Reminiscences of Norman Atwater Cocke and Grady Rankin : oral history, 1964.

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Reminiscences of Norman Atwater Cocke and Grady Rankin : oral history, 1964.

Educational backgound; founding of Duke Power Co., 1912; anti-trust case, American Tobacco Co., 1911-1912; impressions of James B. Duke as a businessman; planning the Duke Endowment; building and operating Duke University; trustee of the Duke Endowment, 1924; President, Duke Power Co., 1953; description of the Duke home in Charlottesville.

Transcript: 204 leaves.

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Duke, James B., 1857-1925.

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Duke Power Company

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Cocke, Norman A. (Norman Atwater), 1884-1974

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Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Norman Atwater Cocke and Grady Rankin : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608516 ...

Duke University

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Duke Endowment

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Philanthropic trust established by James Buchanan Duke in 1924. Educational beneficiaries are Duke University, Davidson College, Furman University, and John C. Smith University. Support is given to hospitals and childcare institutions throughout North Carolina and South Carolina as well as to Methodist Episcopal Church, South congregations in rural North Carolina. From the description of The Duke Endowment archives : records, 1902 - [ongoing] (bulk [1920s]-[1990s]) [manuscript]. (Duk...

Rounds, Frank Wendell, 1882-1951

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Rankin, Grady.

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