| Collection Name: |
James B. Duke Project |
| Repository Name: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
New York, New York, United States |
| URL: |
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/oral/guides/duke.html |
| Dates Spanned: |
1966-1966 |
| Description: |
Through a series of interviews, the origins and subsequent activities of the Duke Endowment are set forth, with particular focus on the personality and career of the fonder. Associates of James B. Duke (1857-1925) and persons active in his manifold interest provide personal reminiscences, anecdotes, and comments on the Duke family, the career of Duke, the development of the Duke Power Company and various other business ventures designed to advance the Piedmont Region of North Carolina, his early interests in southern education, in particular Trinity College (now Duke University), and developments since his death. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
40 |
| Interviews: |
[42 interview(s) listed in this collection] |
| Broad Subjects: |
Biography; Sociology |
| ASP Subjects: |
Biography; Duke Endowment, Charlotte, NC; Duke family; Duke, James Buchanan, 1856-1925; Duke, James B.; James Buchanan Duke; Family--History; History; Humanitarianism; Industrialists; North Carolina; Oral history; Philanthropinism; Philanthropists; United States |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0000828 |
