Papers, 1892-1946.

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Papers, 1892-1946.

Letters, some concerning Republican politics in N.C., and some from Mrs. Angier concerning the King's Daughters and Duke Memorial Methodist Church, in which she was active. There is also a brief genealogy of the Duke family; pictures representing women's work for missions in the M. E. Church, South; maps of missions in Africa, Brazil, China, and Korea; and clippings (mostly from Durham newspapers) which mainly concern marriages and deaths in the Angier and Duke families, social and civic events in which they were involved, honors bestowed upon them, and the estates of James B., B. N. Duke, Angier B., and Mrs. B. N. Duke.

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Angier, Jonathan Cicero.

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Son of Malbourne A. Angier (a former mayor of Durham), and husband to Lida (daughter of John Taylor Duke). He was a prominent businessman of Durham, N.C., manager of Angier Railroad, president of the Durham Woolen and Wooden Mills Co. (organized in 1884), and a republican. (He shortened his name to John C. Angier.) From the description of Papers, 1892-1946. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39920229 ...

International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons

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Duke Memorial Methodist Church (Durham, N.C.)

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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...

Duke family.

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Angier family.

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