Central Files Series (RESTRICTED), 1924-2009 and undated

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[SERIES RESTRICTED. These are archival (master) copies of fiche, and access is not allowed. Researchers may have use copies prepared for a fee; consult a reference archivist for more information. Use copies of the fiche and a detailed index to the contents of the Central Files are at the Library of The Duke Endowment in Charlotte, N.C., where research may be conducted.]

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36 boxes
Scope and content:

Includes Index to Microfiche Codes, and microfiche copies of general correspondence that is dated five years or older and some applications for assistance for the Health Care and Child Care Divisions. General Correspondence includes letters, agenda, meeting notices, minutes, reports, audits, statistics, publications, clippings, form letters, and files for the Methodist Home. Hospital Files include correspondence, financial reports, information about health care in various counties, applications for assistance, and clippings. Child Care Files include correspondence, reports on conditions, descriptions of facilities, financial information, some early applications, and clippings.

Arrangement:

General Correspondence is arranged chronologically by groupings of years, then by alpha-numeric subject codes. Hospital Files and Child Care Files are arranged chronologically by groupings of years, then alphabetically by institution name.

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Collection restrictions:

Access to portions of the records of The Duke Endowment is restricted as follows:

(1) The Annual Report and other publications of the Duke Endowment or its divisions are open for research; see the Publications Series for these materials.

(2) Access to the Oral History Series is governed by agreements with the interviewees.

(3) Access to materials in all other series is restricted to trustees, officers, and staff of The Endowment and to researchers who have received prior written permission from The Endowment's president, chairman, or their designated representative.

In addition, any researchers who are granted access to the materials must sign a statement indicating that they will not release the following information without prior written consent of the concerned individual or institution: (a) personally identifiable information about any living individual; or (b) institutionally identifiable information less than twenty-five years old about any institution still in existence. (4) All items not obviously covered by 1 and 2 above should be assumed to be governed by restriction 3.

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