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Kilgo, John C. (John Carlisle), 1861-1922. John C. Kilgo records and papers, 1888-1970 (bulk 1894-1920).

Title: John C. Kilgo records and papers, 1888-1970 (bulk 1894-1920).

Records and papers contain correspondence, sermons, lectures, articles, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, printed matter, and scrapbooks pertaining to Kilgo's career as an educator, as President of Trinity College, and as a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Subjects include Kilgo's educational philosophy, family affairs, Duke family philanthropy and the financial state of Trinity College, union of Methodist churches, Kilgo's election as bishop, and controversies in which he and the College were involved, including the Gattis vs. Kilgo, B.N. Duke, and W.R. Odell slander case and the John Spencer Bassett Affair concerning academic freedom.

ArchivalResource: 10000 items (12.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55635806 View

Stagg, Francis Asbury. Papers, 1857-1865.

Title: Papers, 1857-1865.

Chiefly receipts, a few of which signed by Washington Duke, business letters, and promissory notes, relating to Francis Stagg's business affairs. Mention is made of slaves in some of the documents. In the papers, Burlington, N.C. is called "Company Shops," and Durham, N.C., is called "Durham's."

ArchivalResource: 131 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32935278 View

Duke, Washington, 1820-1905. Papers, 1764-1987, bulk 1873-1905.

Title: Papers, 1764-1987, bulk 1873-1905.

Personal, business, and financial papers. Business and financial papers relate to the tobacco and textile industries and include some early financial records of W. Duke, Sons and Company. Other financial records pertain to Duke's generosity to relatives and to educational institutions such as Trinity College (now Duke University). Personal papers consist of correspondence, the Duke family genealogy, photographs, and memorabilia from the dedication of the Duke Homestead.

ArchivalResource: 967 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122569741 View

Stokes, Inez Duke (Angier). Papers, 1888-1975.

Title: Papers, 1888-1975.

Collection contains pictures, a scrapbook, and other genealogical materials including five family photographs. Materials include photocopied pages from John Duke's Bible and reminiscences by Lida Duke of her family including comments about James, Benjamin, and Washington Duke; clippings relating to marriages, deaths, and will stipulations; items related to philanthropic endeavors such as Trinity College which later became Duke University; an invitation from Lincoln Memorial University to attend the laying of a cornerstone to the B.N. Duke Hall of Citizenship; items relating to Duke University including a program, pictures, and clippings regarding the Sarah P. Duke Memorial Gardens; items relating to the Duke Homestead and the Duke Centennial Celebration of 1939. There is extensive information about Doris Duke including clippings about her marriages to James H.R. Cromwell and Porfirio Rubirosa, and other information revealing how closely her actions were reported upon in the press. The scrapbook provides information about Duke University as well as the family that founded it.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38293636 View

Duke, James Buchanan, 1856-1925. James Buchanan Duke papers, 1777-1990 (bulk 1890s-1930s).

Title: James Buchanan Duke papers, 1777-1990 (bulk 1890s-1930s).

Correspondence; business, legal, and financial papers; estate and inheritance records; printed materials; miscellaneous materials; architectural drawings and blueprints; and pictures chiefly relating to the businesses, enterprises and philanthropy of James Buchanan Duke in North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, and New Jersey. About one-half of the collection documents the administration of his estate. Subject areas represented include: American Tobacco Company; business; finance; tobacco industry, marketing and taxation; hydroelectric power; textile mills; charitable works; architecture; interior decoration; genealogy of branches of the Duke family; inheritance and succession; and legal procedure for wills, inheritance and business. Correspondents include George G. Allen, Lida Duke Angier, Charles Caldwell, Clarence E. Case, Benjamin N. Duke, Nanaline H. Duke, Washington Duke, William P. Few, William R. Perkins, and Alexander H. Sands. Other individuals represented in the collection include Artelia Roney Duke, Benjamin Newton Duke, Doris Duke, Washington Duke, and Horace Trumbauer.

ArchivalResource: 24, 000 items (33 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19536504 View

Cox, James W. James W. Cox papers, 1741-1889 (bulk 1830s-1870s) [manuscript].

Title: James W. Cox papers, 1741-1889 (bulk 1830s-1870s) [manuscript].

Scattered papers, chiefly 1830s-1870s, of Cox, businessman, local official at Kinston, N.C., and mayor of Goldsboro, N.C. These papers include accounts and receipts of Cox, his father, and other relatives; financial records of Cox as board chairman of the Lenoir County, N.C., common schools, 1852-1861; general merchandise accounts, 1865-1867; accounts with labor and domestic help, 1884-1889; accounts, receipts, and vouchers of Cox as an agent of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, 1868-1869; letters, 1860, from Cox's son, James G. Cox, a student at the University of Virginia, 1860, and notes, presumably made by James G. Cox, from law lectures given by Professor John Barbee Minor at the University of Virginia, 1860; two items, 1863, relating to hiring slaves, signed by Washington Duke (1820-1905); and various other personal, public, and business papers.

ArchivalResource: 225 items (0.5 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24997408 View

Duke Memorial. Duke Memorial records, 1929-1936.

Title: Duke Memorial records, 1929-1936.

The collection mainly consists of financial documents, as well as general correspondence, minutes, and proposals and suggestions. Major topics include the construction of Memorial Chapel and the sarcophagi within, the purchase of Duke Homestead, and the financing of the James B. Duke Statue. Major correspondents include James A. Thomas, W.W. Flowers, and Alex H. Sands.

ArchivalResource: 4000 items (4.0 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53906272 View

Kilgo, John C. (John Carlisle), 1861-1922. Papers, 1891-1944.

Title: Papers, 1891-1944.

Correspondence, notes, commonplace books, lectures, addresses, scrapbooks, clippings, and other papers. The bulk of the collection consists of letters to Kilgo while he was at Wofford College and Trinity College (now Duke University), and while he served as a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Includes Kilgo's inaugural address at Trinity College and addresses on the history of Vanderbilt University and the life of Washington Duke. Other subjects include Kilgo's work at Wofford College and Trinity College; Southern politics after Reconstruction; Southern education; the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Southern railroad rates; and social reform.

ArchivalResource: 2,942 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122413276 View

Belvin, Rosa. Papers, 1800-1974.

Title: Papers, 1800-1974.

Correspondence, land deeds, clippings, articles, genealogical materials, pictures. Materials concern her kinship with the Duke family as granddaughter of William J. Duke, a brother of Washington Duke; her activities connected with the Duke's Chapel Methodist Church, and with the King's Daughters; her father James Elkanah's career as a Confederate soldier and member of both houses of the State General Assembly; and her husband Eugene Grissom Belvin's fifty-one-year career as sheriff of Durham County.

ArchivalResource: 149 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32342410 View

Washington Duke Papers, 1764-1987

Title: Washington Duke Papers, 1764-1987

ArchivalResource: 2.6 Linear feet; Approximately 967 Items

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/dukew/ View

Duke, Washington, 1820-1905. Washington Duke papers, 1764-1987.

Title: Washington Duke papers, 1764-1987.

Personal, business, and financial papers. Business and financial papers relate to the tobacco and textile industries and include the financial records of W. Duke, Sons and Company. Other financial records include correspondence pertaining to Duke's generosity to relatives and to educational institutions such as Trinity College (now Duke University). Personal papers consist of the Duke family genealogy, photographs of the Duke Homestead, correspondence, and memorabilia from the dedication of the Duke Homestead.

ArchivalResource: 968 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19405939 View

Duke University. University Archives. University Archives Photographic Negative Collection, 1855-1995.

Title: University Archives Photographic Negative Collection, 1855-1995.

Contains negatives and some matching prints of University-related subjects, including people (i.e. faculty, trustees, students, the Duke family, etc.), buildings, construction, schools, sports, departments and places such as Duke Homestead and Sarah P. Duke Gardens.

ArchivalResource: 36,750 items (19.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/170967555 View