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Toomey's Comics
James Patrick Toomey (P‘83) illustrated comics for The Chronicle, focusing on campus and national political issues from 1981 to 1983. Some of the themes he covered still ring true today! Jim Toomey later created the cartoon strip Sherman’s Lagoon, which has been syndicated in 150 newspapers. -
Printing plate of Duke Alma Mater
Originally titled “Hymn to Trinity” by Trinity College graduate student Robert H. James (T’24), this devotional was later adapted as “Dear Old Duke,” the alma mater of Duke University. Because this is a printing plate, the sheet music and lyrics are depicted backwards. Lyrics: Dear old Duke thy name we’ll sing. To thee our voices raise (we’ll raise),/To thee our anthems ring,/in everlasting praise. And though on life’s broad‒sea,/Our fates may far us bear./We’ll ever turn to thee,/Our Alma Mater dear. -
WDBS Programs
Before WXDU, Duke's radio station today, there was WDUK—and before that, there was WDBS, which broadcasted across the airways from 1950 to the 1970s. WDBS would create programs to advertise the shows students could tune into. For decades, Duke’s radio station has provided listeners with news and tunes from a variety of DJs, sourced from Duke students and the surrounding Durham community. You can tune into WXDU at 88.7 FM. -
Nasher stained glass ornament
The Nasher Museum of Art opened in October of 2005. Its predecessor, the Duke University Museum of Art, was originally founded in 1969 on East Campus, following the acquisition of 200 medieval works from the Ernest Brummer Collection. The new museum was named in honor of the late art collector and benefactor Raymond D. Nasher (T’43). More than a million people have visited the museum since its opening. In 2005, this poster was created for the opening of the museum and a commemorative stained-glass ornament was gifted to Duke staff in 2006. Due to a generous donation in 2022, admission to the Nasher is now free for all visitors. -
Nasher Opening Poster
The Nasher Museum of Art opened in October of 2005. Its predecessor, the Duke University Museum of Art, was originally founded in 1969 on East Campus, following the acquisition of 200 medieval works from the Ernest Brummer Collection. The new museum was named in honor of the late art collector and benefactor Raymond D. Nasher (T’43). More than a million people have visited the museum since its opening. In 2005, this poster was created for the opening of the museum and a commemorative stained-glass ornament was gifted to Duke staff in 2006. Due to a generous donation in 2022, admission to the Nasher is now free for all visitors. -
Duke Viennese Ball Poster
A beloved 48-year-old tradition, the Viennese Ball is Duke University Wind Symphony’s largest fundraising event. Hosted at the Freeman Center, participants are transported to a whimsical night of music and authentic Viennese dances taught by Duke Club Ballroom Dance. The Duke University Wind Symphony is conducted by Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant and is composed of undergraduates, graduates, and Durham community members. -
Hoof'n'Horn 50th anniversary Poster
Hoof ‘n’ Horn is a student musical theater organization founded in 1936 and one of the oldest student organizations at Duke. Hoof ‘n’ Horn produced their first non-student written musical, Anything Goes, in 1952. This program is from their 1986 restaging of Anything Goes, part of Hoof ‘n’ Horn’s fiftieth anniversary, celebrating Duke and Durham’s shared love of musical theater. -
DUMB Drum Cover
Founded in 1906 at Trinity College, the organization now called the Duke University Marching Band (DUMB) has played an important role in the Duke athletic experience, particularly basketball and football. This drum head was used in the 1958 Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, between Duke and the University of Oklahoma. It was ruptured during practice and signed by drum corps members. In recent years, the Duke Band has added a pre-season band camp and continues to gain recognition throughout the Atlantic Coast Conference. -
"Star Trek" Comes to Duke Poster
The Duke University Union (DUU) is the largest student organization at Duke and has provided diverse creative events and media since 1954. In 1979, James Doohan, best known for his role as “Scotty” in the TV and film series Star Trek, was hosted by DUU for a presentation on film production and the future of U.S. space travel. -
Mary Lou's Mass Poster at the Duke University Chapel
Mary Lou Williams, the namesake for the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, taught at Duke as an artist-in-residence from 1977 until her death in 1981. She was well known as a seasoned jazz arranger, composer, and musician. This poster features Mary Lou Williams as a performer for mass sponsored by the Duke University Catholic Center. The Catholic Center currently operates with both staff and student leaders to provide Catholic services and social events on campus. -
Duke University Chorale Record
The Duke University Chorale was founded around 1970, combining the Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs, shortly before the 1972 merger of the Woman’s College and Trinity College of Arts and Sciences. The Chorale continues to be the primary choral group of the department of Music. They perform a variety of secular and sacred pieces at Duke, around North Carolina, and on an annual spring tour. -
Pitchforks Acapella Concert Flyer
Founded in 1979, The Pitchforks is one of the oldest a cappella groups at Duke University. This flyer details a joint concert in 1981 at Baldwin Auditorium with a variety of other collegiate a cappella groups in the United States. With sixteen albums, the Pitchforks Bring it Back (2006) and Disconcert (2008) both won the CARA Award for Best Male Collegiate Album. Other a cappella groups on campus include the Duke Amandla Chorus, Lady Blue, Temptasians, Something Borrowed Something Blue, Rhythm & Blue, Speak of the Devil, Out of the Blue, and Deja Blue. -
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company ADF poster
The American Dance Festival (ADF), founded in 1934, has brought some of the brightest minds in modern dance to Duke's campus every summer since it relocated to Durham in 1978. This poster advertises the 1989 performance of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, one of the most widely known queer activist dance groups. The performance took place just over a year after Zane's death from AIDS. The Company carries on his legacy and still performs with ADF today. -
The Glass Menagerie playbill
Duke Players is Duke's oldest student theater organization. It has been producing shows since 1920, although the organization was not officially founded until 1931. This production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie took place in Page Auditorium in 1949, following the play’s premiere in 1944. -
"The Glass Menagerie" script page 38, script cover,
Duke Players is Duke's oldest student theater organization. It has been producing shows since 1920, although the organization was not officially founded until 1931. This production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie took place in Page Auditorium in 1949, following the play’s premiere in 1944.
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