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The papers of James Buchanan Duke have been collected from various sources over time and span the years 1777 to 1999, although the bulk of the material dates from the 1890s to the mid-1930s. The collection is divided into 7 series: Correspondence, Business Papers, Legal Papers, Financial Papers, Estate Papers, Miscellaneous, and Pictures.
James Buchanan "Buck" Duke (1856-1925) was the youngest child of Washington and Artelia Roney Duke. After his father's return from Confederate service in the Civil War, young Buck joined the rest of his family in manufacturing smoking tobacco and, after their relocation to Durham from the farm in 1874, became the visionary and driving force behind the company's rapid growth.
Duke was born on December 23, 1856, in Durham, North Carolina. He was the son of Washington Duke, who had entered the tobacco business after the American Civil War. James entered the family business with his brother Benjamin (1855–1929). When the principal American cigarette-manufacturing companies merged to form the American Tobacco Company ...
24 de jun. de 2011 · Historian John Hope Franklin came to Duke in 1983 as the James Buchanan Duke professor of history. Franklin died in 2009, but before he did, he spoke to the Duke Endowment about Buck Duke.
De 1912 à 1915, un capitaliste américain, James Buchanan Duke, explore un projet de harnachement de la rivière Saguenay. Buchanan est à la tête de l'American Tobacco Company qui a un capital estimé à 235 millions $ en 1906. À lui seul, Duke s'accapare plus de 80 % du marché de la cigarette aux États-Unis.
James Buchanan Duke was one of the great industrialists of the 20th century. He was also a profound and prolific philanthropist whose legacy continues to touch lives through the Endowment he established. Touched by loss, Mr. Duke and his family were deeply devoted to one another. As early partners in the family business and philanthropy ...
James Buchanan Duke (December 23, 1856 – October 10, 1925) was an American tobacco and electric power industrialist best known for the introduction of modern cigarette manufacture and marketing, and his involvement with Duke University.
