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[Identification of item], Department of Romance Studies records, University Archives, Duke University.
The Department of Romance Studies records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1976, 1978 .
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Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, November 2006
Accessions 76-113, 79-9 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
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The Department of Romance Languages first appears in the Trinity College Bulletin in the 1903-1904 academic year. The language of primary interest was French. Before the development of the Department of Romance Languages there was an individual language department for French with Spanish being offered to seniors desiring an elementary understanding of the language. Currently (2006) the title for the department is Department of Romance Studies and it offers a variety of comprehensive undergraduate programs-from beginning language courses to minors and majors-in French and Francophone Studies, Italian Studies, and Spanish and Latin American Studies. Portuguese is taught as a language program only. The department also offers comprehensive PhD programs in French and Francophone Studies and in Spanish and Latin American Studies, as well as a Romance Studies PhD track that allows qualified graduate students to combine two Romance languages in their PhD studies.
Collection contains materials pertaining to the Romance Languages Department including programs, departmental newsletter, examinations, and other printed materials. Many of the items were apparently removed from Professor F.A.G. Cowper's papers. Also present are two ledgers containing grade records for students in romance languages classes, as well as, two publications produced by Duke professors,
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