Robin Chandler Lynn Duke papers, 1930-2009

ArchivalResource

Robin Chandler Lynn Duke papers, 1930-2009

Collection 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, miscellaneous, and subject files. A substantial amount of correspondence is with members of the U.S. House and Senate 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. Other parts of the collection deal more directly with Duke personally and with her husband. Files relate to social events and awards ceremonies, the Congressional campaign of 1977, and a number of other organizations concerned with her activities or her husband's ambassadorship. There is also information concerning the National Wildflower Research Center, the Council of American Ambassadors, the United Nations and other organizations; as well as information related to a white house dinner; speeches; articles about Duke; an appointment book; and personal files.

81,747 items.

Related Entities

There are 8 Entities related to this resource.

Population action international

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

Draper World Population Fund

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

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...

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 ...

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 ...

United Nations

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t76681 (corporateBody)

In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

National Abortion Federation (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xq26q3 (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 ...