Duke Centennial oral histories, 2024-2025
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Summary
- Creator:
- Duke's Centennial Celebration (Office)
Blue, Daniel Terry, 1949-, interviewee
Brodhead, Richard H., 1947-, interviewee
Califf, Robert M., interviewee
Dzau, Victor J., interviewee
Fleishman, Joel L. (Joel Laurence), interviewee
Fulkerson, William J., interviewee
Hill, Grant, 1972-, interviewee
Keohane, Nannerl O., 1940-, interviewee
Kirkland, Rebecca, 1942-, interviewee
Kornbluth, Sally (Sally Ann), interviewee
Krzyzewski, Mike (Michael William), interviewee
Lange, Peter, 1944-, interviewee
Price, Vincent, interviewee
Robinson, Sally Dalton, 1934-, interviewee
Rubenstein, David M., interviewee
Snyderman, Ralph, interviewee
Trask, Tallman, III, 1947-, interviewee
Wagoner, Rick, 1953-, interviewee
Washington, A. Eugene, interviewee
Wasiolek, Sue, interviewee
King, William E. (William Eskridge), 1939-, interviewee
Pelham, Ann, interviewer
Feaver, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), 1961-, interviewer
Klotman, Mary E., interviewer
Powery, Luke A., 1974-, interviewer - Abstract:
- Twenty-four oral history interviews with former and current leaders of Duke University and Duke Health, on the occasion of Duke's Centennial in 2024.
- Extent:
- 177 Gigabytes
- Language:
- Materials in English.
- Research Center:
- Duke University Archives
- Collection ID:
- UA.03.02.0020
- University Archives Record Group:
- 03 -- Presidents
03 -- Presidents > 02 -- Committees
Background
- Scope and content:
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Twenty-four video oral history interviews with former and current leaders of Duke University and Duke Health, exploring Duke's past and its future potential. Interviewees include Dan Blue, Richard Brodhead, Robert Califf, Victor Dzau, Joel Fleishman, William Fulkerson, Grant Hill, Mary Jones and Rebecca Kirkland, Nannerl Keohane, William King, Sally Kornbluth, Mike Krzyzewski, Peter Lange, Charlie Lucas, Vincent Price, Benjamin Reese, Carmichael Roberts, Sally Robinson, David Rubenstein, Ralph Snyderman, Tallman Trask III, Rick Wagoner, Eugene Washington, and Sue Wasiolek. Interviewers include Ann Pelham, Adrian Hernandez, Peter Feaver, Luke A. Powery, Peter Lange, and Mary Klotman. Interviews and transcripts for all interviews except Tallman Trask can be accessed at https://100.duke.edu/our-stories/centennial-oral-histories-program/.
- Biographical / historical:
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In 2024 Duke University celebrated its centennial with a series of programs it characterized as "a historic opportunity to recognize Duke's extraordinary past, communicate the impact of the present and look toward the potential of Duke's future." The Centennial Oral Histories Program was undertaken to produce video interviews with 24 former and current leaders of Duke University and Duke Health.
Source: Duke Centennial website (100.duke.edu, accessed 2026 February 09).
- Acquisition information:
- The Duke Centennial Oral Histories were received by the Duke University Archives as a transfer from the Duke Centennial Celebration Office in 2025.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Craig Breaden, February 2026.
Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2025-0054.
- Arrangement:
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Interviews are arranged alphabetically by interviewee's last name.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Access restricted. The Tallman Trask III interview materials are restricted until his death. Before that time, access may be requested from the President's Office.
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- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Duke Centennial Oral Histories, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/m1dx8b