1995

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61v6hm9 (person)

Chief of Protocol and ambassador to Spain and Denmark under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations; resident of New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. From the description of Angier Biddle Duke Papers, 1915-1995 and n.d. (bulk 1940-1995). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 45279792 1915 Born in New York City, Nov. 30. Son of Angier Buchanan and Cordelia (Biddle) Duke ...

National Abortion Rights Action League

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66b1gzv (corporateBody)

NARAL is a national lobbying and membership organization which was devoted to obtaining, and later to maintaining, the availability of safe, legal abortions. The initials stood for the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws from the organization's founding in 1969 until 1973, when the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade made abortion legal. From the guide to the [Videotape collection] [videorecording], 1977-1992, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute) A n...

NARAL

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g605r5 (corporateBody)

Population Health Imperatives

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6392s95 (corporateBody)

National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pm5xxd (corporateBody)

National Institute of Social Sciences (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wx3gj9 (corporateBody)

Council of Foreign Relations

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r05hq5 (corporateBody)

National Women's Resource Center

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vr8ht5 (corporateBody)

Planned Parenthood

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qm2zmz (corporateBody)

United States-Japan Foundation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gf5jks (corporateBody)

Packard Foundation Population Committee

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60t55df (corporateBody)

United Nations Association of the U.S.A.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t01v4s (corporateBody)

Council of American Ambassadors

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dc45wk (corporateBody)

Harvard School of Public Health

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q27zc6 (corporateBody)

The Harvard School of Public Health began as a cooperative program between Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The School for Health Officers of Harvard University and M.I.T. opened in 1913 as the first formally organized school of public health in the U.S. The name of the school was changed to Harvard-M.I.T. School of Public Health in 1918, and courses in industrial hygiene were offered in that year. In 1922 the school was reorganized under the direction of Harvard whi...

Packard Foundation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6015j5x (corporateBody)

International Conference on Population and Development

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dd3gvt (corporateBody)

Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vn52bb (person)

John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) was born in Richford, New York to William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davison. In 1853, he moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio where he studied bookkeeping. With partner Maurice B. Clark, Rockefeller built an oil refinery in 1863 and bought out his partner two years later. In 1864, he married Laura Celestia “Cettie” Spelman, with whom he had four children. Two years later, Rockefeller joined his brother William to establish Rockefeller, Andrews, & Flagler, wh...

Tolstoy Foundation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m461cd (corporateBody)

Pres. Johnson

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sw3dnj (person)

American Home Products Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64k5w68 (corporateBody)

Sinding, Steven W.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp0g86 (person)

Women's Capital Corp.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fg9846 (corporateBody)

Southampton Press

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60q6dxd (corporateBody)

Blair House

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69b3q1b (corporateBody)

East River savings bank

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p4052c (corporateBody)

International Planned Parenthood Federation.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63n5zpr (corporateBody)

Center for Reproductive Law & Policy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6228gx2 (corporateBody)

Pro-Choice Resource Center

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c97rrz (corporateBody)

Keystone Center

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62297r9 (corporateBody)

Mayor-Elect Koch

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61h6cm6 (person)

National Park Foundation.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6576bgg (corporateBody)

International Women's Health Coalition

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rc3bhf (corporateBody)

Population action international

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66f0vz2 (corporateBody)

Guttmacher Institute

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xv1c33 (corporateBody)

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69b3pcd (corporateBody)

Rockwell International, Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j8300p (corporateBody)

A. B. Duke

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xr2z21 (person)

United Nations Association

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67m4wvp (corporateBody)

The United Nations Association came into being in 1948 with the help of money from the League of Nations Union which carried on as a parallel organisation. After the demises of the League of Nations Union the UNA took over many of its functions and staff. The UNA describes itself as a 'critical fan club of the United Nations' and has always reflected the concerns of the United Nations. It began by focussing on the issues of world peace and the danger of war through hunger and whilst...

FAPE

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw70r1 (corporateBody)

Airle Foundation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cd6hd7 (corporateBody)

Draper World Population Fund

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sv2rpd (corporateBody)

Friends of Art and Preservation in Embassies (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6576dsb (corporateBody)

Population Council.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w996kh (corporateBody)

The Population Council was founded by John D. Rockefeller 3rd in 1952 and is an independent non-profit organization. It is international in the composition of its Board of Trustees and its staff, as well as in the nature and extent of its activities. The Council has helped raise the issue of population growth to global attention, and has helped further understanding of the relationship between fertility, popultion growth and socio-economic development. From the description of Archive...

Horizon Communications

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66v639v (corporateBody)

World Affairs Council

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zs8b7r (corporateBody)

Packwood, Sen. Robert

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61x15g5 (person)

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zb4v0t (corporateBody)

Centre for Development and Population Activities

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pp5d7x (corporateBody)

Alan Guttmacher Institute.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m669f9 (corporateBody)

Founded in 1968 and first known as the Center for Family Planning Program Development, the organization was initially part of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). The Center had as its champion Alan F. Guttmacher, the prestigious obstetrician/gynecologist/educator who served as PPFA president for more than ten years until his death in 1974. By 1977, the Center was renamed the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) in Dr. Guttmacher's honor and incorporated as an independent non-profit o...

David Packard

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63p7wv8 (person)

Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z31x1j (person)

Dean Rusk (1909-1994), U.S. Secretary of State, born in Cherokee County, Georgia. From the description of University of Georgia faculty papers, 1952, 1971-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477809 Dean Rusk was born in Cherokee County, Ga., on February 9, 1909. He attended Davidson College, graduating in 1931 as a Rhodes Scholar. He then attended St. John's College, Oxford. In 1946 he became assistant chief of the Division of International Security Affairs of the U.S. De...

Angier B. Duke Family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cx09qp (person)

Spanish Institute

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hp0q8n (corporateBody)

National Mother's Day Committee

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60m7qdr (corporateBody)

UN-USA Board of Directors

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67v33m2 (corporateBody)

Population Action International, Board of Directors

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64g7692 (corporateBody)

Johnson, President

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p140wj (person)

Sharon Camp

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xj56gc (corporateBody)

Duke University

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jb6wkw (corporateBody)

W.A.C. (World Affairs Council)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63d1gfw (corporateBody)

American Inst. for Public Service

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mt98jk (corporateBody)

Duke, Robin Chandler Lynn

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62v3mgx (person)

Held office or was active in a number of organizations including Population Action International, the National Abortion Rights Action League, The Packard Foundation, the Draper World Population Fund, and several major corporations. Appointed ambassador to Norway, married to Ambassador Angier B. Duke. From the description of Papers, ca. 1930-2003. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 81518281 Born in 1923, Duke held office or was active in a number of organizations ...

President Kennedy.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sw3gs5 (person)

Hilary Rodham Clinton

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pb052f (person)

Center for Gender Equality

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67f89qn (corporateBody)

Planned parenthood federation of America

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp3xkr (corporateBody)

In 1921 Margaret Sanger founded the national lobbying organization, American Birth Control League (ABCL) which in 1942 became Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Between 1921 and 1942 the organization underwent two transformations. In 1923 Sanger opened the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau (BCCRB) for the purposes of dispensing contraceptives under the supervision of licensed physicians and studying their effectiveness. The ABCL provided institutional backing for ...

Packard Foundation Board of Trustees

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66555r7 (corporateBody)

Hastings center

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w635576z (corporateBody)

The Hastings Center was founded in 1969 by Daniel Callahan and Willard Gaylin to address the moral problems posed by rapid advances in medicine and biology through a broadly interdisciplinary approach. The center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that carries out educational and research programs on ethical issues in medicine, the life sciences, and the professions. From the description of Hastings Center records, 1969-1988 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702124290...

Population Crisis Committee, Board

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62h33hq (corporateBody)

Barnard College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66h87cq (corporateBody)

Barnard College was given its first provisional charter by the Regents of the State of New York on Aug. 8, 1889. From the description of Barnard College charters and statutes, 1934-1988. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 275960020 Junior Month was a summer project in sociological theory and practice founded in 1917 and supervised by the Charity Organization Society of New York City. In a one month period juniors from twelve eastern colleges a...

Population Crisis Committee

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xh4v07 (corporateBody)

Boys Harbor, Inc.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66r7crb (corporateBody)

UN

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f34fb8 (corporateBody)

Joan Gunter

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6723tmt (person)

Global Committee of Parliamentarians on Population and Development

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pq4mnr (corporateBody)

UNFPA

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z18r3b (corporateBody)

Center for Reproductive Law and Technology

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67v349f (corporateBody)

Planned Parenthood Foundation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mt98bw (corporateBody)

Council of American Ambassadors, Board of Directors

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bd9fhk (corporateBody)

Population Action International, Governance Committee

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c11p5g (corporateBody)

Pai

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6198pgt (corporateBody)

Birmingham-Southern College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b98hbr (corporateBody)

International Conference on Population Control

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6238b4f (corporateBody)

International Conference on Population

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p99v8g (corporateBody)

Smithsonian Institution

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rc7tp0 (corporateBody)

The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

Sasakawa

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kj6fwx (person)

Fore, Al

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kr3s9c (person)

IIE

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67526hp (corporateBody)

National Women's Economic Alliance

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mb5qz0 (corporateBody)

Institute of International Education (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qg2gg0 (corporateBody)

Kokusai Kōryū Kikin.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n743d8 (corporateBody)

Women's Equity Action League

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6517mmw (corporateBody)

WEAL was founded in 1968 by a group of professional women, mostly lawyers, in Cleveland, Ohio, who originally hoped to begin a NOW (National Organization for Women) chapter. Realizing NOW's agenda would not garner widespread support in Cleveland, they began their own group and limited their concerns to education, legislation, and the economic rights of women. WEAL challenged sex discrimination on college campuses, in the military, and in the work place. The WEAL Fund was established in 1972 as t...