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Frank H. Kenan Papers, 1937-1996

Title: Frank H. Kenan Papers, 1937-1996

Frank Hawkins Kenan (1912-1996), philanthropist, businessman, and civic leader of Durham, N.C. The collection documents Frank H. Kenan's family, social, political, and business networks; various businesses and investment interests; and his extensive civic leadership and philanthropic work with educational, religious, and other non-profit organizations and institutions. Personal correspondence documents relationships with family and friends, many of whom also were associates in business and philanthropy. Financial materials concern Kenan's interests in personal and commercial properties and other investments, often in partnership with W. Clay Hamner. Also included are some materials relating to the Kenan Oil Company, the Kenan Transport Company, and the Flagler System, Inc. Kenan's chief philanthropic work is evidenced in William R. Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust materials, which document the administration of the many funds, programs, and institutions that it supports. These include Kenan professorships and convocations; the National Center for Family Literacy; the William R. Kenan, Jr., Fund; the William R. Kenan, Jr., Center; the Kenan-Flagler Business School; and the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. Many activities of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise are documented, including the Global TransPark, the Kenan Institute Asia, the MBA Enterprise Corps, the Urban Enterprise Corps, and the Durham Scholars Program. Kenan's civic leadership and philanthropic work are documented further in materials relating to the Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation, the Kenan Family Foundation, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Woodberry Forest School, the Duke Endowment, Durham Academy, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, and other non-profit organizations and institutions. Also included is material relating to some of the awards and honors that Kenan received in recognition for his philanthropy and business and civic leadership.

ArchivalResource: 33500 items (38.5 linear feet)

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