Durham Schools Information Sources

General Durham History
School History - Books
Yearbooks & Newspapers
NC Office Vertical File
Other subject headings in the Online Catalog
Other Resources

General Durham History Books

• Durham County – Jean Bradley Anderson
• History of the Town of Durham – Hiram V. Paul (1884)
• Durham, North Carolina: A Postcard History – Stephen E. Massengill
• Durham’s Hayti – Andre Vann and Beverly Washington Jones
• The Way We Lived: Durham, 1900-1920 – James G. Leyburn
• Souvenir of Durham North Carolina – (1902) [NC Office – has pictures of old school buildings]
• Durham: A Geographic Study – Coy T. Phillips (1945)
• Durham Illustrated – (1910)
• An Oral History of West Durham: Submitted to the Durham Bicentennial Committee – Franck, Richard C. [“Mrs. Reynolds” interview]
• The Story of Durham: City of the New South – William K. Boyd (1927)
• The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South – Osha Gray Davidson
• Upbuilding Black Durham: -- Leslie Brown (2008)
  

School History - Books

• Annual Report of the Public Schools of Durham County 1913-1914 [Documents of Durham]
• Annual Report of the Public Schools of Durham County [1915-1916]
• A Proud History: Durham, North Carolina: the Story of George Watts School – Betsy Holloway
• Unfinished Heaven: Durham, North Carolina: A Story of Two Schools – Betsy Holloway
• Hillside History Book – Karol Page
• A History of the Durham School System, 1882-1933 – Richard B. Westin
• Durham Academy Record – [50th anniversary issue, 1983]
• Decade Report, 1972-73 to 1982-83 – Durham County Schools
• Durham County Schools – [merger information, 1988]
• Durham City Schools Instructional Programs – League of Women Voters, Durham, N.C.
• Directory of School Personnel – Durham City Schools (1941)
• Official Report of the Fact Finding Committee of City and County Schools – Merger Issues Task Force (1957?)
• Facing the Future of Our Schools: Excellence and Equal Opportunity for Durham’s Children, the Final Report and Recommendations, Presented to the Durham County Board of Commissioners, William Bell, Chairman – Merger Issues Task Force
• Progress Report: Testing Program Overview & Test Results – Durham County Schools
• Handbook for School Staff – Durham City Schools (1957)
• Durham Public Schools Budget (title varies) – Durham Public Schools
• School Workshop – League of Women Voters, Durham (1970)
• Durham City School Survey, 1975-76 – Division of School Planning
• Durham Public Schools High School Program of Studies – DPS Department of Instruction (1993-94)
• Carolina Friends School, 1963-1988: A Commemorative Publication
• Class of 1930: Bragtown High School – Rosie Hampton and Margaret Rhodes
• Old Bethesda High School Grand Reunion – (1988)
• The George W. Watts Elementary School Renovation and Addition: A Case Study – Steven T. Pulling
• The Cost of Opportunity: School Desegregation and Changing Race Relations in the Triangle since WWII – Jack Michael McElreath
• Hillside Class of ’65 35th Class Reunion – Hillside High School Reunion Committee
• “What We Considered the Best”: Making the Best of Integration at Hillside High School – Sarah Elizabeth Reckhow
• Annual Catalog of the Durham Business School - (1921)
  

Yearbooks & Newspapers

• Count & Countess [Bethesda, Bragtown, Lowe’s Grove, Hope Valley, Mangum, Oak Grove High Schools] (1954,1955)
• Polaris [Northern High School]
• The Messenger [Durham High School]
• Talon [Jordan High School]
• LeSabre [Southern High School]
• Hornet [Hillside High School]
• The Nugget [Bragtown High School]
• Evergreen [Durham Academy]
• The Helm [Riverside High School]
• Flashback [Durham School of the Arts]
• Diabolus [Chewning Junior High]
• Viking [Lowes Grove Middle School]
• Nostalgia [Githens Junior High]
• The Symphony [Southern Conservatory of Music]
• Hi-Rocket [Durham High School newspaper]
• Watts Highlights [George Watts School newsletter]
• Various middle school yearbooks
  

NC Office Vertical File

• School Merger
• Schools, City
• Schools, County
• Schools, Private
• Schools, Public
• See also Hillside High School
• NEWSLETTERS
• Durham City Schools Newsletter: Directions, Team Spirit
• Durham County Public Schools (CD 1) School Business Report, Vocational Update, The Media Messenger (Dept. of Media Services)
• Durham County Public Schools (CD 2): Notebook (emply. Pub.); Omnibus; First Class
• Durham County Public Schools (CD 3): School and Community Notes
• Oak Grove School: The Student Observer
• Carolina Friends School: We + Thee
• Carr Junior High School: Junior Hi-Lights
• Durham School of the Arts: The Gallery

Other subject headings that can be searched in the online catalog

• Schools – Centralization – North Carolina – Durham County
• Magnet schools – North Carolina – Durham County
• Durham Public Schools (N.C.) – Planning

Other Resources

• Durham Historic Photographic Archive
• Manuscripts collection
• Endangered Durham blog: www.EndangeredDurham.org

Updated 4/09