This guide is a starting point for learning about the Duke family, their role in the founding of Duke University, and their papers and collections housed at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
The Duke Homestead: Now a historical site in Durham, NC, the homestead is where the Duke family lived and started their tobacco business following the civil war. The site is open to the public and includes a small museum about tobacco farming and the Durham region's importance to the tobacco industry.
Digital Durham: Digitized manuscripts, maps, photographs, and printed materials about Durham or by Durham citizens from the 1870s through the 1920s. Many of the materials digitized here are from the Rubenstein Library's collections.
Open Durham: Historical information about Durham buildings and neighborhoods.
