The Duke University Archives preserves the historical record of the university. This collection provides access to several key campus publications including the Chanticleer (student yearbook), the Trinity College Historical Papers (series of early faculty publications), as well as other core resources, such as campus course catalogs.
The Glenn R. Negley Collection of Utopian Literature in Duke University’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library contains over 900 works, dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The collection includes utopias and dystopias, works which, according to Dr. Negley, "use the device of a fictional society or state to present views of an ideal (utopian) or less than ideal (dystopian) value structure," especially focused on the political functioning of the...
Duke holds one of the world’s largest collections of Confederate imprints, or items printed in the Confederate States of America between secession from the Union and the surrender of the Confederate military forces (December 1860-April 1865). Confederate imprints are notable for their fragility and ephemerality, due to the scarcity of high-quality paper and a lack of large publishing and printing houses in the South, as well as for the view their contents give of military and civilian life in...
Topics: Confederate, Civil War, American history
The focus of this collection is on the Judeo-Christian tradition, with some emphasis on Methodism in the United States. It also embraces the diversity of world religions including, but not limited to Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism.
The Jantz Collection at Duke Libraries
Duke University Libraries, Ottoman-Turkish Literature
Duke University Press is an academic publisher of books and journals across the humanities, social sciences, and more. Duke University Press has decided to make available via open access a substantial set of its older books that are no longer selling actively. The DUP collection is composed of some of those books; others may be available only via the HathiTrust.
Emblem books are a genre of illustrated books that was popular from the 16th to the 18th centuries in Europe. Emblem books contain illustrations that often visually represent or illustrate a moral fable or an allegory. The illustration is often paired with a phrase of text, like a motto or an epigram,that further explains the image. Many emblem books serve a didactic purpose and explain virtues, vices, religious principals etc. through words and image. Many significant artists, authors, and...
Works from and about the British Romantic era of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, from the holdings of the Duke University David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The collection is espec ially rich in the works of Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, including some unique copies, but also includes significant editions of works by Leigh Hunt, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, and others. Many items in the...
A collection of Russian Imprints from Duke University.
The History of Medicine Collections in Duke University’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library contains over 20,000 rare books and 4,000 manuscript items, along with numerous prints, photos, and other types of ephemera. The collection strengths are in the following areas: anesthesiology, human sexuality, materia medica, pediatrics, psychiatry, vivisection, and yellow fever.
Duke University Libraries
83,014
83K
1911
1911
by
Rizal, José, 1861-1896; Mariano, Patricio
texts
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Translation of El Filibusterismo
This group represents a small selection of directories from Duke's larger collection. Perkins Library has directories from various cities in the United States and Europe from the 1700s through the 1900s. City directories provide information on businesses, organizations and institutions located within. They also contain an alphabetical listing of citizens, listing the name of the head of household, address and occupational information. Directories may also include a short history of the city,...
This collection of works of literature by British women of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries from the Duke University David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library provides insight not only into the development of the novel, but also of new literary genres in general and the societal forces that gave rise to female authors in the Victorian era. Gothic romances, epistolary novels, and societal "problem" novels are also represented in the collection and attest to the role...
Topic: keyword
Duke University Libraries
4,608
4.6K
1920
1920
by
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
texts
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182 p. 19 cm
Topic: Christianity
186 p. : 19 cm
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Topics: Voyages, Imaginary, Science fiction, American, Utopias
Duke University Libraries
6,806
6.8K
1922
1922
by
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
texts
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Official publications by the British colonial government in Madras [now, Chennai] from 1670 - 1835, including district records; diaries; domestic and overseas political correspondence; dispatches; letters to and from Fort St. George; copies of wills, probates and letters of administration; pleadings in the Mayor’s Court; consultations; and minutes of proceedings.
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Topic: Arabic language
x, 490 p. : 20 cm
Topics: Atlantis (Legendary place), Deluge
-Ondes. -Étendards. -Casé d'armons. -Luerus des tirs. -Obus couleur de lune. -La tête étoilée
Topic: World War, 1914-1918
The Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History in Duke’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library holds an extensive collection of correspondence, publications, advertisements, photographs, slides, films, books and serials that document the history of advertising, sales, and marketing over the past two centuries. In addition to the J. Walter Thompson Company Archives, the most comprehensive historical record of any advertising agency, the Center contains the...
"Including Zululand, East Griqualand and Pondoland."
Topics: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) -- Directories, Zululand (South Africa) -- Directories, Pondoland...
Duke University Libraries
53,801
54K
1658
1658
by
Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?; Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565; Moffett, Thomas, 1553-1604; Rowland, John, M.D
texts
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Paged continuously
Topic: Zoology
Astrology.--Palmistry.--Thaumaturgic art.--Hypnotism and mesmerism.--The occult arts.--Alchemy
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Topic: Occultism
Özege, M.S. Eski harflerle
Topics: Turkey, Civil law, Islamic law
"Five hundred and forty copies printed at the Riverside Press Cambridge."
Duke University Libraries
2,748
2.7K
1872
1872
by
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898; Tenniel, John, 1820-1914
texts
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First edition; cf. Williams, cited below
First American edition
Topics: Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character), Whaling ships, Ship captains, Whaling, Whales
Originally issued in two parts, with publisher's advertisements on back cover of each
Duke University Libraries, Confederate Imprints
18,336
18K
Gardner's New Orleans directory for 1861 : including Jefferson City, Gretna, Carrollton, Algiers, and McDonogh : with a new map of the city, a street and levee guide, business directory, an appendix of much useful information, and a planters directory containing the names of the cotton and sugar planters of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas : a summary of the commercial history of New Orleans, continued
1861
1861
by
Gardner, Charles
texts
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Includes indexes
Topics: New Orleans (La.) -- Directories, New Orleans (La.) -- Commerce, New Orleans Suburban Area (La.) --...
Verso of t.p.: Black Cat Press
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Topic: Atlantis (Legendary place)
Duke University Libraries, Ottoman-Turkish Literature
3,829
3.8K
May 18, 2018
05/18
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01 Qastallani, Ahmad ibn Muhammad, 1447 or 8-1517 or 18; 01 1447 or 8-1517 or 18; 05 Tirmidhi, Muhammad ibn Isá, d. 892. Shamail. Turkish; 05 d. 892. . Turkish; 06 Nawawi, 1233-1277. Arbaun al-Nawawiyah. Turkish; 06 1233-1277. . Turkish
texts
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Topics: Muhammad, Prophet, d. 632, Religious life, Hadith
"The exquisite presswork and binding [are] by Cranston & Curts, Cincinnati."
Topic: Utopias
471 p. 20 cm
Topic: Cockfighting
[68], 685 pages : 23 cm (8vo)
Topics: Emblem books, Italian, Emblems -- Early works to 1800, Emblems
Duke University Libraries, Utopian Literature
4,627
4.6K
The anatomy of melancholy : what it is, with all the kinds causes, symptomes, prognostics, and several cures of it : in three partitions, with their several sections, members, & subsections, philosophically, medicinally, historically opened and cut up
1826
1826
by
Burton, Robert, 1577-1640
texts
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Added engraved t.p
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Topic: Melancholy
xxv, 352 p. 20 cm
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Topic: Utopias
Includes bibliographical references (p.174-175) and indexes.
Topics: Synoptic problem, Q hypothesis
10,918
11K
1952
1952
by
Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore; White, Newman Ivey, 1892-1948; Brown, Frank Clyde; North Carolina Folklore Society
texts
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Each vol. has also special t.p
Topics: Folklore, Folk songs, English
The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University holds extensive collections of travel materials. The collection is rich in travel narratives, travel guides, and in pictorial works related to almost every geographic region. Particularly well represented are the accounts of European travelers abroad from the sixteenth century to the end of the nineteenth century, and American travelers from the nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century. The collection also...
Previously published 1901
Topic: Consciousness
167 p. 19 cm
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Topics: Garden cities, Utopias
[171] p. ; 15 cm
Topics: Primitive Methodist Church -- Hymns, Sunday school music
Duke University Libraries
14,850
15K
1903
1903
by
Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
texts
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Bibliography: p. 352-354
Topics: Scioto County (Ohio) -- History, Scioto County (Ohio) -- Biography
Topic: Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Turkish
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
11 p. ; 19 cm
Topic: Christian life
Cover title: Church of God, history of Eastern North Carolina
Topic: Church of God
Third book in the author's series of lessons on the Hermetic art, the 1st of which is Philosophia Hermetica, and the 2d, scientific Hermetica
Topic: Hermetic Brotherhood of Atlantis
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
xiv, 15-431 p. 19 cm
Topic: Rhetoric
Vols. for 1968- also numbered 143rd- sess., in continuation of the numbering of the earlier title
Topics: United Methodist Church (U.S.). North Carolina Conference, Methodist Church, Methodists
Duke University Libraries
3,818
3.8K
1977
1977
by
Weston, Edward, 1886-1958; Wilson, Charis, 1914-2009
texts
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Topic: Photography of the nude
Duke University Libraries
3,362
3.4K
1900
1900
by
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910; Garnett, Constance, 1861-1946
texts
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Translation of Voĭna i mir
Topic: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
In verse
Topics: Utopias, Slavery
Duke University Libraries
5,485
5.5K
1893
1893
by
Confederated Southern Memorial Association (U.S.); Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organization); United Confederate Veterans; United Daughters of the Confederacy
texts
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Description based on: v. 2, no. 1 (Jan. 1894); title from cover
Topic: Confederate States of America. Army
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David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library
This collection contains scans of the historical main entry card catalog for the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University. Cards were organized into drawers and arranged alphabetically by author (or title, when no author was present). The card files typically include administrative metadata; information about a collection's creator or author; the dates of the materials; and summaries of the events or ideas documented in the collection. Staff maintained the card...
The North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church (U.S.) was formed by the union of: the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and parts of: the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church and the Blue Ridge-Atlantic Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Topics: Methodist Church (U.S.). North Carolina Conference, Methodist Church, Methodists
[40], 512, [8] pages : 20 cm
Topics: Mythology, Classical -- Early works to 1800, Gods, Greek -- Early works to 1800, Gods, Roman --...
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
Description based on: v. 47 (1959)
Topics: Duke University, College yearbooks
Freshman class directory
Topic: Duke University
Added t.p., engraved: Tho. Cecill, sculp. London, 1669
Topic: Natural history
Description based on: v. 47 (1959)
Topics: Duke University, College yearbooks
Duke University Libraries
8,856
8.9K
1893
1893
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Confederated Southern Memorial Association (U.S.); Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organization); United Confederate Veterans; United Daughters of the Confederacy
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Description based on: v. 2, no. 1 (Jan. 1894); title from cover
Topic: Confederate States of America. Army
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Topics: Kashghari, Sadid al-Din, 13th cent.?, 13th cent.?, Prayer
