Interviews with Duke University Faculty members reflecting on their careers. The Duke University Archives Faculty Oral History Project is an initiative to gather, catalog, and make accessible primary source media resources related to campus changes over the past sixty years including student-faculty relationships, significant events and challenges, and first impressions of Duke University. It seeks accounts from all viewpoints through interviews with a wide range of people associated with Duke University. The Project follows the standards of the Oral History Association.

Recent Submissions

  • Peter H. Klopfer interview 

    Duke University. University Archives; Samouelian, Mary (2008-12-17)
    Peter H. Klopfer was born August 9, 1930 in Berlin, Germany. He earned his B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1952 and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1957. In 1958, Professor Klopfer came to Duke ...
  • Sidney D. Markman interview 

    Duke University. University Archives; Samouelian, Mary (2008-12-17)
    Sidney David Markman was born October 10, 1911 in New York. He earned his A.B. in 1934 from Union College in New York and his M. A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1936 and 1941 respectively. From 1941-1945, he worked ...