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. |
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NEW! Deal With It by Esther Drill (New York, 1999). This pop art style book is a guide for teenage girls and covers topics including friendship, sex, drugs, and self-esteem. It is a paperback book, which can get damaged easily without a custom enclosure to protect it. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt for $25 | |
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NEW! Eloise, by Kay Thompson (New York, 1955) Who didn't want to grow up living in a hotel? Eloise let us do that vicariously. This volume needs a custom enclosure to protect the fragile publisher's binding. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt for $25 | |
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The Negro & Indian's Advocate (1685) and Supplement 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. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt for $50 | |
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Yamamato Masao (South Dennis, MA 2010) This limited edition book of photographs by Yamamato Masao is stunning. The images are gorgeous, the printing is beautiful, and the Japanese paper covers with tradtional-style publisher's box is stunning. We want to box this so all of the pieces of this publication can remain in excellent condition. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt for $50 | |
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NEW! Negro (London, 1934) was published by Nancy Cunard, a British socialite and activist. Cunard, a key figure in 1920's Paris, published works by Black writers and poets. This issue includes writings by Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, and a biography of Florence Mills. While this edition is worn, it is an important historical piece that needs a custom enclosure to ensure its cover is protected from further damage. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt for $50 | |
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NEW! New and Rare Beautiful-Leaved Plants, by (James) Shirley Hibberd (London, 1870) Hibberd was a popular Victorian-era garden writer. The color illustrations in this book are vibrant and leap off the page. It needs a custom enclosure to keep the book protected. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
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NEW! Miawa's Revenge: A Tale of Adventure (Chicago, 1903) by H. Rider Haggard. The cover and spine title are unique on this edition as the printer misspelled "Maiwa" as "Miawa." She: A History of Adventure (New York, between 1907 and 1918) by H. Rider Haggard. This edition acquired as part of the Locus Science Fiction Foundation Collection. Sorceress Ayesha and adventurer Allan Quatermain get up to all sorts of adventures in these titles with themes of revenge, survival, and political intrigue. Apparently there is some moral dilemmas thrown in for good mix. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt three for $75 | |
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NEW! Volume the Third, by Jane Austen (Rubenstein Library c.1) (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1951) Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (New York, E.P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1976) These two volumes are lovely editions of classic Austen writing. Both need custom enclosures to protect the publisher's bindings. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
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NEW! PM (New York, 1936-1937) Production Manager Journal is described as, "An intimate journal for production managers." This includes art directors and you can tell! A wonderful look at 1930's design and style. The colors inside are vibrant and modern.
Volumes 2 and 3 need custom enclosures to protect the covers and pages. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
Adopt two for $100 | |
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NEW! Naturbuch von nutz eigenschafft..., by von Meganberg Konrad (Frankfurt am Meyn, 1540) What is better than miniature animals striking poses? Miniature animals inside an incredible waste-vellum-bound book! This marvelous menagerie of animals and plants needs a custom enclosure to protect the fragile binding. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
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NEW! The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents by Edward Topsell with added "The Theater of Insects" by T. Muffet (London, 1658). Man or bear? How about a "manlion?" This menagerie of animals and insects is one of the most engaging (and a little weird) collection of illustrated beasts. It has some torn pages that need mending, and it needs a custom enclosure. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) [alma990022193280108501] |
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NEW! Spring has sprung, Mother's Day is almost here, and graduates are about to receive their diplomas. What better way to honor the special person in your life with some flower illustrations? The Poetry of Flowers and Flowers of Poetry c.1, by Frances S. Osgood (New York, 1848). This item needs a custom enclosure to protect the fragile binding. Language of Flowers c.3, by Kate Greenaway (London, 1884). This item needs a custom enclosure to protect the fragile binding. The Lady's Book of Flowers and Poetry, by Lucy Hooper (New York, 1842). This item has some torn pages that need mending, and it needs a custom enclosure. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
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NEW! Sketch of Plot Plan Trinity College Durham N.C. (1924) This plan of East Campus by Horace Trumbauer is still recognizable with the old race track at the center, and the library and gym on the west side (where the newly renovated Lilly Library will soon open). (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) |
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Birds of America by John James Audubon . This four-volume, double-elephant-folio edition on handmade paper measures three feet tall and two feet wide and comprises 435 hand-colored prints impressed from copperplate engravings. Of the original 175 to 200 complete sets, 125 have survived. Nine species of those depicted have since gone extinct. These stunning double elephant folios were printed between 1827–1803. Three volumes in this four volume set need full conservation attention to repair their broken sewing and boards before the damage becomes too severe. 3 of 3 volumes available for adoption. (Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) Flipping the Bird Live Event Duke University Libraries turns the pages of the Birds of America on the first Friday of every month at 12:15 p.m. We welcome you to stop by and watch staff turn the pages of these enormous books. Be the first to find out what bird will be on display next! |
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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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| Marc Borkan in honor of Matt Berninger | 現代商業美術全集 / Gendai shōgyō bijutsu zenshū (Tokyo, 1929-1930) [alma99119581951508501] |
5/19/2026 |
| Dracine Hodges in honor of Janeites, past, present, and future |
Volume the Third, by Jane Austen (Rubenstein Library c.1) (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1951) [alma990001323490108501] Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (New York, E.P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1976) [alma990079161540108501] |
5/12/2026 |
| Andrew Boney (T 2004) in honor of Matt Garber |
Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats (Boston 1838) by Eliza Leslie. [alma99119733053608501] The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy (London, 1767) by Hannah Glasse. [alma99119731706408501] Mrs. Beeton's Cookery Book (London before 1901) by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton. [alma99119754598608501] |
4/20/2026 |
| Lora Hersh (T 1991), Zack Hersh (T 2019), Morgan Hersh (T 2019, MBA 2021), Casey Hersh (Syracuse 2021), Brandon Hersh (T 2019), in honor of Jeffrey Hersh (T 1988) | Steiff Blue Devil Doll (1953-1954). (Duke University Archives--Artifacts and Relics Collection) [alma990039218890108501] | 4/29/2026 |
| Lora Hersh (T1991) in memory of Peggy Herren, mother of Jennifer Hanawald (T1991) |
The Waves (Hamburg; Paris; Bologna, 1933) by Virginia Woolf. [alma990108928880108501] The Single Heart (London, 1932) by Storm Jameson (born Margaret Ethel Jameson). [alma990107583700108501] |
4/29/2026 |
| Yuruo Zhang | Neue und ausfuhrliche Abhandlung von dem Tabacke... (Leipzig, 1781) ["A new and detailed treatise on tobacco..."] [alma990115163650108501] | 2/3/2026 |
| Michael Danowitz (T 1991, P 2023) in honor of Erica Swenson Danowitz (P 2023) | Birds of America by John James Audubon (London, 1827-1838) [alma990015323370108501] | 11/11/2025 |
| Naomi Nelson in honor of Lyda Moore Merrick |
Negro Braille Magazine (Durham NC, 29, number 2, December 1980), Negro Braille Magazine Project (Durham, NC, 1980) [alma990007676780108501] Merrick/Washington Magazine for the Blind (Durham NC, 32, number 2, December 1983), Negro Braille Magazine Project (Durham, NC, 1983) [alma990007676790108501] |
1/9/2026 |
| Duke University Libraries, the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, and the Dance Program in honor of Lee Sorensen |
Ballet de Champs, Picasso (Paris, 1948) [alma990094846700108501] Immediate Family, by Sally Mann (New York, 1992) [alma990012544220108501] At Twelve, by Sally Mann (New York, 1988) [Rubenstein copies 1 and 2] [alma990008246770108501] |
1/9/2026 |
| Rebecca Pattillo in honor of her love, Charlotte Asmuth | The Poetry of Flowers and Flowers of Poetry c.2 (New York, 1848) [alma990002175420108501] | 12/17/2025 |
| Jessica Anderson in honor of Verna Jean Arambula |
Children and Gardens by Gertrude Jekyll (London, 1933) [alma990087380690108501] |
12/12/2025 |
| In honor of Hope Uronis MD | Quintessence: The Quality of Having It (1983) [alma990005441240108501 ] | 12/12/2025 |
| Andrew Boney (T 2004) | Ornithological Biography, or An Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America, by John James Audubon (1839). [alma990015323390108501] | 12/3/2025 |
| Meredith and Lauren Mobley in honor of Stacie Mobley | 世界旅行萬國名所圖會 / Sekai ryokō bankoku meisho zue (Ōsaka-shi : Suzandō, Meiji 18-19 [1885-1886]) [alma99119620144608501] | 11/3/2025 |
| Marc Borkan in memory of Victor Casagrande |
Plantas Medicinales del Peru (Lima, 2023) [alma99119849732108501] Mi Poncho es un Kimono Flamenco, by Fernando Iwasaki Cauti (Lima, Peru 2005) [alma99119849934108501] Todo es Aluvion, by Jose Rosas Ribeyro (Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, 2012) [alma99119809746708501] Xochicuicameh nepapan = Los Poemas Diversos, by Jose Carlos Monroy Rodriguez (Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, 2021) [alma99119809747208501] Noches Vacias, by Washington Cucurto (Lima, Peru, 2004) [alma99119849933208501] Times New Roman, by Patricia Rivas (Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, 2020) [alma99119809747108501] |
10/17/2025 |
| Joseph Salem | Series of plates of the heart, cranium, and brain (London, 1813) [alma990107617280108501] | 10/15/2025 |
| Tracey Koepke in honor of Barbara Koepke | The Illustrated Language of Flowers (London, 1862) [alma990079932920108501] | 10/15/2025 |
| Joseph Johnson, Jr. (A.B. 1970, M.A.T. 1971, Ed.D. 1978) | 1984 (Russian translation) (Russia, between 1950-1959) [alma990065911990108501] | 10/14/2025 |
| Anonymous | Peacock's Polite Repository (England, 1804) [alma990107438720108501] | 10/14/2025 |
| Beth Doyle |
Giorgio Ciompi Papers (1900s-1980), Plaster Mask in Box 9 [alma990104893380108501] Ladies of Llangollen Collection (1174-1991), Box 7 [alma990081093680108501] |
9/25/2025 |
| Susan O'Connell in honor of librarians | Annual Reports of The Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society (1815-1837) [alma990001552200108501] | 9/22/2025 |
| Logan Herrera in honor of Chris Herrera | The Home Decorator and Color Guide, by Rockwell Kent (1939) [alma9900967203901085019] | 8/21/2025 |
| Andrew Boney (T 2004) | Natural History of Quadrupeds (England, 1811) [alma990106009100108501] | 8/21/2025 |
| Andrew Burke (T 1998) |
Captain Klutz II (New York, 1983) [alma990096720270108501] Mad's Bizarre Biz (New York, 1987) [alma990096720150108501] Mad Bizarre Bazaar (New York, 1980) [alma990096720110108501] A Mad Look at the 60's (New York, 1989) [alma990096720140108501] |
8/21/2025 |
| Andrew Burke (T 1998) | Japanese Product Labels Scrapbook (1850-1919) [alma990096522230108501] | 8/21/2025 |
| Tracey Koepke in memory of Alan. J. Koepke (K1JCL) | Radio Handbook (1924) [alma990104853860108501] | 9/12/2025 |
| Tracey Koepke |
Rambles Through the British Aisles (1869) [alma990106723660108501] The Complete Angler (1953) [alma990106024260108501] The Princess, A Medley (Alfred Tennyson, 1847) [alma990001878700108501] |
9/12/2025 |
| Anonymous | Dante con lespositione di Christoforo Landino [c.2] , by Dante Alighieri (1564) [DUKE001813767] | 10/15/2025 |
| Dr. Marianna Torgovnick in honor of Buford Jones |
東海道風景之圖 / Tōkaidō fūkei no zu (c.1870) [DUKE010009062] |
1/10/2025 |
| Kevin A. Klock (2001) in memory of E.P. Sanders, Professor Emeritus of Religion | The Life of Paul the Apostle (1784) [DUKE000709374] The Life and Work of St. Paul (vols. 1 and 2)(1879) [DUKE001155687] |
1/4/2023 |
| Joseph Johnson, Jr. (A.B. 1970, M.A.T. 1971, Ed.D. 1978) | The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (copy 2) [DUKE001286383] | 10/7/2024 |
| Charles Jones | Gone with the Wind (1936) [Rubenstein c.2] by Margaret Mitchell [DUKE000035416] | 1/25/2022 |
| Heather Martin, in memory of Dorothy Lee Martin |
Kindred (1979) by Octavia Butler. Rubenstein Library copy 1 [DUKE007712003] Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) [DUKE002932526] by Zora Neal Hurston |
1/25/2022 |
| Dracine Hodges, in memory of Sara Seten Berghausen | Fledgling: A Novel, by Octavia E. Butler (2005) (Rubenstein Library copy 2 and laid-in material) [DUKE003583007] Bloodchild: And Other Stories, by Octavia E. Butler (1995) [DUKE002063046] |
12/15/2022 |
| Beth Doyle, in memory of Sara Seten Berghausen | Nightwood, by Djuna Barnes (1979) [DUKE009751341] The Singing Knives, by Frank Stanford (1979) [DUKE006679556] |
12/15/2022 |
| Dracine Hodges |
H. McLanahan bindings (set 1): The philanderer : a topical comedy of the year 1893 (B. Shaw) |
8/23/2024 |
| CM Boston Cote (T 2006) in memory of Jingyi Zhang (T 2006) |
Asian Student Association (Box 3 and Box 5) [DUKE003258669] | 3/11/2024 |
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Nada Radovic in honor of Ljiljana 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] | 6/25/2019 |
| Kim Reed in honor of Professor Victor Strandberg | Lord of the Rings (v. 1-3) by J.R.R. Tolkein (London, 1954-1955). [DUKE008699170] | 4/12/2019 |
| 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 numerous 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] [alma990060356330108501] | 2/25/2014 |