Student Organizations reference collection, 1913-2022
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Summary
- Creator:
- Duke University. University Archives
- Abstract:
- The Student Organizations Reference Collection dates from 1913 and was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research. Materials include subject files, flyers, clippings, along with some organizational records of undergraduate, graduate, and professional student organizations at Duke University in Durham, N.C. The collection does not include fraternities, sororities, affiliated religious organizations, student housing groups, or groups only associated with Trinity College (to 1924).
- Extent:
- 3 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Material in English
- Collection ID:
- UA.01.11.0014
- University Archives Record Group:
- 01 -- General Information and University History
01 -- General Information and University History > 11 -- Reference Collections
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Student Organizations Reference Collection dates from 1913 and was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research. Materials are chiefly printed items or manuscripts, and include subject files, flyers, clippings, along with some organizational records of undergraduate, graduate, and professional student organizations at Duke University in Durham, N.C. Topics represented by these materials include campus life at Duke; student activism related to human rights and civil rights; leisure activities on campus; faculty and student interactions; and local, national, and global politics.
Complete archives for some individual student organizations and clubs are processed by staff as stand-alone collections and may be found in University Archives holdings by searching in the Duke catalog for the organization name.
The collection does not include fraternities, sororities, affiliated religious organizations, student housing groups, or groups only associated with Trinity College (to 1924).
- Acquisition information:
- The Student Organizations Reference Collection was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Archives Staff and described by Sharrie Bowser, April 2008.
Updated by Molly Bragg, July 2011.
Updated by Paula Jeannet, January 2023.
Accessions were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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Files are arranged in alphabetical order by organizational name.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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.
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- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Student Organizations Reference Collection, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/m1299d