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| Size | 7.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 5700 items) |
| Abstract | Billy Brown Olive of Durham, N.C., is a North Carolina attorney who specializes in patent and intellectual property law. In 1957, he established Olive & Olive, the first patent law firm to serve the Research Triangle Park area, and taught proprietary and engineering law classes at the Duke School of Engineering and the School of Product Design at North Carolina State University. For more than 40 years, Olive was involved in civic affairs, specifically those relating to the environment and environmental racism. Locally, he was involved in the opposition to specific routes of Interstate 40 in Orange County, N.C., serving as coordinator with Opposition to I-40 in Orange County. He also opposed the Eubanks Road landfill site in Orange County, N.C. and the East/West Expressway route through the historically African American Crest Street community in Durham, N.C. The collection includes materials on environmental and social issues of interest to Billy Brown Olive, specifically his opposition to the Interstate 40 construction through Orange County, N.C.; the proposed landfill site near Eubanks Road in Orange County; and the proposed extension of the East/West Expressway (North Carolina Highway 147) through the historically African American Crest Street community in Durham, N.C. Interstate 40 papers consist of Olive's office files related to Interstate 40 construction through North Carolina, including correspondence, meeting minutes of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, newspaper clippings, maps of routes, and petitions. Landfill site materials relate to the proposed placement of an Orange County landfill near Eubanks Road in Orange County, and include court documents, letters of opposition written by Olive, newspaper clippings, landfill drawings, and publications and reports. Crest Street papers include correspondence; court documents, specifically those related to the Save Our Church and Community Committee of Durham; maps of Duke Forest; publications and reports; and additional correspondence relating to I-40 construction in Durham. Also included is material related to the Orange County Municipal Waste Project, chiefly consisting of correspondence of Olive with state and local officials, newspaper staff, educators, and the Landfill Owners Group, but also including studies and reports on waste management. There are a few related photographs scattered throughout the collection. |
| Creator | Olive, Billy Brown, 1921- |
| Language | English |
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Billy Brown Olive of Durham, N.C., is a North Carolina attorney who specializes in patent and intellectual property law. He received his degree in electrical engineering from Duke University in 1948 and went on to work with the Westinghouse Electric International Company in New York. It was during his time in New York that Olive earned his law degree from Saint John's University. He worked for Fieldcrest Mills in Leaksville, N.C., before establishing Olive & Olive in 1957, the first patent law firm to serve the Research Triangle Park area. For the next 15 years, he also taught proprietary and engineering law classes at the Duke School of Engineering and the School of Product Design at North Carolina State University.
For more than 40 years, Olive was involved in civic affairs, specifically those relating to the environment. Locally, he was involved in the opposition of specific routes of Interstate 40 in Orange County, N.C., serving as coordinator with Opposition to I-40 in Orange County. He also opposed the Eubanks Road landfill site in Orange County and the East/West Expressway route through the historically African American Crest Street community in Durham. In addition, Olive founded the North Carolina Bar Association's committee on intellectual property law. He received military awards from both the United States and France, an award for civic service from the State of North Carolina, the Distinguished Alumnus Award of Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering, and the Charles Korstian Award of the Nicholas School of the Environment.
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The Billy Brown Olive papers include materials on environmental and social issues of interest to Olive, specifically his opposition to the Interstate 40 construction through Orange County, N.C.; the proposed landfill site near Eubanks Road in Orange County; and the proposed extension of the East/West Expressway (North Carolina Highway 147) through the historically African American Crest Street community in Durham, N.C. Interstate 40 papers consist of Olive's office files related to Interstate 40 construction through North Carolina, including correspondence, meeting minutes of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, newspaper clippings, maps of routes, and petitions. Landfill site materials relate to the proposed placement of an Orange County landfill near Eubanks Road in Orange County, and include court documents, letters of opposition written by Olive, newspaper clippings, landfill drawings, and publications and reports. Crest Street papers include correspondence; court documents, specifically those related to the Save Our Church and Community Committee of Durham; maps of Duke Forest; publications and reports; and additional correspondence relating to I-40 construction in Durham. Also included is material related to the Orange County Municipal Waste Project, chiefly consisting of correspondence of Olive with state and local officials, newspaper staff, educators, and the Landfill Owners Group, but also including studies and reports on waste management. There are a few related photographs scattered throughout the collection.
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Series 1. Interstate 40 Construction, 1960s-1980s.
Billy Brown Olive's office files related to the construction of Interstate 40 through North Carolina, including correspondence, meeting minutes of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, newspaper clippings, maps of routes, petitions, and a few photographs. See also Series 3. Crest Street for related I-40 correspondence.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Series 2. Landfill, 1950s-1970s.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Materials related to the proposed placement of a landfill near Eubanks Road in Orange County, N.C., including court documents, letters of opposition written by Billy Brown Olive, newspaper clippings, and publications and reports. Also includes landfill drawings and a few photographs. The landfill opened in 1972.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
| Folder 50-51 |
Chapel Hill landfill, 1972 #05453, Series: "2. Landfill, 1950s-1970s." Folder 50-51Folder 50Folder 51 |
| Folder 52 |
Eubanks landfill, 10 February 1975 #05453, Series: "2. Landfill, 1950s-1970s." Folder 52 |
| Folder 53 |
Exhibits regarding New Hope Development Corporation, 1972 #05453, Series: "2. Landfill, 1950s-1970s." Folder 53 |
| Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-5453/1 |
Landfill drawings, 1970s-1980s #05453, Series: "2. Landfill, 1950s-1970s." XOPF-5453/1 |
| Folder 54 |
Landfill newspaper clippings, circa 1972 #05453, Series: "2. Landfill, 1950s-1970s." Folder 54 |
| Folder 55-58 |
Landfill papers, circa 1950s-1973 #05453, Series: "2. Landfill, 1950s-1970s." Folder 55-58Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58 |
| Folder 59-62 |
Publications and reports, 1968-1976 #05453, Series: "2. Landfill, 1950s-1970s." Folder 59-62Includes:
Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62 |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5453/3 |
Research Triangle Region Development Guide, 1969 #05453, Series: "2. Landfill, 1950s-1970s." OPF-5453/3 |
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Series 3. Crest Street, 1960-1986.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Materials related to the proposed extension of the Durham East/West Expressway (North Carolina Highway 147) through the historically African American Crest Street community of Durham, N.C. Includes correspondence; court documents, specifically those related to the Save Our Church and Community Committee of Durham; maps of Duke Forest; and publications and reports. There is also some correspondence that concerns Interstate 40 construction in Durham.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Series 4. Orange County Municipal Waste Project, 1996-2001.
Chiefly correspondence of Billy Brown Olive with state and local officials, newspaper staff, educators, and the Landfill Owners Group related to the Orange County Municipal Waste Project (OCMW), but also studies and reports on waste management.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Items Separated
Processed by: Kiley Orchard, April 2010
Encoded by: Kiley Orchard, April 2010
This collection was processed with support from Elizabeth Moore Ruffin.
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