Youth Document Durham and Durham Works Project records, 1995-2008 and undated.

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Youth Document Durham and Durham Works Project records, 1995-2008 and undated.

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The Youth Document Durham and Durham Works project records span the years 1995-2008 and document the process of training young people in Durham, North Carolina schools to use photography and other arts, oral histories, and writing to record the history and members of their communities and the local issues affecting the students' lives. Many of the students are African American or Hispanic and their topics often highlight social conditions and race relations in African American and Hispanic communities in Durham neighborhoods and in a few other locations, including South Carolina. Topics explored by participants, both interviewers and interviewees, include crime, food cultures, jobs and education, music, racism, technology, teen violence, work cultures, and tobacco cultivation and its social context. The collection is divided into three series: Interviews, Photographic Material, and Project Files. The bulk of the collection is made up of hundreds of oral interviews conducted by junior high and high school students with community members, documented through audiocassette recordings, photographs, writings, and some transcripts, but there are also many program publications, project curricula, and administrative records for the program from its beginnings through 2008. There is also a database created by Center for Documentary Studies staff that records the complete information for each interview, including descriptive notes on certain interviews. This data also contains restricted information. For access to this database, please consult with a reference archivist. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.

Approximately 10,000 items (40.0 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8079307

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University)

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