Summary

Creator:

Duke University. University Archives

Abstract:

In January, 2005, funds granted by the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation allowed the Duke University Archives to survey University-owned paintings within the Perkins Library system. Prior to the survey, records of University-owned art that had been collected by University Archives staff, and these records were organized and collated with the new survey information. Collection includes lists, inventories, correspondence, clippings, notes, memoranda, photographs, and other materials generated 1915-2005 and related to art and artifacts owned by Duke University, including information on the portaits of the Trustees of The Duke Endowment painted by Douglas Chandor. Other artists represented include Charles S. Wiltschek, John Da Costa, Mary Lyde Hicks Williams, Norval H. Busey, Irene Price, Cedric Egeli, Simmie Knox, John A. Furlow, and Nelson Shanks. English.

Extent:

2 Linear Feet

Language:

English.

Collection ID:

UA.01.07.0001

University Archives Record Group:

01 -- General Information and University History
07 -- Art, Artifacts, and Relics

Background

Scope and Content:

Collection includes lists, inventories, correspondence, clippings, notes, memoranda, photographs, and other materials generated 1915-2005 and related to art and artifacts owned by Duke University, including information on the portraits of the Trustees of The Duke Endowment in the Gothic Reading Room painted by Douglas Chandor. Other artists represented include Charles S. Wiltschek, John Da Costa, Mary Lyde Hicks Williams, Norval H. Busey, Irene Price, Cedric Egeli, Simmie Knox, John A. Furlow, and Nelson Shanks.

Biographical / Historical:

In January, 2005, funds granted by the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation allowed the Duke University Archives to survey University-owned paintings within the Perkins Library system. Prior to the survey, records of University-owned art that had been collected by University Archives staff, and these records were organized and collated with the new survey information. Over 100 works were identified, surveyed, and photographed. Approximately 80 other paintings were identified but not surveyed due to time constraints. A brochure was produced entitled Portraits in the Gothic Reading Room which detailed the history of the Gothic Reading Room of Perkins Library and the portraits it contains.

Acquisition Information:

The Art and Artifacts Records were compiled from a variety of sources by University Archives staff.

Processing information:

Processed by Dean Jeffrey

Completed April 12, 2006

Encoded by Dean Jeffrey, April 13, 2006

Rules or Conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related

Related Material:

• Frank C. Brown Papers, 1899-1943, Duke University Archives
• Robert L. Flowers Records, 1891-1968, Duke University Archives
• Malcolm Vaughn, Chandor's Portraits. New York: Brentano's, [1942]
• Harold W. Lawrence, Douglas Chandor: An English Artist and his Texas Garden. Weatherford, TX: Antler Press, 1999

Subjects

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Names:

Duke Endowment
Duke University -- Art
Duke University -- History
Chandor, Douglas, 1897-1953
Da Costa, John, 1867-1931
Wiltschek, C. S.