Inventory of the James Buchanan Duke Papers, 1777-1990 and undated
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TitleJames Buchanan Duke Papers,
1777-1990 and
undated
Creator
Duke, James Buchanan,
1856-1925
Extent
33 Linear Feet
ca. 24,000 Items
Repository
ca. 24,000 Items
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library
Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection 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.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in the papers of James Buchanan Duke have
not been transferred to Duke University. For further information, see the
section on copyright in the Regulations and Procedures of the Special
Collections Department.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], James Buchanan Duke Papers, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
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.
Processing Information
Processed by Donna Longo DiMichele
Completed April 2, 1992
To allow for improved housing and preservation, negatives in Pictures Series were separated and re-housed by Elizabeth Terry, and finding aid adjusted, June 2007.
Encoded by Robin LaPasha and Stephen Douglas Miller
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
| 1856, Dec. 23 | Born, Orange County, N.C. |
| 1870s | Attended Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
| 1878 | Full partner in newly incorporated W. Duke, Sons and Company |
| ca. 1883 | President, W. Duke, Sons and Company |
| 1884 | Moved to
New York, N.Y. Negotiated contract with Bonsack Machine Company for use of cigarette manufacturing machine |
| 1890 | Organized The American Tobacco Company |
| 1902, Sept. 27 | Signed agreement with British tobacco manufacturers to form British-American Tobacco Company |
| 1904, Sept. | Married Lillian McCreedy (divorced 1906) |
| 1905 | Established Southern Power Company with Benjamin N. Duke and George W. Watts |
| 1907, July 23 | Married Nanaline Holt Inman |
| 1911, May | Dissolution of the American Tobacco Company ordered by the United States Supreme Court |
| 1912, Nov. 22 | Daughter, Doris Duke, born |
| ca. 1915 | Purchased hydroelectric power resources on Saguenay River, Quebec, Canada |
| 1915-1919 | Began plans for a philanthropic trust to serve educational and other institutions in North Carolina and South Carolina |
| 1917 | Duke Farms Company, Somerville, N.J., incorporated |
| ca. 1923 | Duke-Price Power Company established |
| 1924, Dec. 11 | Signed indentures establishing The Duke Endowment and The Doris Duke Trust |
| 1925, Oct. 10 | Died, New York, N.Y. |
| 1928, May 21 | Final determination by State of New Jersey Court in the Matter of the Estate of James B. Duke, Deceased |
| 1930 | Remains removed to the Memorial Chapel of Duke University Chapel |
| 1934, June 18 | Estate of James B. Duke liquidated |
| 1961 | Widow, Nanaline H. Duke, died |
Collection Overview
The papers of
James Buchanan Duke span the years 1777 to 1990,
although the bulk of the material dates from the 1890s to the mid-1930s. They
consist of correspondence; business, legal, and financial papers; printed
materials; and visual materials. The collection documents
James B. Duke's business and financial
investments, and some aspects of his philanthropy. About one half of the
collection documents the administration of the
Estate of James B. Duke, Deceased,
including legal proceedings stemming from claims made against the estate.
Subject areas represented in the collection include: business and finance;
philanthropy; genealogy on branches of the
Duke family; inheritance; legal procedure;
architecture and interior decoration; and, to a lesser degree, family life.
Although the Correspondence Series
primarily relates to business topics, personal letters are scattered
throughout. Financial transactions, such as exchanges of stocks and cash, which
often occurred between members of the
Duke family, are recorded in both the
Correspondence and Financial
Papers Series. Aspects of both familial and business relationships
between brothers, James B. and Benjamin Newton Duke, and their father,
Washington Duke, are documented through their
correspondence. James B. Duke often received requests from individuals, many of
them strangers, for financial aid and other forms of assistance or favors, such
as making investments and employment. Written exchanges also document various
aspects of the Duke tobacco businesses, the professional relationships of
James B. and Benjamin N. Duke with other members
of the business community, and personal and business financial transactions.
Correspondents include
Lida Duke Angier (Mrs. J.C. Angier),
Richard B. Arrington,
W.T. Blackwell,
Betty Roney Daily (Mrs. John C. Daily),
Benjamin Newton Duke,
Washington Duke,
George Watts Hill,
Maude D. Karnes,
William R. Perkins, and
Alexander H. Sands.
James Buchanan Duke was known for his business
acumen, especially in national and international tobacco industries and
hydroelectric power. The Business Papers Series
furnishes partial documentation for some of his businesses. The most complete
records are for
Duke Farms Company in Somerville, N.J. (apparently
a holding company). The Duke Farms Company's records include documentation for
Piedmont Electro-Chemical Company,
Southern Power Company,
Orlando Water Power Company, and other Duke-owned
businesses. Mr. Duke made substantial investments in textile mills and
corporations, such as the
Aluminum Company of America. Records of his
investments, including extensive stocks and bonds transactions, are in the
Business and Financial Papers Series.
Acquisition of exclusive rights to a cigarette manufacturing
machine produced by the
Bonsack Machine Company, which allowed for very
rapid processing of cigarettes, enabled the Duke companies to move into the
forefront of the cigarette industry. Extensive correspondence documents the
negotiations between
James B. Duke, President of
The American Tobacco Company, and
D.B. Strouse and
P.A. Krise, of the
Bonsack Machine Company. It is filed in the
Business Papers Series under both the
Bonsack Machine Company and the
W. Duke, Sons and Company and occurs in
The American Tobacco Company letterbook. After the
dissolution of
The American Tobacco Company in 1911, Mr. Duke
focused his attention more on the hydroelectric power industry than on tobacco.
Histories of some of
James B. Duke's businesses and investments,
especially hydroelectric power, are in the Miscellaneous
Series. Many of Mr. Duke's business investments and other enterprises
were continued after his death by his executors until the estate was
liquidated.
The philanthropic work of
James B. Duke included contributions to
Duke University (Trinity College) and other
educational institutions, a fund for
"worn-out"
Methodist preachers, an endowment for
Lincoln Hospital (designated for use only by a
black institution), funds for building churches, and other charitable causes.
Representatives of educational institutions and churches wrote to request
various types of financial support from Mr. Duke, including endowments and
one-time donations. Avenues for contributions to most of these institutions and
charities were later consolidated under the auspices of the
The Duke Endowment. Information about Mr. Duke's
philanthropic activities is documented in the Correspondence, Financial, and
Legal Papers Series
Mr. Duke owned homes and estates in
New York, N.Y.,
Somerville, N.J.,
Charlotte, N.C., and
Newport, R.I. The houses contained many works of
art and antiques, and the grounds of the Somerville estate,
Duke Farms, were renowned for their statuary and
landscaping. Records for architecture, decoration and renovation, deeds and
property transfers, and maintenance of Mr. Duke's properties are found
throughout the collection. Volumes in the Financial Papers
Series have entries for household and estate expenditures. Considerable
information for the
Duke Farms estate in
Somerville, N.J., is in the Correspondence and Business Papers Series. Other
information about various homes and properties, including architectural plans
by
Horace Trumbauer, is in the Pictures and Miscellaneous Series. Detailed inventories of
properties, including furnishings, are in the Petitions on First and Final
Accountings filed in the Estate, Legal Papers
Subseries.
The Last Will and Testament of
James B. Duke and its Codicil included provisions
for trusts including
The Doris Duke Trust,
The Duke Endowment, and for individuals, such as
Nanaline H. Duke and
Doris Duke. Item VI of the Will of
James B. Duke provided for the distribution of two
million dollars to living descendants of the brothers and/or sisters of
James B. Duke's father,
Washington Duke, and his mother,
Artelia Roney Duke. The executors of the estate,
Nanaline H. Duke,
William R. Perkins, and
George G. Allen conducted a prolonged
investigation to determine who were legitimate heirs under Item VI of the will.
Earlier, in 1924,
Benjamin N. Duke had begun to try to identify
individuals who were related to him through his father and mother. After
James B. Duke's death,
Benjamin N. Duke's earlier communications with
"Duke"
family members were closely scrutinized,
especially his correspondence with
Edna L. Vaughan of
Warrensburg, Mo. Some of these letters were later
used as legal evidence when
James B. Duke's will was disputed. Genealogical
information related to inheritance under
James B. Duke's will is scattered throughout the
Correspondence Series, especially in the years 1924
and 1925. The Estate Series also contains extensive
correspondence and other documents that contain genealogical information about
various Duke families. A significant portion of the series documents the
settlement of Item VI of Mr. Duke's will.
The Estate, Correspondence Subseries
includes inquiries to the executors and to
Benjamin Newton Duke from individuals or their
attorneys who thought that they were related to
James B. Duke and wanted to file a claim for the
inheritance under Item VI. The executors responded to most initial inquiries
from claimants in November 1925 with a form letter which required them to
submit affidavits stating their relationship to
James B. Duke. Usually three affidavits were
submitted: one by the claimant and two from individuals who stated their
knowledge of the claimant and the alleged relationship to
James B. Duke. To gather more information, in
January 1927 the executors sent claimants a questionnaire about detailed
genealogical history. Most affidavits and questionnaires are in the
Estate, Legal Papers Subseries, but some are
scattered in the Estate, Correspondence Subseries
which also has information about evidence used in the court hearings.
Two sets of claims posed particular problems for the executors and are
extensively documented in the Estate, Correspondence and
Legal Papers Subseries. These claims, one from the
Vaughan family and another group claim from
individuals associated with
Elizabeth Duke of
Marshall and Wichita Falls, Tex., were the subject
of extensive correspondence. They were researched in great detail by
Charles Caldwell, a lawyer, and brought to the
courts in
New Jersey for final determination.
Elizabeth Duke claimed a relationship through
Thomas Duke; the
Vaughan family claimed theirs through
Polly (Mary) Duke Vaughan.
Caldwell was engaged by the executors in May 1927
to conduct detailed research into these claims. The investigation generated
extensive, detailed documentary genealogical information regarding not only the
families of
Washington Duke and
Artelia Roney Duke but also about other families
that claimed a Duke family connection.
Charles Caldwell conducted research in archives
and interviewed claimants in
Louisiana,
Texas,
Georgia,
Missouri, and
North Carolina. While his research primarily
documents individuals whose claims were spurious, the information collected by
Caldwell also describes, to a more limited extent,
the claims of legitimate heirs. The executors published a book,
Determination by the Executors of James B. Duke,
Deceased . . . (1927), with appended schedules of allowed and rejected
claims, that discusses the settlement of the will.
Lida Duke Angier (Mrs. J. C. Angier) and
Betty Roney Daily (Mrs. John C. Daily),
James B. Duke's cousins, worked with the executors
to find information that would determine legitimate heirs. Letters they wrote
reveal knowledge of the families of
James B. Duke and
Benjamin N. Duke.
Benjamin N. Duke's written responses to the
executors' requests for his knowledge of the relationships put forth by
claimants are dispersed in the correspondence. Other correspondents include
attorneys, archivists, genealogists, historians, and handwriting and other
document experts who were employed by the executors or who responded to their
requests for information. Experts also submitted reports of their findings.
Individuals represented in the Estate Series include
George G. Allen,
Charles Caldwell,
Clarence E. Case,
Elizabeth Duke,
Nanaline H. Duke,
William P. Few,
Forrest Hyde,
C.E. Mapes,
William R. Perkins,
Alexander H. Sands,
James E. Stagg, and
Eugene L. Vaughan.
The Estate, Financial Papers Subseries
documents distributions made under most provisions of the will and expenses
incurred by the estate in administering the will, including those from legal
research and fees. Records for the distribution under Item VI of the will are
useful for information about individuals who were determined to be legal
heirs.
Other collections in the Special Collections Department that document
James Buchanan Duke's life include the Washington
Duke Papers, the Benjamin Newton Duke Papers, and the Semans Family Papers.
Related collections include the William Robertson Perkins Papers and the
Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd., Papers. For information on The Duke
Endowment, see the Archives of The Duke Endowment. For further information on
the contributions of the Duke family to Duke University, contact the staff of
the Duke University Archives.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a
search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will
bring up other related research materials.
- American Tobacco Company--History.
- Duke family.
- Duke, James Buchanan, 1856-1925--Estate.
- Durham (N.C.)--Industries.
- Tobacco industry--North Carolina.
Detailed Description of Collection
Correspondence Series, 1880-1933 (bulk 1900-1911)
Primarily letters and telegrams received and sent by
James B. Duke or his agents, with
letters received by
Benjamin N. Duke scattered
throughout the loose correspondence. Since the series includes several
letterbooks, the correspondence was not divided between personal and business
subjects.
Richard B. Arrington, a secretary
and agent for
Benjamin N. Duke and
James B. Duke, is the principal
correspondent on behalf of
James B. Duke in the letterbook
dated from
August 1, 1900 to
January 30, 1906.
Alexander H. Sands, another
secretary and agent for
Benjamin N. Duke and
James B. Duke, is the principal
correspondent on behalf of
James B. Duke in the letterbook
dated from
February 20, 1920 to
January 17, 1923. Arranged chronologically,
with loose correspondence first.
Photocopying of the letterbooks is not permitted.
Box 1
1880-1925, Oct., 1942, undated
(11 folders)
Box 2
1900, Aug. 1-1908, Nov. 19 (2
vols.)
Box 3
1908, Nov. 18-1911, Dec. 18 (2
vols.)
Box 4
1920, Feb. 20-1933, Jan. 17 (1
vol.)
Business Papers Series, 1884-1941 (bulk 1910s-1920s)
Includes correspondence; minutes of corporations; financial
records including ledger books, journals, cashbooks, voucher records, vouchers
and cancelled checks; stock certificates; contracts; maps of power transmission
lines; and financial worksheets. Enterprises documented include
The American Tobacco Company;
British-American Tobacco Company, Ltd.;
Buchanan Investment Corporation;
Duke Farms Company;
Orlando Water Power Corporation;
Southern Investment Company of Canada;
Southern Investment Company of Delaware;
Southern Investment Company of New Jersey;
Southern Power Company;
Quebec Development Company; and
W. Duke, Sons and Company. For
W. Duke, Sons and Company material dated after
its merger with
The American Tobacco Company, see
The American Tobacco Company. The
Bonsack Machine Company correspondence is
filed under the company's name as well as interfiled with the
W. Duke, Sons and Company correspondence. See
also oversize materials. Arranged by name of the business and type of material,
then chronologically.
Box 5
Accounts (miscellaneous),
1922,
1927
American Tobacco Co.:
Correspondence, Letterbook,
1894, July 31-1904, Oct. 10
Financial,
1891,
1895,
1902-1909,
1911
Stocks, bonds, script,
1890-1913
Bylaws, ca.
1890
Corporate mergers,
1904; leases,
1890
Testimony between
John R. Miller, Complainant and
The American Tobacco Co.,
1895, Jan. 2
U.S. vs.
American Tobacco Co., subpoena,
1908, Mar. 11
U.S. vs.
American Tobacco Co. et al., Testimony by
J.B. Duke,
1908 (pp. 3276-3514)
(4 folders)
Anderson Traction Company,
1909
Box 6
Bonsack Machine Company
Letters received from
D.B. Strouse and
P.A. Krise,
1885, Oct. 15-1889, Dec. 27 [formerly
Letterbook Nos. 1-3]
1890
British-American Tobacco Co.,
1902-1932, undated
Buchanan Investment Corporation:
Corporate records:
Certificate of Dissolution,
1929, Mar. 27-1933, Feb. 3
1924-1929,
1941
Ledger,
1924-1929
Box 7
Buchanan Investment Corporation:
Journal,
1924, Sept.-1929, Apr.
Cashbook,
1924, Nov.-1929, Mar.
Vouchers,
1924-1929
Stocks,
1924-1929
Trial Balances,
1925, Oct.-1929
Check stubs nos. 1-27,
1924-1929; cancelled checks,
1924-1929
Duke Farms Company:
Correspondence,
1917-1930
Minutes:
Certificate of Incorporation,
1922, Dec. 5 (copy)
Certificate of Dissolution,
1927, Oct. 4
1922-1931, 1941 (vol.)
Box 8
Duke Farms Company:
Ledger,
1922-1931
Journal,
1922, Dec.-1931, Jan.
Box 9
Duke Farms Company:
Cashbook,
1922, Dec.-1931, Jan.
Vouchers,
1922-1925, June (8 folders)
Box 10
Duke Farms Company:
Vouchers,
1925, July-1931 (7 folders)
Cancelled checks,
1922-1930 (3 folders)
Accounts,
1906-1929
Appraisal of real and personal property,
1925, Dec. 15; Recast balance sheet...as
of
1925, Oct. 10
Assignments,
1916-1927
(Southern Investment Co. of Canada to
Orlando Water Power Corp.,
1916;
Frank C. Schmitz to
Orlando Water Power Corp.,
1920;
Orlando Water Power to
Duke Farms,
1922;
Duke Farms to
Southern Power Co.,
1927)
Financial Statements: Worksheets,
1916-1925
Bill of Sale:
Duke Farms Co. to
Doris Duke,
1927
Box 11
Duke Farms Company:
Federal Income Tax,
1918-1930 (5 folders)
Loan with
National City Bank,
New York,
1923-1925
Staffing levels,
1917-1927
Orlando Water Power Corporation:
Financial statements,
1916-1922
Patents:
Austrian,
1917-1925
Brazilian,
1915-1925
Canadian,
1918-1921
English,
1912-1925
French,
1912-1925
German,
1916-1925
Hungarian,
1916-1925
Italian,
1913-1923
Norwegian,
1916-1926
Spanish,
1914-1926
Swedish,
1916-1925
Swiss,
1917-1925
Southern Investment Company of Canada,
1913,
1916
Southern Investment Company of Delaware and New Jersey,
1912-1922
Southern Power Company:
American Trust Company,
1914-1922; Transmission Lines in
Canada,
1922, undated
Quebec Development Company:
1914-1924
Agreements involving
Price Brothers and Company, Ltd.,and
Orlando Water Power Corp.,
1914-1920
Box 12
Quebec Development Company:
George D. Haskell vs.
Aluminum Company of America et al.,
1929
Textile Mills,
1892-1935
Union Cotton Bagging Corporation,
1912-1923
W. Duke, Sons and Company:
1885,
1889
Correspondence:
Bonsack Machine Company,
1884-1889
(2 folders)
Legal Papers Series, 1878-1926 and undated (bulk 1910s-1925)
Property deeds and transactions, wills, indentures, and records
for the divorce of
James B. Duke from
Lillian N. Duke
(1906) form the bulk of this series. In
1925
Lillian N. Duke appealed the divorce and the
case was heard by the New York Supreme Court. The series includes copies of
records from the original divorce case as well as records from the appeal in
1925. Arranged by subject, then
chronologically.
Box 12
Agreements, court records, indentures,
1897-1925
Deeds and land plats,
1878-1924
Property and Houses:
Appraisals/Inventories,
1918,
1925-1926, undated
Somerville, N.J., deed,
1916
East 85th St., New York, N.Y.,
1906-1912
1 East 78th Street, New York, N.Y.,
1913
1009 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y.,
1901-1919, undated
Charlotte, N.C.,
1917-1925
Durham, N.C.,
1878-1907
Box 13
Estate of
Elizabeth L. Roney,
1882-1884, undated
On Petition for Divorce, Final Decree,
1906, May 7
Lillian N. Duke v.
James B. Duke,
1925
(James B. Duke v.
Lillian N. Duke,
1906):
Correspondence,
1925-1926
Court records:
Published,
1925
1925
Exhibits,
1905-1906,
1925
Memorandum,
1907,
1925, undated
Research,
1925
Miscellaneous,
1925, undated
Indenture and Deed of Trust establishing
The Doris Duke Trust,
1924, Dec. 11; additions,
1925, Oct. 23
Last Will and Testament and Codicil of
James B. Duke,
1924-1925
Financial Papers Series, 1874-1933 and undated (bulk 1900s-1925)
Includes ledger books, journals, cashbooks, voucher records,
deposit slips, cancelled checks, stock certificates, account balance
worksheets, and expense records for payroll and other costs in the
Duke households and offices, including
The Duke Endowment. Some miscellaneous
business records are scattered throughout. There are orders, invoices and
receipts for jewelry, travel, club memberships, automobiles, and other
expenses. See also oversize materials. Arranged in descending order according
to the hierarchy of the bookkeeping system, followed by miscellaneous financial
records and subject folders.
Box 13
Ledger No. 1,
1890-1901
Box 14
Ledgers:
No. 2,
1902-1912
No. 3,
1913-1914
No. 4,
1915-1920
Box 15
Ledger No. 5,
1920-1925
Journals:
No. 1,
1890, Dec.-1905
No. 2,
1906, Jan.-1912
Box 16
Journals:
No. 3,
1912, Dec.-1914
No. 4,
1915, Jan.-1919
No. 5,
1920, Jan.-1925, Oct.
Box 17
Cashbooks:
No. 1,
1890, Dec.-1901, Nov.
No. 2,
1902, Jan.-1912, Apr.
No. 3,
1912, May-1914, Dec.
Box 18
Cashbooks:
No. 4,
1915, Jan.-1918, July
No. 5,
1918, Aug.-1922, Apr.
No. 6,
1922, May-1925, Oct.
Oversize Volume
Voucher Records 1-7. Shelved in the library stacks; please see the reference staff.
Voucher Records:
No. 1,
1914, May-Dec.
No. 2,
1915, Jan.-1917, June
No. 3,
1917, June-1919, Jan.
No. 4,
1919, Feb.-1921, Apr.
No. 5,
1921, May-1923, May
No. 6,
1923, June-1925, Feb.
No. 7,
1925, Mar.-Oct.
Box 19
Cancelled Checks:
Bankers Trust Co.,
1916, Mar. 30-1925, July 10 (2
folders)
Farmers' Loan and Trust Co.,
1894, Oct. 15-1909, Aug. 9 (4
folders)
Box 20
Cancelled Checks:
Farmers' Loan and Trust Co.,
1909, Sept. 2-1924, May 8 (2
folders)
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York,
1912, Jan. 19-1925, June 29 (3
folders)
National Bank of Commerce,
1914, Feb. 25-1925, June 9
National City Bank of New York,
1922, Jan. 7-1925, Sept. 2
Passbooks,
1907-1919
Box 21
Deposit Slip Registers,
1918, July-1922, June (2 vols.)
Box 22
Payroll and other expenses,
1917-1928 (2 vols.) (Includes
Estate of James B. Duke and
The Duke Endowment)
Box 23
Employee Certificates of Residency, N.Y. State Income
Tax,
1921-1927
Federal Income Tax,
1920-1925 (6 folders)
State Income Taxes,
1922-1926
Miscellaneous receipts, etc.,
1878-1908 (7 folders)
Box 24
Miscellaneous receipts, etc.,
1909-1925, undated
(6 folders)
Miscellaneous financial statements of
James B. Duke,
1913-1925, undated
Trial Balances,
1898-1900
Subject folders/Charitable contributions:
Farmers' Loan and Trust Company,
N.Y.:
Loans and stocks,
1902-1912
Passbook,
1912-1919
First Methodist Episcopal Church,
Somerville, N.J.:
Deeds,
1874,
1919,
1925,
1928
1921-1932, undated
(3 folders)
German-American National Bank of New
Orleans,
1920-1933
Lincoln Hospital: Endowment,
1905
Estate Series, 1777-1934, and undated (bulk 1926-1928)
Divided into four subseries: Correspondence, Legal Papers,
Financial Papers, and Printed Materials, all pertaining to the administration
of the estate of
James B. Duke.
Correspondence Subseries, 1925-1931, undated
Chiefly correspondence received and sent by the executors,
claimants, attorneys, witnesses, and
Benjamin N. Duke. Includes
correspondence; some affidavits and other legal documents; and reports.
Charles Caldwell's materials
filed in the series include correspondence and activity and expense reports.
Arranged chronologically.
Box 24
1925, Oct.-Nov. 30 (3 folders)
Box 25
1925, Dec.-1926, Apr. (8
folders)
Box 26
1926, May-Dec. (8 folders)
Box 27
1927, Jan.-July (7 folders)
Box 28
1927, Aug.-Dec. 12 (7 folders)
Box 29
1928, Jan.-Nov. (8 folders)
1930-1931, undated
Legal Papers Subseries, 1777-1928, undated (bulk 1925-1928)
Includes records collected and notes and reports of findings
made by
Charles Caldwell during the pre-trial period
of discovery; notes and legal research by executors and attorneys; reports and
correspondence from private investigators and handwriting and other experts,
affidavits, completed questionnaires, and related correspondence submitted by
claimants; court records including evidence; records for the distribution of
the monies under Item VI of the will; and other legal records. See also
oversize materials.
Folders titled
"Discovery: Charles
Caldwell Notes"
include copies of census and other official records,
information about witnesses and evidence, plans for research activities,
handwritten copies of affidavits taken by
Caldwell,correspondence, lists of prepared
questions, and lists of claimants. The majority of census reports, court and
county records, wills and inventories, and land deeds in the discovery files
are copies; there are also notes taken from the original records in the
discovery files. Folders with
1927 enclosed in parentheses indicate that
the folder contains only copies or notes from original records and no new
information created during the research. Legal research based on other court
cases is dated to when the research occurred, not to the date of the original
cases.
Most of the completed forms and affidavits are filed as
"claims"
under the name of the alleged common
ancestor. Claims were arranged in two categories: allowed and disallowed.
Evidence includes correspondence, pages from bibles and other printed
materials, legal documents, and memoranda, some are photostatic copies of
original documents. It is arranged in two sections according to numbers
assigned by the lawyers for the estate. There is a P section (P.1, P.2, etc.)
and an E.D. section (E.D.1, E.D.2, etc.) E.D. refers to the evidence in the
case against
Elizabeth Duke. If evidence has both a P and
an E.D. number, the item was filed under P. The index to the evidence was
created by the lawyers for the estate.
Series arranged according to the progress of the settlement of
the estate with some legal transfers of funds to organizations first; followed
by discovery and research files pertaining to the claims of
Elizabeth Duke and the
Vaughans,court records and evidence for these
claims, documentation of the final determination by the executors, and allowed
and disallowed claims (other than
Elizabeth Duke and the
Vaughans).
Box 30
Nanaline Duke et. al. (executors) v.
Southern Power Co. (
Piedmont Electro-Chemical Co.) and
Dillworth Methodist Episcopal Church,
South,
1923, Oct.-1927, Feb. (3
folders)
Cancelled notes transferred in settlement,
1927, Feb.
Discovery:
Notes on
Vaughan claim,
Polly (Mary) Duke Vaughan kinship, ca.
1927
Notes on
Elizabeth Duke claim,
Thomas Duke kinship:
(Texas), ca.
1927, June
(Ga.) (includes affidavits),
1927, June-July
Wills and inventories,
1788-1905
(1927),
1927
Court records,
1852-1853
(1927)
Records and taxables with notations,
1753-1856
(1927)
Court records:
Taylor Duke,
1799-1818
(1927)
Marriage records and notes:
Duke,
Stagg,
Vaughan,
1783-1927
Military service: Records and notes:
Tillett Harris et. al.,
1784
(1927),
1908-1927
Land and property deeds and transfers,
1777-1880
(1927),
1927
Census returns with correspondence,
1800-1870
(1927),
1927-1928 (2 folders)
Box 31
Discovery:
Census returns,
1800-1870
(1927)
Census returns: Marked as Ex.
"A"
-
"V"
,
1810-1870
(1927)
Census returns: Notes, ca.
1927-1928
Correspondence and reports from expert witnesses,
1928, Jan.-Feb.
Report from
National Coloniana Society on the
descendents of
J.B. Duke and disputed claims,
1927, Apr.
Notes:
Washington Duke,
1927
Copy of
Determination by the
Executors. . . used by
Charles Caldwell,
1927
Duke family history, undated
Charles Caldwell:
Daily Activity Statements,
1927, May 9-Sept. 13
Reports,
1927-1928
Notes,
1927, June-Nov. (5
folders)
Box 32
Discovery:
Charles Caldwell:
Notes,
1927, Dec.-1928, May, undated
(5 folders)
Expenses and receipts,
1926, July-1928,
Mar.,undated
Elizabeth Duke claim:
Notes about
Elizabeth Duke's activities,
correspondence, and evidence; used to prepare for direct/cross-examination,
1928, Jan.-May, undated
(3 folders)
Notes regarding exhibits, evidence, expert
witnesses, and
Elizabeth Duke,
1928, Jan. 18-Apr.
26,undated
Notes to prepare for trial on
March 24 and 25, 1928
Notes by
Charles Caldwell regarding exhibits and
evidence for trial,
1927, Aug. 22-1928, Apr. 28
Notes for and correspondence to
Senator Case, pertaining to evidence and
trial,
1928, Apr. 21
Notes about
Elizabeth Duke used to prepare for
trial,
1928
Reports of private investigator on
Elizabeth Duke and others,
1927, Nov. 29-Dec. 17
Notes on witnesses,
1928, Mar., undated
Pretrial conference between lawyers for
Estate /
Elizabeth Duke,
1927, Nov. 25 (transcript)
Notes on testimonies and affidavits of
Dr. Henry M. Dukeand others,
1928, Jan. 20
Notes on testimonies and affadavits of
John T. and Frances E. Eady,
1928, Jan. 23-24
Notes on testimonies,
1928, Jan. 23-31 (2 folders)
Notes on testimony and affidavits of
Hattie Gaffield,
1928, Jan. 26
Notes on transcript of testimony, pp. 569-1120,
1928, Jan. 25-31
Notes from testimonies,
1928, Mar. 15-16; notes in preparation
for
Mar. 16
Box 33
Elizabeth Duke claim:
Notes from testimony with
Charles Caldwell's notes made during
trial,
1928, Mar. 19-22
Notes from testimony by
W. R. Perkins, including notes on
evidence,
1928, Mar. 22-26
Pre-trial records: Interrogatories,
1928, Apr.
Notes on testimonies of
George G. Allen,
August Harkhorn,
Stewart L. Hawkins,
C.E. Mapes,
1928, May 21
Notes on testimonies, undated
Names of claimants presenting claims through
E. Duke,
1927
Charles Duke kinship
(Ga.),
1928
David Duke kinship
(Ga. and
Miss.),
1926-1928
David and Thomas Duke kinship and
affiliation with
Primitive Baptist Church, affidavits,
1927
David Duke kinship,
1927
Robert Duke kinship,
1926
Thomas Duke kinship:
affidavits,
1926-1928 (6 folders)
(Primitive Baptist), affidavits and
evidence,
1927
(Primitive Baptist), affidavits and
interviews,
1927
Misc. affidavits,
1926-1928
Affidavits relating to her evidence,
1927-1928
Vaughan claim:
List of descendants, undated
Executor's questionnaires and affidavits (disallowed
claims),
1925-1927 (2 folders)
Statement by
Eugene Lee Vaughan,
1926, June 22
Statement of evidence submitted by
E.L. Vaughan,
1926, Oct. 18
Evidence submitted by
E.L. Vaughan,
1926
Box 34
Vaughan claim:
Statement on behalf of
E.L. Vaughan, setting forth the grounds
of his claim, with affidavits,
1927, Apr. 18 (2 folders)
Recapitulation of the facts on which
E.L. Vaughan bases his claim,
1927, May 5
Notes about claims and evidence, undated
Affidavits, A-W,
1925-1927, undated
(3 folders)
Tillett Harris's affidavits, records of
questioning, pension records,
1927, undated
Last will and testament of
James Vaughan (
1788, Oct. 26), undated
Legal research: Precedents, ca.
1927
On Petition for Decree of Distribution of $2 million
under Item VI of [
J.B. Duke's] Will, Decree of Distribution,
1927, Nov.
On Petition for Decree: Order of Adjournment,
1927, Nov. 25
On Petition of
Edward Lee Vaughan for reopening case,
etc.; Order,
1928, Jan. 6
On Petition for Decree: Order,
1928, Jan. 6
On Petition of Decree of Distribution: Order,
1928, May 21
Transcript of Trial: On Petition for Decree,
1928, Jan. 6-20 (3 folders)
Box 35
Transcript of Trial: On Petition for Decree:
1928, Jan. 23-31; Mar. 15-16 (2 vols., 3
folders)
Box 36
Transcript of Trial: On Petition for Decree,
1928, Mar. 16-26 (7 folders, 1
vol.)
Box 37
Index to evidence,
1928
Evidence (P series):
P. 1-2, undated
P. 3, 6-40,
1926-1928,undated
P. 41-60,
1866-1928,undated
P. 61-81,
1801-1928
P. 82-91, 95-96,
1861-1928,undated
P. 98,
1894-1928
P. 100, undated
P. 102-123,
1861-1928,undated
P. 130-140,
1861-1928,undated
P. 141-159, 161,
1866-1928,undated
Box 38
Evidence (P series):
P. 126-129,
1928
P. 160, pp. 1-38,
1928 (3 folders)
Evidence: pages from church books (photographs and
photostats),
1928
Evidence (E.D. series):
E.D. 1-5,
1928
E.D. 6, 7, 20, 26,
1928
E.D. 13-14, 18-19, 21-23,
1928
Box 39
Determination by the Executors of James
B. Duke, Deceased, of Those Entitled to Participate in the Distribution Made
Under Item VI. . ., 1927
Determination by Executors:
Final awards, ca.
1926-1928
Schedule of Disallowed Claims, ca.
1927-1928
List of affidavits received by Executors,
undated
Claims (allowed):
Duke, John Taylor:
(Executors' questionnaires),
1927
James A. Duke,
Martha Angeline Duke Moore
(affidavits),
1926
Lida Duke Angier,
Pattie Duke Moore (affidavits),
1926-1928
Nannie Duke Wyant,
Maude Duke Karnes Stuart (affidavits),
1926-1927
John T. Duke,
Lillie I. Duke (affidavits),
1926
Duke, Robert:
Andrew J. Duke,
Charles Washington Duke,
Eliza Annie Duke (Evans),
Robert A. Duke (questionnaires and
affidavits),
1926-1928
Duke, William J.:
(Executors' questionnaires),
1927
James McCadden Duke,
William Kirkland Duke, Price
(Luena Duke Price) (affidavits),
1926-1927
Holloway,
Patterson,
Lyon (affidavits),
1925-1928
Box 40
Claims (allowed):
Riggs, Amelia Frances Duke,
1925-1927
Stagg, Mary Duke,
1926-1928
Roney,
(Fonville, Catherine Roney):
(Executors' questionnaires),
1927
(affidavits),
1925-1928 (2 folders)
Roney, Amos K. (Executors'
questionnaires, affidavits),
1926-1927
Roney, Benjamin F.:
(Executors' questionnaires),
1927
(affidavits),
1925-1926 (2 folders)
Roney, Calvin Newton Duke (Executors'
questionnaires, affidavits),
1925-1927
Roney, Henry C.:
(Executors' questionnaires),
1927
(affidavits),
1925-1926 (2 folders)
Roney, John T. (Executors'
questionnaires, affidavits),
1926-1927
Box 41
Claims (disallowed):
Clinton, Mary,
1926-1927
Duke, Alfred Lee,
1925-1927
Duke, Clevarious,
1926-1927
Duke, Daniel (
Va.),
1926-1927
Duke, David Washington,
1927
Duke, Edmund,
1926-1927
Duke, Francis Kirkland,
1927
Duke, James, (
Sarah E. Duke Osborn),
1926-1927
Duke, James, (
Va. and
W. Va.),
1926-1927
Duke, James (
W. Va.),
1927
Duke, James P. (
La. and
Ala.),
1926-1927
Duke, John Taylor:
Walter Lewis Duke (problem of),
1929
Grief Duke (problem of), includes
Duke,
Latta,
Garrard,
Proctor (questionnaires and affidavits),
1925-1927
Duke, Joseph,
1926-1927
Duke, Llewellyn/Robert,
1925-1927
Duke, Mary Elizabeth,
1926-1927
Duke, Polly,
1927
Duke, Reany (Reny),
1927-1928
Duke, Robert,
1926-1927
Duke, Samuel (
N.C.),
1925, undated
Duke, Tyre or Noah,
1925-1927
Duke, William (
Indiana),
1927
Duke, William (
Durell Mangum),
1927
Duke, William (
Va. and
Ohio),
1898-1927
(2 folders)
Duke, William (
Va. and
Tenn.),
1856-1927 (2 folders)
Duke, William,
1925-1927
Box 42
Claims (disallowed):
Duke, William J.,
1926-1927
Duke, William Edmund,
1927
Duke, William J.,
1926-1927
Duke, William J. (
N.C.),
1926-1927
Duke, William J.
(Polly Duke Hardin),
1926-1927
Duke, William J. (
Warren County, N.C.),
1926-1927
Duke William Joseph,
1927
Jacobs, Malinda Duke,
1926-1927
Roney,
1925-1927 (2 folders)
Roney (Trollinger),
1926-1927 (2 folders)
Claims: Miscellaneous (Executors' questionnaires and
affidavits),
1872-1927
Item VI Beneficiaries: Assignments:
Angier, John,
1926
Clute, Grover V.,
1928
Clute, John H.,
1928
Fonville, Gabriel L.,
1928
Garrison, Barbara,
1927-1928
Jones, Sallie Colbino,
1927-1928
Lyon, W.F.,
1927
Moore, Martha Ann,
1927-1928
Park, Marlowe Roney,
1927
Riggs, Frances,
1926-1928
Stagg, William L.,
1927-1928
Wood, Joseph M.,
1926-1928
Item VI Beneficiaries: Attachment by the Court of
share for
Mrs. W.H. (Roxie) Foushee (
Wilkinson v.
Foushee),
1928-1929
Item VI Beneficiaries: Guardianship:
Barton, Essie Lee and Jessie May,
1923-1927
Bowden, Alice M.,
1927-1928
Dailey, John Calvin and Lucille Park,
1927
Davis, Henry W., Stanley W., and Montrose J.,
1927-1928
Duke, Charles W.,
1927-1928
Fonville, Ralph W. and Raymond E.,
1927-1928
Holloway, Clarence R., Hallie, Reba, and J. Earl,
1927-1928
Patterson, Victor Hugo, Maurine, and Elbert Earle,
1927-1928
Box 43
Item VI Beneficiaries: Guardianship:
Price, William N.,
1927-1928
Roney, Mildred,
1927-1928
Rowland, Mary Florence and Annie Elizabeth,
1924-1928
Wilson, Walter A. and Doris A.,
1927-1928
Receipts for Legacy and Refunding Bonds,
1926-1934 (4 folders)
Receipts for Covering Specific Bequests (A-P),
1927-1929
(8 folders)
Box 44
Receipts covering specific bequests (R-Z),
1927-1929
(3 folders)
Order Allowing Final Account,
1934, June 15; Petition on Final
Accounting with schedules,
1934, Apr. 26
Petition on First Accounting with schedules,
1926, Dec. 31
Financial Papers Subseries, 1925-1934
Includes final accounting work papers for the estate, a ledger
book, journal, cashbooks, trial balances, analysis of income, statements of
income, voucher records, vouchers and receipts, and income tax returns.
Inventories of
Mr. Duke's personal properties are filed
under Receipts for Legacy and Refunding Bonds, 1926. Receipts for specific
bequests are filed alphabetically by recipient name. Arranged with the estate's
final accounting work papers first (related to Order Allowing Final Account);
followed by volumes and records in descending order according to the hierarchy
of the bookkeeping system, miscellaneous bookkeeping records, subject files,
and banking records. Vouchers and receipts are arranged into categories
(schedules of accounting) ascribed by the executors.
Final Accounting work papers,
1925-1934
Box 45
Final Accounting work papers,
1934-1937
Statements of Distribution of the Estate,
1926-1934
Ledger,
1925-1934
Journal,
1925, Oct. 11-1934, June
Cashbook,
1925, Oct. 16-1932, Sept. 30
Box 46
Cashbook,
1932, Oct. 1-1934, June 18
Voucher Records:
No. 1,
1925, Oct.-1930, Apr.
No. 2,
1930, May-1934, June
Miscellaneous bookkeeping:
Trial Balances,
1925-1934 (10 folders)
Analyses of Income,
1925-1928
Statements of Income,
1929, June-Dec.
Bonds owned by
J.B. Duke on
1925, Oct. 10
Stocks and bonds,
1925-1933
Inventory of office furniture at
535 Fifth Ave., New York City, ca.
1934
Box 47
Check stubs:
National Bank of Commerce,
1925, Oct. 11-1913, Sept. 28
The National City Bank of New York,
1925, Oct. 11-1928, Feb. 1
Cancelled checks:
National Bank of Commerce, N.Y.,
1925-1928, Sept. 13
The National City Bank of N.Y.,
1925-1928, Sept. 13
Vouchers and receipts, Administration expenses,
1926, Dec.-1928, Mar. (10
folders)
Box 48
Vouchers and receipts, Administration expenses,
1928, Apr.-1930, May (15
folders)
Box 49
Vouchers and receipts, Administration expenses,
1930, June-1933, June (15
folders)
Box 50
Vouchers and receipts:
Administration expenses,
1933, July-1934, June (5
folders)
Bonds/securities delivered to trustees of
The Duke Endowment,
Trust for Doris Duke, and others,
1928-1933
Investments and exchanges, 1926-1931
Property sold, 1927-1931
Expenses paid from income, 1927-1933
Collection charges, 1926-1934
(5 folders)
Taxes, 1927-1934
Debts of decedent, 1927
Box 51
Vouchers and receipts:
Inheritance taxes, 1926-1933
Executors' fees, 1927-1929
Liquidation of accounts payable,
1926-1931
Residuary bequests, 1927-1934
Distribution of income, 1927-1934
Miscellaneous, 1927-1931
Bank advices:
Bankers Trust Company,
Farmers' Loan and Trust Company,
Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
National Bank of Commerce in New York,
1926
Bankers Trust Company, 1927
Farmers Loan and Trust Co.,
1927
Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
1927
National City Bank of New York,
1927
National Bank of Commerce in New York,
1927
Bankers Trust Co.,
1928
Farmers Loan and Trust Co.,
1928
Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
1928
National Bank of Commerce in New York,
1928
National City Bank of New York,
1928
Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
1929
National Bank of Commerce in New York
(Bank of Commerce in New York),
1929
Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
1930
Box 52
Bank advices:
Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
1931-1934, Apr. (4 folders)
Passbooks:
Central Union Trust Company,
1926-1930;
Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
1927-1928
Check stubs:
Bankers Trust Company,
1925, Nov. 5-1928, Oct. 4
The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company,
1925, Oct. 11-1928, Sept. 13
Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
1925, Oct. 11-1934, June 18 (2
folders)
Cancelled checks:
Bankers Trust Co.,
1925-1928
Farmers' Loan and Trust,
1925-1928, Sept.
13
Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
1925-1928
(3 folders)
Box 53
Cancelled checks:
Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
1929-1934,
(2 folders)
Legal and other fees paid,
1928
Federal Income Tax,
1925-1934
(10 folders)
Federal Estate Tax,
1931
State and local taxes,
1925-1934
Printed Materials Subseries, 1925-1926, undated
Includes publications used by the executors to substantiate
their legal case.
Handbook of County Records
(N.C.), 1924
Handwriting Expert Testimony,
undated
Confederate Homes and Pensions
(public law), undated
Eleventh Biennial Report of the N.C.
Historical Commission, 1924-1926
Miscellaneous Series, 1890-1990, undated
Includes printed material; clippings; a scrapbook of business
(especially hydroelectric power), philanthropic and family subjects; a list of
charitable contributions; a birth certificate; a history of the
Inman family; a genealogical chart; biographical
information; memorials; resolutions; blueprints of land plats and buildings;
and architectural drawings. There are three subseries: General, Clippings, and
Printed Materials. See also oversize materials. Arranged by subseries, then
alphabetically by subject, title, or author's name (when known).
General Subseries, 1890-1970s, undated
Biography:
Nanaline H. Duke, ca. 1970s; family
history,
Inman family, undated
Birth certificate,
Doris Duke,
1912
Charitable contributions,
1890-1925
Passports:
James B., Nanaline, and Doris Duke,
1923
Proof for commemorative plate: Signing
The Duke Endowment,
undated
Box 54
Scrapbook: Business, philanthropic, family,
undated
Tailoring dimensions,
James B. Duke,
ca. 1909-1923, undated
Clippings Subseries, 1898-1990, undated
Doris Duke,
1937,
1964-1990
Item VI of
J.B. Duke's will,
1927-1928
House and estates:
New York and
North Carolina,
1913-1978
House and estate:
Somerville, New Jersey,
1903-1987
Miscellaneous,
1898-1986, undated
Printed Materials Subseries, 1919-1982, undated
Subjects:
Advertisements [?], Spanish newspapers,
1919
Biographical statements about
James B. Duke,
1952-1982, undated
Biography of
Eugene Healan Thomason, with
biographical note on
J.B. Duke, undated
Memorials:
The Duke Endowment, Death of
James B. Duke,
1925
Furman University,
James B. Duke,
1926
Programs:
Duke University, Annual memorial
service,
1939;
Johnson C. Smith, 89th Anniversary,
1956
Memorial service for
James B. Duke,
1925
Resolutions: Death of
Benjamin N. Duke
by
The Duke Endowment,
1919
by
Duke Power Co.,
1929
Resolution: Death of
James B. Duke, by
Piedmont and Northern Railway Co.,
1926
Titles:
The American Tobacco Story,
1962
"In A Carolina Forest,"
[Duke University]
Time, 1931, Apr.
27
"In Memoriam, James B.
Duke,"
Alumni Register of Duke
University, 1925, Nov.
"Saguenay River
Developments,"
1921, undated
"The New Empire of the
Saguenay,"
1926
"Saguenay River Trip,"
1923
Box 55
Authors:
Allen, George G.,
Address Commemorating the Ninth
Anniversary of The Duke Endowment, 1933
Cash, W.J.,
"Buck Duke's University,"
in
The American Mercury, 1933,
Sept.
Durden, Robert F.,
Troubled Legacy: James B. Duke's
Bequest to His Cousins (reprint), 1973
Fox, John W.,
"Outline of Development of Duke
Power Company,"
1952
Hunt, Roy A,
The Aluminum Pioneers,
1951
Rickey, James W.,
"Hydro Power for the Production of
Aluminum,"
1936
Teague, Katherine,
"A Twentieth Century King Midas ?
James B. Duke,"
undated
Towe, Kenneth C.,
Remarks Before the N.Y. Society of
Security Analysts, 1955;
William Brown Bell, [American
Cyanamid Co.], 1953
Watson, E.A. and L. McW.,
"Lynchburg Tobacco
Imprints,"
in
The Iron Worker,
1950-1951
Pictures Series, 1870s-1960s, undated (bulk 1910s)
Subjects include family, friends, and colleagues of
James Buchanan Dukeand buildings, homes, and
estates. The motion picture film was copied from a silent movie on cellulose
nitrate film. An album is first, followed by loose pictures, and then motion
pictures. Negatives from the album have been separated from prints to allow for improved housing and preservation, and are not available for general reference use. Loose
pictures are arranged alphabetically by name of person or by subject.
Box 56
Album:
Mildred K. Baldwin:
Duke family and inter-related family
members; properties,
1910-1925,
1950 (2 folders)
Duke, Benjamin N. and Sarah P.,
1910s
Duke, James B.,
1925
Duke, James B. and Benjamin N. with
others,
1925
Duke Farms,
Somerville, N.J., 1920s
Fairview, home of
Washington Duke, ca.
1910-1925
People:
Daily, Betty Roney (Mrs. John C.),
undated
Duke, Benjamin N., undated
Duke, Benjamin N. and Sarah P.,
undated
Duke, Benjamin N. and Sarah P. with
family,
1890s-1910s
Duke, Doris christening a ship (SS James B. Duke?),
1944
Duke, James B.:
1870s, ca. 1920s, undated
(3 folders)
Painting by
John DaCosta, undated
Engraving, ca.
1905
Duke, James B. and Benjamin N.,
undated
Duke, James B., Benjamin N. and
Washington;
Erwin, NC,
1902-1903
Duke, James B. with
B. N. Dukeand
G. W. Watts, undated
Duke, James B. and Benjamin N. with
others, undated
Duke, James B. and Doris,
1919
Duke, James Buchanan, and
Dula, Caleb C.,undated
Duke, James B. with family and friends [at
Myers Park?], undated
Duke, James B., fishing trip,
undated
Duke, James B., funeral,
1925 (2 folders)
Duke, Nanaline H.,
1915
Duke, Sarah P., undated
Duke, Washington, undated
Few, William P.;
Few, Mary R.with
Frank Rounds, 1960s
Inman, Walker P., undated
Perkins, William R., 1933;
Pickens, Marshall I., undated
Roney, Amos Kendall, undated;
Roney, Artelia, undated
Sands, Alexander H., undated
Spence, Hersey Everett and Bessy W. with
Frank Rounds, 1960s
Box 56-A
Pictures: Mildred K. Baldwin Album
Duke family and inter-related family
members, ca. 1910-1925
Duke family and inter-related family
members, 1910-1925, 1950
Duke, Benjamin N. and Sarah P., 1910s
Duke, James B., 1925
Duke, James B. and Benjamin N. with others, 1925
Duke Farms, Somerville, NJ, 1920s
"Fairview," home of Washington Duke, ca. 1910-1925
Box 56-B
Negatives: Mildred K. Baldwin Album
Duke family and inter-related family
members, ca. 1910-1925
Duke family and inter-related family
members, 1910-1925, 1950
Duke, Benjamin N. and Sarah P., 1910s
Duke, James B., 1925
Duke, James B. and Benjamin N. with others, 1925
Duke Farms, Somerville, NJ, 1920s
"Fairview," home of Washington Duke, ca. 1910-1925
Copy negative of portrait of J.B. and B.N.
Duke
Duke, James B. and Benjamin N.
Duke, James B., Benjamin N., and Washington, Erwin,
NC, 1902-1903
Duke, James Buchanan and Dula, Caleb C.
Duke, Benjamin N.
Duke, James B. and Benjamin with others
Duke, Benjamin N. and Sarah P.
Box 57
Subjects:
Duke Homestead and buildings,
undated
Somerville, N.J., Estate:
Postcards, 1909, undated
Identified areas, undated
(3 folders)
Architectural drawing by
Horace Trumbauer, ca.
1911
Southern Power Co., laying cornerstone,
Catawba River, S.C.,
1905
Quebec Development Company,
Saguenay River, Quebec Canada:
(3 folders)
5 photographic postcards of scenes of Alma, Isle
Malique and Mixer house fire,
1924, undated
23 photographic postcards of scenes from the
construction of Isle Malign Station, undated
3 photos of Isle Malign on Saguenay River,
undated
2 photos of staff of Quebec Development Company -
identified individuals: D.F. Noyes, S.W. Myatt, Frank Harrison,
undated
10 photographs of construction of Isle Malign
Station in
"Paper Manufactures' Souvenir,"
1924
1 photographic map of Saguenay River in
"Programme of Summer Meeting"
for Saguenay
Branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada,
1924, June 6.
Box 58
Motion pictures:
J.B. Duke and
Caleb C. Dulaat Dula residence,
Yonkers, N.Y. (copy film)
negative, undated
J.B. Duke and
Caleb C. Dulaat Dula residence,
Yonkers, N.Y. (copy film)
print, undated
Oversize Materials
Business Papers Series
Oversize Cabinet
OC:II:7:
Southern Power Company:
Maps of transmission system,
1922, undated
Orlando Water Power Corporation:
Financial statements: Worksheets,
1916-1922; Patents:
Italian,
1913-1920; Plan
(blueprint) showing transmission line, undated
Duke Farms Company:
Accounts,
1922-1922; financial
statements,
1916-1925; income
taxes,
1918-1919
Southern Investment Company of Delaware,
Southern Investment Company of New Jersey:
Financial statements: worksheets,
1912-1922
Financial Papers Series
Miscellaneous financial statements of
James B. Duke,
1913-1925, undated
Estate Series:
Legal Papers Subseries
Discovery:
Duke family history, undated
Miscellaneous Series
Charts showing kinship to
John Roney and
Taylor Duke, undated; proof for cast of
commemorative plate, undated; Clippings,
1907
Property and houses (blueprints):
Melon house (proposed),
Duke Farms Co.,
Somerville, N.J., 1917, Aug.;
Conservatory of Music,
Durham, N.C., land plat, 1913;
Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
Durham, N.C., land plats, 1913;
First Methodist Episcopal Church,
Somerville, N.J., floor plans,
1923
Property and houses:
Land plats for Myers Park,
Charlotte, N.C., 1919; Blueprints for
laundry in residence, Myers Park, 1922
Architectural plans by
Horace Trumbauer for
78th St., New York, N.Y., residence,
1909
Pictures Series
Angier B. Duke, ca. 1923
James B. Duke, undated
Washington Duke, undated
Buildings and property:
Duke Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
(
Horace Trumbauer drawings)
Bragtown, N.C., undated;
Duke Homestead, undated;
Duke's first factory (barn), undated;
Duke'smixture factory,
undated
Benjamin N. Duke, undated
Staff and owners of
British-American Tobacco Co. on the
SS James B. Duke,
undated
