Richard L. Watson, Jr. papers, 1941-1989.

Duke University. Faculty.

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The responsibilities of faculty members, in addition to planning classes and providing instruction, included enacting regulations necessary to carry out instruction, advance the standards of work, and develop the scholarly aims of the school. The Faculty also recommended degree candidates and persons worthy of receiving academic distinction to the trustees. From the description of Faculty Records, 1911-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 191737061 ...

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 ...

Watson, Richard L.

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Richard L. Watson, Jr. served as Prof. of History at Duke Univ. (1939-1984), Chair of the Dept. of History (1960-1967), Chair of the Academic Council (1964-1966, 1975-1977), and associate editor of the SOUTH ATLANTIC QUARTERLY (1974-1987). From the description of Richard L. Watson, Jr. papers, 1941-1989. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 55635821 Richard Lyness Watson, Jr. was born December 25, 1914 in Mount Hermon, Mass. He attended Mount Hermon Pr...

Historiography

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United States. Army Air Forces. Historical Office

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Duke University

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Duke University. Academic Council

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The Academic Council and the Executive Committee which it elects are the chief instruments of faculty governance at Duke University. The formation of an Academic Council was recommended in a March, 1962 report of the University Faculty's Committee on Faculty Organization, and authorized in a 1962 revision of the University Bylaws. The first meeting was held on October 18, 1962. The officers of the Academic Council, all elected from the faculty, are the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Secretary. The...