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Tug River Coal and Coke Company. Ledger, 1890-1892 [manuscript].

Title: Ledger, 1890-1892 [manuscript].

The ledger contains the charter, by-laws and minutes of the company, of which R.T. W. Duke, R.T.W. Duke, Jr., William R. Duke, James L. Gordon, and Frank Gilmer were chief stockholders and officers. The book was later used as a French exercise book. A loose sheet contains a brief statement on being a teacher and a poem "God's will."

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (20 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647828150 View

Gordon, Armistead C. (Armistead Churchill), 1855-1931. Armistead C. Gordon correspondence [manuscript], 1900-1907.

Title: Armistead C. Gordon correspondence [manuscript], 1900-1907.

A letter from John B. Moon, 1900 May 1, discusses a suit against the University. A letter from attorney John T. Harris, Jr., 1900 October 12, encloses and discusses a list of library books at the University of Virginia pertaining to Virginia History and literature compiled by Charles Kent. A letter from Thomas H. Carter, University of Virginia superintendent of grounds and buildings, 1903 November 21, discusses appropriations for the University, mentioning the amounts given other institutions, and the plan to consolidate the state's medical schools. People mentioned include William H. Boaz, William Duke, Tipton D. Jennings, [Silas D.?] Walker, Carter Glass, Dr. George Ben Johnston, Henry T. Wickham and J. N. Harmon. He enlists Gordon's help to influence Walker's vote in the Finance Committee. A form letter from president Edwin A. Alderman, 1905 November 20, requests recipients to use their influence with their legislators on behalf of the University of Virginia. A statement of needed positions and equipment is enclosed.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/398156481 View

Runk, B. F. D. (Benjamin Franklin Dewees), 1906-1994. Papers of Benjamin Franklin Dewees Runk [manuscript] 1872-1966.

Title: Papers of Benjamin Franklin Dewees Runk [manuscript] 1872-1966.

Correspondence, 1897-1905, addressed to William Richard Duke member of the General Assembly for Charlotesville and Albemarle County requesting his support for various measures including a liquor bill, and the defeat of one concerning Sweet Briar College [20 items]--Correspondence, 1872-80, to Richard Thomas Walker Duke also a member of the Gen. Assembly, chiefly of Charles Scott Venable [10 items]--Miscellaneous items, 1931-66, from Runk's file's including issues of Virginia Reel, Harlequin, and Paunch [for which they were banned] reports on student aid, the placement office, a plan for married student housing, and some enrollment figures; also a print of Henry St. George Tucker [10 items].

ArchivalResource: 40 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647938215 View

Barringer, Paul B. (Paul Brandon), 1857-1941. Paul B. Barringer correspondence with William Richard Duke, and Thomas Wall Skelton [manuscript] 1902-1903.

Title: Paul B. Barringer correspondence with William Richard Duke, and Thomas Wall Skelton [manuscript] 1902-1903.

Correspondence concerns the effort of the City and Suburban Railway of Charlottesville to run a street car line on the University of Virginia grounds. Also, letter, 1902 March 21 Barringer to Duke concerning finance of the new University of Virginia hospital.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174958660 View

Duke, R. T. W. (Richard Thomas Walker), 1822-1898. Papers of Richard Thomas Walker Duke and William R. Duke [manuscript], 1860-1920.

Title: Papers of Richard Thomas Walker Duke and William R. Duke [manuscript], 1860-1920.

Chiefly business papers regarding farming at "Sunnyside" and the Duke and Duke legal practice in Charlottesville, Va., including 20 volumes of accounts.

ArchivalResource: 200 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647996634 View

Duke family. Papers of the Duke family, 1886-1909.

Title: Papers of the Duke family, 1886-1909.

Duke family papers include three letters to R.T.W. Duke, Jr. in which "Lippincott's Monthly" accepts three poems and John F. Slaughter and William R. Duke discuss financial affairs. The collection also contains letters home from school and college, a copy of a religious poem by R.T.W. Duke, Jr., a class composition by Jack Duke on camping out in the Blue Ridge, a bill for Mary Duke and a post card photograph of a fire on a city street in [Charlottesville, Va.?].

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34336563 View