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Honors theses

• Bailey, Kevin. "Bad Blood on the Ward: A Study of the Politics of Labor Organizing at Duke Hospital, 1974-1976." (History, 1991)
• Biro, Peter. "Means without Ends: The Birth of the Duke School of Engineering, 1887-1966." (History, 1991)
• Brown, Beverly. "Duke Undergraduate Women and the Women's Liberation Movement." (Political Science, 1975)
• Dean, James. "Paul M. Gross: Leading the Good Against the Best." (History, 1994)
• DeHaven, Dara. "On Educating Women: The Coordinate Ideal at Trinity and Duke University." (History, 1973)
• Eisinger, Jana. "Divestment Campaign at Duke University." (History, 1988)
• Frankel, Rachel. "The Couch Tract of the Durham Division of Duke Forest: A History of Agricultural Land Use Patterns, 1750-1950." (History, 1984)
• Kotelanski, Jorge. "Prolonged and Patient Efforts: the Desegregation of Duke University, 1948-1963." (History, 1990)
• Ludwig, Erik K. "First Class Education and "Second Hand" Workers: The Struggle for Unionization During Duke's Decade of Development, 1965-1968." (Women's Studies, 1998)
• Mallory, Nancy. "The Woman's College at Duke University, 1961-1972." (History, 1990)
• Segal, Theodore D. "A New Genesis: the Silent Vigil at Duke University." (History, 1977)
• Stevens, Jeanne E. "The Impacts of World War II on Duke University." (History, 1991)
• Yanella, Don. "Race Relations at Duke University and the Allen Building Crisis." (History, 1985)

Course Papers

History 195/196, "The Concept of a University," taught by Prof. I. B. Holley from 1974 to 1991

• Allums, Chris. "Duke Forest: 60 Years as a Laboratory for University Research and Teaching." (1991)
• Amen, Barbara. "The Development of a Coordinate College for Women at Trinity College, N.C., 1904-1924: A Struggle for Equality." (1974)
• Bain, Bruce. "The Changing Status of Political Science at Trinity College and Duke University, 1849-1941: The Evolution of a Department." (1978)
• Bartolome, Jorge L. "The Rocky Path of Business Education at Duke: How Outside Developments Forced a University to Take Action." (1991)
• Becker, Michael J. "One Nuclear Bomb Can Ruin Your Whole Day: Civil Defense at Duke University." (1991)
• Biro, Peter. "Bypassed by a Revolution: Development of Engineering Education at Duke University, 1887-1966." (1991)
• Booher, Bridget. "Death of a Romantic Revolutionary: Sheldon Robert Harte, Duke 1937." (1991)
• Boone, Joseph Allen. "A New Perspective on the Role of Academic Freedom in the 1903 Bassett Affair at Trinity College." (1974)
• Brotherson, James R. "The Early Development of the Student News Media at Trinity College and Duke University, 1874-1927." (1974)
• Cantlay, Donna. "The Growth of Modern Languages at Trinity and Duke, 1850-1940." (1980)
• Carbonara, Mary Jean. "The Evolution of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University: The Growth of an Aesthetic Institution." (1978)
• Carter, Glenn J. "The Rise to National Stature of the Duke University Law School, 1927-1935." (1978)
• Casey, Ted. "The Future of the Primates." (1991)
• Cassedy, Jane C. "Towers and Spires: The Construction of the Collegiate Gothic Duke University Campus, 1927-1930." (1978)
• Cederberg, James A. "Eruditio et Religio: The Manifest Destiny of Duke University." (1974)
• Conrad, Frederick L., Jr. "The Development of an Institutionalized Fraternity System at Trinity College: 1870- 1920." (1980)
• Cortegiano, Mark. "When Legal Theory Meets Economics: A History of Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Private Adjudication Center, Inc." (1991)
• Cox, Stephanie H. "Why Should the Singing Tower Sing at Duke University?." (1978)
• Curtin, Helen B. "Undergraduate Religious Instruction at Trinity College and Duke University, 1896-1941: Denominational Training or Non-Denominational Education?" (1978)
• D'Esposito, Jim. "The History Department at Trinity College, 1887-1924: Evolving Concepts of a Liberal Education." (1976)
• Davis, Alvah B. "From Display Case to Museum: The Use of Art and Artifacts in Teaching at Duke University, 1925-1975." (1976)
• Ferguson, Kate. "Integrating the Arts and Academia: The First Ten Years of the Institute of the Arts." (1991)
• Fields, Peggy. "Hail to Thee, Dear Alma Mater: The Institutionalization of the Alumni Association at Trinity College." (1978)
• Flores, Leticia Y. "Testing the University Waters: Freewater, an Experiment in Student Freedom and Responsibility." (1991)
• Ford, John B. "Agent of Change: John F. Crowell and Curricular Reform at Trinity College, 1887-1894." (1974)
• Forrester, William W. "The Impact of the Depression on Duke University: Progress in Hard Times." (1974)
• Frinkle, Robert B. "Conduct and Character: Developmental Education and Social Regulations for Male Undergraduates at Trinity College and Duke University, 1891-1934." (1974)
• Fuller, Elizabeth L. "The Legal Aid Clinic and the Duke University Law School." (1980)
• Futrell, Ashley B., Jr. "From Cap Gun to H-bomb: Continuing Justifications for Basketball within the Academic Community of Trinity College and Duke University, 1906-1942." (1978)
• Gallagher, Carole L. "A History of the Relationship Between Duke University and the Methodist Church, 1924-1975." (1976)
• Garvin, Gregory. "The Duke Computer Laboratory: The Foundation Had Been Shaped for Future Development." (1974)
• Hamilton, Curtis. "Bus Transportation at Duke: A University- Owned System." (1991)
• Hamilton, Kayla M. "The Duke University Talent Identification Program: Respected Honor or Playboy Program?." (1991)
• Hanberry, Jane Morley. "The Duke Vigil: A Culmination of Issues, 1966-1968." (1976)
• Harrison, Brenda. "Public Reaction to the Duke Endowment from 1924-1972." (1974)
• Hepburn, Matthew J. "The Development of the Vitrectomy: Engineering and Medicine Combine to Overcome Blindness." (1991)
• Hohman, Timothy S. "Aspirations and Transformations: A Study of the Roman Catholic Church at Duke University." (1991)
• Houk, Mary Bentley. "Design of a Duchess: The Education of Duke Women, 1930-1964." (1991)
• Jackson, Tim. "A History of the Honor Society of 9019, Trinity College and Duke University, 1890-1943: A Most Honorable Organisation." (1980)
• Kassebaum, Douglas W. "The Sources and Inception of Long-Range Planning at Duke University, 1955-1961: A Vision of Things to Come." (1991)
• Lamb, L. William. "William Kenneth Boyd, William Washington Flowers, and the Development of the George Washington Flowers Memorial Collection." (1991)
• Lessley, Bryan. "Corpore Sano at Duke: Physical Activity Programs in a Liberal Education." (1980)
• Malechek, David. "Attitudes Toward Football at Trinity College and Duke University: A Study in Shifting Values, 1887-1943." (1976)
• Maupin, David. "Public Safety at Duke." (1991)
• Milford, Timothy A. "Nurture of a Lesser God: Religion at Duke University, 1924-1990." (1991)
• Pearl, David. "Duke University and the NROTC (1941-1972): Amity, Enmity, and Compromise." (1974)
• Perretti, Peter. "The Divinity School and Desegregation: An Abortive Blow Against the Status Quo, 1948-1952." (1976)
• Ross, John. "Trying to Catch Up: The Evolution of Philanthropy in America and Duke University." (1991)
• Russo, Frank T. "The Fraternity System at Trinity College and Duke University: Its Relation to the Administration, 1871-1941." (1976)
• Rutman, Michael. "The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1971, and the Consequent Development of the Safety Program at Duke University." (1978)
• Sauls, Timothy. "The Eno River Reservoir Controversy, 1966-1973: A Case Study in the Power of Public Opposition." (1978)
• Semans, William M. "The Code of the Moment." (1991)
• Smith, Laura. "A History of Child Care at Duke: The Development of New and Innovative Services for the Youngest of the University Community." (1991)
• Smoot, W. Scott. "Dramatic Changes: A History of the Duke Players and Its Relation to the Academic curriculum of Duke University." (1980)
• Snyder, Bruce. "Wallace , Football at Duke, and Goals of Higher Education." (1974)
• Stevens, Jeanne. "Climbing Like Kudzu: A Study of Research and Professionalism at Duke University Through World War II." (1991)
• Summerell, Fran. "Trinity Park School, 1898-1922: A Methodist Remedy in Central North Carolina." (1976)
• Tenney, Bryan E. "A History of Duke Baseball, 1889-1980." (1980)
• Wang, Theodore G. "Stagnation and Rejuvenation: The Decline and Rise of the Study of Classics at Duke University, 1930-1990." (1991)
• Weinstein, Andrew. "Bourbon and Bookworms: Ten Years of Turbulence within the Duke Alcohol Policy." (1991)
• Widera, Bernard J. "Forty Years of Liberal Education in Practice: Phi Kappa Psi at Duke, 1934-1974." (1980)
• Wille, Brian. "Theodore W. Minah: High Standards Without High Expense." (1991)
• Wolff, Stephen I. "The Early History of the Research Council at Trinity College and Duke University, 1919-1941: A Vital Link in the Launching of the University." (1978)
• Worthington, Tom. "William McDougall and the Beginnings of Psychology at Duke University, 1926-1929." (1974)

Cultural Anthropology 105S.01, "Campus Politics at Duke," taught by Prof. Orin Starn in Fall, 1992

• Anonymous. "The New Rebels: An Update of Helen Horowitz' Theory as It Applies to Duke University."
• Hill, Margaret. "The Model for Romance at Duke."
• Lash, Alissa. "The Implications of Title IX: A Study of National Policies as They Affect Duke University."
• Littman, Eva. "Duke University Admissions and Scholarship Policies."
• Lotke, Abbie. "Bourbon Street: An Exhibition of Sexism Versus Oversensitivity and a Lack of Communication on Campus."
• Mehta, Neel. "Does the University Discriminate Against International Undergraduates?"
• Nayer, Tracy. "'The University is not an Island,' it's a world for polar bears: inequities in the structure of Duke University's Undergraduate Judicial Board."
• Toro, Kim L. "The Silent Vigil."
• Wolfson, Todd. "A Study of Homosexuality at Duke."

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