Our guest speaker for this meeting will be Valerie Gillispie, University Archivist at Duke University. Gillispie will be speaking about the earlier history of Duke Football.
Coming to Duke in 2011, she leads the University Archives (UA) in facilitating undergraduate research opportunities, working with campus offices and student groups to collect their records, and incorporating university history into numerous classes and campus events. UA has actively expanded its online holdings, with digitization of the Chronicle student newspaper, student radio broadcasts from the late 1960s, and the entirety of the Chapel Recordings collection, a grant-funded project completed in partnership with the Divinity School. UA is also actively collecting electronic records, including social media and websites. UA is a key resource for next year’s Duke Centennial, and Val and her team, in partnership with student curators, will be installing a yearlong exhibit to celebrate Duke’s 100 years. As the University Archivist, Val is especially interested in understanding Duke’s complex and sometimes painful history, and making sure that all voices are included in the records collected by UA.
Mark Your Calendar
6/7/23 – Scholar-Athlete Awards LUNCHEON
6/21/23 – John LeBar, Author
7/19/23 – Special Guest Speaker