Finding Family in Archives at Duke

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Archives for the people

Laurin Penland created this website for people who are interested in their ancestors and the stories that can be found amongst old papers, photographs, letters, oral histories, and movies.

Penland currently works as a library assistant at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library and was first drawn to the library by a collection of photographs by Rob Amberg, who has been documenting Penland's hometown in Appalachia for more than 40 years.

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