About the Digital Collection »
The Duke University Chapel Recordings Digital Collection consists of audio and video recordings with associated printed material, produced at Duke Chapel in Durham, North Carolina, between 1946 and 2002. Drawn from the University Archives’ Duke Chapel Recordings (https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/uachapelsermaud/) and Duke Chapel Records (https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/uaduchapel/), the sermons are a significant homiletic and historical resource. The Lilly Endowment, Inc., has generously provided funds to digitize and describe these materials.
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Source Collection
This digital collection comprises selected materials from the following archival collection at Duke University Archives:
Duke University Chapel recordings 1954-2005
Collection #UA.17.01.0003 | 90 Linear Feet
ABSTRACT
Collection contains audio of sermons delivered at religious and ceremonial services in the Duke University Chapel by various ministers, professors, and guests of the University. Notable speakers include Howard Wilkinson, James Cleland, Waldo Beach, Thor Hall, Charlene Kammerer, Jon Laidlaw, Will Willimon, Robert Young and others. The collection consists of 7" reel-to-reel audio tapes, audiocassette tapes, VHS tapes, and digital audio tapes of sermons, programs and Lenten meditations delivered in Duke Chapel from 1954 to ongoing.
From Our Blog
Metadata for Homiletics: Enhancing the Duke Chapel Recordings Digital Collection
by Maggie Dickson about 6 years ago
by Cory Lown almost 8 years ago
Lessons Learned from the Duke Chapel Recordings Project
by Molly Bragg over 8 years ago
The preservation of the Duke University Libraries Digital Collections and the Duke Digital Repository programs are supported in part by the Lowell and Eileen Aptman Digital Preservation Fund
