The History of Trinity College and Duke University

A Select Bibliography

Trinity College

Chaffin, Nora Campbell. Trinity College, 1839-1892: The Beginnings of Duke University. Durham: Duke University Press, 1950.

Crowell, John Franklin. Personal Recollections of Trinity College, North Carolina, 1887-1894. Durham: Duke University Press, 1939.

Dowd, Jerome. The Life of Braxton Craven. Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, 1896.

Garber, Paul Neff. John Carlisle Kilgo: President of Trinity College, 1894-1910. Durham: Duke University Press, 1937.

Porter, Earl W. Trinity and Duke, 1892-1924. Durham: Duke University Press, 1964.

The Inauguration of William Preston Few as President of Trinity College, November 9, 1910. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1910.

Tilley, Nannie M. The Trinity College Historical Society, 1892-1941. Durham: Duke University Press, 1941.

York, Brantley. The Autobiography of Brantley York. (Durham, N. C., The Seeman Printery, 1910).
Electronic edition. Second printing, Charles Mathis, ed. Jonesville, N.C.: Amanuensis Two, 1977.

Duke University

Baldwin, Alice Mary. "The Woman's College as I Remember It." (An unpublished manuscript, written in 1959 by the former Dean of The Woman's College. Alice Mary Baldwin Papers.)

Blackburn, William. The Architecture of Duke University. Durham: Duke University Press, 1936.

Cole, R. Taylor. The Recollections of R. Taylor Cole: Educator, Emissary, Development Planner. Durham: Duke University Press, 1983.

Duke University, Durham, N.C. The First Twenty Years: A History of the Duke University Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Services, and Duke Hospital, 1930-1950. Durham: Duke University Press, 1952.

Durden, Robert F. The Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929. Durham: Duke University Press, 1975.

Durden, Robert F. The Launching of Duke University, 1924-1949. Durham, NC.: Duke University Press, 1993.

Durham, Michael. George Garland Allen: A Life to Be Honored. Privately printed, 1983.

Gifford, James F. The Evolution of a Medical Center: A History of Medicine at Duke University to 1941. Durham: Duke University Press, 1972.

King, William E. If Gargoyles Could Talk: Sketches of Duke University. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1997

Knight, Douglas M. Street of Dreams: The Nature and Legacy of the 1960s. Durham: Duke University Press, 1989.

Phelps, Jon. "I have selected Duke University...": A Short History. Durham: Duke University, 1973, 1977.

Schumann, Marguerite E. Stones, Bricks & Faces: A Walking Guide to Duke University. Durham: Duke University Office of Publications, 1976.

Spence, Hersey E. "I Remember": Recollections and Reminiscences of Alma Mater. Durham: Seeman Printery, 1954.

Woody, Robert H. The Papers and Addresses of William Preston Few. Durham: Duke University Press, 1951.

Young, Betty Irene. The Library of The Woman's College, Duke University, 1930-1972. Durham: Regulator Press, 1978

Theses and dissertations

Many students have used the Archives' resources for course work. Among the notable papers dealing with the University's history are the following:

Brandstadter, Diane Puthoff. "Developing the Coordinate College for Women at Duke University: The Career of Alice Mary Baldwin, 1924-1947." Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Duke University, 1977.

DeHaven, Dara. "On Educating Women: The Coordinate Ideal at Trinity College and Duke University." Honors thesis, Duke University, 1973.

Eisinger, Jana. "The Divestment Campaign at Duke University: Stepchild of the Civil Rights Movement." Honors thesis, Duke University, 1988.

Kotelanski, Jorge. "Prolonged and Patient Efforts: The Desegregation of Duke University., 1948-1963." Honors thesis, Duke University, 1990.

Ludwig, Erik.  "First class education and 'second hand' workers : the struggle for unionization during Duke's decade of development, 1965-1968"

Segal, Theodore David. "'A New Genesis': The 'Silent Vigil' at Duke University, April 5th - 12th, 1968." Honors thesis, Duke University, 1977.

Yanella, Don. "Race Relations at Duke University and the Allen Building Takeover." Honors thesis, Duke University, 1985.