Dorothy Newsom Rankin Papers, 1894-1997

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Dorothy Newsom Rankin Papers, 1894-1997

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/uarankindorothy/

Dorothy Newsom Rankin graduated from Duke University in 1933. The collection includes family papers accumulated by Dorothy Newsom Rankin and her father, D. W. Newsom, related to their ties with and the history of Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) and Duke University.

4.25 Linear Feet; approx. 4000 Items

eng,

University Archives, Duke University.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6360720

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Rankin, Dorothy Newsom, 1911-2002.

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Dorothy Newsom Rankin was the daughter of D. W. (Dallas Walton) Newsom (Trinity Class of 1899) and Tempie Battle. She graduated summa cum laude from Duke University in 1933. While a student, she was elected Phi Beta Kappa, served as senior class president of the Woman's College as well as May Day Queen her senior year, and was a member of the Kappa Delta sorority and White Duchy. Dorothy married Professor Robert Rankin shortly after her graduation in 1933. She was actively involved ...