Record #:

239

Author(s):

Campbell, Walter E.

Abstract:

An excerpt from Campbell's book, Across Fortune's Tracks: William Rand Kenan, Jr. and the Kenan Family, investigates one of North Carolina's most prominent families.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 36 Issue 3, May 1992, pall, bibl, f

Subject(s):

Kenan, William Rand Jr., 1872-1965; Kenan family

Record #:

7761

Author(s):

Byrd, Dick

Abstract:

Two prominent families were brought together when Henry Flagler and Mary Kenan wed in 1901. Flagler was one of the founders of the Standard Oil Company and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway System. Kenan also came from a well-known family. Her brother, for example, was famous for discovering carbon gas for home lighting before the electric light was used, and he built the first electric light plant in Chapel Hill. Henry Flagler died in 1918 (sic) and left their $4 million mansion named “Whitehall,” in Palm Beach, Florida, to Mary. She established the Kenan Professorship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her siblings inherited the estate after her death and began a long tradition of philanthropy in North Carolina, including major funding for the Kenan Stadium and Kenan Memorial Auditorium.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 4, Sept 1986, p16-17,28, il, por

Subject(s):

Kenan family; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History; Bingham, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, 1867-1917

Record #:

40708

Author(s):

Downs, Benjamin J. ; Seifried, Chad

Abstract:

Included in a discussion of this stadium’s early history is the motives of the stadium’s founder, largely based on rivalry. William Rand Kenan Jr. was driven to compete with other higher education institutions in the North and North Carolina, as well as the efforts of his philanthropic rival, John Motley Morehead III.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 96 Issue 3, July 2019 , p276-304 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Kenan, William Rand Jr., 1872-1965; Kenan family; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill--Kenan Memorial Stadium; Philanthropy; Philanthropy--college sports ; Philanthropists--Chapel Hill; Philanthropists--North Carolina; Rival higher education institutions--UNC system; Morehead, John Motley III, 1870-1965; College sports--North Carolina; UNC system--presidents--Frank Porter Graham