Duke University Press Reference collection, 1922-ongoing

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. University Archives
Extent:
1.5 Linear Feet
1050 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
UA.01.11.0034
University Archives Record Group:
01 -- General Information and University History
01 -- General Information and University History > 11 -- Reference Collections

Background

Scope and content:

The Duke University Press Reference Collection contains clippings, reports, forms, correspondence, brochures, and catalogs that pertain to the history and operation of the Duke University Press. This collection was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research. The materials in the collection date from 1922-ongoing.

Biographical / historical:

The origins of the Duke University Press date back to 1892 and the establishment of the Trinity College Historical Society; in 1921 the Trinity College Press was officially founded. William T. Laprade served as the first Director until 1926. That same year, the Duke University Press was founded with William K. Boyd as Director.

Duke Press publishes both scholarly books and journals, primarily in the humanities and the social sciences. In the Press's early years, preference was given to works published by faculty, graduate students, and alumni; and to works focused on the "region south of the Potomac." As the University has grown and diversified, so has the Press; now it is best known for its publications in the broad and interdisciplinary area of theory and history of cultural production. By 1949 the press published 3-5 journals and 5-15 books per year. Currently (2008), Duke University Press publishes approximately 120 books annually and more than 30 journals. This places the Press's books publishing program among the twenty largest at American university presses, and the journals publishing program among the five largest.

Acquisition information:
The Duke University Press Reference Collection was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research.
Processing information:

Processed by Archives Staff, February 2008

Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, February 2008

Updated by Molly Bragg, August 2011

Accessions were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Physical location:
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Scholarly periodicals
Periodicals
Names:
Duke University Press

Contents

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