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December 2, 2019

Cooking in the Rubenstein Library Test Kitchen: The Joy of Jell-O

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Exhibit shows celebrities from Stevie Nicks to Kanye West who followed Whitman's example.

December 2, 2019

How Walt Whitman Showed the Way for Artists to Become Celebrities

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The Trinity College 1888 football team

November 26, 2019

131 Years of Thanksgiving and Duke Football

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November 21, 2019

Got Library Fines? Give Food and They'll Waive Them

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About 17 gravestones dot the quarter acre of land set aside for the Rigsbee Graveyard on Duke’s West Campus. Photo courtesy of Duke University Archives.

November 18, 2019

A Cemetery on Campus

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Ed Balleisen, Julia Reidhead and Dean Smith discuss the business of books.

November 15, 2019

Advice for Would-be Book Authors

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November 12, 2019

A Spotlight on Native American Literature: A Present-Tense People

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Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy in the White House. Traditional history of the civil rights focuses on leadership efforts while often overlooking the essential work of youths and other grass roots activists.

October 14, 2019

More Than Just 9 Words: How Duke Is Improving Civil Rights Movement Education

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Nasher Museum Director Sarah Schroth leads five visiting cultural preservation experts into the entrance of Wilson Pavilion, pausing in front of paintings by Fernand Léger, Paysage a l'oiseau (left) and Pablo Picasso, Joueur de Flûte et Mangeur de Pastèqu

September 20, 2019

Foreign Experts Visit to Discuss Preservation of Cultural Artifacts

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Scottish terrior playing cards

September 20, 2019

When Tobacco Came With Doggy Playing Cards

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Duke philanthropy is assisting greater access for students to extraordinary educational opportunities. Clockwise: An innovative first-year engineering class, orientation week for the Class of 2023, and a student dance group.

September 10, 2019

Duke Counts $507 Million in Private Donations in Last Fiscal Year

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Carson Holloway has helped curious minds at Duke for 17 years.

August 19, 2019

Blue Devil of the Week: Aiding the Quest for Knowledge

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August 6, 2019

Anti-Americanism: A Visual History Spanning 130 Years and 4 Continents

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Whitman edits on a printer's proof of Leaves of Grass

June 28, 2019

Whitman Edits Whitman

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Tiffany de Guzman

June 25, 2019

The 1G Difference

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Letters in the Duke library collections can take readers to lives far away and long ago

June 18, 2019

Teaching Students the Art of Writing Letters

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