Doris Duke papers on the Duke Endowment, 1925-2001, bulk 1956-1993

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Doris Duke papers on the Duke Endowment, 1925-2001, bulk 1956-1993

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/707100558

The collection spans the years 1925 to 2001, with the bulk dating from 1956 through 1993. Collection materials primarily document the administrative business of the Endowment and include correspondence, news stories, meeting materials, financial statements, legal records, reports, and proposals. Many of the materials relate specifically to the Endowment's interests in private university education and health care.

2,400 items (3.2 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8035895

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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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...

Duke, Doris, 1912-1993

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Born on November 22, 1912, Doris Duke was the only child of James Buchanan (J.B.) Duke, a founder of the American Tobacco Company and Duke Energy Company and a benefactor of Duke University, and Nanaline Holt Duke. Inheriting a bulk of her father's estate in 1925, which included Duke Farms in New Jersey, Rough Point in Newport, R.I., and a mansion in New York City, Doris was soon dubbed by the press as "the richest girl in the world." Although Doris did her best to live a private life, she carri...