Books, manuscripts, moving images, photographs and University Archives materials are available for adoption. An electronic book plate will be put into the item's catalog record to acknowledge your gift. Adopted items are listed at the bottom of this page.
Adoption Process
A selection of available items is listed below. Please contact the head of the Conservation Services Department with your adoption choice:
Beth Doyle, Head of Conservation Services Dept.
b.doyle@duke.edu
919-660-5985
We are happy to honor someone special or recognize a special event such as graduation in the electronic bookplate. If you wish your gift to remain anonymous, we will honor that request.
Adoptable Collection Items
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Adopt a Box: Conservator's Choice! With this option, we will choose an item in need of an enclosure and put your name on the electronic bookplate. The staff in the conservation lab make on average 5,000 custom enclosures a year. There is always something in the lab that needs a box. Candidates may come from any part of our collections including Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Archives, Music Library locked stacks, or Lilly Library locked stacks. |
Adopt for $150 |
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Gone with the Wind (1936) [Rubenstein c.2] by Margaret Mitchell. This is a first edition, first printing. Needs an enclosure to keep it in good condition. [DUKE000035416] | Adopted! |
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The Negro & Indian's Advocate (1685) [DUKE001228065] and Supplement [DUKE001225938] by Morgan Godwyn. Cambridge University Press summarizes, "Godwyn insists that black Africans have the same bodily constitution and intellectual faculties as Europeans and that differences between them are not innate, but rather the products of culture and education. He is, however, promoting the conversion and humane treatment of slaves, not their liberation, and he argues that a Christian slave is more docile than a heathen one." The main title and its supplement are in need of enclosures. | Adopt for $50 |
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) [DUKE002932526] by Zora Neal Hurston. First edition as issued. Two important works in the American lexicon are in excellent condition. They need enclosures to make sure they stay that way. |
Adopted! |
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NEW! 東海道名所圖會 / Tōkaidō meisho zu (1797) is a six volume set of traditional Japanese stab bindings. These beautiful books depict Japanese life. Each of these volumes needs a custom enclosure to protect the delicate paper and woodcuts. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
ADOPTED! |
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NEW! The Sweet Flypaper of Life , by Roy DeCarava (1955)A Negro Explorer at the North Pole , by Matthew Alexander Henson (1912) Roots , by Alex Haley (1976) Invisible Man , by Ralph Ellison (1952)
These four classics are in very good condition but require custom enclosures to make sure they stay that way. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
ADOPTED! |
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A Game of Thrones , by George R.R. Martin (1996). Winter is coming, and you should adopt this book. This one is unusal as it is accompanied by an early version of dust jacket illustrated by Stephen Youll, with border designed by Ron Zim; the jacket design is by Jamie S. Warren Youll. This book is part of the Locus Science Fiction Foundation Collection. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt for $150 |
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Children and Gardens by Gertrude Jekyll (London, 1933). Jekyll was a British horticulturist, garden designer, writer, and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the UK, Europe, and the US. This volume includes instructions on gardening written for children (and their adults); recipes; and illustrations including Ms. Jekyll's cat. Chinese Women Speak by Dymphna Cusack (Sydney, 1958). This is Cusack's account of her travels in China in the mid 1950's. Valuable for its verbatim reports of her interviews with Chinese women. New Plays for Women and Girls by Samuel French LTD (New York, Los Angeles, London, 1932). This volume contains fifteen one-act plays. These three volumes were acquired as part of the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection . Each book's dust jacket needs some conservation treatment to stabilize small tears. They also need custom enclosures to protect the bindings. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt three for $200 |
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Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers , published 1751-72, by Denis Diderot. This is the first encyclopedia to have the contents organized by human thought rather than by nature or theology. This publication was considered innovative in part because it emphasized the mechanical arts, and it named the various authors that contributed content. This complete set contains 70 volumes of text, illustrations and supplements. Each volume needs a custom-made enclosure and many need minor repair to the texts and foldouts. [ Text volumes ] [ Plate volumes ] 61 of 70 volumes available for adoption (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt for $300 per volume
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Dante con lespositione di Christoforo Landino [c.2] , by Dante Alighieri (1564) Illustrated with the woodcuts from Marcolini's edition of 1544. This is also the first appearance of AB's woodcut portrait of Dante. This book's headcaps are damaged and the front board is off. It also needs a custom enclosure to protect the fragile binding. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt for $300 |
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Birds of America by John James Audubon . These are stunning double elephant folios printed from 1827–1803. This set contains four volumes. Three volumes need full conservation attention to repair the broken and loose sewing and boards before the damage becomes so severe they cannot be used. 3 of 3 volumes available for adoption. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt for $30,000 per volume |
Adopted Books
To see your electronic bookplate, click on the title link then scroll down to "Local Notes."
| DONOR | TITLE OF WORK OR COLLECTION | ADOPTED |
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| Dracine Hodges |
H. McLanahan bindings (set 1): The philanderer : a topical comedy of the year 1893 (B. Shaw) |
8/23/24 |
| CM Boston Cote (T 2006) in memory of Jingyi Zhang (T 2006) |
Asian Student Association (Box 3 and Box 5) [DUKE003258669] | 3/11/24 |
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Nada Radovic in honor of Ljijana Ivezic |
東海道名所圖會 / Tōkaidō meisho zu (1797)[DUKE010009062] | 1/20/2024 |
| Kevin A. Klock (2001) and Teresa Klock-Taube | The Sweet Flypaper of Life , by Roy DeCarava (1955)
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole , by Matthew Alexander Henson (1912) |
1/4/2023 |
| CM Boston Cote (T 2006) in honor of Emin Hadziomanovich (T 2006) | Emoji Dick (2010) by Fred Beneson [DUKE005821331] | 11/29/2022 |
| Joseph Johnson, Jr. (A.B. 2970, M.A.T. 1971, Ed.D. 1978) | Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (Preface to the original edition 1855) [DUKE000426381] | 11/1/2022 |
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Lesley Looper (T 1986) in honor of Laura Jorgens Hörnell (T 2011) and Johan Hörnell (T 2013) |
Planches de Seba (1831) (2 vols) by Albertus Seba [DUKE002499057] | 8/25/2022 |
| Duke University Libraries in honor of Ann Wolfe |
Comic-con : 40 years of artists, writers, fans & friends, forward by Ray Bradbury [DUKE004208113] Only at Comic-Con : Hollywood, fans, and the limits of exclusivity, by Erin Hanna [DUKE009350408] Boston Patriot, 1811: March-August c.1, Everett & Munroe (Boston) [DUKE001546935][barcode D04647215T] It Happens at Comic-Con: Ethnographic essays on a pop culture phenomenon, by Ben Bolling and Matthew J. Smith (2014) [DUKE006050439] The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome female characters from comic book history, by Hope Nicholson (2017) [DUKE007839542] |
8/17/2022 |
| Cory Sherb in memory of Warren Shieh (T 1999) |
Authored by Bernard Shaw. Fine bindings by H. McLanahan (set 2) The Devil's Disciple: A melodrama in three acts [DUKE008916037] |
6/16/2022 |
| Andrew Boney (T 2004) | French Wall Decoration, by Paul Balin [DUKE001553487] | 6/2/2022 |
| Duke University Libraries in honor of Deborah Jakubs |
Sophie's Choice, by William Styron [DUKE000409599, Gift of Ariel Dorfman, D04455097Y] Sophie's Choice, by William Styron, copy 1 [DUKE000530212] בחירתה של סופי / Beḥiratah shel Sofi, by William Styron [DUKE004671959, copy 2] Sophie's keuze, by William Styron [DUKE000440648] Sophie választ : regény, by William Styron [DUKE000872546] Sophieʼ nin seçimi, by William Styron [DUKE000766244] Sofī no sentaku, by William Styron, vols 1 and 2 [DUKE002133890] La scelta di Sophie, by William Styron, copies 1 and 2 [DUKE000450125] Sophies valg, by William Styron, copies 1 and 2 [DUKE000452080] Wybór Zofii, by William Styron [DUKE001118195] Sophiina voĺba, by William Styron [DUKE000836306] ソフィーの選択. 1 / Sofī no sentaku. 1., by William Styron [DUKE003311101] Sofien valinta, by William Styron [DUKE000493607] Sophiejina odločitev, by William Styron [DUKE000543006] Sophiina volba, by William Styron [DUKE000675095] William Styron papers, 1855-2019 and undated. Box SC4, c.1 [DUKE002532590] |
5/13/2022 |
| Duke University Libraries in honor of Tom Hadzor |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, copies 1 and 2 [DUKE002672041] The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain [DUKE000385288] Huckleberry Finn seikkailut, by Mark Twain [DUKE003929075] Huckleberry Finns Abenteuer, by Mark Twain [DUKE003929449] Приключения Гекльберри Финна : повесть / Prikli͡uchenii͡a Geklʹberri Finna : povestʹ, by Mark Twain [DUKE005738975] 哈克贝里・芬历险记 / Hakebeili Fen li xian ji, by Mark Twain [DUKE006688810] Przygody Hucka, by Mark Twain [DUKE003929081] Приключения Тома Сойера : повесть ; Приключения Гекльберри Финна : роман / Prikli͡uchenii͡a Toma Soĭera : povestʹ ; Prikli͡uchenii͡a Geklʹberri Finna : roman, by Mark Twain [DUKE005738985] |
5/1/2022 |
| David Ferriero in honor of Deborah Jakubs |
Don Quixote de la Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1837). [DUKE009852045] |
12/14/2021 |
| Beth Doyle in honor of Dee McCullough |
Chrysalis, by Julie Chen (2014) [DUKE006625280] |
12/2/2021 |
| Jim Curry in honor of Ann Q. Curry (1965) |
Lucy Gayheart by Willa Cather (1935) [DUKE000041465] The Wit of Women by Kate Sanborn (1885) [DUKE002031545] Tales of New England by Sarah Orne Jewett (1894) [DUKE001393858] |
11/24/2021 |
| Deborah Jakubs and Jim Roberts | The Natural History of Foreign Butterflies by James Duncan, N.W.S. (1837) [DUKE010010335] Le Voyage de L'Isabella au Centre de la Terre by Léon Crux (1922) [DUKE010156607]
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11/2/2021 |
| Leanora Minai | Life of Mme. de la Rochefoucauld... (1878) [DUKE010113150] Joan of Arc , by Robert Southey (1798) [DUKE009837830] Famous Women: An outline of feminine achievement... by Joseph Adelman (1928) [DUKE010153769] |
11/1/2021 |
| Joseph Johnson, Jr. (A.B. 1970, M.A.T. 1971, Ed.D. 1978) |
Kreutter Buch by Pedanius Dioscorides (1546) [DUKE010489489] |
10/27/2021 |
| C in memory of his grandparents Barbara and John D. Klock (1937) |
Ulysses , by James Joyce (1934) [DUKE001377975] |
10/27/21 |
| Linda Zimmerman |
Old New York, by Edith Wharton (1924) [DUKE008203807] |
2/1/2021 |
| Dracine Hodges |
Dune , by Frank Herbert (1965). This book is part of the Locus Science Fiction Foundation Collection . [DUKE008661404] |
12/18/2020 |
| Kim Reed in honor of Professor Victor Strandberg |
The Game of Thrones , by George R.R. Martin (1996) [DUKE008700255] |
6/1/2020 |
| Funded by the Strategic Initiatives team in honor of Barbara Collins |
Lectures on Art , by John Ruskin [DUKE008922727]. Ionica , by William Johnson Corey [DUKE008922953] The Vision, or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri, by Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A. [DUKE008923076] Les confessions de J.-J. Rousseau , by Jean-Jacques Rousseau [DUKE008922761]. The Aeneids of Virgil done into English Verse by William Morris , by Virgil [DUKE008923090]. |
9/27/2020 |
| Joseph Johnson, Jr. (A.B. 1970, M.A.T. 1971, Ed.D. 1978) |
Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explication... (text volumes 10 and 13) by Denis Diderot |
9/15/2020 |
| In honor of Dan Wiercioch |
Mark Twain Tom Sawyer Abroad [DUKE000111073] |
1/17/2020 |
| Megan Crain in honor of Stephen G. Crain (G 2016) | Salem's Lot [DUKE003251554] , Stranger in a Strange Land [DUKE000070744] , The Shining [DUKE003251548] , by Stephen King. | 11/15/2019 |
| Georgeann C. Corey and George Corey (T 1969) in honor of Elijah George Corey. |
The Naturalist's Library by William Jardine (1835-1843) . [DUKE000217905] 7 vol. |
11/6/2019 |
| Joseph Johnson, Jr. (A.B. 1970, M.A.T. 1971, Ed.D. 1978) | Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explication... (plate volumes 1, 2, and 11) by Denis Diderot [DUKE000936143] |
9/16/2019 |
| Lesley Looper (1986) in memory of LaNelle Edwards Looper (1953, 1955) | Broadway Theatres Posters by Wendy Nelson-Cave (New York, N.Y. : Smithmark, c1993) [DUKE002197330] | 6/25/19 |
| Kim Reed in honor of Professor Victor Strandberg | Lord of the Rings (v. 1-3) by J.R.R. Tolkein (London, 1954-1955). [DUKE008699170] | 4/12/19 |
| Dracine Hodges | By Octavia Butler
Wild Seed (Garden City, New York; 1980) [DUKE008109809] Clay's Ark (New York; 1984) [DUKE003314481] Mind of My Mind (Garden City, New York; 1977) [DUKE000241715] Patternmaster (Garden City, New York; 1976) [DUKE008109724]
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4/12/2019 |
| Wyatt Bradford in honor of Jack A. Bradford, BN Scholar (2019) | The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (Boston and New York, 1938). [DUKE008708037] | 4/1/2019 |
| Scott and Kimberly Bradford in honor of Jack A. Bradford, BN Scholar (2019) | Shakespeare in Harlem , by Langston Hughes (1947) [DUKE006058327] | 3/8/2019 |
| Kevin A. Klock (2001) | Villette (1853) by Charlotte Bronte. [DUKE002242048] | 1/2/2019 |
| Joseph Johnson, Jr. (A.B. 2970, M.A.T. 1971, Ed.D. 1978) | Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explication... (plate v.5 and 8) by Denis Diderot [DUKE000936143] | 11/12/2018 |
| Macey Colvin in memory of O. Michael Colvin | The Sound and the Fury , by William Faulkner (1929). [DUKE003857045] | 4/17/2018 |
| DUL Conservation Services Dept. | Conservation Services funded the custom mount for the Nobel Prize medal in the Kenneth Arrow Papers in honor of Bob Byrd upon his retirement from Duke University Libraries. | 4/30/2018 |
| Libby McKeever (T 1976)(P 2009) in honor of Richard H. Montgomery and Jo Ann Montgomery Scully | History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by Thomas McKenney and James Hall (1855). [DUKE001488286] | 12/15/2017 |
| Jan Tore Hall (T 1973) in memory of Inger Tavernise |
The North American Indian, by Edward Curtis (1907-1930), portfolio plates. [DUKE000435659] |
12/6/2017 |
| The Gray Family (P 2021) in honor of The California Tribal College |
The North American Indian, by Edward Curtis (1907-1930), text volumes. [DUKE000435659] |
11/21/2017 |
| Jeff Kosokoff and Laura Bey |
A Vindication on the Rights of Women , by Mary Wollstonecraft (1792). [DUKE002396752] |
11/15/2017 |
| Kevin A. Klock (2001) in honor of his father Douglas M. Klock (1965) |
Paradise Lost, by John Milton (1669). [DUKE000219398] |
6/21/2017 |
| Maryann (T 1982) and Ron Bruce (P 2013) |
Edwin and Terry Murray Comic Book Collection and the Comic Book and Graphic Novel Collection. |
12/19/2016 |
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Bonnie Burrus Corwin (T 1982) |
The Bluest Eye , by Toni Morrison. [DUKE003164599] |
8/19/2016 |
| Anonymous |
This generous gift will support the conservation of numerious materials. As these items come to Conservation, we will add the titles here. |
11/26/2013- 7/13/2016 |
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Travels into several remote nations of the world , by Jonathan Swift, vols. 1-2. [DUKE002166870] Read about this project on Preservation Underground. |
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Manual of Human Anatomy , by Robert Knox [DUKE000856887]. |
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The question of rest for women during menstruation, by Mary Putnam Jacobi [DUKE000662895] |
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Biblia hepta...Libri septem , by Aegineta Paulus [DUKE000713234] |
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| Woman and her diseases , by Edward H. Dixon [DUKE002812875] | ||
| R.P. Aloysii Novarini Veronensis , by Luigi Novarini [DUKE003474468] | ||
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Sexti libri decratalium... , by Pope Bonafice VIII [DUKE002521394] |
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| The History of Georgia..., by Capt. Hugh McCall; copy 1, vols. 1-2 [DUKE001482533] | ||
| The Works of the Late Reverend Samuel Johnson, by Samuel Johnson [DUKE001369485] | ||
| Paradise Lost, by John Milton, c.2 [DUKE000219398] | ||
| Fair Warnings to a Careless World, by Josiah Woodward [DUKE000561222] | ||
| Carey's American Pocket Atlas, by Matthew Carey [DUKE000248330] | ||
| Journal of Major George Washingon , by George Washington [DUKE000400665] | ||
| Lives of the Popes , by Platina [DUKE001836318] | ||
| The Annals of the World, by James Ussher [DUKE002282236] | ||
| The History of the Life and Acts of...Edmund Grindal , by John Strype [DUKE002172490] | ||
| Rarum Italicarum..., by Filippo Argelati, et al. [DUKE003068539] | ||
| Journal. North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives. (1789) [DUKE000279774] | ||
| Preclarissium liber completus... , by Alī Ibn Abī al-Rijāl [DUKE000786652] | ||
| Nancy Ingram Kenderdine in memory of Prof. Elizabeth Bookhout |
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker [DUKE000484767] |
4/22/2016 |
| Teresa and Kevin Klock (2001) in honor of their children John H.D. Klock and Jacob M.T. Klock |
A Picture Book Without Pictures [DUKE001478489] and Little Rudy and Other Tales [DUKE002125645] by Hans Christian Andersen. |
4/3/2016 |
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Andrew Boney (T 2004) |
Toad of Toad Hall, by A.A. Milne [DUKE006094080] |
11/24/2015 |
| Jeff Kosokoff and Laura Bey |
Der swangern Frawen und Hebammen Roszgarten, by Eucharius Rosslin. [DUKE002129192] |
11/23/2015 |
| Dr. Michael Weiss |
Slaughterhouse-five or The children's crusade, by Kurt Vonnegut [DUKE000000633] Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley [DUKE001332100] |
10/7/2015 |
| Nixie Miller in honor of Bill Pitts |
Catch 22 , by Joseph Heller [DUKE003234716] |
3/10/2015 |
| Mrs. Georgeann C Corey in honor of Mr. Michael Lee Corey (T 2005) |
Of Mice and Men , by John Steinbeck [DUKE001351443] Old Man and the Sea , by Ernest Hemingway [DUKE001713727] |
3/10/2015 |
| Mrs. Georgeann C Corey in memory of Mr. George Nassif Corey (T 1969) |
Signed basketball (1992) , Artifacts and Relics Collection, 1830's-ongoing. Duke University Archives. [ UA98-85; Box 17] [DUKE003921889] Proposed design of Duke University , drawn by the Horace Trumbauer firm for James B. Duke, 1924. Duke University Archives. [DUKE003205743] |
3/9/2015 |
| Katie Clark (1987) in honor of her mother Pamela Clark |
Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explication... (plate v.7) by Denis Diderot [DUKE000936143] |
2/1/2015 |
| Sarah L. Bingham |
Native Son by Richard Wright (1940, first edition) [DUKE000537516] |
10/7/2014 |
| Barbara Bernhard Hanson (1982) |
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath [DUKE003857200] |
10/6/2014 |
| Kevin A. Klock (2001) in honor of his father Douglas M. Klock (1965) |
Lord of the Flies , by William Golding [DUKE003857078] |
9/9/2014 |
| Jeff Kosokoff and Laura Bey |
Het achterhuis : dagboekbrieven van 12 Juni 1942-1 Augustus 1944 , by Anne Frank. [DUKE003857076] |
7/22/2014 |
| Rebecca Williams |
Geographia vniversalis by Ptolemy (t.1) [DUKE001989929] |
7/18/2014 |
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Ann Beman |
Villette by Charlotte Bronte [DUKE003856456] |
6/28/2014 |
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Robert Joseph Kubek, MD 1986 |
6/24/2014 | |
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Barbara Branson |
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck [DUKE000035394] |
6/18/2014 |
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Will Hansen and Jaime Danehey |
Phrenological Description of W. Whitman , Age 29 Occupation Printer by L.N. Fowler |
4/17/2014 |
| Lauren Winner | Poems on various subjects, religious and moral by Phillis Wheatley [DUKE002363589] | 4/11/2014 |
| Deborah Jakubs and Jim Roberts | Catcher In The Rye [DUKE000035160] | 4/10/2014 |
| Michael McCahill | Stephen Fuller Papers [DUKE000854590] | 3/4/2014 |
| Beth Doyle | Greek Manuscript #2 [New Testament Gospel Lectionary] [DUKE006035633] | 2/25/2014 |