Duke University History, the Randolph County Years: Secondary Sources
This guide is designed to introduce researchers to resources on Duke University history, spanning the years from 1839 to 1892 when Duke was located in Randolph County, NC.
Trinity Guard photograph, 1861, from the University Archives Photograph Collection, box [#].
Secondary Sources
Books and other publications about Duke University's time in Randolph County.
General History:
Chaffin, Nora Campbell. Trinity College, 1839-1892: The Beginnings of Duke University. Durham: Duke University Press, 1950. (print copy OR ebook available)
Other Relevant Books:
Booher, Bridget. Women at Duke Illustrated: Making Duke History Since 1838. Durham, NC: Duke University Archives, 2014. (print copy)
Crowell, John Franklin. Personal Recollections of Trinity College, North Carolina, 1887-1894. Durham: Duke University Press, 1939. (print copy OR ebook available via HathiTrust)
Arnett, Ethel Stephens. The Saura and Keyauwee in the Land That Became Guilford, Randolph, and Rockingham. Greensboro, N.C.: Media: [distributed by Straughan's Book Shop], 1975. (print copy)
Blair, J.A. Reminiscences of Randolph County. Greensboro, N.C.: Reece & Elam, book and job printers, 1890. (print copy)
Brown, Betty Leach. Hugh Leach of Randolph County, North Carolina: And Some of His Descendants and Neighbors. Archdale, 1999. (print copy)
Drake, William E. Higher Education in North Carolina before 1860. New York: Carlton Press, 1964. (print copy)
Mills, L. Barron, Jr. Randolph County: A Brief History. Raleigh : Office of Archives and History, N.C. Dept. of Cultural Resources, 2008. (print copy)
Randolph County Historical Society (N.C.). Randolph County, 1779-1979. Asheboro, N.C.: Randolph County Historical Society and the Randolph Arts Guild, 1980. (print copy)
