Business Division records, 1938-1965

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Business Division
Abstract:
Contains the records of the Business Division of Duke University. A. S. Brower was an administrative assistant (1939-1946), then business manager and comptroller of the Business Division (1946-1956). This position is now known as the Office of the Executive Vice President, part of Duke University Administration. Types of materials include memoranda, forms, correspondence, printed matter, blueprints, contracts, financial materials, and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools reports. Major subjects include Duke University Administration, the Business Division, history of the Office of the Executive Vice President, World War II and education, Selective Service, ROTC and V-12 military training programs, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and campus development and construction. Contains restricted materials. English.
Extent:
15 Linear Feet
Language:
English.
Collection ID:
UA.10.02.0001
University Archives Record Group:
10 -- Executive VP and Treasurer & Administration (Business and Finance)
10 -- Executive VP and Treasurer & Administration (Business and Finance) > 02 -- Business and Finance Division

Background

Scope and content:

Contains memoranda, forms, correspondence, printed matter, blueprints, contracts, financial materials, and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools reports pertaining to the Business Division at Duke University. A. S. Brower was an administrative assistant (1939-1946), then business manager and comptroller of the Business Division (1946-1956). Major subjects include Duke University Administration, the Business Division, history of the Office of the Executive Vice President, World War II and education, Selective Service, ROTC and V-12 military training programs, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. and campus development and construction. Materials range in date from 1938 to 1948. Boxes 1 and 2 contain restricted materials.

Biographical / historical:

The Business Division of Duke University coordinated the financial and administrative business of schools and departments throughout Duke University.

During World War II, the Business Division mediated requests for student records and information pertaining to students enrolling (or deferring enrollment) in the Selective Service. The Business Division was also associated with some construction and building improvements on campus, particularly those of the Arts Center and East Campus buildings. The Business Division maintained contracts for these and other projects during the 1960s.

A. S. (Alfred Smith) Brower was a longtime staff member of the Business Division. Before coming to Duke University, Brower held several state government posts in finance and statistics, and was the Comptroller at North Carolina State University. From 1939 to 1946, Brower was administrative assistant in the Business Division. He then became the business manager and comptroller (now treasurer), serving in that position from 1946 until 1956. From 1956 to 1959, he served as the Business Division's business manager and treasurer. Brower died in 1968 at age 76.

In 1962, the Business Division was reorganized and renamed. The newly-formed Business and Finance Division was headed by the Vice President for Business and Finance, who was the chief fiscal officer of the university and reported to the president.

Acquisition information:

Boxes 1-7; Gift; 1995; A64-57

Box 8; Transfer; Budgets and Measurements Department; 1982; A82-121

Boxes 9-10; Transfer; Office of the Business Manager; 1967; A67-82

Processing information:

Processed by Cat Saleeby

Completed 1997

Encoded by Emily Glenn, March 2003

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[Identification of item], Business Division Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

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