General Reports and Summaries, 1940-1996, undated
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This subseries contains a variety of reports and summaries in the format of appraisals, inventories, lists and journals. Of particular interest are the Recipe Books maintained by chefs at various estates, and the menu books, which list out the daily menus for Duke Farms, Newport and Hawaii. Some pages of the menus have notes and edits by Doris Duke and some include the names of the cooks who prepared the meals. Other materials of interest include antique appraisals, inventories of fur, silver, and wine, and documents tracking the movement of objects between homes.
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