Duke People

• The Duke Family
• Duke University Presidents
  • Braxton Craven (President, 1842-1882)
  • John Franklin Crowell (President, 1887-1894)
  • William Preston Few (President, 1910-1940)
  • John C. Kilgo (President, 1894-1910)
  • Brantley York (President, 1838-1842)
• Dean of the Woman's College Alice Mary Baldwin
• History Professor John Spencer Bassett
• Coach Edmund "Eddie" M. Cameron
• Elizabeth Dole at Duke
• Charles Soong, Trinity College's First International Student
• Coach Wallace Wade
• George-Frank Wall's Gift to Duke University
• Dean William H. Wannamaker

Historical Events

• Campus Protest and the 1969 Allen Building Takeover
• Durham's Bid to Win Over Trinity College
• An Impressive Inauguration: William Preston Few, 1910
• President Braxton Craven Correctly Predicts the 1869 Solar Eclipse
• Princess Irene of Greece Visits Duke
• The Silent Vigil, 1968
• Trinity College Moves to Durham
• Trinity College at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Traditions

• Charter, Bylaws, Aims, and Mission Statement
• Commencement Traditions
  • Glory Days: Commencement, 1912
• Duke University's Relation to the Methodist Church
• Founders' Day
• Of Myths and History, or, the Duke-Princeton "Connection"
• The Origin of Duke Blue
• Selecting a Duke University President
• Shield, Seal and Motto

Duke Student Life

• The Chronicle: Duke's Student Newspaper
• Dining at Duke: Ted Minah and the Duke University Dining Halls
• The Duke Symposium, 1959-1969
• The Explorers' Club
• The College of Engineering's First Female Graduates
• Secret Societies at Duke

Duke Departments and Schools

• The Graduate School
• The Founding of Duke Divinity School
• The Institute of International Education's Summer Orientation Program

Histories Created by Departments and Schools

• The History of the Department of Physics
• A History of Duke Law School

Duke's Campus

(Visit our subject guide, The Duke Campus.)

• Campus Statuary
• The Duke University Chapel Carillon
• Duke University's Cornerstones
• Duke University's Original Campus
• Faculty Houses on Campus Drive
• Rigsbee Graveyard
• West Campus Expands with Few Quadrangle

Campus Construction

• Building Duke: Campus Construction Costs
• Duke Stone
• Julian Abele, Architect
• The Stonesetters

Duke Athletics

(Visit our subject guide, Athletics at Duke)

• Above the Rim: A History of Duke Basketball
• Celebrating Cameron Indoor Stadium
• Duke and UNC's Football Rivalry
• The Durham Rose Bowl, 1942
• March Madness: The Early History of Duke Basketball
• Skirts, Bloomers, and Shorts: A Celebration of Women's Athletics at Duke
• Wallace Wade Stadium
• Why a Blue Devil?