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[Identification of item], Duke University Wedgwood Plates Reference Collection, University Archives, Duke University.
The Duke University Wedgwood Plates Reference Collection was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for research and reference use.
Processed by Archives Staff, February 2007
Encoded by Kimberly Sims, January 2008
Accessions were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
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In 1937, planning for the 1938-1939 centennial celebration of Duke University was well underway. The Alumni Association contracted with the famed English firm of Josiah Wedgwood & Sons to produce a set of commemorative china plates. The first edition, three hundred sets of twelve plates, bore the signature of William Preston Few, Duke's President, on the back. A second unsigned edition was also produced. The plates are no longer made.
For more information, please see http://library.duke.edu/uarchives/history/dukeplates.html.
The collection ranges in date from 1937-1938 and includes a brochure, articles and 2 framed plate patterns.
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