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The James B. Duke Memorial Library was built in 1967 in memory of James Buchanan Duke, a major benefactor to the university. Carnegie Library, the existing library at that time, was not large enough to meet the expanding academic programming and increasing enrollment.
The James B. Duke Library, the main campus library at Furman University, is also named for him because of his philanthropic relationship with the university. [ 7 ] On his death, he left approximately half of his estate to the Duke Endowment, adding another $67 million (equivalent to $1.16 billion in 2023 [ 6 ] ) to the trust fund.
James B. Duke Library website Greenville, South Carolina Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine 34°55′29″N 82°26′20″W / 34.9246°N 82.4390°W / 34.9246; -82
Materials from the S.C. Poetry Archives on display in the James B. Duke Library. The South Carolina Poetry Archives at Furman University is a collection of published works, manuscripts, and ephemeral materials from over one hundred authors.
James B. Duke endowed the foundation on December 11, 1924, with $40 million. In the Indenture of Trust, Duke specified that he wanted the endowment to support Duke University, Davidson College, Furman University, Johnson C. Smith University; non-profit hospitals and children's homes in the two Carolinas; and rural United Methodist churches in North Carolina, retired pastors, and their ...
James B. Duke died at his 78th Street home on October 10, 1925, having suffered from pneumonia for several weeks. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] In James's will, Doris received $50 million from her father's $150 million estate [ 18 ] (which she could access when she attained the age of majority), while Nanaline received the 78th Street house, the Rough Point ...
David Roland Aers (born 3 October 1946) is a James B. Duke Professor of English, historical theology and religion at Duke University.He has published widely on literature, sacramental culture and ideology in medieval and Renaissance England.
Dr. James B. Crichton Established in 1941 and formerly called Mid-South Bible College, renamed in honor of this former school president and professor in 1986 C. W. Post College, New York, US Charles William Post: Breakfast cereal inventor and father of Marjorie Merriweather Post, who sold the school's campus to Long Island University. [56]