Inventory of the J. H. Chappell Collection, 1922-1927, 1967
[top]Descriptive Summary
Repository
University Archives, Duke
University
Creator
Chappell, John Herbert.
Title
J. H. Chappell Collection, 1922-1927, 1967
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
4.2 Linear Feet
approx. 100 Items
Abstract
approx. 100 Items
J. H. Chappell graduated from Duke University in 1926.
The collection includes photographs, Trinity College and Duke University memorabilia, student notebooks, and other materials collected by Chappell during his years at Trinity College/Duke University. The collection ranges in date from 1922-1927, with one item dated 1967.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsPatrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the University Archives to use this collection.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], J. H. Chappell Collection, University Archives, Duke University.
Provenance
The J. H. Chappell Collection was received by the University Archives as a
gift in 2002.
Processing Information
Processed by Kimberly Sims, June 2009
Encoded by Kimberly Sims, June 2009
Accession A2002-0074 is described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
John Herbert Chappell, of Durham, N.C., graduated from Duke University in 1926. He was a student during the University's transition from Trinity College. While at Duke, Chappell participated in both freshman and varsity football and baseball (lettering in baseball) and class wrestling. He was also a member of the "D" Club (for lettered athletes) and the Order of the Tombs.
[top]Collection Overview
Chappell's collection contains quite a bit of Trinity College related material. One box includes a couple of Trinity College banners and pennants as well as pennants believes to be associated with Trinity Park High School. Also includes are Chappell's letters he earned in athletics. Of particular note is a pennant for the Hesperian Literary Society.
Additionally, the collection includes Chappell's admission card, class schedule cards for his four years, his membership certificate for the Order of the Tombs, grade reports, event fliers and programs, atheletics memorabilia including ticket booklets and schedules,Durham-specific business cards and advertisements, student notebooks and correspondence.
There are several photographs and negatives of Trinity/Duke athletes (football, baseball and track) as well as students playing in the snow on what is now East Campus. There is a panorama from 1925 of the Duke University student body and faculty as well as of company c. 13th engineers at Ft. Humphreys, V.A. (1927) in addition to a mounted photograph of a baseball team. The players are not uniform but a few are wearing caps with a "D" on them.
The collection ranges in date from 1922-1927, with one item dated 1967.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Chappell, John Herbert.
- Trinity College (Durham, N.C.)--Alumni and alumnae.
- Trinity College (Durham, N.C.)--Students.
- Trinity College (Durham, N.C.)--Baseball--History--20th century.
- Trinity College (Durham, N.C.). Hesperian Literary Society.
- Trinity College (Durham, N.C.)--Sports.
- Duke University--Alumni and Alumnae.
- Duke University--Students.
- Duke University--Sports.
Related Material
Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) Reference Collection
Duke University Archives
Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) Athletic Association Records
Duke University Archives
Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) Baseball Scorebook
Duke University Archives
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Detailed Description of Collection
Container List
Correspondence, 1922, 1923, 1928
Student Notebooks: Math and English, circa 1922-1926
"Outlines of English Literature, 2"
by Frank C. Brown and other members of the English Dept., 1925
Field Book, 1924
Class Schedule Cards, 1922-1926
"Physics Laboratory Manual"
by C. C. Hatley, 1925
Booklet: Trinity College, 1923
Business and Advertisement Cards (Durham, N.C.), circa 1922-1926
Duke Athletics (ticket booklets, schedules), 1924-1927
Event Fliers and Programs, circa 1924-1927
French Examination Questions, 1923 Jan. 29
Trinity College Receipts, 1922-1926
Grade Reports and Admission Card, 1922, 1923
Certificate of Membership: Order of the Tombs, 1925
Duke Decals, undated
YMCA and YWCA Handbook, 1922-1923; Constitution of the Men's Association of Trinity College, 1922
Miscellaneous: Clippings, Signature Cards, 1924, undated
Duke General Scholarship Fund: Certificate, 1967
Photographs and Negatives, circa 1922-1926
Football Pin
"Beat Wake Forest,"
1922
Box 2
Trinity Banners and Pennants, circa 1922-1926
"D" letters, circa 1925-1926
Hesperian Literary Society pennant, circa 1922
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Separated Material
The panoramic images and the mounted baseball photograph were placed in the map cabinet. The panoramics are in drawer one and the mounted baseball photograph is in drawer two.
