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Senior Portrait of Christina Hsu
A picture of Christina Hsu found in the 2003 Duke University Chanticleer -
An anonymous Duke alumnus notifies President Knight of his disapproval of Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke as May Queen (1).
An anonymous Duke alumnus notifies President Knight of his disapproval of Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke as May Queen. Douglas M. Knight records, 1949-1970. -
An anonymous Duke alumnus notifies President Knight of his disapproval of Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke as May Queen (2).
An anonymous Duke alumnus notifies President Knight of his disapproval of Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke as May Queen. Douglas M. Knight records, 1949-1970. -
“Leur Patrie,” (Their Homeland)
Books like Eduard Drumont’s La France Juive and, of course, his weekly illustrated magazine updated the medieval trope of the “wandering Jew” to reference 19th century concerns about loyalty to one’s racial and cultural “patrie,” over abstract concepts of European and international identity. Reflecting the anti-Semite’s belief that the Jew’s national loyalty extends only so far as his personal finances, in this image the pan-national “embrace” of this caricatured rag-picker is a stifling one. Here the Jew with no country makes his mark world-wide, digging in his “claws” everywhere and anywhere money is to be had.
It is no small irony that at the time Esnault conjured this fiction, such a figure’s real-life analogue would have been the French Republic, which had at that point claimed a stake in almost every continent, draining the resources of over forty protectorates and colonies in Western and Equatorial Africa, Oceania, and South East Asia. -
The Assassination and Death of Abraham Lincoln.
President Lincoln would not live to see the end of the Civil War. Less than a week after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender, Lincoln was shot in the back of the head while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC. He died the next day, on April 15, 1865—the first American president to be killed while in office. The above two pamphlets were printed within days of the assassination, before all the persons involved in the murder plot were identified and captured. The pamphlet to the left follows a nineteenth-century printing tradition in which a thick black border in newspapers and on stationery indicated bereavement. The pamphlet on the right was published by the popular press to provide updates on the assassination’s aftermath, sometimes sensationalistic.Tags lincoln-section-3 -
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Letter to Mary Sloane
Katharine Webb (née Adams) writes to artist, engraver, and co-founder of the Women’s Guild of Arts Mary Sloane regarding a lecture she is writing. She notes toward the end that she is compiling information on Sarah Prideaux, her mentor and colleague, as a binder. Prideaux had died three years earlier. Adams was likely gathering research for her talk to the Women’s Guild of Arts on Prideaux given 26 February 1936.Tags Bookbindings -
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An English-Saxon homily on the birth-day of St. Gregory: anciently used in the English-Saxon church: giving an account of the conversion of the English from paganism to Christianity translated into modern English, with notes, etc., by Eliz. Elstob
Elizabeth Elstob, scholar of Anglo-Saxon antiquities, was an advocate for women’s education. In the introduction to this work she asks, “Where is the fault of women’s seeking after learning?” She dedicates her book to illustrious women: Queens Anne and Bertha, and Helena, the mother of Constantine. Involved in the production of her books, Elstob commissioned engravings from Simon Gribelin, including her own portrait within an initial on the first page of text. Elstob’s translations into modern English rather than Latin were part of a broader effort to open the study of antiquity to a wider audience. Her Rudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue was the first grammar of English and Saxon. It is also in the collection. -
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Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventu' italiana
Mathematician and polyglot Maria Gaetana Agnesi was the first woman to write a mathematical text. She oversaw its printing and publication herself. Child of a wealthy Milanese merchant, she spoke seven languages, and at age nine wrote an appeal for women’s right to education. Instituzioni analitiche is a comprehensive text of algebra and calculus, written in the vernacular. It was translated widely. Though appointed a professor at the University of Bologna by Pope Benedict XI, she instead dedicated her life to serving the poor. She died in one of the hospices she established. Crater Agnesi on Venus is named for her. -
Dialoghi di Don Antonio Agostini arciuescouo di Tarracona intorno alle medaglie, inscrittioni et altre antichità
This handsome folio of Agustín’s work on antiquities is considered the first book to contain illustrations by a woman artist, Geronima Parasole. The powerful Athena on the title page and the large woodcuts of triumphal arches bear various versions of her initials, “P. M.” and “G. A. P.” The knife next to her signature, boldly centered in the image, indicates that she cut as well as drew the blocks. The print shop where she worked was a family enterprise of the Parasole and Norsini families. Her sister-in-law, artist Elisabetta Catanea Parasole, made a number of extraordinarily beautiful, and extremely rare, lace model books. -
Undergraduate Asian American Enrollment from 1972-2014
A graph detailing the growth in Asian American enrollment at Duke from 1972-2014 -
Christina Hsu (Class of 2003) on the Asian American Studies Movement at Duke
Christina Hsu talks about the Asian American Studies Movement at Duke during the early 2000s, and why she thought it ultimately did not reach its goals -
Steven Chin Talks About the Racial Climate at Duke Involving Asian Americans, and his Involvement in Fostering Asian American Consciousness on Campus
Steven Chin Talks About the Racial Climate at Duke Involving Asian Americans, and his Involvement in Fostering Asian American Consciousness on Campus -
Diane Ty (Duke Class of 1983) talks about being Asian American at Duke during the early 1980s
Diana Ty, a Duke student from 1980-1983 talks about being an Asian American at Duke during the early 1980s, and dealing with her Asian American identity on a vastly white campus. -
David Kim Talks About Being Asian American at Duke, and Fraternity Life at Duke During the Late 1970s/Early 1980s
David Kim Describe His Experiences Being an Asian American Fraternity Member at Duke -
Eric Chang's Experience as an Asian American at Duke
Eric Chang, Duke Class of 1999, talks about Asian American racism at Duke and his involvement with the ASA -
Harsha Murthy (Class of 1981) Talks About His Experiences as an Asian American at Duke during the Late 1970s/Early 1980s
Harsha Murthy, an Indian American graduate of Duke, talks about the social scene, student demographics, and being Asian American at Duke during the late 70s early 80s era.
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