Duke University Press records, 1926-1991.

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Duke University Press records, 1926-1991.

The records are arranged in the following series: Director's files, Editorial Advisory Board, Editorial files, Author files, Subject files, Financial records, Catalogs, and the Association of American University Presses. The collection consists of correspondence, annual catalogs, advertisements, Board minutes, annual reports, contracts and agreements, book and journal reviews and financial records. The material ranges in date from 1926-1991.

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Duke University Press.

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Duke University Press publishes both scholarly books and journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. In its early years, preference was given to works published by faculty, graduate students and alumni and to works focused on southern states. William T. Laprade served as the first Director until 1926. That same year, Duke University Press was founded with William K. Boyd as Director. Following Boyd as Director were the following: Paul F. Baum (1927-1930), J. Fred Rippy (1930-1936)...

Brice, Ashbel.

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Rhine, J. B. (Joseph Banks), 1895-1980

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Parapsychologist and Professor of Psychology, Duke University. From the description of Papers, 1925-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155498363 Rhine was an American educator, psychologist, and author. From the guide to the J. B. Rhine Collection on the, New Frontiers of the Mind, 1937, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) ...

Laprade, William Thomas, 1873-1975.

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Rippy, J. Fred (James Fred), 1892-1977

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James Fred Rippy was a professor in the Department of History at Duke from 1926-1936. From the description of J. Fred Rippy papers, 1926-1935. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 163579884 J. Fred Rippy (1892-1977) was professor of Latin American history at the University of Chicago, 1920-1926 and 1936-1958, and at Duke University, 1926-1936. From the description of J. Fred Rippy papers, 1916-1972 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25422554 J. ...

Dwire, Henry R.

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Henry R. Dwire was born in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was an alumnus of Trinity College and was appointed Duke University Vice President in 1941 and Director of Public Relations and Alumni Affairs in 1944. From the description of Henry R. Dwire papers, 1897-1944. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 163181416 ...

Association of American university presses

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Informally started in the 1920s and formally organized in 1937 as a non-profit trade organization of American and Canadian university presses. From the description of Association of American University Presses records, 1927-1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 460879541 BIOGHIST REQUIRED The Association of American University Presses was informally started in the 1920s and formally organized in 1937 as a non-profit trade organ...