Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

Duke Family Papers, Accession 9521-m, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

These items were given to the University of Virginia Library by Mary Gilliam, Charlottesville, Virginia, on May 31, 1995.

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

This addition to the Duke family papers consists of five letters and four miscellaneous items pertaining to various members of the Duke family of Charlottesville, Virginia , ca. 1886-1909, and undated. There are three letters to R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , one from Lippincott's Monthly Magazine accepting three of his poems for publication (1886 Dec 22); another from John F. Slaughter discussing his financial affairs (1886 Sep 3); and a third from William R. Duke discussing the financial affairs of Mrs. [Slaughter] and her desire to take possession of the house in question (1889 Sep 27). Also present is a copy of the poem "Father's Child" by R. T. W. Duke, Jr. and a composition by Jack Duke , his son, entitled "My Experience Camping Out" (1903).

Other items include an undated post card photograph of damage from a fire on a city street, presumably Charlottesville , and a bill for Mary Duke (1909).