Record #:

21528

Author(s):

Durden, Robert F.

Abstract:

In 1937, William Hayes Ackland approached Duke University and offered to endow an art museum. To receive the endowment, Ackland stipulated that his body, preserved in a sarcophagus must be kept in the museum. This requirement was received by Duke president William P. Few, who negotiated the agreement with Ackland. After both Few and Ackland died in 1940, Duke Trustees decided to back out of the agreement, to the dismay of prominent alumni. As a result of that decision the generous endowment with to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill instead.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 65 Issue 4, Oct 1988, p445-468 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Duke University--Endowment; Few, William Preston, 1867-1940; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Ackland Art Museum

Record #:

21384

Author(s):

Durden, Robert F.

Abstract:

Part one of a two-part article looking at the founding and fledgling years of the Law School at Duke University, the establishment of which was a result of the transition from Trinity College afforded by the establishment of the Duke Endowment in December of 1924. Particular attention is given to University President William Preston Few's search for a satisfactory dean and faculty for the law school, a process that took over five years to complete.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 66 Issue 3, July 1989, p321-352, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Few, William Preston, 1867-1940; Duke University. School of Law--History

Record #:

21391

Author(s):

Durden, Robert F.

Abstract:

Part two of a two-part article looking at the founding and fledgling years of the Law School at Duke University, the establishment of which was a result of the transition from Trinity College afforded by the establishment of the Duke Endowment in December of 1924. Particular attention is given to University President William Preston Few's search for a satisfactory dean and faculty for the law school, a process that took over five years to complete.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 66 Issue 4, Oct 1989, p443-464, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Few, William Preston, 1867-1940; Duke University. School of Law--History