Guide to the Angier Biddle Duke Papers, 1923-1990s and undated
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleAngier Biddle Duke Papers,
1923-1990s and
undated
Creator
Duke, Angier Biddle, 1915-1995
Extent
93.0 Linear Feet
45,866 Items
Repository
45,866 Items
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library
Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsSome use restrictions apply, but the collection is open for
research.
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.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in these papers have not been transferred to
Duke University. For more information on access to the collection, consult with
the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], The Angier Biddle Duke Papers, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The papers of Angier Biddle Duke, Chief of Protocol and ambassador
to Spain and Denmark under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, were
initially assembled in 1973. Continued donations through 1995 brought the
collection to its present size and scope.
Processing Information
Processed by: Paula Jeannet; with the assistance of: Claude
Fernandez, Julia Herron, and Jean Kaluk.
Completed January 10, 1997
Encoded by Paula Jeannet
Finding aid updated because of an addition by Alice Poffinberger, 5 February 2009
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
| 1915 | Born in New York City, Nov. 30. Son of Angier Buchanan and Cordelia (Biddle) Duke |
| 1934-1937 | Attended Yale University |
| 1937 | Married first wife, Priscilla St. George. Had one son by her, Angier "Pony" St. George Duke (b. 1938) |
| 1939 | Divorced Priscilla St. George |
| 1940 | Married Margaret Screven White |
| 1940-1945 | Served from private to major in U. S. Army |
| 1945 | Officer in charge of Air Transport Command, Paris section |
| 1945-1948 | President, Duke International Corporation, NYC |
| 1949 | Appointed to U.S. Foreign Service |
| 1949 | Appointed to post in American Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 1951 | Special Assistant to Ambassador, American embassy, Madrid, Spain |
| 1952 | Divorced Margaret Screven White |
| 1952 | Married Maria-Luisa de Aranha, Dec. 11. Had two children by her: Maria Luisa (Marylou) Biddle Duke (b. 1954) and Dario Drexel Duke (b. 1957) |
| 1952-1953 | U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador (youngest ambassador in US at 36 years old) |
| 1954-1960 | President, International Rescue Commission |
| 1955-1961 | Commissioner, Long Island State Park |
| 1957 | Received LL. D., Iona College |
| 1958-1960 | V.P. of CARE |
| 1961 | Maria-Luisa killed in airplane crash, Queens, NY, on her way to her daughter's birthday party |
| 1961-1965 | Chief of protocol, Dept. of State, Kennedy and Johnson administrations |
| 1962 | Married Robin Chandler Lynn, May 12. Had one son by her, Angier Biddle Duke, Jr. (b. 1963) |
| 1965-1968 | Ambassador to Spain. |
| 1968 | Chief of protocol, Dept. of State |
| 1968-1969 | Ambassador to Denmark |
| 1969 | LL. D., Duke University |
| 1973-1976 | Commissioner of Civic Affairs and Public Events, NYC |
| 1974-1995 | Director, Appeal of Conscience Foundation |
| 1976-1977 | Chairman, NYC Democratic Committee |
| 1977-1979 | President, The Spanish Institute, NYC (chairman, 1983-1987) |
| 1978-1979 |
Chairman, NY State Council on Ethnic Affairs
President, Nat'l. Committee on American Foreign Policy,
Inc.
|
| 1979-1981 | Ambassador to Morocco |
| 1981-1990 | Trustee, Long Island University |
| 1981-1986 | Chairman, U.S.-Japan Foundation, NYC |
| 1981-1995 | Chairman, World Affairs Council, Long Island |
| 1986-1990 | Chancellor, Long Island University, Southampton Campus |
| 1988-1995 | Chairman, Duke Family Association of NC |
| 1992-1995 | President, Council of American Ambassadors |
| 1995 | Died, Southampton, Long Island |
Collection Overview
The papers of
Angier Biddle Duke span the years 1915 to 1995,
though the bulk of the collection ranges from 1940 to 1995. The papers chiefly
consist of correspondence; scrapbooks; diaries; photographs; diplomatic papers;
sound recordings, video cassette tapes and films; appointment books; clippings;
printed material; and business papers. There are also a few legal and financial
papers. Miscellaneous materials also include writings by other authors; fiscal
and other reports; school grade reports; invitations; guest lists; and some
memorabilia. The collection documents Angier Biddle Duke's long career in
politics and diplomacy, as well as his activities as
chairman or president of various agencies and institutions. Much of the
material also documents Duke's personal life as well as the social and
political activities of various family members. The subjects represented in
greatest detail include
U.S. politics and
foreign policy; the
Kennedy and Johnson administrations; and the history
of US. and foreign diplomacy. In addition, the papers contain valuable
information on economic and social conditions in
Spain,
Morocco,
Denmark,
Africa,
Pakistan, and other countries;
World War II;
post-World War Europe; European and Pakistani
refugees;
civil rights and
de-segregation (especially in
Washington, DC);
philanthropy;
Long Island social life and communities; and the
Duke,
Biddle, and
Drexel families.
Details on Angier Biddle Duke's life as well as information on the
Duke, Biddle, and Drexel families can be found in the Biographical Data Series. These materials include some of
A. B. Duke's military records; articles on A. B. Duke; biographical entries on
A. B. Duke from
Who's Who and
Biography Today; "in memoriam" booklets
from his first wife's funeral and the funeral of
Angier Buchanan Duke, A. B. Duke's father; and
genealogical materials on the families. Selected condolences out of the
hundreds sent to
Robin Chandler Duke after her husband's death in 1995
also reveal much about the personality and life of A. B. Duke. In addition, the
narratives in the Diaries Series offer a great deal
of material concerning the personalities of A. B. Duke and his family and
acquaintances throughout his life.
The Correspondence Series also offers
details on the personal relations between members of the Duke, Biddle,
Semans, and
Trent families, though correspondence between
immediate family members makes up a relatively small percentage of this large
series. The correspondence files are therefore perhaps most useful for the
documentation they provide about A. B. Duke's extraordinary career and his many
important friends and contacts in international politics and high society.
Additional biographical data on A. B. Duke and family members, particularly
useful for information on Robin Chandler Duke's social and political
activities, can be found in the Clippings Series
files.
The Pictures Series contains hundreds of
photographs of the Duke, Semans, and Biddle families. Some early photographs of
Angier Biddle Duke were taken during his enlistment in the Army from 1940-1945.
An album entitled "A celebration of the life of
Benjamin Newton Duke, 1979" can be found in the
Scrapbooks Series. Finally, as A. B. Duke served as
president of the Duke Family Association of NC from 1988-1995, there are a
number of items related to the meetings of this genealogical association found
in the Correspondence Series.
Angier Biddle Duke was best known for his ambassadorial skills and his
political acumen beginning with his appointment to the office of Ambassador to
El Salvador in 1952 as the youngest ambassador
ever appointed to a post. His subsequent career in
diplomacy and politics, including his appointment as
Chief of Protocol under Presidents Kennedy and
Johnson, is unusually well-documented through the Correspondence Series, the Diaries
Series, containing detailed personal diaries and memoirs; the
Interviews Series (both taped and written); numerous
scrapbooks and photographs found in the Scrapbooks
and Pictures Series, the Printed
Materials Series, which includes many articles on A. B. Duke; and the
Clippings Series. A series of written and taped
diaries entitled the "Ambassador's Diary" are especially interesting for A. B.
Duke's candid reflections on his diplomatic experiences. A few items also
reveal the family's experiences in foreign countries as viewed by his wife,
Robin Chandler Duke, as exemplified by her brief
diary from
Brazil,
Peru, and
Bolivia (1976). A relatively minor source of
information on the Dukes' itineraries include the Travel
Series, which contains routine documents relating to the Dukes' travel
activities. Other materials concerning foreign policy and diplomacy may be
found in the Miscellaneous Series, where many
articles and speeches by other authors are filed.
The political and social events of the 1960s and 1970s are
well-represented in the A. B. Duke Papers in the multimedia formats associated
with the Audio, Film, and Videotape Series,
containing numerous
recordings, audio and visual, of speeches,
toasts, and visits of foreign dignitaries; the Scrapbooks and Pictures Series,
which hold many candid and formal photographs of well-known politicians,
diplomats, celebrities, and artists, many of them
signed; and the Clippings Series, documenting many
major world events as well as personal events from 1950s to the 1990s. One
scrapbook covers President Kennedy's trip to Berlin, West Germany; another
oversize scrapbook covers an international incident at
Palomares, Spain (1966): while Duke was that
country's ambassador, an undetonated US nuclear bomb was lost off the coast of
Spain, then recovered after much consternation,
and increased international outcry against nuclear weapons. Materials in the
Protocol Papers Series also concern Kennedy's
assassination and the transition to a Johnson White House during the period
when A. B. Duke was Chief of Protocol. As
Jacqueline Kennedy had already become a good friend
of A. B. Duke's family, there are items in the Correspondence Series reflecting her close relationship
with them in the difficult years after her husband's assassination.
The head of the
State Department Office of Protocol serves as
principal adviser to the President and Secretary of State on matters of
diplomatic procedures governed by law or international customs and practice.
Angier Biddle Duke's responsibilities as Chief of Protocol from 1961-65 and
1968, including his role in the arrangements for the
Kennedy funeral, are best represented by materials
in the Protocol Papers Series, arranged
alphabetically by country, and by many valuable letters and telegrams in the
Correspondence Series, and in the
Writings and Speeches Series. In addition, a great
deal of relevant information, both contemporary and retrospective in nature,
can be found in the Interviews Series. Several
important volumes in the Scrapbooks and
Diaries Series are also were created as records of
his tenure as Chief of Protocol, and the Pictures
Series contains many candid and formal photographs during this period.
Finally, events relating to the
Office of Protocol are found in audio or film
format in the Audio, Film, and Video Series.
Memorabilia from this period such as invitations, dinner menus, guest lists,
and souvenir programs from inaugurations abroad can also be found in the
Miscellaneous Series.
A. B. Duke's extensive organizational activities in later decades are
documented in greatest detail through the Correspondence,
Subject Files, Interviews, Printed Materials, and Writings and Speeches
Series. A large number of materials reflect A. B. Duke's long
involvement in the administration of
Long Island University, near his family residence
in Southampton, N.Y., as well as in other institutions such as the
International Rescue Commission, various
Democratic committees,
CARE, the NYC Dept. of Civic Affairs and Public
Events, the
Spanish Institute, the
Appeal to Conscience Foundation, the
Japan-American Institute, the
World Affairs Council, and the
American Council of Ambassadors, and many others
with whom he was affiliated for shorter periods of time. The
Subject Files and other series also illustrate A. B.
Duke's later involvement in organizations attempting to establish more
democratic structures in countries such as
El Salvador,
Nicaragua, and
Guyana. Some materials also reflect Robin Chandler
Duke's later involvement in politics, including her unsuccessful bid for the
Democratic nomination to fill Koch's congressional seat in 1978, and her role
as chairwoman of
Population Action International.
Although they contain relatively few documents, the
Legal and Financial Papers do provide some
information on A. B. Duke's income and financial activities, and the
Doris Duke Trust; also in the legal papers is a
publisher's contract for the biography of
Doris Duke and a copy of Angier Buchanan Duke's will. Other legal and financial matters
related to the
Duke and Biddle families, particularly the Doris
Duke estate (1995) are referred to on a regular basis in the
Correspondence Series. Very little is to be found in
the collection on the administration, maintenance, or acquisition of Angier
Biddle Duke's residences in Washington, NYC, or Long Island, though some
illustrations of residences can be found in the Clippings and Pictures
Series.
Collections in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
Library which contain information relevant to the Angier Biddle Duke Papers
include the James Buchanan Duke Papers and especially the Semans Family Papers.
The Duke University Living History Program collection, also in the Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, contains an interview with Angier
Biddle Duke recorded in the 1970s.
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Detailed Description of Collection
Box 1Biographical Data Series, 1923-1980s (bulk 1970s-1980s)
(3 folders)
Primarily biographical sketches and articles on
Angier Biddle Duke, a few military records,
"in memoriam" booklets for his first wife,
Maria-Luisa de Aranha Duke and
Angier Buchanan Duke, his father (d.
1923), and genealogical
material and other information on the
Duke,
Semans,
Drexel, and
Biddle families, including some photocopies of
early Duke family photographs. Also contains a group photograph of
Semans and
Trent family members.
Box 1
Financial Papers Series, ca. 1970s-1990s
(3 folders)
Personnel records, tax statements, receipts, itemized expenses,
and schedules of campaign contributions by A. B. Duke.
Box 1
Legal Papers Series, ca. 1970s-1980s
(3 folders)
Publisher's contract related to
Doris Duke biography, document related to the
Doris Duke Trust
(1978), and documents from a
1978 lawsuit involving
"Pony" Duke. Also includes a copy of Angier Buchanan Duke's will (1928).
Box 1
Interviews Series, ca. 1960s-1980s
(8 folders)
Transcripts of interviews given by Angier Biddle Duke. There are
also a few interviews given by Brzezinski and several ambassadors. Some of the
tapes are in the Audio, Film, and Video Series. Interviews are in rough date
order. One lengthy interview of A. B. Duke (only titled as "Interview 51,"
circa
1980) is particularly rich
in details on his personal and professional life.
Correspondence Series, 1925-1995 (bulk 1960s-1995)
Letters, photocopies and carbon copies of letters, telegrams,
faxes, some invitations, and condolences. Correspondents include A. B. Duke,
members of his immediate family, other relatives and friends, and well-known
political figures and celebrities. Some of the correspondents include
President Lyndon Johnson,
Jacqueline Kennedy,
Edward M. Kennedy,
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,
Cyrus Sulzberger,
Adlai Stevenson,
Coretta Scott King,
Henry Ford II,
Richard Nixon,
Hubert Humphrey,
Dean Rusk,
Cyrus Vance,
Prime Minister James Callahan,
Albert Gore,
Jimmy Carter,
Jay Rutherfurd,
Walter Annenberg, and many prominent
ambassadors. Many are condolences on the sudden death of A. B. Duke's wife,
Maria-Luisa de Aranha Duke in
1962, and many are
congratulations offered upon his appointments to prominent positions. There are
also many condolences sent to
Robin Chandler Duke after A. B. Duke's death
in
1995.
1925-1960; also has one
folder of photocopies of letters relating to Duke's involvement with
Kennedy family from
1961-1969.
Box 3
1961-1962
Box 4
1962-1965
Box 5
1966-1969
Box 6
1970-1975
Box 7
1975-1979
Box 8
1979-1980
Box 9
1980-1982
Box 10
1981-1985
Box 11
1976-1990 (bulk
1986-1990)
Box 12
1972-1994 (bulk
1990-1994)
Box 13
1980-1994 (bulk
1989-1994)
Box 14
1974-1995
Box 15
1994-1995 (chiefly
condolences to his wife on A. B. Duke's death)
Box 16
1995 (chiefly condolences)
Box 17
1963-1995 (bulk
1995; chiefly
condolences)
Diaries Series, 1938-1992 (bulk 1961-1988)
Diaries, memoirs, and journals in several formats ranging from
handwritten volumes, handwritten sheets, typed drafts, transcripts of tapes,
and audio cassettes. Some of the audio tapes are micro-cassettes; A. B. Duke's
hand-held dictation recorder is located with the materials.
[Originals closed to use. Staff must arrange to have use copies
made before materials can be accessed. Please consult with Research Services
staff before coming to use this collection.]
Box 18
Chief of Protocol,
1961-1964
US. Ambassador to
Spain,
1966-1965 (2
vols.)
1956, n.d. (2
vols.)
1938-1940
Transcripts
n.d.
(3 folders)
Mrs. Angier Biddle Duke: Notes from
Brazil,
Bolivia and
Peru,
1976, Apr.
Tapes,
n.d. (4 vols.)
Box 19
Tapes,
n.d. (6 vols.)
1971-1982
(3 folders)
Box 20
1941-1967 (12 folders, 1
vol.)
[Master copies and use copies of the original audiocassette
tapes from this box are now located in boxes 20A-20C.]
Box 20A
1941-1967 Audiocassettes
(Master Tapes)
Box 20B
1941-1967 Audiocassettes
(Use Tapes copy 1)
Box 20C
1941-1967 Audiocassettes
(Use Tapes copy 2)
Box 21
Tapes,
n.d. (2 boxes)
1974,
1988,
1992,
n.d.
(2 folders)
Writings and Speeches Series, 1950s-1990s and n.d.
Transcripts, drafts, and notes of toasts, speeches, remarks,
testimony, and addresses given by A. B. Duke. Organizations sponsoring events
include: the
White House, the
Spanish Institute,
Overseas Press Club,
National Press Club, and the
Council of American Ambassadors. Events
include White House Department of State functions, commencements, etc. Includes
a speech given at
Duke University Library in
1979, and remarks as
chairman of the
Duke Family Association of NC for the
Sesquicentennial Founders' Day at Duke,
1988. Also includes
testimony given by Duke for the
House Foreign Affairs Committee and farewell
speeches upon his leaving various ambassadorships. Other recordings of speeches
and ceremonies can be found in the Audio, Film, and Video Series.
Box 22
1969-1968,
n.d.
(2 folders)
1950s-1990s
(11 folders)
Box 23
1971-1973
(2 folders)
ca. 1960s-1980s,
n.d.
(11 folders)
Protocol Papers Series, 1961-1965, 1968
Consists of correspondence and other documents such as event
schedules, guest lists, and travel arrangements for various events, most of
them centering on visiting foreign dignitaries.
Afghanistan
Algeria
Arabian Peninsula
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Barbados
Bolivia
Brazil
Burma
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
Costa Rica
Dane
Ethiopia
(2 folders)
Ecuador
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Hawaii
Honduras
Iceland
India
Iran
Ireland
(2 folders)
Israel
Italy
(2 folders)
Japan
Box 25
Johnson, Lyndon Baines: Visit to
San Salvador,
El Salvador
Jordan
(2 folders)
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
Trips to Europe
(2 folders)
Funeral of
(2 folders)
King, Martin Luther (funeral of)
Laos
Libya
Luxembourg
MacArthur, Douglas (funeral of)
Malagasy Republic
Malaysia
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Morocco
(2 folders)
New Zealand
Norway
"Operational Sail"
Pakistan
Philippines
Rwanda
Senegal
Somali Republic
Tanzania
Box 26
Thailand
Trinidad
Tunisia
(2 folders)
Turkey
Uganda
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
Miscellany
(2 folders)
Scrapbooks Series, 1920s-1992
Bound scrapbooks varying greatly in size, related to A. B. Duke's
personal and professional activities. Contents include photographs, clippings,
and other printed materials.
[AS THESE ALBUMS ARE VERY FRAGILE, REFERENCE STAFF MUST BE
CONSULTED BEFORE ITEMS ARE USED.]
Box 27
First Plattsburg Training Regiment,
1940
Box 28
The Dukes (Madrid - Washington),
1968
Box 29
A. B. Duke,
1956
Box 30
1951-1952
Box 31
Argentina - Spain,
1951
Poland,
ca. 1939-1955
Box 32
ca. 1950-51
1976
Box 33
ca. 1954-1956
Box 34
1966-1968
Box 35
The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Centennial
Commission,
1992
Box 36
Wedding pictures, etc.,
ca. 1950s
Box 37
Africa, El Salvador,
ca. 1950s
Box 38
1958
Box 39
Palomares, Spain,
1966, Jan.17-Apr.
8
Box 40
1946-1950
History of the
New York City Department of Civic Affairs and Public
Events,
1974-1975
Box 41
1965
Box 42
1958
Box 43
San Salvador
A Celebration of the Life of Benjamin Newton Duke,
1979
Box 44
ca. 1920s-1950s
Box 45
Chief of Protocol,
1962
Box 46
Spain,
1966
Box 47
1946-1956
1950s
Box 48
Chief of Protocol,
1961
Pictures Series, ca. 1930s-1990s and n.d.
Subjects include family, friends, and colleagues of Angier Biddle
Duke, as well as many prominent politicians and dignitaries, and celebrities.
Subjects can also include events such as the
Zellerbach Commission's tour of post-war
Europe, and often depict residences and
estates. Photographs are either bound in albums or loose in folders. Includes
formal photographs as well as many candid shots. There are hundreds of
photographs, formal and candid, of the
Duke family, and dozens of the
Kennedy family.
[SOME ALBUMS ARE FRAGILE: REFERENCE STAFF MUST BE CONSULTED BEFORE
USING MATERIALS FROM THIS SERIES.]
Box 49
ca. 1950s
The Zellerbach Commission: The Commission's
Tour of Europe,
1957-Oct.15-Nov. 1
Box 50
Barcelona,
n.d.
Visit to Headquarters,
US Air Forces in
Europe, Wiesbaden, Germany,
1967.
Africa,
n.d.
Visit of
Antonio Segni, President of Italian Republic
to
US Atlantic Fleet,
Norfolk, Va.,
1964, Jan. 16.
President John F. Kennedy,
n.d.
Box 51
Various members of the
Duke family,
n.d.
Angier Biddle Duke and family,
n.d.
Angier Biddle Duke,
n.d.
(2 folders)
Robin Chandler (Tippett) Lynn Duke
Angier Biddle Duke and
Robin Chandler (Tippett) Lynn Duke and
their family,
n.d.
(16 folders)
Box 52
Biddle, Anthony Joseph Drexel, Jr.
Bosch, Juan, President of
Dominican Rep.
Darlington, Charles, and
Chester Bowles and
Lincoln Gordon
Barnes, John;
Roger W. Jones
Cabot, John M.;
George W. Ball
Juan Carlos, Prince, King of Spain;
Sophia, Princess, Queen
Morales, Carrion;
Adolphe Berle
Carter, James Earl, Jr., and
Rosalynn Carter
Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg
Chiara, Robert F., President of Panama
Chinese artist
Wymberley Coerv;
Philip Coombs;
Harlan Cleveland;
William Crockett
Crown Prince of
Libya
Anthony Drexel Biddle and family
King of
Afghanistan and party in Williamsburg on way
to White House
Aroesmenu, Carlos Julio, President of
Ecuador
Kennedy, John F., et. al. and family
members
Visit of
Jacqueline Kennedy to
Spain
Pell, Claiborne;
Angier Biddle Duke;
John F. Kennedy
Palomares Incident
John F. Kennedy Sculptures
Klaus, Josef, et al.
Kennedy, Jacqueline
Box 52
Angier Biddle Duke; Syrian government;
Mrs. Charles A Lindbergh;
Henry R. Labouisse;
Bert Lance, et al.
Archbishop Markarios at
Cyprus
Togo's Chief of Protocol,
Douglas MacArthur II
King of Burundi
Oholensky, Serge;
Wm. Orrick;
Wm. Leonhart;
Bowles; and
Parsons
Prosio, Manlio, Secretary General,
NATO
Dr. Platzer, Austrian Ambassador, presents
medal to
Mrs. Kennedy
Haile Selassie
C. B. Johnson
Diem, President of
South Vietnam
Hassan II King of Morocco
"Lady Bird" Johnson
Abukhar, Balenk; J
ohn F. Kennedy;
Angier Biddle Duke and family
Fanfani, Prime Minister of Italy
Johnson, Lyndon B., et al.
"Duke Farm"
Maria-Luisa de Aranha signing wedding
registry after marriage to
Angier B. Duke
Duke, Anthony Drexel and family
Duke, Angier Buchanan
Estenssero, President of Bolivia
Fray, Jacques, et al
Princess Grace of Monaco at
Flamenco
Ambassadors being sworn in
Hussein, King of Jordan
Roosevelt, Mrs. Franklin Delano, Ambassador.
A. B. Duke at swearing-in ceremonies
Mwalimu, Julius K. Nyerere, Pres. of
Republic of Tanganyika;
John F. Kennedy
San Martin, Juan Jose Espinosa.
Box 53
Angier Biddle Duke and family,
Jimmy Carter, et al.
Radio Liberty Committee- Spain (scrapbook)
Box 54
Personal pictures, memorabilia (scrapbook
1943-1944)
Box 55
Visit of the Secretary of Agriculture to
Seville;
Mrs. Orville (Jane) Freeman;
Chas. Nolan Consul General and wife;
Douglas Crawford; Agricultural attaché and
wife,
Marilou Duke
Official visit of
Hon. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Prime Minister
Federation of Nigeria
Box 55
Wedding scrapbook (names unknown)
Box 56
Negatives
Morocco
Washington Duke memorial
Wyndecote,
1987
Kennedy, Jacqueline
Nyerere, President of Tangeria
Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Lyndon B.
Erhardt, Ludwig
Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg
President of Panama R. Chiara
Kennedy, John F.
Appointment Books Series, 1961-1991.
Bound personal appointment books and social calendars containing
minimal entries with names, events, and times. Items occasionally laid in
include business cards, brief messages, reminders.
Appointment Books
(10 folders) , 1961-1991
Subject Files Series, 1960s-1990s
Created by Angier Biddle Duke, these files represent a broad range
of subjects related to his professional activities from the early
1960s to the
1990s. Additional materials
on the same subjects can also be found in the Miscellaneous Series.
The Spanish Institute, Inc.
Foreign Policy Association
Moroccan-American Foundation
Sheila Isham
Resumes of
Robin Chandler Duke and
Angier Biddle Duke,
1990
Long Island University (L. I. U.) Windmill
Cartoon,
1988
San Ten Karate Association Championship,
Glenn Luyjet
L. I. U. Sag Harbor Initiative
Arthur Ross Foundation
(2 folders)
L. I. U. - Rogers Memorial Library,
1987
Horticultural Committee,
Ellen Samuels,
1988
Financial Tap, L. I. C. U.
I. U. Community Welcoming Reception, April 18,
1986
Long Island University
(3 folders)
L. I. U. Development, Major Donor Prospects,
1987
L. I. U. Development,
1988
Long Island University Chancellor's Award Gala
Scholarships,
1986
L. I. U. 60th Anniversary Convocation, November,
1986
M. M. Anram, MD.,
Long Island College Hospital
Alumni Reunion,
1988
75th Birthday Celebration for A. B. Duke,
1990
American Foundation for AIDS Research
Nicaragua
New Zealand
Prodemca
Box 59
Council of American Ambassadors
Global Forum
For Our Children's Sake Federation
L.I.U. Trustees,
WAF Council,
WPBX Station
L.I.U. Planning Committee, Southampton Campus,
Council of Overseas, Letters
Boys Harbor, Inc.
Hill and Knowlton Federation
Manaqua Conference-"Reflections on
Transition"
Council of American Ambassadors, re:
Cuba
U.S. Observer Report to
El Salvador Elections
Panama
(2 folders)
Panama speech treaties, 12/13 Letters to the
Editor
Press Release (Nov. 28,
1977)
Panama Press Release
Democratic House and Senate Council
Asian/Pacific American Advisory Council
US International Council
Resumes
St. Paul's School
Coalition for a Democratic Majority
Duke University- Living History Program
Lists
Program for New World Anthropology
New York State Ethnic Advisory Council
Carey Campaign- Ethnic Advisory Council
Citizens T.F. Members
International Fund for Monuments
Council of American Ambassadors
Appeal of Conscience Foundation: Grant for Hungarian
exchange
Box 60
Adelphi Academy
"Ambassadors Abroad"
Council of American Ambassadors Metro. Club
Council of American Ambassadors
Council on Democratic Campaign for House and
Senate
Dr. Diefenbach
Founder's Day- Presbyterian Church,
1986
Duke University Jewish Center
Foreign Policy Association
Buster, Edward W.- Family Counseling
Service
IRC Delegation to El Salvador Feb.-Mar.
1990
Prodemca
(2 folders)
Morocco
Jay Rutherfurd,
1987
El Salvador Elections, Mar.
1989
San Salvador, Letter to Editor- Dan's
Papers,
1989
Joy Silverman
Spanish Institute
US New Zealand Council
Jamestown Foundation
Conference on
Northern Ireland
Armenian Heritage Project, Inc.
Global Conference of Spiritual and Parliamentary
Leaders, Apr.
1988
US-USSR Trade and Investment Institute
Humanitarian Foundation for Nicaragua
P.A. Wk.
1971
Global Forum
Western Sahara Mission Report
International Rescue Committee
National Committee on American Foreign
Policy
Prospectus- Cold War,
Argentina and Spain
Freedom House
Who's Who
Beyond Apollo/Soyuz: Partnership for
Progress
Institute for Central American Studies
Rutherfurd/Duke Audio-Visual Project
US Observer Delegation to
El Salvador Elections
Israel Mission
Institute of East/West Business Dynamics
New York Dept. of Public Events
Box 61
William C. Bullitt biography
(3 folders)
Council of American Ambassadors
(2 folders)
Freedom House
International Rescue Committee
NYC Dept. of Civic Affairs and Public Events
(2 folders)
International Rescue Committee
1961-1971 (2 folders)
, 1972-1973,
1973 (2
folders)
Europe-America Conference
(3 folders)
Democratic Party Abroad
Westminster Board of Trustees
Box 62
Press releases
(2 folders)
Fiscal Year Prospectus (1964), White House Executive
Office Building
(3 folders)
Papers on segregation
(2 folders)
Papers on
El Salvador,
Nicaragua
U.S. observer delegation to
El Salvador elections
U.S.-Japan Foundation
(3 folders)
Box 63
Morocco
(2 folders)
Boys Harbor
DePeyster, Marilu
St. Paul's School
Appeal of Conscience Foundation
Eaton, William
(2 folders)
Carter, Jimmy
Humphrey, Hubert
Cherne, Leo
New York City Democratic Committee
C.A.R.E.
(2 folders)
US-Japan Foundation
(4 folders)
Box 64
NY State Advisory Council on Ethnic Affairs
Ditchley Conference on
Spain,
NATO, and
Western Europe
International Fund for Monuments
L.I.U. Southampton campus
Appeal of Conscience Foundation
Statue of Liberty- Ellis Island Foundation
Moroccan- American Foundation
Council of American Ambassadors
Spanish Institute
Panama Canal Trip
Nat. Committee on American Foreign Policy
Robin Chandler Duke
Middle East Trip
Winston Churchill Memorial- Westminster
College
Palomares nuclear incident
Mission to El Salvador- A Freedom House Special
Report
Democratic House and Senate Council
(Mar. 6, 1979)
El Salvador Mission
(1988)
Delegation to the Elections in
El Salvador
(2 folders)
Guyana Elections Project
(2 folders)
Audio, Film, and Video Series, 1965-1990s
Audio reels and cassettes, filmstrips, and video cassettes
concerning various major events in A. B. Duke's professional life. Also
includes documentary videos, and ceremonies involving other persons.
[Originals closed to use. A few use copies available and are noted
under individual entries; otherwise, staff must arrange to have use copies made
before materials can be accessed. Please consult with Research Services staff
before coming to use this collection.]
Box 65
OR1. President Lyndon B. Johnson's toast and Ambassador
A. B. Duke's response
(3/13/65) (audio
tape)
[Use copy available on CD-ROM in Box 65. Created 2006.]
OR2. Palomares
(3/8/66) (audio
tape)
[Use copy available on CD-ROM in Box 65. Created 2006.]
President Johnson's toast to Ambassador and
Mrs. Duke (audio)
Angier Biddle Duke, US Ambassador to
Madrid
(4/18/67) (2 audio
tapes)
Interview on Pakistani refugees
(7/26/71)
(audio)
Swearing-in: Ambassador Duke- Chief of Protocol
(4/1/68)
(audio)
Jack Valenti press conference
(audio)
Francis Plimpton Day (audio)
"Spain and Europe Today" (audio)
Film of ambassador's presentation of
credentials
Global Forum
Global Forum II
Prof. Antonio Fontain TV Mon. Switzerland (2
audio tapes)
Fontain, Royal Privy Council (audio)
Gibraltar
(10/26/67) (2 audio
tapes)
"Celebrate New York" Program Series (10
tapes)
Presentation of Henry Morganthau Award to A. B. Duke by
Henry Kissinger
Under Secretary of State- Economic Affairs Press
Conference, Madrid
1966 (audio)
1990 awards dinner
"Teenage Mothers: A Global Crisis"
People for Mrazek
"En Sus Propias Palabras"-
Fidel Castro
"Morocco Video Showcase"
"Mac Neil/Lehrer News Hour"
-
Jan. 13, 1992
"Decade of Decision" - Population Crisis
Committee
"Science Held Hostage: RU486 and the Politics of
Abortion" (unopened video)
"Profile in Excellence"
"Sustaining our Planetary Home"
Channel 2- "The People, Boys Harbor, Anthony
Duke"
King Hussein's visit to the U.S.
(film)
A. B. Duke before the National Democratic Club
6/2/66
Clippings Series, ca. 1940s-1990s and n.d.
Large series of clippings and press releases. Subjects include
major world events; marriages of A. B. Duke, close family and friends,
including
Jay Rutherfurd; events related to A. B. Duke's
professional life; the nuclear incident at
Palomares, Spain; and the death of
Maria-Luisa Duke in 1962. Several articles
highlight Robin Chandler Duke's life. One folder of
materials concerns Doris Duke's death and estate. Only badly
deteriorated clippings have been photocopied; the majority are originals.
11 folders
Box 67
17 folders
Printed Materials, ca. 1950s-1990s and n.d.
Books, pamphlets, periodicals, articles, minutes, reports of
various kinds, printed speeches, leaflets, advertisements, business documents,
fiscal analyses, programs, and various other materials. The books cover a wide
range of topics: some are texts on
foreign policy,
diplomacy, and politics,
while others (a few novels) seem to have belonged to the private reading
libraries of Robin Chandler Duke and A. B. Duke. One book
is a limited edition commemorating President Kennedy's inauguration. Other
subjects in the Printed Materials Series cover JFK's assassination; Spanish
business, trade, and foreign policy;
Pakistani refugees; and
Denmark. Many of the materials may relate to
areas found under the Subject Files Series.
11 folders. Includes "Escape to Freedom: the Story of
the International Rescue Committee" by
Aaron Levenstein
(1983). A. B. Duke played
a major role in the efforts of IRC.
Box 69
11 folders.
Box 70
1 folder, 9 books, pamphlets
Box 71
13 folders
Box 72
4 books
Box 73
5 folders, pamphlets
Box 74
4 folders, 4 books
Box 75
12 folders
Travel Series, 1965-1990 and n.d.(bulk 1965-1978)
Routine travel schedules, itineraries, and other records for A. B.
Duke and various other people. Series is unarranged.
Miscellaneous Series, ca. 1950s-1990s and n.d.(bulk 1970s-1990s).
A wide range of materials not filed under main series, though some
related materials may exist here. The most important group of materials in this
series may be the writings and speeches of authors other than A. B. Duke.
Subjects often include diplomacy and international politics. Includes large
groups of invitations and guest lists as well as several memorabilia.
Travel files
(10 folders)
Miscellaneous (one of these is a classified memo,
American embassy in Manila)
(5 folders)
Box 77
17 folders
Box 78
Invitations (9 folders), guest lists (5
folders)
Box 79
5 folders, Prodemca (1 binder), gold trinket
Box 80
19 folders
Box 81
11 folders; includes JFK campaign button.
Oversize Materials, circa 1928-1969
Democratic Nicaragua advertisement
Esquire,
1963 Jan.
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer advertisement featuring A. B.
Duke and first wife (
circa 1930)
Chopin (2 records)
1964 Democratic National Convention Handbook
Diario de Colon (2)
Oversize Cabinet
OC:IV:6:
Additional Oversize Materials
Oversize Printed Materials (one folder)
Two items: a commemorative publication for
John Fitzgerald Kennedy,
November, 1963, and a
French fashion magazine,
1963.
Oversize Clippings (
1963-1982 and
n.d.)
Roughly 50 items on various subjects. Includes Spanish and
Danish periodical clippings and newspaper clippings. Other English-language
items refer to the
Kennedy family in
Spain, and
Lynda Johnson's trip to
Spain. One lengthier article on radical
feminists interviews
Josephine Biddle Duke, student activist at
Columbia in
1969, and apparently a
member of the
Duke family.
