Blue Devil Tales

Snapshots of Duke University history told by a Duke history major through photos & documents from @dukeuarchives

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Keeping with the theme of @DukeU in WWII, here's another goodie from @dukeuarchives. This quote from the 1944 Chanticleer (Duke's yearbook) reveals how Blue Devils in the '40s fought for freedom. What do you fight for today?
https://t.co/yr7OgmlYoq

[Duke University Archives @dukeuarchives]

Stan Lee was at @DukeU?!? 🤯The entire Duke University Archives staff is excited about this news!

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Its the weekend! There's finally time to read a book...or a Chronicle article:
@DukeChronicle #booklovers #newspaperlovers

[The Chronicle @DukeChronicle]

Flashback: In celebration of National Book Lovers Day, a look back at a 2013 opinion piece laying out a case for reading.
https://t.co/FJ7vlWhsGq

[Duke University Archives @dukeuarchives]

Archives coincidence time! On Tues, we looked at a 1915 Trinity College calendar (left) with a printed photo shaped into a T.

On Wed, a visitor stopped by to share his relative's scrapbook--containing the original photo cut into a T for the calendar. 🤯

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According to @DukeChronicle, "blow off" was a synonym for "study break" back in 1984: https://t.co/Swi7y8xVJq

[The Chronicle @DukeChronicle]

Flashback: Here's five words the incoming class had to know in 1984, and still does today:
https://t.co/xreWP1XWXC

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Over 52,000 people watched the Pan Africa-USA track meet in Wallace Wade Stadium in July 1971. #ThrowbackTuesday https://t.co/KmtEUNMdAx

[The Chronicle @DukeChronicle]

This week's Flashback looks at when Duke hosted the 1971 Pan Africa-USA track meet:
https://t.co/eMK1oI100q

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Flashback to when @DukeMSOC watched the 2006 World Cup in Germany:
https://t.co/wP4o7dHfBB
#WorldCupFever
@DukeChronicle

[Duke University Archives @dukeuarchives]

400+ workers responsible for the construction of @DukeU's West Campus are listed on the #DukeStoryPlus "Stone by Stone" team's website. Low wages, long hours, & racial discrimination are also part of the story the team tells. @fhi_duke

Learn more at https://t.co/sRajxj5cjS

[Discover Durham @DurhamNC]

Ever wonder where @DukeU’s gorgeous stonework comes from? Here’s the journey from quarry to campus. https://t.co/wF6ZaNIgoE

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Flashback to the 1970s when @DukeChapel got an organ donor (of the musical kind):
https://t.co/NxuLDoTRG0
#PipeDreamsDoComeTrue
#ThrowbackMonday
#OnThisDayInHistory

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Over 230 @DukeU students and alumni died in service to their country during WWII. Read this to learn more: https://t.co/KSLFu6qmkk
#MemorialDay #NeverForget
https://t.co/f3qjJ0Rops (pic from @dukeuarchives)

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President Knight wrote a letter to an actual English knight named Sir Eric Ashby ca. 1964:
@dukeuarchives #RoyalWeddingFever

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Fun fact: The FBI kept tabs at Duke during the late '60s
#dukestoryplus @dukeuarchives

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In honor of the royal wedding, here's a flashback to when another American princess visited Duke:
https://t.co/HcSBvemeqv

[Duke University Archives @dukeuarchives]

Remembering Tom Wolfe & his many visits to @DukeU (incl. his 2002 commencement address) this morning. Here he is getting ready to read at an event at @LillyLibDuke in Oct. 1998. He's holding a copy of A Man in Full, published a few weeks later.

[Duke University Archives @dukeuarchives]

Knitters gonna knit.

(This is a passage from the April 21, 1947 meeting minutes of the Council of the Woman's Student Government Association. Frey is the WSGA president.)

[Duke University Archives @dukeuarchives]

Remembering @DukeMBB coach Vic Bubas today. Here he is, speaking with his team on May 6, 1959, his first day as their coach (with some of the players apparently fresh from baseball practice).

Just under a year later, he'd lead the team to its first ACC championship.

[Rubenstein Library @rubensteinlib]

April 17 - Q&A session w/ @rubensteinlib archivists! Learn how we acquire collections, why MPLP are our fav letters, and anything else you want to know about archives https://t.co/wgX8PqkGEn

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Dr. King spoke at @DukeU on November 13, 1964: "As you struggle for a loving community, you must use loving methods to get there."

The audience filled Page Auditorium & overflowed into the wooded area behind. #DukeVigil68

[Duke University Archives @dukeuarchives]

News of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death spread across the @DukeU campus the evening of April 4, 1968. Students met to plan what would evolve into the #DukeVigil68. #MLK50

Read the full @DukeChronicle article at https://t.co/EaI1oGA3zv

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Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Check out The Chomicle from 1984 (@DukeChronicle's April Fools Edition): https://t.co/bdidvbPTNh
#HappyAprilFoolsDay