Gallery Hours:
Monday–Thursday: 9 a.m.–7 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday: 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

In observance of the July 4th holiday, CDS will be closed Friday, July 4 through Sunday, July 6.

Beginning June 1, CDS will be closed on Sundays during the summer.

All events are held at the Center for Documentary Studies, unless otherwise noted.





Audio Documentary Summer Institute
July 13–19
Hearing Is Believing I. With John Biewen.

Literacy Through Photography Basic Workshop
August 4–8
With Wendy Ewald, Katie Hyde, and Elena Rue.

Audio Documentary Summer Institute
August 11–16
Hearing Is Believing II: Making It Sing. With John Biewen.







Past Events from the On-Line Multimedia Gallery




Allan Gurganus, author of the best-selling novel Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, among other notable books, is the Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the 2004–05 academic year.

On October 28, 2004, Gurganus delivered the annual Lehman Brady lecture at the Center for Documentary Studies. He answered questions and read his story "My Heart Is a Snake Farm," which was published in the November 22, 2004, issue of The New Yorker.

Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
1317 W. Pettigrew Street
Durham, NC 27705

telephone: 919-660-3663
fax: 919-681-7600
e-mail: docstudies@duke.edu

See Directions to the Center for Documentary Studies

Please note that the Kreps, Lyndhurst, Porch, and University Galleries are typically open during regular CDS business hours. On occasion, the galleries are closed for installation, maintenance, and university scheduling considerations. Visitors might wish to call (919) 660-3663 before they make a special trip to see an exhibition, to ensure that the galleries are open.




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Professor Alex Harris during a slide lecture accompanying the fall 2003 exhibition, Walker Evans at 100. Photograph by Christopher Sims.




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