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SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4451
RICHARD HAMPTON JENRETTE PAPERS
Initial Description
Abstract: Richard Hampton Jenrette (1929- ), native of
Raleigh, N.C.; graduate active alumnus, and trustee of
the University of North Carolina; M.B.A., Harvard
Graduate School of Business Administration; president,
director, and co-founder of Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette, Inc., a brokerage firm in New York, N.Y.;
trustee of the National Trust for Historic
Preservation; director of the New York Landmarks
Conservancy; member, Dutchess County Landmarks
Conservancy and New York City Commission for Cultural
Affairs.
Personal and business correspondence, speeches,
writings, notes, photographs, subject files, and
financial and legal items documenting the life of
Richard Hampton Jenrette, chairman and chief executive
officer of Donaldson, Lufkin, and Jenrette, Inc., a
trend-setting brokerage firm. The majority of the
material concerns Jenrette's business interests,
particularly Donaldson, Lufkin, and Jenrette, Inc.
Also included is material documenting Jenrette's
participation in the Securities Industry Association
and its political action and government relations
committees, and his involvement in civic and political
affairs, and architectural restoration.
Online Catalog Terms:
Architecture--Conservation and restoration.
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.
Investment advisers--United States--History--20th century.
Jenrette, Richard Hampton, 1929- .
New York (N.Y.)--History.
Securities industry--History--20th century.
Securities industry--United States--Political activity.
Size: About 8875 items (23.00 linear feet)
Processing Note: Additions will be received over time; more
detailed arrangement and description therefore
are pending.
Provenance: Received from Richard H. Jenrette, of New York,
New York, in June, July, and November 1986 and
March 1988.
Access: Available for use only with assistance of Technical
Services staff.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
Table of Contents:
Biographical Note
Accessions of June and July 1986
Accessions of November 1986
Accession of March 1988
Accession of May 1988
Shelf List
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Richard Hampton Jenrette
1929, 5 April Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, son
of Joseph M. and Emma Love Jenrette
1951 B. A., University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
1953-1955 2nd Lt. U. S. Army, special agent,
Counter Intelligence Corps, Korean
War
1957 M. B. A., Harvard Graduate School of
Business Administration
1957-1959 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
1959- Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.,
president, director and co-founder
1973 Hon. D. Litt., College of Charleston,
South Carolina
Civic Activities:
New York Society of Security Analysts; Institution of
Chartered Financial Analysts; National Trust for Historic
Preservation, trustee and chairman of Investment Sub-
committee; Chi Psi Educational Trust, University of North
Carolina Associates of New York; trustee, Roses's Stores,
Inc., North Carolina director; General Alumni Association
of the University of North Carolina, director; New York
Landmarks Conservancy, director; Dutchess County Landmarks
Conservancy, New York; and New York City Commission for
Cultural Affairs, 1975; Board of Trustees, UNC-CH,
1985- , member.
[Note: For additional biographical material see biographical
file.]
Accessions of June and July 1986 (Accs. 86142 and 86152)
1974-1985. About 375 items.
Folder List
Box 1.
Biographical Material
Correspondence
1970-1972
January-May 1974
June-July 1974
August-December 1974
January-June 1975
July-December 1975
January-May 1976
July-December 1976
Genealogical Material
House Files
House Files, Edgewater
House Files, Mulberry Plantation
Legal Material
Speech Files
1969, 1971
1972
1973
March-April 1984
May-December 1984
1985
1986
Writings: Articles by Jenrette, 1985
Miscellaneous
Accessions of November 1986 (Accs. 86142 and 86152)
1960-1984. 7250 items.
Note: Folders are arranged in broad categories with
sub-categories following some of them. Sub-categories are
indicated by indentions. Clarifications added by the SHC staff
are in brackets and are used when an abbreviation first appears.
Abbreviations such as "w." for "with" and "Chm." for "Chairman"
have been spelled out without notation. Dates have been
standardized (e.g. "Meeting (1-2-86)" becomes "Meeting -- 2
January 1986"). Otherwise, titles are those assigned by the
donor.
Folder List
Box 2.
General Correspondence -- 1978
Rose's Stores (RHJ [Richard H. Jenrette] Director)
Correspondence with SEC [Securities Exchange Commission],
Congress, etc. -- 1978
DLJ [Donaldson, Lufkin, and Jenrette] Internal Correspondence --
1978
London
Paris
Zurich
New York
Correspondence with Clients Overseas -- 1978
Candidates for Suliman Olayan
Suliman Olayan
Overseas
Alliance General Corporation -- 1978
RHJ Speeches -- 1978
Annual Report -- 1978
Yearend Gifts -- 1978
Estate of Eleanor Ariavie Jenrette
RHJ - Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence -- 1978
W.H. Donaldson's Children - RHJ Trustee
Accounts handled by Mike Campbell, 1515 / DLJ Clint Accounts
Managed by RHJ - Correspondence
RHJ - Discretionary Brokerage Accounts with DLJ Securities (ISIS)
etc.
Correspondence Re: Tax Reform, Commission Rates, SEC [Security
Exchange Commission], etc.
H.R. 5050 Correspondence - Washington Meetings
Box 3.
DLJ General Correspondence -- 1977
Lunch for Gov. J.B. Hunt Jr. at City Midday Club
Rose's Stores (RHJ a Director)
Correspondence with Banks and Trust Companies
DLJ Real Estate -- 1977
Correspondence - DLJ London Office (subfile: Paris and Zurich
office)
DLJ Paris Office -- 1977
DLJ Zurich Office -- 1977
Correspondence - DLJ Overseas Clients
DLJ Clients - Overseas -- 1977
Olayan Investment Company, N.V. (Sulliman Olayan) -- 1977
Mary Walker
Correspondence with the Press and Magazines Re: DLJ and Alliance
DLJ - Correspondence with Press/Magazines - Advertising, etc.
RHJ - Speeches -- 1977
Chi Psi - Fund Raising
Chi Psi Educational Trust - Meetings/Conventions
[Chi Psi] Finances
[Chi Psi] Educational Programs
Chi Psi Educational Trust - Chicago Title - Review of Assets
Sigma Foundation
Chi Psi Educational Trust - Staff - Resumes - By-laws -
Fellowships
Box 4.
NYU [New York University] - Student Affairs Committee (Jane C.
Maggin)
RHJ - Personal Correspondence -- 1973
Houses and Preservation - Miscellaneous Correspondence
New York University RHJ - Trustee
NYU - Decoration and Furnishing Project
Duke University Graduate School of Business Administration
Duke University Business School RHJ - Member of the Board of
Visitors
NYC [New York City] Cultural Affairs Agency -- 1975
RHJ - Member - Mayor Beame's Cultural Affairs Agency -- 1975
FAF - Bicentennial Conference Advisory Board
N.Y. Landmarks Conservancy (Director)
[General Outgoing Correspondence -- 1982]
[General Outgoing Correspondence -- 1981]
Box 5.
Chronological Files -- 1982
RHJ Itineraries -- May 1971 - Dec. 1977
Chronological File -- 1983
Chi Psi Educational Trust - Financial Correspondence
Chi Psi Educational Trust - Trade Tickets
Chi Psi Educational Trust - Reed Coleman - Chairman
Chi Psi Educational Trust - RHJ, Chairman - General
Correspondence
Box 6.
Antiques - Speech
RHJ Antiques Speech - Hilton Head -- February 1982
Speeches
American Red Cross - RHJ Trustee -- October 1982
SIA [Securities Industry Association]
Correspondence -- 1983 - SEC, Congress, etc.
Speeches -- 1983
Personal Correspondence -- 1983
General Correspondence -- 1983
Box 7.
Internal Correspondence -- 1983
National Trust Cocktail Party -- 22 September 1983 37
Charlton
New York
London
Miscellaneous
Edgewater Outing -- 4 August 1983
ACLI -- 1983
ACMC/WSW [Alliance Capital Management Corporation]
Annual Report -- 1982
Clients Overseas
Suliman S. Olayan
Other
RHJ - Miscellaneous Correspondence -- 1972
RHJ - Miscellaneous Correspondence -- 1974-1975
RHJ - Personal Correspondence
Speeches -- 1971- ;and Correspondence
(Terry Brickyard site) - Central Hudson Gas and Electric
Corporation - Correspondence
RHJ - Correspondence Re: Pollution and Environmental Control
Metropolitan Museum of Art - American Wing (RHJ - Visiting Member
--September 1974
RHJ - Correspondence Re: Fine Arts (for personal collections)
RHJ - Speech to HBS [Harvard Business School] Finance Club -- 9
November 1976
RHJ - Speeches -- 1976
RHJ - Speeches -- 1974
RHJ - Files on His House
Photographs
Sale of Co-op - 17 W. 54th St. PHC
Stuyvant "Fish" House
25 East End Avenue NYC
RHJ - (J.A. Lloyd Hyde's Apartment) 535 Park Avenue
Sutton Square, Inc. RHJ - Vice President and Director -- January
1973
RHJ
RHJ - Correspondence Re: 1 Sutton Place
RHJ - Correspondence Re: 152 E. 38th Street
RHJ - Proxy Questionnaire
RHJ - Legal
Box 8.
John Heckler File
General Correspondence -- 1981
Kemp Dinner
Dinner for Congressman Kent Hance -- 37 Charlton Street -- 6 pm
Monday, 17 May 1982
Jack Kemp Dinner - 37 Charlton Street -- 21 August
Dinner for Senator Hollings - 37 Charlton Street -- Tuesday, 12
October
Correspondence with SEC, Congress, etc.
Annual Report -- 1981
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
DLJ Internal Correspondence
New York
London
Paris
Hong Kong
Boston
Zurich
Clients Overseas: Other
Box 9.
General Correspondence -- 1982
Alliance/WSW Correspondence
ACLI
Itineraries -- January 1981 - December 1983
Expense Reports -- 1983
Chronological File -- 1984
Harvard Reunion 1957 25th - RHJ Chairman
Box 10.
[Expense Account Book -- 1960-1968]
Ravenel Cocktail Party -- Wednesday, 20 September [1978]
Luther Hodges -- 7 March [1978]
Luther Hodges Fundraiser -- 19-20 October [1977]
Luther Hodges Party -- 26 January 1978
R.H. Jenrette - Geraci File
RHJ - Correspondence Re: Political Campaigns and Contributions
RHJ - Democratic National Committee (Member from March 1977)
Policy Forum Inc. (RHJ, member)
Roddy Dowd - University Club
RHJ - University Club
Club Memberships - Letter of Proposal (DLJ staff and others)
Securities Industry Association RHJ - Member of Governing
Council
SIA
SIA - Greenbrier
HBS [Harvard Business School] - Correspondence - Finance Club
Harvard Business School Interviews ... Job Applicants
Alliance Capital Management Corporation
Alliance General Correspondence -- 1974-1975
Box 11.
DLJ Annual Report File
DLJ Annual Report -- 1977
DLJ Annual Reports - Comments Received
DLJ, Inc. Overseas Investors
Correspondence Re: Middle East Investors/Suliman Olayan
Investments
Correspondence - Drucker
Peter Drucker - Correspondence
DLJ General Correspondence -- 1976
General Correspondence Re: South Carolina and DLJ
DLJ Internal Correspondence -- 1976
DLJ Internal Correspondence
New York
Paris
Zurich
London
Hong Kong
Alliance Correspondence -- 1981
Clients Overseas
Overseas
Suliman S. Olayan
SIA [Securities Industry Association] -- 1981
Correspondence Re: SIPAC [Securities Industry Political Action
Committee]
SIA Government Relations Committee
Speeches -- 1981
Haywood Hall
Medical Bills to Personnel -- 15 July 1980
Year-End Gifts -- 1981
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence -- 1981
Box 12.
Job Candidates -- 1980
Senator Robert Morgan Reception -- Tuesday, 16 September 1980
General Correspondence -- 1980
Rose's Stores -- 1980
DLJ Internal 1980 Correspondence
New York
Hong Kong
London
Paris
Alliance Correspondence -- 1980
Clients Overseas
Sulliman Olayan
Overseas
Zurich
American Stock Exchange - Nominating Committee -- 1979-1980
Correspondence with SEC, Congress, etc.
SIA Correspondence -- 1980
Box 13.
Correspondece Re: 201 Varick Street
Speeches -- 1980
Advisory Council [on Historic Preservation]
Travel and Expenses
Correspondence
Advisory Council Members
Advisory Council Correspondence -- 1979
Advisory Coucnil on Historic Preservation (25 February 1978)
Correspondence -- 1978
Advisory Council Annual Report
Candidates for Board
Subcommittee for Economic and Trade Policy
[Outgoing Correspondence of DRJ -- 1976-1982]
Accession of March 1988 (Acc. 88040)
1973-1986. About 1250 items.
NOTE: Folders have been retained in original order with original
folder titles.
Folder List
Box 14
Personal -- 1984
SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission]/Congress/Etc.--1875
Senator Donald Riegle - Fundraiser - 27 March 1985
Job Candidates -- 1982-1985
Equitable -- 1986
DLJ [Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.] Internal Correspondence
London
New York
Miscellaneous
DLJ General Correspondence -- 1984
DLJ Internal Correspondence -- 1985
SIA [Securities Industry Association] -- 1985
Lawn Advisory Board -- 1984-1985
DLJ Feature Articles, Press Clippings -- 1973-1979
American Stock Exchange (RJH - 1983)
Box 15
Personal -- 1985
Family Tree - August 1981
WSW [Wood, Struthers & Winthrop Management Corporation]
Personal Account - 238-705131 Betty Frank/Kim Pate
Equitable Investment Corporation -- 1985
RHJ - personal correspondence -- 1986
DLJ - general correspondence -- 1984
DLJ - internal correspondence -- 1986
New York
Other
DLJ - Annual Report -- 1983
DLJ - Clients Overseas -- 1984
SEC/Congress/Etc. -- 1984
Equitable Investment Corporation -- 1986
Box 16
RHJ - general correspondence -- 1986
ACMC [Alliance Capital Management Corporation]/WSW [Wood,
Struthers and Winthrop]/Harris -- 1984-1985
ACLI -- 1984
DLJ - general correspondence -- 1985
DLJ - other correspondence -- 1986
SIA-RHJ Chairman -- 1984
Congratulations
Brookings Council (joined 1984)
DLJ - Clients Overseas -- 1985
Suliman S. Olayan
Other
Donley Communications -- 1978-1981
Executive Mansion Preservation Society -- 1984-1985
Accession of May 1988 (Acc. 88053)
1986-1987. About 300 items.
NOTE: Original folder titles have been retained.
Box 16
RHJ/CIO Congratulations (on being named chief investment officer
of Equitable and president and chief executive officer of the
Equitable Investment Corporation) -- 1986
RHJ/ELAS Chairman (of the Board) Congratulations, I -- 1987
RHJ/ELAS Chairman (of the Board) Congratulations, II -- 1987
Miscellaneous Correspondence -- 1986-1987
SHELF LIST
Box 1. Additions of June and July 1986 (Accs. 86081
and 86088)
Boxes 2-13. Additions of November 1986 (Accs. 86142 and
86152)
Boxes 14-16. Additions of March and May 1988 (Accs. 88040 and
88053)