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For the past two years, I’ve been working with Technical Services on the Frank Baker Collection of British Methodism and Wesleyana. Baker, a religion professor at Duke, was the preeminent scholar on the foundations of Methodism, specifically its founder, John Wesley. The collection is vast: it contains research for Baker’s many books and articles, original [...]
Continue Reading →A few months ago, I processed the James Ludovic Lindsay Collection of French Manuscripts, which is by far the largest collection I have processed since I started working in Technical Services in October. As a freshman, I was incredibly excited to work on [...]
Continue Reading →Monday was the annual Anatomy Day visit to the History of Medicine Collections. This is one of my favorite times of the year!
In the fall, all of the first year medical students here at Duke—about one hundred of them—visit the History of Medicine Collections to view historical anatomical atlases. This is a [...]
Continue Reading →This year, the Duke University Archives participated in the Duke University Union’s 2nd Annual Homecoming Scavenger Hunt. The hunt was a great opportunity to bring new students into the RBMSCL and share a part of their university’s history with them.
The clue: “Take a picture with the first issue of the Chronicle.”
Answer: [...]
Continue Reading →85 classes! The RBMSCL had another packed semester of instruction, as our librarians welcomed a group of fledgling Walt Whitman scholars from North Carolina State University, two classes from the Trinity School, and even a local Girl Scout troop—in addition to scores of Duke undergraduate and graduate students. We couldn’t have been more [...]
Continue Reading →On Friday, April 8th, Professor Matteo Gilebbi’s Italian 22 course, offered by the Romance Studies Department, held a special lesson at the RBMSCL. The class was led by guest speaker Professor Mattia Begali. While Professor Begali’s expertise centers on the Baroque period, Professor Gilebbi’s research focuses on the use of new technologies in [...]
Continue Reading →It’s here at last! Have fun celebrating LDOC today (and be safe), because tomorrow….
Good luck on exams from everyone at the RBMSCL!
(We’ve been counting down to LDOC with Duke University Archives photos of Duke students having a good time! Click the photo to see it on [...]
Continue Reading →It’s been a long and fun year. We’re counting down to LDOC with Duke University Archives photos of Duke students having a good time! (Click the photo to see it on our Flickr photostream, Duke Yearlook.)
Dressed in these fetching hats, these students danced the night [...]
Continue Reading →It’s been a long and fun year. We’re counting down to LDOC with Duke University Archives photos of Duke students having a good time! (Click the photo to see it on our Flickr photostream, Duke Yearlook.)
And we wouldn’t be able to have fun without the [...]
Continue Reading →It’s been a long and fun year. We’re counting down to LDOC with Duke University Archives photos of Duke students having a good time! (Click the photo to see it on our Flickr photostream, Duke Yearlook.)
As much as we love this photo, we know very [...]
Continue Reading →Hello!
Welcome to the blog of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University.
Questions? E-mail us at special-collections(at)duke.edu.
New Rubenstein Library Materials Added to the Internet Archive- The Old flag [serial] May 2, 2012
- Trial by jury. The only genuine verbatim report of the speeches of Messrs. Hunt, Watson, Thistlewood, Preston, Clark, and others, delivered at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, July 21, 1817, at a dinner given to celebrate the aquittal of the state prisoners. By an eminent short hand writer. Including some interesting particulars relative to Watson, Junior, as narrated by Dr. Watson, tending to exculpate his character from the attack on Mr. Platt May 2, 2012
- The log of the "Thomas", July 23 to August 21, 1901 May 2, 2012
- Wer ist Schuld am Kriege? Rede des deutschen Reichskanzlers im Hauptausschusse des deutschen Reichtags am 9. november 1916 April 23, 2012
- Sound money. Bimetalism [!] a necessity of the world. The existing ratio of parity, 16, 15 1/2, 15 to 1, unalterable. The United States competent to re-establish bimetalism [!] by re-opening her mints to silver, without foreign co-operation April 23, 2012
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