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Hines' Jazz Archive to Berkeley
Dec 9, 2009
Campus musicians receive gift from pianist Earl Hines' estate

Moreland-Springarn Research Center
Nov 11, 2009
Allegations that the research center could close due to an inadequate budget

Black Educator's papers to Emory
Oct 15, 2009
Ulysses S. Byas Was First Post-Desegregation Black School Superintendent

Shakur papers to Woodruff Library
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Tupac's mother donates his writing for research

Octavia Butler collection
Oct 7, 2009
Huntington receives sci-fi writer Octavia Butler's collection

North Carolina Mutual Collection

Sep 17, 2009


(Source: CarolinaNewswire.com, press release, 09-16-2009)



Durham, NC - North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, the nation's largest and oldest life insurance company with roots in the African-American community, will sign an agreement to transfer its archival collection to North Carolina Central University and Duke University on Friday, September 25. The agreement will be signed at 11 a.m. in the Heritage Room on the 12th floor of the North Carolina Mutual offices, 411 West Chapel Hill Street in Durham. The event is open to the public and the Heritage Room will remain open until 3 p.m. for public tours.

The collection of materials highlights the historic role the company has played locally and nationally in African-American commerce. The documents will be housed in Duke's Library Service Center, an off-site location that serves both institutions. The collection will be referred to as "The North Carolina Mutual Collection."

The North Carolina Mutual Collection will be administered by the NCCU Archives, Records and History Center and the Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library in conjunction with the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.

The extensive collection includes thousands of business documents, newsletters, commercials, photography, and books written about the company and its founders, books written by the company, government insurance publications, plaques and awards, promotional items, and historical information about the families of two company founders, John Merrick and Dr. Aaron M. Moore, as well as trailblazer and corporate icon Charles C. Spaulding. The North Carolina Mutual Collection may contain the largest assemblage of African-American corporate material in the nation.