First Centennial Exhibit

First Centennial Exhibit

Did you know this isn’t Duke’s first centennial exhibit? In 1939, an earlier library exhibit celebrated one hundred years since the founding of Brown’s Schoolhouse, the small educational institution that would eventually become Duke University. The exhibit showcased various items from the Duke Libraries, such as southern journals, rare manuscripts, and historical photographs and illustrations.

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1939

First Centennial Exhibit, University Archives Photograph Collection, Box 44, Centennial Celebration Exhibit, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Black and white photograph of a man looking into an exhibit case

Key Event; photographs

1939