In 1989, Duke University's Board of Trustees approved the formation of Duke Management Company (DUMAC) as a separate, non-profit support corporation of Duke University. DUMAC recommends investment policy and strategy, seeks and analyzes specific opportunities, and manages ongoing operations and activities. DUMAC operates under a cascading delegation of authority from the Board of Trustees and the DUMAC Board of Directors. Records include materials pertaining to Chief Executive Officer Eugene McDonald's office, including minutes, memoranda outlining proposed agendas, reports on past meetings, draft resolutions, studies, correspondence; staff meetings and memoranda; and long-range planning initiatives. Other major subjects in the collection include investment, athletics, information technology/computing reorganization, land resources, internal audits, policies, budget forecasts, and compensation. A significant part of the collection (found in boxes 3 and 4) includes materials related to discussion in the late 1980s about possible commercial use for part of Duke Forest.

Records include materials pertaining to the Chief Executive Officer's office, including minutes, memoranda outlining proposed agendas, reports on past meetings, draft resolutions, studies, correspondence; staff meetings and memoranda (in Box 1, several folders containing Executive Officers Committee material are labeled "EOC"); and long-range planning initiatives. Other major subjects in the collection include investment, athletics, information technology/computing reorganization, land resources, internal audits, policies, budget forecasts, and compensation. A significant part of the collection (found in boxes 3 and 4) includes materials related to discussion in the late 1980s about possible commercial use for part of Duke Forest. Items related to this discussion include land use plans from a variety of institutions; minutes and agenda of Land Resources Committee meetings; letters for and against development of Duke Forest land; report and recommendations of the Land Resources Committee; minutes of the Urban Land Institute presentation to the CEO's of Duke; literature from development companies; and preliminary and final reports and recommendations of the Land Resources Committee. Beginning with Box 4, items are alphabetized; therefore, information related to DUMAC's investment responsibilities are located throughout the subsequent six boxes. Box 11 begins a new accession group-these items are also alphabetized, but are discontinuous with the previous 10 boxes.