Departments and Academic Divisions Reference collection, 1904-ongoing

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. University Archives
Abstract:
The Departments and Academic Divisions Reference Collection was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research. This collection includes materials about departments, centers, programs, sections, institutes, cooperative programs (mostly Duke-UNC), and other units.
Extent:
4.5 Linear Feet
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
UA.01.11.0062
University Archives Record Group:
01 -- General Information and University History
01 -- General Information and University History > 11 -- Reference Collections

Background

Scope and content:

The Departments and Academic Divisions Reference Collection was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research. This collection includes materials about departments, centers, programs, sections, institutes, cooperative programs (mostly Duke-UNC), and a few other units. These last ones are in the series titled "Others" and are things that did not fit anywhere else. For instance, School of Spanish Studies was not a school in the sense we now use the term. There are also files on the Woman's College and School of Nursing. The department is the basic academic administrative unit in Arts and Sciences, the Pratt School of Engineering, and the School of Medicine. Historically, other instructional and research units have included those designated as "Office of ..." and "... Laboratory," as in, for example, the Parapsychology Laboratory. Institutes, Programs, and Centers are academic units created to foster interdisciplinary work. Sections were created in 1988 to facilitate the development of new academic efforts of limited size in subject areas where the creation of a department was not warranted.

The collection includes printed matter, clippings, handbooks, newsletters, flyers, reports, lists of department administrators and other material for many departments/academic divisions at Duke University. Departments with larger amounts of material have their own reference collections. This collection ranges in date from 1904-ongoing.

Acquisition information:
The Departments and Academic Divisions Reference Collection was acquired over time by the University Archives.
Processing information:

Processed by Kimberly Sims, October 2008

Updated by Tom Harkins, April 2010

Encoded by Kimberly Sims, October 2008

Updated by Josh Larkin Rowley, February 2011

Updated by Molly Bragg, July 2011

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Format:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Names:
Duke University -- History -- 20th century
Duke University -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

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Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Departments and Academic Divisions Reference Collection, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.