Duke Digital Collections

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The Thompson Blue Book on Advertising (1904) — Collection: Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920

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American Slavery Documents

Early Manuscripts collection

Radio Haiti Archive

Silent Vigil (1968) and Allen Building Takeover (1969) Audio Recordings

William Gedney Photographs and Writings

Women's Travel Diaries

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West Campus Progress Picture #423 19310417WC0423

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New York City: newsstand rrpph01002001

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Jordan, Brooklyn. dscsi03304

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War Gardening and Home Storage of Vegetables CK0036

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For the past several weeks I’ve had the great fortune to help contribute to our new archival finding aid interface, based on the Stanford ArcLight project. My coworker Sean Aery, is a contributor to that project as well as being the lead developer for Duke University Libraries’ implementation. The new site is set to launch … Continue reading Fun with sticky scrolling →

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