William Kenneth Boyd papers, 1851-1956.

Duke University. Department of History

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67n0z4x (corporateBody)

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 ...

Boyd, William Kenneth, 1879-1938

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c53j32 (person)

William Kenneth Boyd (1879-1938) was a historian, professor, and director of the library at Duke University. During his career at Duke and Trinity College, he published widely and helped to collect and preserve personal papers and books about Southern and North Carolina history. From the description of William Kenneth Boyd papers, 1851-1956. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 60654579 William Kenneth Boyd was born on January 10, 1879, in Curryville, ...

Duke University

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jb6wkw (corporateBody)

Trinity College (Durham, N.C.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66x30p3 (corporateBody)

The Trinity College (Randolph County) Reference collection materials were compiled from a variety of sources by University Archives staff for reference and research. From the description of Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) Reference Collection, 1889-1992. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 166325766 The Columbia Literary Society was first organized in 1846 at Union Institute. The Society grew with the school, witnessing the founding of Trinity College ...

Boyd family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60q0cmp (family)

Boyd, Pat LeGrand.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67d4znr (person)

McDowell, Nannie Black.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zw4zgv (person)

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gk06z2 (person)

W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Educated at Fisk University, he did graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate. Du Bois became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Due to his contributions in the African-American community he was seen as a member of a Black elite that supported some aspects ...

Duke University. Library

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t1b0s (corporateBody)

The libraries of Duke University consist of the William R. Perkins Library and its seven branches on campus: Biological and Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Lilly, Engineering, Music, Mathematics-Physics, Special Collections; the Pearse Memorial Library at the Duke Marine Laboratory in Beaufort; and the independently administered libraries of Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Business (Ford Library). As of June 1996, these libraries contained over 4,534,000 volumes. The collection includes eleven m...

Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xp7300 (person)

Historian and professor of history at Trinity College (now Duke University), Durham, N.C., and Smith College. From the description of Papers, 1806-1943. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19242277 Historian, editor, and educator. From the description of Papers of John Spencer Bassett, 1770-1978 (bulk 1894-1928). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072393 John Spencer Bassett, a professor in the History Department of Trinity College from 1893-190...