Papers of Betty Page Cocke, 1840-1935 (bulk 1920-1935).

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Papers of Betty Page Cocke, 1840-1935 (bulk 1920-1935).

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The papers of Betty Page Cocke consist primarily of form letters to her on a variety of current events. Topics include disabled World War I veterans; the removal of the University of Virginia medical school to Richmond, Va.; the Woodrow Wilson Foundation; the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation; the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities; and her diseased boxwoods. Correspondents include Carter Glass, Beverley D. Tucker, L.D. Aylett, Arthur Kyle Davis, Norman H. Davis, Marietta Minnigerode Andrews, Milton Courtright Elliott, Mrs. J. Taylor Ellyson, and John Page Elliott. A letter from her to John Page Elliott reproves him for an article in College Topics on progress. A letter, 1840 January 11, Judith Harrison Coalter to Philip St. George Cocke, concerns the death of St. George Tucker Coalter. Miscellaneous papers include an account, an invitation, gardening and miscellaneous notes and photographs of the Cocke sisters and of an 1867 [school graduation?] picture on the steps of Monticello.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Monticello (Va.)

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Glass, Carter, 1858-1946

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Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on 4 January 1858. Member of Virginia State Senate, 1898-1906; member of U.S. House of Representatives. 1902-1918; Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-1920, Member of U.S. Senate, 1920-1946. Died in Washington, D.C. on 28 May 1946. From the description of Letter : from Horace Mann Towner, 1925 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122701025 Virginia statesman; Secretary of the Treasury. From the description of Letter, 1933 February, Uni...

Cocke, Betty Page, 1872-1973,

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Tucker, Beverley Dandridge, 1846-1930

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Coalter, Judith Harrison,

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Cocke family.

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Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc.

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The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation was incorporated in 1923. In this year, the Foundation purchased Monticello and strove to restore and preserve the historic home. Now known as the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the group operates the house, the gardens, the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies, a museum shop, the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants, and the Monticello Visitors Center. The Foundation is a non-profit organization that emphasizes pre...

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities

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The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) was founded in 1889 in Williamsburg, Virginia, to preserve and restore deteriorating historical sites in Virginia. The APVA bought the site where Jamestown is located. Over the years the organization (recently renamed Preservation Virginia) has worked with public and private groups to restore sites. The group owns several sites in the state that are open to the public, including Bacon's Castle and the Cape Henry Lighthouse. ...

Davis, Norman H. (Norman Hezekiah), 1878-1944

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Economist, diplomat, and humanitarian. From the description of Papers of Norman H. Davis, 1915-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79322288 Biographical Note 1978, Aug. 9 Born, Normandy, Bedford County, Tenn. 1897 1900 Attended Vanderbilt Un...

Woodrow Wilson foundation

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Founded in New York in 1921 or 1922, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation endowed permanent awards for distinguished public service. Franklin D. Roosevelt served as Chairman of the National Committee. In time, a memorial library was also established at the Woodrow Wilson House at 45 E. 65th St., New York City. In 1950, the Foundation transferred the Library to the United Nations. From the description of Collection, 1922-1957, 1940-1949. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat recor...

Ellyson, James Taylor, Mrs,

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Elliott, Milton Courtright, 1879-1928,

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Coalter, St. George Tucker, d. 1839.

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Aylett, Lewis Dandridge,

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Davis, Arthur Kyle, 1867-1953,

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Virginia educator; president of Southern Female College. From the description of Arthur Kyle Davis papers [manuscript], 1906-1923. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647999141 ...

Elliott, John Page.

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University of Virginia. School of Medicine

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Cocke, Philip St. George, 1809-1861

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Agriculturist and Confederate officer. From the description of Papers of Philip St. George cocke [manuscript] 1829-71. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647966449 Virginia planter, Confederate general. From the description of Papers of Philip St. George Cocke [manuscript], 1848-1850. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823315 From the description of Letters from his wife, son, and daughter [manuscript] 1849-1856. (University of V...

Andrews, Marietta Minnigerode, 1869-1931

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Marietta Minnegerode Andrews was born 11 December 1869 to Charles and Virginia Cuthbert Minnegerode. She studied art in Washington, D.C., New York, Paris and Munich. In 1895, she married her former instructor, Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, director of the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. She began to write and publish poetry and prose after the death of her husband in 1915. Her works include Songs of a Mother (1917), Out of the Dust (1920), George Washington's Country (1930), and Many Wate...