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Preferred Citation

Papers of Betty Page Cocke, Accession #2433-ah, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This material was given to the Library by Mrs. John Page Elliott of Charlottesville, Virginia, on February 24, 1997.

Scope and Content Information

There are thirty-five items, 1840(1920-1935), notably letters to Betty Page Cocke (1872-1973) of Charlottesville, Virginia. There is a letter, August 24, 1921, from Arthur Kyle Davis (1867-1953) of the Virginia War History Commission, regarding the rendering of valuable service to ex-service men and disabled veterans. Letters of early December 1921, from L. D. Aylett, Beverley D[andridge] Tucker, Jr. (1846- 1930), and W. K. McCoy, concern Miss Cooke's letter to the Richmond Times-Dispatch concerning the controversy over the removal of the Medical School of the University of Virginia to Richmond, Virginia. There are two letters, December 23 and 30, 1921, from Carter Glass (1858-1946), Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, concerning the Woodrow Wilson Foundation for Virginia and a request for Miss Cooke to serve on the State Executive Committee for the Foundation. There are also two letters, April 22, 1922 and April 29, 1925, concerning the campaign and endowment for the Foundation. A letter, February 13, 1924, from Marietta M[innigerode] Andrews (1869-1931) of the National Monticello Association, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc., New York, New York, concerns the interest in the movement to preserve Monticello as a memorial to Thomas Jefferson. There is a form letter, January 1927, concerning the immediate plans of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. On May 19, 1927, Milton C[ourtright] Elliott (1879-1928), [husband of Betty Page Cocke's sister Lucy Hamilton Cocke], writes concerning Miss Cocke's application to secure a passport and explaining the steps to be taken. There is a letter, May 7, 1927, from Mrs. N. W. Berkeley of Danville, Virginia, concerning her property on University Place in Charlottesville, Virginia, the handling of the property by Miss Cocke, and the current circumstances surrounding the property. There are two letters, February 12 and October 1, 1935, from the Division of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Richmond, Virginia, concerning boxwood. An undated letter from Betty Page Cocke to John [Page Elliott?] concerns an article of his in [College] Topics regarding changes at the University of Virginia.

Miscellaneous items include an account of Betty Page Cocke with W. F. Johnson Furniture, Antiques, Repairing and Refinishing (October 2, 1929); various notes on gardening and other subjects; and, social announcements. Photographs include one of a [ ] School graduation in June 1867, one of William "Billy" Lancaster , "Rob" [the dog] and three Cocke sisters, and one of three ladies [Cocke sisters?].

A letter dated January 11, 1840, from J[udith] H[arrison] Coalter to Philip St. George Cocke, regarding the death of her husband, St. George Tucker Coalter, in August 1939, has been interfiled in the main collection of Cocke Family Papers (#640, Box 97).