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News Service Biographical Files, ., circa 1930s - 2004

Title: News Service Biographical Files, . circa 1930s - 2004

The Duke News Service informs the public and the university community about research, programs, and events at Duke. The collection consists of biographical files of Duke University faculty, staff, alumni, and others compiled by the News Service. The files contain primarily clippings and also curricula vitae, photographs, and other printed materials.

ArchivalResource: 183 Linear Feet,; 122,000 Items; (122 boxes)

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Duke Endowment Archives, bulk, 1902-2008 and undated, 1925-2006

Title: Duke Endowment Archives, bulk 1902-2008 and undated, 1925-2006

The Duke Endowment was established by James Buchanan Duke as a perpetual charitable trust in 1924, with the following types of beneficiaries, mainly residing in North Carolina and South Carolina: non-profit hospitals and child care institutions; educational institutions; and rural churches of the Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (now the United Methodist Church). The Duke Endowment Archives span the years 1902 to 2006, with the bulk of the material dating from 1925 through 2006. The collection documents the administration of the corpus of the trust and the charitable contributions made to the categories of recipients named in the Indenture and Deed of Trust establishing The Endowment. The majority of the records are arranged into series that reflect the organization of the institution, including the Board of Trustees, Treasurer's Office, Controller's Office, Investment Office, Education Division and Committee on Communications, Health Care and Child Care Divisions, and Rural Church Division. Smaller series, documenting such other activities as record-keeping, publications, and history of The Endowment, include: Central Files, Oral History Project, Trust Under Will, Publications, Miscellaneous, Photographic Materials, and Audiovisual Materials. The collection consists of the following types of materials: correspondence; minutes of meetings; financial records; applications for assistance from hospitals, child care institutions, and churches; statistics; publications; oral history tapes and transcripts; architectural drawings and blueprints; photographs; audio cassettes; and miscellaneous records and papers. The geographic focus is primarily North Carolina and South Carolina.

ArchivalResource: 325.6 Linear Feet; 165,000 Items

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Perkins, Thomas Lee, d. 1973. Papers, 1929-1973.

Title: Papers, 1929-1973.

Letters, telegrams, clippings, a scrapbook, and other materials related to the career and death of William Robertson Perkins, legal counsel to the Duke family, and the death of his son, Thomas Lee Perkins. Correspondence chiefly consists of condolences. Scrapbook includes a telegram from Doris (Duke) Cromwell, and a June 24, 1945 program for a carillon recital by Anton Brees, dedicated to William Perkins, one of the two donors of the Duke University Chapel carillon. Also, an address by Charles Caldwell entitled "In Memoriam, William Robertson Perkins."

ArchivalResource: 398 items.

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Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

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Perkins, Thomas L. (Thomas Lee), 1905-1973. Reminiscences of Thomas Lee Perkins : oral history, 1964.

Title: Reminiscences of Thomas Lee Perkins : oral history, 1964.

Family background; William Perkins as James B. Duke's private counsel and principal aide in drafting indenture for the Duke Endowment; own education and legal career; counsel for Duke Family, trustee of Duke Endowment from 1948; impressions of Doris Duke and fellow trustees.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 126 leaves.

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Duke Endowment Archives, bulk, 1902-2008 and undated, 1925-2006

Title: Duke Endowment Archives, bulk 1902-2008 and undated, 1925-2006

The Duke Endowment was established by James Buchanan Duke as a perpetual charitable trust in 1924, with the following types of beneficiaries, mainly residing in North Carolina and South Carolina: non-profit hospitals and child care institutions; educational institutions; and rural churches of the Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (now the United Methodist Church). The Duke Endowment Archives span the years 1902 to 2006, with the bulk of the material dating from 1925 through 2006. The collection documents the administration of the corpus of the trust and the charitable contributions made to the categories of recipients named in the Indenture and Deed of Trust establishing The Endowment. The majority of the records are arranged into series that reflect the organization of the institution, including the Board of Trustees, Treasurer's Office, Controller's Office, Investment Office, Education Division and Committee on Communications, Health Care and Child Care Divisions, and Rural Church Division. Smaller series, documenting such other activities as record-keeping, publications, and history of The Endowment, include: Central Files, Oral History Project, Trust Under Will, Publications, Miscellaneous, Photographic Materials, and Audiovisual Materials. The collection consists of the following types of materials: correspondence; minutes of meetings; financial records; applications for assistance from hospitals, child care institutions, and churches; statistics; publications; oral history tapes and transcripts; architectural drawings and blueprints; photographs; audio cassettes; and miscellaneous records and papers. The geographic focus is primarily North Carolina and South Carolina.

ArchivalResource: 325.6 Linear Feet; 165,000 Items

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