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[Identification of item], University Archives Postcard Collection, University Archives, Duke University.
The University Archives Photograph Collection received by the University Archives from a variety of sources.
Processed by Mary Samouelian, March 2008
Encoded by Mary Samouelian, March 2008
The University Archives Postcard Collection received by the University Archives from a variety of sources. Accessions were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
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This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
The University Archives Postcard Collection was compiled by University Archives staff from a variety of sources.
The University Archives Postcard Collection spans the years 1905 to the present, but many of the postcards are undated. The approximately 500 black and white and color postcards depict various buildings and campus scenes of Duke University (East and West Campuses) and Trinity College including the Duke Chapel, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, dormitories, statues and administration buildings. Also included are a few postcards of the Duke Homestead and various Duke residences. The collection is arranged alphabetically, with the exception of Box 2 which consists entirely of loose oversized postcards and souvenir folders. Selected images from the collection have been digitized and are available in the
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