Inventory of the Frank H. Kenan Papers, 1937-1996

Collection Number 5078

Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Collection Information

Contact Information:: Manuscripts Department; CB#3926, Wilson Library; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890; Phone: 919/962-1345; Fax: 919/962-3594; Email: mss@email.unc.edu; URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
Processed by: Nancy Kaiser and Laura Knodel
Date Processed: December, 2002
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser and Laura Knodel
Date Encoded: December, 2002

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Southern Historical Collection

Creator: Kenan, Frank H. (Frank Hawkins).

Title: Frank H. Kenan Papers, 1937-1996

Call Number: 5078

Extent: 33500 items (38.5 linear feet)

Abstract: Frank Hawkins Kenan (1912-1996), philanthropist, businessman, and civic leader of Durham, N.C. The collection documents Frank H. Kenan's family, social, political, and business networks; various businesses and investment interests; and his extensive civic leadership and philanthropic work with educational, religious, and other non-profit organizations and institutions. Personal correspondence documents relationships with family and friends, many of whom also were associates in business and philanthropy. Financial materials concern Kenan's interests in personal and commercial properties and other investments, often in partnership with W. Clay Hamner. Also included are some materials relating to the Kenan Oil Company, the Kenan Transport Company, and the Flagler System, Inc. Kenan's chief philanthropic work is evidenced in William R. Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust materials, which document the administration of the many funds, programs, and institutions that it supports. These include Kenan professorships and convocations; the National Center for Family Literacy; the William R. Kenan, Jr., Fund; the William R. Kenan, Jr., Center; the Kenan-Flagler Business School; and the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. Many activities of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise are documented, including the Global TransPark, the Kenan Institute Asia, the MBA Enterprise Corps, the Urban Enterprise Corps, and the Durham Scholars Program. Kenan's civic leadership and philanthropic work are documented further in materials relating to the Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation, the Kenan Family Foundation, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Woodberry Forest School, the Duke Endowment, Durham Academy, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, and other non-profit organizations and institutions. Also included is material relating to some of the awards and honors that Kenan received in recognition for his philanthropy and business and civic leadership.

Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access: No restrictions.

Usage Restrictions: Use of videotapes may require production of viewing copy.

Provenance: Received from Betty Kenan in October 2001 (Acc. 99090).

Processing Information: This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Frank H. Kenan Papers #5078, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Businessmen--North Carolina.

Charitable giving.

Duke Endowment.

Durham Academy (Durham, N.C.).

Durham Scholars Program.

Education, Higher--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Endowments--North Carolina.

Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.

Flagler System, Inc.

Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise.

Hamner, W. Clay.

Kenan, Frank H. (Frank Hawkins).

Kenan Convocation.

Kenan family.

Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Kenan Institute Asia.

Kenan Oil Company.

Kenan Transport Company.

MBA Enterprise Corps.

National Center for Family Literacy (U.S.).

North Carolina--Commerce--History--20th century.

North Carolina Global TransPark Authority.

Philanthropists--North Carolina.

Real property--North Carolina.

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Durham, N.C.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Alumni and alumnae.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Benefactors.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Endowments.

Urban Enterprise Corps.

William R. Kenan, Jr. Center.

William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund.

William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust.

Woodberry Forest School.

Biographical Note

Frank Hawkins Kenan (1912-1996) was born 3 August 1912 in Atlanta, Ga. He was graduated from Woodberry Forest School in Virginia in 1931 and from the University of North Carolina with a bachelor of science in commerce in 1935. Upon graduation, he began his business career as a commission agent for Pure Oil Company. Within a year, he created Kenan Oil Company, an independent oil distribution business. From 1941 to 1945, Kenan served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy in Charleston, S.C. During this time, he continued to run Kenan Oil Company with the assistance of business associate J. H. Mallard, and he created his second company, Kenan Transport Company, which would become the largest petroleum hauler in the southeast United States. After World War II, Kenan expanded his business operations by opening Tops Petroleum, a chain of independent service stations. This purchase marked the beginning of Kenan's commercial property real estate investments. Kenan would go on to invest in many commercial and residential properties, including Europa Center, University Square, and Granville Towers in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Brightleaf Square, Erwin Square, and Treyburn in Durham, N.C. In 1964, Kenan became a director of the Flagler System, Inc., a group of family-owned companies in Florida that included the Breakers hotel. He later served as chair and chief executive officer and was instrumental in the growth of Flagler System, Inc., assets.

Kenan proved to be a great success in philanthropy as well as in business. From 1962 to 1964, Kenan was involved in groundbreaking legislation and an ensuing court case in which he successfully sought control of the estate of Sarah Graham Kenan, his aunt who had been declared incompetent by the state. The legislation made it possible for him to preserve the value of the estate by creating the Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation, which ultimately dispensed more than $22 million to charitable causes. Kenan also served on the board of trustees of the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust. As with his business interests, Kenan stewarded the Trust with a hands-on management style and played a prominent role in developing its creative philanthropic agenda. He guided many large gifts to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including the funds that created the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise as an arm of the Kenan-Flagler School of Business. The Trust also gave generously to many educational programs and institutions besides the University of North Carolina, including Woodberry Forest School and the National Center for Family Literacy (sometimes called the Kenan Trust Family Literacy Project).

Kenan's civic interests included business, community, education, and church organizations. He had particularly enduring relationships with St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Durham Academy, and the Duke Endowment. In addition to his charitable contributions, Kenan frequently lent his business acumen by serving on boards of directors and trustees, as well as on development and planning committees. He served on many such boards and committees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including the Board of Visitors and boards of directors for the medical, business, educational, arts and sciences, and institutional development foundations.

Kenan received a number of awards and honors in recognition of his leadership in education, business, and community interests. He received honorary degrees from North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, Hollins College, the University of the South, and Elon College. He also was elected to the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame, named the Outstanding Philanthropist of the Triangle, and received the North Carolina Public Service Award, the North Carolina Philanthropy Award, and the Durham Chamber of Commerce Civic Honor Award. Kenan's long relationship of service and philanthropy to the University of North Carolina was recognized in a number of awards, including the General Alumni Association's Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Alumnus Award, the Distinguished Service Award from the School of Medicine, the William R. Davie Award from the Board of Trustees, and the University Award.

Frank H. Kenan lived in Durham, N.C. He married twice. His 1936 marriage to Harriet DuBose, with whom he had sons Thomas S. Kenan III and Owen Graham Kenan, ended in divorce. In 1966, he married Elizabeth Price, with whom he had daughters Elizabeth Price Kenan and Annice Hawkins Kenan, and stepson Owen Gwyn. Kenan died 4 June 1996.

Collection Overview

The collection includes materials documenting Frank H. Kenan's family, social, political, and business networks; his various businesses and investment interests; and his extensive civic leadership and philanthropic work with many educational, religious, and other non-profit organizations and institutions.

Series 1. Personal Correspondence contains letters relating to Kenan's family, friends, business associates, and community leaders; local and national politicians; and administrators at his alma maters, Woodberry Forest School and the University of North Carolina, with whom he maintained long relationships of service and philanthropy.

Series 2. Personal Financial Materials contains correspondence and other materials relating to Kenan's financial interests in personal and commercial real estate and other investments. The bulk of the material pertains to his partnerships with W. Clay Hamner and others in various residential and commercial real estate and stock purchase opportunities. Other financial materials can be found in Series 7. Kenan Oil Company, Series 8. Kenan Transport Company, and Series 9. Flagler System, Inc. These three series document Kenan's family businesses and his primary financial interests. All of the series with financial materials present evidence of Kenan's business acumen and hands-on management style.

Series 3. William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust contains materials relating to the administration of the Trust and the many funds, programs, and institutions it supports. The bulk of the material concerns donations to higher education and to the University of North Carolina in particular. Materials document Kenan professorships and convocations, Kenan Enterprise Awards, and the National Center for Family Literacy. Also documented are the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund and the projects it supports, including the William R. Kenan, Jr. Center, the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, and program development and construction at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business. Many of the activities of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise are documented, including the North Carolina Global TransPark, Kenan Institute Asia, U.S.-Thailand Development Partnership, MBA Enterprise Corps, Urban Enterprise Corps, and Durham Scholars Program.

Other philanthropic interests of Frank H. Kenan and his family are documented in Series 4. Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation and Series 5. Kenan Family Foundation. The Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation materials include legal documents relating to groundbreaking legislation and an ensuing court case in which Frank H. Kenan sought to preserve the value of the estate of Sarah Graham Kenan, his aunt who had been declared incompetent by the state, in part by creating a charitable foundation in her name.

Frank H. Kenan's civic leadership is documented in several series. Series 6. University of North Carolina documents a long relationship of service and philanthropy with his college alma mater. Series 10. Civic Activities contains correspondence and other materials relating to interests in community, education, and church organizations. The collection evidences particularly long relationships with the Duke Endowment, Durham Academy, and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Series 11. Awards, Honors, and Speeches documents the recognition Kenan received for his philanthropy and his business and civic leadership in correspondence, speeches, and clippings.

Miscellaneous materials, including biographical materials and photographs, are in Series 12. Other Papers and Series 13. Photographs.

Many of Kenan's closest family and friends also were associates in business and philanthropy, with resulting correspondence that sometimes mixed business with pleasure. Though substantive material likely is duplicated in several locations, researchers are advised to search both topical series and the personal correspondence series for material relating to a given subject.

Organization of Collection

1. Personal Correspondence
1.1. General
1.2. James Kenan
1.3. Political Correspondence
1.4. Other Correspondence
2. Personal Financial Materials
2.1. Commercial Property and Other Investments
2.2. Personal Property
3. William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust
3.1. General
3.1.1. General Correspondence and Related Materials
3.1.2. Trustee Meetings
3.1.3. Trustee Reports
3.2. Kenan Professorships
3.2.1. General Correspondence
3.2.2. Convocation
3.3. William R. Kenan, Jr. Chemistry Department Endowment
3.4. Secondary School Challenge Grants
3.5. Liberal Arts Colleges Grants
3.6. William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund
3.7. Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
3.7.1. General
3.7.2. MBA Enterprise Corps
3.7.3. Global TransPark
3.7.4. Kenan Institute Asia/U.S.-Thailand Development Partnership
3.7.5. Urban Enterprise Corps
3.8. William R. Kenan, Jr. Center
3.9. National Center for Family Literacy
3.10. Kenan Enterprise Awards
3.11. Kenan-Flagler Business School
3.12. William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for the Arts
3.13. William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for Engineering, Technology, and Science
3.14. Miscellaneous
4. Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation
5. Kenan Family Foundation
6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7. Kenan Oil Company
8. Kenan Transport Company
9. Flagler System, Inc.
10. Civic Activities
11. Awards, Honors, and Speeches
12. Other Papers
13. Photographs

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Personal Correspondence, 1941-1996.

About 5600 items.

Correspondence chiefly documenting the extensive family, business, political, and social network of Frank H. Kenan and his lifelong commitment to civic activity. Early materials in the general correspondence subseries relate to Kenan's life and business dealings while in the Navy during World War II. Later correspondence chiefly concerns relationships with family, friends and acquaintances, charitable giving, requests for employment, and advice given to aspirants to careers in business and entrepreneurship. In addition, there is some material relating to investments, business operations of the Flagler System, Inc., the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust, and the University of North Carolina. The bulk of materials relating to these subjects, however, is in other subseries. The political correspondence subseries includes materials relating to North Carolina politics, national politics, and political campaign contributions. Though Kenan served as county commissioner in Durham County, N.C., the political materials do not relate to that post. The James Kenan subseries includes correspondence regarding family matters and business interests in the Flagler System, Inc., and other family companies. The other correspondence subseries includes materials relating to various individuals, travel, charitable interests, Kenan's biography, and Woodberry Forest School.

1.1. General Correspondence, 1941-1946, 1968-1996, and undated.

About 2800 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence documenting Frank H. Kenan's extensive family, business, political, and social networks. Materials dated 1941-1946 relate to Kenan's life and business dealings while he served in the Navy during World War II. Materials dated 1968-1996 relate to family matters, friends and acquaintances, charitable contributions, requests for employment, and advice given to aspirants to careers in business and entrepreneurship. Also included are some materials relating to awards received (see also Series 12. Awards, Honors, and Speeches). In addition, there is some material relating to properties and investments, including the Cove (sometimes spelled Kove), business operations of the Flagler System, Inc., the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust, and the University of North Carolina, though the bulk of material relating to these subjects is in other series. Correspondents include Archie Davis, Lawrence Lewis, James Leutze, Leslie Boney, and many others.

Folder 1

1941-1946

Folder 2

1968-February 1969

Folder 3-6

1969

Folder 7

1970

Folder 8

1971

Folder 9-13

1972

Folder 14-19

1973

Folder 20-23

1974

Folder 24-25

1975

Folder 26-27

1976

Folder 28

1977

Folder 29

1978

Folder 30-31

1979

Folder 32

1980

Folder 33

1981

Folder 34

1982

Folder 35

1983

Folder 36-37

1984

Folder 38

1985

Folder 39

1986

Folder 40-41

1987

Folder 42-43

1988

Folder 44-45

1989

Folder 46

1990

Folder 47-48

1991

Folder 49-52

1992

Folder 53-55

1993

Folder 56-59

1994

Folder 60-67

1995

Folder 68-69

1996

Folder 70

Undated

1.2. James Kenan, 1941-1991.

About 1600 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence relating to family news, the Flagler System, Inc., the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust, Olympia Investment Corporation, and Kenan Oil Company.

Folder 71

1941

Folder 72

1946

Folder 73

1947

Folder 74

1948

Folder 75

1949

Folder 76

1950

Folder 77

1951

Folder 78

1952

Folder 79

1953

Folder 80

1954

Folder 81

1955

Folder 82

1956

Folder 83

1957

Folder 84

1958

Folder 85

1959

Folder 86

1960

Folder 87

1961

Folder 88-89

1962

Folder 90-92

1963

Folder 93-94

1964

Folder 95

1965

Folder 96

1966

Folder 97

1967

Folder 98

1975

Folder 99

1976

Folder 100

1977

Folder 101

1978

Folder 102

1979

Folder 103

1980

Folder 104

1981

Folder 105

1982

Folder 106

1983

Folder 107

1984

Folder 108

1985

Folder 109

1986

Folder 110

1987-1989

Folder 111

1990-1991

Folder 112

Undated

1.3. Political Correspondence, 1977-1996.

About 350 items.

Arrangement: chronological, followed by subject files.

Chiefly correspondence relating to local, state, and national reelection campaigns. Also included are materials relating to Frank H. Kenan's affiliation with "Five Old Men," an organization of civic-minded men who sought to encourage political activism and initiate community development in Durham, N.C. (see also "Five Old Men" in Series 12. Other Papers).

Folder 113

1986-1991

Folder 114-116

1992

Folder 117

1993-1996

Folder 118

M. Steve Forbes, 1995-1996

Folder 119-120

Jesse Helms, 1977-1981, 1995-1996

Folder 121

James B. Hunt, 1993-1995

1.4. Other Correspondence, 1973-1996.

About 850 items.

Arrangement: by subject.

Correspondence documenting Frank H. Kenan's relationships with people and institutions and his interest in various projects and travel. Included are materials relating to Marjorie Cameron, a former English nanny for the Kenan children; honors for William C. Friday; responses to The Meaning of Honor: The Life of Frank Hawkins Kenan (1994), a biography published by Betty Kenan; family travel; and Frank H. Kenan's lifelong devotion to Woodberry Forest School.

Folder 122

Marjorie Cameron, 1980-1988

Folder 123-125

William C. Friday, 1980-1981, 1991-1995

Folder 126-127

The Meaning of Honor: the Life of Frank Hawkins Kenan (1994), 1993-1995

Folder 128

Saint Mary's Country Day School, 1974-1975

Folder 129

Saint Mary's College, 1978

Folder 130-132

Swan Island, 1973, 1977-1989

Folder 133-135

Travel, 1984-1993

Folder 136-142

Woodberry Forest School, 1977-1996

2. Personal Financial Material, 1937-1996.

About 13000 items.

Correspondence, financial reports, and other materials relating to Frank H. Kenan's interests in residential and commercial real estate and other investments. A few materials relate to his early investments and business activities, including his membership on the board of directors of Central Carolina Bank. The bulk of the material, however, pertains to his partnerships with W. Clay Hamner and others in various residential and commercial real estate purchases. Several of Kenan's investment interests in real estate involved shopping centers, including Brightleaf Square and Erwin Square in Durham, N.C., and exclusive residential communities, including Treyburn in Durham County, N.C., and Landfall, near Wilmington, N.C. His investments in personal properties included vacation homes and the Cove (sometimes spelled Kove), a working farm in Tazewell County, Va.

2.1. Commercial Property and Other Investments, 1937-1996.

About 12000 items.

Arrangement: chronological, followed by subject files.

Correspondence, financial reports, legal materials, maps, and other materials relating to Frank H. Kenan's financial interests in residential and commerical real estate and other investments. A few materials relate to Kenan's early investments and his work as a member of the board of directors of Central Carolina Bank. The bulk of the material, however, pertains to his partnerships with W. Clay Hamner and others in various residential and commercial real estate purchases. On occasion, Kenan and Hamner also jointly purchased stocks. Many of these investments were organized under the Montrose Capital Corporation, Montrose Investment Corporation, and SEHED Development Corporation. Researchers interested in a specific investments should also consult the files for the investment corporations, if applicable, and also general correspondence.

Folder 143

General, 1986

Folder 144-145

General, 1987

Folder 146-149

General, 1988

Folder 150-151

General, 1989

Folder 152-153

General, 1990

Folder 154

General, 1991-1992

Folder 155-173

Atlanta Research Properties, 1984-1991 and undated: Materials relating to an investment partnership in commercial property, chiefly Gwinnett Progress Center in Gwinnett County, Ga.

Folder 174

Bankers Trust of North Carolina, 1986: Correspondence relating to an investment partnership in a new bank with branches in North Carolina

Folder 175

Carolinas Golf Group, 1991-1993: Correspondence relating to an investment partnership in golf course development

Folder 176-178

Central Carolina Bank, 1972-1987, 1996, and undated: Chiefly correspondence relating to service on the board of directors (see also Series 1.1. Personal Correspondence for Central Carolina Bank correspondence)

Folder 179

Croasdaile Investment Group, 1986-1987: Correspondence relating to a personal injury lawsuit against the investment group, then owners of Loehman's Plaza in Durham, N.C.

Folder 180-195

D.C. Land Group Ltd., 1985-1991: Materials relating to an investment partnership with Robert Trent Jones International to develop a mixed use property with residential homes, golf course resorts, commercial interests, and hotels near Washington, D.C.

Folder 196

Durham Bank and Trust Company, 1949-1951: Analysis of earnings prepared for stockholders

Folder 197-230

Durham Research Properties, Inc./Research Properties Associates, 1984-1991 and undated: Materials relating to an investment partnership in Treyburn, an industrial, commercial, and exclusive residential property of 5300 acres in northern Durham County, N.C. (see also Erwin Square materials for overlapping materials on zoning and related land development problems)

Folder 231-235

Erwin Square Limited Partnership/Erwin Square Office Tower I Limited Partnership, 1987-1991: Materials relating to an investment partnership in office and retail property in Durham, N.C. (see also Durham Research Properties, Inc., for overlapping materials relating to zoning and land development problems)

Folder 236

Europa Center, 1991-1992: Marketing materials relating to office property in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Folder 237-252

FHK Landfall Associates, 1988-1996 and undated: Materials relating to development and marketing of Landfall, an exclusive residential property and golf course in Wilmington, N.C.

Folder 253-254

Granville Towers, 1973-1977, 1993-1996: Chiefly newsletters, but includes some correspondence, a photograph, and a videotape relating to residential property in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Folder 255-257

K Group, 1977-1990: Chiefly bank statements for an investment group consisting of Frank H. Kenan, Owen Kenan, Thomas Kenan, and Lee Schaeffer

Folder 258-269

Kenan Investments, 1981-1986: Chiefly correspondence with financial statements for a venture capital fund established for high risk/high return investments

Folder 270

Kenan Partners, 1988-1991: Chiefly correspondence relating to the operating expenses and audit of a general partnership organized to own, develop, lease and operate the Velvet Cloak Inn in Raleigh, N.C.

Folder 271-272

Lenox Square Partner Fund, 1987-1989: Correspondence relating to an investment partnership in commercial property in Atlanta, Ga.

Folder 273-274

Montrose Aviation Corporation, 1986-1988: Correspondence relating to a plane purchased by Montrose Investment Corporation from Frank H. Kenan

Folder 275-282

Montrose Investment Corporation/Montrose Capital Corporation, 1986-1992: Materials relating to commercial property and other investments with affiliate and subsidiary partnerships, including Hanfords, Kona Enterprises, Fuqua, Bankers Trust, Home Savings and Loan, Guaranty State Bank, Vipont Silver Mine, and others

Folder 283-285

Olympia Investment Corporation, 1937-1962: Chiefly audit reports; also includes some correspondence and legal materials about various property investments and promissory notes

Folder 286-293

The Pantry, Inc./Montrose Kenan Holding Company, 1987-1990: Materials relating to the purchase of the convenience store chain by an investment group subsidiary of Montrose Capital Corporation; also included are materials relating to the purchase of The Pantry, Inc. headquarters building by the Montrose Kenan Holding Company

Folder 294-296

Park Forty Plaza, 1991-1993: Correspondence relating to negotiations to purchase commercial property near Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Folder 297

Pembroke Park, 1968-1972: Correspondence relating to Frank H. Kenan's interest in purchasing or leasing property near Wilmington, N.C., for the development of yachting and golfing facilities

Folder 298-299

Property Advisory Services, 1983-1988: Materials relating to the company created to manage Brightleaf Square and other properties

Folder 300-309

SEHED Investment Group, 1982-1990: Chiefly correspondence and legal materials relating to investments in Brightleaf Square and Brunson Building in Durham, N.C.

Folder 310

Tri-City Enterprises, Inc., 1961-1962: Correspondence and legal documents relating to the purchase of property in Durham County, N.C., and Wake County, N.C., by a corporation comprised of individual investors from Durham, N.C.; Raleigh, N.C.; and New York, N.Y.

Folder 311-319

W. Clay Hamner, Inc., 1985-1991: Materials relating to investment partnerships, chiefly Hamner Thrift Fund and Leader Development Corporation, organized by W. Clay Hamner

2.2. Personal Property, 1975-1995.

About 1000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.

Correspondence, financial reports, blueprints, and maps relating to Frank H. Kenan's investments in personal property, including two working farms and a vacation home. The bulk of the material relates to the purchase, restoration, and management of the Cove (sometimes spelled Kove), a 4500 acre farm property in Tazewell County, Va. Also included are blueprints of the Kenan farmhouse and Landfall residence.

Folder 320

Blueprints and maps

Folder 321-342

Cove/Kove, 1975-1989, 1992, and undated

Folder 343

Grandfather Mountain, 1993-1995

Folder 344

Hunter's Isle, 1979-1994

3. William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust, 1965-1996.

About 7260 items.

Correspondence, legal materials, funding reports, clippings, bills, annual reports, trustee meeting materials and reports, blueprints, contracts, and other documents relating to the administration of the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust and the many funds, programs and institutions it supports. The materials in this series demonstrate the Trust's interest in and commitment to education and Frank H. Kenan's important role in Trust decision-making and the development of Trust-funded initiatives.

The Trust was established in 1966, in New York, per the directions of William Rand Kenan, Jr.'s will. The first major act of the trust created the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professorships. Frank H. Kenan, who became a trustee in 1978, stewarded the Trust with a hands-on management style and played a prominent role in developing its creative philanthropic agenda. In 1980, the Trust established the Secondary School Challenge Grants. In 1983, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund was created in part to support the future Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, which was established two years later. Many of the activities of the Institute of Private Enterprise are documented in this collection, including the Global TransPark, the MBA Enterprise Corps, the Urban Enterprise Corps, the Durham Scholars Program, the U.S.-Thailand Development Partnership, and the Kenan Institute Asia. In 1986, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Center was built at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to house the Trust, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund, the Institute of Private Enterprise, and some of the operations of the Kenan-Flagler School of Business. In 1988, the Kenan Enterprise Awards were established to recognize liberal arts teaching and research that fostered the free enterprise system. In 1989, the Trust established the National Center for Family Literacy (sometimes called the Kenan Trust Family Literacy Project) and the Four-year Private Liberal Arts Colleges Challenge Grants. In 1991, the Trust committed $10 million to the construction of a new building for the Kenan-Flagler School of Business and created the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for the Arts and the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for Engineering, Technology, and Science. These two funds in turn provided support for the creation of the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts at the North Carolina School of the Arts and the William R. Kenan, Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology, and Science at North Carolina State University. In 1995, the Trust created the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for Ethics, which provided support for the creation of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.

The Trust's generous support to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is well documented throughout this series and in Series 9. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. General correspondence in Series 9. contains some acknowledgments from various University of North Carolina administrators regarding gifts of the Trust to the University. Substantive material likely is duplicated in the two series, but researchers are advised to look in both places for materials relating to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust.

3.1. General, 1965-1996.

About 1470 items.

Correspondence, legal materials, funding reports, clippings, bills, trustee meeting materials, trustee reports, and other documents relating to the establishment, administration, and relocation of the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust.

Though substantive material likely is duplicated throughout this series, researchers are advised to search in this general subseries as well as in the subsequent topical subseries for materials relating to a given subject.

3.1.1. General Correspondence and Related Materials, 1965-1996.

About 1400 items.

Arrangement: chronological, followed by subject files.

Correspondence, bills, fund availability reports, and other documents relating to the establishment and administration of the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust, the relocation of the Trust to Chapel Hill, N.C., and various initiatives supported by the Trust. Specific initiatives, including renovations of Kenan Stadium and an endowment honoring William C. Friday, are documented in the chronological files, as are many other approved and denied funding requests. There is some personal correspondence with William C. Friday, Paul Fulton, Ted Probert, Harry Barbee, Jack Kasarda, Rollie Tillman, and others at the Kenan-Flagler Buisness School, the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, the Morgan Guaranty Trust Bank, the National Family Literacy Center, and other entities connected with the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust.

Folder 345-346

1965

Folder 347

1966

Folder 348

1967

Folder 349

1973-1978

Folder 350

1980-1985

Folder 351-352

1986

Folder 353

1987

Folder 354

1988

Folder 355-356

1989

Folder 357

1990

Folder 358-359

1991

Folder 360-362

1992

Folder 363

1993

Folder 364

1994

Folder 365

1995

Folder 366

1996 and undated

Folder 367

Bills

Folder 368

Carolina Challenge

Folder 369

Competitive North Carolina

Folder 370

Crossroads on the Hill

Folder 371-372

Funds Available: Reports

Folder 373

History of Trust

Folder 374-377

New funds (see also Series 3.13. William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for the Arts, and Series 3.14. William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for Engineering, Technology, and Science)

Folder 378

Relocation of Trust to Chapel Hill, N.C.

Folder 379

Statement with respect to grant requests

Folder 380

Tom Sweeney grant to New York University, 1987-1992

Folder 381

Douglas A. Warner ("Sandy") visit, 1991

3.1.2. Trustee Meetings, 1986-1995.

About 50 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Agendas, supporting materials, and minutes for meetings of the trustees of the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust.

Folder 382

13 January 1986

Folder 383

13 April 1987

Folder 384

25 September 1987

Folder 385-386

10 December 1987

Folder 387-388

28 April 1988

Folder 389

8 September 1988

Folder 390

5 October 1988

Folder 391

4 December 1988

Folder 392-394

21 March 1989

Folder 395

22 June 1989

Folder 396

21 September 1989

Folder 397

28 September 1989

Folder 398

4 December 1989

Folder 399-400

25 April 1990

Folder 401

2 August 1990

Folder 402

16 November 1990

Folder 403

27 June 1991

Folder 404

16 October 1991

Folder 405

27-28 January 1992

Folder 406

10 June 1992

Folder 407

18 September 1992

Folder 408-409

1992: Undated

Folder 410

19 January 1993

Folder 411

12 April 1993

Folder 412

16 June 1993

Folder 413

29 October 1993

Folder 414

5-6 May 1994

Folder 415

22 August 1994

Folder 416

17 September 1994

Folder 417

17 February 1995

Folder 418

12 May 1995

Folder 419

20 October 1995

3.1.3. Trustee Reports, 1966-1995.

About 20 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Annual reports of the trustees of the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust, and a 25-year financial summary report.

Folder 420

1966-1973

Folder 421

1966-1975

Folder 422

1966-1977

Folder 423

1978

Folder 424

1979

Folder 425

1980

Folder 426

1981

Folder 427

1982

Folder 428

1985

Folder 429

1986

Folder 430

1987

Folder 431

1988

Folder 432

1989

Folder 433

1990

Folder 434

1991: The First Twenty-Five Years

Folder 435

1992

Folder 436

1993

Folder 437

1994

Folder 438

1995: A Report on the Benefactions of the Kenan Family and the Major Grants and Commitments of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust

3.2. Kenan Professorships, 1975-1996.

About 550 items.

Correspondence and other materials relating to the administration of the Kenan professorships and the biannual convocations of Kenan professors from around the country in Chapel Hill, N.C. The University of North Carolina and five universities in New York state received the first endowed Kenan professorships in 1966. By 1980, the Trust had committed approximately $750,000 to each of the Kenan professorships at 56 American universities and colleges. The grants were intended to enhance the quality of teaching and teacher-student relationships at the undergraduate level. Convocations of Kenan professors have been held biannually since 1980.

3.2.1. General Correspondence, 1975-1996.

About 250 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence relating to the administration of the Kenan professorships.

Folder 439

1975-1980

Folder 440

1981-1982

Folder 441

1983-1986

Folder 442

1987-1989

Folder 443

1990-1992

Folder 444

1993

Folder 445

1994

Folder 446

1995-1996

3.2.2. Convocation, 1978-1996.

About 300 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence and other materials relating to the biannual convocations of Kenan professors from around the country in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Folder 447

1978-1979

Folder 448-449

1980

Folder 450

1981-1982

Folder 451

1983-1984

Folder 452

1985-1987

Folder 453

1989

Folder 454

1990-1992

Folder 455

1993-1994

Folder 456

1995-1996

3.3. William R. Kenan, Jr. Chemistry Department Endowment, 1979-1988.

About 30 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence and annual reports regarding the activities, finances, and history of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Chemistry Department Endowment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Endowment was established in 1974, with a gift of $500,000 from the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust, and received an additional $500,000 in 1975. Over the years; the Endowment has sponsored visiting faculty; newly appointed faculty; minority graduate student recruitment; the Department of Chemistry Short Course Program; and the acquisition of new technology, including computers. Correspondence between Trust administrators and the faculty of the Chemistry Department chiefly concerns the finances, history, and preparation of the annual reports for the Endowment.

Folder 457

Correspondence, 1979-1985

Folder 458

Annual Reports, 1978-1979

Folder 459

Annual Reports, 1982-1985

Folder 460

Annual Reports, 1987-1988

Folder 461

Stewardship Report to the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust on the First Fifteen Years of the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Chemistry Department Endowment, 1973-1988

3.4. Secondary School Challenge Grants, 1982-1992.

About 280 items.

Arrangement: chronological, followed by subject files.

Chiefly correspondence of Frank H. Kenan, administrators of the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust, and the secondary schools that received challenge grants and endowment grants of recognition and support. Materials relate to the administration of the grants, which were issued to help secondary schools increase their endowments and annual giving programs. Also included are materials relating to the 1988 convocation of headmasters.

Folder 462

1982-1983

Folder 463

1984-1985

Folder 464

1986

Folder 465

1987

Folder 466a-b

1988

Folder 467

1989

Folder 468

1990-1992

3.5. Liberal Arts Colleges Grants, 1988-1992.

About 150 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly correspondence of Frank H. Kenan, administrators of the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust, and administrators of four-year private liberal arts colleges that received challenge grants and endowment grants of recognition and support. Grants were intended to expand endowments and ultimately improve the quality of undergraduate teaching. Grants issued to Guilford College, Hollins College, and the University of the South are documented.

Folder 469

1988

Folder 470

1989

Folder 471

1990-1991

Folder 472

1992

Folder 473

1993-1996

3.6. William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund, 1981-1996.

About 750 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly correspondence and legal documents relating to the establishment and operations of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund, which was created in 1983 by the Trustees of the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust to support the activities of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and the construction of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Materials concern the creation of the Fund, its objective, the board of trustees, tax status, expenses, funding, by-laws, planning and construction of the Kenan Center, and the Institute of Private Enterprise. Also included are subject files concerning the activities of William C. Friday as president of the Fund.

Folder 474

1981-1982

Folder 475-481

1983

Folder 482

1984

Folder 483

1985

Folder 484

1986

Folder 485

1987

Folder 486

1988

Folder 487-488

1989

Folder 489

1990

Folder 490

1991-1992

Folder 491

1993

Folder 492

1994

Folder 493

1995-1996

Folder 494-495

William C. Friday, 1985- 1988

3.7. Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, 1983-1996.

About 2130 items.

Materials, chiefly correspondence, reports, and clippings, relating to the activities and organization of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. The series has been broken down into five subseries: 3.7.1. General; 3.7.2. MBA Enterprise Corps; 3.7.3. Global TransPark; 3.7.4. Kenan Institute Asia/U.S.-Thailand Development Partnership; and 3.7.5. Urban Enterprise Corps.

The Institute for the Study of Private Enterprise was established in 1985, through gifts from the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust and the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund, with the aim to "foster mutual understanding and cooperation among people working in business, academic institutions, and government to strengthen private enterprise systems in the United States and worldwide" (from 1993 Report to the Board of Directors of the Charitable Trust). In 1987, the Institute was renamed the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise in honor of Frank H. Kenan. Rollie Tillman served as the director from 1985 through 1989, and Jack Kasarda began his term as director in 1989. The Institute of Private Enterprise is located in the Kenan Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Although it originally focused on private enterprise development in the United States, in the early 1990s the Institute expanded its outlook to include a number of international activities with a focus on Central Europe and Southeast Asia. Activities of the Institute of Private Enterprise have included the Center for Competitiveness and Employment Growth, the Center for Emerging Markets, the Center for Global Business Research, the Global Manufacturing Research Center, the Center for Urban Investment, the Citibank International Fellows Program, the Global TransPark, the International Business Education Center, the MBA Enterprise Corps, the Urban Enterprise Corps, the Durham Scholars Program, the U.S.-Thailand Development Partnership, and the Kenan Institute Asia.

3.7.1. General, 1983-1996.

About 1400 items.

Arrangement: chronological, followed by subject files.

Correspondence, clippings, and reports relating to the activities, management, and organization of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. Correspondents include Jack Kasarda, the board of trustees, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill officials, and national and international business leaders. Clippings document business and transportation issues and various projects of the Institute. Subject files include materials and minutes from the board of trustees meetings, activity reports, annual reports, the budget, and the Institute's mission statement. Also included are materials concerning the proposed establishment of an international center for private enterprise in Europe under sponsorship of the Institute of Private Enterprise and the prospect of obtaining the Villa La Magia near Florence, Italy, from the Contessa Marcella Amati Cellisi, for use by the Kenan Fund and the Institute of Private Enterprise.

Though substantive material likely is duplicated, researchers are advised to search Subseries 3.1.1. General Correspondence for additional correspondence between Frank H. Kenan and Jack Kasarda.

Folder 496

1983-1984

Folder 497

1985

Folder 498-500

1986

Folder 501-504

1987

Folder 505-507

1988

Folder 508

1989

Folder 509

1990

Folder 510-512

1991

Folder 513

1992

Folder 514

1993

Folder 515

1994-1996

Folder 516

Undated

Folder 517-522

Board of Trustees Meetings, 1988-1992

Folder 523

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes, 1986-1994

Folder 524

Board of Trustees Members, 1986-1989 and undated

Folder 525

Activity Reports, 1983-1994

Folder 526-527

Annual Reports, 1993-1996

Folder 528

Budget, 1985-1989

Folder 529

Marketing Materials, undated: Pamphlets and fact sheets

Folder 530

Mission Statement, 1985-1987

Folder 531

Access America

Folder 532-533

International Center, 1989-1990

Folder 534

Privatization Grant

Folder 535-536

Villa La Magia, 1993-1994 and undated

3.7.2. MBA Enterprise Corps, 1990-1996.

About 180 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence, reports, and clippings regarding the formation, funding, and activities of the MBA Enterprise Corps, a consortium of American business schools that introduces MBA students from participating universities to international business and cross-cultural experiences through internships with overseas companies located in developing market countries, primarily in Central Europe and Southeast Asia. The MBA Enterprise Corps was headquartered at the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise until its merger with the Citizens Democracy Corps of Washington, D.C., in 2000. The Institute of Private Enterprise and U.S. Agency for International Development under the Private Sector Initiative are the primary sponsors of the MBA Enterprise Corps.

Folder 537

1990

Folder 538

1991

Folder 539

1992

Folder 540

1993

Folder 541

1994

Folder 542

1995

Folder 543

1996

3.7.3. Global TransPark, 1990-1996.

About 200 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly correspondence, clippings, and reports relating to the development of a Global TransPark air cargo facility/industrial complex in eastern North Carolina. The correspondence of Jack Kasarda, Frank H. Kenan, local and state political and educational leaders, and local and international businesses, relates to the role of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise in developing and researching the feasibility of the Global TransPark in North Carolina, Thailand, and Europe. State and international clippings, as well as newsletters and reports, outline the plans and progress of the Global TransPark beginning in November 1990, when Kasarda, director of the Institute of Private Enterprise, introduced the concept of the Global TransPark to the state of North Carolina. The plan called for the establishment of a global air cargo facility/industrial complex that would integrate advanced telecommunications and materials handling with a multi-modal transportation system.

With the support of the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration, the Institute of Private Enterprise conducted feasibility studies and research into the latest developments in manufacturing and delivery systems. In 1992, the state-sponsored Global TransPark Authority selected Kinston, N.C., as the host site. The non-profit Global TransPark Foundation was established to raise funds from corporate and other private sources, and the Global TransPark Commission, representing twelve eastern North Carolina counties, was established to invest in infrastructure improvements to support regional development. Thailand, Germany, Scotland, and Spain also conducted research into the feasibility of establishing similar facilities to link with the North Carolina complex.

Folder 544

1990-1991

Folder 545-547

1992

Folder 548-549

1993

Folder 550

1994

Folder 551

1995-1996

Folder 552

Undated

3.7.4. Kenan Institute Asia/U.S.-Thailand Development Partnership, 1991-1996.

About 100 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly correspondence and clippings relating to the formation of both the U.S.-Thailand Development Partnership (USTDP) and the Kenan Institute Asia (KIAsia). The correspondence of Jack Kasarda, Frank H. Kenan, trustees of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust, and business and educational leaders in both the United States and Thailand, concerns the Institute's interests in Southeast Asia, the formation of the USTDP, the establishment of the KIAsia, and travel to the United States and Thailand. Clippings and articles relate to the formation, plans, and activities of the USTDP and the political and economic affairs of Thailand. Travel reports, newsletters, and brochures further document the Institute of Private Enterprise's activities in Thailand.

USTDP was established in 1993, when the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which had provided assistance to promote the economic and social development of Thailand for over forty years, granted the Institute of Private Enterprise $10 million to develop a model of foreign assistance based on collaboration and shared benefits rather than hand-outs. Further aid came from the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust, the Royal Thai Government's Department of Technical and Economic Cooperation, and the private sector. The function of the USTDP is to support technological cooperation between the United States and Thailand, to encourage economic and social growth in Thailand, and to open up new American markets, thus benefiting the economies of both nations. "A core activity of the Partnership is helping U.S. companies to market products and processes that will help Thailand improve the environment, provide basic health services, and meet other priority development needs" (U.S.-Thailand Development Partnership, 11 January 1994). The USTDP helped to initiate over sixty joint partnerships in its first year. The KIAsia and the Kenan Institute in Washington, which was founded to oversee international enterprise projects, share the management of the USTDP.

The KIAsia was founded in Bangkok, Thailand, in 1994, to "promote mutually advantageous cooperative programs among American and Asian corporations, universities, government agencies, and assistance organizations" (KIAsia brochure). Areas of interest include technology cooperation, improved environmental management, infrastructure enhancement, telecommunications improvements, capital and financial market development, human resource development, and improved U.S.-Thai economic linkages. Paul Wedel, former director of Pacific Rim Consulting in Singapore, was chosen to head the institute. Sources of funding include the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust; the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund; Citibank-Thailand; and USAID, in cooperation with the Royal Thai Government. Housed at the Queen Sirkit National Convention Center in Bangkok, the KIAsia is sponsored by the Institute of Private Enterprise.

Folder 553-554

1991-1993

Folder 555

1994-1995

Folder 556

1996 and undated

3.7.5. Urban Enterprise Corps, 1992-1996.

About 250 items.

Arrangement: chronological, followed by subject files.

Correspondence, reports, and proposals relating to the formation, funding, activities, goals, and development planning of the Urban Enterprise Corps, an initiative to promote entreprenuership and microbusiness development for inner-city economic revitalization. Also included are materials relating to the formation, funding, operation, and activities of the Durham Scholars Program, an initiative of the Urban Enterprise Corps that targeted high school juniors and seniors for college outreach and a college preparatory academy for sixth grade students.

Created in 1994, the Urban Enterprise Corps was launched on a pilot basis in Durham, N.C., with support from the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Citibank, Chase Manhattan Bank, and Morgan Guaranty Trust. MBA students from leading business schools were selected to provide managerial assistance to inner-city businesses, community-based economic development organizations, and other economic revitalization institutions. The Urban Enterprise Corps was managed by the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, under the direction of James H. Johnson, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Folder 557

General, December 1992-September 1993

Folder 558

General, October 1993-May 1994

Folder 559

General, September 1994-1996 and undated

Folder 560-561

Development Plan

Folder 562-566

Durham Scholars Program, 1994-1996

Folder 567

Durham Scholars Program, 1995: An Evaluation Research Proposal

3.8. William R. Kenan, Jr. Center, 1983-1996.

About 650 items.

Arrangement: chronological, followed by subject files.

Correspondence, blueprints, contracts, and other materials concerning the planning and construction of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Kenan Center. Correspondence relates to costs, funding, budgets, floor plans, landscaping, use, contracts with vendors, property agreements with the state of North Carolina, construction progress, insurance, furnishings and decorations, staff, and the opening ceremony. Also included are contracts with the architects, contractors, and suppliers. Subject files include blueprints of the Kenan Center, the use policy, furniture specifications, and a design development submittal. See also Series 3.6. William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for related correspondence.

The Kenan Center was constructed in 1986 on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to house the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund. The five story, 63,702 square foot building was a gift to the University from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund. The housed at the Kenan Center is the administration of the Kenan-Flagler Business School. Other areas in the building are available as meeting and social facilities for the University. The architectural firm in charge of design was O'Brien/Atkins Associates, P.A., and the general contractor was C. T. Wilson Construction Company, Inc.

Folder 568

1983

Folder 569-571

1984

Folder 572-575

1985

Folder 576-580

1986

Folder 581-582

1987

Folder 583

1988-1989

Folder 584

1990-1996

Folder 585

Blueprints, 1983, 1985

Folder 586

Clippings

Folder 587

Design Development Submittal, 1983

Folder 588

Furniture Specifications, 1985

Folder 589

Pamphlets, 1986

Folder 590

Use Policy

3.9. National Center for Family Literacy, 1987-1996.

About 180 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence, reports, press releases, project budgets, and a videotape documenting the contributions of the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust to literacy work in the southeast and across the country. The Trust initially funded a pilot grant to the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Family Literacy Project to develop programs for at-risk preschool children and their undereducated parents in North Carolina and Kentucky. Success of the SREB project resulted in the subsequent establishment of the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) in Louisville, Ky., in 1989. The NCFL provides information, training materials, and technical assistance to family literacy initiatives across the country. The NCFL also seeks to influence federal education policies and initiatives.

See also Subseries 3.1.1. General Correspondence for additional materials relating to the National Center for Family Literacy. Note that the National Center for Family Literary is sometimes referred to as the Kenan Trust Family Literary Project.

Folder 591

1987

Folder 592

1988

Folder 593-594

1989

Folder 595-597

1990

Folder 598

1991

Folder 599-600

1992

Folder 601-602

1993

Folder 603

1994

Folder 604

1995-1996

3.10. Kenan Enterprise Awards, 1988-1996.

About 50 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence relating to the Kenan Enterprise Awards, which were established to recognize arts and sciences faculty who use creative teaching and scholarship to foster the free enterprise system in the United States and around the world. Recipients of the Kenan Enterprise Awards are announced at the biannual convocation of Kenan professors.

Folder 605

1988 (except 7 November 1988)

Folder 606

7 November 1988

Folder 607

1989

Folder 608

1990

Folder 609

1993, 1996

3.11. Kenan-Flagler Business School, 1985-1996.

About 750 items.

Arrangement: chronological, followed by subject files.

Correspondence, clippings, and reports concerning the operations and activities of the Kenan-Flagler Business School, located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Much of the material relates to the funding and construction of a new building (the McColl Building) to house the school. Correspondence and reports from 1994 relate to a $9 million grant from the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust to the Kenan-Flagler Business School, of which $8 million was designated for an executive conference center and the remaining $1 million was allocated for the Center on Entrepreneurship. Various reports outline the activities and plans of the business school.

Other topics include the various programs and conferences hosted by the Kenan-Flagler Business School, the activities of the board of directors and the board of visitors, faculty awards, grants from the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust, other sources of funding and donations, the appointment and retirement of Dean Paul Rizzo, national rankings, and the Undergraduate Business Symposium. Subject files include the possible acquisition of the Baity property located near campus, the UNC Bond issue, the 1991 ceremony that renamed the business school in honor of Mary Lily Kenan Flagler (1897-1917) and her husband Henry Morrison Flagler (d. 1913), the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the new building, the Executive Education Conference Center, and the Executive Education Five Year Business Plan.

Though substantive material likely is duplicated, researchers are advised to search Subseries 3.1.1. General Correspondence for additional materials relating to the Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Folder 610

1985-1986

Folder 611

1987

Folder 612-614

1988

Folder 615-616

1989

Folder 617

1990

Folder 618-619

1991

Folder 620-621

1992

Folder 622-623

1993

Folder 624-627

1994

Folder 628-630

1995

Folder 631-633

1996

Folder 634

Baity Property, 1987-1988

Folder 635

UNC Bond Issue, 1990-1993

Folder 636

Marketing Materials, undated: Pamphlets for executive institutes and programs

Folder 637

Naming Ceremony, 1991

Folder 638

Groundbreaking, 1994

Folder 639

Executive Education Conference Center

Folder 640

Executive Education Five Year Business Plan, 1995-1999

3.12. William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for the Arts, 1991-1996.

About 30 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence relating to the establishment of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for the Arts. The fund was established in 1992 with a $20 million grant from the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust to aid in the enrichment and development of the arts and cultural life. The Fund for the Arts supports the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts located on the campus of the North Carolina School for the Arts in Winston-Salem, N.C. Jeanne F. Butler was the founding director of the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts.

See also "New Funds" in Subseries 3.1.1. General Correspondence.

Folder 641

1991-1996

3.13. William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for Engineering, Technology, and Science, 1991-1996.

About 120 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence relating to the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for Engineering, Technology, and Science. The fund was established in 1992 with a $20 million grant from the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust to encourage research and teaching advancements in the areas of science, engineering, and technology, thus fostering American economic development. The Fund for Engineering, Technology, and Science supports the William R. Kenan, Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology, and Science located at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. Harold B. Hopfenberg was the founding director of William R. Kenan, Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology, and Science.

See also "New Funds" in Subseries 3.1.1. General Correspondence.

Folder 642

1991

Folder 643

1992

Folder 644

1993

Folder 645

1994

Folder 646

1995-1996

3.14. Miscellaneous, 1979-1994.

About 100 items.

Arrangement: by subject.

Materials relating to other projects supported by the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust.

Folder 647

Clippings, 1979-1992

Folder 648

Flagler College, 1986-1991: Correspondence relating to grant given for building construction

Folder 649

Program for Ethics at Duke University, 1993-1996

Folder 650-651

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB): Correspondence relating to a grant given by the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Charitable Trust to the SREB to improve instruction at and student preparation for historically black colleges, 1985-1992 (see also Subseries 3.1.1. General Correspondence; and Subseries 3.9. National Center for Family Literacy for other materials relating to SREB projects)

4. Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation, 1962-1996.

About 500 items.

Correspondence, legal materials, financial statements, and acknowledgments from scholarship recipients relating to the establishment and dispensation of funds from the Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation. Also included is a brief history of the Foundation. Sarah Graham Kenan was the aunt of Frank H. Kenan, who became her legal guardian when she was deemed incompetent in 1962. In groundbreaking legislation and ensuing court case, Frank H. Kenan sought control of his aunt's estate to protect its value. He argued that transfer of control should be granted so that a legal guardian could spend the estate money in the manner in which an incompetent would spend the money if he or she was competent. The Foundation was liquidated in 1976 after contributing more than $22 million dollars to charitable causes. Some of the endowed gifts continue to fund scholarships and professorships.

Folder 652

1973-1975

Folder 653

1976-1986

Folder 654

1993

Folder 655

1994-1995

Folder 656-657

1996

Folder 658

Undated

Folder 659

Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation: A History (1984)

Folder 660

Clippings, 1962-1964

Folder 661

Financial Materials, 1965

Folder 662-665

Legal Materials, 1963-1965

Folder 666-668

John Manning, 1962-1965: Chiefly legal correspondence relating to Sarah Graham Kenan estate; also includes other legal correspondence

Folder 669

Wilmington Waterfront Parking Facility, 1966: Correspondence and legal materials relating to purchase of parking facility bonds in Wilmington, N.C.

5. Kenan Family Foundation, 1989-1995.

About 180 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence concerning the charitable activities of the Kenan Family Foundation, including approved and denied requests for funding. The Kenan Family Foundation received requests for funding from a variety of institutions, including St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, the Kenan-Flagler Business School, the Durham County Habitat for Humanity, the North Carolina Outward Bound School, the Jesse Helms Center at Wingate College, and many others.

The Kenan Family Foundation was established in 1985, and is one of several foundations endowed by the Kenan family. The Kenan Family Foundation emphasizes education, but also supports the arts and religion. The majority of grantrecipients are located in North Carolina. Frank H. Kenan acted as the head of the board of directors. A letter dated 5 November 1992 contains a profile of the foundation.

Folder 670

1989-1991

Folder 671-672

1992

Folder 673

1993

Folder 674

1994

Folder 675

1995

6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1964-1996.

About 850 items.

Arrangement: chronological, followed by subject files.

Chiefly correspondence documenting Frank H. Kenan's long relationship of service and philanthropy with the University of North Carolina. General correspondence relates to his work with the Arts and Sciences Foundation Board of Directors, his Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award, and his relationships with various University officials. Other materials relate to Kenan's interest in athletics, particularly football; his contributions of time and money to various fundraising and development initiatives, including the Business Foundation of North Carolina, the Carolina Challenge, the Educational Foundation, the Institutional Development Foundation, the Medical Foundation of North Carolina, and the Bicentennial Campaign Steering Committee; and his committment to various other organizations supporting the mission of the University, including the Tar Heel Order of 100 and the University of North Carolina Press.

Folder 676

General, 1964, 1974

Folder 677

General, 1976-1979

Folder 678

General, 1980-1982

Folder 679

General, 1983-1985

Folder 680

General, 1986-1988

Folder 681

General, 1989

Folder 682

General, 1990

Folder 683

General, 1991-1992

Folder 684

General, 1993: Includes videotaped interview for Bicentennial Convocation

Folder 685

General, 1994-1996 and undated

Folder 686

Alumni Center, 1985, 1987

Folder 687-688

Athletics, 1969, 1983, 1986-1996: Blueprints, parking facility study, and stadium improvements study

Folder 689-690

Bicentennial Campaign Steering Committee, 1989-1994

Folder 691

Black Cultural Center, 1992-1993

Folder 692

Board of Visitors, 1980-1985

Folder 693-705

Business Foundation of North Carolina, 1973-1988 and undated

Folder 706-713

Carolina Challenge Council, 1976-1981 and undated (see also Carolina Challenge in Series 3.1.1. General Correspondence)

Folder 714-715

Educational Foundation, 1979-1996

Folder 716

Fiftieth Class Reunion Campaign, 1984-1985

Folder 717

Gimghoul Endowment, 1978-1992

Folder 718

Institutional Development Foundation, 1977-1981

Folder 719

Medical Foundation of North Carolina, 1976-1987

Folder 720-726

Tar Heel Order of 100, 1974-1980

Folder 727

Tar Heel Order of 100: Fundraising firm

Folder 728-731

University of North Carolina Press, Board of Visitors, 1970-1977, 1980-1985

Folder 732

William R. Kenan, Jr. Award, 1992: Football scholarships

7. Kenan Oil Company, 1935-1982.

About 1100 items.

Arrangement: chronological, followed by subject files.

Correspondence, maps, and financial materials relating to the Kenan Oil Company. Frank H. Kenan founded the Kenan Oil Company in 1936, after a year of working as a commission agent for Pure Oil Company. Correspondence chiefly documents how Kenan and June Mallard, secretary and general manager, kept the company running during World War II while Kenan was on active duty at the Charleston Navy Yard. Other materials relate to accounting and budgets, job benefits, and legal concerns.

Folder 733

1944

Folder 734-736

1945

Folder 737

1955-1979

Folder 738

Accounts Receivable Reports, 1945-1946

Folder 739-740

Auditor's Report, 1937, 1942-1943, 1956-1959

Folder 741-747

Balance Sheets, 1945-1954: Monthly report of assets; liabilities and capital; income, profit and loss; and operating expenses

Folder 748

Budget Reports, 1946-1947: Record of fixed and variable expenses, including salaries, depreciation of equipment, and repairs

Folder 749-753

Board of Directors, 1936-1975: Uncludes board of directors and stockholder meeting minutes, certificate of incorporation

Folder 754

Clippings

Folder 755-759

Deeds, Leases, and Sales Agreements, 1935-1963: Relating to purchase or sale of land, services, and products by Frank H. Kenan, Kenan Oil Company, Olympia Investment Company, Pure Oil Company, and various individuals

Folder 760

Henry Emerson, 1945-1946: Correspondence relating to the hiring of Emerson as plant manager for Kenan Oil Company

Folder 761-766

Hussey Oil Company, 1948-1956: Chiefly correspondence relating to Kenan Oil Company's oversight of fiscal operations of Hussey Oil Company

Folder 767

Insurance Record, 1945-1948

Folder 768

Job Descriptions, undated

Folder 769-770

John Manning, 1946-1955: Correspondence relating to lawsuits, contracts, and other legal matters

Folder 771

Maps, 1961, 1963, 1969: Survey and topographic map of Kenan Oil property

Folder 772-775

Muirhead Construction Company, Inc., 1947: Receipts relating to the construction of a warehouse for Kenan Oil Company

Folder 776

Pay Plan for Drivers, 1947-1948 and undated: Correspondence and notices relating to bonuses, vacation plans, and job descriptions

Folder 777

Profit-sharing Plan, 1956, 1973: Joint profit-sharing and retirement plan for employees of Kenan Oil Company, Kenan Transport Corporation, Tops Petroleum Corporation, and Tops of Raleigh, Inc.; also included are profit-sharing statements for 1973

Folder 778

Pure Oil Company, 1935-1936, 1945: Chiefly interoffice correspondence and receipts relating to sales and property of the Durham, N.C., branch of the company

Folder 779-782

Tops Reports, 1981-1982: Pictures and reports of Tops service stations filed by June Mallard

Folder 783

United Gas Company, Inc., 1956: Balance sheets

Folder 784

Miscellaneous: Vhiefly accounting-related materials

8. Kenan Transport Company, 1949-1994.

About 60 items.

Correspondence, reports, and financial materials relating to Kenan Transport Company, which was founded by Frank H. Kenan in 1943.

Folder 785

Correspondence, 1987, 1991-1994

Folder 786

Annual Reports, 1972-1994

Folder 787

Balance Sheets, 1949-1951: Monthly report of assets; liabilities and capital; automotive equipment and depreciation; income, profit and loss

Folder 788

Bulk Haulers, 1973-1976: Correspondence, legal, and financial materials relating to acquisition by Kenan Transport

9. Flagler System, Inc., 1955-1996.

About 575 items.

Arrangement: chronological, followed by subject files.

Correspondence, blueprints, maps, ledgers, clippings, and marketing materials relating to the Flagler System, Inc., a group of business assets owned by the Kenan family. Materials document proposed sales; properties, including Glen Lennox, White Sulphur Springs, and Paradise Island; and guest accommodations at the Breakers hotel. In 1964, when Kenan became a director of the Flagler System, Inc., assets included the Florida East Coast Hotel Company, which was comprised of the Breakers; the Ponce de Leon hotels, which would later become Flagler College; forty percent of the Florida Times-Union newspaper; office buildings and a garage in Miami, Fla.; and other real estate. Other Flagler System, Inc., assets included the Perrine Grant Land Company, West Palm Beach Water Company, and Florida East Coast Car Ferry Company.

Folder 789

1971-1974

Folder 790

1976-1978

Folder 791-792

1979

Folder 793-800

1980

Folder 801-802

1981

Folder 803

1982-1984

Folder 804

1985-1987

Folder 805

1988-1991

Folder 806

1992-1993

Folder 807

1994-1996

Folder 808

Undated

Folder 809

Blueprints and Maps, 1955-1985 and undated: Includes Flagler System, Inc., properties in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Breakers residences in Palm Beach, Fla.

Folder 810

Clippings

Folder 811

Marketing Materials

Folder 812

West Palm Beach Water Company, 1960-1966: Accounting ledger

10. Civic Activities, 1935-1996.

About 3900 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.

Correspondence and other materials relating to Frank H. Kenan's extensive participation in civic activities. Kenan's civic interests included business, community, education, and church organizations and institutions. The collection evidences particularly long relationships with the Duke Endowment, Durham Academy, and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Kenan made many charitable donations to these and other organizations and frequently shared his business and investment experience by serving on boards of directors and trustees, as well as on development and planning committees.

Folder 813-828

Duke Endowment, 1973-1996 and undated

Folder 829-865

Durham Academy: Board of Trustees, 1969-1996 and undated

Folder 866

Durham Academy: Athletic Committee, 1980-1981 and undated

Folder 867

Durham Academy: Calvin L. Criner, 1975-1977 and undated

Folder 868-875

Durham Academy: Financial Committee, 1974-1978 and undated

Folder 876-877

Durham Academy: Long Range Planning Committee, 1970-1981 and undated

Folder 878

Durham Academy: Rules and Regulations Committee, 1977

Folder 879

Durham Academy: Search Committee, 1975-1980 and undated

Folder 880

Durham Chamber of Commerce: Board of Directors, 1975-1978

Folder 881

Durham Chamber of Commerce Highway Task Force, 1975-1979: Study of east-west expressway

Folder 882-884

Durham County Hospital Corporation: Board of Trustees, 1977-1979 and undated

Folder 885

Durham County Hospital Corporation: Budget, 1976

Folder 886

Durham County Hospital Corporation: By-laws, 1976

Folder 887

Durham County Hospital Corporation: Nominating Committee Report, 1977

Folder 888-889

Durham Executives Club, 1948-1952

Folder 890-891

Foundation for Better Health, 1976-1977

Folder 892-895

McPherson Hospital Foundation, Inc.: Board of Directors, 1988, 1992-1994

Folder 896

North Carolina Episcopal School for Boys, Inc., 1963: Minutes of first meeting of directors, articles of incorporation, and by-laws

Folder 897

North Carolina Highways for Progress Committee, 1989: Development of public support for highway improvement legislation

Folder 898-901

North Carolina Museum of Art, 1977, 1982-1983, and undated: Steering committee for grand opening

Folder 902-907

North Caroliniana Society, Inc., 1984-1995

Folder 908

St. Mary's Chapel, 1979-1983, 1992

Folder 909

St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 1935-1939, 1946-1947, and undated: Chiefly minutes of meetings of Laymen's League and 1936 parish directory

Folder 910-942

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1973-1993 and undated

Folder 943

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church: Clippings

Folder 944

Miscellaneous: Certificates of appreciation and participation in civic and business affairs

11. Awards, Honors, and Speeches, 1938-1996.

About 250 items.

Includes correspondence and speeches relating to various awards and honors Frank H. Kenan received, including honorary degrees from North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, Hollins College, the University of the South, and Elon College. Other notable awards and honors include Outstanding Philanthropist of the Triangle, the North Carolina Public Service Award, induction into the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame, the North Carolina Philanthropy Award, and the Durham Chamber of Commerce Civic Honor Award.

See also Series 1.1. Personal Correspondence for material related to other miscellaneous awards received; Series 6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and North Caroliniana Society in Series 10. Civic Activities. Additional clippings with notices of awards may be found in clippings in Series 12. Other Papers

Folder 946

Awards, 1938-1950

Folder 947

Awards, 1976-1980

Folder 948

Awards, 1990-1992

Folder 949

Awards, 1993

Folder 950

Awards, 1994

Folder 951

Awards, 1995

Folder 952

Awards, 1996 and undated

Folder 953

North Carolina Business Hall of Fame, 1991

Folder 954

Northeast Cape Fear River Bridge Dedication, 1992-1993

Folder 955

Speeches, 1992-1993: Text and correspondence related to speeches given at National Humanities Center, North Carolina Philanthropy Award, Kenan-Flagler Business School, North Caroliniana Award dinner, and various other public remarks and presentations related to awards and honors received

12. Other Papers, 1972-1996 and undated.

About 250 items.

Various materials relating to the interests, activities, and death of Frank H. Kenan. Biographical material, a calendar, clippings, Betty Kenan's correspondence relating to her husband's death, correspondence relating to the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, and some genealogical society correspondence are included. Also included are materials relating to his affiliation with "Five Old Men," an organization of civic-minded men who sought to encourage political activism and initiate community development in Durham, N.C.

Folder 956

Biographical Material

Folder 957

Blueprints and Maps

Folder 958

Calendar, 1995

Folder 959-960

Clippings: Items relating to Frank H. Kenan's personal life, businesses, civic activities, and philanthropy; clippings relating to awards are collected here and in Series 9. Awards, Honors, and Speeches

Folder 961

Clubs

Folder 962

Five Old Men: Clippings (see also Series 1.3. Political Correspondence)

Folder 963

Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, 1981-1991: Correspondence relating to charitable contributions and materials loaned to the museum

Folder 964

Betty Kenan, 1996: Correspondence relating to death of her husband, Frank H. Kenan

Folder 965

Liberty Hall Restoration (Kenansville, N.C.): Clippings and pamphlets

Folder 966

North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati, 1972-1992

13. Photographs, undated.

13 items.

Black and white and color portraits and candids of Frank H. Kenan, alone and with friends and colleagues. Also included is a signed color photograph of Senator Jesse Helms.

Folder P-5078/1

Black and White Photographs

Folder P-5078/2

Color Photographs

Items Separated

Items separated include oversize papers (OP-5078/1-2); photographs (P-5078/1-2); and videotapes (VT-5078/1-4).

Related Collections

Kenan Family Papers (#4225), Southern Historical Collection
Southern Oral History Program Records (#4007), Interview C-73, Southern Historical Collection