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Nursing Cap
Founded in 1931, the Duke School of Nursing was a three-year program for high school graduates and required this nursing cap as part of the student uniform. The school added their first Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree in 1953 and, in 1958, became one of the first schools in the United States to offer a graduate nursing program. In 2002, they relaunched the BSN degree as an accelerated program for college graduates due to the increased nursing shortage. Today, the school’s accelerated, graduate, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), and Ph.D. programs prepare nurses for leadership positions and to provide quality care. -
Pictorial Bulletin of Duke University College of Engineering
This bulletin covers the College of Engineering’s civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering opportunities. Due to World War II, the bulletin demonstrates a clear relationship between the college and the military, with quotes on the value of civil engineers in the army, how navigation courses are useful for air and sea duty, and highlights on the mechanical engineering aeronautics concentration. The bulletin exclusively features men; however, the first women engineers, Marie Foote Reel and Muriel Theodorsen Williams, enrolled in the college in the early 1940s, graduating in 1946 -
Safety Cap invention flyer
Duke University’s impact on medical research included mitigating pediatric poisonings across the country. Duke pediatrician Jay Arena led the push for drug companies to develop childproof safety caps for children’s “candy” aspirin. In a letter to fellow physicians, he wrote, “The adoption of such a closure could mean a saving of many small children's lives from the accidental ingestion of drugs.” With nationwide design testing and the first advertisements in 1958, St. Joseph's aspirin was the first pharmaceutical sold with a safety cap. -
Report of the Director of the Duke Forest, 1937-1938
In 1931, the Duke Forest was founded under the stewardship of Dr. Clarence Korstian, providing almost 5,000 acres of land to the School of Forestry—now the Nicholas School of the Environment. The first report from Korstian to President Few described the imminent need for professional training in technical forestry. In 1937, the Duke Forest had hosted over a hundred professional foresters from fifteen states, the District of Columbia, and five foreign countries. Today, the Forest contains over 7,000 acres, used for teaching and research by the Nicholas School and the rest of the university. This glass lantern slide from 1935 depicts a scene from the Forest, which maintains its same natural beauty almost a century later. -
Lemur Skull and Zoboomafoo Video
Founded in 1966, the Duke Lemur Center (DLC) is a non-invasive research center housing the most diverse lemur population in the world outside of Madagascar. This fossil cast is an Aegyptopithecus specimen, or “The Egyptian Monkey.” It was named in 1965 by Elwyn Simons, the father of modern primate paleontology and the founder of the DLC Division of Fossil Primates, now the DLC Museum of Natural History. This VHS copy of Zoboomafoo was an Emmy Award-winning children’s television series hosted by Chris Kratt and Martin Kratt (T’89). It originally aired on PBS from 1999 to 2001. The title character, Zoboo, was played by a Coquerel’s sifaka named Jovian, who was a resident of the DLC. -
Duke University Marine Laboratory 50th anniversary celebration: a half century dedicated to education, training, research, and service
This book celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Duke University Marine Laboratory and its founding on Pivers Island by Dr. A. S. Pearse in the 1930s. Located in Beaufort, North Carolina, the Marine Lab is a coastal campus dedicated to the disciplines of marine biology and conservation, marine environmental health, and physical oceanography. -
Law School Application
This undated admissions application provides insight into what a typical law school application looked like. This greatly differs from the robust application system that current Duke law students undergo prior to matriculating. -
Duke Forest glass lantern slide
In 1931, the Duke Forest was founded under the stewardship of Dr. Clarence Korstian, providing almost 5,000 acres of land to the School of Forestry—now the Nicholas School of the Environment. The first report from Korstian to President Few described the imminent need for professional training in technical forestry. In 1937, the Duke Forest had hosted over a hundred professional foresters from fifteen states, the District of Columbia, and five foreign countries. Today, the Forest contains over 7,000 acres, used for teaching and research by the Nicholas School and the rest of the university. This glass lantern slide from 1935 depicts a scene from the Forest, which maintains its same natural beauty almost a century later. -
Fuqua School of Business Brochure, ca. 1980s
This brochure promoting the Duke Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program details specific reasons Duke students chose to pursue an MBA at the Fuqua School of Business. Originally chartered as the Graduate School of Business in 1969, the school was renamed the Fuqua School of Business with a financial gift from J. B. Fuqua in 1980. Fuqua’s motivation for donating such a large gift to the university stemmed from the fact that as a boy he borrowed books from the Duke Libraries through a borrow-by-mail program that the university participated in. It was through these books that Fuqua gleaned much of his education. Fuqua never attended college, but through his determination and intelligence he went on to build Fuqua Industries, a Fortune 500 company. -
DukEngineer, vol. 21, no. 1 (October 1958)
This 1958 edition of DukEngineer magazine includes articles about engineering advancements at Duke and recruitment advertisements for Duke engineering students in the workforce. Many of the recruitment ads and campus interviews during this time pertained to the looming Space Race against the USSR, as Sputnik launched just a year prior. DukEngineer has been issued periodically since 1940 and became an annual publication in 2002. The Duke University School of Engineering was named the Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School of Engineering in 1999, after Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. (E’47). -
Asiatic Arboretum Pamphlet
Invitations to the 1990 and 1992 Sarah P. Duke Gardens receptions celebrate the dedication of the Kasuga Lantern and the Main Gateway of the Asiatic Arboretum, a venue for Japanese cultural exploration. Durham is a sister city to Toyama, Japan. As President Brodie remarked during the Gardens’ fiftieth anniversary, the Duke Gardens “are the Chapel’s proper complement, for the gardens also speak to the deepest human needs for spiritual regeneration, providing a sanctuary, a refuge from the heat of the day and the turmoil and worries of the world.” -
Groundbreaking Ceremony pamphlet, April 3, 1992
This ceremonial hard hat was worn by President Terry Sanford at the 1992 groundbreaking ceremony for the Sanford Institute of Public Policy. While the Institute of Policy Sciences and Public Affairs had existed since 1971, the name change recognized President Sanford’s commitment to public service as a former governor and U.S. senator. During his tenure as Duke President from 1969 to 1985, Sanford was widely credited with transforming Duke into a world-class research institution. The Sanford Institute became the Sanford School of Public Policy in 2009. -
"Hard" hat used by Terry Sanford at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Institute's building
This ceremonial hard hat was worn by President Terry Sanford at the 1992 groundbreaking ceremony for the Sanford Institute of Public Policy. While the Institute of Policy Sciences and Public Affairs had existed since 1971, the name change recognized President Sanford’s commitment to public service as a former governor and U.S. senator. During his tenure as Duke President from 1969 to 1985, Sanford was widely credited with transforming Duke into a world-class research institution. The Sanford Institute became the Sanford School of Public Policy in 2009. -
Law Bulletin
This 1955 bulletin provides details about the study of law at Duke University, entrance and graduation requirements, expenses, and employment opportunities. Tuition for law school in 1955 would be the equivalent of about $5,000 in 2024. Duke’s Law department was established as an academic department in Trinity College in 1865, but did not move to the current School of Law building until 1963.
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