Duke University Archives. Collection description

The Duke Vigil, 1968
Collection, 1968-[ongoing]

Extent: 3.3 linear ft. ; 1 RS box + 1 8" box, audiotapes + 1 flat box, newspapers [duplicates] + 1 oversize folder, newspapers

Contents: Posters, handbills, newspapers and newspaper and magazine clippings, press releases, tape recordings, telegrams of support, and other materials pertaining to the "Silent Vigil," events preceeding it, and its aftermath. The collection is still open, and other materials may be added as they come in. It includes folders kept by Vigil organizers, as well as personal recollections by participants, and histories of Local 77, statements by University officials, analyses, and other materials generated by the demonstration and the University's response to it. Professors John O. Blackburn, Kenneth Clark, and John H. Strange, and student David M. Henderson each kept one or more folders of material on the demonstration and these are included in the collection. There are 11 7" audiotapes made during the course of the Vigil by WDBS, then the campus radio station, and 5 7" audiotapes made by a student, along with copies of the Duke Chronicle for the period.

Organization: Handouts, flyers, statements, newspaper and magazine clippings arranged chronologically;

Restriction: WDBS tapes may not be released to the media. Letter, May 6, 1968, R.L. Chapman to John L. Sharpe. "To be used only for historical research purposes by qualified students and faculty members of institutions of higher education."

Source(s): of material Accession records are in the collection file.