Nora Campbell Chaffin papers, 1835-1981.

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Nora Campbell Chaffin papers, 1835-1981.

Her collection contains correspondence, clippings, typescripts, reviews, records, and other materials. Among the papers are review of her book Trinity College and a record book of an unidentified YMCA. The collection ranges in date from 1835-1981.

250 items (0.5 linear ft.)

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Duke University. Department of History

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The study of history emerged as a separate field of study at Trinity College in the late nineteenth-century supported by a change in popular attitudes, interests, and the ongoing professionalization of the field of historical inquiry. In 1891, Trinity College became the first southern educational institution to establish a distinct chair of history. In 1896, Stephen B. Weeks founded the Trinity College Historical Society which gave further impetus to strengthening the Department of ...

Chaffin, Nora Campbell, 1900-1981.

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Nora Chaffin was on the history faculty at Duke University from 1935-1944. From the description of Nora Campbell Chaffin papers, 1835-1981. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 162543725 Nora Chaffin was born in Cyprus Creek, NC and received her A. B. in 1924 from Trinity College in Durham and her Ph.D. from Duke University. She did post-graduate work at Columbia University and was awarded Phi Beta Kappa. Chaffin was on the history faculty of Duke University from 1...

Duke University

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