Paul H. Clyde papers, 1972.

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Paul H. Clyde papers, 1972.

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Typed transcript of an oral history interview conducted by University Librarian, Benjamin Powell, circa November 1972, with penciled corrections by Professor Clyde. Subjects include the history department, Duke's presidents from Few to Knight, the Summer Session, the University Committee on Long-Range Planning, the development of Canadian and Commonwealth Studies, the Gross-Edens Affair, and the Duke Endowment. Folder also includes cover letter and oral history contract.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke Endowment

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Philanthropic trust established by James Buchanan Duke in 1924. Educational beneficiaries are Duke University, Davidson College, Furman University, and John C. Smith University. Support is given to hospitals and childcare institutions throughout North Carolina and South Carolina as well as to Methodist Episcopal Church, South congregations in rural North Carolina. From the description of The Duke Endowment archives : records, 1902 - [ongoing] (bulk [1920s]-[1990s]) [manuscript]. (Duk...

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Clyde, Paul Hibbert, 1896-1998

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Professor of history at Duke University (1937-1961); consultant to the Duke Endowment (1961-1970). From the description of Papers, 1935-1992. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32410204 Historian Paul Hibbert Clyde was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 1896. After receiving his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1925, he taught history at Ohio State University (1925-1931), Stanford University (1928-1929), the University of Kentucky (1931-1937), and Duk...