Papers, ca. 1930-1979.
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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 ...
Hamilton, William Baskerville, 1908-1972
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William Baskerville Hamilton was Professor of history, Duke University, Durham, N.C. Biographical and Autobiographical Information is filed in the first box of the collection. It includes a vita, letters, articles, clippings, obituaries, and other items. From the guide to the William Baskerville Hamilton Papers, 1700-1975, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) Professor of history, Duke University, Durham, N.C. From the descrip...