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Freshman Life Reference collection, 1946-ongoing
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Summary
- Creator:
- Duke University. University Archives
- Abstract:
- The Freshman Life Reference Collection contains files of orientation guides, brochures, flyers, newspaper clippings, memoranda and other materials that document the experience of first-year students. This collection was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research.
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet
200 Items - Language:
- Material in English
- Collection ID:
- UA.01.11.0039
- University Archives Record Group:
- 01 -- General Information and University History
01 -- General Information and University History > 11 -- Reference Collections
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Freshman Life Reference Collection contains orientation handbooks, brochures, flyers, newspaper clippings, memoranda and other materials concerning the first-year student experience. Major subjects include orientation and orientation planning, summer reading lists, and Duke University traditions. Materials include a letter, 1965, to incoming students from Sam Southern, Class of 1966, advertising the Official Duke blazer; a traditions handout, ca. 1956, ascribed to Ken Albrecht and Don Duffy, and a copy of volume 1, no. 1 of The Imp, a freshman newsletter for the Class of 1954. There are cataloged sets of the orientation handbooks.
- Acquisition information:
- The Freshman Life Reference Collection was compiled by University Archives staff from a variety of sources.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Tom Harkins, June, 2006
Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, February, 2007
Updated by Molly Bragg, July 2011
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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:
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[Identification of item], Freshman Life Reference Collection. , Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.