The Duke University Archives preserves the historical record of the university. This collection provides access to several key campus publications including the Chanticleer (student yearbook), the Trinity College Historical Papers (series of early faculty publications), as well as other core resources, such as campus course catalogs.
Duke holds one of the world’s largest collections of Confederate imprints, or items printed in the Confederate States of America between secession from the Union and the surrender of the Confederate military forces (December 1860-April 1865). Confederate imprints are notable for their fragility and ephemerality, due to the scarcity of high-quality paper and a lack of large publishing and printing houses in the South, as well as for the view their contents give of military and civilian life in...
Topics: Confederate, Civil War, American history
The Glenn R. Negley Collection of Utopian Literature in Duke University’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library contains over 900 works, dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The collection includes utopias and dystopias, works which, according to Dr. Negley, "use the device of a fictional society or state to present views of an ideal (utopian) or less than ideal (dystopian) value structure," especially focused on the political functioning of the...
The Jantz Collection at Duke Libraries
Duke University Press is an academic publisher of books and journals across the humanities, social sciences, and more. Duke University Press has decided to make available via open access a substantial set of its older books that are no longer selling actively. The DUP collection is composed of some of those books; others may be available only via the HathiTrust.
Emblem books are a genre of illustrated books that was popular from the 16th to the 18th centuries in Europe. Emblem books contain illustrations that often visually represent or illustrate a moral fable or an allegory. The illustration is often paired with a phrase of text, like a motto or an epigram,that further explains the image. Many emblem books serve a didactic purpose and explain virtues, vices, religious principals etc. through words and image. Many significant artists, authors, and...
Duke University Libraries, Ottoman-Turkish Literature
Works from and about the British Romantic era of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, from the holdings of the Duke University David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The collection is espec ially rich in the works of Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, including some unique copies, but also includes significant editions of works by Leigh Hunt, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, and others. Many items in the...
Duke University Libraries
71,819
72K
1911
1911
by
Rizal, José, 1861-1896; Mariano, Patricio
texts
eye 71,819
favorite 9
comment 0
Translation of El Filibusterismo
A collection of Russian Imprints from Duke University.
The History of Medicine Collections in Duke University’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library contains over 20,000 rare books and 4,000 manuscript items, along with numerous prints, photos, and other types of ephemera. The collection strengths are in the following areas: anesthesiology, human sexuality, materia medica, pediatrics, psychiatry, vivisection, and yellow fever.
Collection of Divinity School materials from Duke University Libraries
Official publications by the British colonial government in Madras [now, Chennai] from 1670 - 1835, including district records; diaries; domestic and overseas political correspondence; dispatches; letters to and from Fort St. George; copies of wills, probates and letters of administration; pleadings in the Mayor’s Court; consultations; and minutes of proceedings.
This collection of works of literature by British women of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries from the Duke University David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library provides insight not only into the development of the novel, but also of new literary genres in general and the societal forces that gave rise to female authors in the Victorian era. Gothic romances, epistolary novels, and societal "problem" novels are also represented in the collection and attest to the role...
Topic: keyword
This group represents a small selection of directories from Duke's larger collection. Perkins Library has directories from various cities in the United States and Europe from the 1700s through the 1900s. City directories provide information on businesses, organizations and institutions located within. They also contain an alphabetical listing of citizens, listing the name of the head of household, address and occupational information. Directories may also include a short history of the city,...
Verso of t.p.: Black Cat Press
Topic: Atlantis (Legendary place)
Duke University Libraries
48,602
49K
1658
1658
by
Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?; Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565; Moffett, Thomas, 1553-1604; Rowland, John, M.D
texts
eye 48,602
favorite 142
comment 0
Paged continuously
Topic: Zoology
-Ondes. -Étendards. -Casé d'armons. -Luerus des tirs. -Obus couleur de lune. -La tête étoilée
Topic: World War, 1914-1918
In verse
Topics: Utopias, Utopias, Slavery
Astrology.--Palmistry.--Thaumaturgic art.--Hypnotism and mesmerism.--The occult arts.--Alchemy
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Occultism
Duke University Libraries
14,710
15K
1893
1893
by
Confederated Southern Memorial Association (U.S.); Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organization); United Confederate Veterans; United Daughters of the Confederacy
texts
eye 14,710
favorite 6
comment 1
Description based on: v. 2, no. 1 (Jan. 1894); title from cover
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: Confederate States of America. Army
"Five hundred and forty copies printed at the Riverside Press Cambridge."
Includes bibliographical references (p.174-175) and indexes.
Topics: Synoptic problem, Q hypothesis
First American edition
Topics: Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character), Whaling ships, Ship captains, Whaling, Whales
The Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History in Duke’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library holds an extensive collection of correspondence, publications, advertisements, photographs, slides, films, books and serials that document the history of advertising, sales, and marketing over the past two centuries. In addition to the J. Walter Thompson Company Archives, the most comprehensive historical record of any advertising agency, the Center contains the...
Description based on: v. 47 (1959)
Topics: Duke University, College yearbooks
Includes index
Topics: Salsa (Music), Popular music, Musicians
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Garden cities, Utopias
Duke University Libraries, Divinity School
10,739
11K
1974
1974
by
Harmon, Nolan B. (Nolan Bailey), 1892-; World Methodist Council; United Methodist Church (U.S.). Commission on Archives and History
texts
eye 10,739
favorite 4
comment 0
Includes index
Topic: Methodist Church
favoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Voyages, Imaginary, Science fiction, American, Utopias
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
[68], 685 pages : 23 cm (8vo)
Topics: Emblem books, Italian, Emblems -- Early works to 1800, Emblem books, Italian, Emblems
"First edition, 1,000 copies ..." no. 447
Topics: Lind, Earl, Homosexuality, Paraphilias
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
Duke University Libraries, Confederate Imprints
16,671
17K
Gardner's New Orleans directory for 1861 : including Jefferson City, Gretna, Carrollton, Algiers, and McDonogh : with a new map of the city, a street and levee guide, business directory, an appendix of much useful information, and a planters directory containing the names of the cotton and sugar planters of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas : a summary of the commercial history of New Orleans, continued
1861
1861
by
Gardner, Charles
texts
eye 16,671
favorite 10
comment 0
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
Vol 41, no. 7, Sept. 1955 has portrait on cover of Wilburt C. Davison and includes historical sketches of the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and the health services at Duke
Topics: Davison, Wilburt C. Wilburt Cornell,Periodical Issue (Wilburt Cornell), 1892-1972, Duke University,...
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
Duke University Libraries
2,154
2.2K
1900
1900
by
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910; Garnett, Constance, 1861-1946
texts
eye 2,154
favorite 5
comment 0
Translation of Voĭna i mir
Topic: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Description based on: v. 47 (1959)
Topics: Duke University, College yearbooks
Topics: Food habits, Turks, Cooking, Turkish
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
Includes index
Topics: Cooking, American, Cooking
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
Description based on: v. 47 (1959)
Topics: Duke University, College yearbooks
Duke University Libraries
1,088
1.1K
1880
1880
by
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904
texts
eye 1,088
favorite 3
comment 0
former call number: Lombroso
Topics: Criminology, Criminal Psychology, Tattooing
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
[40], 512, [8] pages : 20 cm
Topics: Mythology, Classical -- Early works to 1800, Gods, Greek -- Early works to 1800, Gods, Roman --...
vi, 192 p. : 29 cm
Topics: Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Bahama, Bahama (N.C.) -- History, Bahama (N.C.) --...
Duke University Libraries
1,861
1.9K
1901
1901
by
Council of Trent (1545-1563 : Trento, Italy); Görres-Gesellschaft
texts
eye 1,861
favorite 4
comment 1
Each v. has separate t. p
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Councils and synods, Ecumenical
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
Description based on: v. 47 (1959)
Topics: Duke University, College yearbooks
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: Utopias
Duke University Libraries
6,467
6.5K
1893
1893
by
Confederated Southern Memorial Association (U.S.); Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organization); United Confederate Veterans; United Daughters of the Confederacy
texts
eye 6,467
favorite 4
comment 0
Description based on: v. 2, no. 1 (Jan. 1894); title from cover
Topic: Confederate States of America. Army
Duke University Libraries
3,228
3.2K
1922
1922
by
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
texts
eye 3,228
favorite 14
comment 0
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
former call number: E #8495
Duke University Libraries
4,054
4.1K
1898
1898
by
Wrede, Alphons, Freiherr von; Semek, Anton; Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. K. und K. Kriegsarchiv. Mittheilungen. Supplement
texts
eye 4,054
favorite 0
comment 0
"Supplement zu den 'Mittheilungen des K. und K. Kriegs-Archivs'."
Topics: Austria. Armee, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Heer, Hungary. HonveÌdseÌg, Austria. Landwehr,...
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
former call number: E qT422D
Duke University Libraries
3,150
3.2K
1912
1912
by
Hayn, Hugo, 1843-1923; Gotendorf, Alfred N; Englisch, Paul
texts
eye 3,150
favorite 1
comment 0
Vols. 1-8: 3. ungemein verm. aufl. von Hugo Hayns "Bibliotheca Germanorum erotica," 1912-14
Topic: Erotic literature
"Including Zululand, East Griqualand and Pondoland."
