Doris Duke papers on the Duke Endowment, 1925-2001, bulk 1956-1993
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Summary
- Creator:
- Duke, Doris
- Abstract:
- Doris Duke's father, James Buchanan (J.B.) Duke, established the Duke Endowment as a perpetual charitable trust in 1924. Mr. Duke designed the fund to be both flexible and enduring, but limited its efforts to the Carolinas and to four program areas: child care, health care, higher education, and rural churches. Miss Duke became a trustee of the Endowment in 1933. The collection spans the years 1925 to 2001, with the bulk dating from 1956 through 1993. Collection materials primarily document the administrative business of the Endowment and include correspondence, news stories, meeting materials, financial statements, legal records, reports, and proposals. Many of the materials relate specifically to the Endowment's interests in private university education and health care.
- Extent:
- 3.2 Linear Feet
2,400 Items - Language:
- Material in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.01431
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Doris Duke papers on The Duke Endowment (formerly DE.10) are part of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Historical Archives which were donated to the Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The collection spans the years 1925 to 2001, although the bulk of materials date from 1956 through 1993. Doris Duke served as a trustee of the Endowment from 1933 until her death in 1993. Collection materials primarily document the administrative business of the Endowment and include correspondence, invitations and solicitations, news stories, meeting materials, financial statements, legal records, reports, and proposals. Many of the materials relate specifically to the Endowment's interests in private university education and health care. Of particular interest are 21 published annual reports for years between 1939 and 2001, which detail efforts and expenditures in the four program areas J.B. Duke prescribed. The reports include personal stories, examinations of pressing issues, and photos of beneficiaries in later years, and the 1973 issue contains a 50th anniversary tribute to J.B. Duke and the Endowment.
- Biographical / historical:
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Doris Duke's father, James Buchanan (J.B.) Duke, established the Duke Endowment as a perpetual charitable trust with a $40 million gift on December 11, 1924. The Endowment was expanded by an additional $67 million upon Mr. Duke's death in 1925. Mr. Duke designed the fund to be both flexible and enduring, but limited its efforts to North and South Carolina and to four program areas: child care, health care, higher education, and rural churches. As stipulated by her father in the Indenture that created the Endowment, Miss Duke became a trustee of the Endowment when she reached the age of 21 in 1933. She took a special interest in children's issues and became Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Child Care Service in 1965. Though her level of involvement with the Endowment fluctuated over the years, Miss Duke served on many committees and remained a trustee until her death in 1993. Her offices continued to receive some official correspondence and annual reports through 2001.
- Acquisition information:
- The Doris Duke papers on the Duke Endowment were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a donation from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in June 2009.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Kate Jordan, February 2011
Encoded by Kate Jordan, February 2011
Accession UA2009-0030 is described in this finding aid.
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Access to portions of the records of The Duke Endowment is restricted. The Annual Report and other publications of The Duke Endowment or its divisions are open for research. Access to all other materials 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.
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[Identification of item], Doris Duke Papers on the Duke Endowment, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Historical Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.