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Archives related to: Duke, Doris, 1912-1993
| title | James Buchanan Duke papers, 1777-1990 (bulk 1890s-1930s). | repository | Duke University Library |
| description | Correspondence; business, legal, and financial papers; estate and inheritance records; printed materials; miscellaneous materials; architectural drawings and blueprints; and pictures chiefly relating to the businesses, enterprises and philanthropy of James Buchanan Duke in North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, and New Jersey. About one-half of the collection documents the administration of his estate. Subject areas represented include: American Tobacco Company; business; finance; tobacco industry, marketing and taxation; hydroelectric power; textile mills; charitable works; architecture; interior decoration; genealogy of branches of the Duke family; inheritance and succession; and legal procedure for wills, inheritance and business. Correspondents include George G. Allen, Lida Duke Angier, Charles Caldwell, Clarence E. Case, Benjamin N. Duke, Nanaline H. Duke, Washington Duke, William P. Few, William R. Perkins, and Alexander H. Sands. Other individuals represented in the collection include Artelia Roney Duke, Benjamin Newton Duke, Doris Duke, Washington Duke, and Horace Trumbauer. Historical and Biographical Notes Tobacco manufacturer, industrialist, and philanthropist, of Durham, N.C., and New York City. Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], James Buchanan Duke Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University. Notes: Related collections in the Duke University Special Collections Library include the Washington Duke Papers, the Benjamin Newton Duke Papers, and the Semans Family Papers. |
| extent | 33 linear ft |
| formats | Correspondence Business Papers Financial Records Legal Papers Printed Materials |
| access | Collection is open for research. However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection. Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection. |
| record link | http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/rbmscl/dukejb/inv/ |
| record source | http://library.duke.edu/catalog/search/recordid/DUKE000853493 |
| finding aid | Inventory in repository and on the web. |
| acquisition information | The James Buchanan Duke Papers were transferred to the Special Collections Department from various sources beginning in 1957 and continuing through 1990. Funds from The Duke Endowment supported the reprocessing of this collection from 1991 to 1992. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:57 |
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| title | Thomas Lee Perkins Papers, 1929-1973. | repository | Duke University Library |
| description | Letters, telegrams, clippings, a scrapbook, and other materials related to the career and death of William Robertson Perkins, legal counsel to the Duke family, and the death of his son, Thomas Lee Perkins. Correspondence chiefly consists of condolences. Scrapbook includes a telegram from Doris (Duke) Cromwell, and a June 24, 1945 program for a carillon recital by Anton Brees, dedicated to William Perkins, one of the two donors of the Duke University Chapel carillon. Also, an address by Charles Caldwell entitled "In Memoriam, William Robertson Perkins." Bio/History: Son of William Robertson Perkins and resident of Rye, N.Y. |
| extent | 398 items. |
| formats | Correspondence Clippings Scrapbooks Legal Papers Ephemera |
| access | Unprocessed collection. Cataloged from accession record. |
| record source | http://library.duke.edu/catalog/search/recordid/DUKE001767385 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Katherine Dunham papers, 1919-1968. | repository | Southern Illinois University |
| description | The Katherine Dunham papers consists of correspondence, writings, scripts, notes on dance techniques, and musical scores with the bulk of the collection consisting of personal correspondence. This collection also highlights Dunham's early explorations as an anthropologist in the 1930s when she studied a multitude of movement types and dance forms. However, it is Dunham's focus on the movements and dances of the African Diaspora that so influenced her development as a performer, choreographer, and teacher. The rest of the collection consists of music from her field research in Haiti, photographs, and manuscripts related to her published works: The Dances of Haiti, Journey to Accompong, Island Possessed, and The Negro Dance. Among others, notable correspondents include Josephine Baker, Harry Belefonte, Doris Duke, W.C. Handy, Langston Hughes, Eartha Kitt, Butterfly McQueen, Anthony Quinn, and Paul Robeson. Bio/History: Katherine Dunham, an anthropologist-dancer-choreographer was famous for her work with cultural dance. From 1935-1936 she conducted her master's thesis research in Jamaica and Haiti analyzing native dances. Dunham spent much of the 1940's working with her dance company, The Dunham Company (which for a time included Eartha Kitt) in Hollywood choreographing and dancing in: Pardon My Sarong (Universal, 1942), Carnival of Rhythm (Warner Brothers, 1941), Stormy Weather (20th Century Fox, 1943), Star Spangled Rhythm (Paramount, 1942), Casbah (Universal, 1948), and Green Mansions (Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 1959). Her publications include articles "La Boule Blanche" and "L'Ag'Ya of Martinique", Journey to Accompong (1946), Las Danzas de Haiti (1947), A Touch of Innocence (see Correspondence; 1955, Dec. 9; Dunham to Margo Johnson), The Dances of Haiti (in Spanish and French), and Journey to Accompong (1972). She came to Southern Illinois University in 1964 spending eleven weeks as artist-in-residence. She was instrumental in Southern Illinois University's proposal to establish a dance institute in Senegal and returned as the visiting artist in the Fine Arts Division at the Edwardsville campus. Organization: Organized into seven series: (1) Correspondence, (2) Dunham Company and School records, (3) Manuscripts and printed materials, (4) Music, (5) Collected art, (6) Photographs, film, audio recordings, and (7) Scrapbooks, notes and calendars. |
| extent | 50.00 cu. ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Administrative Records Manuscript Printed Materials Photographs |
| access | Access to some of the correspondence is restricted by donor. |
| record source | http://archives.lib.siu.edu/controlcard.php?id=6 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Inez Duke (Angier) Stokes Papers, 1888-1975 | repository | Duke University Library |
| description | Collection contains pictures, a scrapbook, and other genealogical materials including five family photographs. Materials include photocopied pages from John Duke's Bible and reminiscences by Lida Duke of her family including comments about James, Benjamin, and Washington Duke; clippings relating to marriages, deaths, and will stipulations; items related to philanthropic endeavors such as Trinity College which later became Duke University; an invitation from Lincoln Memorial University to attend the laying of a cornerstone to the B.N. Duke Hall of Citizenship; items relating to Duke University including a program, pictures, and clippings regarding the Sarah P. Duke Memorial Gardens; items relating to the Duke Homestead and the Duke Centennial Celebration of 1939. There is extensive information about Doris Duke including clippings about her marriages to James H.R. Cromwell and Porfirio Rubirosa, and other information revealing how closely her actions were reported upon in the press. The scrapbook provides information about Duke University as well as the family that founded it. Addition (2007-0024)(5250 items; 7.0 linear ft.)(dated 1893-1963) contains notebooks documenting travel in the US and Europe, 6 postcard albums, 3 scrapbooks, photographs, paper dolls, papers documenting the Duke and Angiers families, birth and marriage certificates, financial records, and a copy of Thomas Moore's POETICAL WORKS. Bio/History: Member of the families associated with the British-American Tobacco Company. |
| extent | 10 items + 7 linear ft. |
| formats | Photographs Scrapbooks Photocopies Clippings Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://library.duke.edu/catalog/search/recordid/DUKE002394229 |
| finding aid | Cataloged from card catalog. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Thomas Lee Perkins (d. 1973) Papers, 1929-1973. | repository | Duke University Library |
| description | Letters, telegrams, clippings, a scrapbook, and other materials related to the career and death of William Robertson Perkins, legal counsel to the Duke family, and the death of his son, Thomas Lee Perkins. Correspondence chiefly consists of condolences. Scrapbook includes a telegram from Doris (Duke) Cromwell, and a June 24, 1945 program for a carillon recital by Anton Brees, dedicated to William Perkins, one of the two donors of the Duke University Chapel carillon. Also, an address by Charles Caldwell entitled "In Memoriam, William Robertson Perkins." Biographical Notes: Son of William Robertson Perkins and resident of Rye, N.Y. |
| extent | 398 items |
| formats | Business Papers Correspondence Clippings Scrapbooks |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://library.duke.edu/ |
| finding aid | Unprocessed collection. Cataloged from accession record. |
| acquisition information | Gift, 1975. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:08 |
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| title | Shangri La Historical Papers, 1935–2010 | repository | Shangri La Historical Archives |
| description | The records in this collection document the construction, renovation, maintenance, and day-to-day operations of Shangri La, Doris Duke’s Honolulu estate. The building incorporates architectural traditions from India, Iran, Morocco, and Syria, and houses Duke’s large collection of Islamic art. The Shangri La Historical Papers were processed in two phases. The first group of records (approximately 42 linear feet) consists primarily of financial records from the 1930s through the 1990s. Of particular interest is Series 2, Administrative Correspondence, which contains correspondence, invoices, and memoranda relating to the construction of Shangri La and to the acquisition and commissioning of Islamic art. The second group of records (approximately 17 linear feet) was processed as an accrual. These records consist of correspondence, invoices, reports, and inventories. Of particular interest is 1936 correspondence relating to the purchase of the property, and correspondence and other documentation relating to Doris Duke and James Cromwell’s 1938 trip to the Middle East. The acquisition and installation of an 18th- and 19th-century Damascene interior (parts of which were formerly installed at the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University) in the late 1970s and early 1980s is especially well-documented. |
| extent | Approximately 59 linear feet |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Legal Papers Photographs Architectural Drawings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies |
| record source | http://www.shangrilahawaii.org |
| finding aid | Finding aid available onsite |
| acquisition information | These records were created and maintained onsite at Shangri La, where they currently reside. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:15 |
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