Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc. records, 1923-1999

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Summary

Creator:
Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc
Abstract:
The Angier B. Duke Memorial was established in 1925 by Benjamin N. Duke to honor his son, Angier Buchanan Duke (1884-1923, Trinity, '05). The program was reworked in 1946-1947 when the Memorial Scholarship became the University's premier undergraduate award. The collection contains annual reports of various committees, correspondence and memoranda, studies, proposals, financial material, and miscellaneous material. A majority of the material pertains to loans, awards, and scholarships funded by the Angier B. Duke Memorial and ranges in date from 1923-1999.
Extent:
14 Linear Feet
approx. 9500 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
UA.01.08.0004
University Archives Record Group:
01 -- General Information and University History
01 -- General Information and University History > 08 -- Awards, Scholarships, and Memorials

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains material pertaining to the operation of the Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc. scholarship, award, and loan programs. The material ranges in date from 1923-1999. General files include material relating to all of the scholarship programs offered by the Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc.: Summer Study at Oxford, Self-Determined Educational Experience, In-Class Scholar Award, and the Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship; reports, correspondence, and miscellaneous material. The restricted series contains bound annual reports of the scholarship and prize committees, a sampling of student loan applications, and annual Memorial Scholar student essays. Financial papers include loan amounts and balances, assorted vouchers, corporate investment material, and several oversize items: bound ledgers, cash books, and journals.

Biographical / historical:

The Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc. was established in 1925 by Ben N. Duke to honor his son, Angier Buchanan Duke (1884-1923). The Memorial is a nonprofit membership corporation organized to develop scholarship and to promote and further the arts, sciences, and professions by establishing funding to assist students. Prior to the Second World War the Memorial focused primarily on assisting struggling students through the years of the Great Depression. In May 1946, several members of the Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc. Board of Directors expressed concern over existing policy governing scholarship awards. These concerned members felt that student financial aid would take on new significance in the future when G.I Bill funding began to wane. The board formed a committee in 1946 to explore possible directions a new financial aid policy could take.

The new Scholarship Program shifted from need-based determination to considerations of academic merit and future professional potential. The Program "sought to attract young men and young women with the character, personality, intellectual integrity, vitality, and imagination to become leaders in their chosen fields" who could "digest and use the knowledge they acquired." The result, the Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship, became the premiere undergraduate award at Duke. In 1974, the Memorial initiated three new facets of the scholarship program: Summer Study at Oxford Program, the Self-Determined Educational Experience Program, and the Angier B. Duke In-Class Scholar Award.

Acquisition information:
The Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc. records were received by the University Archives as a transfer between 1973-1986.
Processing information:

Processed by Joshua Larkin Rowley, October 2008

Encoded by Joshua Larkin Rowley, October 2008

Updated by Joshua Larkin Rowley, January 2009

Accessions A73-134, A74-191, A76-25, A76-135, A78-2, and A86-46 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

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[Identification of item], Angier B. Duke Memorial, Inc. Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.