History of Durham

Bamberger, Bill. Durham County Photographs. [North Carolina?]: Rapoport Printing Corporation, 1982.
Photographs of people living and working in Durham County.
Lilly 779.9975656 B199 D961 1982. Also Archives 779.9975656 B199 D961 1982; Special Collections E Pam ff#70.

Bassett, John Spencer. Old Durham Traditions. (Historical Papers of the Trinity College Ser. 6; Historical Society. Ser. 6, Sect. 5) 1906.
Legends about Durham people and places by a Duke Archives professor.
975.6 T832 ser. 6. Also Special Collections.

Dixon, Wyatt T. How Times Do Change: a Series of Sketches of Durham and Her Citizens. Durham: Central Carolina Publishing, 1987.
Anthology of articles published in the Durham Sun and the Durham Morning Herald from the early 1920s until December 1985.
975.6563 D621 H847 1987.

Evans, Eli N. The Provincials: a Personal History of Jews in the South. 1997.
A combination history and autobiography. Early chapters in particular are about Durham.
975.004924 E92 P969 1997.

First Person America. New York: Knopf, 1980.
This book of oral histories was funded by the Federal Writer's Project. One chapter (p. 139-159) is "Tobacco People of Durham, N.C. in 1938-39".
973.91 F527 1980.

Holloway, Betsy. Heaven for Beginners: Recollections of a Southern Town. Orlando, Fl.: Persimmon Press, 1986.
Mixture of childhood reminiscences with description and history of late 19th and early 20th century Durham. Illustrated with early postcard views of the city.
975.604092 H745 H442 1986. Also Special Collections Duke Authors H745H.

Janiewski, Dolores Elizabeth. From Field to Factory: Race, Class, Sex, and the Woman Worker in Durham, 1880-1940. 1979.
Perkins Theses Ph.D. J33F 1979.

Leyburn, James Graham. The Way We Lived: Durham 1900-1920. Elliston, VA: Northcross House, c1989.
An account of Durham's history in the early twentieth century through the eyes of someone who was a child then.
975.6563 L682 W357 1989.

Lougee, George E. Durham, My Home Town. Durham: Carolina Academic Press, c1990.
Reprints of articles from the Durham Morning Herald. Anecdotes about Durham from the first half of the twentieth century.
975.6563 L887 D961 1990. Also Medical Center Engel Collection Lounge.

Patton, Frances Gray. The Town Bull Durham Built. Holiday. December, 1959. Vol. 26, p. 96-
Library Service Center Periodicals.

Webb, Mena. The Way We Were: Remembering Durham. Durham: Historic Preservation Society of Durham, c2003.
An anthology of articles published in the Durham Sun and the Durham Morning Herald, from May 1989 until May 1992.  Some autobiographical pieces.
975.6563 W367 W357 2003.