Douglas M. Knight records, 1949-1970.

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Douglas M. Knight records, 1949-1970.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53906096

Records include correspondence, memoranda, proposals, surveys, reports, writings and speeches, minutes, audio-visual media, honorary citations, clippings, and printed matter. Major subjects include the administration of Duke University, the planning of a new art museum, university development, Duke's Fifth Decade Campaign and fundraising, the Duke Board of Trustees, Knight's inauguration, the School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Forestry, the Graduate School of Business, student protest, African-American students at Duke, the takeover of the Allen Building by members of the Afro-American Society, and student rights. Major correspondents include R. Taylor Cole, E.R. Latty, Lath Meriam, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, R. Philip Hanes, Nancy Hanks, R. Patrick Ransom, George V. Allen, Charles B. Wade, Henry Rauch, Edwin L. Jones, Wright Tisdale, Les Brown, Ellen Huckabee Gobbel, Mark Pinsky, Graddon Rowlands, and Floyd B. McKissick.

60,000 items (60.0 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7672772

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Brown, Les, 1912-2001

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Les (Lester Raymond) Brown (b. March 14, 1912, Reinerton, PA - d. January 4, 2001, Los Angeles, CA) was a 1936 graduate of Duke University. There he led his first dance band, the Duke Blue Devils, for which he also played clarinet and saxophone. The band would go on to professional fame in the 1940s under the name Les Brown and His Band of Renown. During that decade Brown had several hit songs, most notably Sentimental Journey (1944) and I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (1946). He performed exte...

Knight, Douglas Maitland, Jr., 1921-2005

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Born June 8, 1921, in Cambridge, MA, Douglas M. Knight was educated at Yale University and received an A.B. in 1942, an M.A. in 1944, and a Ph.D. in 1946. He served as an instructor and assistant professor of English from 1947 to 1953 at Yale University. Knight then became president of Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1953. In 1963, Knight was persuaded to come to Duke University. New beginnings and unique building projects characterized his tenure. The con...

Jones, Edwin Lee.

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Former secretary-general, general manager, president, and chairman of the board of J.A. Jones Construction Co. of Charlotte, N.C. From the description of Papers, 1908-1981. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41579891 Official observer of the atomic bomb test in Bikini, Marshall Islands, July 1, 1946; resident of Charlotte (Mecklenburg Co.), N.C. From the description of Papers, 1946. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19865866 ...

Huckabee, Ellen Harris.

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Rauch, Henry E.

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Resident of Greensboro, N.C. From the description of Letter, 1969. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32604582 ...

Duke University. Graduate School of Business Administration.

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McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991

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Floyd B. McKissick (1922-1991) was born in Asheville, N.C. He was an attorney, businessman, and civil rights leader. McKissick married Evelyn Williams, with whom he had four children: Joycelyn; Andree; Floyd, Jr.; and Charmaine. From the description of Floyd B. McKissick papers, 1940s-1980s. WorldCat record id: 39668375 Floyd B. McKissick (1922-1991), the son of Ernest Boyce and Magnolia Thompson McKissick, was born in Asheville, N.C., on 9 March 1922. He earned...

Wade, Charles B. (Charles Byrd), 1915-

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Duke University. Board of Trustees

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The Duke University Board of Trustees has existed since 1924, and grew out of the Trinity College Board of Trustees that existed from 1859 to 1924. The Board is responsible for making major steering decisions in the administration of the school. From the description of Board of Trustees records, 1860-2004. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 58974462 The Board of Trustees of Duke University was originally formed when the Union Institute Society's 1839...

Hanks, Nancy, 1927-1983

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Arts organization administrator and consultant. From the description of Papers, 1894-1987 (bulk 1945-1983). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 27694194 Government official, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1924-1983; (bulk 1969-1977). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19595466 1927, Dec. 31 Born, Miami Beach, Fla. ...

Cole, Taylor, 1905-1991

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Duke University. School of Forestry

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Duke University

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Allen, George V. (George Venable), 1903-1970

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Diplomat. From the description of Reminiscences of George Venable Allen : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309720337 From the description of Reminiscences of George Venable Allen : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122684098 ...

Duke University Museum of Art

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The Duke University Museum of Art opened to the public in 1969, in a renovated science building on the University's East Campus. In 1998, Duke alumnus Raymond D. Nasher donated funds to support construction of a new art museum at Duke University, the Nasher Museum of Art, set to open in 2005. From the description of Duke University Museum of Art records, 1962-1992. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 60705423 The Duke University Museum of Art opened t...

Duke University. Afro-American Society

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Hanes, R. Philip, 1926-2011

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Textile company executive, arts organization administrator, and conservationist. From the description of Papers, 1984-1996. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40422021 From the description of R. Philip Hanes papers, 1928-1987 ; (bulk 1960-1985). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20836307 1926, Feb. 25 Born, Winston-Salem, N.C. ...

Latty, Elvin R. (Elvin Remus), 1903-

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Rowlands, Graddon, 1937-

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Semans, Mary Duke Biddle Trent

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Interviewee married James H. Semans; interviewee b.1920. From the description of Reminiscences of Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597351 Member of the Duke family and a female philanthropic leader in health care at Duke and in the Durham community. From the description of Oral history interview with Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, 2007. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: ...

Duke University. President.

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Duke University. School of Law.

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This collection includes papers of the deans of the Duke University School of Law starting in 1930. This material covers a wide range of information relating to the daily operations of the law school and includes: general correspondence, financial documents, annual reports, recruitment files, clerkship files, clippings, subject files, meeting minutes, development materials, and general office files. The collection also includes information about the various law school journals and publications e...

Duke University. School of Engineering

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The School of Engineering traces its history back to 1851 when the catalogue for Normal College, the forerunner of Trinity College and Duke University, advertised a Classical course which included surveying in the sophomore year as well as architecture and engineering for seniors. Similar offerings characterized instruction in the subject of engineering throughout the 73 year period of the institution's operation as Trinity College. When Trinity College became Duke University in 1924, Engineerin...