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Duke University

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Duke University

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80008725
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Name Authority File
Collection Membership(s)
- Names Collection - Authorized Headings
- LC Names Collection - General Collection
Variants
- Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn+80008725#skos:Concept
Earlier Established Forms
- Duke University, Durham, N.C.
- Trinity College (Durham, N.C.)
Sources
- found: NUCMC data from Duke U. Lib. for Bradshaw, H.C. Papers, 1922-1976 (Duke University, Durham, N.C.)
- found: Private Schools & Univ., 1982 (Duke University; in 1856, the Methodist Episcopal Church assumed control of the Normal College in Randolph County, N.C.; the name was chgd. to Trinity College in 1859; school moved to Durham, N.C., in 1891; in 1896 Washington Duke donated an endowment on condition that women be admitted on an equal footing with men; college became co-ed.; in 1924 James B. Duke donated the 40 mil. dollars Duke Endowment and name was chgd. from Trinity College to Duke University)
Change Notes
- 1980-02-05: new
- 2012-08-10: revised

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