Duke University Living History Program records, 1974-2005.

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Duke University Living History Program records, 1974-2005.

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Videotapes and transcripts of interviews by Duke University faculty members with prominent American leaders, primarily in the area of post-World War II diplomacy. Individuals represented include Oscar Arias Sanchez, Les Aspin, Ellsworth Bunker, Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, Angier Biddle Duke, J. William Fulbright, Averell Harriman, Jesse Jackson, Samuel W. Lewis, William H. Luers, Jack F. Matlock, George Crews McGhee, Robert McNamara, King Mihai of Romania, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Paula H. Nitze, Charles Percy, Dean Rusk, Abdus Salam, Terry Sanford, James Schlesinger, Earl E.T. Smith, Soedjatmoko, Hanna Suchaka, Richard Goldstone, Erhard Busek, Judy Woodruff, David Gergen, Vernon A. Walters, and Yegor Gaidar. Also includes a composite tape from the interviews with Bunker, Fulbright, and Rusk relating to perspectives on the war in Vietnam. The collection also includes videotapes of speeches given on the Duke campus by other prominent individuals. The addition (04-097)(8 items, 0.6 lin. ft.; dated 2001-2004) contains Beta master tapes and VHS copies of interviews with Princeton Lyman, former US ambassador to South Africa and Nigeria; Rick Kaplan, president of MSNBC; Robert Jordan, US ambassador to Saudi Arabia; and Lloyd Axworthy, former Canadian minister of foreign affairs. This addition is unprocessed. Addition (05-113) (4 items, .4 lin. ft.; dated 2005) includes two Betacam/sp (master) and two VHS videocasette (viewing) copies of Bruce Kuniholm's interview with Ambassador Dennis Ross on February 17, 2005. This addition is unprocessed and is not represented in the finding aid for the collection.

384 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6965151

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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