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Duke Archives
The Duke University Archives is responsible for the collection and management of records of enduring value created by the University's administrative offices and academic units. The Archives also acquires records of student, faculty and staff organizations, selected personal papers, and books, images, audio, and other documentation about Duke University. The University Archives is a part of Duke's Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library. Please use that link if you are looking for our rare book and general manuscript collections, including the J. Walter Thompson Company's and other advertising archives. Archival records of the Duke University Medical Center are managed by the Duke University Medical Center Archives......read more
Duke University Quick Facts
Duke University was created in 1924 by James Buchanan Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke. The Dukes, a Durham family that built a worldwide financial empire in the manufacture of tobacco products and developed electricity production in the Carolinas, long had been interested in Trinity College. Trinity traced its roots to 1838 in nearby Randolph County when local Methodist and Quaker communities opened Union Institute. The school, then named Trinity College, moved to Durham in 1892. In December 1924, the provisions of James B. Duke's indenture created the family philanthropic foundation, The Duke Endowment, which provided for the expansion of Trinity College into Duke University.......read more
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