Inventory of the J. H. Chappell Collection, 1922-1927, 1967

Abstract

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.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: University Archives, Duke University
Creator: Chappell, John Herbert.
Title: J. H. Chappell Collection, 1922-1927, 1967
Language of Material: English
Extent: 4.2 Linear Feet, approx. 100 Items
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

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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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Access Restrictions

Patrons 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.

Use Restrictions

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.

Contents of the Collection

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Correspondence, 1922, 1923, 1928

Box 1

Student Notebooks: Math and English, circa 1922-1926

Box 1

Outlines of English Literature, 2 by Frank C. Brown and other members of the English Dept., 1925

Box 1

Field Book, 1924

Box 1

Class Schedule Cards, 1922-1926

Box 1

Physics Laboratory Manual by C. C. Hatley, 1925

Box 1

Booklet: Trinity College, 1923

Box 1

Business and Advertisement Cards (Durham, N.C.), circa 1922-1926

Box 1

Duke Athletics (ticket booklets, schedules), 1924-1927

Box 1

Event Fliers and Programs, circa 1924-1927

Box 1

French Examination Questions, 1923 Jan. 29

Box 1

Trinity College Receipts, 1922-1926

Box 1

Grade Reports and Admission Card, 1922, 1923

Box 1

Certificate of Membership: Order of the Tombs, 1925

Box 1

Duke Decals, undated

Box 1

YMCA and YWCA Handbook, 1922-1923; Constitution of the Men's Association of Trinity College, 1922

Box 1

Miscellaneous: Clippings, Signature Cards, 1924, undated

Box 1

Duke General Scholarship Fund: Certificate, 1967

Box 1

Photographs and Negatives, circa 1922-1926

Box 1

Football Pin Beat Wake Forest, 1922

Box 1

Trinity Banners and Pennants, circa 1922-1926

Box 2

"D" letters, circa 1925-1926

Box 2

Hesperian Literary Society pennant, circa 1922

Box 2

Historical 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.

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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)