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[Identification of item], A. Hollis Edens Papers, University Archives, Duke University.
The A. Hollis Edens Papers were received by the University Archives as a gift in 2011-2012.
Processed by Kimberly Sims, April 2012
Updated by Kimberly Sims, August 2012
Encoded by Kimberly Sims, April 2012
Updated by Kimberly Sims, April 2012
Accessions UA2011-0032 and UA2012-0021 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
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Arthur Hollis Edens was born on February 14, 1901 in Willow Grove, Tennessee. He was the son of Everett C. Edens, a Methodist minister, and Barbara Ellen (Jolly) Edens. He attended Emory University from which he received the degrees of B.Ph. (1930) and M.A. (1938). He also received a Masters of Public Administration degree (1944) and a Ph.D. (1949) from Harvard University. Prior to coming to Duke, Edens worked as a teacher and administrator at the Cumberland Mountain School and Emory University. In 1946, he was named Dean of Administration at Emory and in 1947, he became Vice Chancellor of the University System of Georgia. In 1948, he was appointed associate director of the General Education Board of the Rockefeller Foundation. In November 1948, the trustees of Duke University selected Edens to serve as president of the institution, a post he held until 1960.
After leaving Duke, Edens served as executive director of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation in Winston-Salem, N.C. Edens died in Atlanta, Georgia on August 7, 1968. He was survived by his wife, Mary Kathleen (Russell) Edens and his daughter, Mary Ann (Mrs. Jefferson D. Wingfield, Jr.).
The collection includes correspondence, speeches, Duke-related material, Emory-related material, clippings, printed material, scrapbooks, and photographs. The material relates not only to Edens' professional career, but also to his family history and to that of his wife. The majority of the collection consists of family photographs, many of which are unidentified and undated.
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