General Financial Records, 1905-1996
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This series illustrates the broad, diverse financial activities of Doris Duke, and covers a variety of personal and business related topics. Materials include letters to Doris Duke thanking her for generous donations (personal donations, not through her Foundation), estimates for Shangri La by the Hawaiian Contracting Company Ltd, invoices for furniture and other purchases at Parke-Bernet, personal expenses such as clothing, hair, repairs to residences, rental of a Lear Jet, and transportation of swans and camels from New Jersey to Newport (and the other way around). Also included in this series are Doris Duke's personal tax returns (with supporting documentation of donations given for the year, journal entries, and "work papers"), stock and bond advice, personal bank and credit card statements and annual reports on Doris Duke's net worth. Of particular interest is correspondence related to Doris Duke Cromwell's financial assistance to Miss Ruby Roney and Mildred Brett, distant Duke family members.
The materials in this subseries are loosely arranged in chronological order.
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