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This series contains an assortment of materials related to the business activities of the Doris Duke Foundation. Materials include correspondence related to various grant requests for donations (both from individuals and other charitable organizations) to the Doris Duke Foundation (DDF), lists of contributions made by the DDF, contributions made by the DDF, and general correspondence of the DDF related to regular business activities including meeting minutes, leases, and amendments to the by-laws. Also included in this series are grant requests to the foundation after the death of Doris Duke.

These files consist of a variety of administrative materials, including reports, financial statements, correspondence, meeting minutes, grant proposals, and news articles documenting the history of TUCC. These materials detail the creation and initial funding of TUCC, its activities over the course of its operations, and its eventual dissolution in September, 1990.

Materials include correspondence and memoranda related to the creation and general administrative matters of the Foundation for Southeast Asian Art and Culture (SEAAC), inventories, packing lists, customs entries and exhibition bonds of purchased art objects from Southeast Asia, estimates and bills related to construction of various buildings, and the Certificate of Incorporation, Amendments, and By-Laws of the Thai House Foundation (renamed SEAAC). Also included are tax returns, financial summaries, ledgers, and other financial records. Topics include land discussions and possible sites in Hawaii for the Thai Village, admission procedures and ticket sales, administrative expenses, the purchase and shipment of art objects, the construction of several buildings, and the daily operations of the Foundation.

This series contains a variety of materials related to the business activities of the Newport Restoration Foundation. Materials included are correspondence and memoranda regarding the purchase, renovation, and renting of NRF homes in Newport, R.I., statements of receipts and disbursements for NRF, newspaper clippings regarding the activities of and awards to the NRF, reports and summaries, weekly progress reports for work performed at various NRF homes, photo inventories (including color photographs) of furniture and other household items at each restored NRF home, NRF business plans and other various NRF business activities. Also includes correspondence regarding the writing of an article about the NRF with hand written responses from Doris Duke.

These files consist of a variety of administrative materials, including reports, correspondence, minutes and programs, documenting the directives and activities of the Office of Minority Affairs. These activities, which include recruitment of minority students, financial and community relations, campus life (cultural/social activities), academic counseling and tutoring, and the development of Black Studies courses, were meant to address the individual and collective concerns within the minority student population at Duke University.