Iron "T" that hung on the gates outside of Trinity College in Durham, North Carolina. The original campus featured double-gable, iron gates at the entrance.
The David M. Rubenstein Library holds more than 5,000 broadsides among its collections. Many can be found in the large Broadsides & Ephemera collection now available through the Duke University Libraries’ Digital Collections:
Photograph of the gates at the entrance of the Trinity College campus in Durham, North Carolina. The original campus (now East Campus) featured double-gabled, iron gates at the entrance.
Complete Trinity College baseball uniform, worn ca. 1912. The uniform consists of woolen shirt and pants, and knit wool stirrups. The pants are short, and the sleeves on the shirt hit just below the elbow. Although the letters on the shirt are faded, they were originally the same color as the blue in the stirrups.
Trent bookplate featuring an illustration of an amputation below the knee from Hans von Gersdorff’s woodcut. It is the first known picture of an amputation.
In the 1830s, Lincoln’s ambitions for leadership became apparent. He took a job as a clerk in a general store, gaining access to newspapers and current news and distance from strenuous labor. He began reading history books and attending debate society meetings. In March of 1832, he ran in but lost an election for state legislator. A month later, he joined the Illinois Militia mustering to confront a party of Sauk, Fox and Kickapoo men, women and children seeking to return to their homeland in defiance of an invalid treaty. Lincoln did not see combat, but he was elected company captain. Outside of his presidency, he called this “a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.”
#6 In the 1830s, Lincoln grew from farmer's son to local leader. Soon after his family's move to Illinois, he took a job as a clerk in a general store, gaining access to current events and freeing him from strenuous labor. He began reading history books and attending debate society meetings. In March of 1832, he ran in but lost an election for state legislator. A month later, at the start of the Black Hawk War, he joined the state militia to push back Sauk and Fox peoples trying to regain their lands. The above map shows the disputed area. Lincoln never saw combat, but he was elected company captain; outside of his presidency, he called this "a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since."
