Duke Centennial, 1937-1939
Title | Duke Centennial, 1937-1939 PDF eBook |
Author | Duke University |
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Release | 1937 |
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Collection of Duke University publications (including invitations and programs) in celebration of the university's centennial.
Centennial Addresses, December 11, 1937- April 23, 1939
Title | Centennial Addresses, December 11, 1937- April 23, 1939 PDF eBook |
Author | Duke University |
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Release | 1937 |
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The Centennial Exhibit of the Duke University Library, Consisting of Material from the George Washington Flowers Memorial Collection of Books and Documents Relating to the History and Literature of the South, April 5-June 5, 1939
Title | The Centennial Exhibit of the Duke University Library, Consisting of Material from the George Washington Flowers Memorial Collection of Books and Documents Relating to the History and Literature of the South, April 5-June 5, 1939 PDF eBook |
Author | Duke University. Library |
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Pages | 88 |
Release | 1939 |
Genre | American literature |
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The Launching of Duke University, 1924-1949
Title | The Launching of Duke University, 1924-1949 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Franklin Durden |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 628 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780822313021 |
In this rich and authoritative history, distinguished historian Robert F. Durden tells the story of the formation of Duke University, beginning with its creation in 1924 as a new institution organized around Trinity College. As Durden reveals, this narrative belongs first and foremost to Duke University's original President, William Preston Few, whose visionary leadership successfully launched the building of the first voluntarily supported research university in the South. In focusing on Duke University's most formative and critical years--its first quarter century--Durden commemorates Few's remarkable successes while recognizing the painful realities and uncertainties of a young institution. Made possible by a gift from James B. Duke, the wealthiest member of the family that had underwritten Trinity College since 1890, Duke University was organized with Few as president. Few's goal was to turn Duke into a world-class institution of higher education and these early years saw the development of much of what we know as Duke University today. Drawing on extensive archival material culled over a ten-year period, Durden discusses the building of the Medical Center, the rebuilding of the School of Law, the acquisition of the Duke Forest and development of the School of Forestry, the nurturing of the Divinity School, and the enrichment of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. It was also during this period, as Durden details, that such treasures as the Sarah P. Duke Gardens were created, as well as some near treasures, as seen by the failed attempt to start an art museum. Although the story of the birth of this University belongs largely to William Preston Few, other people figure prominently and are discussed at length. Alice Baldwin, who led in the establishment of the Woman's College, emerges as a fascinating figure, as do William H. Wannamaker, James B. Duke, William Hanes Ackland, Robert L. Flowers, Justin Miller, and Wilburt Cornell Davision, among others. Although impressive growth occurred in Duke's formative years, tensions also arose. The need to strike an institutional balance between the twin demands of teaching and research, of regional versus national status, combined with continual shortages of funds, created occasional obstacles. The problem of two sets of trustees, one for the university and another for the Duke Endowment, loomed largest of all. As Few himself said, during these early years Duke successfully embarked on a long journey, for it was not until after World War II that Duke University consolidated the growth begun in the inter-war years. An important contribution to the history of Southern higher education as well as to Duke University, this book will be of great interest to historians, alumni, and friends of Duke University alike.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Title | The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints PDF eBook |
Author | Library of Congress |
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Pages | 712 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Catalogs, Union |
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Guide to Private Manuscript Collections in the North Carolina State Archives
Title | Guide to Private Manuscript Collections in the North Carolina State Archives PDF eBook |
Author | North Carolina. State Department of Archives and History |
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Pages | 512 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Manuscripts |
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Methodist Union Catalog, Pre-1976 Imprints
Title | Methodist Union Catalog, Pre-1976 Imprints PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth E. Rowe |
Publisher | Methodist Union Catalog |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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"The term 'Methodist' is used in its broadest sense to include the Evangelical United Brethren family, Black Methodist, other U.S. Methodist bodies..."--Intro.