Lilly Art Tour
Duke University History
!["Duke University in Picture, 13"" x 21,"" Duke University Press, 1939<br />
This book of photographs of Duke University, accompanied by narrative, is mounted on board-like leaves with gold tooling and is hinged in leather binding. It was prepared by the Duke News Service (A.A. Wilkinson, Director) for the Centennial Celebration in 1939. Printed by Albers Bros., New York; binding by William Rademaekers, Newark. Donor: B. W. Stiles (book) and Karl Bock (exhibit case). This book is located against the wall to the right and opposite the main desk in the lobby."](https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/files/original/dc7ca8bd20a2def7407e0877ef392d83.jpg ""Duke University in Picture, 13"" x 21,"" Duke University Press, 1939<br />
This book of photographs of Duke University, accompanied by narrative, is mounted on board-like leaves with gold tooling and is hinged in leather binding. It was prepared by the Duke News Service (A.A. Wilkinson, Director) for the Centennial Celebration in 1939. Printed by Albers Bros., New York; binding by William Rademaekers, Newark. Donor: B. W. Stiles (book) and Karl Bock (exhibit case). This book is located against the wall to the right and opposite the main desk in the lobby."")
Duke University in Picture
!["Evelyn Harrison, Oil on Canvas, 24"" x 30"", by Steven Polson, gift to the Lilly Library from Woman's College graduates<br />
Ms. Harrison, Duke University Class of 1930, was the Head of the Woman's College Library (now Lilly Library) from 1949 to 1972. During her tenure, the Board of Trustees approved the merger of the women's and men's undergraduate colleges. The Woman's College Library became the East Campus Library in 1972. Harrison continued in her role as Head Librarian of the renamed library until 1979.<br />
The artist, Steven Polson, specializes in portraiture, completing paintings of such persons as Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell. He has won numerous awards including the Allied Artists of America Gold Medal of Honor."](https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/files/original/27c13b93af59691ac4988440c0215bac.jpg ""Evelyn Harrison, Oil on Canvas, 24"" x 30"", by Steven Polson, gift to the Lilly Library from Woman's College graduates<br />
Ms. Harrison, Duke University Class of 1930, was the Head of the Woman's College Library (now Lilly Library) from 1949 to 1972. During her tenure, the Board of Trustees approved the merger of the women's and men's undergraduate colleges. The Woman's College Library became the East Campus Library in 1972. Harrison continued in her role as Head Librarian of the renamed library until 1979.<br />
The artist, Steven Polson, specializes in portraiture, completing paintings of such persons as Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell. He has won numerous awards including the Allied Artists of America Gold Medal of Honor."")
Evelyn Harrison
!["Eva Earnshaw Malone, 1941, Oil on canvas, 31"" x 35,"" by Otto Herschel<br />
In 1914, Eva Earnshaw Malone was hired by the Trinity College Library as its first full time cataloger. She eventually went on to become the Head of the Cataloging Department, and in 1929, she was promoted to Assistant Librarian. Her portrait was painted in 1941 at the time of her retirement. Little is known about the artist Otto Herschel, other than he was a native of Austria who had settled in Danville, Virginia, by the time this work was commissioned. This portrait is located in the corridor to the left of the main desk on the first floor."](https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/files/original/dfd11cacd48594d0fe0ba3e0696fb6d1.jpg ""Eva Earnshaw Malone, 1941, Oil on canvas, 31"" x 35,"" by Otto Herschel<br />
In 1914, Eva Earnshaw Malone was hired by the Trinity College Library as its first full time cataloger. She eventually went on to become the Head of the Cataloging Department, and in 1929, she was promoted to Assistant Librarian. Her portrait was painted in 1941 at the time of her retirement. Little is known about the artist Otto Herschel, other than he was a native of Austria who had settled in Danville, Virginia, by the time this work was commissioned. This portrait is located in the corridor to the left of the main desk on the first floor."")
Eva Malone
!["William K. Boyd, 1932, Oil on canvas, 28"" x 36,"" by Irene Price<br />
Dr. Boyd (1879-1938), a 1897 graduate of Trinity college, was a professor of history and the first Director of the Libraries of Duke University. He also served as Head of the History Department and for a number of years as co-editor of the South Atlantic Quarterly.<br />
The artist, Irene Price, was a member of the 1922 Trinity College class. After graduation, she studied art at the Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C. and with Charles W. Hawthorne of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Price wrote to Lillian Griggs, the first Head of the Woman’s College Library (now Lilly Library), proposing to paint a portrait of Dr. Boyd. Griggs was able to persuade Boyd to sit for the portrait, but she warned Price that ""Dr. Boyd is restless – moves about a great deal."" Boyd actually sat for the portrait in the Woman's College Library and when it was completed in 1932, Price donated the work to the library. The following January, it was a featured piece in an exhibition held at the Woman's College Library of Price’s works. Boyd's portrait is located in the corridor to the right of the main desk in the Lilly Library lobby."](https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/files/original/83cc07c7aba557dd166cb913eb4e5202.jpg ""William K. Boyd, 1932, Oil on canvas, 28"" x 36,"" by Irene Price<br />
Dr. Boyd (1879-1938), a 1897 graduate of Trinity college, was a professor of history and the first Director of the Libraries of Duke University. He also served as Head of the History Department and for a number of years as co-editor of the South Atlantic Quarterly.<br />
The artist, Irene Price, was a member of the 1922 Trinity College class. After graduation, she studied art at the Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C. and with Charles W. Hawthorne of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Price wrote to Lillian Griggs, the first Head of the Woman’s College Library (now Lilly Library), proposing to paint a portrait of Dr. Boyd. Griggs was able to persuade Boyd to sit for the portrait, but she warned Price that ""Dr. Boyd is restless – moves about a great deal."" Boyd actually sat for the portrait in the Woman's College Library and when it was completed in 1932, Price donated the work to the library. The following January, it was a featured piece in an exhibition held at the Woman's College Library of Price’s works. Boyd's portrait is located in the corridor to the right of the main desk in the Lilly Library lobby."")
William Boyd
!["Bessie Whitted Spence, Oil on canvas, 36"" x 42,"" by Irene Price<br />
Mrs. Spence (1883-1973) was a professor of Biblical literature at Duke University from 1929 to 1950. She became the first woman at Duke to receive full tenure. Her portrait was placed in the Lilly Library after a fire in the Spence home. It now hangs in the south hall on the first floor.<br />
The artist, Irene Price, was a member of the 1922 Trinity College class. After graduation, she studied art at the Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C. and later worked under Charles W. Hawthorne of Provincetown, Massachusetts."](https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/files/original/72c073ee509c0f74997e94d11737030f.jpg ""Bessie Whitted Spence, Oil on canvas, 36"" x 42,"" by Irene Price<br />
Mrs. Spence (1883-1973) was a professor of Biblical literature at Duke University from 1929 to 1950. She became the first woman at Duke to receive full tenure. Her portrait was placed in the Lilly Library after a fire in the Spence home. It now hangs in the south hall on the first floor.<br />
The artist, Irene Price, was a member of the 1922 Trinity College class. After graduation, she studied art at the Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C. and later worked under Charles W. Hawthorne of Provincetown, Massachusetts."")
Bessie Spence
!["Grand Master Clock, International Time Recording Company, Division of IBM, Patented 1921<br />
In 1927, a system of clocks was installed in the new Georgian buildings on East Campus. This Grand Master was in the East Duke Building and controlled a master in each building, which, in turn, controlled subsidiary clocks in individual rooms of East Campus buildings. When a clock ran fast or slow during an hour, the Grand Master automatically corrected it on the hour. Even when the power failed, the Grand Master continued to run.<br />
The clocks operated on a three-wire system using direct current. One wire ran the bell system and another, the clocks. The third neutral wire completed the circuit. Bells on the wheels in the master clocks in each building triggered bells in the subsidiary clocks to announce the beginning and end of class periods. This Grand Master, with a mercury pendulum, was patented in 1921. It was manufactured by the International Time Recording Company, a division of IBM. The Grand Master Clock is located in the small lobby before the entry into the Reference Room (Room 105 on the main floor)."](https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/files/original/4c903da4ca600362e0cfb7c1278e6fe7.jpg ""Grand Master Clock, International Time Recording Company, Division of IBM, Patented 1921<br />
In 1927, a system of clocks was installed in the new Georgian buildings on East Campus. This Grand Master was in the East Duke Building and controlled a master in each building, which, in turn, controlled subsidiary clocks in individual rooms of East Campus buildings. When a clock ran fast or slow during an hour, the Grand Master automatically corrected it on the hour. Even when the power failed, the Grand Master continued to run.<br />
The clocks operated on a three-wire system using direct current. One wire ran the bell system and another, the clocks. The third neutral wire completed the circuit. Bells on the wheels in the master clocks in each building triggered bells in the subsidiary clocks to announce the beginning and end of class periods. This Grand Master, with a mercury pendulum, was patented in 1921. It was manufactured by the International Time Recording Company, a division of IBM. The Grand Master Clock is located in the small lobby before the entry into the Reference Room (Room 105 on the main floor)."")
Grand Master Clock
!["Thomas J. Jarvis, Oil on canvas, 35 1/8"" x 28 1/8,"" Artist Unknown<br />
The portrait of Thomas Jarvis (1836-1915) was given to Duke University by his wife (Mary Woodson Jarvis) in 1916 as a memorial. ""For many years [Governor Jarvis] was a member of the board of trustees; and it was he who delivered the address at the laying of the cornerstone of the first Duke building."" A dorm on East Campus, Jarvis Hall, is named in his honor. Mr. Jarvis pursued many different professions in his lifetime including: teacher, lawyer, businessman, Governor of North Carolina, ambassador to Brazil, and U.S. Senator."](https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/files/original/6688716488ba933f1151449a37c3d030.jpg ""Thomas J. Jarvis, Oil on canvas, 35 1/8"" x 28 1/8,"" Artist Unknown<br />
The portrait of Thomas Jarvis (1836-1915) was given to Duke University by his wife (Mary Woodson Jarvis) in 1916 as a memorial. ""For many years [Governor Jarvis] was a member of the board of trustees; and it was he who delivered the address at the laying of the cornerstone of the first Duke building."" A dorm on East Campus, Jarvis Hall, is named in his honor. Mr. Jarvis pursued many different professions in his lifetime including: teacher, lawyer, businessman, Governor of North Carolina, ambassador to Brazil, and U.S. Senator."")
Thomas Jarvis
!["James A. Thomas, 1931, Oil on canvas, 27"" x 37,"" by Douglas Chandor<br />
James A. Thomas (1862-1940), a friend and business associate of James and Benjamin Duke spent over thirty years in China managing operations for the British-American Tobacco Company. Thomas was instrumental in the creation of a Far Eastern collection in the Duke University Library. This painting was commissioned by Duke University and previously hung in the West Campus Library along with 26 other portraits of Duke contributors and administrators. After his death in 1940, a proposal to continue the book collection and establish a James A. Thomas Memorial Room in what was then the Woman's College Library was approved. The room was officially dedicated on December 1, 1942.<br />
Artist Douglas Chandor (1897-1953) was a portraitist who was commissioned to paint famous figures: Queen Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill among others."](https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/files/original/a79093010a490a91215415339c9c3d2e.jpg ""James A. Thomas, 1931, Oil on canvas, 27"" x 37,"" by Douglas Chandor<br />
James A. Thomas (1862-1940), a friend and business associate of James and Benjamin Duke spent over thirty years in China managing operations for the British-American Tobacco Company. Thomas was instrumental in the creation of a Far Eastern collection in the Duke University Library. This painting was commissioned by Duke University and previously hung in the West Campus Library along with 26 other portraits of Duke contributors and administrators. After his death in 1940, a proposal to continue the book collection and establish a James A. Thomas Memorial Room in what was then the Woman's College Library was approved. The room was officially dedicated on December 1, 1942.<br />
Artist Douglas Chandor (1897-1953) was a portraitist who was commissioned to paint famous figures: Queen Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill among others."")
James Southgate
!["Illustrated primarily with images from the University Archives, the 25 panels, located on Lilly Library's basement floor, present the history of Duke University from its origins to the early 2000s. The panels were originally on display in the Perkins Library Gothic Reading Room until their transfer to Lilly in 2013.<br />
Featured is the panel on the Duke University Libraries."](https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/files/original/44bdcba5b71f527bc9ccd20974cd9e70.jpg ""Illustrated primarily with images from the University Archives, the 25 panels, located on Lilly Library's basement floor, present the history of Duke University from its origins to the early 2000s. The panels were originally on display in the Perkins Library Gothic Reading Room until their transfer to Lilly in 2013.<br />
Featured is the panel on the Duke University Libraries."")
Duke History Panels
!["James A. Thomas, 1931, Oil on canvas, 27"" x 37,"" by Douglas Chandor<br />
James A. Thomas (1862-1940), a friend and business associate of James and Benjamin Duke spent over thirty years in China managing operations for the British-American Tobacco Company. Thomas was instrumental in the creation of a Far Eastern collection in the Duke University Library. This painting was commissioned by Duke University and previously hung in the West Campus Library along with 26 other portraits of Duke contributors and administrators. After his death in 1940, a proposal to continue the book collection and establish a James A. Thomas Memorial Room in what was then the Woman's College Library was approved. The room was officially dedicated on December 1, 1942.<br />
Artist Douglas Chandor (1897-1953) was a portraitist who was commissioned to paint famous figures: Queen Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill among others."](https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/files/original/a0fdf46e15ec549e3d33be8a1788c016.jpg ""James A. Thomas, 1931, Oil on canvas, 27"" x 37,"" by Douglas Chandor<br />
James A. Thomas (1862-1940), a friend and business associate of James and Benjamin Duke spent over thirty years in China managing operations for the British-American Tobacco Company. Thomas was instrumental in the creation of a Far Eastern collection in the Duke University Library. This painting was commissioned by Duke University and previously hung in the West Campus Library along with 26 other portraits of Duke contributors and administrators. After his death in 1940, a proposal to continue the book collection and establish a James A. Thomas Memorial Room in what was then the Woman's College Library was approved. The room was officially dedicated on December 1, 1942.<br />
Artist Douglas Chandor (1897-1953) was a portraitist who was commissioned to paint famous figures: Queen Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill among others."")
James Thomas
!["Letter from Madame Chiang Kai-Shek on the dedication of the James A. Thomas Memorial Room<br />
She wrote. ""As one who knew Mr. Thomas, I am in full sympathy with the plan for perpetuating his memory by providing future expansion of the Thomas collection. I am sure that is what he would have wanted -- a continuance of his own unremitting efforts to bring about friendship and understanding between China and America.""<br />
Soong May-Ling (Madame Chiang Kai-shek) was the daughter of Soong Charles, the first international student at Trinity College in Randolph County. She was also educated in the United States, graduating from Wellesley College in 1917. She married Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek who led the nationalist army against the communists. Madame Chiang was also very involved in nationalist politics, even running the air force at one point. With the communist victory, the couple fled to Taiwan where Chiang ruled for 25 years.<br />
Letter is part of the James A. Thomas Collection"](https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/files/original/523f5f99004c25dd844c1269593e2396.jpg ""Letter from Madame Chiang Kai-Shek on the dedication of the James A. Thomas Memorial Room<br />
She wrote. ""As one who knew Mr. Thomas, I am in full sympathy with the plan for perpetuating his memory by providing future expansion of the Thomas collection. I am sure that is what he would have wanted -- a continuance of his own unremitting efforts to bring about friendship and understanding between China and America.""<br />
Soong May-Ling (Madame Chiang Kai-shek) was the daughter of Soong Charles, the first international student at Trinity College in Randolph County. She was also educated in the United States, graduating from Wellesley College in 1917. She married Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek who led the nationalist army against the communists. Madame Chiang was also very involved in nationalist politics, even running the air force at one point. With the communist victory, the couple fled to Taiwan where Chiang ruled for 25 years.<br />
Letter is part of the James A. Thomas Collection"")
Letter from Madame Chiang Kai-Shek on the dedication of the James A. Thomas Memorial Room