uajordan Inventory of the Charles E. Jordan Papers, 1942 - 1966 Processed by: Emily J. Glenn; machine-readable finding aid created by: Dean Jeffrey University ArchivesDuke University

Durham, N.C., U.S.A.

Aleph Number: 003489894

Machine-readable finding aid derived from automated markup system. Date of source: March, 1997 Processed by Emily J. Glenn March, 1997; Finding Aid encoded by Dean Jeffrey, University Archives, Duke University, July, 2005 Description is in English. 05-01-2006 PUBLIC "-//University Archives//TEXT (US::NDD::::Charles E. Jordan Papers)//EN" "uajordan.xml converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) was changed to conform to the NC EAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. Inventory of the Charles E. Jordan Papers, 1942 - 1966 University Archives Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0202 USA

Descriptive Summary Charles E. Jordan Papers, 1942 - 1966. Jordan, Charles E., 1901-1974. Duke University. Office of Public Relations. 28.5 Linear Feet, 19000 Items University Archives, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult University Archives, Duke University. Charles E. Jordan (1901-1974) served Duke as Assistant Secretary from 1925 to 1941, as Secretary from 1941 to 1957, as Chairman of the Athletic council from 1949 to 1963, and as Vice President for University Relations from 1946 to 1966. He was also active in community organizations, including the Durham County and North Carolina Boards of Education and various Methodist Church organizations. Jordan retired from Duke in 1966. The collection includes correspondence, subject files, audiotape, and other records relating to administrative and athletic matters at Duke University. Major subjects include scholarships, public relations, intercollegiate athletics (NCAA, ACC, Southern Conference, Duke Athletic Council, and Duke Athletic Association), the Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship Program, the Woman's College, and university publications. There are also materials relating to the proceedings of the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church and to educational matters in Durham and North Carolina. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Charles E. Jordan Papers, University Archives, Duke University.

Provenance

The Charles E. Jordan Papers was received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972.

Processing Information

Processed by Emily Glenn

Completed March, 1997

Encoded by Dean Jeffrey, July 2005

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Biographical Note

Charles E. Jordan was born in Henrietta, N.C. in 1901. He received his A.B. from Trinity College in 1923 and his law degree from Duke in the spring of 1925 (in the first class to graduate from Duke law school.) He served Duke as Assistant Secretary from 1925 to 1941, as Secretary from 1941 to 1957, as Chairman of the Athletic council from 1949 to 1963, and as Vice President for Public Relations from 1946 to 1966. He was also active in community organizations, including the Durham County and North Carolina Boards of Education and various Methodist Church organizations. These activities are reflected in his papers. Jordan retired from Duke in 1966. He died in 1974. Durham's Jordan High School was named after him in 1963.

Collection Overview

The collection includes correspondence, subject files, audiotape, and other records relating to administrative and athletic matters at Duke University. Major subjects include scholarships, public relations, intercollegiate athletics (NCAA, ACC, Southern Conference, Duke Athletic Council, and Duke Athletic Association), the Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship Program, the Woman's College, and university publications. There are also materials relating to the proceedings of the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church and to educational matters in Durham and North Carolina.

Subject Headings

These and related materials may be accessed under the following subject headings in the Duke University Libraries online catalog.

Atlantic Coast Conference. College sports--United States--History--20th century. Duke University. Athletic Association. Duke University. Athletic Council. Duke University. Dept. of Athletics. Duke University--Funds and scholarships. Duke University--Public relations. Duke University--Sports. Duke University. Woman's College. Jordan, Charles E., 1901-1974. Methodism--North Carolina. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Southern Conference. Contents of Collection Subject files 1942-1966

These materials were received in several separate accessions and are shelved in the same order as they were received. Within each accession, subject files are arranged chronologically. To facilitate research and the location of files, all folders are presented in this finding aid in alphabetical order with their corresponding box numbers.

33 A Correspondence 1 A Correspondence, 1942-1948 1 A Correspondence, 1949-1951 20 A Correspondence, 1952-1955 1 Administrative Committee 34 Administrative Committee Minutes, 1958-1960, [3 folders] 33 Administrative Committee, 1956-1960 [3 folders] 20 Administrative Committee--Correspondence from President 1 Admissions, 1943-1945 34 Admissions--Undergraduate Policy Committee 34 Advancement--Staff Minutes 1 Alumni Loyalty Fund 1 Alumni Meetings 20 Alumni Meetings--Loyalty Fund Trips 1 Alumni Office--C. A. Duke 34 Alumni Office--C. A. Dukes Miscellaneous Correspondence [2 folders] 20 Alumni Office--C. A. Dukes Miscellaneous, 1950-1959 [2 folders] 20 Alumni Offices--Renovation 1 Alumni Visits 20 American Association of University Professors--Duke Chapter 35 American Library Association 1 American Social Hygiene Association 20 Annual Giving--City of Durham Participation 1 Applications 35 Appointments Office 1 Archives Committee 20 Athletic Academic Averages, 1952 52 Athletic Association, 1951-1953 52 Athletic Association, 1953 52 Athletic Association. General correspondence, 1949-1951 52 Athletic Council, 1928 52 Athletic Council, 1949-1963 [8 folders] 52 Athletic Council. Audits, Peat, Marwick & Mitchell 1949-1962 [9 folders] 52 Athletic Council. Football coach. Applications and correspondence, 1950-1951 1 Athletics 52 Athletics - newspaper clippings 53 Atlantic Coast Conference, 1953-1963 [18 folders] 35 B Correspondence 2 B Correspondence, 1949-1951 21 B Correspondence, 1952-1955 1 B-Bn Correspondence, 1942-1948 2 Band Room--YMCA Chapel 21 Band--Band Day 21 Baptist Student Union 35 Basketball Coach Applications 52 Baylin Trophy, 1952-1955 21 Bequest Program 2 Bo-Bu Correspondence, 1947-1948 2 Board of Trustees 21 Board of Trustees 35 Board of Trustees 2 Board of Trustees--Correspondence 2 Board of Trustees--Reports to, etc. 2 Bosley, Harold A. 2 Boy Scouts 21 Boy Scouts 2 Bureau of Public Information 35 Bureau of Public Information 21 Bureau of Public Information, 1952-1955 35 C Correspondence 2 C Correspondence, 1941-1948 3 C Correspondence, 1949-1951 21 C Correspondence, 1952-1955 3 Chanticleer, 1940-1944 [5 folders] 36 Chapel Administrative Committee 22 Cherry, Gregg R. (Gastonia, NC) 3 Cl-Cu Correspondence 17 Class of 1923--Letters re: Loyalty Fund 17 Class of 1923--Reunion 36 Commencement 22 Commencement, 1952-1956 3 Commencement, 1959 22 Commission on Church Union 36 Commonwealth of Children Symposium 22 Conference Survey and Long-Range Planning Committee, 1952-1953 3 Congratulations, Letters of 36 Curriculum Administration 36 D Correspondence 4 D Correspondence, 1941-1951 [2 folders] 22 D Correspondence, 1952-1955 4 Daniels, Captain Thomas C. 36 Degrees Awarded and Lists of Candidates, 1945-1958 [3 folders] 22 Degrees Awarded--Summary, 1925-1953 37 Development Office [2 folders] 4 Development Program 37 Development Staff Minutes 4 Divinity School 5 Duke Hospital 22 Duke Hospital 5 Duke Memorial Church, 1943 5 Duke University Church 5 Duke University Day 5 Duke University Loyalty Fund--Area Meetings 5 Duke University National Council 5 Dukes, C. A., 1949-1951 22 Durham Broadcasting Enterprises, Inc. 5 Durham Chamber of Commerce 37 Durham Chamber of Commerce 5 Durham Community Fund 5 Durham County School Board 5 Durham District Stewards--District Work, 1941 37 E Correspondence 6 E Correspondence, 1942-1951 [2 folders] 23 E Correspondence, 1952-1955 6 Edens, President 37 Enrollment Statistics 38 F Correspondence 6 F Correspondence, 1942-1951 [2 folders] 23 F Correspondence, 1952-1955 38 Faculty Committees 6 Faculty Senate 6 Faculty, General 38 Faculty--General 6 Few, William Preston--Papers and Addresses 6 Flowers, Robert Lee 38 Football Letters 6 Founders' Day 38 G Correspondence 7 G Correspondence, 1942-1951 [2 folders] 23 G Correspondence, 1952-1955 7 Graduate School 38 Graduate School 38 H Correspondence 7 H Correspondence, 1942-1951 [2 folders] 23 H Correspondence, 1952-58 [2 folders] 24 Heart Drive 24 Hoey, Senator Clyde R.--Correspondence re: Papers 7 Homes and Hospitals, Board of 38 I Correspondence 8 I Correspondence, 1947-1950 8 Inauguration of President 8 Inauguration--A. Hollis Edens 8 Institutional Advisory Committee (Veteran's Administration) 8 Inter-Conference Commission 38 Invoices--Miscellaneous 39 J Correspondence 8 J Correspondence [2 folders] 24 J Correspondence, 1952-1955 39 Jordan File 8 Jordan's Personal Correspondence, 1949-1953 9 Jordan's Personal Correspondence, 1950-1954 39 K Correspondence 9 K Correspondence [2 folders] 24 K Correspondence, 1952-1955 9 L Correspondence 39 L Correspondence 24 L Correspondence, 1952-1955 39 Lake Junaluska 10 Lake Junaluska Assembly 10 Lake Junaluska, 1949-1951 24 Lake Junaluska, 1952-1955 39 Library 39 Library--Technical Services Dept. 24 Loans, Correspondence re: 40 Long Range Planning Committee, 1960 39 Long Range Planning Report, 1958-1959 40 Loyalty Fund 40 M Correspondence 24 M Correspondence, 1952-1955 10 M Correspondence, [3 folders] 10 Mc Correspondence 40 Mc Correspondence 24 Mc Correspondence, 1952-1955 40 Medical Care and Life Insurance--Fringe Benefits 40 Medical School Admissions 10 Medical School--Admissions and Rejections 11 Medical School--Correspondence re: Admissions [4 folders] 25 Medical School--Correspondence re: Admissions, 1951-1954 11 Meetings to be held at Duke 25 Methodist Board of Publications--NC CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, 1949-1958 [2 folders] 25 Methodist Church General Board of Education 27 Methodist Church [NC Conference]--S. E. Journal of the Methodist Church 11 Methodist College Advance 11 Methodist College Foundation 25 Methodist College Foundation, 1948-1957 [2 folders] 26 Methodist Council--World 26 Methodist Fund, Inc., 1956 Oct.-1957 Oct. 26 Methodist Student Center 26 Methodist Student Center--Correspondence, 1952-1958 [3 folders] 26 Methodist Student Center--Equipment Fund 27 Methodist Student Chaplain--Fellowships, 1950-1958 [2 folders] 11 Methodist Student Work 27 Methodist Youth Fellowship (NC Conference)--Annual Conference Sessions 11 Minah, T. W. 40 N Correspondence 12 N Correspondence [2 folders] 27 N correspondence, 1952-1955 52 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), 1949-1963 [11 folders] 27 National Council of Churches of Christ--Committee on the Use and Understanding of the Bible 27 National Resources Conference 27 National School Boards Association, Inc. 12 News Service--Boyden-Fike 12 Non-graduate Admissions 27 North Carolina Christian Advocate--Editor's Home 12 North Carolina FM Radio Education Committee 28 North Carolina Library Association, 1954-1957 [2 folders] 40 North Carolina Press Association 12 North Carolina Press Association Dinner, 1950-1951 [2 folders] 28 North Carolina Press Association, 1951-1957 [2 folders] 41 Nursing School Admissions 12 O Correspondence 41 O Correspondence 42 Occidental Life 41 Occidental Life Insurance [4 folders] 28 Occidental Life, 1955-1958 52 Orange Bowl, 1953-1957 42 P Correspondence 12 P Correspondence [2 folders] 13 P Correspondence, 1949-1951 28 P Correspondence, 1951-1955 42 Payroll [2 folders] 42 Plyer, A. W.--Donor of E. Lee Prize 43 President's Reports, 1955-1962 [6 folders] 28 President, Reports to, 1952-1955 28 Public Relations, Applications for Position in 43 Q Correspondence 43 R Correspondence 13 R Correspondence, 1942-1951 [2 folders] 29 R Correspondence, 1951-1955 44 Registrar's Office 29 Reinsch, Miss Ute 29 Report on Higher Education and Dollar Support, 1961 Jan. 13 Retirement Plan 44 Retirements 29 Reynolds Student Investment Trust 29 Rotary Club Programs, 1956 Jan. 29 Rotary Foundation Scholarship 14 Rural Churches 14 Rural Churches, Committee on 44 S Correspondence 14 S Correspondence [2 folders] 15 S Correspondence, 1947-1951 [3 folders] 29 S Correspondence, 1952-1959 [3 folders] 30 Sample, Paul 15 Sands, Alex Jr. [2 folders] 16 Scholarship Fund, General--Contributions, 1945-1950 [2 folders] 45 Scholarship--A. B. Duke Report, 1959-1960 44 Scholarship--W. N. Reynolds 16 Scholarships--A. B. Duke Memorial--Summaries 16 Scholarships--Alyse Smith 16 Scholarships--Angier Duke Regional 16 Scholarships--Dr. D. M. Litaker 16 Scholarships--Ed Guest Class Christian Education 16 Scholarships--George M. Ivey 16 Scholarships--H. H. Jordan Memorial Foundation 16 Scholarships--High Point Alumni 16 Scholarships--Holmes-McCausland Trust Loan Foundation 16 Scholarships--J. Welch Harris 16 Scholarships--James E. Shepard Memorial Foundation 16 Scholarships--Mayer 16 Scholarships--McMullen 44 Scholarships--Miscellaneous Correspondence 45 Scholarships--Miscellaneous Correspondence [3 folders] 30 Scholarships--Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1952-1958 [2 folders] 16 Scholarships--Ottis Green Foundation Fellowship 16 Scholarships--Pan-Hellenic 16 Scholarships--Rochelle 16 Scholarships--Special Scholarship Committee, 1949 15 Scholarships--Student Correspondence and Lists, 1949-1950 [2 folders] 16 Scholarships--U. S. Steel Foundation, Inc.--Contributions 16 Scholarships--W. N. Reynolds Loan and Scholarship Fund 16 Scholarships--W. P. Few 30 School of Missions--Women's Society of Christian Service 30 Seaboard Airline Railroad 30 Separk, J. H.--Memorial Scholarship Fund 30 Smith, W. Herbert 30 Smith, Willis [2 folders] 52 Southern Conference, 1948-1952 [5 folders] 53 Southern Conference, 1951-1953 [5 folders] 31 Southern School News 45 Special File 31 Student Affairs, 1955-1956 31 Summer Session, 1952-1958 [2 folders] 45 Summer Sessions 46 Summer Sessions 46 T Correspondence 17 T Correspondence [2 folders] 31 T Correspondence, 1952-1958 [2 folders] 31 Teacher Education in Duke University, Centennial Celebration of 17 Television 31 Television 31 Trinity College and College of Engineering--Correspondence 32 Trinity College and College of Engineering--Correspondence re. Admissions, 1952-1955 [2 folders] 46 Trinity College, College of Engineering Admissions, 1958-1962 [4 folders] 17 Trinity College, Correspondence re: Admissions 17 Trinity College, History of, 1839-1842 (Nora Chaffin), Correspondence re:, 1950-51 46 Tuition 17 Tuition Increase, Letters re:, 1946-1948 [2 folders] 18 U Correspondence 47 University Council [3 folders] 47 University Faculty Committee on Elections, 1952-1956 [4 folders] 47 University Faculty--Notices, Miscellaneous Correspondence 32 University House 48 University Religious Council 48 University Students, Official Lists of, 1954-1956 [2 folders] 48 V Correspondence 18 V Correspondence [2 folders] 18 W Correspondence [4 folders] 48 W Correspondence, 1952-1958 [3 folders] 49 Washington and Lee University, 1960 May 7 18 Woman's College, Duke University--Mrs. Persons Correspondence 49 Woman's College--Admissions Correspondence, 1952-1957 [5 folders] 50 Woman's College--Admissions Correspondence, 1956-1962 [6 folders] 51 Woman's College--Candidates for Degrees 19 Woman's College--Correspondence re: Admissions, 1947-1951 [2 folders] 51 Woman's College--Directories and Miscellaneous Correspondence 19 XYZ Correspondence 51 XYZ Correspondence Related Material Biographical Reference Collection: Charles E. 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