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accessing the collection

John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African American Documentation

Housed at the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, the collection consists of 1,300 taped interviews, 300 of which have been professionally transcribed as of summer 2002. Researchers may contact the Library directly to make arrangements to access the collection. Duplication requests must be made in person.

Local Repositories

Reference copies of interviews from the Behind the Veil Project were deposited with the institutional and community contacts across the South that facilitated the fieldwork stage of the project. Contact each location directly to determine how to access its collection.