Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas: The Duke Endowment, 1924–1994

410 Pages·1998·29.699 MB·English

by  Robert F. Durden

Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas

Robert F. Durden is Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University,
and the author of numerous works on southern history.
© 1998 Duke University Press
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Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper
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Typeset in Sabon by Keystone Typesetting, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Durden, Robert F.
Lasting legacy to the Carolinas: the Duke Endowment, 1924-
1994/ Robert F. Durden.
p. cm.
Continues: The Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8223-2151-3 (cloth: alk. paper)
I. Duke Endowment-History. 2. Endowments-North
Carolina - History. 3. Endowments - South Carolina
History. 1. Title.
HV98.N82D853 1998
This book is lovingly dedicated to
two Tar Heels turned Wahoo,
G. o. R. and I. B. R.
Godspeed to them.

CONTENTS
Preface ix
I The Origins of the Duke Endowment I
2 Launching the Endowment:
The Hospital and Orphan Section (Part I) 29
3 Launching the Endowment:
The Hospital and Orphan Section (Part 2) 76
4 The Endowment and the Four Educational
Institutions,1924-1960 II3
5 In Remembrance of the Circuit Riders: The Endowment
and the Methodist Church in North Carolina,
1924-1960 165
6 Transitions and Troubles in the 1960s and 1970S 183
7 The Endowment and Its Educational Beneficiaries,
1960-1994 223
8 The Endowment and Hospitals, Child Care, and
the Rural Methodist Church, 1960-1994 271
9 ]. B. Duke Wins and Loses: The Partial Collapse
of the Grand Design 309
Appendix I Trustees of the Duke Endowment 326
Appendix 2 Indenture and Deed of Trust of Personalty Establishing
the Duke Endowment, December I I, 1924 335
A Note on Sources 349
Notes 353
Index 373
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