Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc. records, 1923-1999

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Summary

Creator:
Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc
Abstract:
The Angier B. Duke Memorial was established in 1925 by Benjamin N. Duke to honor his son Angier Buchanan Duke (1884-1923; Trinity, 1905). The program was reworked in 1946-1947 when the Memorial Scholarship became the University's premier undergraduate award. This collection contains annual reports of various committees, correspondence and memoranda, studies, proposals, and financial records. A majority pertains to loans, awards, and scholarships funded by the Angier B. Duke Memorial.
Extent:
14 Linear Feet (18 boxes.)
Language:
Material in English.
Collection ID:
UA.01.08.0004
University Archives Record Group:
01 -- General Information and University History
01 -- General Information and University History > 08 -- Awards, Scholarships, and Memorials

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains material pertaining to the operation of the Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc. scholarship, award, and loan programs. General includes material relating to all of the scholarship programs offered by the Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc.: Summer Study at Oxford, Self-Determined Educational Experience, In-Class Scholar Award, and the Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship; reports, correspondence, and miscellaneous material. Restricted contains bound annual reports of the scholarship and prize committees, a sampling of student loan applications, and annual Memorial Scholar student essays. Financial includes loan amounts and balances, assorted vouchers, corporate investment material, and several oversize items: bound ledgers, cashbooks, and journals.

Biographical / historical:

The Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc. was established in 1925 by Benjamin Newton Duke to honor his son Angier Buchanan Duke (1884-1923), who was the first Duke to graduate from Trinity College in 1905. The Memorial is a nonprofit membership corporation organized to develop scholarship and to promote and further the arts, sciences, and professions by establishing funding to assist students. Prior to World War II, the Memorial focused primarily on assisting students through the years of the Great Depression. In May 1946, several board members expressed concern over existing policy governing scholarship awards. They felt that student financial aid would take on new significance in the future when G. I. Bill funding began to wane, so the board formed a committee to explore possible directions a new financial aid policy could take.

The new Scholarship Program shifted from needs-based to merit-based determination. The Program "sought to attract young men and young women with the character, personality, intellectual integrity, vitality, and imagination to become leaders in their chosen fields" who could "digest and use the knowledge they acquired." The result, the Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship, became the premiere undergraduate award at Duke University. In 1974, the Memorial initiated three new facets of the scholarship program: Summer Study at Oxford Program, the Self-Determined Educational Experience Program, and the Angier B. Duke In-Class Scholar Award.

Acquisition information:
The Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc. records were received by the Duke University Archives as a transfer between 1973-1986.
Processing information:

Processed and encoded by Joshua Larkin Rowley, October 2008; updated January 2009.

Accessions described in this collection guide: UA1973-0134, UA1974-0191, UA1976-0025, UA1976-0135, UA1978-0002, and UA1986-0046.

Arrangement:

The Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc. records are arranged into three series: General, Restricted, and Financial.

Rules or conventions:
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For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the office of origin and the University Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist.

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by US copyright law.

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[Identification of item], Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc. records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University.

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