MenuInventory of the Undergraduate Publications Board records, 1911-1997
Abstract
Since 1924, the Undergraduate Publications Board, commonly referred to as the Pub Board or UPB, has overseen the production of each of the university's recognized publications (with the exception of The Chronicle and Towerview).
The Collection contains correspondence, memoranda, UPB constitution and bylaws, income reports, clippings, oral histories, and other materials relating to the daily operations of the Undergraduate Publications Board and individual publications produced by the Undergraduate Publications Board. Materials in the collection date from circa 1911-1997.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University Archives, Duke University
- Creator
- Duke University. Undergraduate Publications Board.
- Title
- Undergraduate Publications Board records, 1911-1997
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 5.5 Linear Feet, 4,250 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
The Collection contains correspondence, memoranda, UPB constitution and bylaws, income reports, clippings, oral histories, and other materials relating to the daily operations of the Undergraduate Publications Board and individual publications produced by the Undergraduate Publications Board. Topics of interest include: editorships and selection of editors; appointments to the Publications Board; the proposed separation of Publications Board from ASDU; Handbook for Board Members; editorial guides; guidelines for use of the J.S. Bassett Fund; history of the "sinking fund;" and history of the Chanticleer naming. Materials in the collection date from circa 1911-1997.
Administrative Information
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Access Restrictions
Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the office of origin and the University Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist.
In accordance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended, Duke University permits students to inspect their education records and limits the disclosure of personally identifiable information from education records.
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
Browse List of Series
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Expand AllSeries includes correspondence, memoranda, UPB constitution and bylaws, reports, clippings, black and white photographs of visiting authors, individual publications records, and other materials relating to the daily operations of the Undergraduate Publications Board. The series is divided into three subseries: administrative records, publications files, and subject files.
Series contains the records of individual publications produced by the Undergraduate Publications Board. The series is divided into four subseries: Chanticleer; Missing Link; Prometheus Black; and Tobacco Road.
The Chanticleer is Duke's annual student-produced yearbook. The first issue was published in 1912.
Subseries include papers, clippings, financial statements, awards, correspondence concerning yearbook production, and other printed matter concerning the operations of the Chanticleer. Particular items include an account book, 1911-1912, of A.S. Brower (business manager), and articles "The Naming of the Chanticleer," by A.C. Jordon (1973) and "In Defense of the Yearbook," by Kerry Wilson (1976).
The Missing Link is a twice monthly Duke publication designed to promote student involvement in the intellectual and cultural activities around Duke and Durham. It was first published in 1983.
Subseries includes correspondence, minutes, forms, memos, notes, income statements, and other materials concerning theMissing Link's operations and the activities of the Publications Board. The Missing Link files include financial records, procedural documents, including assignment sheets and notices to contributors, flyers and advertising information, materials concerning fund raising campaigns, reviews of the newspaper by members of the Pub Board, and a file concerning a 1987 controversy over the publications's budget allocation.
Prometheus Black"publishes creative writing and artwork with a focus on the excellence of the African Americans in the Duke community." (Prometheus Black website, 2005)
Subseries contains submissions, correspondence, flyers, membership lists, and other records of Prometheus Black. Records also include a few examples of related publications from other institutions.
Tobacco Road was an experimental magazine funded by the Undergraduate Publications Board. The format was one of general features. It was first published in 1978. The last issue printed was Spring 2003. The subseries includes correspondence, announcements, memoranda, clippings, applications, questionnaires, and seventeen student interviews on standard-size audiocassettes. Each student interviewed released the contents of the tape for archival use. The collection ranges in date from 1974-1993.
Historical Note
taken from Undergraduate Publications Board homepage http://www.duke-union.org/About_UPB
Since 1924, the Undergraduate Publications Board, commonly referred to as the Pub Board or UPB, has overseen the production of each of the university's recognized publications (with the exception of The Chronicle and Towerview). The Board also approves and supports emerging publications, known as Independents, runs the Blackburn Literary Festival, and administers the John Spencer Bassett Fund. Its continuing mission is to provide diverse forums in which students can engage their creative, intellectual, political and literary faculties.
Currently (2007), the UPB oversees the production of eleven publications: The Archive; Blind Spot; Carpe Noctem; The Chanticleer; Duke Blue; Erudito; Latent Image; Matter Magazine; Vertices; Passport Magazine; and Woman's Handbook. A sampling of other titles produced during the UPB's history include: Tobacco Road; Prometheus Black; Missing Link, Jabberwocky; and Teacher-Course Evaluation Book. For a list of Undergraduate Publications Board publications held by the University Archives see the related material section below.
Subject Headings
Related Material
- ASDU’s student guide to Duke [serial]. (University Archives. Duke University.)
- Chanticleer photograph collection, circa 1998-2003. (University Archives. Duke University.)
- Duke women’s handbook [serial]. (University Archives. Duke University.)
- Eruditio [serial]. (University Archives. Duke University.)
- Ethos, [serial]. (University Archives. Duke University.)
- The forum : a Duke humanities journal [serial]. (University Archives. Duke University.)
- Matter, [serial]. (University Archives. Duke University.)
- Modern Crisis, [serial]. (University Archives. Duke University.)
- Museo, [serial]. (University Archives. Duke University.)
- Pyrofax. 1970. (University Archives. Duke University.)
- Swing [serial], 1990-1992. (University Archives. Duke University.)
- Thread, 2003-2005. (University Archives. Duke University.)
- Undergraduate Publications Board Reference Collection, 1927-[ongoing]. (University Archives. Duke University.)
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Undergraduate Publications Board records, University Archives, Duke University.
Provenance
The Undergraduate Publications Board records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1973-2005.
Processing Information
Processed by Sherrie Bowser, August 2007
Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, August 2007
Accessions were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.