A Guide to the Duke Family Papers
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Accession number 9521-h
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Duke Family Papers, Accession #9521-h, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottessville, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Duke family papers were given to the Library by Mrs. Gerald Kinne of Setauket, New York, and Mr. William E. Duke of Richmond, Virginia, on August 20, 1985.
Genealogical Information
Slaughter Family
Edith Ridgeway married Charles M. Harker (d. 1876), and their daughter Mary Haines Harker (d. 1897) married (1853) John Flavel Slaughter, Sr. (1828-1893), son of Robert Harrison Slaughter , and Mary Rice Garland , whom he married in 1818. Seven of Mary Harker and John Flavel Slaughter 's children survived to adulthood. The following genealogical information is incomplete.
Duke Family
Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Sr. (1822-1898), son of Richard Duke and Maria Walker , married (1846) Elizabeth Scott Eskridge (1820-1896), daughter of William Scott Eskridge and Margaret Frances Brown . Their children were:
Scope and Content
This addition to the Duke family papers contains ca. 10,400 items (38 Hollinger boxes, 12 linear shelf feet), 1764-1983, chiefly personal and topical correspondence, business papers, and legal papers of this prominent Charlottesville family, and the related Slaughter family of Lynchburg, Virginia . The collection also has genealogical material, invitations (arranged by year), literary manuscripts and poetry by R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (1853-1926), miscellaneous papers, printed material, school records and papers, photographs, diaries, account books, notebooks and other bound volumes, postcards and papers concerning a few legal clients of the Duke and Duke law firm.
The overwhelming bulk of the correspondence consists of letters to and from R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , Edith Slaughter Duke (1863-1921), his wife, and their children, Mary Willoughby Duke (1885-1966); Richard Thomas Walker Duke, III (1887-1960); John Flavel Slaughter Duke , "Jack" (1889-1933); William Eskridge Duke (1893-1959); and Helen Risdon Duke (1895-1984).
The correspondence subseries devoted to letters written to R. T. W. Duke, Jr. contains three different groups of material: 1) letters from his wife, Edith Slaughter Duke ; 2) an alphabetically arranged group of miscellaneous correspondents; and 3) a group of individual correspondents, each with his own folder.
The letters from Edith to Tom Duke , 1882-1921, were written whenever they were separated during their courtship, family visits, vacations, and business trips. As could be expected, most of these letters contain plans for furnishing their new home, family news, and personal messages, all of which chronicles the growth of the Duke family .
The alphabetical miscellaneous correspondence file has letters from college, fraternity and Masonic friends, business associates, and other acquaintances and includes merchandise orders, requests for speaking engagements, business matters, literary concerns, letters of sympathy and personal news.
Letters of note in this group include the following correspondents and topics: S. A. Duke (Dec. 9, 1908) re reconstruction and "the great negro question;" A. Ranken Ford (Nov.23, 1914) re America's Civil War, England 's preparation for World War I and Germany 's spying activities prior to the war; George Gilmer (Jul. 28, 1918) re the important role of the Y.M.C.A. in keeping up the morale of the American soldier in Europe ; T. H. Harrison (Apr. 21 and Jun. 25, 1916) re Canadian involvement in World War I; H. C. Marchant (Sep.[15], 1895) re vestry records of Christ Episcopal Church ; and Jessie Uppleby (Apr. 18, Jul. 5, Aug. 19, Nov. 22, 1917, and Aug. 29 [n.y.]) re World War I war news from Scotland .
The group of individual correspondents to R. T. W. Duke, Jr. include the following people: B. Johnson Barbour , Mary Carey , J. E. Creary , John Singleton Diggs , Elizabeth Eskridge Duke , Maymee R. Slaughter Duke , Myrtle Judson Duke , R. T. W. Duke, Sr. , William R. Duke , Eugene Ellicott , fraternity brothers, Kate Gunther , Lizzie Gunther , and Maude Gunther , Paul Jones and Peter Tudor Jones , Luther Kountze , Nancy Leary , Thomas Nelson Page , Thomas D. Ransom , Schele De Vere , John F. Slaughter, Sr. , John F. Slaughter, Jr. , Mary Harker Slaughter and Mary Willoughby Duke Slaughter .
The letters to Edith Duke include correspondence from Myrtle Judson Duke , R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , Susan Harker Risdon and miscellaneous letters from friends and family, excluding her children.
A third subseries of correspondence consists of letters from R. T. W. Duke, Jr. and Edith Duke to their children, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. W. Duke, Sr. and miscellaneous correspondents. Of note in this group is a volume of R. T. W. Duke, Jr. 's letters from Europe which contains transcripts of his letters home during his European tour of 1882. Duke describes his voyage over on a ship "Egypt," his companions and acquaintances, his itinerary in England , Holland , Germany , Switzerland , and France , and the many museums, historic sites, and towns which he visited.
The fourth subseries contains letters to and from the children of R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , including correspondence with their parents and with each other. The sons of R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , Walker, Jack, and Eskridge, were all in the armed forces during World War I, and their letters that decribe camp life and their war experiences are in the correspondence to their parents, 1917-1919.
Jack (John Flavel) Duke was an Air Service officer stationed at Post Field, Sill, Oklahoma , and at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas , and his correspondence, 1917-1919, and no date, describes his flying experiences. Although Eskridge Duke attended the U.S. Naval Academy preparatory school at Annapolis, Maryland and sailed as a midshipman on the U.S.S. Illinois from 1911-1913, he served during World War I in France as an army officer with the American Expeditionary Forces , from September of 1918 until May of 1919.
R. T. Walker Duke 's letters to his parents from 1908-1911 describe his experiences in Montana as a cowboy, his interest in homesteading, bronco riding, and his work as a printer. In 1917, Walker was assigned to the 5th Illinois Company , Ft. Sheridan, Illinois . His letters written during his service in Europe run from October 1918 to March 1919. After the conclusion of the war, Walker served with the Judge Advocate General Department in Washington, D.C. (letters to his parents, 1920-1925).
Mary Duke 's letters to her parents, 1918-1926, and no date, describe her nursing experiences and other charitable work in the Archdeaconry of Southwest Virginia with Mrs. Hugh F. Binns at Nora, Dickinson County, Virginia .
Another interesting group of letters in this subseries are those of William Eskridge Duke, Jr. to his family and to his aunts, Mary Duke and Helen Duke . Bill Duke served in the navy during the Korean War and his letters describe the places which he visited on his tours of duty, such as Naples , Athens , Marseilles , Guam , and Yokosuka, Japan , 1949-1951.
The correspondence of the Duke brothers and sisters to each other consists almost entirely of carbons or originals of letters concerning the personal business transactions of the family. It also reveals the financial difficulties of various family members during the Depression years.
The Slaughter family correspondence comprises the fifth subseries of correspondence and contains letters to and from members of Edith Slaughter Duke 's family, including her parents, Mary Harker and John Flavel Slaughter, Sr. , and her brothers and sisters. The letters from Dr. Blanche Rosalie Slaughter Morton , a graduate of the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1897) and practicing surgeon, form one of the most interesting sections of this correspondence. She describes her travels in Europe (May 11, September 19, and 24, 1899); her concern for the Lee family in China during the struggle of the Kuomintang with the warlords for political supremacy (March 29, 1927); her trip to Mexico (July 25, 1928) and the Middle East (November 4, 1935).
Most of the Slaughter correspondence concerns either business matters or family news with a few exceptions. Charles Slaughter, Sr. writes concerning a strike and riot in Duluth, Minnesota (July 7, 1889); Charles M. Harker, Sr. describes the meeting of the American Convention ( Know-Nothing Party ) in Philadelphia (June 10, 1855); Mary B[?] R[?]'s letters, 1861-1862, provide a woman's view of the Civil War; and Samuel Slaughter describes his trip to Ireland , Scotland , and England (July 24, August 1 & 5, 1889). Members of the Garland family write concerning family news, Dr. [Erasmus] Darwin 's theory of the earth, and the significance of fossils, and General Hull's activities at Sandwich in Canada during the beginning of the War of 1812 (August 4, 1812); and a trip to Boston and Montreal (August 1 & 11, 1851).
Of note among the miscellaneous correspondence are two letters from John Singleton Mosby , one to R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (September 27, 1915) acknowledging Duke's letter of sympathy on the loss of Mosby's son, and another to Captain Sam Chapman (September 30, 1919) concerning the manifesto of the "Stonewall Jackson Camp" at Staunton about the role of Southern soldiers in the Civil War.
Also of interest are the letters, 1895-1954, from Mary Lee and Claude Lee , an Episcopal medical missionary family in Wisuh, China . They ran a hospital and dispensary from 1908 until ca. 1947. Although their letters reveal various aspects of missionary life and personal family news, they contain little of Chinese events. One letter by Claude Lee (October 13, 1918) speaks of the participation of the 8th Czecho-Slovak Regiment in a battle against the Bolsheviks in the Ural Mountains near [Tagelove ?], Russia , during World War I.
The last subseries of correspondence consists of topical files concerning the American Legion and World War I; business correspondence of R. T. W. Duke, Jr. ; the publication of the poetry of R. T. W. Duke, Jr. ; the rental of the Duke's Park Street house; the will of R. T. W. Duke, Jr. ; and the St. Paul's Memorial Building Fund .
The other six non-correspondence series comprise about a third of the collection and include: manuscripts and miscellaneous papers, photographs, bound volumes and notebooks, postcards, papers from the Duke and Duke law firm and oversize items.
The manuscripts and miscellaneous papers series contain the personal business papers of the Duke and related families, especially the Slaughter family . There is also a sizeable amount of family financial material in the Papers of the Duke and Duke Law Firm at the University of Virginia Law Library .
Other types of material in this series include; genealogical material, with a typescript about Mary Harker Slaughter by her son, William A. Slaughter ; invitations; legal papers, including indentures, deeds, agreements, land surveys, etc.; manuscripts by R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , both poetry and prose, including "Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville in War Time," "Libraries and Their Contents," "Pearls and Pebbles," typescripts of portions of his "Recollections," (the whole five volumes of Duke's "Recollections" of his life can be found in 9521-i); printed material, including Masonic items and an undated political pamphlet entitled "Mahoneism Unveiled!"; and Duke family school records and papers.
The photographic series consists of both identified and unidentified photographs. Identified photographs contain the following categories: Judge R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , R. T. W. Duke, Sr. , men and women in the Duke and related families, Rosalie Slaughter Morton , miscellaneous men and women, European scenes, places, photographs of a trip, University of Virginia , and Zeta Psi Brothers and University of Virginia friends. Unidentified photographs have been placed in the following groups: animals, children, groups and families, men, places, and women.
Series four, consisting of bound volumes and notebooks, contains primarily diaries and notebooks of the immediate Duke family members. The fifth series has United States , foreign, and topical postcards. The United States postcards are separated first by state and then by city or county; the foreign by country only, and the topicals are grouped together.
The papers of the Duke and Duke law firm contain incomplete case files handled by the family law firm. Among these are Maria Carter v. Roy Brown ; J. E. Costan v. Downing L. Smith ; Dr. Funsten v. W. Ed. Pickering ; Insurance Company of Charlottesville v. V. W. F. Carter, Jr. ; the Kentucky Coal Company , Pike County Coal Company , and Ohio and Big Sandy Coal Company ; Jefferson M. Levy Legal Papers; Piedmont Gas and Oil Corporation v. R. S. Duncan ; and Snyder v. University of Virginia . Most of the law firm's papers are located in the University of Virginia Law Library .
The last series consists of oversize documents and photographs.
Organization
Because this collection was not received by the Library in any discernible order, the material has been arbitrarily placed into seven different series. These include: I) Correspondence; II) Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Papers; III) Photographs; IV) Bound Volumes and Notebooks; V) Postcards; VI) Papers from the Duke and Duke law firm; and VII) Oversize Items.
Due to the large amount of correspondence present in this collection, the correspondence series has been further broken down into seven subseries: A) Letters to R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (boxes 1-9); B) Letters to Edith Duke (boxes 10-11); C) Letters from R. T. W. Duke, Jr. and Edith Duke (box 12); D) Letters to and from the children of R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (boxes 13-20); E) Slaughter Family Correspondence (boxes 20-22); F) Miscellaneous Correspondence (box 23); G) Topical Correspondence (box 24)
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Athens
- Boston
- Canada
- Charlottesville
- China
- Duluth, Minnesota
- England
- Europe
- France
- Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
- Ft. Sheridan, Illinois
- Germany
- Guam
- Holland
- Ireland
- Lynchburg, Virginia
- Marseilles
- Mexico
- Middle East
- Montreal
- Naples
- Philadelphia
- Post Field, Sill, Oklahoma
- Sandwich
- Scotland
- Staunton
- Switzerland
- United States
- Ural Mountains
- Washington, D.C.
- Wisuh, China
- Yokosuka, Japan
- [Tagelove ?], Russia
Container List
- SUBSERIES A: LETTERS TO R. T. W. DUKE, JR.
- Box 1
Edith Slaughter Duke to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1882-1889(6 folders)
- Box 2
Edith Slaughter Duke to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1890-1896(6 folders)
- Box 3
Edith Slaughter Duke to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1897-1921, & n.d.(7 folders)
- Box 4
Miscellaneous Letters to R. T. W. Duke, Jr. A-F1873-1925(5 folders)
- Box 5
Miscellaneous Letters to R. T. W. Duke, Jr. G-O1872-1926(6 folders)
- Box 6
Miscellaneous Letters to R. T. W. Duke, Jr. P-Z1871-1929(6 folders)
- Box 7
B. Johnson Barbour to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1883-1893
- Box 7
Mary Carey to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1901-1910, & n.d.
- Box 7
J. E. Creary to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1872-1901, & 1921(3 folders)
- Box 7
J. Singleton Diggs to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1886-1893
- Box 7
Elizabeth Eskridge Duke to R. T. W. & Edith Duke, Jr.1872-1887, n.d.
- Box 7
Maymee R. Slaughter Duke to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1903-1924, & n.d.
- Box 7
Myrtle Judson Duke to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1918-1923, & n.d.
- Box 7
R. T. W. Duke, Sr. to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1872-1898, & n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 8
William R. Duke to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1883-1914, n.d.
- Box 8
Eugene Ellicott to R.T.W. Duke, Jr.1890-1916, & n.y.(3 folders)
- Box 8
Fraternity brothers to R.T.W. Duke, Jr.1871-1922, & n.d.(3 folders)
- Box 8
Kate, Lizzie, and Maude Gunther to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1900-1922, & n.d.
- Box 9
Paul & Peter Tudor Jones to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1872-1919, & n.d.
- Box 9
Luther Kountze to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1890-1917, & n.d.
- Box 9
Nancy Leary to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1877-1882, & n.d.
- Box 9
Thomas Nelson Page to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1876-1921
- Box 9
Thomas D. Ranson to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1882-1898, & 1914
- Box 9
Schele De Vere to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1877-1895, & n.d.
- Box 9
John F. Slaughter, Sr. to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1882-1892, & n.d.
- Box 9
John F. Slaughter, Jr. to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1887-1914
- Box 9
Mary Harker Slaughter to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1883-1895, & n.d.
- Box 9
Mary Willoughby Duke Slaughter to R. T. W. Duke, Jr. and to William Duke1872-1882
- Box 9
Mary Smoot to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1906-1923
- Box 1
- SUBSERIES B: LETTERS TO EDITH DUKE
- Box 10
Myrtle Judson Duke to Edith Slaughter Duke and Mary Duke1918-1933, & n.d.
- Box 10
R. T. W. Duke, Jr. to Edith Slaughter Duke1883-1919, & n.d.(6 folders)
- Box 11
Miscellaneous Letters to Edith Slaughter Duke1879-1920, & n.d.(4 folders)
- Box 11
Susan Harker Risdon to Edith Slaughter Duke1879-1908, & n.d.
- Box 10
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SUBSERIES C: LETTERS FROM EDITH & R. T. W. DUKE, JR.
- Box 12
Edith and R. T. W. Duke, Jr. to their children1890-1924, & n.d.(5 folders)
- Box 12
R. T. W. Duke, Jr. to Mr. & Mrs. R. T. W. Duke, Sr.1872-1896, & n.d.
- Box 12
Transcripts of R. T. W. Duke, Jr.'s letters to his family, written while on a trip to Europe1882
- Box 12
Letters from R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1873-1919, n.d.
- Box 12
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SUBSERIES D: LETTERS TO & FROM THE CHILDREN OF R. T. W. DUKE, JR.
- Box 13
Helen Risdon Duke to R. T. W. & Edith Duke, Jr.1912-1925, & n.d.
- Box 13
Letters from Helen Risdon Duke1909-1961, & n.d.
- Box 13
Miscellaneous Letters to Helen Risdon Duke1911-1983, & n.d.(3 folders)
- Box 13
Alice Swain Zell to Helen Risdon Duke1909-1975, & n.d.(3 folders)
- Box 14
John Flavel Duke to R.T.W. & Edith Duke, Jr.1897-1923
- Box 14
Lucille to John F. Duke1915-1917(3 folders)
- Box 14
Miscellaneous Letters to John F. Duke1909-1917, & n.d.
- Box 14
Frances Money to John F. Duke1915-1917, & n.d.
- Box 14
Kathleen Timmons to John F. Duke1914-1916(2 folders)
- Box 15
Kathleen Timmons to John F. Duke1916-1917
- Box 15
Mary Duke to R.T.W. & Edith Duke, Jr.1892-1926, & n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 15
Letters from Mary Duke1894-1955, & n.d.
- Box 15
Miscellaneous Letters to Mary Duke1894-1904
- Box 16
Miscellaneous Letters to Mary Duke1905-1966, & n.d.(5 folders)
- Box 16
Miscellaneous Letters to Mary and Helen Duke1905-1965, & n.d.
- Box 17
R. T. Walker Duke, III to R.T.W. & Edith Duke, Jr.1897-1925, & n.d.(3 folders)
- Box 17
Miscellaneous Letters to R.T. Walker Duke, III1902-1904, & n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 18
William Eskridge Duke, Sr. to R.T.W. & Edith Duke, Jr.1901-1923, & n.d.(3 folders)
- Box 18
William Eskridge Duke, Sr. to William Eskridge Duke, Jr.1953-1954
- Box 18
Letters to or concerning Lucy Marshall Duke from William Eskridge Duke, Sr.1946-1954(2 folders)
- Box 19
Correspondence of William Eskridge Duke, Sr.1916-1955, & n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 19
To William E. Duke, Sr.: Correspondence re the deaths of Tommy Duke and R.T.W. Duke, Jr.1926
- Box 19
Letters from William E. Duke, Jr.1948-1950, & n.d.
- Box 19
Correspondence between William E. Duke, Jr. and Mary and Helen Duke1950-[1983], & n.d.
- Box 19
Correspondence of the Duke brothers & sisters with each other1898-1931(4 folders)
- Box 20
Correspondence of the Duke brothers & sisters with each other1932-1960, & n.d.(4 folders)
- Box 13
- SUBSERIES E: SLAUGHTER FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE
- Box 20
Letters from Dr. Blanche Rosalie Slaughter Morton1887-1955, & n.d.
- Box 20
Miscellaneous letters to Dr. Rosalie Morton1882-1959, & n.d.
- Box 20
Letters from Agusta Bannister Slaughter1897-1920, & n.d.
- Box 20
Letters from Charles Slaughter, Sr.1882-1894, & n.d.
- Box 20
Letters from Charles Slaughter, [Jr.]1930-1937, & n.d.
- Box 21
Letters from Hattie Gray Slaughter1883-1954, & n.d.
- Box 21
Miscellaneous Letters to John Flavel Slaughter, Sr. & Jr.1867-1891, & n.d.
- Box 21
Mary Harker Slaughter to Edith Slaughter Duke1881-1897, & n.d.
- Box 21
Mary Harker Slaughter to John Flavel Slaughter, Sr.1856
- Box 21
Letters from Mary Harker Slaughter1853-1886, & n.d.
- Box 21
Mary Boyd Clopton to Mary Harker Slaughter1888-1903
- Box 21
Maymee R. S. Duke to Mary Harker Slaughter1890-1894
- Box 21
Agustus Harker to Mary Harker Slaughter1849-1854
- Box 21
Charles M. Harker, Sr. to Mary Harker Slaughter1852-1874, & n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 21
Edith R. Slaughter to Mary Harker Slaughter1849-1887
- Box 21
Miscellaneous Letters to Mary Harker Slaughter1849-1897, & n.d.
- Box 22
Mary B[?] R[?] to Mary Harker Slaughter1854-1862
- Box 22
Mary A. Rinker to Mary Harker Slaughter1849-1853
- Box 22
Susan Harker Risdon to Mary Harker Slaughter1854-1885, & n.d.
- Box 22
Letters from Robert Slaughter1884-1898, & n.d.
- Box 22
Letters from Samuel G. Slaughter1882-1914, & n.d.
- Box 22
Letters from William A. Slaughter1882-1934, & n.d.
- Box 22
Garland Family Members to the Slaughter Family1812-1851
- Box 20
- SUBSERIES F: MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE
- Box 22
Kate H. Duke Correspondence1914-1933, n.d.
- Box 22
Letters of the Duke and Related Families to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1882-1925, & n.d.
- Box 22
Miscellaneous Letters to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1874-1924, n.d.
- Box 23
John S. Mosby to Captain Sam Chapman1919 Sep 30
- Box 23
John S. Mosby to R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1915 Sep 27
- Box 23
Miscellaneous Letters to R. T. W. Duke, Sr.1883-1895, & n.d.
- Box 23
Letters from R. T. W. Duke, Sr.1880-1894
- Box 23
Miscellaneous Correspondence of the Duke and Related Families1866-1976 & n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 23
Susan Harker Risdon to the Duke Family1887-1899, & n.d.
- Box 23
Kathleen Timmons to the Duke Family1918-1940, & n.d.
- Box 23
Letters from the Lee Family1895-1954, & n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 24
Miscellaneous Harker Family Correspondence1856-1916, & n.d.
- Box 24
Miscellaneous Letters to "Mary"1910-1927, & n.d.
- Box 24
Non-Duke Family Correspondence1875-1982, & n.d.
- Box 24
Miscellaneous Letter Fragments1888-1905, & n.d.
- Box 22
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SUBSERIES G: TOPICAL CORRESPONDENCE
- Box 24
American Legion and World War I Papers1920 & n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 24
Chiefly Business Correspondence of R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1922-1926(3 folders)
- Box 24
Correspondence of Mary Duke re Publication of the Poetry of R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1926-1929
- Box 24
Correspondence re Rental of the Park Street House1927-1941
- Box 24
Correspondence re the will of R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1925-1927
- Box 24
St. Paul's Memorial Building Fund1920-1935
- Box 24
- Box 25
Business Papers of the Duke & Related Families1809, 1862-1983, & n.d.(8 folders)
- Box 26
Genealogical Material re the Duke and Related Families1823-1963, & n.d.
- Box 26
Invitations1872-1957, & n.d.(4 folders)
- Box 27
Legal Papers of the Duke & Related Families1764, 1794, 1873-1983, & n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 27
"Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville in War Time A Community History" by R. T. W. Duke, Jr.n.d.
- Box 27
"Libraries and Their Contents," by R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1919 Nov 27
- Box 27
Manuscripts of Judge R. T. W. Duke, Jr. -- Poetry1874-1914, & n.d.(4 folders)
- Box 28
Manuscripts of Judge R. T. W. Duke, Jr. -- Prose1914 & n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 28
"Pearls and Pebbles," quotations collected by R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1873-1875
- Box 28
Typescript of the diaries of R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1893, 1914-1916, & 1926
- Box 29
Typescript of "Recollections," Volumes I-III, by R. T. W. Duke, Jr., with excerpts from his diariesca. 1899
- Box 29
Typescript of "Recollections," part of Volume I, by R. T. W. Duke, Jr.ca. 1899
- Box 29
Miscellaneous Duke Family Manuscripts1918 & n.d.
- Box 29
Manuscripts of Mary H. Harker1850-1852, & n.d.
- Box 29
Miscellaneous Manuscripts1860-1972, & n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 29
Miscellaneous Papers of the Duke Family1845-1955, & n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 30
Printed Material1847-1966, & n.d.(3 folders)
- Box 30
Duke Family School Records1870-1912
- Box 30
Duke Family School Papers1877-1927
- Box 31
Judge R. T. W. Duke, Jr.n.d.
- Box 31
R. T. W. Duke, Sr.1895 & n.d.
- Box 31
Men in the Duke and Related Families1871 & n.d.
- Box 31
Women in the Duke and Related Families1878-1903, & n.d.
- Box 31
Rosalie Slaughter Morton1872 & n.d.
- Box 31
Miscellaneous Men1887-1931, & n.d.
- Box 31
Miscellaneous Women1888-1980, & n.d.
- Box 31
European Scenes1918-1921
- Box 31
Places1915, 1923, & n.d.
- Box 32
Photographs of a Tripn.d.
- Box 32
University of Virginian.d.
- Box 32
Zeta Psi Brothers and University of Virginia Friends1872-1881
- Box 32
Unidentified Photographs - Animals1940 & n.d.
- Box 32
Unidentified Photographs - Childrenn.d.
- Box 33
Unidentified Photographs - Groups & Families1887, 1963, & n.d.
- Box 33
Unidentified Photographs - Men1905-1937, & n.d.
- Box 33
Unidentified Photographs - Placesn.d.
- Box 33
Unidentified Photographs - Women1886-1953, & n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 33
Unidentified Negativesn.d.
- Box 34
Account Book1907
- Box 34
Account Books of R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1910 Aug & Sep(2 vols.)
- Box 34
Autograph Album of Mary Harker1849
- Box 34
Autograph Album of Susan Harkerca. 1855
- Box 34
Cashbook of R. T. W. Duke, Jr.ca. 1893
- Box 34
Communicant's Book Belonging to John S. Duke1907
- Box 34
Daily Account Books of R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1906, 1912-1913, 1917-1918 & 1920(6 vols.)
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Diaries of Edith Duke1887, 1896, 1911-1912 & 1915(5 vols.)
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Diaries of Helen Duke1956-1957(2 vols.)
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Diaries of John S. Duke1905-1907(3 vols.)
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Diaries of Mary Duke1908, 1917, & 1925(3 vols.)
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Diaries of R. T. Walker Duke, III1904-1905(2 vols.)
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Diary of William Eskridge Duke1954
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Diary1963
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Diary1970
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Diary recording food purchases, kept by [Edith Duke]1887
- Box 35
Financial Notebook of Eskridge, Helen & Mary Duke re land sales1955-1959
- Box 35
Garden Book1932-1936
- Box 35
Journal of R. T. W. Duke, Jr. of thoughts re his wife, Edith1914
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Notebook - Calendar[1968?]
- Box 35
Notebook - Financialn.d.
- Box 35
Notebook of Helen Duken.d.
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Notebook of John S. Duken.d.
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Notebook of Mary Duke1897-1898
- Box 35
Notebook of R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1910 Mar
- Box 35
Notebook (School) of R. T. Walker Duke, III1905
- Box 35
Notebook of Mary H. Harker1851
- Box 35
Notebooks1883, 1895, 1925, 1975, n.d.(7 vols.)
- Box 35
Passport of Helen Duke1929
- Box 35
Recipesn.d.
- Box 35
Record Book of R. T. W. Duke, Jr.ca. 1890-1894
- Box 35
Sketchbook of Mary Duken.d.
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Travel Log of R. T. W. Duke, Jr.1910 Oct
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Bound Volume of typescripts of the Poetry of R. T. W. Duke, Jr., later published as In My Library and Other Poemsn.d.
- Box 36
Scrapbooksn.d.(2 volumes)
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A) United States:Florida -New SmyrnaMaine -Boothbay Harbor and PortlandMassachusetts -PlymouthNew Jersey -Atlantic CityNew York -Long Island; Manhattan; Niagara Falls; Tonawanda; New York City BookletsNorth Carolina -Black Mountain and Roanoke RapidsSouth Carolina -CharlestonTexas -San AntonioVermont -MontpelierVirginia -Afton; Alexandria; Annapolis; Appomattox; Arlington; Charlottesville; General; Giles County; Hampton; Hopewell; Monticello; Natural Bridge; Newport News; Richmond; Skyline Drive; Staunton; University of Virginia; Virginia Beach; Williamsburg; WinchesterWashington, D.C.
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B) Foreign:AlgeriaCanadaCarthage (Ancient)ChinaEgyptFranceGermanyGibraltarGreat BritainGreeceIsraelItalyMonacoPortugal (Madeira)SpainTunisiaTurkeyUnidentified
- Box 37
C) Topical
- Box 38
Miscellaneous Legal Cases of the Duke & Duke Law Firm1883-1938
- Box 38
Valdosia Barrett letters1921-1924, & n.d.
- Box 38
Maria Carter vs Roy Brown1928
- Box 38
J.E. Costan vs Downing L. Smith1926
- Box 38
Dr. Funsten vs W. Ed Pickering1935
- Box 38
Insurance Company of Charlottesville vs V.W.F. Carter, Jr.1925-1931
- Box 38
Kentucky Coal Company, Pike County Coal Company, & Ohio and Big Sandy Coal Company1894-1896
- Box 38
Jefferson M. Levy Legal Papers1892-1917(2 folders)
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Piedmont Gas & Oil Corporation vs R.S. Duncan1934-1935
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Snyder vs the University of Virginiaca. 1900
- A) Miscellaneous
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Virginia Military Institute Diploma of Col. R.T.W. Duke, Sr.1845
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Passport of R.T.W. Duke, Jr., signed by Fred T. Frelinghuysen1882
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Plat of portion of Carlton land sold by the Charlottesville Land Company to Jefferson M. Levy1892
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Masonic document appointing R.T.W. Duke, Jr. the Virginia representative of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of West Virginia1896
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Plat of the Brown Brothers land[1907]
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Certificate of Promotion from the Charlottesville High School issued to Eskridge Duke1907-1908
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Certificate of Distinction from the Charlottesville High School in Ancient History, Rhetoric and Latin, issued to Eskridge Duke1908
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Plans for Remodeling Judge R.T.W. Duke, Jr.'s residence by Waddy B. Woodn.d.
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- B) Photographs
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Woman and two boys in colonial costume posed on the Lawn in front of the Rotunda[post 1895]
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Surgeon's Club, Rochester, Minnesota, including Rosalie Slaughter Morton1911
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Virginia State Bar Association Annual Meeting at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (Judge Duke is slightly right of center)1915
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Meeting of the Medical Women's National Associationca. 1926
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Group posed on a lawn in front of a [hotel?] (including Judge Duke in the upper center of the group)n.d.
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Painting of a church in Williamsburg, Virginia by W. Thompson in the Metropolitan Museum of Artn.d.
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Group photograph of R.T.W. Duke, Jr. with four unidentified men.n.d.
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Small round hand-painted scene of a mountain, woods, & lake on cardboard, n.d.
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British War Relief Society Bookmark of red, white, & blue, w/a blue tassel
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Metal Namecard Master belonging to Sue Harker
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Metal Plate used to produce invitations to a function held by Mary H. Harker