Preliminary Inventory of the William Volker Fund Records, 1953-1961
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Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Creator
William Volker Fund
Title
William Volker Fund Records, 1953-1961
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
1.8 Linear Feet
25 Items
Abstract
25 Items
The William Volker Fund operated from 1932-1965 as a charitable foundation promoting free-market and liberatarian economics. Along with funding research, the Fund sponsored the work of Old Right economists, and gave liberatarian books to college libraries through the National Book Foundation.
Accession (2009-0179) (25 items; 1.8 lin. ft.; dated 1953-1961) includes reports and surveys commissioned by the Fund regarding education and health; sourcebooks on education resources and conferences; National Book Foundation files; and other miscellaneous materials, including a William Volker Fund office manual and board meeting reports.
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Administrative Information
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Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Copyright Notice
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Volker Fund Records, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The William Volker Fund Records were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a
gift in 2009.
Processing Information
Accessioned by Meghan Lyon, August 2009
Encoded by Meghan Lyon, August 2009
This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Historical Note
The William Volker Fund operated from 1932-1965 as a charitable foundation promoting free-market and liberatarian economics. Along with funding research, the Fund sponsored the work of Old Right economists, and gave liberatarian books to college libraries through the National Book Foundation.
[top]Collection Overview
Accession (2009-0179) (25 items; 1.8 lin. ft.; dated 1953-1961) includes reports and surveys commissioned by the Fund regarding education and health; sourcebooks on education resources and conferences; National Book Foundation files; and other miscellaneous materials, including a William Volker Fund office manual and board meeting reports.
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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.
- Templeton, Kenneth S.
- William Volker Fund.
- National Book Foundation (U.S.)
- Economics.
- Education.
- Economic development--Effect of education on.
- Health.
- United States--Economics.
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Preliminary Description of Collection
Accession (2009-0179), 1953-1961
(3 boxes)
Accession (2009-0179) (25 items; 1.8 lin. ft.; dated 1953-1961) includes reports and surveys commissioned by the Fund regarding education and health; sourcebooks on education resources and conferences; National Book Foundation files; and other miscellaneous materials, including a William Volker Fund office manual and board meeting reports.
Box 1
Manual of Office Procedure
Association for Christian Schools:
"Schools Weighed in the Balance,"
1961
Five-year Survey of Education, Report II, Spring 1960 (2 copies)
A Study of College Libraries, May 1953
Symposium on Individuality, Final Report, Fall 1957
Education Conferences and Symposia, report and request, 1960
Report on Education Conferences and Symposia, Fall 1961
A Source Book on Summer Education, 1956
National Book Foundation, 1960
Box 2
Health and welfare director memos
Education director memos
Miscellaneous pages (2 folders)
Research & Writing and Book Publication & Distribution Projects
Discussion Guide for Summer Conference Planning, 1956 (2 copies)
Review and Recommendations, 1954
Review and Recommendations, 1956
William Volker Fund board meeting, Sept. 1961
Box 3
Director's meeting:
"Survey of Education,"
Aug. 1954
Private School Development Program, First Interim Report, Fall 1961
Private School Development Program, General Report, Fall 1960
Private School Development Program, Second General Report, Spring 1961
President's Report to the Directors, Fall 1961
Survey of Pre-College Education, 1960
A Source Book on Education Conferences, 1958-1959 (2 folders)
Report on the Conference on Parish and Church-Related Schools, Oct. 1960
