The Duke Endowment archives : records, 1902 - [ongoing] (bulk [1920s]-[1990s]) [manuscript].

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The Duke Endowment archives : records, 1902 - [ongoing] (bulk [1920s]-[1990s]) [manuscript].

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The Duke Endowment Archives spans the years 1902 to 1992, although the bulk of the material dates from 1925 through the 1990s. In accordance with a records retention schedule, materials will be regularly added to the Archives from the Duke Endowment offices. The collection consists of 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; and miscellaneous records and papers. The collection documents the administration of the corpus of the trust and the charitable contributions made to the categories of recipients named in the Identure and Deed of Trust establishing The Duke Endowment. The records are arranged to reflect the responsibilities and operations of the trustees, officers, and divisions of The Endowment. Subject areas represented in the collection include: the history of foundations, hospital and child care demographics and other statistics, rural church buildings and activities, the construction of Duke University, and the life of James Buchanan Duke. The geographic focus is primarily North Carolina and South Carolina. Individuals represented in the collection include Horace Trumbauer, Watson Smith Rankin, Graham L. Davis, Frank W. Rounds, George Garland Allen, William R. Perkins, and Alexander H. Sands. Businesses include Olmstead Brothers and Duke Power Company. The addition (23 February 2001)(21,000 items; dated 1955-1998) comprises records from the Rural Church Division series, arranged in the following subseries: Program Grants (1979-1995), Divinity School Grants (1979-1995), Superannuates (1981-1998), Hinton Rural Life Center (1959-1993), and Building Grants (1955-1992). Addition (01-051)(5 items, dated 1995-1998) contains Trustees meeting minutes, volumes 71A & B (1998), and minutes of the trustees of the Fund Established by the Will of Nanaline H. Duke for Duke University, volume 10 (1995-1997). The volumes have updated indexes. Addition (01-051)(5 items, dated 1998-1999) contains Trustees meeting minutes, volumes 72A & B (1999), and minutes of the trustees of the Doris Duke Trust (1998-1999), vol. 54. The volumes have updated indexes. The addition (01-262) (4875 items, 7.8 linear feet; dated 1926-2001, bulk 1955-1997) contains Rural Church Division records. Primarily correspondence, plans, financial statements, and blueprints relating to the urban church building programs, including 70 black-and-white and 20 color photographs, and 10 black-and-white negatives. There is also correspondence regarding the Interpreter's House, the North Carolina and Western North Carolina conferences, and Duke Divinity School programs, as well as records for two committees. The addition (02-233) (9825 items, 16.1 lin. ft.; dated [ca. 1924]-2001 and n.d.) consists primarily of accounting records, including vouchers, credit card receipts, and accounts payable invoices (1992-1996). Also includes printed material by or about The Duke Endowment, especially regarding anniversaries ([ca. 1929]-2001); office records, especially section reports and transcripts of slide presentations about The Duke Endowment (1969-1980); 14 color slides and one black-and-white photograph; and 6 audio cassettes. The addition (02-240) (11 items, 13.50 lin. ft.; dated 1986-2000) comprises eleven financial ledgers. Addition (02-254)(4 items, 1 lin. ft.; dated 2000) includes bound minutes for meetings of the trustees during 2000, volumes 73A to 73D, along with an index for these meetings. Addition (03-192) (12 items, .2 lin. ft.; dated 1974-1999) includes invitations, stickers, and ribbon relating to the Endowment's 75th anniversary, 1999. Also includes a 50th anniversary book (1974) and a report from the Angier B. Duke Memorial, 1982.

180,672 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6802452

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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There are 15 Entities related to this resource.

Rankin, Watson S. (Watson Smith), 1879-1970

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Professor of pathology; dean of Wake Forest Medical School; secretary of the N.C. State Board of Health; director of the Hospital and Orphan Section of the Duke Endowment. From the description of Papers, 1901-1970. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32604700 Watson smith Rankin was a Professor of Pathology; Dean of Wake Forest Medical School; Secretary of the N.C. State Board of Health; and Director of the Hospital and Orphan Section of the Duke Endowment. ...

Duke Power Company

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Allen, George Garland, 1874-1960

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Trumbauer, Horace, 1869-1938

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Horace Trumbauer Born in the Frankford section of Philadelphia in 1868, Horace Trumbauer left school at the age of fourteen and entered the architectural firm of G. W. and W. D. Hewitt as an "errand boy". He was soon promoted to draftsman. Trumbauer's advancement and acquisition of knowledge enabled him to eventually open his own office in 1890. Trumbauer's first major commission was a mansion in Glenside, Pennsylvania, for sugar baron William Welsh Harrison....

Duke University. Divinity School

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Established in 1926, the Divinity School is one of 13 seminaries founded and supported by the United Methodist Church, and attracts students from around the nation and several different countries. The Divinity School has from its beginnings been ecumenical in aspiration, teaching, and practice. From the description of Divinity School Records, circa 1920-2005. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 758677083 Established in 1926, the Divinity School is one...

Perkins, William Robertson, 1875-1945

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Lawyer, of New York, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1903-1945. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019508 ...

United Methodist Church (U.S.)

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Although this collection contains records primarily from the N.C. and Western N.C. Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS), and national records from both the MECS and the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC), this chronology is provided as an aid to understanding the context of the records contained in this collection. 1772 First Methodist preaching in North Carolina at Currituck Court House in northea...

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...

Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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In 1845, as a result of the North-South tensions, the Methodist Episcopal Church conferences in the Southern states withdrew to form the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South held in Louisville, Kentucky, a Board of Commissioners was appointed to meet with a similar board from the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). The Board was empowered to begin talks the MEC board that would resolve differences between the two denomination...

Sands, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1828-1887

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Duke University

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Duke, James Buchanan, 1856-1925

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Tobacco manufacturer, industrialist, and philanthropist, of Durham, N.C., and New York City. From the description of Papers, 1764-1998 ; (bulk 1917-1928). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122561097 From the description of James Buchanan Duke papers, 1777-1990 (bulk 1890s-1930s). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19536504 1856, Dec. 23 Born, Orange County, N.C. ...

Olmstead Brothers.

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Davis, Graham J.

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Rounds Frank W., d. 1970.

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