Robert Franklin Durden (May 10, 1925 - March 4, 2016) was an American historian and author who worked at Duke University. He wrote books about Duke's history, journalist James S. Pike, and historian Carter G. Woodson.
He was born in Graymont, Georgia, to Virgil Edward Durden and Mildred Donaldson Durden. He studied at Emanuel County Institute and Emory University.[1] He served in the U.S. Navy.[2] He received a Ph.D from Princeton in 1952. He married Anne Oller. He retired from Duke in 2001 and was awarded the University Medal.[3] He died in Durham, North Carolina.
Duke has a collection of his papers.[4] He had two daughters, two granddaughters, and six great grandchildren.[5] His ashes were spread in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens where his wife's ashes were also placed.[6]
Writingsedit
Reconstruction bonds & twentieth-century politics : South Dakota v. North Carolina, 1904 1967
The Launching of Duke University, 1924-1949 1993
The Dukes of Durham and The Launching of Duke University 1987[7]
Electrifying the Piedmont Carolinas: The Duke Power Company, 1904-1997 2001
Bold Entrepreneur: A Life of James B. Duke 2009
The Gray and the Black: The Confederate Debate on Emancipation[8] winner of the Jules F. Landry Award
Carter G. Woodson: Father of African-American History
The Self-Inflicted Wound: Southern Politics in the 19th Century 1985
James Shepherd Pike: Republicanism and the American Negro, 1850-82
^"Robert F. Durden Reference collection, circa 1965-2001 - Archives & Manuscripts at Duke University Libraries". David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
^"Robert F. Durden – The Historical Society of North Carolina".
^"Duke Flags Lowered: Longtime Duke Historian Robert Durden Dies at Age 90". today.duke.edu.
^Wall, Bennett H. "The Dukes of Durham, 1865–1929. By Robert F. Durden. Durham, N.C. Duke University Press, 1975. Pp. Xiv + 295. $9.75". Business History Review. 51 (1): 122–124. doi:10.2307/3112939. JSTOR 3112939. S2CID 155249242.
^Harper, C. W. (July 1, 1973). "Robert F. Durden, The Gray and the Black: The Confederate Debate on Emancipation". The Journal of Negro History. 58 (3): 369–370. doi:10.2307/2716788. JSTOR 2716788 – via journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).
^Sparks, David S. (1966). "Book Review: The Climax of Populism: The Election of 1896, by Robert F. Durden". Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography: 555–557.
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