This support includes a $500,000 grant from The Duke Endowment, along with funds from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Foundation, the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund held by Duke University, and the children of Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans. Dating back to the 1800s, the archive encompasses the personal and business archives of Washington Duke, James B. Duke, Benjamin N. Duke, Mary Duke Biddle, Doris Duke, and other notable Duke family members. “The Duke Endowment is honored to take a leading role in supporting this project, to foster and preserve these cherished Duke family archives,” said Charles C. Lucas III, chair of The Duke Endowment and the grandson of Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans.