Papers, 1881-1956, bulk 1910-1940.

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Papers, 1881-1956, bulk 1910-1940.

Professional legal papers, primarily concerning railroads, arranged by case name; include memoranda, correspondence, records and briefs, court transcripts, stock certificates, mortgages, and indentures. Thorough records for Bogert v. Southern Pacific, Newark Plaster v. Cross and Brown, the Pacific Oil Co. dissolution, and Young v. Southern Pacific. Personal papers include documents relating to cases against the Internal Revenue Service and the Mexican government, personal correspondence, and his home in Charlottesville, Virginia.

16 boxes (7 linear ft.)

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Southern Pacific Company

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What started as a boycott by the American Railway Union against Pullman's Palace Car Co. in 1894 escalated to a strike covering the area from Chicago to the Pacific Coast. On the premise of interfering with the mails the federal government intervened and crushed the strike. From the description of Journal of incidents in San Francisco resulting from the American Railway Union strike, 1894 June 27-Aug. 31. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record ...

Buck, Gordon M., 1875-1940.

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Took law degree from the University of Virginia and practiced corporate and probate law in New York City from the early 1900's through 1936 with the firm of Humes, Buck, Smith and Stowell. From the description of Papers, 1881-1956, bulk 1910-1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 22253058 Vice President of the University of Virginia Alumni Association. From the description of Papers of Gordon Buck [manuscript], 1920-1928. (University of Virginia). Wo...

Pacific Oil Company.

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Buck, Gordon M., 1875-1970.

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