Duke University Archives

Duke University Archives. Records Description
Faculty Club of Duke University, Inc. (Durham, N.C.)
Records, 1918-[ongoing]

Extent: 1.3 linear ft. in 1 box

History: The Faculty Club of Trinity College was founded in 1918, with History professor W.K. Boyd as first president. The Duke Faculty Club is a non-profit non-stock corporation, chartered in 1933, and funded entirely by the membership. The club building is located near the golf course.

Organization: The collection is arranged into nine series: 1. Charter and Bylaws, 1933-1960 2. Correspondence, 1926-1974, n.d. 3. Lists, 1926-1952, n.d. 4. Minutes, 1933-1971 5. Newspaper Clippings, 1938-1976 6. Programs, 1930-1972, n.d. 7. Questionnaires, 1927-1961 8. Reports, 1926-1970 9. One Volume of Faculty Club Records, 1918-1933 All items are arranged chronologically within folders and alphabetically by file folder.

Contents: Minutes, correspondence, membership lists, bylaws, programs, memoranda, questionnaires, and other records of the club, with inclusive dates 1918-1976; includes the records of the Board of Governors. The official file was originally bound and consists of minutes, membership lists, financial records, correspondence and other material from the period 1933-1953. There is also a chronological file of correspondence and miscellaneous records for the period 1930-1968. Topics in the records include the use of the Nello Teer, Jr. House as a club building, annual events, such as Christmas parties, a proposed university medical guild and the provision of health insurance for the faculty (1932), and reports and memoranda concerning faculty-student and faculty-administration relations. The early records of the club provide documentation about the activities of the faculty in the period following the University's founding.

Guides: inventory in the repository (folder-level control).

Accession: Transfer from Perkins Library Manuscript Dept.

Status: processed