{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Douglas+Southall+Freeman\u0026view=compact","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Douglas+Southall+Freeman\u0026page=1\u0026view=compact"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":7,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"viu_viu00143","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Cocke and Related Family Papers, \n         ca.1773-1992","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00143#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Mrs. John Page\n         Elliot","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00143#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Cocke- ElliotFamily papers contain ca. 15,000 items (41 Hollinger boxes, ca. 17 linear feet and four oversize folders), ca. 1773-1992, and consist largely of personal and family correspondence, financial and legal papers, memorabilia, bound volumes, and genealogical and historical research material pertaining to the Cocke, Elliot, and related families from the colonial period through the twentieth century, assembled by John Page Elliot.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00143#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viu_viu00143","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00143","_root_":"viu_viu00143","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00143","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00143.xml","title_ssm":["Cocke and Related Family Papers, \n         ca.1773-1992"],"title_tesim":["Cocke and Related Family Papers, \n         ca.1773-1992"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2433-ad and -ae"],"text":["2433-ad and -ae","Cocke and Related Family Papers, \n         ca.1773-1992","ca. 15,000 items","Collection is open to research.","Series I: Correspondence (Boxes 1-22)","Series II: Financial \u0026 Legal Papers (Boxes 23-24)","Series III: Genealogical \u0026 Historical Research Files\n         (Boxes 25-38)","Series IV: Bound Volumes, Memorabilia, \u0026 Oversize\n         Material (Boxes 39-41; Mini-Tray 40; Oversize Boxes P-16 \u0026\n         M-19; Oversize Trays 34 \u0026 55)","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","The \n          Cocke - \n          Elliot Family papers contain ca. 15,000\n         items (41 Hollinger boxes, ca. 17 linear feet and four\n         oversize folders), ca. 1773-1992, and consist largely of\n         personal and family correspondence, financial and legal\n         papers, memorabilia, bound volumes, and genealogical and\n         historical research material pertaining to the \n          Cocke , \n          Elliot , and related families from the\n         colonial period through the twentieth century, assembled by \n          John Page Elliot .","The correspondence consists chiefly of the letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke (1872-1973), a prominent\n         resident of \n          Charlottesville, Virginia , and those of\n         her sister, \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot (1876-1969),\n         descendants of General \n          John Hartwell Cocke . The collection also\n         includes some correspondence of \n          John Hartwell Cocke (1780-1866), 1853 Mar\n         9, 1856 Nov 4; General \n          Phillip St. George Cocke (1809-1861), \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889), \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951), \n          Bettie Burwell (Page) Cocke (1841-1900), \n          Mary Louise Cocke (1868-1966), \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot (1879-1928), \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), \n          George H. Venable (1864 Mar 16), and other\n         members of the \n          Cocke and \n          Elliot families.","Early letters of interest include many during the courtship\n         and marriage of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke and \n          Bettie Burwell Page (1860s-1870s); \n          Bettie Burwell Page offering her services\n         and those of a Miss Taylor to the Confederate Secretary of the\n         Treasury (1862 Oct 3); a letter to \n          Bettie Burwell Page concerning her\n         participation in a ceremony to honor the Confederate dead\n         (1866 Jul 18); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke to his wife Bettie\n         describing the release of \n          Jefferson Davis from prison (1867 May);\n         and \n          Betty Page Cocke to General \n          G.H. Bridges concerning the Civil War\n         record of her grandfather \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1892 Dec 2).","The letters of \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot consist of\n         correspondence with family and friends, and contain a series\n         of courtship letters written from about 1890 through 1906 by\n         several \n          University of Virginia students, including\n          Basil Jones , \n          Archibald Watson , \n          R.C. Blackford , \n          Richard S. Whaley , \n          Robert L. Parrish , and \n          Hermann Holst Swift , among others.\n         Several letters written between March and August of 1903\n         describe a tour of \n          Europe and the \n          Mediterranean made by \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke and give her\n         observations on the sites she visited, including \n          Gibraltar , \n          Naples , \n          Pompeii , \n          Athens , \n          Constantinople , \n          Alexandria , \n          Cairo , \n          Giza , \n          Luxor , \n          Sicily , \n          Rome , \n          Venice , \n          Florence , \n          Switzerland , \n          Paris , and \n          London .","Also included are letters from \n          Robert L. Parrish which describe his\n         travels in July and August of 1905 to the \n          Grand Canyon , \n          Yosemite Valley , \n          California , the \n          Great Lakes , \n          Canada , and \n          Alaska . The majority of letters circa\n         1902 -1928 are written by \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot who married \n          Lucy Cocke in 1906. The correspondence\n         contains letters written to and from Lucy and Milton Elliot's\n         two sons, \n          Warren Grice Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot , as well as letters of\n         sympathy received on the death of \n          Milton Elliot in 1928. The later letters\n         of \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot are mainly to and from\n         members of the \n          Cocke family , especially her sister \n          Betty Page Cocke with whom she resided\n         after the death of her husband Milton, and also include a\n         continued correspondence with \n          Hermann Holst Swift .","The letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke are considerably more\n         extensive and pertain to her involvement in politics and\n         historic preservation while also containing letters to family\n         and friends. The collection includes letters which outline her\n         active involvement in such organizations as the \n          Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation , the \n          Woodrow Wilson Foundation , the \n          National Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization , the \n          Women's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense , the \n          Albemarle County Historical Society , the \n          Albemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross , the \n          Women's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform , and the \n          Virginia War History Commission .","Other topics include letters concerning a trip made by \n          Betty Page Cocke to \n          England in 1937 to view the coronation of\n         King \n          George VI and a subsequent tour of \n          Europe during which she injured her hip\n         and had to return home for a long convalescence.\n         Correspondence concerning the involvement of \n          Betty Page Cocke in the settlement of\n         several Cocke family estates include those of \n          Leila B. Cocke , ca. 1925-1930 where Betty\n         acted as the administratrix, \n          Rowena L. Cocke , ca. 1961, and \n          Mazyck Wilson Shields , ca. 1942. These\n         papers describe the sale of items from the plantation of \" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County, Virginia , at auction in\n         1926 and the proposed formation of the \n          Bremo Plantation Inc. from the property of\n         the late \n          Leila B. Cocke . \n          Milton C. Elliot acted as legal\n         representative during the disposition of the estate.","Other correspondents and subjects include: \n          Robert D. Ballantine , who was supposed to\n         have committed suicide partly because \n          Betty Cocke rejected him (17 Nov 1896; 4\n         Jan and 6 Feb 1897; 25 Oct and 31 Dec 1901), letters\n         describing his travels in \n          Europe for education in music and German,\n         and in India with his family and friends; the illness and\n         death of \n          Bettie Burwell Page Cocke (Aug 1900);\n         lists of and letters by students who lived in the boarding\n         house run by \n          Betty Cocke (1961-1964); and \n          Thomas Nelson Page to \"Miss Cocke\" (2 Dec\n         1902) concerning her request to \"hear him read for her.\"\n         Letters concerning artwork include: several to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke about the sale of a\n         Napoleon miniature by \n          Jean Baptiste Isabey (July-Oct 1879); and\n         the disposition of the equestrian portrait of General Scott\n         painted by \n          Edward Troye from Troye's widow, \n          Cornelia A. Troye (Dec 1874-May 1876);\n         letters from representatives of the \n          Virginia Military Institute to \n          Betty Page Cocke concerning the location\n         of the bust of General \n          Philip St. George Cocke by \n          Alexander Galt (Sept 30, Oct 7, 24, 31,\n         1938; and Nov 6, 1939); letters from \n          Bailey and Griffin Inc. , \"Importers of\n         Unusual Chintzes,\" to \n          Betty Cocke about a loan of the heirloom\n         chintz quilt from \" \n          Bremo \" to have the pattern copied (Oct 25\n         and Dec 9, 1938; Mar 4, 1939; and Mar 4 and 13, 1940);\n         correspondence of \n          Betty Cocke with the \n          Virginia Museum of Fine Arts about the\n         loan of 17th and 18th century silver utensils for an exhibit\n         (Oct 11, 28, and Nov 9, 1940; and Jan 15, 1941).","The letters of \n          Milton C. Elliot are chiefly concerned\n         with business matters, especially those to Betty regarding the\n         buying and selling of property and the \n          Leila B Cocke estate; but also include\n         letters to his sons, \n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot in the 1920s while\n         they were boarding students at the \n          Episcopal High School in \n          Alexandria, Virginia , and letters to his\n         wife Lucy before and after their marriage (previously\n         mentioned in connection with Lucy's correspondence). Milton\n         was the toastmaster of the \n          Alfalfa Club in \n          Washington, D.C. in 1919 and some menus\n         and invitations concerning the \n          Alfalfa Club are mixed in with the\n         correspondence.","Other items of interest include letters to \n          Betty Page Cocke which describe the\n         involvement of her friends in World War I, including: a French\n         soldier, \n          A. Murail , thanks \n          Betty Cocke for a Christmas gift (27 Dec\n         1916); \n          John Skelton Williams ' telegram (6 April\n         1917) announces that the President had signed the declaration\n         of war; letters from Dr. \n          Hugh H. Young describe his activities as\n         an army doctor, the morale of the soldiers, conditions in \n          France , and meetings with General\n         Pershing (26 Nov 1917; 26, 29 Mar, 10 Jun, and 3 Sep 1918);\n         Corporal \n          Marion S. Dimmock writes to \n          Betty Cocke , describing conditions at the\n         front (June 1918 and 18 Nov 1918); Other letters (30 Aug, 12\n         Sep, and 30 Nov 1918) written by \"Mary P.\" to \n          Betty Page Cocke describe conditions in \n          France and her work in the offices of the \n          American Fund for French Wounded ; and a\n         description of \n          France during the Armistice (21 Nov\n         1918).","Correspondence in individual folders includes: circular\n         letters from the Rev. \n          Beverley D. Tucker , 1958-1961, describing\n         his missionary work in \n          Japan , travels to \n          Russia , his personal affairs, and\n         pamphlets about the 1960 construction of \n          St. Michaels Church in \n          Sapporo, Japan ; \n          John Skelton Williams , 1917-1921, about\n         World War I, and his resignation as Comptroller of the\n         Currency, excluding personal letters to the \n          Cocke family chiefly of a social nature\n         which are interfiled in the general correspondence; \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , 1924-1928, including\n         letters of sympathy on the death of Milton; \n          Woodrow Wilson and \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Betty Cocke (Edith was a girlhood friend\n         of Betty), including some letters from White House\n         secretaries, 1919-1955, and undated, chiefly of a personal\n         nature except for a transcript of a letter from \n          Woodrow Wilson to the Rector and Visitors\n         at the \n          University of Virginia voicing his\n         opposition to the proposed moving of the Medical School to \n          Richmond (1921 May 30); and letters from \n          Napoleon Drew and family, a former slave\n         at \" \n          Belmead . \" For photographs of Napoleon\n         Drew see Box 32.","Financial and legal papers includes information about court\n         cases and petitions involving the \n          Cocke family ; letters from \n          Betty Cocke 's stockbrokers, \n          John L. Williams and Sons , concerning\n         stocks in the \n          Seaboard Syndicate , \n          Warner Bros , and the \n          2nd Bank of the United States ; letters\n         about leases, sales of property, deeds, permits, building\n         contracts and other papers regarding the real estate dealings\n         of \n          Betty Cocke ; \n          Lucy Elliot 's correspondence with \n          S.C. Chancellor , \n          Redland Corporation , and the \n          Xi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity ; a\n         permit for liquor purchase during Prohibition (22 Jan 1921);\n         funeral expenses and the finances of the \n          Elliot family after the death of \n          Milton C. Elliot in 1928; \n          Atlantic Coast Railroad Company liens and\n         garnishments, 1933-1938 (separately foldered); specifications\n         for houses by \n          Eugene Brady for \n          Milton Elliot in \n          Charlottesville and \n          Washington, D.C. (which was never built);\n         correspondence regarding the proposed creation of parking\n         spaces in front of the \n          Rotunda to which Betty was bitterly\n         opposed (5 Dec 1941-12 July 1946); and some information about\n         the sale of items from \" \n          Bremo , \" the settlement of the estate of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke , and the move of his\n         wife and children after his death to \n          Charlottesville (1889-1892). There are\n         also original financial and legal documents from the \n          Browne family and the \n          Blow family in this collection, 1773-1948.\n         The \n          Blow family documents, 1884-1948, chiefly\n         pertain to property belonging to \n          George Blow in \n          Norfolk, Virginia . The \n          Browne family documents, 1773-1813 and\n         undated, consist of accounts and receipts of Colonel \n          William Browne of \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County, Virginia , with \n          John Hay \u0026 Company , \n          Kilmarnock Carpet Company , and \n          John Hyndman \u0026 Company ; stud fees;\n         and promissory notes.","The genealogical and historical research files were\n         assembled by \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), son of \n          Milton C. Elliot and \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , and include\n         correspondence, notes, genealogical charts and diagrams,\n         photographs of portraits and individuals, printed material\n         from magazines, newsclippings, copies and transcripts of\n         letters, and miscellaneous related material. Most of the\n         original letters have been filed with the correspondence\n         series.","Several original items pertaining to the \n          Cocke family have been interfiled with the\n         rest of the \n          Cocke Family Papers in 640, etc., including:\n         \" \n          Belmead \" building plans, Box 182 (n.d.);\n         a letter from \n          Buller Cocke to \n          John Hartwell Cocke , August 23, 1820 (Box\n         32); a bank book of \n          John T. Bowdoin , 1817-1819, with the \n          Bank of the United States , \n          Norfolk (Box 25); a bank book of \n          Philip St. George Cocke , 1838-1839, with\n         the \n          Exchange Bank of Virginia , \n          Richmond (Box 93); a drawing of a\n         carriage, Box 182 (n.d.); two appointments of \n          Philip St. George Cocke to Visitor of\n         V.M.I. (1850 May 25 and 1858 May 25), Box 132, and an\n         appointment as an \"aide de camp,\" Box 131, (1850 Feb 22);\n         pedigree for a horse owned by \n          John Hartwell Cocke , Seagate, Box 182\n         (n.d.); a list of valuables, Box 172, (1865 Mar 13); and a\n         drawing of an \"Overseer's Cottage\" at \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County , possibly by \n          Philip St. George Cocke , Box 93\n         (1838).","These genealogical files are arranged alphabetically by the\n         name of the family, individual, or subject. Some files also\n         include information about children and wives under the name of\n         the father. Folders which include photographs, notable\n         correspondents, etc. are listed here:","Barraud Family Portraits - \n          Daniel Cary Barraud (1725-1784?); \n          Ann Barraud Cocke (1785-1816); \n          Ann Blaws Hansford Barraud (1760-1836);\n         Dr. \n          Philip Barraud (1758-1830); \n          Catherine Curle Barraud ; \n          Courtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud ; and \n          Philip Barraud \u0026 \n          Courtney Barraud .","\" \n          Belmead , \" \n          Powhatan County -Copies of correspondence\n         re the sale of the plantation in 1892 and copies of\n         correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball concerning \" \n          Belmead \"; early photographs, including\n         the house, furniture, furnishings, grounds, the mill, fields,\n         barnyards and barn; a folder concerning \" \n          Belmead \" after it was sold and became the\n          St. Emma Military Academy for black\n         men.","Blow Family -Photographs of \n          Margaret Blow Elliot (1849-1910); Judge \n          George Blow (1813-1894); and \n          Elizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow .","Bowdoin Family -Photographs of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin (1787-1821); and \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke (1815-1872).","\" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County -Photographs of \" \n          Bremo \"; copies of correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball ; and material pertaining to\n         the auction sale of 1926.","Browne Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          John Tucker Bowdoin ( \n          Sarah Edwards Browne , 1794-1815); and\n         Mrs. \n          William Browne ( \n          Elizabeth Ruffin , 1771-1799?).","Burwell Family -Photograph of \n          Edmond Bradford Burwell .","Carter Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          Robert Carter ( \n          Judith Armistead ) and Colonel \n          Robert Carter of \" \n          Corotoman . \"","Betty Page Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Cocke and friends; a \n          University of Virginia graduation scene; \n          St. Paul's Memorial Church , at the \n          University of Virginia ; \"Winnie, the\n         colored maid, cook, mammy \u0026 friend of \n          Betty Page Cocke and \n          Mary Louise Cocke \"; UVA students; the\n         boarding house; and Dr. \n          Charles Minor .","John Bowdoin Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke (1841-1900); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889); and the\n         Rev. \n          John Cosby ; the commission of \n          J.B. Cocke in the \n          Virginia Militia ; and the marriage\n         license of Betty and \n          John Bowdoin Cocke .","John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951)\n         -Photographs of himself and the \n          Gas Works Crew , \n          Savannah, Georgia .","John Hartwell Cocke -Photographs of \n          John H. Cocke ; \n          Sally Cocke Faulcon ; \n          Sally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent ; \n          Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke (1784-1816).","Mary Louise Cocke -Photographs of herself\n         and a trip to the West Coast.","Norborne Page Cocke (1878-1940)\n         -Photographs of himself.","Philip St. George Cocke -Photographs of \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke ;\n          Philip St. George Cocke (1809-1861); Miss \n          \"Bunny\" Cocke ; \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1844-); and\n         copies of correspondence with \n          Douglas Southall Freeman .","Richard Cocke -Photographs of \n          Richard Cocke IV (1707-1772); Colonel \n          Nathaniel Cocke (1746-1813).","Corbin Family -Photograph of [ \n          Henry Corbin ?].","Napoleon Bonaparte Drew -Photographs.","Elliot Family folders with photographs\n         include: \n          Allmand Elliot (1881-1908); \n          Elizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson (1887\n         -?) and Dr. \n          Gordon Wilson ; \n          George Blow Elliot (1873-1948); \n          Esther Ellery Elliot Sparkman (?-1955); \n          Ellery Sparkman ; \n          Gilbert Elliot ; \n          Charles G. Elliot ; \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot ; \n          Margaret Elliot (1884-1966); \n          Milton C. Elliot (1879-1928) and his sons,\n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot ; \n          Warren Grice Elliot (1848-1906); \n          Margaret Blow (1849-1910); and \n          Warren Grice Elliot, Jr. (1875-1930).","\" \n          Four Acres , \" \n          Charlottesville, Virginia","\" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County","Grice Family -Photographs of \n          Charles Grice (1762-1832); and \n          Joseph Grice .","\" \n          Lower Bremo \" and \" \n          Bremo Recess \"","\" \n          Mount Pleasant , \" \n          Surry County","Nelson Family -Photographs of \n          Elizabeth Burwell Nelson (1718-1793); \n          William Nelson (1711-1772); \n          Margaret Reade Nelson ; \n          Lucy Nelson ; and \n          Jane Byrd Nelson (engraving).","Page Family -Photographs of Colonel \n          John Page ; \n          Jane (Byrd) Page ; \" \n          Rosewell \" ruins; Colonel \n          Matthew Page (1659-1703); \n          Mary Mann Page (1672-1707); \n          Mann Page I (1691-1730); \n          Judith Carter Page ; \n          Mann Page II (1749-1803); \n          Anne Corbin Tayloe Page ; \n          Lucy Landonia Page Booker ; \n          Charles Carter Page ; \n          William Armistead Page ; \n          John Page ; \n          Hamilton Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Page, Jr. ; \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke ; \n          St. Paul's Church , \n          Petersburg ; \n          Mary Louise Jones Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Nelson Page ; Mrs. \n          Lewis Booker , \n          Betty Booker \u0026 Mrs. \n          Lily Booker Cole .","Photographs -Miscellaneous - \n          Woodrow Wilson ; \n          Petersburg Mathematical \u0026 Classical\n         Institute ; \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; \n          University of Virginia Rotunda ; \n          Thomas H. Carter ; \n          George Ben Johnston ; \n          Wilson Howe (1903 -?); \n          Helen Johnston and \n          Anne Roy Johnston ; \n          University of Virginia students and\n         buildings; \n          Herman H. Swift ; \n          William Lancaster ; \n          Joe Cox ; \n          Maria Garnett Venn ; \n          Ellen Douglas ; Burton, \n          Archibald Henderson and \n          Jean Craige ; \n          Vicksburg seawall; \n          Bloomfield Academy , \n          Albemarle County ; French ruins \n          Belleau Woods and \n          Chateau-Thierry gravesite.","Tayloe Family -Photographs of Mr. \u0026 Mrs.\n          John Tayloe I.","Edward Troye -Printed Material \u0026\n         Photographs -Horses \"Utilitarian,\" \"Roebuck,\" \"Cleveland.\"","The bound volume, memorabilia, and oversize material series\n         is listed in detail at the end of this guide. Any bound\n         volumes not in folders have been assigned a number to\n         facilitate location in the box. Memorabilia consists of\n         membership cards, annual tickets of admission, and railroad\n         passes belonging to \n          Betty Cocke , \n          Lucy H. Cocke Elliot and \n          Milton C. Elliot ; calling cards; a \n          Democratic National Convention souvenir;\n         U.S. Government Thrift Card; Six \n          Great Britain Coronation commemorative\n         stamps, 1937 May 12; War Ration Book; \n          Jamestown Exposition souvenir; autograph\n         of \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; and \n          University of Virginia memorabilia,\n         including ribbons and pins from various ribbon societies (see\n         Box 39 and Mini-Tray 40). The bound volumes are chiefly those\n         of the \n          Cocke family and \n          Milton C. Elliot , and include school\n         notebooks, annuals and autograph albums; travel journals;\n         memoranda books; a ledger; address books; a scrapbook of\n         newsclippings; diaries; visitation and wedding invitation\n         books; an account book; and a photgraph album of \n          University of Virginia scenes, belonging\n         to \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke Elliot [ante\n         1906?].","Oversize material includes a pardon to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1865 Jul 6);\n         photographs of Dr. \n          Norborne Page Cocke , \n          George Blow Elliot , \n          William Gibbs McAdoo , and members of the \n          Federal Reserve Board ; certificates of\n         membership and career advancements of \n          Milton Elliot in law practice in \n          Virginia , \n          Pennsylvania , and \n          Washington, D.C. ; \n          Sons of the American\n         Revolution certificate of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1926 Jun 1);\n         architectural drawings for residences and outbuildings of M.C.\n         and \n          Lucy Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot ; and genealogical\n         material pertaining to the \n          Cocke and \n          Page families.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","University of Virginia","Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation","Woodrow Wilson Foundation","National Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization","Women's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense","Albemarle County Historical Society","Albemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross","Women's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform","Virginia War History Commission","Bremo","Bremo Plantation Inc.","Virginia Military Institute","Bailey and Griffin Inc.","Virginia Museum of Fine Arts","Episcopal High School","Alfalfa Club","American Fund for French Wounded","St. Michaels Church","Belmead","John L. Williams and Sons","Seaboard Syndicate","Warner Bros","2nd Bank of the United States","Redland Corporation","Xi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity","Atlantic Coast Railroad Company","Rotunda","Four Mile Tree Plantation","John Hay \u0026 Company","Kilmarnock Carpet Company","John Hyndman \u0026 Company","Bank of the United States","Exchange Bank of Virginia","St. Emma Military Academy","Corotoman","St. Paul's Memorial Church","Virginia Militia","Gas Works Crew","Four Acres","Lower Bremo","Bremo Recess","Mount Pleasant","Rosewell","St. Paul's Church","Petersburg Mathematical \u0026 Classical\n         Institute","University of Virginia Rotunda","Bloomfield Academy","Democratic National Convention","Jamestown Exposition","Federal Reserve Board","Sons of the American\n         Revolution","Atlantic Coast Line Railroad\n                  Company","Robert E. Lee Memorial\n                  Foundation","Betty Cocke Scholarship Fund","Virginia Military\n                  Institute","Federal Reserve\n                  Board","Elliot Clan Society","Huguenot Society of America","Malvern Hill","Old Bremo","Swann's Point Plantation","William \u0026 Mary","P.D.A. Society","Phi Beta Kappa","Episcopal High School of\n                  Virginia","Eli Banana","German Club","O.N.E.","Omega Sigma","T.I.L.K.A.","Z Society","Final Ball","Beta Theta Pi Fraternity","O.F.C. 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Bowdoin","Daniel Cary Barraud","Ann Barraud Cocke","Ann Blaws Hansford Barraud","Philip Barraud","Catherine Curle Barraud","Courtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud","Courtney Barraud","Fiske Kimball","Margaret Blow Elliot","Elizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow","John Tucker Bowdoin","Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke","Sarah Edwards Browne","Elizabeth Ruffin","Edmond Bradford Burwell","Robert Carter","Judith Armistead","Charles Minor","Betty Burwell Page Cocke","John Cosby","J.B. Cocke","John H. Cocke","Sally Cocke Faulcon","Sally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent","Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke","Norborne Page Cocke","Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke","\"Bunny\" Cocke","Douglas Southall Freeman","Richard Cocke","Nathaniel Cocke","Henry Corbin","Napoleon Bonaparte Drew","Allmand Elliot","Elizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson","Gordon Wilson","George Blow Elliot","Esther Ellery Elliot Sparkman","Ellery Sparkman","Gilbert Elliot","Charles G. 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The collection also\n         includes some correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1780-1866), 1853 Mar\n         9, 1856 Nov 4; General \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhillip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1809-1861), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1836-1889), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1951), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell (Page) Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1841-1900), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1868-1966), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Courtwright Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1928), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1913-1992), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Venable\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Mar 16), and other\n         members of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cfamname\u003eElliot\u003c/famname\u003efamilies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarly letters of interest include many during the courtship\n         and marriage of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page\u003c/persname\u003e(1860s-1870s); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page\u003c/persname\u003eoffering her services\n         and those of a Miss Taylor to the Confederate Secretary of the\n         Treasury (1862 Oct 3); a letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page\u003c/persname\u003econcerning her\n         participation in a ceremony to honor the Confederate dead\n         (1866 Jul 18); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife Bettie\n         describing the release of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJefferson Davis\u003c/persname\u003efrom prison (1867 May);\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG.H. Bridges\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the Civil War\n         record of her grandfather \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Dec 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot\u003c/persname\u003econsist of\n         correspondence with family and friends, and contain a series\n         of courtship letters written from about 1890 through 1906 by\n         several \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003estudents, including\n         \u003cpersname\u003eBasil Jones\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArchibald Watson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR.C. Blackford\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRichard S. Whaley\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert L. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHermann Holst Swift\u003c/persname\u003e, among others.\n         Several letters written between March and August of 1903\n         describe a tour of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMediterranean\u003c/geogname\u003emade by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand give her\n         observations on the sites she visited, including \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGibraltar\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNaples\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePompeii\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAthens\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eConstantinople\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCairo\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGiza\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLuxor\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSicily\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included are letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert L. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003ewhich describe his\n         travels in July and August of 1905 to the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGrand Canyon\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYosemite Valley\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCalifornia\u003c/geogname\u003e, the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Lakes\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCanada\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlaska\u003c/geogname\u003e. The majority of letters circa\n         1902 -1928 are written by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Courtwright Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ewho married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ein 1906. The correspondence\n         contains letters written to and from Lucy and Milton Elliot's\n         two sons, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as letters of\n         sympathy received on the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein 1928. The later letters\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eare mainly to and from\n         members of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003e, especially her sister \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ewith whom she resided\n         after the death of her husband Milton, and also include a\n         continued correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHermann Holst Swift\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eare considerably more\n         extensive and pertain to her involvement in politics and\n         historic preservation while also containing letters to family\n         and friends. The collection includes letters which outline her\n         active involvement in such organizations as the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRobert E. Lee Memorial Foundation\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWoodrow Wilson Foundation\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWomen's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlbemarle County Historical Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlbemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWomen's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia War History Commission\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include letters concerning a trip made by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1937 to view the coronation of\n         King \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge VI\u003c/persname\u003eand a subsequent tour of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eduring which she injured her hip\n         and had to return home for a long convalescence.\n         Correspondence concerning the involvement of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ein the settlement of\n         several Cocke family estates include those of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeila B. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, ca. 1925-1930 where Betty\n         acted as the administratrix, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRowena L. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, ca. 1961, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMazyck Wilson Shields\u003c/persname\u003e, ca. 1942. These\n         papers describe the sale of items from the plantation of \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFluvanna County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, at auction in\n         1926 and the proposed formation of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo Plantation Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003efrom the property of\n         the late \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeila B. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eacted as legal\n         representative during the disposition of the estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther correspondents and subjects include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert D. Ballantine\u003c/persname\u003e, who was supposed to\n         have committed suicide partly because \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003erejected him (17 Nov 1896; 4\n         Jan and 6 Feb 1897; 25 Oct and 31 Dec 1901), letters\n         describing his travels in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003efor education in music and German,\n         and in India with his family and friends; the illness and\n         death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(Aug 1900);\n         lists of and letters by students who lived in the boarding\n         house run by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1961-1964); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Nelson Page\u003c/persname\u003eto \"Miss Cocke\" (2 Dec\n         1902) concerning her request to \"hear him read for her.\"\n         Letters concerning artwork include: several to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eabout the sale of a\n         Napoleon miniature by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJean Baptiste Isabey\u003c/persname\u003e(July-Oct 1879); and\n         the disposition of the equestrian portrait of General Scott\n         painted by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Troye\u003c/persname\u003efrom Troye's widow, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCornelia A. Troye\u003c/persname\u003e(Dec 1874-May 1876);\n         letters from representatives of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the location\n         of the bust of General \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eby \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Galt\u003c/persname\u003e(Sept 30, Oct 7, 24, 31,\n         1938; and Nov 6, 1939); letters from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBailey and Griffin Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e, \"Importers of\n         Unusual Chintzes,\" to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eabout a loan of the heirloom\n         chintz quilt from \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e\" to have the pattern copied (Oct 25\n         and Dec 9, 1938; Mar 4, 1939; and Mar 4 and 13, 1940);\n         correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ewith the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Museum of Fine Arts\u003c/corpname\u003eabout the\n         loan of 17th and 18th century silver utensils for an exhibit\n         (Oct 11, 28, and Nov 9, 1940; and Jan 15, 1941).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n         with business matters, especially those to Betty regarding the\n         buying and selling of property and the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeila B Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eestate; but also include\n         letters to his sons, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920s while\n         they were boarding students at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal High School\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and letters to his\n         wife Lucy before and after their marriage (previously\n         mentioned in connection with Lucy's correspondence). Milton\n         was the toastmaster of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlfalfa Club\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 and some menus\n         and invitations concerning the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlfalfa Club\u003c/corpname\u003eare mixed in with the\n         correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ewhich describe the\n         involvement of her friends in World War I, including: a French\n         soldier, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA. Murail\u003c/persname\u003e, thanks \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003efor a Christmas gift (27 Dec\n         1916); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Skelton Williams\u003c/persname\u003e' telegram (6 April\n         1917) announces that the President had signed the declaration\n         of war; letters from Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHugh H. Young\u003c/persname\u003edescribe his activities as\n         an army doctor, the morale of the soldiers, conditions in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, and meetings with General\n         Pershing (26 Nov 1917; 26, 29 Mar, 10 Jun, and 3 Sep 1918);\n         Corporal \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMarion S. Dimmock\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, describing conditions at the\n         front (June 1918 and 18 Nov 1918); Other letters (30 Aug, 12\n         Sep, and 30 Nov 1918) written by \"Mary P.\" to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003edescribe conditions in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand her work in the offices of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Fund for French Wounded\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a\n         description of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the Armistice (21 Nov\n         1918).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence in individual folders includes: circular\n         letters from the Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBeverley D. Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e, 1958-1961, describing\n         his missionary work in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJapan\u003c/geogname\u003e, travels to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, his personal affairs, and\n         pamphlets about the 1960 construction of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Michaels Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSapporo, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Skelton Williams\u003c/persname\u003e, 1917-1921, about\n         World War I, and his resignation as Comptroller of the\n         Currency, excluding personal letters to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003echiefly of a social nature\n         which are interfiled in the general correspondence; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Bolling Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, 1924-1928, including\n         letters of sympathy on the death of Milton; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWoodrow Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Bolling Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(Edith was a girlhood friend\n         of Betty), including some letters from White House\n         secretaries, 1919-1955, and undated, chiefly of a personal\n         nature except for a transcript of a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWoodrow Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eto the Rector and Visitors\n         at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003evoicing his\n         opposition to the proposed moving of the Medical School to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e(1921 May 30); and letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNapoleon Drew\u003c/persname\u003eand family, a former slave\n         at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e. \" For photographs of Napoleon\n         Drew see Box 32.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial and legal papers includes information about court\n         cases and petitions involving the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003e; letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e's stockbrokers, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn L. Williams and Sons\u003c/corpname\u003e, concerning\n         stocks in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSeaboard Syndicate\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWarner Bros\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e2nd Bank of the United States\u003c/corpname\u003e; letters\n         about leases, sales of property, deeds, permits, building\n         contracts and other papers regarding the real estate dealings\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eS.C. Chancellor\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRedland Corporation\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eXi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n         permit for liquor purchase during Prohibition (22 Jan 1921);\n         funeral expenses and the finances of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eElliot family\u003c/famname\u003eafter the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein 1928; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAtlantic Coast Railroad Company\u003c/corpname\u003eliens and\n         garnishments, 1933-1938 (separately foldered); specifications\n         for houses by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEugene Brady\u003c/persname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e(which was never built);\n         correspondence regarding the proposed creation of parking\n         spaces in front of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRotunda\u003c/corpname\u003eto which Betty was bitterly\n         opposed (5 Dec 1941-12 July 1946); and some information about\n         the sale of items from \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" the settlement of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, and the move of his\n         wife and children after his death to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e(1889-1892). There are\n         also original financial and legal documents from the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBrowne family\u003c/famname\u003eand the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBlow family\u003c/famname\u003ein this collection, 1773-1948.\n         The \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBlow family\u003c/famname\u003edocuments, 1884-1948, chiefly\n         pertain to property belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorfolk, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. The \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBrowne family\u003c/famname\u003edocuments, 1773-1813 and\n         undated, consist of accounts and receipts of Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Browne\u003c/persname\u003eof \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Mile Tree Plantation\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, with \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Hay \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKilmarnock Carpet Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Hyndman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; stud fees;\n         and promissory notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe genealogical and historical research files were\n         assembled by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1913-1992), son of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, and include\n         correspondence, notes, genealogical charts and diagrams,\n         photographs of portraits and individuals, printed material\n         from magazines, newsclippings, copies and transcripts of\n         letters, and miscellaneous related material. Most of the\n         original letters have been filed with the correspondence\n         series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral original items pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003ehave been interfiled with the\n         rest of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers in 640, etc., including:\n         \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBelmead\u003c/geogname\u003e\" building plans, Box 182 (n.d.);\n         a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBuller Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, August 23, 1820 (Box\n         32); a bank book of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn T. Bowdoin\u003c/persname\u003e, 1817-1819, with the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of the United States\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorfolk\u003c/geogname\u003e(Box 25); a bank book of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, 1838-1839, with\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eExchange Bank of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e(Box 93); a drawing of a\n         carriage, Box 182 (n.d.); two appointments of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto Visitor of\n         V.M.I. (1850 May 25 and 1858 May 25), Box 132, and an\n         appointment as an \"aide de camp,\" Box 131, (1850 Feb 22);\n         pedigree for a horse owned by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, Seagate, Box 182\n         (n.d.); a list of valuables, Box 172, (1865 Mar 13); and a\n         drawing of an \"Overseer's Cottage\" at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Mile Tree Plantation\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County\u003c/geogname\u003e, possibly by \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, Box 93\n         (1838).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese genealogical files are arranged alphabetically by the\n         name of the family, individual, or subject. Some files also\n         include information about children and wives under the name of\n         the father. Folders which include photographs, notable\n         correspondents, etc. are listed here:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBarraud Family\u003c/famname\u003ePortraits - \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Cary Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e(1725-1784?); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Barraud Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1785-1816); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Blaws Hansford Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e(1760-1836);\n         Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e(1758-1830); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCatherine Curle Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCourtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCourtney Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePowhatan County\u003c/geogname\u003e-Copies of correspondence\n         re the sale of the plantation in 1892 and copies of\n         correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFiske Kimball\u003c/persname\u003econcerning \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e\"; early photographs, including\n         the house, furniture, furnishings, grounds, the mill, fields,\n         barnyards and barn; a folder concerning \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e\" after it was sold and became the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Emma Military Academy\u003c/corpname\u003efor black\n         men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBlow Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Blow Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1849-1910); Judge \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow\u003c/persname\u003e(1813-1894); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBowdoin Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin\u003c/persname\u003e(1787-1821); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1815-1872).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFluvanna County\u003c/geogname\u003e-Photographs of \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e\"; copies of correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFiske Kimball\u003c/persname\u003e; and material pertaining to\n         the auction sale of 1926.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBrowne Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Edwards Browne\u003c/persname\u003e, 1794-1815); and\n         Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Browne\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Ruffin\u003c/persname\u003e, 1771-1799?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBurwell Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photograph of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdmond Bradford Burwell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eCarter Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Carter\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith Armistead\u003c/persname\u003e) and Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Carter\u003c/persname\u003eof \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCorotoman\u003c/corpname\u003e. \"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand friends; a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003egraduation scene; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Memorial Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; \"Winnie, the\n         colored maid, cook, mammy \u0026amp; friend of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e\"; UVA students; the\n         boarding house; and Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Minor\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Burwell Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1841-1900); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1836-1889); and the\n         Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cosby\u003c/persname\u003e; the commission of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ein the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Militia\u003c/corpname\u003e; and the marriage\n         license of Betty and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1951)\n         -Photographs of himself and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGas Works Crew\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSavannah, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Cocke Faulcon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Blaws Barraud Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1784-1816).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of herself\n         and a trip to the West Coast.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1940)\n         -Photographs of himself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e;\n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1809-1861); Miss \n         \u003cpersname\u003e\"Bunny\" Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1844-); and\n         copies of correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eIV (1707-1772); Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1746-1813).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eCorbin Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photograph of [ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Corbin\u003c/persname\u003e?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eNapoleon Bonaparte Drew\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eElliot Family\u003c/famname\u003efolders with photographs\n         include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAllmand Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1881-1908); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e(1887\n         -?) and Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGordon Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1873-1948); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEsther Ellery Elliot Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1955); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEllery Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1966); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1928) and his sons,\n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1906); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Blow\u003c/persname\u003e(1849-1910); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1875-1930).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Acres\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Mile Tree Plantation\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eGrice Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Grice\u003c/persname\u003e(1762-1832); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Grice\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLower Bremo\u003c/corpname\u003e\" and \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo Recess\u003c/corpname\u003e\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eNelson Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Burwell Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e(1718-1793); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e(1711-1772); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Reade Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJane Byrd Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e(engraving).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003ePage Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJane (Byrd) Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRosewell\u003c/corpname\u003e\" ruins; Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMatthew Page\u003c/persname\u003e(1659-1703); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Mann Page\u003c/persname\u003e(1672-1707); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMann Page\u003c/persname\u003eI (1691-1730); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith Carter Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMann Page\u003c/persname\u003eII (1749-1803); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Corbin Tayloe Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Landonia Page Booker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Carter Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Armistead Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHamilton Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Thomas Page, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Burwell Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Jones Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Thomas Nelson Page\u003c/persname\u003e; Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Booker\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Booker\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLily Booker Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs -Miscellaneous - \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWoodrow Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePetersburg Mathematical \u0026amp; Classical\n         Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFitzhugh Lee\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia Rotunda\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas H. Carter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ben Johnston\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilson Howe\u003c/persname\u003e(1903 -?); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Roy Johnston\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003estudents and\n         buildings; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHerman H. Swift\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Lancaster\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Cox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaria Garnett Venn\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEllen Douglas\u003c/persname\u003e; Burton, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArchibald Henderson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJean Craige\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eseawall; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBloomfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003e; French ruins \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBelleau Woods\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChateau-Thierry\u003c/geogname\u003egravesite.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eTayloe Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Mr. \u0026amp; Mrs.\n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tayloe\u003c/persname\u003eI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdward Troye\u003c/persname\u003e-Printed Material \u0026amp;\n         Photographs -Horses \"Utilitarian,\" \"Roebuck,\" \"Cleveland.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bound volume, memorabilia, and oversize material series\n         is listed in detail at the end of this guide. Any bound\n         volumes not in folders have been assigned a number to\n         facilitate location in the box. Memorabilia consists of\n         membership cards, annual tickets of admission, and railroad\n         passes belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy H. Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; calling cards; a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003esouvenir;\n         U.S. Government Thrift Card; Six \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003eCoronation commemorative\n         stamps, 1937 May 12; War Ration Book; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJamestown Exposition\u003c/corpname\u003esouvenir; autograph\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFitzhugh Lee\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ememorabilia,\n         including ribbons and pins from various ribbon societies (see\n         Box 39 and Mini-Tray 40). The bound volumes are chiefly those\n         of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, and include school\n         notebooks, annuals and autograph albums; travel journals;\n         memoranda books; a ledger; address books; a scrapbook of\n         newsclippings; diaries; visitation and wedding invitation\n         books; an account book; and a photgraph album of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003escenes, belonging\n         to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e[ante\n         1906?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOversize material includes a pardon to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jul 6);\n         photographs of Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gibbs McAdoo\u003c/persname\u003e, and members of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFederal Reserve Board\u003c/corpname\u003e; certificates of\n         membership and career advancements of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein law practice in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePennsylvania\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSons of the American\n         Revolution\u003c/corpname\u003ecertificate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1926 Jun 1);\n         architectural drawings for residences and outbuildings of M.C.\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; and genealogical\n         material pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cfamname\u003ePage\u003c/famname\u003efamilies.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The \n          Cocke - \n          Elliot Family papers contain ca. 15,000\n         items (41 Hollinger boxes, ca. 17 linear feet and four\n         oversize folders), ca. 1773-1992, and consist largely of\n         personal and family correspondence, financial and legal\n         papers, memorabilia, bound volumes, and genealogical and\n         historical research material pertaining to the \n          Cocke , \n          Elliot , and related families from the\n         colonial period through the twentieth century, assembled by \n          John Page Elliot .","The correspondence consists chiefly of the letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke (1872-1973), a prominent\n         resident of \n          Charlottesville, Virginia , and those of\n         her sister, \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot (1876-1969),\n         descendants of General \n          John Hartwell Cocke . The collection also\n         includes some correspondence of \n          John Hartwell Cocke (1780-1866), 1853 Mar\n         9, 1856 Nov 4; General \n          Phillip St. George Cocke (1809-1861), \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889), \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951), \n          Bettie Burwell (Page) Cocke (1841-1900), \n          Mary Louise Cocke (1868-1966), \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot (1879-1928), \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), \n          George H. Venable (1864 Mar 16), and other\n         members of the \n          Cocke and \n          Elliot families.","Early letters of interest include many during the courtship\n         and marriage of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke and \n          Bettie Burwell Page (1860s-1870s); \n          Bettie Burwell Page offering her services\n         and those of a Miss Taylor to the Confederate Secretary of the\n         Treasury (1862 Oct 3); a letter to \n          Bettie Burwell Page concerning her\n         participation in a ceremony to honor the Confederate dead\n         (1866 Jul 18); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke to his wife Bettie\n         describing the release of \n          Jefferson Davis from prison (1867 May);\n         and \n          Betty Page Cocke to General \n          G.H. Bridges concerning the Civil War\n         record of her grandfather \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1892 Dec 2).","The letters of \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot consist of\n         correspondence with family and friends, and contain a series\n         of courtship letters written from about 1890 through 1906 by\n         several \n          University of Virginia students, including\n          Basil Jones , \n          Archibald Watson , \n          R.C. Blackford , \n          Richard S. Whaley , \n          Robert L. Parrish , and \n          Hermann Holst Swift , among others.\n         Several letters written between March and August of 1903\n         describe a tour of \n          Europe and the \n          Mediterranean made by \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke and give her\n         observations on the sites she visited, including \n          Gibraltar , \n          Naples , \n          Pompeii , \n          Athens , \n          Constantinople , \n          Alexandria , \n          Cairo , \n          Giza , \n          Luxor , \n          Sicily , \n          Rome , \n          Venice , \n          Florence , \n          Switzerland , \n          Paris , and \n          London .","Also included are letters from \n          Robert L. Parrish which describe his\n         travels in July and August of 1905 to the \n          Grand Canyon , \n          Yosemite Valley , \n          California , the \n          Great Lakes , \n          Canada , and \n          Alaska . The majority of letters circa\n         1902 -1928 are written by \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot who married \n          Lucy Cocke in 1906. The correspondence\n         contains letters written to and from Lucy and Milton Elliot's\n         two sons, \n          Warren Grice Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot , as well as letters of\n         sympathy received on the death of \n          Milton Elliot in 1928. The later letters\n         of \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot are mainly to and from\n         members of the \n          Cocke family , especially her sister \n          Betty Page Cocke with whom she resided\n         after the death of her husband Milton, and also include a\n         continued correspondence with \n          Hermann Holst Swift .","The letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke are considerably more\n         extensive and pertain to her involvement in politics and\n         historic preservation while also containing letters to family\n         and friends. The collection includes letters which outline her\n         active involvement in such organizations as the \n          Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation , the \n          Woodrow Wilson Foundation , the \n          National Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization , the \n          Women's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense , the \n          Albemarle County Historical Society , the \n          Albemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross , the \n          Women's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform , and the \n          Virginia War History Commission .","Other topics include letters concerning a trip made by \n          Betty Page Cocke to \n          England in 1937 to view the coronation of\n         King \n          George VI and a subsequent tour of \n          Europe during which she injured her hip\n         and had to return home for a long convalescence.\n         Correspondence concerning the involvement of \n          Betty Page Cocke in the settlement of\n         several Cocke family estates include those of \n          Leila B. Cocke , ca. 1925-1930 where Betty\n         acted as the administratrix, \n          Rowena L. Cocke , ca. 1961, and \n          Mazyck Wilson Shields , ca. 1942. These\n         papers describe the sale of items from the plantation of \" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County, Virginia , at auction in\n         1926 and the proposed formation of the \n          Bremo Plantation Inc. from the property of\n         the late \n          Leila B. Cocke . \n          Milton C. Elliot acted as legal\n         representative during the disposition of the estate.","Other correspondents and subjects include: \n          Robert D. Ballantine , who was supposed to\n         have committed suicide partly because \n          Betty Cocke rejected him (17 Nov 1896; 4\n         Jan and 6 Feb 1897; 25 Oct and 31 Dec 1901), letters\n         describing his travels in \n          Europe for education in music and German,\n         and in India with his family and friends; the illness and\n         death of \n          Bettie Burwell Page Cocke (Aug 1900);\n         lists of and letters by students who lived in the boarding\n         house run by \n          Betty Cocke (1961-1964); and \n          Thomas Nelson Page to \"Miss Cocke\" (2 Dec\n         1902) concerning her request to \"hear him read for her.\"\n         Letters concerning artwork include: several to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke about the sale of a\n         Napoleon miniature by \n          Jean Baptiste Isabey (July-Oct 1879); and\n         the disposition of the equestrian portrait of General Scott\n         painted by \n          Edward Troye from Troye's widow, \n          Cornelia A. Troye (Dec 1874-May 1876);\n         letters from representatives of the \n          Virginia Military Institute to \n          Betty Page Cocke concerning the location\n         of the bust of General \n          Philip St. George Cocke by \n          Alexander Galt (Sept 30, Oct 7, 24, 31,\n         1938; and Nov 6, 1939); letters from \n          Bailey and Griffin Inc. , \"Importers of\n         Unusual Chintzes,\" to \n          Betty Cocke about a loan of the heirloom\n         chintz quilt from \" \n          Bremo \" to have the pattern copied (Oct 25\n         and Dec 9, 1938; Mar 4, 1939; and Mar 4 and 13, 1940);\n         correspondence of \n          Betty Cocke with the \n          Virginia Museum of Fine Arts about the\n         loan of 17th and 18th century silver utensils for an exhibit\n         (Oct 11, 28, and Nov 9, 1940; and Jan 15, 1941).","The letters of \n          Milton C. Elliot are chiefly concerned\n         with business matters, especially those to Betty regarding the\n         buying and selling of property and the \n          Leila B Cocke estate; but also include\n         letters to his sons, \n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot in the 1920s while\n         they were boarding students at the \n          Episcopal High School in \n          Alexandria, Virginia , and letters to his\n         wife Lucy before and after their marriage (previously\n         mentioned in connection with Lucy's correspondence). Milton\n         was the toastmaster of the \n          Alfalfa Club in \n          Washington, D.C. in 1919 and some menus\n         and invitations concerning the \n          Alfalfa Club are mixed in with the\n         correspondence.","Other items of interest include letters to \n          Betty Page Cocke which describe the\n         involvement of her friends in World War I, including: a French\n         soldier, \n          A. Murail , thanks \n          Betty Cocke for a Christmas gift (27 Dec\n         1916); \n          John Skelton Williams ' telegram (6 April\n         1917) announces that the President had signed the declaration\n         of war; letters from Dr. \n          Hugh H. Young describe his activities as\n         an army doctor, the morale of the soldiers, conditions in \n          France , and meetings with General\n         Pershing (26 Nov 1917; 26, 29 Mar, 10 Jun, and 3 Sep 1918);\n         Corporal \n          Marion S. Dimmock writes to \n          Betty Cocke , describing conditions at the\n         front (June 1918 and 18 Nov 1918); Other letters (30 Aug, 12\n         Sep, and 30 Nov 1918) written by \"Mary P.\" to \n          Betty Page Cocke describe conditions in \n          France and her work in the offices of the \n          American Fund for French Wounded ; and a\n         description of \n          France during the Armistice (21 Nov\n         1918).","Correspondence in individual folders includes: circular\n         letters from the Rev. \n          Beverley D. Tucker , 1958-1961, describing\n         his missionary work in \n          Japan , travels to \n          Russia , his personal affairs, and\n         pamphlets about the 1960 construction of \n          St. Michaels Church in \n          Sapporo, Japan ; \n          John Skelton Williams , 1917-1921, about\n         World War I, and his resignation as Comptroller of the\n         Currency, excluding personal letters to the \n          Cocke family chiefly of a social nature\n         which are interfiled in the general correspondence; \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , 1924-1928, including\n         letters of sympathy on the death of Milton; \n          Woodrow Wilson and \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Betty Cocke (Edith was a girlhood friend\n         of Betty), including some letters from White House\n         secretaries, 1919-1955, and undated, chiefly of a personal\n         nature except for a transcript of a letter from \n          Woodrow Wilson to the Rector and Visitors\n         at the \n          University of Virginia voicing his\n         opposition to the proposed moving of the Medical School to \n          Richmond (1921 May 30); and letters from \n          Napoleon Drew and family, a former slave\n         at \" \n          Belmead . \" For photographs of Napoleon\n         Drew see Box 32.","Financial and legal papers includes information about court\n         cases and petitions involving the \n          Cocke family ; letters from \n          Betty Cocke 's stockbrokers, \n          John L. Williams and Sons , concerning\n         stocks in the \n          Seaboard Syndicate , \n          Warner Bros , and the \n          2nd Bank of the United States ; letters\n         about leases, sales of property, deeds, permits, building\n         contracts and other papers regarding the real estate dealings\n         of \n          Betty Cocke ; \n          Lucy Elliot 's correspondence with \n          S.C. Chancellor , \n          Redland Corporation , and the \n          Xi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity ; a\n         permit for liquor purchase during Prohibition (22 Jan 1921);\n         funeral expenses and the finances of the \n          Elliot family after the death of \n          Milton C. Elliot in 1928; \n          Atlantic Coast Railroad Company liens and\n         garnishments, 1933-1938 (separately foldered); specifications\n         for houses by \n          Eugene Brady for \n          Milton Elliot in \n          Charlottesville and \n          Washington, D.C. (which was never built);\n         correspondence regarding the proposed creation of parking\n         spaces in front of the \n          Rotunda to which Betty was bitterly\n         opposed (5 Dec 1941-12 July 1946); and some information about\n         the sale of items from \" \n          Bremo , \" the settlement of the estate of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke , and the move of his\n         wife and children after his death to \n          Charlottesville (1889-1892). There are\n         also original financial and legal documents from the \n          Browne family and the \n          Blow family in this collection, 1773-1948.\n         The \n          Blow family documents, 1884-1948, chiefly\n         pertain to property belonging to \n          George Blow in \n          Norfolk, Virginia . The \n          Browne family documents, 1773-1813 and\n         undated, consist of accounts and receipts of Colonel \n          William Browne of \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County, Virginia , with \n          John Hay \u0026 Company , \n          Kilmarnock Carpet Company , and \n          John Hyndman \u0026 Company ; stud fees;\n         and promissory notes.","The genealogical and historical research files were\n         assembled by \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), son of \n          Milton C. Elliot and \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , and include\n         correspondence, notes, genealogical charts and diagrams,\n         photographs of portraits and individuals, printed material\n         from magazines, newsclippings, copies and transcripts of\n         letters, and miscellaneous related material. Most of the\n         original letters have been filed with the correspondence\n         series.","Several original items pertaining to the \n          Cocke family have been interfiled with the\n         rest of the \n          Cocke Family Papers in 640, etc., including:\n         \" \n          Belmead \" building plans, Box 182 (n.d.);\n         a letter from \n          Buller Cocke to \n          John Hartwell Cocke , August 23, 1820 (Box\n         32); a bank book of \n          John T. Bowdoin , 1817-1819, with the \n          Bank of the United States , \n          Norfolk (Box 25); a bank book of \n          Philip St. George Cocke , 1838-1839, with\n         the \n          Exchange Bank of Virginia , \n          Richmond (Box 93); a drawing of a\n         carriage, Box 182 (n.d.); two appointments of \n          Philip St. George Cocke to Visitor of\n         V.M.I. (1850 May 25 and 1858 May 25), Box 132, and an\n         appointment as an \"aide de camp,\" Box 131, (1850 Feb 22);\n         pedigree for a horse owned by \n          John Hartwell Cocke , Seagate, Box 182\n         (n.d.); a list of valuables, Box 172, (1865 Mar 13); and a\n         drawing of an \"Overseer's Cottage\" at \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County , possibly by \n          Philip St. George Cocke , Box 93\n         (1838).","These genealogical files are arranged alphabetically by the\n         name of the family, individual, or subject. Some files also\n         include information about children and wives under the name of\n         the father. Folders which include photographs, notable\n         correspondents, etc. are listed here:","Barraud Family Portraits - \n          Daniel Cary Barraud (1725-1784?); \n          Ann Barraud Cocke (1785-1816); \n          Ann Blaws Hansford Barraud (1760-1836);\n         Dr. \n          Philip Barraud (1758-1830); \n          Catherine Curle Barraud ; \n          Courtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud ; and \n          Philip Barraud \u0026 \n          Courtney Barraud .","\" \n          Belmead , \" \n          Powhatan County -Copies of correspondence\n         re the sale of the plantation in 1892 and copies of\n         correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball concerning \" \n          Belmead \"; early photographs, including\n         the house, furniture, furnishings, grounds, the mill, fields,\n         barnyards and barn; a folder concerning \" \n          Belmead \" after it was sold and became the\n          St. Emma Military Academy for black\n         men.","Blow Family -Photographs of \n          Margaret Blow Elliot (1849-1910); Judge \n          George Blow (1813-1894); and \n          Elizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow .","Bowdoin Family -Photographs of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin (1787-1821); and \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke (1815-1872).","\" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County -Photographs of \" \n          Bremo \"; copies of correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball ; and material pertaining to\n         the auction sale of 1926.","Browne Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          John Tucker Bowdoin ( \n          Sarah Edwards Browne , 1794-1815); and\n         Mrs. \n          William Browne ( \n          Elizabeth Ruffin , 1771-1799?).","Burwell Family -Photograph of \n          Edmond Bradford Burwell .","Carter Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          Robert Carter ( \n          Judith Armistead ) and Colonel \n          Robert Carter of \" \n          Corotoman . \"","Betty Page Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Cocke and friends; a \n          University of Virginia graduation scene; \n          St. Paul's Memorial Church , at the \n          University of Virginia ; \"Winnie, the\n         colored maid, cook, mammy \u0026 friend of \n          Betty Page Cocke and \n          Mary Louise Cocke \"; UVA students; the\n         boarding house; and Dr. \n          Charles Minor .","John Bowdoin Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke (1841-1900); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889); and the\n         Rev. \n          John Cosby ; the commission of \n          J.B. Cocke in the \n          Virginia Militia ; and the marriage\n         license of Betty and \n          John Bowdoin Cocke .","John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951)\n         -Photographs of himself and the \n          Gas Works Crew , \n          Savannah, Georgia .","John Hartwell Cocke -Photographs of \n          John H. Cocke ; \n          Sally Cocke Faulcon ; \n          Sally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent ; \n          Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke (1784-1816).","Mary Louise Cocke -Photographs of herself\n         and a trip to the West Coast.","Norborne Page Cocke (1878-1940)\n         -Photographs of himself.","Philip St. George Cocke -Photographs of \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke ;\n          Philip St. George Cocke (1809-1861); Miss \n          \"Bunny\" Cocke ; \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1844-); and\n         copies of correspondence with \n          Douglas Southall Freeman .","Richard Cocke -Photographs of \n          Richard Cocke IV (1707-1772); Colonel \n          Nathaniel Cocke (1746-1813).","Corbin Family -Photograph of [ \n          Henry Corbin ?].","Napoleon Bonaparte Drew -Photographs.","Elliot Family folders with photographs\n         include: \n          Allmand Elliot (1881-1908); \n          Elizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson (1887\n         -?) and Dr. \n          Gordon Wilson ; \n          George Blow Elliot (1873-1948); \n          Esther Ellery Elliot Sparkman (?-1955); \n          Ellery Sparkman ; \n          Gilbert Elliot ; \n          Charles G. Elliot ; \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot ; \n          Margaret Elliot (1884-1966); \n          Milton C. Elliot (1879-1928) and his sons,\n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot ; \n          Warren Grice Elliot (1848-1906); \n          Margaret Blow (1849-1910); and \n          Warren Grice Elliot, Jr. (1875-1930).","\" \n          Four Acres , \" \n          Charlottesville, Virginia","\" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County","Grice Family -Photographs of \n          Charles Grice (1762-1832); and \n          Joseph Grice .","\" \n          Lower Bremo \" and \" \n          Bremo Recess \"","\" \n          Mount Pleasant , \" \n          Surry County","Nelson Family -Photographs of \n          Elizabeth Burwell Nelson (1718-1793); \n          William Nelson (1711-1772); \n          Margaret Reade Nelson ; \n          Lucy Nelson ; and \n          Jane Byrd Nelson (engraving).","Page Family -Photographs of Colonel \n          John Page ; \n          Jane (Byrd) Page ; \" \n          Rosewell \" ruins; Colonel \n          Matthew Page (1659-1703); \n          Mary Mann Page (1672-1707); \n          Mann Page I (1691-1730); \n          Judith Carter Page ; \n          Mann Page II (1749-1803); \n          Anne Corbin Tayloe Page ; \n          Lucy Landonia Page Booker ; \n          Charles Carter Page ; \n          William Armistead Page ; \n          John Page ; \n          Hamilton Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Page, Jr. ; \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke ; \n          St. Paul's Church , \n          Petersburg ; \n          Mary Louise Jones Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Nelson Page ; Mrs. \n          Lewis Booker , \n          Betty Booker \u0026 Mrs. \n          Lily Booker Cole .","Photographs -Miscellaneous - \n          Woodrow Wilson ; \n          Petersburg Mathematical \u0026 Classical\n         Institute ; \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; \n          University of Virginia Rotunda ; \n          Thomas H. Carter ; \n          George Ben Johnston ; \n          Wilson Howe (1903 -?); \n          Helen Johnston and \n          Anne Roy Johnston ; \n          University of Virginia students and\n         buildings; \n          Herman H. Swift ; \n          William Lancaster ; \n          Joe Cox ; \n          Maria Garnett Venn ; \n          Ellen Douglas ; Burton, \n          Archibald Henderson and \n          Jean Craige ; \n          Vicksburg seawall; \n          Bloomfield Academy , \n          Albemarle County ; French ruins \n          Belleau Woods and \n          Chateau-Thierry gravesite.","Tayloe Family -Photographs of Mr. \u0026 Mrs.\n          John Tayloe I.","Edward Troye -Printed Material \u0026\n         Photographs -Horses \"Utilitarian,\" \"Roebuck,\" \"Cleveland.\"","The bound volume, memorabilia, and oversize material series\n         is listed in detail at the end of this guide. Any bound\n         volumes not in folders have been assigned a number to\n         facilitate location in the box. Memorabilia consists of\n         membership cards, annual tickets of admission, and railroad\n         passes belonging to \n          Betty Cocke , \n          Lucy H. Cocke Elliot and \n          Milton C. Elliot ; calling cards; a \n          Democratic National Convention souvenir;\n         U.S. Government Thrift Card; Six \n          Great Britain Coronation commemorative\n         stamps, 1937 May 12; War Ration Book; \n          Jamestown Exposition souvenir; autograph\n         of \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; and \n          University of Virginia memorabilia,\n         including ribbons and pins from various ribbon societies (see\n         Box 39 and Mini-Tray 40). The bound volumes are chiefly those\n         of the \n          Cocke family and \n          Milton C. Elliot , and include school\n         notebooks, annuals and autograph albums; travel journals;\n         memoranda books; a ledger; address books; a scrapbook of\n         newsclippings; diaries; visitation and wedding invitation\n         books; an account book; and a photgraph album of \n          University of Virginia scenes, belonging\n         to \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke Elliot [ante\n         1906?].","Oversize material includes a pardon to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1865 Jul 6);\n         photographs of Dr. \n          Norborne Page Cocke , \n          George Blow Elliot , \n          William Gibbs McAdoo , and members of the \n          Federal Reserve Board ; certificates of\n         membership and career advancements of \n          Milton Elliot in law practice in \n          Virginia , \n          Pennsylvania , and \n          Washington, D.C. ; \n          Sons of the American\n         Revolution certificate of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1926 Jun 1);\n         architectural drawings for residences and outbuildings of M.C.\n         and \n          Lucy Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot ; and genealogical\n         material pertaining to the \n          Cocke and \n          Page families."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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Cocke","Lelia B. Cocke","Betty Page\n                  Cocke","John Bowdoin\n                  Cocke","John T. Bowdoin\n                  Cocke","Norborne Page\n                  Cocke","Cocke Family","Richard E. Powell,\n                  Jr.","Drew Family","Allmand\n                  Elliot","Charles\n                  Elliot","Elizabeth Preston (Elliot)\n                  Wilson","George Blow\n                  Elliot","Margaret\n                  Elliot","Charles Grice\n                  Elliot","Robert Garrison Elliot","Warren Grice\n                  Elliot","Warren Grice Elliot,\n                  Jr.","James Westhall Ford","[Susan Charles]\n                  Grice","Pocahontas","John Rolfe","Fontaine Alger Cocke","Betty Burwell (Page) Cocke","[L. Eliza ?] Browne","Betty B. Cocke","Lucy H. Cocke","Charles P. Didier","M.C. Elliot","Betty P. Cocke","Andrew Johnson","W.G. McAdoo","National Banking\n                  Associations","R.C.M. Page","John Tucker Bowdoin\n                  Cocke","John P. Elliot","James S. Tuley","Marshall S. Wells"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":226,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:53:36.241Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00143","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00143","_root_":"viu_viu00143","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00143","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00143.xml","title_ssm":["Cocke and Related Family Papers, \n         ca.1773-1992"],"title_tesim":["Cocke and Related Family Papers, \n         ca.1773-1992"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2433-ad and -ae"],"text":["2433-ad and -ae","Cocke and Related Family Papers, \n         ca.1773-1992","ca. 15,000 items","Collection is open to research.","Series I: Correspondence (Boxes 1-22)","Series II: Financial \u0026 Legal Papers (Boxes 23-24)","Series III: Genealogical \u0026 Historical Research Files\n         (Boxes 25-38)","Series IV: Bound Volumes, Memorabilia, \u0026 Oversize\n         Material (Boxes 39-41; Mini-Tray 40; Oversize Boxes P-16 \u0026\n         M-19; Oversize Trays 34 \u0026 55)","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","The \n          Cocke - \n          Elliot Family papers contain ca. 15,000\n         items (41 Hollinger boxes, ca. 17 linear feet and four\n         oversize folders), ca. 1773-1992, and consist largely of\n         personal and family correspondence, financial and legal\n         papers, memorabilia, bound volumes, and genealogical and\n         historical research material pertaining to the \n          Cocke , \n          Elliot , and related families from the\n         colonial period through the twentieth century, assembled by \n          John Page Elliot .","The correspondence consists chiefly of the letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke (1872-1973), a prominent\n         resident of \n          Charlottesville, Virginia , and those of\n         her sister, \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot (1876-1969),\n         descendants of General \n          John Hartwell Cocke . The collection also\n         includes some correspondence of \n          John Hartwell Cocke (1780-1866), 1853 Mar\n         9, 1856 Nov 4; General \n          Phillip St. George Cocke (1809-1861), \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889), \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951), \n          Bettie Burwell (Page) Cocke (1841-1900), \n          Mary Louise Cocke (1868-1966), \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot (1879-1928), \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), \n          George H. Venable (1864 Mar 16), and other\n         members of the \n          Cocke and \n          Elliot families.","Early letters of interest include many during the courtship\n         and marriage of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke and \n          Bettie Burwell Page (1860s-1870s); \n          Bettie Burwell Page offering her services\n         and those of a Miss Taylor to the Confederate Secretary of the\n         Treasury (1862 Oct 3); a letter to \n          Bettie Burwell Page concerning her\n         participation in a ceremony to honor the Confederate dead\n         (1866 Jul 18); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke to his wife Bettie\n         describing the release of \n          Jefferson Davis from prison (1867 May);\n         and \n          Betty Page Cocke to General \n          G.H. Bridges concerning the Civil War\n         record of her grandfather \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1892 Dec 2).","The letters of \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot consist of\n         correspondence with family and friends, and contain a series\n         of courtship letters written from about 1890 through 1906 by\n         several \n          University of Virginia students, including\n          Basil Jones , \n          Archibald Watson , \n          R.C. Blackford , \n          Richard S. Whaley , \n          Robert L. Parrish , and \n          Hermann Holst Swift , among others.\n         Several letters written between March and August of 1903\n         describe a tour of \n          Europe and the \n          Mediterranean made by \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke and give her\n         observations on the sites she visited, including \n          Gibraltar , \n          Naples , \n          Pompeii , \n          Athens , \n          Constantinople , \n          Alexandria , \n          Cairo , \n          Giza , \n          Luxor , \n          Sicily , \n          Rome , \n          Venice , \n          Florence , \n          Switzerland , \n          Paris , and \n          London .","Also included are letters from \n          Robert L. Parrish which describe his\n         travels in July and August of 1905 to the \n          Grand Canyon , \n          Yosemite Valley , \n          California , the \n          Great Lakes , \n          Canada , and \n          Alaska . The majority of letters circa\n         1902 -1928 are written by \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot who married \n          Lucy Cocke in 1906. The correspondence\n         contains letters written to and from Lucy and Milton Elliot's\n         two sons, \n          Warren Grice Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot , as well as letters of\n         sympathy received on the death of \n          Milton Elliot in 1928. The later letters\n         of \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot are mainly to and from\n         members of the \n          Cocke family , especially her sister \n          Betty Page Cocke with whom she resided\n         after the death of her husband Milton, and also include a\n         continued correspondence with \n          Hermann Holst Swift .","The letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke are considerably more\n         extensive and pertain to her involvement in politics and\n         historic preservation while also containing letters to family\n         and friends. The collection includes letters which outline her\n         active involvement in such organizations as the \n          Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation , the \n          Woodrow Wilson Foundation , the \n          National Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization , the \n          Women's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense , the \n          Albemarle County Historical Society , the \n          Albemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross , the \n          Women's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform , and the \n          Virginia War History Commission .","Other topics include letters concerning a trip made by \n          Betty Page Cocke to \n          England in 1937 to view the coronation of\n         King \n          George VI and a subsequent tour of \n          Europe during which she injured her hip\n         and had to return home for a long convalescence.\n         Correspondence concerning the involvement of \n          Betty Page Cocke in the settlement of\n         several Cocke family estates include those of \n          Leila B. Cocke , ca. 1925-1930 where Betty\n         acted as the administratrix, \n          Rowena L. Cocke , ca. 1961, and \n          Mazyck Wilson Shields , ca. 1942. These\n         papers describe the sale of items from the plantation of \" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County, Virginia , at auction in\n         1926 and the proposed formation of the \n          Bremo Plantation Inc. from the property of\n         the late \n          Leila B. Cocke . \n          Milton C. Elliot acted as legal\n         representative during the disposition of the estate.","Other correspondents and subjects include: \n          Robert D. Ballantine , who was supposed to\n         have committed suicide partly because \n          Betty Cocke rejected him (17 Nov 1896; 4\n         Jan and 6 Feb 1897; 25 Oct and 31 Dec 1901), letters\n         describing his travels in \n          Europe for education in music and German,\n         and in India with his family and friends; the illness and\n         death of \n          Bettie Burwell Page Cocke (Aug 1900);\n         lists of and letters by students who lived in the boarding\n         house run by \n          Betty Cocke (1961-1964); and \n          Thomas Nelson Page to \"Miss Cocke\" (2 Dec\n         1902) concerning her request to \"hear him read for her.\"\n         Letters concerning artwork include: several to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke about the sale of a\n         Napoleon miniature by \n          Jean Baptiste Isabey (July-Oct 1879); and\n         the disposition of the equestrian portrait of General Scott\n         painted by \n          Edward Troye from Troye's widow, \n          Cornelia A. Troye (Dec 1874-May 1876);\n         letters from representatives of the \n          Virginia Military Institute to \n          Betty Page Cocke concerning the location\n         of the bust of General \n          Philip St. George Cocke by \n          Alexander Galt (Sept 30, Oct 7, 24, 31,\n         1938; and Nov 6, 1939); letters from \n          Bailey and Griffin Inc. , \"Importers of\n         Unusual Chintzes,\" to \n          Betty Cocke about a loan of the heirloom\n         chintz quilt from \" \n          Bremo \" to have the pattern copied (Oct 25\n         and Dec 9, 1938; Mar 4, 1939; and Mar 4 and 13, 1940);\n         correspondence of \n          Betty Cocke with the \n          Virginia Museum of Fine Arts about the\n         loan of 17th and 18th century silver utensils for an exhibit\n         (Oct 11, 28, and Nov 9, 1940; and Jan 15, 1941).","The letters of \n          Milton C. Elliot are chiefly concerned\n         with business matters, especially those to Betty regarding the\n         buying and selling of property and the \n          Leila B Cocke estate; but also include\n         letters to his sons, \n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot in the 1920s while\n         they were boarding students at the \n          Episcopal High School in \n          Alexandria, Virginia , and letters to his\n         wife Lucy before and after their marriage (previously\n         mentioned in connection with Lucy's correspondence). Milton\n         was the toastmaster of the \n          Alfalfa Club in \n          Washington, D.C. in 1919 and some menus\n         and invitations concerning the \n          Alfalfa Club are mixed in with the\n         correspondence.","Other items of interest include letters to \n          Betty Page Cocke which describe the\n         involvement of her friends in World War I, including: a French\n         soldier, \n          A. Murail , thanks \n          Betty Cocke for a Christmas gift (27 Dec\n         1916); \n          John Skelton Williams ' telegram (6 April\n         1917) announces that the President had signed the declaration\n         of war; letters from Dr. \n          Hugh H. Young describe his activities as\n         an army doctor, the morale of the soldiers, conditions in \n          France , and meetings with General\n         Pershing (26 Nov 1917; 26, 29 Mar, 10 Jun, and 3 Sep 1918);\n         Corporal \n          Marion S. Dimmock writes to \n          Betty Cocke , describing conditions at the\n         front (June 1918 and 18 Nov 1918); Other letters (30 Aug, 12\n         Sep, and 30 Nov 1918) written by \"Mary P.\" to \n          Betty Page Cocke describe conditions in \n          France and her work in the offices of the \n          American Fund for French Wounded ; and a\n         description of \n          France during the Armistice (21 Nov\n         1918).","Correspondence in individual folders includes: circular\n         letters from the Rev. \n          Beverley D. Tucker , 1958-1961, describing\n         his missionary work in \n          Japan , travels to \n          Russia , his personal affairs, and\n         pamphlets about the 1960 construction of \n          St. Michaels Church in \n          Sapporo, Japan ; \n          John Skelton Williams , 1917-1921, about\n         World War I, and his resignation as Comptroller of the\n         Currency, excluding personal letters to the \n          Cocke family chiefly of a social nature\n         which are interfiled in the general correspondence; \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , 1924-1928, including\n         letters of sympathy on the death of Milton; \n          Woodrow Wilson and \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Betty Cocke (Edith was a girlhood friend\n         of Betty), including some letters from White House\n         secretaries, 1919-1955, and undated, chiefly of a personal\n         nature except for a transcript of a letter from \n          Woodrow Wilson to the Rector and Visitors\n         at the \n          University of Virginia voicing his\n         opposition to the proposed moving of the Medical School to \n          Richmond (1921 May 30); and letters from \n          Napoleon Drew and family, a former slave\n         at \" \n          Belmead . \" For photographs of Napoleon\n         Drew see Box 32.","Financial and legal papers includes information about court\n         cases and petitions involving the \n          Cocke family ; letters from \n          Betty Cocke 's stockbrokers, \n          John L. Williams and Sons , concerning\n         stocks in the \n          Seaboard Syndicate , \n          Warner Bros , and the \n          2nd Bank of the United States ; letters\n         about leases, sales of property, deeds, permits, building\n         contracts and other papers regarding the real estate dealings\n         of \n          Betty Cocke ; \n          Lucy Elliot 's correspondence with \n          S.C. Chancellor , \n          Redland Corporation , and the \n          Xi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity ; a\n         permit for liquor purchase during Prohibition (22 Jan 1921);\n         funeral expenses and the finances of the \n          Elliot family after the death of \n          Milton C. Elliot in 1928; \n          Atlantic Coast Railroad Company liens and\n         garnishments, 1933-1938 (separately foldered); specifications\n         for houses by \n          Eugene Brady for \n          Milton Elliot in \n          Charlottesville and \n          Washington, D.C. (which was never built);\n         correspondence regarding the proposed creation of parking\n         spaces in front of the \n          Rotunda to which Betty was bitterly\n         opposed (5 Dec 1941-12 July 1946); and some information about\n         the sale of items from \" \n          Bremo , \" the settlement of the estate of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke , and the move of his\n         wife and children after his death to \n          Charlottesville (1889-1892). There are\n         also original financial and legal documents from the \n          Browne family and the \n          Blow family in this collection, 1773-1948.\n         The \n          Blow family documents, 1884-1948, chiefly\n         pertain to property belonging to \n          George Blow in \n          Norfolk, Virginia . The \n          Browne family documents, 1773-1813 and\n         undated, consist of accounts and receipts of Colonel \n          William Browne of \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County, Virginia , with \n          John Hay \u0026 Company , \n          Kilmarnock Carpet Company , and \n          John Hyndman \u0026 Company ; stud fees;\n         and promissory notes.","The genealogical and historical research files were\n         assembled by \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), son of \n          Milton C. Elliot and \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , and include\n         correspondence, notes, genealogical charts and diagrams,\n         photographs of portraits and individuals, printed material\n         from magazines, newsclippings, copies and transcripts of\n         letters, and miscellaneous related material. Most of the\n         original letters have been filed with the correspondence\n         series.","Several original items pertaining to the \n          Cocke family have been interfiled with the\n         rest of the \n          Cocke Family Papers in 640, etc., including:\n         \" \n          Belmead \" building plans, Box 182 (n.d.);\n         a letter from \n          Buller Cocke to \n          John Hartwell Cocke , August 23, 1820 (Box\n         32); a bank book of \n          John T. Bowdoin , 1817-1819, with the \n          Bank of the United States , \n          Norfolk (Box 25); a bank book of \n          Philip St. George Cocke , 1838-1839, with\n         the \n          Exchange Bank of Virginia , \n          Richmond (Box 93); a drawing of a\n         carriage, Box 182 (n.d.); two appointments of \n          Philip St. George Cocke to Visitor of\n         V.M.I. (1850 May 25 and 1858 May 25), Box 132, and an\n         appointment as an \"aide de camp,\" Box 131, (1850 Feb 22);\n         pedigree for a horse owned by \n          John Hartwell Cocke , Seagate, Box 182\n         (n.d.); a list of valuables, Box 172, (1865 Mar 13); and a\n         drawing of an \"Overseer's Cottage\" at \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County , possibly by \n          Philip St. George Cocke , Box 93\n         (1838).","These genealogical files are arranged alphabetically by the\n         name of the family, individual, or subject. Some files also\n         include information about children and wives under the name of\n         the father. Folders which include photographs, notable\n         correspondents, etc. are listed here:","Barraud Family Portraits - \n          Daniel Cary Barraud (1725-1784?); \n          Ann Barraud Cocke (1785-1816); \n          Ann Blaws Hansford Barraud (1760-1836);\n         Dr. \n          Philip Barraud (1758-1830); \n          Catherine Curle Barraud ; \n          Courtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud ; and \n          Philip Barraud \u0026 \n          Courtney Barraud .","\" \n          Belmead , \" \n          Powhatan County -Copies of correspondence\n         re the sale of the plantation in 1892 and copies of\n         correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball concerning \" \n          Belmead \"; early photographs, including\n         the house, furniture, furnishings, grounds, the mill, fields,\n         barnyards and barn; a folder concerning \" \n          Belmead \" after it was sold and became the\n          St. Emma Military Academy for black\n         men.","Blow Family -Photographs of \n          Margaret Blow Elliot (1849-1910); Judge \n          George Blow (1813-1894); and \n          Elizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow .","Bowdoin Family -Photographs of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin (1787-1821); and \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke (1815-1872).","\" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County -Photographs of \" \n          Bremo \"; copies of correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball ; and material pertaining to\n         the auction sale of 1926.","Browne Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          John Tucker Bowdoin ( \n          Sarah Edwards Browne , 1794-1815); and\n         Mrs. \n          William Browne ( \n          Elizabeth Ruffin , 1771-1799?).","Burwell Family -Photograph of \n          Edmond Bradford Burwell .","Carter Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          Robert Carter ( \n          Judith Armistead ) and Colonel \n          Robert Carter of \" \n          Corotoman . \"","Betty Page Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Cocke and friends; a \n          University of Virginia graduation scene; \n          St. Paul's Memorial Church , at the \n          University of Virginia ; \"Winnie, the\n         colored maid, cook, mammy \u0026 friend of \n          Betty Page Cocke and \n          Mary Louise Cocke \"; UVA students; the\n         boarding house; and Dr. \n          Charles Minor .","John Bowdoin Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke (1841-1900); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889); and the\n         Rev. \n          John Cosby ; the commission of \n          J.B. Cocke in the \n          Virginia Militia ; and the marriage\n         license of Betty and \n          John Bowdoin Cocke .","John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951)\n         -Photographs of himself and the \n          Gas Works Crew , \n          Savannah, Georgia .","John Hartwell Cocke -Photographs of \n          John H. Cocke ; \n          Sally Cocke Faulcon ; \n          Sally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent ; \n          Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke (1784-1816).","Mary Louise Cocke -Photographs of herself\n         and a trip to the West Coast.","Norborne Page Cocke (1878-1940)\n         -Photographs of himself.","Philip St. George Cocke -Photographs of \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke ;\n          Philip St. George Cocke (1809-1861); Miss \n          \"Bunny\" Cocke ; \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1844-); and\n         copies of correspondence with \n          Douglas Southall Freeman .","Richard Cocke -Photographs of \n          Richard Cocke IV (1707-1772); Colonel \n          Nathaniel Cocke (1746-1813).","Corbin Family -Photograph of [ \n          Henry Corbin ?].","Napoleon Bonaparte Drew -Photographs.","Elliot Family folders with photographs\n         include: \n          Allmand Elliot (1881-1908); \n          Elizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson (1887\n         -?) and Dr. \n          Gordon Wilson ; \n          George Blow Elliot (1873-1948); \n          Esther Ellery Elliot Sparkman (?-1955); \n          Ellery Sparkman ; \n          Gilbert Elliot ; \n          Charles G. Elliot ; \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot ; \n          Margaret Elliot (1884-1966); \n          Milton C. Elliot (1879-1928) and his sons,\n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot ; \n          Warren Grice Elliot (1848-1906); \n          Margaret Blow (1849-1910); and \n          Warren Grice Elliot, Jr. (1875-1930).","\" \n          Four Acres , \" \n          Charlottesville, Virginia","\" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County","Grice Family -Photographs of \n          Charles Grice (1762-1832); and \n          Joseph Grice .","\" \n          Lower Bremo \" and \" \n          Bremo Recess \"","\" \n          Mount Pleasant , \" \n          Surry County","Nelson Family -Photographs of \n          Elizabeth Burwell Nelson (1718-1793); \n          William Nelson (1711-1772); \n          Margaret Reade Nelson ; \n          Lucy Nelson ; and \n          Jane Byrd Nelson (engraving).","Page Family -Photographs of Colonel \n          John Page ; \n          Jane (Byrd) Page ; \" \n          Rosewell \" ruins; Colonel \n          Matthew Page (1659-1703); \n          Mary Mann Page (1672-1707); \n          Mann Page I (1691-1730); \n          Judith Carter Page ; \n          Mann Page II (1749-1803); \n          Anne Corbin Tayloe Page ; \n          Lucy Landonia Page Booker ; \n          Charles Carter Page ; \n          William Armistead Page ; \n          John Page ; \n          Hamilton Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Page, Jr. ; \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke ; \n          St. Paul's Church , \n          Petersburg ; \n          Mary Louise Jones Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Nelson Page ; Mrs. \n          Lewis Booker , \n          Betty Booker \u0026 Mrs. \n          Lily Booker Cole .","Photographs -Miscellaneous - \n          Woodrow Wilson ; \n          Petersburg Mathematical \u0026 Classical\n         Institute ; \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; \n          University of Virginia Rotunda ; \n          Thomas H. Carter ; \n          George Ben Johnston ; \n          Wilson Howe (1903 -?); \n          Helen Johnston and \n          Anne Roy Johnston ; \n          University of Virginia students and\n         buildings; \n          Herman H. Swift ; \n          William Lancaster ; \n          Joe Cox ; \n          Maria Garnett Venn ; \n          Ellen Douglas ; Burton, \n          Archibald Henderson and \n          Jean Craige ; \n          Vicksburg seawall; \n          Bloomfield Academy , \n          Albemarle County ; French ruins \n          Belleau Woods and \n          Chateau-Thierry gravesite.","Tayloe Family -Photographs of Mr. \u0026 Mrs.\n          John Tayloe I.","Edward Troye -Printed Material \u0026\n         Photographs -Horses \"Utilitarian,\" \"Roebuck,\" \"Cleveland.\"","The bound volume, memorabilia, and oversize material series\n         is listed in detail at the end of this guide. Any bound\n         volumes not in folders have been assigned a number to\n         facilitate location in the box. Memorabilia consists of\n         membership cards, annual tickets of admission, and railroad\n         passes belonging to \n          Betty Cocke , \n          Lucy H. Cocke Elliot and \n          Milton C. Elliot ; calling cards; a \n          Democratic National Convention souvenir;\n         U.S. Government Thrift Card; Six \n          Great Britain Coronation commemorative\n         stamps, 1937 May 12; War Ration Book; \n          Jamestown Exposition souvenir; autograph\n         of \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; and \n          University of Virginia memorabilia,\n         including ribbons and pins from various ribbon societies (see\n         Box 39 and Mini-Tray 40). The bound volumes are chiefly those\n         of the \n          Cocke family and \n          Milton C. Elliot , and include school\n         notebooks, annuals and autograph albums; travel journals;\n         memoranda books; a ledger; address books; a scrapbook of\n         newsclippings; diaries; visitation and wedding invitation\n         books; an account book; and a photgraph album of \n          University of Virginia scenes, belonging\n         to \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke Elliot [ante\n         1906?].","Oversize material includes a pardon to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1865 Jul 6);\n         photographs of Dr. \n          Norborne Page Cocke , \n          George Blow Elliot , \n          William Gibbs McAdoo , and members of the \n          Federal Reserve Board ; certificates of\n         membership and career advancements of \n          Milton Elliot in law practice in \n          Virginia , \n          Pennsylvania , and \n          Washington, D.C. ; \n          Sons of the American\n         Revolution certificate of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1926 Jun 1);\n         architectural drawings for residences and outbuildings of M.C.\n         and \n          Lucy Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot ; and genealogical\n         material pertaining to the \n          Cocke and \n          Page families.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","University of Virginia","Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation","Woodrow Wilson Foundation","National Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization","Women's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense","Albemarle County Historical Society","Albemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross","Women's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform","Virginia War History Commission","Bremo","Bremo Plantation Inc.","Virginia Military Institute","Bailey and Griffin Inc.","Virginia Museum of Fine Arts","Episcopal High School","Alfalfa Club","American Fund for French Wounded","St. Michaels Church","Belmead","John L. Williams and Sons","Seaboard Syndicate","Warner Bros","2nd Bank of the United States","Redland Corporation","Xi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity","Atlantic Coast Railroad Company","Rotunda","Four Mile Tree Plantation","John Hay \u0026 Company","Kilmarnock Carpet Company","John Hyndman \u0026 Company","Bank of the United States","Exchange Bank of Virginia","St. Emma Military Academy","Corotoman","St. Paul's Memorial Church","Virginia Militia","Gas Works Crew","Four Acres","Lower Bremo","Bremo Recess","Mount Pleasant","Rosewell","St. Paul's Church","Petersburg Mathematical \u0026 Classical\n         Institute","University of Virginia Rotunda","Bloomfield Academy","Democratic National Convention","Jamestown Exposition","Federal Reserve Board","Sons of the American\n         Revolution","Atlantic Coast Line Railroad\n                  Company","Robert E. Lee Memorial\n                  Foundation","Betty Cocke Scholarship Fund","Virginia Military\n                  Institute","Federal Reserve\n                  Board","Elliot Clan Society","Huguenot Society of America","Malvern Hill","Old Bremo","Swann's Point Plantation","William \u0026 Mary","P.D.A. Society","Phi Beta Kappa","Episcopal High School of\n                  Virginia","Eli Banana","German Club","O.N.E.","Omega Sigma","T.I.L.K.A.","Z Society","Final Ball","Beta Theta Pi Fraternity","O.F.C. Club","Ladies Cotillon","Thirteen Club","Yorktown Sesquicentennial\n                  Commission","3rd Pan-American Commercial\n                  Conference","Treasury Department","Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the\n                  Mystic Shrine","University Club of\n                  Washington","University of Virginia Law\n                  School","Almas Temple Ancient Arabic Order of the\n                  Nobles of the Mystic Shrine","Society of the Sons of the American\n                  Revolution","Johnson, Craven \u0026 Gibson","Belle Rive","Johnson, Craven, \u0026 Gibson","Cocke","Elliot","Cocke family","Elliot family","Browne family","Blow family","Cocke Family","Barraud Family","Blow Family","Bowdoin Family","Browne Family","Burwell Family","Carter Family","Corbin Family","Elliot Family","Grice Family","Nelson Family","Page Family","Tayloe Family","Page","Allmand Family","Armistead Family","Barraud","Binns","Bassett Family","Blount Family","Bolling Family","Burwell","Byrd Family","Calvert Family","Carroll Family","Curle Family","Hall","Hansford","Harrison","Kennon","Mann","Mason","Hartwell Family","Harmanson Family","Hill Family","Jones Family","Kennon Family","Lee Family","Preeson Family","Randolph Family","Ruffin Family","Skipwith Family","Swann Family","Thoroughgood Family","Tucker Family","Waller Family","John Page Elliot","Betty Page Cocke","Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot","John Hartwell Cocke","Phillip St. George Cocke","John Bowdoin Cocke","John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke","Bettie Burwell (Page) Cocke","Mary Louise Cocke","Milton Courtwright Elliot","George H. Venable","Bettie Burwell Page","Jefferson Davis","G.H. Bridges","Philip St. George Cocke","Basil Jones","Archibald Watson","R.C. Blackford","Richard S. Whaley","Robert L. Parrish","Hermann Holst Swift","Lucy Hamilton Cocke","Lucy Cocke","Warren Grice Elliot","Milton Elliot","Lucy Cocke Elliot","George VI","Leila B. Cocke","Rowena L. Cocke","Mazyck Wilson Shields","Milton C. Elliot","Robert D. Ballantine","Betty Cocke","Bettie Burwell Page Cocke","Thomas Nelson Page","Jean Baptiste Isabey","Edward Troye","Cornelia A. Troye","Alexander Galt","Leila B Cocke","A. Murail","John Skelton Williams","Hugh H. Young","Marion S. Dimmock","Beverley D. Tucker","Edith Bolling Wilson","Woodrow Wilson","Napoleon Drew","Lucy Elliot","S.C. Chancellor","Eugene Brady","George Blow","William Browne","Buller Cocke","John T. Bowdoin","Daniel Cary Barraud","Ann Barraud Cocke","Ann Blaws Hansford Barraud","Philip Barraud","Catherine Curle Barraud","Courtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud","Courtney Barraud","Fiske Kimball","Margaret Blow Elliot","Elizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow","John Tucker Bowdoin","Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke","Sarah Edwards Browne","Elizabeth Ruffin","Edmond Bradford Burwell","Robert Carter","Judith Armistead","Charles Minor","Betty Burwell Page Cocke","John Cosby","J.B. Cocke","John H. Cocke","Sally Cocke Faulcon","Sally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent","Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke","Norborne Page Cocke","Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke","\"Bunny\" Cocke","Douglas Southall Freeman","Richard Cocke","Nathaniel Cocke","Henry Corbin","Napoleon Bonaparte Drew","Allmand Elliot","Elizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson","Gordon Wilson","George Blow Elliot","Esther Ellery Elliot Sparkman","Ellery Sparkman","Gilbert Elliot","Charles G. Elliot","Margaret Elliot","Margaret Blow","Warren Grice Elliot, Jr.","Charles Grice","Joseph Grice","Elizabeth Burwell Nelson","William Nelson","Margaret Reade Nelson","Lucy Nelson","Jane Byrd Nelson","John Page","Jane (Byrd) Page","Matthew Page","Mary Mann Page","Mann Page","Judith Carter Page","Anne Corbin Tayloe Page","Lucy Landonia Page Booker","Charles Carter Page","William Armistead Page","Hamilton Page","Norborne Thomas Page, Jr.","Mary Louise Jones Page","Norborne Thomas Nelson Page","Lewis Booker","Betty Booker","Lily Booker Cole","Fitzhugh Lee","Thomas H. Carter","George Ben Johnston","Wilson Howe","Helen Johnston","Anne Roy Johnston","Herman H. Swift","William Lancaster","Joe Cox","Maria Garnett Venn","Ellen Douglas","Archibald Henderson","Jean Craige","John Tayloe","Lucy H. Cocke Elliot","Lucy Hamilton Cocke Elliot","William Gibbs McAdoo","Napoleon B. Drew","Beverley D. Tucker, Jr.","John Skelton\n                  Williams","Eugene Bradbury","JOHN PAGE Elliot","Mary B. 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The collection also\n         includes some correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1780-1866), 1853 Mar\n         9, 1856 Nov 4; General \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhillip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1809-1861), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1836-1889), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1951), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell (Page) Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1841-1900), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1868-1966), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Courtwright Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1928), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1913-1992), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Venable\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Mar 16), and other\n         members of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cfamname\u003eElliot\u003c/famname\u003efamilies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarly letters of interest include many during the courtship\n         and marriage of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page\u003c/persname\u003e(1860s-1870s); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page\u003c/persname\u003eoffering her services\n         and those of a Miss Taylor to the Confederate Secretary of the\n         Treasury (1862 Oct 3); a letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page\u003c/persname\u003econcerning her\n         participation in a ceremony to honor the Confederate dead\n         (1866 Jul 18); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife Bettie\n         describing the release of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJefferson Davis\u003c/persname\u003efrom prison (1867 May);\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG.H. Bridges\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the Civil War\n         record of her grandfather \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Dec 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot\u003c/persname\u003econsist of\n         correspondence with family and friends, and contain a series\n         of courtship letters written from about 1890 through 1906 by\n         several \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003estudents, including\n         \u003cpersname\u003eBasil Jones\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArchibald Watson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR.C. Blackford\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRichard S. Whaley\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert L. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHermann Holst Swift\u003c/persname\u003e, among others.\n         Several letters written between March and August of 1903\n         describe a tour of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMediterranean\u003c/geogname\u003emade by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand give her\n         observations on the sites she visited, including \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGibraltar\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNaples\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePompeii\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAthens\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eConstantinople\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCairo\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGiza\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLuxor\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSicily\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included are letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert L. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003ewhich describe his\n         travels in July and August of 1905 to the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGrand Canyon\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYosemite Valley\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCalifornia\u003c/geogname\u003e, the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Lakes\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCanada\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlaska\u003c/geogname\u003e. The majority of letters circa\n         1902 -1928 are written by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Courtwright Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ewho married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ein 1906. The correspondence\n         contains letters written to and from Lucy and Milton Elliot's\n         two sons, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as letters of\n         sympathy received on the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein 1928. The later letters\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eare mainly to and from\n         members of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003e, especially her sister \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ewith whom she resided\n         after the death of her husband Milton, and also include a\n         continued correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHermann Holst Swift\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eare considerably more\n         extensive and pertain to her involvement in politics and\n         historic preservation while also containing letters to family\n         and friends. The collection includes letters which outline her\n         active involvement in such organizations as the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRobert E. Lee Memorial Foundation\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWoodrow Wilson Foundation\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWomen's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlbemarle County Historical Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlbemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWomen's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia War History Commission\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include letters concerning a trip made by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1937 to view the coronation of\n         King \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge VI\u003c/persname\u003eand a subsequent tour of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eduring which she injured her hip\n         and had to return home for a long convalescence.\n         Correspondence concerning the involvement of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ein the settlement of\n         several Cocke family estates include those of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeila B. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, ca. 1925-1930 where Betty\n         acted as the administratrix, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRowena L. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, ca. 1961, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMazyck Wilson Shields\u003c/persname\u003e, ca. 1942. These\n         papers describe the sale of items from the plantation of \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFluvanna County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, at auction in\n         1926 and the proposed formation of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo Plantation Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003efrom the property of\n         the late \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeila B. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eacted as legal\n         representative during the disposition of the estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther correspondents and subjects include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert D. Ballantine\u003c/persname\u003e, who was supposed to\n         have committed suicide partly because \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003erejected him (17 Nov 1896; 4\n         Jan and 6 Feb 1897; 25 Oct and 31 Dec 1901), letters\n         describing his travels in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003efor education in music and German,\n         and in India with his family and friends; the illness and\n         death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(Aug 1900);\n         lists of and letters by students who lived in the boarding\n         house run by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1961-1964); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Nelson Page\u003c/persname\u003eto \"Miss Cocke\" (2 Dec\n         1902) concerning her request to \"hear him read for her.\"\n         Letters concerning artwork include: several to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eabout the sale of a\n         Napoleon miniature by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJean Baptiste Isabey\u003c/persname\u003e(July-Oct 1879); and\n         the disposition of the equestrian portrait of General Scott\n         painted by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Troye\u003c/persname\u003efrom Troye's widow, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCornelia A. Troye\u003c/persname\u003e(Dec 1874-May 1876);\n         letters from representatives of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the location\n         of the bust of General \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eby \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Galt\u003c/persname\u003e(Sept 30, Oct 7, 24, 31,\n         1938; and Nov 6, 1939); letters from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBailey and Griffin Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e, \"Importers of\n         Unusual Chintzes,\" to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eabout a loan of the heirloom\n         chintz quilt from \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e\" to have the pattern copied (Oct 25\n         and Dec 9, 1938; Mar 4, 1939; and Mar 4 and 13, 1940);\n         correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ewith the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Museum of Fine Arts\u003c/corpname\u003eabout the\n         loan of 17th and 18th century silver utensils for an exhibit\n         (Oct 11, 28, and Nov 9, 1940; and Jan 15, 1941).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n         with business matters, especially those to Betty regarding the\n         buying and selling of property and the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeila B Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eestate; but also include\n         letters to his sons, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920s while\n         they were boarding students at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal High School\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and letters to his\n         wife Lucy before and after their marriage (previously\n         mentioned in connection with Lucy's correspondence). Milton\n         was the toastmaster of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlfalfa Club\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 and some menus\n         and invitations concerning the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlfalfa Club\u003c/corpname\u003eare mixed in with the\n         correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ewhich describe the\n         involvement of her friends in World War I, including: a French\n         soldier, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA. Murail\u003c/persname\u003e, thanks \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003efor a Christmas gift (27 Dec\n         1916); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Skelton Williams\u003c/persname\u003e' telegram (6 April\n         1917) announces that the President had signed the declaration\n         of war; letters from Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHugh H. Young\u003c/persname\u003edescribe his activities as\n         an army doctor, the morale of the soldiers, conditions in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, and meetings with General\n         Pershing (26 Nov 1917; 26, 29 Mar, 10 Jun, and 3 Sep 1918);\n         Corporal \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMarion S. Dimmock\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, describing conditions at the\n         front (June 1918 and 18 Nov 1918); Other letters (30 Aug, 12\n         Sep, and 30 Nov 1918) written by \"Mary P.\" to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003edescribe conditions in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand her work in the offices of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Fund for French Wounded\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a\n         description of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the Armistice (21 Nov\n         1918).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence in individual folders includes: circular\n         letters from the Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBeverley D. Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e, 1958-1961, describing\n         his missionary work in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJapan\u003c/geogname\u003e, travels to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, his personal affairs, and\n         pamphlets about the 1960 construction of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Michaels Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSapporo, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Skelton Williams\u003c/persname\u003e, 1917-1921, about\n         World War I, and his resignation as Comptroller of the\n         Currency, excluding personal letters to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003echiefly of a social nature\n         which are interfiled in the general correspondence; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Bolling Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, 1924-1928, including\n         letters of sympathy on the death of Milton; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWoodrow Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Bolling Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(Edith was a girlhood friend\n         of Betty), including some letters from White House\n         secretaries, 1919-1955, and undated, chiefly of a personal\n         nature except for a transcript of a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWoodrow Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eto the Rector and Visitors\n         at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003evoicing his\n         opposition to the proposed moving of the Medical School to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e(1921 May 30); and letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNapoleon Drew\u003c/persname\u003eand family, a former slave\n         at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e. \" For photographs of Napoleon\n         Drew see Box 32.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial and legal papers includes information about court\n         cases and petitions involving the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003e; letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e's stockbrokers, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn L. Williams and Sons\u003c/corpname\u003e, concerning\n         stocks in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSeaboard Syndicate\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWarner Bros\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e2nd Bank of the United States\u003c/corpname\u003e; letters\n         about leases, sales of property, deeds, permits, building\n         contracts and other papers regarding the real estate dealings\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eS.C. Chancellor\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRedland Corporation\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eXi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n         permit for liquor purchase during Prohibition (22 Jan 1921);\n         funeral expenses and the finances of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eElliot family\u003c/famname\u003eafter the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein 1928; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAtlantic Coast Railroad Company\u003c/corpname\u003eliens and\n         garnishments, 1933-1938 (separately foldered); specifications\n         for houses by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEugene Brady\u003c/persname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e(which was never built);\n         correspondence regarding the proposed creation of parking\n         spaces in front of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRotunda\u003c/corpname\u003eto which Betty was bitterly\n         opposed (5 Dec 1941-12 July 1946); and some information about\n         the sale of items from \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" the settlement of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, and the move of his\n         wife and children after his death to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e(1889-1892). There are\n         also original financial and legal documents from the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBrowne family\u003c/famname\u003eand the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBlow family\u003c/famname\u003ein this collection, 1773-1948.\n         The \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBlow family\u003c/famname\u003edocuments, 1884-1948, chiefly\n         pertain to property belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorfolk, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. The \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBrowne family\u003c/famname\u003edocuments, 1773-1813 and\n         undated, consist of accounts and receipts of Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Browne\u003c/persname\u003eof \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Mile Tree Plantation\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, with \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Hay \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKilmarnock Carpet Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Hyndman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; stud fees;\n         and promissory notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe genealogical and historical research files were\n         assembled by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1913-1992), son of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, and include\n         correspondence, notes, genealogical charts and diagrams,\n         photographs of portraits and individuals, printed material\n         from magazines, newsclippings, copies and transcripts of\n         letters, and miscellaneous related material. Most of the\n         original letters have been filed with the correspondence\n         series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral original items pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003ehave been interfiled with the\n         rest of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers in 640, etc., including:\n         \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBelmead\u003c/geogname\u003e\" building plans, Box 182 (n.d.);\n         a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBuller Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, August 23, 1820 (Box\n         32); a bank book of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn T. Bowdoin\u003c/persname\u003e, 1817-1819, with the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of the United States\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorfolk\u003c/geogname\u003e(Box 25); a bank book of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, 1838-1839, with\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eExchange Bank of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e(Box 93); a drawing of a\n         carriage, Box 182 (n.d.); two appointments of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto Visitor of\n         V.M.I. (1850 May 25 and 1858 May 25), Box 132, and an\n         appointment as an \"aide de camp,\" Box 131, (1850 Feb 22);\n         pedigree for a horse owned by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, Seagate, Box 182\n         (n.d.); a list of valuables, Box 172, (1865 Mar 13); and a\n         drawing of an \"Overseer's Cottage\" at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Mile Tree Plantation\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County\u003c/geogname\u003e, possibly by \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, Box 93\n         (1838).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese genealogical files are arranged alphabetically by the\n         name of the family, individual, or subject. Some files also\n         include information about children and wives under the name of\n         the father. Folders which include photographs, notable\n         correspondents, etc. are listed here:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBarraud Family\u003c/famname\u003ePortraits - \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Cary Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e(1725-1784?); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Barraud Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1785-1816); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Blaws Hansford Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e(1760-1836);\n         Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e(1758-1830); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCatherine Curle Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCourtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCourtney Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePowhatan County\u003c/geogname\u003e-Copies of correspondence\n         re the sale of the plantation in 1892 and copies of\n         correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFiske Kimball\u003c/persname\u003econcerning \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e\"; early photographs, including\n         the house, furniture, furnishings, grounds, the mill, fields,\n         barnyards and barn; a folder concerning \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e\" after it was sold and became the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Emma Military Academy\u003c/corpname\u003efor black\n         men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBlow Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Blow Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1849-1910); Judge \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow\u003c/persname\u003e(1813-1894); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBowdoin Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin\u003c/persname\u003e(1787-1821); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1815-1872).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFluvanna County\u003c/geogname\u003e-Photographs of \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e\"; copies of correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFiske Kimball\u003c/persname\u003e; and material pertaining to\n         the auction sale of 1926.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBrowne Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Edwards Browne\u003c/persname\u003e, 1794-1815); and\n         Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Browne\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Ruffin\u003c/persname\u003e, 1771-1799?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBurwell Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photograph of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdmond Bradford Burwell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eCarter Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Carter\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith Armistead\u003c/persname\u003e) and Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Carter\u003c/persname\u003eof \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCorotoman\u003c/corpname\u003e. \"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand friends; a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003egraduation scene; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Memorial Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; \"Winnie, the\n         colored maid, cook, mammy \u0026amp; friend of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e\"; UVA students; the\n         boarding house; and Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Minor\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Burwell Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1841-1900); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1836-1889); and the\n         Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cosby\u003c/persname\u003e; the commission of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ein the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Militia\u003c/corpname\u003e; and the marriage\n         license of Betty and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1951)\n         -Photographs of himself and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGas Works Crew\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSavannah, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Cocke Faulcon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Blaws Barraud Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1784-1816).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of herself\n         and a trip to the West Coast.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1940)\n         -Photographs of himself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e;\n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1809-1861); Miss \n         \u003cpersname\u003e\"Bunny\" Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1844-); and\n         copies of correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eIV (1707-1772); Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1746-1813).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eCorbin Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photograph of [ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Corbin\u003c/persname\u003e?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eNapoleon Bonaparte Drew\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eElliot Family\u003c/famname\u003efolders with photographs\n         include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAllmand Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1881-1908); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e(1887\n         -?) and Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGordon Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1873-1948); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEsther Ellery Elliot Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1955); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEllery Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1966); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1928) and his sons,\n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1906); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Blow\u003c/persname\u003e(1849-1910); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1875-1930).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Acres\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Mile Tree Plantation\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eGrice Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Grice\u003c/persname\u003e(1762-1832); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Grice\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLower Bremo\u003c/corpname\u003e\" and \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo Recess\u003c/corpname\u003e\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eNelson Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Burwell Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e(1718-1793); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e(1711-1772); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Reade Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJane Byrd Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e(engraving).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003ePage Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJane (Byrd) Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRosewell\u003c/corpname\u003e\" ruins; Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMatthew Page\u003c/persname\u003e(1659-1703); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Mann Page\u003c/persname\u003e(1672-1707); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMann Page\u003c/persname\u003eI (1691-1730); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith Carter Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMann Page\u003c/persname\u003eII (1749-1803); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Corbin Tayloe Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Landonia Page Booker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Carter Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Armistead Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHamilton Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Thomas Page, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Burwell Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Jones Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Thomas Nelson Page\u003c/persname\u003e; Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Booker\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Booker\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLily Booker Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs -Miscellaneous - \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWoodrow Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePetersburg Mathematical \u0026amp; Classical\n         Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFitzhugh Lee\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia Rotunda\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas H. Carter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ben Johnston\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilson Howe\u003c/persname\u003e(1903 -?); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Roy Johnston\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003estudents and\n         buildings; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHerman H. Swift\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Lancaster\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Cox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaria Garnett Venn\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEllen Douglas\u003c/persname\u003e; Burton, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArchibald Henderson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJean Craige\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eseawall; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBloomfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003e; French ruins \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBelleau Woods\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChateau-Thierry\u003c/geogname\u003egravesite.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eTayloe Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Mr. \u0026amp; Mrs.\n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tayloe\u003c/persname\u003eI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdward Troye\u003c/persname\u003e-Printed Material \u0026amp;\n         Photographs -Horses \"Utilitarian,\" \"Roebuck,\" \"Cleveland.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bound volume, memorabilia, and oversize material series\n         is listed in detail at the end of this guide. Any bound\n         volumes not in folders have been assigned a number to\n         facilitate location in the box. Memorabilia consists of\n         membership cards, annual tickets of admission, and railroad\n         passes belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy H. Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; calling cards; a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003esouvenir;\n         U.S. Government Thrift Card; Six \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003eCoronation commemorative\n         stamps, 1937 May 12; War Ration Book; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJamestown Exposition\u003c/corpname\u003esouvenir; autograph\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFitzhugh Lee\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ememorabilia,\n         including ribbons and pins from various ribbon societies (see\n         Box 39 and Mini-Tray 40). The bound volumes are chiefly those\n         of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, and include school\n         notebooks, annuals and autograph albums; travel journals;\n         memoranda books; a ledger; address books; a scrapbook of\n         newsclippings; diaries; visitation and wedding invitation\n         books; an account book; and a photgraph album of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003escenes, belonging\n         to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e[ante\n         1906?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOversize material includes a pardon to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jul 6);\n         photographs of Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gibbs McAdoo\u003c/persname\u003e, and members of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFederal Reserve Board\u003c/corpname\u003e; certificates of\n         membership and career advancements of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein law practice in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePennsylvania\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSons of the American\n         Revolution\u003c/corpname\u003ecertificate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1926 Jun 1);\n         architectural drawings for residences and outbuildings of M.C.\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; and genealogical\n         material pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cfamname\u003ePage\u003c/famname\u003efamilies.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The \n          Cocke - \n          Elliot Family papers contain ca. 15,000\n         items (41 Hollinger boxes, ca. 17 linear feet and four\n         oversize folders), ca. 1773-1992, and consist largely of\n         personal and family correspondence, financial and legal\n         papers, memorabilia, bound volumes, and genealogical and\n         historical research material pertaining to the \n          Cocke , \n          Elliot , and related families from the\n         colonial period through the twentieth century, assembled by \n          John Page Elliot .","The correspondence consists chiefly of the letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke (1872-1973), a prominent\n         resident of \n          Charlottesville, Virginia , and those of\n         her sister, \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot (1876-1969),\n         descendants of General \n          John Hartwell Cocke . The collection also\n         includes some correspondence of \n          John Hartwell Cocke (1780-1866), 1853 Mar\n         9, 1856 Nov 4; General \n          Phillip St. George Cocke (1809-1861), \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889), \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951), \n          Bettie Burwell (Page) Cocke (1841-1900), \n          Mary Louise Cocke (1868-1966), \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot (1879-1928), \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), \n          George H. Venable (1864 Mar 16), and other\n         members of the \n          Cocke and \n          Elliot families.","Early letters of interest include many during the courtship\n         and marriage of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke and \n          Bettie Burwell Page (1860s-1870s); \n          Bettie Burwell Page offering her services\n         and those of a Miss Taylor to the Confederate Secretary of the\n         Treasury (1862 Oct 3); a letter to \n          Bettie Burwell Page concerning her\n         participation in a ceremony to honor the Confederate dead\n         (1866 Jul 18); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke to his wife Bettie\n         describing the release of \n          Jefferson Davis from prison (1867 May);\n         and \n          Betty Page Cocke to General \n          G.H. Bridges concerning the Civil War\n         record of her grandfather \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1892 Dec 2).","The letters of \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot consist of\n         correspondence with family and friends, and contain a series\n         of courtship letters written from about 1890 through 1906 by\n         several \n          University of Virginia students, including\n          Basil Jones , \n          Archibald Watson , \n          R.C. Blackford , \n          Richard S. Whaley , \n          Robert L. Parrish , and \n          Hermann Holst Swift , among others.\n         Several letters written between March and August of 1903\n         describe a tour of \n          Europe and the \n          Mediterranean made by \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke and give her\n         observations on the sites she visited, including \n          Gibraltar , \n          Naples , \n          Pompeii , \n          Athens , \n          Constantinople , \n          Alexandria , \n          Cairo , \n          Giza , \n          Luxor , \n          Sicily , \n          Rome , \n          Venice , \n          Florence , \n          Switzerland , \n          Paris , and \n          London .","Also included are letters from \n          Robert L. Parrish which describe his\n         travels in July and August of 1905 to the \n          Grand Canyon , \n          Yosemite Valley , \n          California , the \n          Great Lakes , \n          Canada , and \n          Alaska . The majority of letters circa\n         1902 -1928 are written by \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot who married \n          Lucy Cocke in 1906. The correspondence\n         contains letters written to and from Lucy and Milton Elliot's\n         two sons, \n          Warren Grice Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot , as well as letters of\n         sympathy received on the death of \n          Milton Elliot in 1928. The later letters\n         of \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot are mainly to and from\n         members of the \n          Cocke family , especially her sister \n          Betty Page Cocke with whom she resided\n         after the death of her husband Milton, and also include a\n         continued correspondence with \n          Hermann Holst Swift .","The letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke are considerably more\n         extensive and pertain to her involvement in politics and\n         historic preservation while also containing letters to family\n         and friends. The collection includes letters which outline her\n         active involvement in such organizations as the \n          Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation , the \n          Woodrow Wilson Foundation , the \n          National Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization , the \n          Women's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense , the \n          Albemarle County Historical Society , the \n          Albemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross , the \n          Women's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform , and the \n          Virginia War History Commission .","Other topics include letters concerning a trip made by \n          Betty Page Cocke to \n          England in 1937 to view the coronation of\n         King \n          George VI and a subsequent tour of \n          Europe during which she injured her hip\n         and had to return home for a long convalescence.\n         Correspondence concerning the involvement of \n          Betty Page Cocke in the settlement of\n         several Cocke family estates include those of \n          Leila B. Cocke , ca. 1925-1930 where Betty\n         acted as the administratrix, \n          Rowena L. Cocke , ca. 1961, and \n          Mazyck Wilson Shields , ca. 1942. These\n         papers describe the sale of items from the plantation of \" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County, Virginia , at auction in\n         1926 and the proposed formation of the \n          Bremo Plantation Inc. from the property of\n         the late \n          Leila B. Cocke . \n          Milton C. Elliot acted as legal\n         representative during the disposition of the estate.","Other correspondents and subjects include: \n          Robert D. Ballantine , who was supposed to\n         have committed suicide partly because \n          Betty Cocke rejected him (17 Nov 1896; 4\n         Jan and 6 Feb 1897; 25 Oct and 31 Dec 1901), letters\n         describing his travels in \n          Europe for education in music and German,\n         and in India with his family and friends; the illness and\n         death of \n          Bettie Burwell Page Cocke (Aug 1900);\n         lists of and letters by students who lived in the boarding\n         house run by \n          Betty Cocke (1961-1964); and \n          Thomas Nelson Page to \"Miss Cocke\" (2 Dec\n         1902) concerning her request to \"hear him read for her.\"\n         Letters concerning artwork include: several to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke about the sale of a\n         Napoleon miniature by \n          Jean Baptiste Isabey (July-Oct 1879); and\n         the disposition of the equestrian portrait of General Scott\n         painted by \n          Edward Troye from Troye's widow, \n          Cornelia A. Troye (Dec 1874-May 1876);\n         letters from representatives of the \n          Virginia Military Institute to \n          Betty Page Cocke concerning the location\n         of the bust of General \n          Philip St. George Cocke by \n          Alexander Galt (Sept 30, Oct 7, 24, 31,\n         1938; and Nov 6, 1939); letters from \n          Bailey and Griffin Inc. , \"Importers of\n         Unusual Chintzes,\" to \n          Betty Cocke about a loan of the heirloom\n         chintz quilt from \" \n          Bremo \" to have the pattern copied (Oct 25\n         and Dec 9, 1938; Mar 4, 1939; and Mar 4 and 13, 1940);\n         correspondence of \n          Betty Cocke with the \n          Virginia Museum of Fine Arts about the\n         loan of 17th and 18th century silver utensils for an exhibit\n         (Oct 11, 28, and Nov 9, 1940; and Jan 15, 1941).","The letters of \n          Milton C. Elliot are chiefly concerned\n         with business matters, especially those to Betty regarding the\n         buying and selling of property and the \n          Leila B Cocke estate; but also include\n         letters to his sons, \n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot in the 1920s while\n         they were boarding students at the \n          Episcopal High School in \n          Alexandria, Virginia , and letters to his\n         wife Lucy before and after their marriage (previously\n         mentioned in connection with Lucy's correspondence). Milton\n         was the toastmaster of the \n          Alfalfa Club in \n          Washington, D.C. in 1919 and some menus\n         and invitations concerning the \n          Alfalfa Club are mixed in with the\n         correspondence.","Other items of interest include letters to \n          Betty Page Cocke which describe the\n         involvement of her friends in World War I, including: a French\n         soldier, \n          A. Murail , thanks \n          Betty Cocke for a Christmas gift (27 Dec\n         1916); \n          John Skelton Williams ' telegram (6 April\n         1917) announces that the President had signed the declaration\n         of war; letters from Dr. \n          Hugh H. Young describe his activities as\n         an army doctor, the morale of the soldiers, conditions in \n          France , and meetings with General\n         Pershing (26 Nov 1917; 26, 29 Mar, 10 Jun, and 3 Sep 1918);\n         Corporal \n          Marion S. Dimmock writes to \n          Betty Cocke , describing conditions at the\n         front (June 1918 and 18 Nov 1918); Other letters (30 Aug, 12\n         Sep, and 30 Nov 1918) written by \"Mary P.\" to \n          Betty Page Cocke describe conditions in \n          France and her work in the offices of the \n          American Fund for French Wounded ; and a\n         description of \n          France during the Armistice (21 Nov\n         1918).","Correspondence in individual folders includes: circular\n         letters from the Rev. \n          Beverley D. Tucker , 1958-1961, describing\n         his missionary work in \n          Japan , travels to \n          Russia , his personal affairs, and\n         pamphlets about the 1960 construction of \n          St. Michaels Church in \n          Sapporo, Japan ; \n          John Skelton Williams , 1917-1921, about\n         World War I, and his resignation as Comptroller of the\n         Currency, excluding personal letters to the \n          Cocke family chiefly of a social nature\n         which are interfiled in the general correspondence; \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , 1924-1928, including\n         letters of sympathy on the death of Milton; \n          Woodrow Wilson and \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Betty Cocke (Edith was a girlhood friend\n         of Betty), including some letters from White House\n         secretaries, 1919-1955, and undated, chiefly of a personal\n         nature except for a transcript of a letter from \n          Woodrow Wilson to the Rector and Visitors\n         at the \n          University of Virginia voicing his\n         opposition to the proposed moving of the Medical School to \n          Richmond (1921 May 30); and letters from \n          Napoleon Drew and family, a former slave\n         at \" \n          Belmead . \" For photographs of Napoleon\n         Drew see Box 32.","Financial and legal papers includes information about court\n         cases and petitions involving the \n          Cocke family ; letters from \n          Betty Cocke 's stockbrokers, \n          John L. Williams and Sons , concerning\n         stocks in the \n          Seaboard Syndicate , \n          Warner Bros , and the \n          2nd Bank of the United States ; letters\n         about leases, sales of property, deeds, permits, building\n         contracts and other papers regarding the real estate dealings\n         of \n          Betty Cocke ; \n          Lucy Elliot 's correspondence with \n          S.C. Chancellor , \n          Redland Corporation , and the \n          Xi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity ; a\n         permit for liquor purchase during Prohibition (22 Jan 1921);\n         funeral expenses and the finances of the \n          Elliot family after the death of \n          Milton C. Elliot in 1928; \n          Atlantic Coast Railroad Company liens and\n         garnishments, 1933-1938 (separately foldered); specifications\n         for houses by \n          Eugene Brady for \n          Milton Elliot in \n          Charlottesville and \n          Washington, D.C. (which was never built);\n         correspondence regarding the proposed creation of parking\n         spaces in front of the \n          Rotunda to which Betty was bitterly\n         opposed (5 Dec 1941-12 July 1946); and some information about\n         the sale of items from \" \n          Bremo , \" the settlement of the estate of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke , and the move of his\n         wife and children after his death to \n          Charlottesville (1889-1892). There are\n         also original financial and legal documents from the \n          Browne family and the \n          Blow family in this collection, 1773-1948.\n         The \n          Blow family documents, 1884-1948, chiefly\n         pertain to property belonging to \n          George Blow in \n          Norfolk, Virginia . The \n          Browne family documents, 1773-1813 and\n         undated, consist of accounts and receipts of Colonel \n          William Browne of \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County, Virginia , with \n          John Hay \u0026 Company , \n          Kilmarnock Carpet Company , and \n          John Hyndman \u0026 Company ; stud fees;\n         and promissory notes.","The genealogical and historical research files were\n         assembled by \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), son of \n          Milton C. Elliot and \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , and include\n         correspondence, notes, genealogical charts and diagrams,\n         photographs of portraits and individuals, printed material\n         from magazines, newsclippings, copies and transcripts of\n         letters, and miscellaneous related material. Most of the\n         original letters have been filed with the correspondence\n         series.","Several original items pertaining to the \n          Cocke family have been interfiled with the\n         rest of the \n          Cocke Family Papers in 640, etc., including:\n         \" \n          Belmead \" building plans, Box 182 (n.d.);\n         a letter from \n          Buller Cocke to \n          John Hartwell Cocke , August 23, 1820 (Box\n         32); a bank book of \n          John T. Bowdoin , 1817-1819, with the \n          Bank of the United States , \n          Norfolk (Box 25); a bank book of \n          Philip St. George Cocke , 1838-1839, with\n         the \n          Exchange Bank of Virginia , \n          Richmond (Box 93); a drawing of a\n         carriage, Box 182 (n.d.); two appointments of \n          Philip St. George Cocke to Visitor of\n         V.M.I. (1850 May 25 and 1858 May 25), Box 132, and an\n         appointment as an \"aide de camp,\" Box 131, (1850 Feb 22);\n         pedigree for a horse owned by \n          John Hartwell Cocke , Seagate, Box 182\n         (n.d.); a list of valuables, Box 172, (1865 Mar 13); and a\n         drawing of an \"Overseer's Cottage\" at \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County , possibly by \n          Philip St. George Cocke , Box 93\n         (1838).","These genealogical files are arranged alphabetically by the\n         name of the family, individual, or subject. Some files also\n         include information about children and wives under the name of\n         the father. Folders which include photographs, notable\n         correspondents, etc. are listed here:","Barraud Family Portraits - \n          Daniel Cary Barraud (1725-1784?); \n          Ann Barraud Cocke (1785-1816); \n          Ann Blaws Hansford Barraud (1760-1836);\n         Dr. \n          Philip Barraud (1758-1830); \n          Catherine Curle Barraud ; \n          Courtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud ; and \n          Philip Barraud \u0026 \n          Courtney Barraud .","\" \n          Belmead , \" \n          Powhatan County -Copies of correspondence\n         re the sale of the plantation in 1892 and copies of\n         correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball concerning \" \n          Belmead \"; early photographs, including\n         the house, furniture, furnishings, grounds, the mill, fields,\n         barnyards and barn; a folder concerning \" \n          Belmead \" after it was sold and became the\n          St. Emma Military Academy for black\n         men.","Blow Family -Photographs of \n          Margaret Blow Elliot (1849-1910); Judge \n          George Blow (1813-1894); and \n          Elizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow .","Bowdoin Family -Photographs of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin (1787-1821); and \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke (1815-1872).","\" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County -Photographs of \" \n          Bremo \"; copies of correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball ; and material pertaining to\n         the auction sale of 1926.","Browne Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          John Tucker Bowdoin ( \n          Sarah Edwards Browne , 1794-1815); and\n         Mrs. \n          William Browne ( \n          Elizabeth Ruffin , 1771-1799?).","Burwell Family -Photograph of \n          Edmond Bradford Burwell .","Carter Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          Robert Carter ( \n          Judith Armistead ) and Colonel \n          Robert Carter of \" \n          Corotoman . \"","Betty Page Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Cocke and friends; a \n          University of Virginia graduation scene; \n          St. Paul's Memorial Church , at the \n          University of Virginia ; \"Winnie, the\n         colored maid, cook, mammy \u0026 friend of \n          Betty Page Cocke and \n          Mary Louise Cocke \"; UVA students; the\n         boarding house; and Dr. \n          Charles Minor .","John Bowdoin Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke (1841-1900); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889); and the\n         Rev. \n          John Cosby ; the commission of \n          J.B. Cocke in the \n          Virginia Militia ; and the marriage\n         license of Betty and \n          John Bowdoin Cocke .","John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951)\n         -Photographs of himself and the \n          Gas Works Crew , \n          Savannah, Georgia .","John Hartwell Cocke -Photographs of \n          John H. Cocke ; \n          Sally Cocke Faulcon ; \n          Sally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent ; \n          Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke (1784-1816).","Mary Louise Cocke -Photographs of herself\n         and a trip to the West Coast.","Norborne Page Cocke (1878-1940)\n         -Photographs of himself.","Philip St. George Cocke -Photographs of \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke ;\n          Philip St. George Cocke (1809-1861); Miss \n          \"Bunny\" Cocke ; \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1844-); and\n         copies of correspondence with \n          Douglas Southall Freeman .","Richard Cocke -Photographs of \n          Richard Cocke IV (1707-1772); Colonel \n          Nathaniel Cocke (1746-1813).","Corbin Family -Photograph of [ \n          Henry Corbin ?].","Napoleon Bonaparte Drew -Photographs.","Elliot Family folders with photographs\n         include: \n          Allmand Elliot (1881-1908); \n          Elizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson (1887\n         -?) and Dr. \n          Gordon Wilson ; \n          George Blow Elliot (1873-1948); \n          Esther Ellery Elliot Sparkman (?-1955); \n          Ellery Sparkman ; \n          Gilbert Elliot ; \n          Charles G. Elliot ; \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot ; \n          Margaret Elliot (1884-1966); \n          Milton C. Elliot (1879-1928) and his sons,\n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot ; \n          Warren Grice Elliot (1848-1906); \n          Margaret Blow (1849-1910); and \n          Warren Grice Elliot, Jr. (1875-1930).","\" \n          Four Acres , \" \n          Charlottesville, Virginia","\" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County","Grice Family -Photographs of \n          Charles Grice (1762-1832); and \n          Joseph Grice .","\" \n          Lower Bremo \" and \" \n          Bremo Recess \"","\" \n          Mount Pleasant , \" \n          Surry County","Nelson Family -Photographs of \n          Elizabeth Burwell Nelson (1718-1793); \n          William Nelson (1711-1772); \n          Margaret Reade Nelson ; \n          Lucy Nelson ; and \n          Jane Byrd Nelson (engraving).","Page Family -Photographs of Colonel \n          John Page ; \n          Jane (Byrd) Page ; \" \n          Rosewell \" ruins; Colonel \n          Matthew Page (1659-1703); \n          Mary Mann Page (1672-1707); \n          Mann Page I (1691-1730); \n          Judith Carter Page ; \n          Mann Page II (1749-1803); \n          Anne Corbin Tayloe Page ; \n          Lucy Landonia Page Booker ; \n          Charles Carter Page ; \n          William Armistead Page ; \n          John Page ; \n          Hamilton Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Page, Jr. ; \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke ; \n          St. Paul's Church , \n          Petersburg ; \n          Mary Louise Jones Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Nelson Page ; Mrs. \n          Lewis Booker , \n          Betty Booker \u0026 Mrs. \n          Lily Booker Cole .","Photographs -Miscellaneous - \n          Woodrow Wilson ; \n          Petersburg Mathematical \u0026 Classical\n         Institute ; \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; \n          University of Virginia Rotunda ; \n          Thomas H. Carter ; \n          George Ben Johnston ; \n          Wilson Howe (1903 -?); \n          Helen Johnston and \n          Anne Roy Johnston ; \n          University of Virginia students and\n         buildings; \n          Herman H. Swift ; \n          William Lancaster ; \n          Joe Cox ; \n          Maria Garnett Venn ; \n          Ellen Douglas ; Burton, \n          Archibald Henderson and \n          Jean Craige ; \n          Vicksburg seawall; \n          Bloomfield Academy , \n          Albemarle County ; French ruins \n          Belleau Woods and \n          Chateau-Thierry gravesite.","Tayloe Family -Photographs of Mr. \u0026 Mrs.\n          John Tayloe I.","Edward Troye -Printed Material \u0026\n         Photographs -Horses \"Utilitarian,\" \"Roebuck,\" \"Cleveland.\"","The bound volume, memorabilia, and oversize material series\n         is listed in detail at the end of this guide. Any bound\n         volumes not in folders have been assigned a number to\n         facilitate location in the box. Memorabilia consists of\n         membership cards, annual tickets of admission, and railroad\n         passes belonging to \n          Betty Cocke , \n          Lucy H. Cocke Elliot and \n          Milton C. Elliot ; calling cards; a \n          Democratic National Convention souvenir;\n         U.S. Government Thrift Card; Six \n          Great Britain Coronation commemorative\n         stamps, 1937 May 12; War Ration Book; \n          Jamestown Exposition souvenir; autograph\n         of \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; and \n          University of Virginia memorabilia,\n         including ribbons and pins from various ribbon societies (see\n         Box 39 and Mini-Tray 40). The bound volumes are chiefly those\n         of the \n          Cocke family and \n          Milton C. Elliot , and include school\n         notebooks, annuals and autograph albums; travel journals;\n         memoranda books; a ledger; address books; a scrapbook of\n         newsclippings; diaries; visitation and wedding invitation\n         books; an account book; and a photgraph album of \n          University of Virginia scenes, belonging\n         to \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke Elliot [ante\n         1906?].","Oversize material includes a pardon to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1865 Jul 6);\n         photographs of Dr. \n          Norborne Page Cocke , \n          George Blow Elliot , \n          William Gibbs McAdoo , and members of the \n          Federal Reserve Board ; certificates of\n         membership and career advancements of \n          Milton Elliot in law practice in \n          Virginia , \n          Pennsylvania , and \n          Washington, D.C. ; \n          Sons of the American\n         Revolution certificate of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1926 Jun 1);\n         architectural drawings for residences and outbuildings of M.C.\n         and \n          Lucy Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot ; and genealogical\n         material pertaining to the \n          Cocke and \n          Page families."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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Public Health Servicefrom 1920 to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat and served primarily in Europeand Indonesiafrom 1933 until his retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters. In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports, memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I. Booth FamilyPapers, II. Papers of Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr., and III. Papers of Ambassador Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr.There are various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more detailed description of the papers, especially biographical and organizational information, can be found later in this guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III). This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f, 6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n, 6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to the Booth family, and consists of ca. 270 items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978. Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs of the Booth family; and biographical and genealogical information in the form of correspondence, notes, copies of family documents, and printed material concerning the Boothand allied families such as Armistead, Thomson, Throckmorton, Gilliam, Rootes, Bernard, and Terry.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include Rebecca Hicks Booth, Robert Henry Booth, Edwin Gilliam Booth, and the latter's children, Edwin Gilliam Booth, Archer Jones Booth, Francis Rebecca Booth, and Sarah Tanner Booth, as well as Clara Haxall Thomson Booth, Lucy Almira Booth, Hugh Smith Cumming, Charles J. Cabaniss, and William Cabell Rives.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth's two older sons fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in Virginia. Archer Jones Boothwrote to his father from Clark County, and to his grandmother from a camp near Fredericksburgmentioning long marches and various campsites. Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr., wrote to his father from a camp near Yorktown(June 5, 1861), discussing camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that President [Jefferson] Daviswould send an additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S. Steamer Selma off Mobile, Alabama(April 13, 1864) mentioning the occupation of Vicksburgby Yankees, the defense of Richmond, and news of Archer's regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from E. C. Cabellto Edwin Gilliam Booth(November 22, 1846 and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between Booth and his brother, Archer, and the Bank of Florida; two letters from William Cabell Rivesto Edwin Gilliam Booth(July 5, 1858 and November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.to his sister, Frances Rebecca Booth, from Paris, France(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00113#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viu_viu00113","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00113","_root_":"viu_viu00113","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00113","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00113.xml","title_ssm":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"title_tesim":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["6922-b, -d, -e, -f, -h, -i,\n         -k, -l, -m, -n, -p, -r, -s, -u, -w, -ab, -ac and -ad"],"text":["6922-b, -d, -e, -f, -h, -i,\n         -k, -l, -m, -n, -p, -r, -s, -u, -w, -ab, -ac and -ad","Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984","ca. 53,100 items","Collection is open to research.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","Organization ORGANIZATION The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","ORGANIZATION","The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Shenstone","Winfield Academy","University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill","University of Virginia","Court of Appeals","Nottoway Church","Virginia Legislature","National Centennial Exhibition","Hampton-Sydney College","University of Pennsylvania","Confederate Army","Nottoway Cavalry","Third Virginia Regiment","Confederate Navy","Carter's Grove","Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary","U. S. 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Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Biography","Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\""],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Cumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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William Fulbright","Wilson D. Gillette","Joseph C. Grew","Christian A. Herter","Lou Henry Hoover","Cordell Hull","Herschel V. Johnson","Walter Lippman","Henry Cabot Lodge","John O. Marsh, Jr.","Christopher C. McGrath","David C. Mearns","L. Quincy Mumford","Stanley F. Reed","Eleanor Roosevelt","Elliot Roosevelt","Dean Rusk","Hugh D. Scott, Jr.","John W. Snyder","John Sparkman","Maurice Stans","Edward E. Stettinius, Jr.","Potter Stewart","Robert Taft, Jr.","Edward Thye, Jr.","Harry S. Truman","Edwin Barclay","Chiang Kai-shek","Andrei Gromyko","George Kennan","Hunter Holmes McGuire","Raoul Wallenberg","Frank A. West","Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960","Julius P. Barclay","Edmund Berkeley, Jr.","Colgate W. Darden, Jr.","Ernest H. Ern","Arthur P. Gray III","Frank L. Hereford, Jr.","William H. Runge","B. F. D. Runk","Edgar F. Shannon","John Cook Wyllie","Richard M. Nixon","Diana Whiting Smith Cumming","Bird McGuire","James P. Clarke","Claude A. Swanson","Robert H. Booth","Edwin Gilliam\n                     Booth","Clara Haxell (Thomson)\n                     Booth","Archer Jones\n                     Booth","Frances Rebecca\n                     Booth","Lucy Booth","Hugh Smith\n                     Cumming","Gilliam\n                     Booth","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                     Jr.","Annie Terry","Rebecca Sealy Terry\n                     White","Edwin Gilliam","E. G. Booth","Hugh S. Cumming Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                     Cumming","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                     Jr.","Franklin D. Roosevelt","H. Morganthou, Jr.","Winifred Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                     Sr.","Bess Furman","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                     Sr.","Hugh Smith\n                        Cumming","Winifred B. Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Jr.","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                        Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Nell Hayne","Culver Gleysteen","John B. Kendrick, II","Margaret Kendrick","Anthony Lake","Oscar Morland","H. R. Mumford","Marjorie Savage","Birne T. West","Diana Whiting Smith\n                     Cumming","Marion Kemp","[Bob Wilson]"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":222,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:08:16.902Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                     \u003cpersname\u003e[Bob Wilson]\u003c/persname\u003ebroadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSheridan, Wyoming\u003c/geogname\u003e. Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e. 5 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.\u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00113","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00113","_root_":"viu_viu00113","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00113","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00113.xml","title_ssm":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"title_tesim":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["6922-b, -d, -e, -f, -h, -i,\n         -k, -l, -m, -n, -p, -r, -s, -u, -w, -ab, -ac and -ad"],"text":["6922-b, -d, -e, -f, -h, -i,\n         -k, -l, -m, -n, -p, -r, -s, -u, -w, -ab, -ac and -ad","Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984","ca. 53,100 items","Collection is open to research.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","Organization ORGANIZATION The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","ORGANIZATION","The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Shenstone","Winfield Academy","University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill","University of Virginia","Court of Appeals","Nottoway Church","Virginia Legislature","National Centennial Exhibition","Hampton-Sydney College","University of Pennsylvania","Confederate Army","Nottoway Cavalry","Third Virginia Regiment","Confederate Navy","Carter's Grove","Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary","U. S. 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Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Biography","Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\""],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Cumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                        Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Nell Hayne","Culver Gleysteen","John B. Kendrick, II","Margaret Kendrick","Anthony Lake","Oscar Morland","H. R. Mumford","Marjorie Savage","Birne T. West","Diana Whiting Smith\n                     Cumming","Marion Kemp","[Bob Wilson]"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Shenstone","Winfield Academy","University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill","University of Virginia","Court of Appeals","Nottoway Church","Virginia Legislature","National Centennial Exhibition","Hampton-Sydney College","University of Pennsylvania","Confederate Army","Nottoway Cavalry","Third Virginia Regiment","Confederate Navy","Carter's Grove","Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary","U. S. 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West Trust","Woodrow Wilson House\n                           Council","U.S. Guard Coast","U. S. 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Cumming, Jr.","Hugh Smith","Lucy Booth Cumming","Winifred Burney West","Booth Family","Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr.","Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr.","Rebecca Hicks Booth","Robert Henry Booth","Francis Rebecca Booth","Clara Haxall Thomson Booth","Hugh Smith Cumming","Charles J. Cabaniss","William Cabell Rives","[Jefferson] Davis","E. C. Cabell","HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","Hugh S. Cumming","Lucy Cumming","Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Rupert Blue","Virginia","James F. Epes","Clara Booth","Henrietta Wise","Charles J. Hatfield","Herbert Hoover","[Thomas] Parran","Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming","Lucy B. Cumming","Edwin G. Booth","HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","Dean Acheson","Joseph W. Alsop","John A. Blatnik","Daniel J. Boorstin","John Stewart Bryan","Harry F. Byrd, Jr.","Richard E. Byrd","Bernard P. Chamerlain","Virginius Dabney","C. Douglas Dillon","Thomas N. Downing","Allen W. Dulles","John Foster Dulles","Homer Ferguson","J. Allen Frear, Jr.","Douglas Southall Freeman","J. William Fulbright","Wilson D. Gillette","Joseph C. Grew","Christian A. Herter","Lou Henry Hoover","Cordell Hull","Herschel V. Johnson","Walter Lippman","Henry Cabot Lodge","John O. Marsh, Jr.","Christopher C. McGrath","David C. Mearns","L. Quincy Mumford","Stanley F. Reed","Eleanor Roosevelt","Elliot Roosevelt","Dean Rusk","Hugh D. Scott, Jr.","John W. Snyder","John Sparkman","Maurice Stans","Edward E. Stettinius, Jr.","Potter Stewart","Robert Taft, Jr.","Edward Thye, Jr.","Harry S. Truman","Edwin Barclay","Chiang Kai-shek","Andrei Gromyko","George Kennan","Hunter Holmes McGuire","Raoul Wallenberg","Frank A. West","Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960","Julius P. Barclay","Edmund Berkeley, Jr.","Colgate W. Darden, Jr.","Ernest H. Ern","Arthur P. Gray III","Frank L. Hereford, Jr.","William H. Runge","B. F. D. Runk","Edgar F. Shannon","John Cook Wyllie","Richard M. Nixon","Diana Whiting Smith Cumming","Bird McGuire","James P. Clarke","Claude A. Swanson","Robert H. Booth","Edwin Gilliam\n                     Booth","Clara Haxell (Thomson)\n                     Booth","Archer Jones\n                     Booth","Frances Rebecca\n                     Booth","Lucy Booth","Hugh Smith\n                     Cumming","Gilliam\n                     Booth","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                     Jr.","Annie Terry","Rebecca Sealy Terry\n                     White","Edwin Gilliam","E. G. Booth","Hugh S. Cumming Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                     Cumming","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                     Jr.","Franklin D. Roosevelt","H. Morganthou, Jr.","Winifred Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                     Sr.","Bess Furman","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                     Sr.","Hugh Smith\n                        Cumming","Winifred B. Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Jr.","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                        Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Nell Hayne","Culver Gleysteen","John B. Kendrick, II","Margaret Kendrick","Anthony Lake","Oscar Morland","H. R. Mumford","Marjorie Savage","Birne T. West","Diana Whiting Smith\n                     Cumming","Marion Kemp","[Bob Wilson]"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":222,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:08:16.902Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                     \u003cpersname\u003e[Bob Wilson]\u003c/persname\u003ebroadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSheridan, Wyoming\u003c/geogname\u003e. Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e. 5 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00113"}},{"id":"viu_viu00984","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Douglas Southall Freeman Letters \n         1930-1938","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00984#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"John Page Elliott","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00984#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThese twenty-two letters, 1930-1938, from Douglas Southall Freeman, historian and author, to Misses Betty Pageand M. Louise Cocke, concern letters and manuscripts of their grandfather, Philip St. George Cocke, during the Civil War. During 1930, Freeman was gathering material for \u003cspan type=\"simple\"\u003eR. E. Lee, A Biography\u003c/span\u003e, which was eventually published 1934-1935. While researching this book, he came to the belief that Cocke was one of Lee's \"most valued counsellors\" and that he was \"largely responsible for the plan of operations that led to the great victory at First Manassas.\" While Freeman was unable to include much material on Cocke in his biography of Robert E. Lee, he made an effort to write a detailed sketch of him in \u003cspan type=\"simple\"\u003eLee's Lieutenants, A Study in Command\u003c/span\u003e, published in the early 1942-1946. In November 1937, Freeman asks the Misses Cocke if it is permissible to quote from General Cocke's report on First Manassas in the sketch, and relates that he thinks it best not to quote extensively so as not to reduce the value of the document in case they wish to sell at a later date. These letters reveal a friendly and cooperative relationship in which Freeman researched the letters and manuscripts of Cocke that were in the possession of Misses Betty Page and M. Louise Cocke. 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Louise Cocke , concern letters and\n         manuscripts of their grandfather, \n          Philip St. George Cocke , during the Civil\n         War. During 1930, Freeman was gathering material for \n          R. E. Lee, A Biography , which was eventually published 1934-1935. While\n         researching this book, he came to the belief that Cocke was\n         one of Lee's \"most valued counsellors\" and that he was\n         \"largely responsible for the plan of operations that led to\n         the great victory at First Manassas.\" While Freeman was unable\n         to include much material on Cocke in his biography of Robert\n         E. Lee, he made an effort to write a detailed sketch of him in\n          Lee's Lieutenants, A Study in Command , published in the early 1942-1946. In November 1937,\n         Freeman asks the Misses Cocke if it is permissible to quote\n         from General Cocke's report on First Manassas in the sketch,\n         and relates that he thinks it best not to quote extensively so\n         as not to reduce the value of the document in case they wish\n         to sell at a later date. These letters reveal a friendly and\n         cooperative relationship in which Freeman researched the\n         letters and manuscripts of Cocke that were in the possession\n         of Misses Betty Page and M. Louise Cocke. Freeman also\n         assisted the ladies by working with Dr. \n          [Hamilton James] Eckenrode to find a\n         suitable biographer for Philip St. George Cocke.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Douglas Southall Freeman","Betty Page","M. 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Louise Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, concern letters and\n         manuscripts of their grandfather, \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, during the Civil\n         War. During 1930, Freeman was gathering material for \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eR. E. Lee, A Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, which was eventually published 1934-1935. While\n         researching this book, he came to the belief that Cocke was\n         one of Lee's \"most valued counsellors\" and that he was\n         \"largely responsible for the plan of operations that led to\n         the great victory at First Manassas.\" While Freeman was unable\n         to include much material on Cocke in his biography of Robert\n         E. Lee, he made an effort to write a detailed sketch of him in\n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLee's Lieutenants, A Study in Command\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, published in the early 1942-1946. In November 1937,\n         Freeman asks the Misses Cocke if it is permissible to quote\n         from General Cocke's report on First Manassas in the sketch,\n         and relates that he thinks it best not to quote extensively so\n         as not to reduce the value of the document in case they wish\n         to sell at a later date. These letters reveal a friendly and\n         cooperative relationship in which Freeman researched the\n         letters and manuscripts of Cocke that were in the possession\n         of Misses Betty Page and M. Louise Cocke. 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The collection also\n         includes some correspondence of \n          John Hartwell Cocke (1780-1866), 1853 Mar\n         9, 1856 Nov 4; General \n          Phillip St. George Cocke (1809-1861), \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889), \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951), \n          Bettie Burwell (Page) Cocke (1841-1900), \n          Mary Louise Cocke (1868-1966), \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot (1879-1928), \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), \n          George H. Venable (1864 Mar 16), and other\n         members of the \n          Cocke and \n          Elliot families.","Early letters of interest include many during the courtship\n         and marriage of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke and \n          Bettie Burwell Page (1860s-1870s); \n          Bettie Burwell Page offering her services\n         and those of a Miss Taylor to the Confederate Secretary of the\n         Treasury (1862 Oct 3); a letter to \n          Bettie Burwell Page concerning her\n         participation in a ceremony to honor the Confederate dead\n         (1866 Jul 18); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke to his wife Bettie\n         describing the release of \n          Jefferson Davis from prison (1867 May);\n         and \n          Betty Page Cocke to General \n          G.H. Bridges concerning the Civil War\n         record of her grandfather \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1892 Dec 2).","The letters of \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot consist of\n         correspondence with family and friends, and contain a series\n         of courtship letters written from about 1890 through 1906 by\n         several \n          University of Virginia students, including\n          Basil Jones , \n          Archibald Watson , \n          R.C. Blackford , \n          Richard S. Whaley , \n          Robert L. Parrish , and \n          Hermann Holst Swift , among others.\n         Several letters written between March and August of 1903\n         describe a tour of \n          Europe and the \n          Mediterranean made by \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke and give her\n         observations on the sites she visited, including \n          Gibraltar , \n          Naples , \n          Pompeii , \n          Athens , \n          Constantinople , \n          Alexandria , \n          Cairo , \n          Giza , \n          Luxor , \n          Sicily , \n          Rome , \n          Venice , \n          Florence , \n          Switzerland , \n          Paris , and \n          London .","Also included are letters from \n          Robert L. Parrish which describe his\n         travels in July and August of 1905 to the \n          Grand Canyon , \n          Yosemite Valley , \n          California , the \n          Great Lakes , \n          Canada , and \n          Alaska . The majority of letters circa\n         1902 -1928 are written by \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot who married \n          Lucy Cocke in 1906. The correspondence\n         contains letters written to and from Lucy and Milton Elliot's\n         two sons, \n          Warren Grice Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot , as well as letters of\n         sympathy received on the death of \n          Milton Elliot in 1928. The later letters\n         of \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot are mainly to and from\n         members of the \n          Cocke family , especially her sister \n          Betty Page Cocke with whom she resided\n         after the death of her husband Milton, and also include a\n         continued correspondence with \n          Hermann Holst Swift .","The letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke are considerably more\n         extensive and pertain to her involvement in politics and\n         historic preservation while also containing letters to family\n         and friends. The collection includes letters which outline her\n         active involvement in such organizations as the \n          Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation , the \n          Woodrow Wilson Foundation , the \n          National Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization , the \n          Women's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense , the \n          Albemarle County Historical Society , the \n          Albemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross , the \n          Women's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform , and the \n          Virginia War History Commission .","Other topics include letters concerning a trip made by \n          Betty Page Cocke to \n          England in 1937 to view the coronation of\n         King \n          George VI and a subsequent tour of \n          Europe during which she injured her hip\n         and had to return home for a long convalescence.\n         Correspondence concerning the involvement of \n          Betty Page Cocke in the settlement of\n         several Cocke family estates include those of \n          Leila B. Cocke , ca. 1925-1930 where Betty\n         acted as the administratrix, \n          Rowena L. Cocke , ca. 1961, and \n          Mazyck Wilson Shields , ca. 1942. These\n         papers describe the sale of items from the plantation of \" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County, Virginia , at auction in\n         1926 and the proposed formation of the \n          Bremo Plantation Inc. from the property of\n         the late \n          Leila B. Cocke . \n          Milton C. Elliot acted as legal\n         representative during the disposition of the estate.","Other correspondents and subjects include: \n          Robert D. Ballantine , who was supposed to\n         have committed suicide partly because \n          Betty Cocke rejected him (17 Nov 1896; 4\n         Jan and 6 Feb 1897; 25 Oct and 31 Dec 1901), letters\n         describing his travels in \n          Europe for education in music and German,\n         and in India with his family and friends; the illness and\n         death of \n          Bettie Burwell Page Cocke (Aug 1900);\n         lists of and letters by students who lived in the boarding\n         house run by \n          Betty Cocke (1961-1964); and \n          Thomas Nelson Page to \"Miss Cocke\" (2 Dec\n         1902) concerning her request to \"hear him read for her.\"\n         Letters concerning artwork include: several to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke about the sale of a\n         Napoleon miniature by \n          Jean Baptiste Isabey (July-Oct 1879); and\n         the disposition of the equestrian portrait of General Scott\n         painted by \n          Edward Troye from Troye's widow, \n          Cornelia A. Troye (Dec 1874-May 1876);\n         letters from representatives of the \n          Virginia Military Institute to \n          Betty Page Cocke concerning the location\n         of the bust of General \n          Philip St. George Cocke by \n          Alexander Galt (Sept 30, Oct 7, 24, 31,\n         1938; and Nov 6, 1939); letters from \n          Bailey and Griffin Inc. , \"Importers of\n         Unusual Chintzes,\" to \n          Betty Cocke about a loan of the heirloom\n         chintz quilt from \" \n          Bremo \" to have the pattern copied (Oct 25\n         and Dec 9, 1938; Mar 4, 1939; and Mar 4 and 13, 1940);\n         correspondence of \n          Betty Cocke with the \n          Virginia Museum of Fine Arts about the\n         loan of 17th and 18th century silver utensils for an exhibit\n         (Oct 11, 28, and Nov 9, 1940; and Jan 15, 1941).","The letters of \n          Milton C. Elliot are chiefly concerned\n         with business matters, especially those to Betty regarding the\n         buying and selling of property and the \n          Leila B Cocke estate; but also include\n         letters to his sons, \n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot in the 1920s while\n         they were boarding students at the \n          Episcopal High School in \n          Alexandria, Virginia , and letters to his\n         wife Lucy before and after their marriage (previously\n         mentioned in connection with Lucy's correspondence). Milton\n         was the toastmaster of the \n          Alfalfa Club in \n          Washington, D.C. in 1919 and some menus\n         and invitations concerning the \n          Alfalfa Club are mixed in with the\n         correspondence.","Other items of interest include letters to \n          Betty Page Cocke which describe the\n         involvement of her friends in World War I, including: a French\n         soldier, \n          A. Murail , thanks \n          Betty Cocke for a Christmas gift (27 Dec\n         1916); \n          John Skelton Williams ' telegram (6 April\n         1917) announces that the President had signed the declaration\n         of war; letters from Dr. \n          Hugh H. Young describe his activities as\n         an army doctor, the morale of the soldiers, conditions in \n          France , and meetings with General\n         Pershing (26 Nov 1917; 26, 29 Mar, 10 Jun, and 3 Sep 1918);\n         Corporal \n          Marion S. Dimmock writes to \n          Betty Cocke , describing conditions at the\n         front (June 1918 and 18 Nov 1918); Other letters (30 Aug, 12\n         Sep, and 30 Nov 1918) written by \"Mary P.\" to \n          Betty Page Cocke describe conditions in \n          France and her work in the offices of the \n          American Fund for French Wounded ; and a\n         description of \n          France during the Armistice (21 Nov\n         1918).","Correspondence in individual folders includes: circular\n         letters from the Rev. \n          Beverley D. Tucker , 1958-1961, describing\n         his missionary work in \n          Japan , travels to \n          Russia , his personal affairs, and\n         pamphlets about the 1960 construction of \n          St. Michaels Church in \n          Sapporo, Japan ; \n          John Skelton Williams , 1917-1921, about\n         World War I, and his resignation as Comptroller of the\n         Currency, excluding personal letters to the \n          Cocke family chiefly of a social nature\n         which are interfiled in the general correspondence; \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , 1924-1928, including\n         letters of sympathy on the death of Milton; \n          Woodrow Wilson and \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Betty Cocke (Edith was a girlhood friend\n         of Betty), including some letters from White House\n         secretaries, 1919-1955, and undated, chiefly of a personal\n         nature except for a transcript of a letter from \n          Woodrow Wilson to the Rector and Visitors\n         at the \n          University of Virginia voicing his\n         opposition to the proposed moving of the Medical School to \n          Richmond (1921 May 30); and letters from \n          Napoleon Drew and family, a former slave\n         at \" \n          Belmead . \" For photographs of Napoleon\n         Drew see Box 32.","Financial and legal papers includes information about court\n         cases and petitions involving the \n          Cocke family ; letters from \n          Betty Cocke 's stockbrokers, \n          John L. Williams and Sons , concerning\n         stocks in the \n          Seaboard Syndicate , \n          Warner Bros , and the \n          2nd Bank of the United States ; letters\n         about leases, sales of property, deeds, permits, building\n         contracts and other papers regarding the real estate dealings\n         of \n          Betty Cocke ; \n          Lucy Elliot 's correspondence with \n          S.C. Chancellor , \n          Redland Corporation , and the \n          Xi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity ; a\n         permit for liquor purchase during Prohibition (22 Jan 1921);\n         funeral expenses and the finances of the \n          Elliot family after the death of \n          Milton C. Elliot in 1928; \n          Atlantic Coast Railroad Company liens and\n         garnishments, 1933-1938 (separately foldered); specifications\n         for houses by \n          Eugene Brady for \n          Milton Elliot in \n          Charlottesville and \n          Washington, D.C. (which was never built);\n         correspondence regarding the proposed creation of parking\n         spaces in front of the \n          Rotunda to which Betty was bitterly\n         opposed (5 Dec 1941-12 July 1946); and some information about\n         the sale of items from \" \n          Bremo , \" the settlement of the estate of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke , and the move of his\n         wife and children after his death to \n          Charlottesville (1889-1892). There are\n         also original financial and legal documents from the \n          Browne family and the \n          Blow family in this collection, 1773-1948.\n         The \n          Blow family documents, 1884-1948, chiefly\n         pertain to property belonging to \n          George Blow in \n          Norfolk, Virginia . The \n          Browne family documents, 1773-1813 and\n         undated, consist of accounts and receipts of Colonel \n          William Browne of \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County, Virginia , with \n          John Hay \u0026 Company , \n          Kilmarnock Carpet Company , and \n          John Hyndman \u0026 Company ; stud fees;\n         and promissory notes.","The genealogical and historical research files were\n         assembled by \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), son of \n          Milton C. Elliot and \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , and include\n         correspondence, notes, genealogical charts and diagrams,\n         photographs of portraits and individuals, printed material\n         from magazines, newsclippings, copies and transcripts of\n         letters, and miscellaneous related material. Most of the\n         original letters have been filed with the correspondence\n         series.","Several original items pertaining to the \n          Cocke family have been interfiled with the\n         rest of the \n          Cocke Family Papers in 640, etc., including:\n         \" \n          Belmead \" building plans, Box 182 (n.d.);\n         a letter from \n          Buller Cocke to \n          John Hartwell Cocke , August 23, 1820 (Box\n         32); a bank book of \n          John T. Bowdoin , 1817-1819, with the \n          Bank of the United States , \n          Norfolk (Box 25); a bank book of \n          Philip St. George Cocke , 1838-1839, with\n         the \n          Exchange Bank of Virginia , \n          Richmond (Box 93); a drawing of a\n         carriage, Box 182 (n.d.); two appointments of \n          Philip St. George Cocke to Visitor of\n         V.M.I. (1850 May 25 and 1858 May 25), Box 132, and an\n         appointment as an \"aide de camp,\" Box 131, (1850 Feb 22);\n         pedigree for a horse owned by \n          John Hartwell Cocke , Seagate, Box 182\n         (n.d.); a list of valuables, Box 172, (1865 Mar 13); and a\n         drawing of an \"Overseer's Cottage\" at \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County , possibly by \n          Philip St. George Cocke , Box 93\n         (1838).","These genealogical files are arranged alphabetically by the\n         name of the family, individual, or subject. Some files also\n         include information about children and wives under the name of\n         the father. Folders which include photographs, notable\n         correspondents, etc. are listed here:","Barraud Family Portraits - \n          Daniel Cary Barraud (1725-1784?); \n          Ann Barraud Cocke (1785-1816); \n          Ann Blaws Hansford Barraud (1760-1836);\n         Dr. \n          Philip Barraud (1758-1830); \n          Catherine Curle Barraud ; \n          Courtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud ; and \n          Philip Barraud \u0026 \n          Courtney Barraud .","\" \n          Belmead , \" \n          Powhatan County -Copies of correspondence\n         re the sale of the plantation in 1892 and copies of\n         correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball concerning \" \n          Belmead \"; early photographs, including\n         the house, furniture, furnishings, grounds, the mill, fields,\n         barnyards and barn; a folder concerning \" \n          Belmead \" after it was sold and became the\n          St. Emma Military Academy for black\n         men.","Blow Family -Photographs of \n          Margaret Blow Elliot (1849-1910); Judge \n          George Blow (1813-1894); and \n          Elizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow .","Bowdoin Family -Photographs of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin (1787-1821); and \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke (1815-1872).","\" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County -Photographs of \" \n          Bremo \"; copies of correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball ; and material pertaining to\n         the auction sale of 1926.","Browne Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          John Tucker Bowdoin ( \n          Sarah Edwards Browne , 1794-1815); and\n         Mrs. \n          William Browne ( \n          Elizabeth Ruffin , 1771-1799?).","Burwell Family -Photograph of \n          Edmond Bradford Burwell .","Carter Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          Robert Carter ( \n          Judith Armistead ) and Colonel \n          Robert Carter of \" \n          Corotoman . \"","Betty Page Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Cocke and friends; a \n          University of Virginia graduation scene; \n          St. Paul's Memorial Church , at the \n          University of Virginia ; \"Winnie, the\n         colored maid, cook, mammy \u0026 friend of \n          Betty Page Cocke and \n          Mary Louise Cocke \"; UVA students; the\n         boarding house; and Dr. \n          Charles Minor .","John Bowdoin Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke (1841-1900); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889); and the\n         Rev. \n          John Cosby ; the commission of \n          J.B. Cocke in the \n          Virginia Militia ; and the marriage\n         license of Betty and \n          John Bowdoin Cocke .","John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951)\n         -Photographs of himself and the \n          Gas Works Crew , \n          Savannah, Georgia .","John Hartwell Cocke -Photographs of \n          John H. Cocke ; \n          Sally Cocke Faulcon ; \n          Sally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent ; \n          Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke (1784-1816).","Mary Louise Cocke -Photographs of herself\n         and a trip to the West Coast.","Norborne Page Cocke (1878-1940)\n         -Photographs of himself.","Philip St. George Cocke -Photographs of \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke ;\n          Philip St. George Cocke (1809-1861); Miss \n          \"Bunny\" Cocke ; \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1844-); and\n         copies of correspondence with \n          Douglas Southall Freeman .","Richard Cocke -Photographs of \n          Richard Cocke IV (1707-1772); Colonel \n          Nathaniel Cocke (1746-1813).","Corbin Family -Photograph of [ \n          Henry Corbin ?].","Napoleon Bonaparte Drew -Photographs.","Elliot Family folders with photographs\n         include: \n          Allmand Elliot (1881-1908); \n          Elizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson (1887\n         -?) and Dr. \n          Gordon Wilson ; \n          George Blow Elliot (1873-1948); \n          Esther Ellery Elliot Sparkman (?-1955); \n          Ellery Sparkman ; \n          Gilbert Elliot ; \n          Charles G. Elliot ; \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot ; \n          Margaret Elliot (1884-1966); \n          Milton C. Elliot (1879-1928) and his sons,\n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot ; \n          Warren Grice Elliot (1848-1906); \n          Margaret Blow (1849-1910); and \n          Warren Grice Elliot, Jr. (1875-1930).","\" \n          Four Acres , \" \n          Charlottesville, Virginia","\" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County","Grice Family -Photographs of \n          Charles Grice (1762-1832); and \n          Joseph Grice .","\" \n          Lower Bremo \" and \" \n          Bremo Recess \"","\" \n          Mount Pleasant , \" \n          Surry County","Nelson Family -Photographs of \n          Elizabeth Burwell Nelson (1718-1793); \n          William Nelson (1711-1772); \n          Margaret Reade Nelson ; \n          Lucy Nelson ; and \n          Jane Byrd Nelson (engraving).","Page Family -Photographs of Colonel \n          John Page ; \n          Jane (Byrd) Page ; \" \n          Rosewell \" ruins; Colonel \n          Matthew Page (1659-1703); \n          Mary Mann Page (1672-1707); \n          Mann Page I (1691-1730); \n          Judith Carter Page ; \n          Mann Page II (1749-1803); \n          Anne Corbin Tayloe Page ; \n          Lucy Landonia Page Booker ; \n          Charles Carter Page ; \n          William Armistead Page ; \n          John Page ; \n          Hamilton Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Page, Jr. ; \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke ; \n          St. Paul's Church , \n          Petersburg ; \n          Mary Louise Jones Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Nelson Page ; Mrs. \n          Lewis Booker , \n          Betty Booker \u0026 Mrs. \n          Lily Booker Cole .","Photographs -Miscellaneous - \n          Woodrow Wilson ; \n          Petersburg Mathematical \u0026 Classical\n         Institute ; \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; \n          University of Virginia Rotunda ; \n          Thomas H. Carter ; \n          George Ben Johnston ; \n          Wilson Howe (1903 -?); \n          Helen Johnston and \n          Anne Roy Johnston ; \n          University of Virginia students and\n         buildings; \n          Herman H. Swift ; \n          William Lancaster ; \n          Joe Cox ; \n          Maria Garnett Venn ; \n          Ellen Douglas ; Burton, \n          Archibald Henderson and \n          Jean Craige ; \n          Vicksburg seawall; \n          Bloomfield Academy , \n          Albemarle County ; French ruins \n          Belleau Woods and \n          Chateau-Thierry gravesite.","Tayloe Family -Photographs of Mr. \u0026 Mrs.\n          John Tayloe I.","Edward Troye -Printed Material \u0026\n         Photographs -Horses \"Utilitarian,\" \"Roebuck,\" \"Cleveland.\"","The bound volume, memorabilia, and oversize material series\n         is listed in detail at the end of this guide. Any bound\n         volumes not in folders have been assigned a number to\n         facilitate location in the box. Memorabilia consists of\n         membership cards, annual tickets of admission, and railroad\n         passes belonging to \n          Betty Cocke , \n          Lucy H. Cocke Elliot and \n          Milton C. Elliot ; calling cards; a \n          Democratic National Convention souvenir;\n         U.S. Government Thrift Card; Six \n          Great Britain Coronation commemorative\n         stamps, 1937 May 12; War Ration Book; \n          Jamestown Exposition souvenir; autograph\n         of \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; and \n          University of Virginia memorabilia,\n         including ribbons and pins from various ribbon societies (see\n         Box 39 and Mini-Tray 40). The bound volumes are chiefly those\n         of the \n          Cocke family and \n          Milton C. Elliot , and include school\n         notebooks, annuals and autograph albums; travel journals;\n         memoranda books; a ledger; address books; a scrapbook of\n         newsclippings; diaries; visitation and wedding invitation\n         books; an account book; and a photgraph album of \n          University of Virginia scenes, belonging\n         to \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke Elliot [ante\n         1906?].","Oversize material includes a pardon to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1865 Jul 6);\n         photographs of Dr. \n          Norborne Page Cocke , \n          George Blow Elliot , \n          William Gibbs McAdoo , and members of the \n          Federal Reserve Board ; certificates of\n         membership and career advancements of \n          Milton Elliot in law practice in \n          Virginia , \n          Pennsylvania , and \n          Washington, D.C. ; \n          Sons of the American\n         Revolution certificate of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1926 Jun 1);\n         architectural drawings for residences and outbuildings of M.C.\n         and \n          Lucy Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot ; and genealogical\n         material pertaining to the \n          Cocke and \n          Page families.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","University of Virginia","Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation","Woodrow Wilson Foundation","National Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization","Women's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense","Albemarle County Historical Society","Albemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross","Women's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform","Virginia War History Commission","Bremo","Bremo Plantation Inc.","Virginia Military Institute","Bailey and Griffin Inc.","Virginia Museum of Fine Arts","Episcopal High School","Alfalfa Club","American Fund for French Wounded","St. Michaels Church","Belmead","John L. 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Lee Memorial\n                  Foundation","Betty Cocke Scholarship Fund","Virginia Military\n                  Institute","Federal Reserve\n                  Board","Elliot Clan Society","Huguenot Society of America","Malvern Hill","Old Bremo","Swann's Point Plantation","William \u0026 Mary","P.D.A. Society","Phi Beta Kappa","Episcopal High School of\n                  Virginia","Eli Banana","German Club","O.N.E.","Omega Sigma","T.I.L.K.A.","Z Society","Final Ball","Beta Theta Pi Fraternity","O.F.C. Club","Ladies Cotillon","Thirteen Club","Yorktown Sesquicentennial\n                  Commission","3rd Pan-American Commercial\n                  Conference","Treasury Department","Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the\n                  Mystic Shrine","University Club of\n                  Washington","University of Virginia Law\n                  School","Almas Temple Ancient Arabic Order of the\n                  Nobles of the Mystic Shrine","Society of the Sons of the American\n                  Revolution","Johnson, Craven \u0026 Gibson","Belle Rive","Johnson, Craven, \u0026 Gibson","Cocke","Elliot","Cocke family","Elliot family","Browne family","Blow family","Cocke Family","Barraud Family","Blow Family","Bowdoin Family","Browne Family","Burwell Family","Carter Family","Corbin Family","Elliot Family","Grice Family","Nelson Family","Page Family","Tayloe Family","Page","Allmand Family","Armistead Family","Barraud","Binns","Bassett Family","Blount Family","Bolling Family","Burwell","Byrd Family","Calvert Family","Carroll Family","Curle Family","Hall","Hansford","Harrison","Kennon","Mann","Mason","Hartwell Family","Harmanson Family","Hill Family","Jones Family","Kennon Family","Lee Family","Preeson Family","Randolph Family","Ruffin Family","Skipwith Family","Swann Family","Thoroughgood Family","Tucker Family","Waller Family","John Page Elliot","Betty Page Cocke","Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot","John Hartwell Cocke","Phillip St. George Cocke","John Bowdoin Cocke","John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke","Bettie Burwell (Page) Cocke","Mary Louise Cocke","Milton Courtwright Elliot","George H. Venable","Bettie Burwell Page","Jefferson Davis","G.H. Bridges","Philip St. George Cocke","Basil Jones","Archibald Watson","R.C. Blackford","Richard S. Whaley","Robert L. Parrish","Hermann Holst Swift","Lucy Hamilton Cocke","Lucy Cocke","Warren Grice Elliot","Milton Elliot","Lucy Cocke Elliot","George VI","Leila B. Cocke","Rowena L. Cocke","Mazyck Wilson Shields","Milton C. Elliot","Robert D. Ballantine","Betty Cocke","Bettie Burwell Page Cocke","Thomas Nelson Page","Jean Baptiste Isabey","Edward Troye","Cornelia A. Troye","Alexander Galt","Leila B Cocke","A. Murail","John Skelton Williams","Hugh H. Young","Marion S. Dimmock","Beverley D. Tucker","Edith Bolling Wilson","Woodrow Wilson","Napoleon Drew","Lucy Elliot","S.C. Chancellor","Eugene Brady","George Blow","William Browne","Buller Cocke","John T. Bowdoin","Daniel Cary Barraud","Ann Barraud Cocke","Ann Blaws Hansford Barraud","Philip Barraud","Catherine Curle Barraud","Courtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud","Courtney Barraud","Fiske Kimball","Margaret Blow Elliot","Elizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow","John Tucker Bowdoin","Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke","Sarah Edwards Browne","Elizabeth Ruffin","Edmond Bradford Burwell","Robert Carter","Judith Armistead","Charles Minor","Betty Burwell Page Cocke","John Cosby","J.B. Cocke","John H. Cocke","Sally Cocke Faulcon","Sally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent","Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke","Norborne Page Cocke","Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke","\"Bunny\" Cocke","Douglas Southall Freeman","Richard Cocke","Nathaniel Cocke","Henry Corbin","Napoleon Bonaparte Drew","Allmand Elliot","Elizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson","Gordon Wilson","George Blow Elliot","Esther Ellery Elliot Sparkman","Ellery Sparkman","Gilbert Elliot","Charles G. 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The collection also\n         includes some correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1780-1866), 1853 Mar\n         9, 1856 Nov 4; General \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhillip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1809-1861), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1836-1889), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1951), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell (Page) Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1841-1900), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1868-1966), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Courtwright Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1928), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1913-1992), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Venable\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Mar 16), and other\n         members of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cfamname\u003eElliot\u003c/famname\u003efamilies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarly letters of interest include many during the courtship\n         and marriage of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page\u003c/persname\u003e(1860s-1870s); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page\u003c/persname\u003eoffering her services\n         and those of a Miss Taylor to the Confederate Secretary of the\n         Treasury (1862 Oct 3); a letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page\u003c/persname\u003econcerning her\n         participation in a ceremony to honor the Confederate dead\n         (1866 Jul 18); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife Bettie\n         describing the release of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJefferson Davis\u003c/persname\u003efrom prison (1867 May);\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG.H. Bridges\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the Civil War\n         record of her grandfather \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Dec 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot\u003c/persname\u003econsist of\n         correspondence with family and friends, and contain a series\n         of courtship letters written from about 1890 through 1906 by\n         several \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003estudents, including\n         \u003cpersname\u003eBasil Jones\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArchibald Watson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR.C. Blackford\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRichard S. Whaley\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert L. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHermann Holst Swift\u003c/persname\u003e, among others.\n         Several letters written between March and August of 1903\n         describe a tour of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMediterranean\u003c/geogname\u003emade by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand give her\n         observations on the sites she visited, including \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGibraltar\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNaples\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePompeii\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAthens\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eConstantinople\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCairo\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGiza\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLuxor\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSicily\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included are letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert L. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003ewhich describe his\n         travels in July and August of 1905 to the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGrand Canyon\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYosemite Valley\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCalifornia\u003c/geogname\u003e, the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Lakes\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCanada\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlaska\u003c/geogname\u003e. The majority of letters circa\n         1902 -1928 are written by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Courtwright Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ewho married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ein 1906. The correspondence\n         contains letters written to and from Lucy and Milton Elliot's\n         two sons, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as letters of\n         sympathy received on the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein 1928. The later letters\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eare mainly to and from\n         members of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003e, especially her sister \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ewith whom she resided\n         after the death of her husband Milton, and also include a\n         continued correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHermann Holst Swift\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eare considerably more\n         extensive and pertain to her involvement in politics and\n         historic preservation while also containing letters to family\n         and friends. The collection includes letters which outline her\n         active involvement in such organizations as the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRobert E. Lee Memorial Foundation\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWoodrow Wilson Foundation\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWomen's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlbemarle County Historical Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlbemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWomen's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia War History Commission\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include letters concerning a trip made by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1937 to view the coronation of\n         King \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge VI\u003c/persname\u003eand a subsequent tour of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eduring which she injured her hip\n         and had to return home for a long convalescence.\n         Correspondence concerning the involvement of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ein the settlement of\n         several Cocke family estates include those of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeila B. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, ca. 1925-1930 where Betty\n         acted as the administratrix, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRowena L. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, ca. 1961, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMazyck Wilson Shields\u003c/persname\u003e, ca. 1942. These\n         papers describe the sale of items from the plantation of \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFluvanna County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, at auction in\n         1926 and the proposed formation of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo Plantation Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003efrom the property of\n         the late \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeila B. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eacted as legal\n         representative during the disposition of the estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther correspondents and subjects include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert D. Ballantine\u003c/persname\u003e, who was supposed to\n         have committed suicide partly because \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003erejected him (17 Nov 1896; 4\n         Jan and 6 Feb 1897; 25 Oct and 31 Dec 1901), letters\n         describing his travels in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003efor education in music and German,\n         and in India with his family and friends; the illness and\n         death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(Aug 1900);\n         lists of and letters by students who lived in the boarding\n         house run by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1961-1964); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Nelson Page\u003c/persname\u003eto \"Miss Cocke\" (2 Dec\n         1902) concerning her request to \"hear him read for her.\"\n         Letters concerning artwork include: several to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eabout the sale of a\n         Napoleon miniature by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJean Baptiste Isabey\u003c/persname\u003e(July-Oct 1879); and\n         the disposition of the equestrian portrait of General Scott\n         painted by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Troye\u003c/persname\u003efrom Troye's widow, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCornelia A. Troye\u003c/persname\u003e(Dec 1874-May 1876);\n         letters from representatives of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the location\n         of the bust of General \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eby \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Galt\u003c/persname\u003e(Sept 30, Oct 7, 24, 31,\n         1938; and Nov 6, 1939); letters from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBailey and Griffin Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e, \"Importers of\n         Unusual Chintzes,\" to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eabout a loan of the heirloom\n         chintz quilt from \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e\" to have the pattern copied (Oct 25\n         and Dec 9, 1938; Mar 4, 1939; and Mar 4 and 13, 1940);\n         correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ewith the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Museum of Fine Arts\u003c/corpname\u003eabout the\n         loan of 17th and 18th century silver utensils for an exhibit\n         (Oct 11, 28, and Nov 9, 1940; and Jan 15, 1941).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n         with business matters, especially those to Betty regarding the\n         buying and selling of property and the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeila B Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eestate; but also include\n         letters to his sons, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920s while\n         they were boarding students at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal High School\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and letters to his\n         wife Lucy before and after their marriage (previously\n         mentioned in connection with Lucy's correspondence). Milton\n         was the toastmaster of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlfalfa Club\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 and some menus\n         and invitations concerning the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlfalfa Club\u003c/corpname\u003eare mixed in with the\n         correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ewhich describe the\n         involvement of her friends in World War I, including: a French\n         soldier, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA. Murail\u003c/persname\u003e, thanks \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003efor a Christmas gift (27 Dec\n         1916); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Skelton Williams\u003c/persname\u003e' telegram (6 April\n         1917) announces that the President had signed the declaration\n         of war; letters from Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHugh H. Young\u003c/persname\u003edescribe his activities as\n         an army doctor, the morale of the soldiers, conditions in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, and meetings with General\n         Pershing (26 Nov 1917; 26, 29 Mar, 10 Jun, and 3 Sep 1918);\n         Corporal \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMarion S. Dimmock\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, describing conditions at the\n         front (June 1918 and 18 Nov 1918); Other letters (30 Aug, 12\n         Sep, and 30 Nov 1918) written by \"Mary P.\" to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003edescribe conditions in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand her work in the offices of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Fund for French Wounded\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a\n         description of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the Armistice (21 Nov\n         1918).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence in individual folders includes: circular\n         letters from the Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBeverley D. Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e, 1958-1961, describing\n         his missionary work in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJapan\u003c/geogname\u003e, travels to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, his personal affairs, and\n         pamphlets about the 1960 construction of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Michaels Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSapporo, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Skelton Williams\u003c/persname\u003e, 1917-1921, about\n         World War I, and his resignation as Comptroller of the\n         Currency, excluding personal letters to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003echiefly of a social nature\n         which are interfiled in the general correspondence; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Bolling Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, 1924-1928, including\n         letters of sympathy on the death of Milton; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWoodrow Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Bolling Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(Edith was a girlhood friend\n         of Betty), including some letters from White House\n         secretaries, 1919-1955, and undated, chiefly of a personal\n         nature except for a transcript of a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWoodrow Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eto the Rector and Visitors\n         at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003evoicing his\n         opposition to the proposed moving of the Medical School to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e(1921 May 30); and letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNapoleon Drew\u003c/persname\u003eand family, a former slave\n         at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e. \" For photographs of Napoleon\n         Drew see Box 32.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial and legal papers includes information about court\n         cases and petitions involving the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003e; letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e's stockbrokers, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn L. Williams and Sons\u003c/corpname\u003e, concerning\n         stocks in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSeaboard Syndicate\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWarner Bros\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e2nd Bank of the United States\u003c/corpname\u003e; letters\n         about leases, sales of property, deeds, permits, building\n         contracts and other papers regarding the real estate dealings\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eS.C. Chancellor\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRedland Corporation\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eXi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n         permit for liquor purchase during Prohibition (22 Jan 1921);\n         funeral expenses and the finances of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eElliot family\u003c/famname\u003eafter the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein 1928; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAtlantic Coast Railroad Company\u003c/corpname\u003eliens and\n         garnishments, 1933-1938 (separately foldered); specifications\n         for houses by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEugene Brady\u003c/persname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e(which was never built);\n         correspondence regarding the proposed creation of parking\n         spaces in front of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRotunda\u003c/corpname\u003eto which Betty was bitterly\n         opposed (5 Dec 1941-12 July 1946); and some information about\n         the sale of items from \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" the settlement of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, and the move of his\n         wife and children after his death to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e(1889-1892). There are\n         also original financial and legal documents from the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBrowne family\u003c/famname\u003eand the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBlow family\u003c/famname\u003ein this collection, 1773-1948.\n         The \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBlow family\u003c/famname\u003edocuments, 1884-1948, chiefly\n         pertain to property belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorfolk, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. The \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBrowne family\u003c/famname\u003edocuments, 1773-1813 and\n         undated, consist of accounts and receipts of Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Browne\u003c/persname\u003eof \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Mile Tree Plantation\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, with \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Hay \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKilmarnock Carpet Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Hyndman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; stud fees;\n         and promissory notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe genealogical and historical research files were\n         assembled by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1913-1992), son of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, and include\n         correspondence, notes, genealogical charts and diagrams,\n         photographs of portraits and individuals, printed material\n         from magazines, newsclippings, copies and transcripts of\n         letters, and miscellaneous related material. Most of the\n         original letters have been filed with the correspondence\n         series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral original items pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003ehave been interfiled with the\n         rest of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers in 640, etc., including:\n         \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBelmead\u003c/geogname\u003e\" building plans, Box 182 (n.d.);\n         a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBuller Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, August 23, 1820 (Box\n         32); a bank book of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn T. Bowdoin\u003c/persname\u003e, 1817-1819, with the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of the United States\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorfolk\u003c/geogname\u003e(Box 25); a bank book of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, 1838-1839, with\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eExchange Bank of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e(Box 93); a drawing of a\n         carriage, Box 182 (n.d.); two appointments of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto Visitor of\n         V.M.I. (1850 May 25 and 1858 May 25), Box 132, and an\n         appointment as an \"aide de camp,\" Box 131, (1850 Feb 22);\n         pedigree for a horse owned by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, Seagate, Box 182\n         (n.d.); a list of valuables, Box 172, (1865 Mar 13); and a\n         drawing of an \"Overseer's Cottage\" at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Mile Tree Plantation\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County\u003c/geogname\u003e, possibly by \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, Box 93\n         (1838).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese genealogical files are arranged alphabetically by the\n         name of the family, individual, or subject. Some files also\n         include information about children and wives under the name of\n         the father. Folders which include photographs, notable\n         correspondents, etc. are listed here:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBarraud Family\u003c/famname\u003ePortraits - \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Cary Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e(1725-1784?); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Barraud Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1785-1816); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Blaws Hansford Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e(1760-1836);\n         Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e(1758-1830); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCatherine Curle Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCourtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCourtney Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePowhatan County\u003c/geogname\u003e-Copies of correspondence\n         re the sale of the plantation in 1892 and copies of\n         correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFiske Kimball\u003c/persname\u003econcerning \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e\"; early photographs, including\n         the house, furniture, furnishings, grounds, the mill, fields,\n         barnyards and barn; a folder concerning \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e\" after it was sold and became the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Emma Military Academy\u003c/corpname\u003efor black\n         men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBlow Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Blow Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1849-1910); Judge \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow\u003c/persname\u003e(1813-1894); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBowdoin Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin\u003c/persname\u003e(1787-1821); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1815-1872).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFluvanna County\u003c/geogname\u003e-Photographs of \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e\"; copies of correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFiske Kimball\u003c/persname\u003e; and material pertaining to\n         the auction sale of 1926.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBrowne Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Edwards Browne\u003c/persname\u003e, 1794-1815); and\n         Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Browne\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Ruffin\u003c/persname\u003e, 1771-1799?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBurwell Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photograph of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdmond Bradford Burwell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eCarter Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Carter\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith Armistead\u003c/persname\u003e) and Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Carter\u003c/persname\u003eof \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCorotoman\u003c/corpname\u003e. \"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand friends; a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003egraduation scene; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Memorial Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; \"Winnie, the\n         colored maid, cook, mammy \u0026amp; friend of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e\"; UVA students; the\n         boarding house; and Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Minor\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Burwell Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1841-1900); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1836-1889); and the\n         Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cosby\u003c/persname\u003e; the commission of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ein the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Militia\u003c/corpname\u003e; and the marriage\n         license of Betty and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1951)\n         -Photographs of himself and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGas Works Crew\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSavannah, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Cocke Faulcon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Blaws Barraud Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1784-1816).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of herself\n         and a trip to the West Coast.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1940)\n         -Photographs of himself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e;\n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1809-1861); Miss \n         \u003cpersname\u003e\"Bunny\" Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1844-); and\n         copies of correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eIV (1707-1772); Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1746-1813).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eCorbin Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photograph of [ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Corbin\u003c/persname\u003e?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eNapoleon Bonaparte Drew\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eElliot Family\u003c/famname\u003efolders with photographs\n         include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAllmand Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1881-1908); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e(1887\n         -?) and Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGordon Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1873-1948); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEsther Ellery Elliot Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1955); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEllery Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1966); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1928) and his sons,\n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1906); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Blow\u003c/persname\u003e(1849-1910); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1875-1930).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Acres\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Mile Tree Plantation\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eGrice Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Grice\u003c/persname\u003e(1762-1832); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Grice\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLower Bremo\u003c/corpname\u003e\" and \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo Recess\u003c/corpname\u003e\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eNelson Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Burwell Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e(1718-1793); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e(1711-1772); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Reade Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJane Byrd Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e(engraving).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003ePage Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJane (Byrd) Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRosewell\u003c/corpname\u003e\" ruins; Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMatthew Page\u003c/persname\u003e(1659-1703); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Mann Page\u003c/persname\u003e(1672-1707); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMann Page\u003c/persname\u003eI (1691-1730); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith Carter Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMann Page\u003c/persname\u003eII (1749-1803); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Corbin Tayloe Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Landonia Page Booker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Carter Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Armistead Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHamilton Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Thomas Page, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Burwell Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Jones Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Thomas Nelson Page\u003c/persname\u003e; Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Booker\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Booker\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLily Booker Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs -Miscellaneous - \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWoodrow Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePetersburg Mathematical \u0026amp; Classical\n         Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFitzhugh Lee\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia Rotunda\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas H. Carter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ben Johnston\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilson Howe\u003c/persname\u003e(1903 -?); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Roy Johnston\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003estudents and\n         buildings; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHerman H. Swift\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Lancaster\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Cox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaria Garnett Venn\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEllen Douglas\u003c/persname\u003e; Burton, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArchibald Henderson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJean Craige\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eseawall; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBloomfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003e; French ruins \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBelleau Woods\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChateau-Thierry\u003c/geogname\u003egravesite.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eTayloe Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Mr. \u0026amp; Mrs.\n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tayloe\u003c/persname\u003eI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdward Troye\u003c/persname\u003e-Printed Material \u0026amp;\n         Photographs -Horses \"Utilitarian,\" \"Roebuck,\" \"Cleveland.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bound volume, memorabilia, and oversize material series\n         is listed in detail at the end of this guide. Any bound\n         volumes not in folders have been assigned a number to\n         facilitate location in the box. Memorabilia consists of\n         membership cards, annual tickets of admission, and railroad\n         passes belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy H. Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; calling cards; a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003esouvenir;\n         U.S. Government Thrift Card; Six \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003eCoronation commemorative\n         stamps, 1937 May 12; War Ration Book; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJamestown Exposition\u003c/corpname\u003esouvenir; autograph\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFitzhugh Lee\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ememorabilia,\n         including ribbons and pins from various ribbon societies (see\n         Box 39 and Mini-Tray 40). The bound volumes are chiefly those\n         of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, and include school\n         notebooks, annuals and autograph albums; travel journals;\n         memoranda books; a ledger; address books; a scrapbook of\n         newsclippings; diaries; visitation and wedding invitation\n         books; an account book; and a photgraph album of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003escenes, belonging\n         to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e[ante\n         1906?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOversize material includes a pardon to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jul 6);\n         photographs of Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gibbs McAdoo\u003c/persname\u003e, and members of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFederal Reserve Board\u003c/corpname\u003e; certificates of\n         membership and career advancements of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein law practice in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePennsylvania\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSons of the American\n         Revolution\u003c/corpname\u003ecertificate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1926 Jun 1);\n         architectural drawings for residences and outbuildings of M.C.\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; and genealogical\n         material pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cfamname\u003ePage\u003c/famname\u003efamilies.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The \n          Cocke - \n          Elliot Family papers contain ca. 15,000\n         items (41 Hollinger boxes, ca. 17 linear feet and four\n         oversize folders), ca. 1773-1992, and consist largely of\n         personal and family correspondence, financial and legal\n         papers, memorabilia, bound volumes, and genealogical and\n         historical research material pertaining to the \n          Cocke , \n          Elliot , and related families from the\n         colonial period through the twentieth century, assembled by \n          John Page Elliot .","The correspondence consists chiefly of the letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke (1872-1973), a prominent\n         resident of \n          Charlottesville, Virginia , and those of\n         her sister, \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot (1876-1969),\n         descendants of General \n          John Hartwell Cocke . The collection also\n         includes some correspondence of \n          John Hartwell Cocke (1780-1866), 1853 Mar\n         9, 1856 Nov 4; General \n          Phillip St. George Cocke (1809-1861), \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889), \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951), \n          Bettie Burwell (Page) Cocke (1841-1900), \n          Mary Louise Cocke (1868-1966), \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot (1879-1928), \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), \n          George H. Venable (1864 Mar 16), and other\n         members of the \n          Cocke and \n          Elliot families.","Early letters of interest include many during the courtship\n         and marriage of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke and \n          Bettie Burwell Page (1860s-1870s); \n          Bettie Burwell Page offering her services\n         and those of a Miss Taylor to the Confederate Secretary of the\n         Treasury (1862 Oct 3); a letter to \n          Bettie Burwell Page concerning her\n         participation in a ceremony to honor the Confederate dead\n         (1866 Jul 18); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke to his wife Bettie\n         describing the release of \n          Jefferson Davis from prison (1867 May);\n         and \n          Betty Page Cocke to General \n          G.H. Bridges concerning the Civil War\n         record of her grandfather \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1892 Dec 2).","The letters of \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot consist of\n         correspondence with family and friends, and contain a series\n         of courtship letters written from about 1890 through 1906 by\n         several \n          University of Virginia students, including\n          Basil Jones , \n          Archibald Watson , \n          R.C. Blackford , \n          Richard S. Whaley , \n          Robert L. Parrish , and \n          Hermann Holst Swift , among others.\n         Several letters written between March and August of 1903\n         describe a tour of \n          Europe and the \n          Mediterranean made by \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke and give her\n         observations on the sites she visited, including \n          Gibraltar , \n          Naples , \n          Pompeii , \n          Athens , \n          Constantinople , \n          Alexandria , \n          Cairo , \n          Giza , \n          Luxor , \n          Sicily , \n          Rome , \n          Venice , \n          Florence , \n          Switzerland , \n          Paris , and \n          London .","Also included are letters from \n          Robert L. Parrish which describe his\n         travels in July and August of 1905 to the \n          Grand Canyon , \n          Yosemite Valley , \n          California , the \n          Great Lakes , \n          Canada , and \n          Alaska . The majority of letters circa\n         1902 -1928 are written by \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot who married \n          Lucy Cocke in 1906. The correspondence\n         contains letters written to and from Lucy and Milton Elliot's\n         two sons, \n          Warren Grice Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot , as well as letters of\n         sympathy received on the death of \n          Milton Elliot in 1928. The later letters\n         of \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot are mainly to and from\n         members of the \n          Cocke family , especially her sister \n          Betty Page Cocke with whom she resided\n         after the death of her husband Milton, and also include a\n         continued correspondence with \n          Hermann Holst Swift .","The letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke are considerably more\n         extensive and pertain to her involvement in politics and\n         historic preservation while also containing letters to family\n         and friends. The collection includes letters which outline her\n         active involvement in such organizations as the \n          Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation , the \n          Woodrow Wilson Foundation , the \n          National Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization , the \n          Women's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense , the \n          Albemarle County Historical Society , the \n          Albemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross , the \n          Women's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform , and the \n          Virginia War History Commission .","Other topics include letters concerning a trip made by \n          Betty Page Cocke to \n          England in 1937 to view the coronation of\n         King \n          George VI and a subsequent tour of \n          Europe during which she injured her hip\n         and had to return home for a long convalescence.\n         Correspondence concerning the involvement of \n          Betty Page Cocke in the settlement of\n         several Cocke family estates include those of \n          Leila B. Cocke , ca. 1925-1930 where Betty\n         acted as the administratrix, \n          Rowena L. Cocke , ca. 1961, and \n          Mazyck Wilson Shields , ca. 1942. These\n         papers describe the sale of items from the plantation of \" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County, Virginia , at auction in\n         1926 and the proposed formation of the \n          Bremo Plantation Inc. from the property of\n         the late \n          Leila B. Cocke . \n          Milton C. Elliot acted as legal\n         representative during the disposition of the estate.","Other correspondents and subjects include: \n          Robert D. Ballantine , who was supposed to\n         have committed suicide partly because \n          Betty Cocke rejected him (17 Nov 1896; 4\n         Jan and 6 Feb 1897; 25 Oct and 31 Dec 1901), letters\n         describing his travels in \n          Europe for education in music and German,\n         and in India with his family and friends; the illness and\n         death of \n          Bettie Burwell Page Cocke (Aug 1900);\n         lists of and letters by students who lived in the boarding\n         house run by \n          Betty Cocke (1961-1964); and \n          Thomas Nelson Page to \"Miss Cocke\" (2 Dec\n         1902) concerning her request to \"hear him read for her.\"\n         Letters concerning artwork include: several to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke about the sale of a\n         Napoleon miniature by \n          Jean Baptiste Isabey (July-Oct 1879); and\n         the disposition of the equestrian portrait of General Scott\n         painted by \n          Edward Troye from Troye's widow, \n          Cornelia A. Troye (Dec 1874-May 1876);\n         letters from representatives of the \n          Virginia Military Institute to \n          Betty Page Cocke concerning the location\n         of the bust of General \n          Philip St. George Cocke by \n          Alexander Galt (Sept 30, Oct 7, 24, 31,\n         1938; and Nov 6, 1939); letters from \n          Bailey and Griffin Inc. , \"Importers of\n         Unusual Chintzes,\" to \n          Betty Cocke about a loan of the heirloom\n         chintz quilt from \" \n          Bremo \" to have the pattern copied (Oct 25\n         and Dec 9, 1938; Mar 4, 1939; and Mar 4 and 13, 1940);\n         correspondence of \n          Betty Cocke with the \n          Virginia Museum of Fine Arts about the\n         loan of 17th and 18th century silver utensils for an exhibit\n         (Oct 11, 28, and Nov 9, 1940; and Jan 15, 1941).","The letters of \n          Milton C. Elliot are chiefly concerned\n         with business matters, especially those to Betty regarding the\n         buying and selling of property and the \n          Leila B Cocke estate; but also include\n         letters to his sons, \n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot in the 1920s while\n         they were boarding students at the \n          Episcopal High School in \n          Alexandria, Virginia , and letters to his\n         wife Lucy before and after their marriage (previously\n         mentioned in connection with Lucy's correspondence). Milton\n         was the toastmaster of the \n          Alfalfa Club in \n          Washington, D.C. in 1919 and some menus\n         and invitations concerning the \n          Alfalfa Club are mixed in with the\n         correspondence.","Other items of interest include letters to \n          Betty Page Cocke which describe the\n         involvement of her friends in World War I, including: a French\n         soldier, \n          A. Murail , thanks \n          Betty Cocke for a Christmas gift (27 Dec\n         1916); \n          John Skelton Williams ' telegram (6 April\n         1917) announces that the President had signed the declaration\n         of war; letters from Dr. \n          Hugh H. Young describe his activities as\n         an army doctor, the morale of the soldiers, conditions in \n          France , and meetings with General\n         Pershing (26 Nov 1917; 26, 29 Mar, 10 Jun, and 3 Sep 1918);\n         Corporal \n          Marion S. Dimmock writes to \n          Betty Cocke , describing conditions at the\n         front (June 1918 and 18 Nov 1918); Other letters (30 Aug, 12\n         Sep, and 30 Nov 1918) written by \"Mary P.\" to \n          Betty Page Cocke describe conditions in \n          France and her work in the offices of the \n          American Fund for French Wounded ; and a\n         description of \n          France during the Armistice (21 Nov\n         1918).","Correspondence in individual folders includes: circular\n         letters from the Rev. \n          Beverley D. Tucker , 1958-1961, describing\n         his missionary work in \n          Japan , travels to \n          Russia , his personal affairs, and\n         pamphlets about the 1960 construction of \n          St. Michaels Church in \n          Sapporo, Japan ; \n          John Skelton Williams , 1917-1921, about\n         World War I, and his resignation as Comptroller of the\n         Currency, excluding personal letters to the \n          Cocke family chiefly of a social nature\n         which are interfiled in the general correspondence; \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , 1924-1928, including\n         letters of sympathy on the death of Milton; \n          Woodrow Wilson and \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Betty Cocke (Edith was a girlhood friend\n         of Betty), including some letters from White House\n         secretaries, 1919-1955, and undated, chiefly of a personal\n         nature except for a transcript of a letter from \n          Woodrow Wilson to the Rector and Visitors\n         at the \n          University of Virginia voicing his\n         opposition to the proposed moving of the Medical School to \n          Richmond (1921 May 30); and letters from \n          Napoleon Drew and family, a former slave\n         at \" \n          Belmead . \" For photographs of Napoleon\n         Drew see Box 32.","Financial and legal papers includes information about court\n         cases and petitions involving the \n          Cocke family ; letters from \n          Betty Cocke 's stockbrokers, \n          John L. Williams and Sons , concerning\n         stocks in the \n          Seaboard Syndicate , \n          Warner Bros , and the \n          2nd Bank of the United States ; letters\n         about leases, sales of property, deeds, permits, building\n         contracts and other papers regarding the real estate dealings\n         of \n          Betty Cocke ; \n          Lucy Elliot 's correspondence with \n          S.C. Chancellor , \n          Redland Corporation , and the \n          Xi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity ; a\n         permit for liquor purchase during Prohibition (22 Jan 1921);\n         funeral expenses and the finances of the \n          Elliot family after the death of \n          Milton C. Elliot in 1928; \n          Atlantic Coast Railroad Company liens and\n         garnishments, 1933-1938 (separately foldered); specifications\n         for houses by \n          Eugene Brady for \n          Milton Elliot in \n          Charlottesville and \n          Washington, D.C. (which was never built);\n         correspondence regarding the proposed creation of parking\n         spaces in front of the \n          Rotunda to which Betty was bitterly\n         opposed (5 Dec 1941-12 July 1946); and some information about\n         the sale of items from \" \n          Bremo , \" the settlement of the estate of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke , and the move of his\n         wife and children after his death to \n          Charlottesville (1889-1892). There are\n         also original financial and legal documents from the \n          Browne family and the \n          Blow family in this collection, 1773-1948.\n         The \n          Blow family documents, 1884-1948, chiefly\n         pertain to property belonging to \n          George Blow in \n          Norfolk, Virginia . The \n          Browne family documents, 1773-1813 and\n         undated, consist of accounts and receipts of Colonel \n          William Browne of \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County, Virginia , with \n          John Hay \u0026 Company , \n          Kilmarnock Carpet Company , and \n          John Hyndman \u0026 Company ; stud fees;\n         and promissory notes.","The genealogical and historical research files were\n         assembled by \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), son of \n          Milton C. Elliot and \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , and include\n         correspondence, notes, genealogical charts and diagrams,\n         photographs of portraits and individuals, printed material\n         from magazines, newsclippings, copies and transcripts of\n         letters, and miscellaneous related material. Most of the\n         original letters have been filed with the correspondence\n         series.","Several original items pertaining to the \n          Cocke family have been interfiled with the\n         rest of the \n          Cocke Family Papers in 640, etc., including:\n         \" \n          Belmead \" building plans, Box 182 (n.d.);\n         a letter from \n          Buller Cocke to \n          John Hartwell Cocke , August 23, 1820 (Box\n         32); a bank book of \n          John T. Bowdoin , 1817-1819, with the \n          Bank of the United States , \n          Norfolk (Box 25); a bank book of \n          Philip St. George Cocke , 1838-1839, with\n         the \n          Exchange Bank of Virginia , \n          Richmond (Box 93); a drawing of a\n         carriage, Box 182 (n.d.); two appointments of \n          Philip St. George Cocke to Visitor of\n         V.M.I. (1850 May 25 and 1858 May 25), Box 132, and an\n         appointment as an \"aide de camp,\" Box 131, (1850 Feb 22);\n         pedigree for a horse owned by \n          John Hartwell Cocke , Seagate, Box 182\n         (n.d.); a list of valuables, Box 172, (1865 Mar 13); and a\n         drawing of an \"Overseer's Cottage\" at \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County , possibly by \n          Philip St. George Cocke , Box 93\n         (1838).","These genealogical files are arranged alphabetically by the\n         name of the family, individual, or subject. Some files also\n         include information about children and wives under the name of\n         the father. Folders which include photographs, notable\n         correspondents, etc. are listed here:","Barraud Family Portraits - \n          Daniel Cary Barraud (1725-1784?); \n          Ann Barraud Cocke (1785-1816); \n          Ann Blaws Hansford Barraud (1760-1836);\n         Dr. \n          Philip Barraud (1758-1830); \n          Catherine Curle Barraud ; \n          Courtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud ; and \n          Philip Barraud \u0026 \n          Courtney Barraud .","\" \n          Belmead , \" \n          Powhatan County -Copies of correspondence\n         re the sale of the plantation in 1892 and copies of\n         correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball concerning \" \n          Belmead \"; early photographs, including\n         the house, furniture, furnishings, grounds, the mill, fields,\n         barnyards and barn; a folder concerning \" \n          Belmead \" after it was sold and became the\n          St. Emma Military Academy for black\n         men.","Blow Family -Photographs of \n          Margaret Blow Elliot (1849-1910); Judge \n          George Blow (1813-1894); and \n          Elizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow .","Bowdoin Family -Photographs of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin (1787-1821); and \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke (1815-1872).","\" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County -Photographs of \" \n          Bremo \"; copies of correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball ; and material pertaining to\n         the auction sale of 1926.","Browne Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          John Tucker Bowdoin ( \n          Sarah Edwards Browne , 1794-1815); and\n         Mrs. \n          William Browne ( \n          Elizabeth Ruffin , 1771-1799?).","Burwell Family -Photograph of \n          Edmond Bradford Burwell .","Carter Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          Robert Carter ( \n          Judith Armistead ) and Colonel \n          Robert Carter of \" \n          Corotoman . \"","Betty Page Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Cocke and friends; a \n          University of Virginia graduation scene; \n          St. Paul's Memorial Church , at the \n          University of Virginia ; \"Winnie, the\n         colored maid, cook, mammy \u0026 friend of \n          Betty Page Cocke and \n          Mary Louise Cocke \"; UVA students; the\n         boarding house; and Dr. \n          Charles Minor .","John Bowdoin Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke (1841-1900); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889); and the\n         Rev. \n          John Cosby ; the commission of \n          J.B. Cocke in the \n          Virginia Militia ; and the marriage\n         license of Betty and \n          John Bowdoin Cocke .","John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951)\n         -Photographs of himself and the \n          Gas Works Crew , \n          Savannah, Georgia .","John Hartwell Cocke -Photographs of \n          John H. Cocke ; \n          Sally Cocke Faulcon ; \n          Sally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent ; \n          Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke (1784-1816).","Mary Louise Cocke -Photographs of herself\n         and a trip to the West Coast.","Norborne Page Cocke (1878-1940)\n         -Photographs of himself.","Philip St. George Cocke -Photographs of \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke ;\n          Philip St. George Cocke (1809-1861); Miss \n          \"Bunny\" Cocke ; \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1844-); and\n         copies of correspondence with \n          Douglas Southall Freeman .","Richard Cocke -Photographs of \n          Richard Cocke IV (1707-1772); Colonel \n          Nathaniel Cocke (1746-1813).","Corbin Family -Photograph of [ \n          Henry Corbin ?].","Napoleon Bonaparte Drew -Photographs.","Elliot Family folders with photographs\n         include: \n          Allmand Elliot (1881-1908); \n          Elizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson (1887\n         -?) and Dr. \n          Gordon Wilson ; \n          George Blow Elliot (1873-1948); \n          Esther Ellery Elliot Sparkman (?-1955); \n          Ellery Sparkman ; \n          Gilbert Elliot ; \n          Charles G. Elliot ; \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot ; \n          Margaret Elliot (1884-1966); \n          Milton C. Elliot (1879-1928) and his sons,\n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot ; \n          Warren Grice Elliot (1848-1906); \n          Margaret Blow (1849-1910); and \n          Warren Grice Elliot, Jr. (1875-1930).","\" \n          Four Acres , \" \n          Charlottesville, Virginia","\" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County","Grice Family -Photographs of \n          Charles Grice (1762-1832); and \n          Joseph Grice .","\" \n          Lower Bremo \" and \" \n          Bremo Recess \"","\" \n          Mount Pleasant , \" \n          Surry County","Nelson Family -Photographs of \n          Elizabeth Burwell Nelson (1718-1793); \n          William Nelson (1711-1772); \n          Margaret Reade Nelson ; \n          Lucy Nelson ; and \n          Jane Byrd Nelson (engraving).","Page Family -Photographs of Colonel \n          John Page ; \n          Jane (Byrd) Page ; \" \n          Rosewell \" ruins; Colonel \n          Matthew Page (1659-1703); \n          Mary Mann Page (1672-1707); \n          Mann Page I (1691-1730); \n          Judith Carter Page ; \n          Mann Page II (1749-1803); \n          Anne Corbin Tayloe Page ; \n          Lucy Landonia Page Booker ; \n          Charles Carter Page ; \n          William Armistead Page ; \n          John Page ; \n          Hamilton Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Page, Jr. ; \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke ; \n          St. Paul's Church , \n          Petersburg ; \n          Mary Louise Jones Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Nelson Page ; Mrs. \n          Lewis Booker , \n          Betty Booker \u0026 Mrs. \n          Lily Booker Cole .","Photographs -Miscellaneous - \n          Woodrow Wilson ; \n          Petersburg Mathematical \u0026 Classical\n         Institute ; \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; \n          University of Virginia Rotunda ; \n          Thomas H. Carter ; \n          George Ben Johnston ; \n          Wilson Howe (1903 -?); \n          Helen Johnston and \n          Anne Roy Johnston ; \n          University of Virginia students and\n         buildings; \n          Herman H. Swift ; \n          William Lancaster ; \n          Joe Cox ; \n          Maria Garnett Venn ; \n          Ellen Douglas ; Burton, \n          Archibald Henderson and \n          Jean Craige ; \n          Vicksburg seawall; \n          Bloomfield Academy , \n          Albemarle County ; French ruins \n          Belleau Woods and \n          Chateau-Thierry gravesite.","Tayloe Family -Photographs of Mr. \u0026 Mrs.\n          John Tayloe I.","Edward Troye -Printed Material \u0026\n         Photographs -Horses \"Utilitarian,\" \"Roebuck,\" \"Cleveland.\"","The bound volume, memorabilia, and oversize material series\n         is listed in detail at the end of this guide. Any bound\n         volumes not in folders have been assigned a number to\n         facilitate location in the box. Memorabilia consists of\n         membership cards, annual tickets of admission, and railroad\n         passes belonging to \n          Betty Cocke , \n          Lucy H. Cocke Elliot and \n          Milton C. Elliot ; calling cards; a \n          Democratic National Convention souvenir;\n         U.S. Government Thrift Card; Six \n          Great Britain Coronation commemorative\n         stamps, 1937 May 12; War Ration Book; \n          Jamestown Exposition souvenir; autograph\n         of \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; and \n          University of Virginia memorabilia,\n         including ribbons and pins from various ribbon societies (see\n         Box 39 and Mini-Tray 40). The bound volumes are chiefly those\n         of the \n          Cocke family and \n          Milton C. 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Elliot","Robert Garrison Elliot","Warren Grice\n                  Elliot","Warren Grice Elliot,\n                  Jr.","Warren Grice Elliot, Jr.","James Westhall Ford","John Hartwell Cocke","John Page Elliot","John Page Elliot","Charles Grice","[Susan Charles]\n                  Grice","Pocahontas","John Rolfe","Edward Troye","Edward Troye","Edward Troye"],"_nest_path_":"/components#2","timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:53:36.241Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00143","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00143","_root_":"viu_viu00143","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00143","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00143.xml","title_ssm":["Cocke and Related Family Papers, \n         ca.1773-1992"],"title_tesim":["Cocke and Related Family Papers, \n         ca.1773-1992"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2433-ad and -ae"],"text":["2433-ad and -ae","Cocke and Related Family Papers, \n         ca.1773-1992","ca. 15,000 items","Collection is open to research.","Series I: Correspondence (Boxes 1-22)","Series II: Financial \u0026 Legal Papers (Boxes 23-24)","Series III: Genealogical \u0026 Historical Research Files\n         (Boxes 25-38)","Series IV: Bound Volumes, Memorabilia, \u0026 Oversize\n         Material (Boxes 39-41; Mini-Tray 40; Oversize Boxes P-16 \u0026\n         M-19; Oversize Trays 34 \u0026 55)","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","The \n          Cocke - \n          Elliot Family papers contain ca. 15,000\n         items (41 Hollinger boxes, ca. 17 linear feet and four\n         oversize folders), ca. 1773-1992, and consist largely of\n         personal and family correspondence, financial and legal\n         papers, memorabilia, bound volumes, and genealogical and\n         historical research material pertaining to the \n          Cocke , \n          Elliot , and related families from the\n         colonial period through the twentieth century, assembled by \n          John Page Elliot .","The correspondence consists chiefly of the letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke (1872-1973), a prominent\n         resident of \n          Charlottesville, Virginia , and those of\n         her sister, \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot (1876-1969),\n         descendants of General \n          John Hartwell Cocke . The collection also\n         includes some correspondence of \n          John Hartwell Cocke (1780-1866), 1853 Mar\n         9, 1856 Nov 4; General \n          Phillip St. George Cocke (1809-1861), \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889), \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951), \n          Bettie Burwell (Page) Cocke (1841-1900), \n          Mary Louise Cocke (1868-1966), \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot (1879-1928), \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), \n          George H. Venable (1864 Mar 16), and other\n         members of the \n          Cocke and \n          Elliot families.","Early letters of interest include many during the courtship\n         and marriage of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke and \n          Bettie Burwell Page (1860s-1870s); \n          Bettie Burwell Page offering her services\n         and those of a Miss Taylor to the Confederate Secretary of the\n         Treasury (1862 Oct 3); a letter to \n          Bettie Burwell Page concerning her\n         participation in a ceremony to honor the Confederate dead\n         (1866 Jul 18); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke to his wife Bettie\n         describing the release of \n          Jefferson Davis from prison (1867 May);\n         and \n          Betty Page Cocke to General \n          G.H. Bridges concerning the Civil War\n         record of her grandfather \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1892 Dec 2).","The letters of \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot consist of\n         correspondence with family and friends, and contain a series\n         of courtship letters written from about 1890 through 1906 by\n         several \n          University of Virginia students, including\n          Basil Jones , \n          Archibald Watson , \n          R.C. Blackford , \n          Richard S. Whaley , \n          Robert L. Parrish , and \n          Hermann Holst Swift , among others.\n         Several letters written between March and August of 1903\n         describe a tour of \n          Europe and the \n          Mediterranean made by \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke and give her\n         observations on the sites she visited, including \n          Gibraltar , \n          Naples , \n          Pompeii , \n          Athens , \n          Constantinople , \n          Alexandria , \n          Cairo , \n          Giza , \n          Luxor , \n          Sicily , \n          Rome , \n          Venice , \n          Florence , \n          Switzerland , \n          Paris , and \n          London .","Also included are letters from \n          Robert L. Parrish which describe his\n         travels in July and August of 1905 to the \n          Grand Canyon , \n          Yosemite Valley , \n          California , the \n          Great Lakes , \n          Canada , and \n          Alaska . The majority of letters circa\n         1902 -1928 are written by \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot who married \n          Lucy Cocke in 1906. The correspondence\n         contains letters written to and from Lucy and Milton Elliot's\n         two sons, \n          Warren Grice Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot , as well as letters of\n         sympathy received on the death of \n          Milton Elliot in 1928. The later letters\n         of \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot are mainly to and from\n         members of the \n          Cocke family , especially her sister \n          Betty Page Cocke with whom she resided\n         after the death of her husband Milton, and also include a\n         continued correspondence with \n          Hermann Holst Swift .","The letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke are considerably more\n         extensive and pertain to her involvement in politics and\n         historic preservation while also containing letters to family\n         and friends. The collection includes letters which outline her\n         active involvement in such organizations as the \n          Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation , the \n          Woodrow Wilson Foundation , the \n          National Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization , the \n          Women's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense , the \n          Albemarle County Historical Society , the \n          Albemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross , the \n          Women's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform , and the \n          Virginia War History Commission .","Other topics include letters concerning a trip made by \n          Betty Page Cocke to \n          England in 1937 to view the coronation of\n         King \n          George VI and a subsequent tour of \n          Europe during which she injured her hip\n         and had to return home for a long convalescence.\n         Correspondence concerning the involvement of \n          Betty Page Cocke in the settlement of\n         several Cocke family estates include those of \n          Leila B. Cocke , ca. 1925-1930 where Betty\n         acted as the administratrix, \n          Rowena L. Cocke , ca. 1961, and \n          Mazyck Wilson Shields , ca. 1942. These\n         papers describe the sale of items from the plantation of \" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County, Virginia , at auction in\n         1926 and the proposed formation of the \n          Bremo Plantation Inc. from the property of\n         the late \n          Leila B. Cocke . \n          Milton C. Elliot acted as legal\n         representative during the disposition of the estate.","Other correspondents and subjects include: \n          Robert D. Ballantine , who was supposed to\n         have committed suicide partly because \n          Betty Cocke rejected him (17 Nov 1896; 4\n         Jan and 6 Feb 1897; 25 Oct and 31 Dec 1901), letters\n         describing his travels in \n          Europe for education in music and German,\n         and in India with his family and friends; the illness and\n         death of \n          Bettie Burwell Page Cocke (Aug 1900);\n         lists of and letters by students who lived in the boarding\n         house run by \n          Betty Cocke (1961-1964); and \n          Thomas Nelson Page to \"Miss Cocke\" (2 Dec\n         1902) concerning her request to \"hear him read for her.\"\n         Letters concerning artwork include: several to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke about the sale of a\n         Napoleon miniature by \n          Jean Baptiste Isabey (July-Oct 1879); and\n         the disposition of the equestrian portrait of General Scott\n         painted by \n          Edward Troye from Troye's widow, \n          Cornelia A. Troye (Dec 1874-May 1876);\n         letters from representatives of the \n          Virginia Military Institute to \n          Betty Page Cocke concerning the location\n         of the bust of General \n          Philip St. George Cocke by \n          Alexander Galt (Sept 30, Oct 7, 24, 31,\n         1938; and Nov 6, 1939); letters from \n          Bailey and Griffin Inc. , \"Importers of\n         Unusual Chintzes,\" to \n          Betty Cocke about a loan of the heirloom\n         chintz quilt from \" \n          Bremo \" to have the pattern copied (Oct 25\n         and Dec 9, 1938; Mar 4, 1939; and Mar 4 and 13, 1940);\n         correspondence of \n          Betty Cocke with the \n          Virginia Museum of Fine Arts about the\n         loan of 17th and 18th century silver utensils for an exhibit\n         (Oct 11, 28, and Nov 9, 1940; and Jan 15, 1941).","The letters of \n          Milton C. Elliot are chiefly concerned\n         with business matters, especially those to Betty regarding the\n         buying and selling of property and the \n          Leila B Cocke estate; but also include\n         letters to his sons, \n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot in the 1920s while\n         they were boarding students at the \n          Episcopal High School in \n          Alexandria, Virginia , and letters to his\n         wife Lucy before and after their marriage (previously\n         mentioned in connection with Lucy's correspondence). Milton\n         was the toastmaster of the \n          Alfalfa Club in \n          Washington, D.C. in 1919 and some menus\n         and invitations concerning the \n          Alfalfa Club are mixed in with the\n         correspondence.","Other items of interest include letters to \n          Betty Page Cocke which describe the\n         involvement of her friends in World War I, including: a French\n         soldier, \n          A. Murail , thanks \n          Betty Cocke for a Christmas gift (27 Dec\n         1916); \n          John Skelton Williams ' telegram (6 April\n         1917) announces that the President had signed the declaration\n         of war; letters from Dr. \n          Hugh H. Young describe his activities as\n         an army doctor, the morale of the soldiers, conditions in \n          France , and meetings with General\n         Pershing (26 Nov 1917; 26, 29 Mar, 10 Jun, and 3 Sep 1918);\n         Corporal \n          Marion S. Dimmock writes to \n          Betty Cocke , describing conditions at the\n         front (June 1918 and 18 Nov 1918); Other letters (30 Aug, 12\n         Sep, and 30 Nov 1918) written by \"Mary P.\" to \n          Betty Page Cocke describe conditions in \n          France and her work in the offices of the \n          American Fund for French Wounded ; and a\n         description of \n          France during the Armistice (21 Nov\n         1918).","Correspondence in individual folders includes: circular\n         letters from the Rev. \n          Beverley D. Tucker , 1958-1961, describing\n         his missionary work in \n          Japan , travels to \n          Russia , his personal affairs, and\n         pamphlets about the 1960 construction of \n          St. Michaels Church in \n          Sapporo, Japan ; \n          John Skelton Williams , 1917-1921, about\n         World War I, and his resignation as Comptroller of the\n         Currency, excluding personal letters to the \n          Cocke family chiefly of a social nature\n         which are interfiled in the general correspondence; \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , 1924-1928, including\n         letters of sympathy on the death of Milton; \n          Woodrow Wilson and \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Betty Cocke (Edith was a girlhood friend\n         of Betty), including some letters from White House\n         secretaries, 1919-1955, and undated, chiefly of a personal\n         nature except for a transcript of a letter from \n          Woodrow Wilson to the Rector and Visitors\n         at the \n          University of Virginia voicing his\n         opposition to the proposed moving of the Medical School to \n          Richmond (1921 May 30); and letters from \n          Napoleon Drew and family, a former slave\n         at \" \n          Belmead . \" For photographs of Napoleon\n         Drew see Box 32.","Financial and legal papers includes information about court\n         cases and petitions involving the \n          Cocke family ; letters from \n          Betty Cocke 's stockbrokers, \n          John L. Williams and Sons , concerning\n         stocks in the \n          Seaboard Syndicate , \n          Warner Bros , and the \n          2nd Bank of the United States ; letters\n         about leases, sales of property, deeds, permits, building\n         contracts and other papers regarding the real estate dealings\n         of \n          Betty Cocke ; \n          Lucy Elliot 's correspondence with \n          S.C. Chancellor , \n          Redland Corporation , and the \n          Xi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity ; a\n         permit for liquor purchase during Prohibition (22 Jan 1921);\n         funeral expenses and the finances of the \n          Elliot family after the death of \n          Milton C. Elliot in 1928; \n          Atlantic Coast Railroad Company liens and\n         garnishments, 1933-1938 (separately foldered); specifications\n         for houses by \n          Eugene Brady for \n          Milton Elliot in \n          Charlottesville and \n          Washington, D.C. (which was never built);\n         correspondence regarding the proposed creation of parking\n         spaces in front of the \n          Rotunda to which Betty was bitterly\n         opposed (5 Dec 1941-12 July 1946); and some information about\n         the sale of items from \" \n          Bremo , \" the settlement of the estate of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke , and the move of his\n         wife and children after his death to \n          Charlottesville (1889-1892). There are\n         also original financial and legal documents from the \n          Browne family and the \n          Blow family in this collection, 1773-1948.\n         The \n          Blow family documents, 1884-1948, chiefly\n         pertain to property belonging to \n          George Blow in \n          Norfolk, Virginia . The \n          Browne family documents, 1773-1813 and\n         undated, consist of accounts and receipts of Colonel \n          William Browne of \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County, Virginia , with \n          John Hay \u0026 Company , \n          Kilmarnock Carpet Company , and \n          John Hyndman \u0026 Company ; stud fees;\n         and promissory notes.","The genealogical and historical research files were\n         assembled by \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), son of \n          Milton C. Elliot and \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , and include\n         correspondence, notes, genealogical charts and diagrams,\n         photographs of portraits and individuals, printed material\n         from magazines, newsclippings, copies and transcripts of\n         letters, and miscellaneous related material. Most of the\n         original letters have been filed with the correspondence\n         series.","Several original items pertaining to the \n          Cocke family have been interfiled with the\n         rest of the \n          Cocke Family Papers in 640, etc., including:\n         \" \n          Belmead \" building plans, Box 182 (n.d.);\n         a letter from \n          Buller Cocke to \n          John Hartwell Cocke , August 23, 1820 (Box\n         32); a bank book of \n          John T. Bowdoin , 1817-1819, with the \n          Bank of the United States , \n          Norfolk (Box 25); a bank book of \n          Philip St. George Cocke , 1838-1839, with\n         the \n          Exchange Bank of Virginia , \n          Richmond (Box 93); a drawing of a\n         carriage, Box 182 (n.d.); two appointments of \n          Philip St. George Cocke to Visitor of\n         V.M.I. (1850 May 25 and 1858 May 25), Box 132, and an\n         appointment as an \"aide de camp,\" Box 131, (1850 Feb 22);\n         pedigree for a horse owned by \n          John Hartwell Cocke , Seagate, Box 182\n         (n.d.); a list of valuables, Box 172, (1865 Mar 13); and a\n         drawing of an \"Overseer's Cottage\" at \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County , possibly by \n          Philip St. George Cocke , Box 93\n         (1838).","These genealogical files are arranged alphabetically by the\n         name of the family, individual, or subject. Some files also\n         include information about children and wives under the name of\n         the father. Folders which include photographs, notable\n         correspondents, etc. are listed here:","Barraud Family Portraits - \n          Daniel Cary Barraud (1725-1784?); \n          Ann Barraud Cocke (1785-1816); \n          Ann Blaws Hansford Barraud (1760-1836);\n         Dr. \n          Philip Barraud (1758-1830); \n          Catherine Curle Barraud ; \n          Courtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud ; and \n          Philip Barraud \u0026 \n          Courtney Barraud .","\" \n          Belmead , \" \n          Powhatan County -Copies of correspondence\n         re the sale of the plantation in 1892 and copies of\n         correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball concerning \" \n          Belmead \"; early photographs, including\n         the house, furniture, furnishings, grounds, the mill, fields,\n         barnyards and barn; a folder concerning \" \n          Belmead \" after it was sold and became the\n          St. Emma Military Academy for black\n         men.","Blow Family -Photographs of \n          Margaret Blow Elliot (1849-1910); Judge \n          George Blow (1813-1894); and \n          Elizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow .","Bowdoin Family -Photographs of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin (1787-1821); and \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke (1815-1872).","\" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County -Photographs of \" \n          Bremo \"; copies of correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball ; and material pertaining to\n         the auction sale of 1926.","Browne Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          John Tucker Bowdoin ( \n          Sarah Edwards Browne , 1794-1815); and\n         Mrs. \n          William Browne ( \n          Elizabeth Ruffin , 1771-1799?).","Burwell Family -Photograph of \n          Edmond Bradford Burwell .","Carter Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          Robert Carter ( \n          Judith Armistead ) and Colonel \n          Robert Carter of \" \n          Corotoman . \"","Betty Page Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Cocke and friends; a \n          University of Virginia graduation scene; \n          St. Paul's Memorial Church , at the \n          University of Virginia ; \"Winnie, the\n         colored maid, cook, mammy \u0026 friend of \n          Betty Page Cocke and \n          Mary Louise Cocke \"; UVA students; the\n         boarding house; and Dr. \n          Charles Minor .","John Bowdoin Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke (1841-1900); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889); and the\n         Rev. \n          John Cosby ; the commission of \n          J.B. Cocke in the \n          Virginia Militia ; and the marriage\n         license of Betty and \n          John Bowdoin Cocke .","John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951)\n         -Photographs of himself and the \n          Gas Works Crew , \n          Savannah, Georgia .","John Hartwell Cocke -Photographs of \n          John H. Cocke ; \n          Sally Cocke Faulcon ; \n          Sally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent ; \n          Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke (1784-1816).","Mary Louise Cocke -Photographs of herself\n         and a trip to the West Coast.","Norborne Page Cocke (1878-1940)\n         -Photographs of himself.","Philip St. George Cocke -Photographs of \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke ;\n          Philip St. George Cocke (1809-1861); Miss \n          \"Bunny\" Cocke ; \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1844-); and\n         copies of correspondence with \n          Douglas Southall Freeman .","Richard Cocke -Photographs of \n          Richard Cocke IV (1707-1772); Colonel \n          Nathaniel Cocke (1746-1813).","Corbin Family -Photograph of [ \n          Henry Corbin ?].","Napoleon Bonaparte Drew -Photographs.","Elliot Family folders with photographs\n         include: \n          Allmand Elliot (1881-1908); \n          Elizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson (1887\n         -?) and Dr. \n          Gordon Wilson ; \n          George Blow Elliot (1873-1948); \n          Esther Ellery Elliot Sparkman (?-1955); \n          Ellery Sparkman ; \n          Gilbert Elliot ; \n          Charles G. Elliot ; \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot ; \n          Margaret Elliot (1884-1966); \n          Milton C. Elliot (1879-1928) and his sons,\n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot ; \n          Warren Grice Elliot (1848-1906); \n          Margaret Blow (1849-1910); and \n          Warren Grice Elliot, Jr. (1875-1930).","\" \n          Four Acres , \" \n          Charlottesville, Virginia","\" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County","Grice Family -Photographs of \n          Charles Grice (1762-1832); and \n          Joseph Grice .","\" \n          Lower Bremo \" and \" \n          Bremo Recess \"","\" \n          Mount Pleasant , \" \n          Surry County","Nelson Family -Photographs of \n          Elizabeth Burwell Nelson (1718-1793); \n          William Nelson (1711-1772); \n          Margaret Reade Nelson ; \n          Lucy Nelson ; and \n          Jane Byrd Nelson (engraving).","Page Family -Photographs of Colonel \n          John Page ; \n          Jane (Byrd) Page ; \" \n          Rosewell \" ruins; Colonel \n          Matthew Page (1659-1703); \n          Mary Mann Page (1672-1707); \n          Mann Page I (1691-1730); \n          Judith Carter Page ; \n          Mann Page II (1749-1803); \n          Anne Corbin Tayloe Page ; \n          Lucy Landonia Page Booker ; \n          Charles Carter Page ; \n          William Armistead Page ; \n          John Page ; \n          Hamilton Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Page, Jr. ; \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke ; \n          St. Paul's Church , \n          Petersburg ; \n          Mary Louise Jones Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Nelson Page ; Mrs. \n          Lewis Booker , \n          Betty Booker \u0026 Mrs. \n          Lily Booker Cole .","Photographs -Miscellaneous - \n          Woodrow Wilson ; \n          Petersburg Mathematical \u0026 Classical\n         Institute ; \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; \n          University of Virginia Rotunda ; \n          Thomas H. Carter ; \n          George Ben Johnston ; \n          Wilson Howe (1903 -?); \n          Helen Johnston and \n          Anne Roy Johnston ; \n          University of Virginia students and\n         buildings; \n          Herman H. Swift ; \n          William Lancaster ; \n          Joe Cox ; \n          Maria Garnett Venn ; \n          Ellen Douglas ; Burton, \n          Archibald Henderson and \n          Jean Craige ; \n          Vicksburg seawall; \n          Bloomfield Academy , \n          Albemarle County ; French ruins \n          Belleau Woods and \n          Chateau-Thierry gravesite.","Tayloe Family -Photographs of Mr. \u0026 Mrs.\n          John Tayloe I.","Edward Troye -Printed Material \u0026\n         Photographs -Horses \"Utilitarian,\" \"Roebuck,\" \"Cleveland.\"","The bound volume, memorabilia, and oversize material series\n         is listed in detail at the end of this guide. Any bound\n         volumes not in folders have been assigned a number to\n         facilitate location in the box. Memorabilia consists of\n         membership cards, annual tickets of admission, and railroad\n         passes belonging to \n          Betty Cocke , \n          Lucy H. Cocke Elliot and \n          Milton C. Elliot ; calling cards; a \n          Democratic National Convention souvenir;\n         U.S. Government Thrift Card; Six \n          Great Britain Coronation commemorative\n         stamps, 1937 May 12; War Ration Book; \n          Jamestown Exposition souvenir; autograph\n         of \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; and \n          University of Virginia memorabilia,\n         including ribbons and pins from various ribbon societies (see\n         Box 39 and Mini-Tray 40). The bound volumes are chiefly those\n         of the \n          Cocke family and \n          Milton C. Elliot , and include school\n         notebooks, annuals and autograph albums; travel journals;\n         memoranda books; a ledger; address books; a scrapbook of\n         newsclippings; diaries; visitation and wedding invitation\n         books; an account book; and a photgraph album of \n          University of Virginia scenes, belonging\n         to \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke Elliot [ante\n         1906?].","Oversize material includes a pardon to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1865 Jul 6);\n         photographs of Dr. \n          Norborne Page Cocke , \n          George Blow Elliot , \n          William Gibbs McAdoo , and members of the \n          Federal Reserve Board ; certificates of\n         membership and career advancements of \n          Milton Elliot in law practice in \n          Virginia , \n          Pennsylvania , and \n          Washington, D.C. ; \n          Sons of the American\n         Revolution certificate of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1926 Jun 1);\n         architectural drawings for residences and outbuildings of M.C.\n         and \n          Lucy Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot ; and genealogical\n         material pertaining to the \n          Cocke and \n          Page families.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","University of Virginia","Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation","Woodrow Wilson Foundation","National Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization","Women's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense","Albemarle County Historical Society","Albemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross","Women's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform","Virginia War History Commission","Bremo","Bremo Plantation Inc.","Virginia Military Institute","Bailey and Griffin Inc.","Virginia Museum of Fine Arts","Episcopal High School","Alfalfa Club","American Fund for French Wounded","St. Michaels Church","Belmead","John L. Williams and Sons","Seaboard Syndicate","Warner Bros","2nd Bank of the United States","Redland Corporation","Xi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity","Atlantic Coast Railroad Company","Rotunda","Four Mile Tree Plantation","John Hay \u0026 Company","Kilmarnock Carpet Company","John Hyndman \u0026 Company","Bank of the United States","Exchange Bank of Virginia","St. Emma Military Academy","Corotoman","St. Paul's Memorial Church","Virginia Militia","Gas Works Crew","Four Acres","Lower Bremo","Bremo Recess","Mount Pleasant","Rosewell","St. Paul's Church","Petersburg Mathematical \u0026 Classical\n         Institute","University of Virginia Rotunda","Bloomfield Academy","Democratic National Convention","Jamestown Exposition","Federal Reserve Board","Sons of the American\n         Revolution","Atlantic Coast Line Railroad\n                  Company","Robert E. Lee Memorial\n                  Foundation","Betty Cocke Scholarship Fund","Virginia Military\n                  Institute","Federal Reserve\n                  Board","Elliot Clan Society","Huguenot Society of America","Malvern Hill","Old Bremo","Swann's Point Plantation","William \u0026 Mary","P.D.A. Society","Phi Beta Kappa","Episcopal High School of\n                  Virginia","Eli Banana","German Club","O.N.E.","Omega Sigma","T.I.L.K.A.","Z Society","Final Ball","Beta Theta Pi Fraternity","O.F.C. 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Bowdoin","Daniel Cary Barraud","Ann Barraud Cocke","Ann Blaws Hansford Barraud","Philip Barraud","Catherine Curle Barraud","Courtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud","Courtney Barraud","Fiske Kimball","Margaret Blow Elliot","Elizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow","John Tucker Bowdoin","Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke","Sarah Edwards Browne","Elizabeth Ruffin","Edmond Bradford Burwell","Robert Carter","Judith Armistead","Charles Minor","Betty Burwell Page Cocke","John Cosby","J.B. Cocke","John H. Cocke","Sally Cocke Faulcon","Sally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent","Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke","Norborne Page Cocke","Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke","\"Bunny\" Cocke","Douglas Southall Freeman","Richard Cocke","Nathaniel Cocke","Henry Corbin","Napoleon Bonaparte Drew","Allmand Elliot","Elizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson","Gordon Wilson","George Blow Elliot","Esther Ellery Elliot Sparkman","Ellery Sparkman","Gilbert Elliot","Charles G. 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The collection also\n         includes some correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1780-1866), 1853 Mar\n         9, 1856 Nov 4; General \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhillip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1809-1861), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1836-1889), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1951), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell (Page) Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1841-1900), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1868-1966), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Courtwright Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1928), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1913-1992), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Venable\u003c/persname\u003e(1864 Mar 16), and other\n         members of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cfamname\u003eElliot\u003c/famname\u003efamilies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarly letters of interest include many during the courtship\n         and marriage of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page\u003c/persname\u003e(1860s-1870s); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page\u003c/persname\u003eoffering her services\n         and those of a Miss Taylor to the Confederate Secretary of the\n         Treasury (1862 Oct 3); a letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page\u003c/persname\u003econcerning her\n         participation in a ceremony to honor the Confederate dead\n         (1866 Jul 18); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife Bettie\n         describing the release of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJefferson Davis\u003c/persname\u003efrom prison (1867 May);\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto General \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG.H. Bridges\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the Civil War\n         record of her grandfather \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1892 Dec 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot\u003c/persname\u003econsist of\n         correspondence with family and friends, and contain a series\n         of courtship letters written from about 1890 through 1906 by\n         several \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003estudents, including\n         \u003cpersname\u003eBasil Jones\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArchibald Watson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR.C. Blackford\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRichard S. Whaley\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert L. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHermann Holst Swift\u003c/persname\u003e, among others.\n         Several letters written between March and August of 1903\n         describe a tour of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMediterranean\u003c/geogname\u003emade by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand give her\n         observations on the sites she visited, including \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGibraltar\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNaples\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePompeii\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAthens\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eConstantinople\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCairo\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGiza\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLuxor\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSicily\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso included are letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert L. Parrish\u003c/persname\u003ewhich describe his\n         travels in July and August of 1905 to the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGrand Canyon\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYosemite Valley\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCalifornia\u003c/geogname\u003e, the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Lakes\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCanada\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlaska\u003c/geogname\u003e. The majority of letters circa\n         1902 -1928 are written by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Courtwright Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ewho married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ein 1906. The correspondence\n         contains letters written to and from Lucy and Milton Elliot's\n         two sons, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as letters of\n         sympathy received on the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein 1928. The later letters\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eare mainly to and from\n         members of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003e, especially her sister \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ewith whom she resided\n         after the death of her husband Milton, and also include a\n         continued correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHermann Holst Swift\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eare considerably more\n         extensive and pertain to her involvement in politics and\n         historic preservation while also containing letters to family\n         and friends. The collection includes letters which outline her\n         active involvement in such organizations as the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRobert E. Lee Memorial Foundation\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWoodrow Wilson Foundation\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWomen's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlbemarle County Historical Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlbemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWomen's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia War History Commission\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include letters concerning a trip made by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1937 to view the coronation of\n         King \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge VI\u003c/persname\u003eand a subsequent tour of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eduring which she injured her hip\n         and had to return home for a long convalescence.\n         Correspondence concerning the involvement of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ein the settlement of\n         several Cocke family estates include those of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeila B. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, ca. 1925-1930 where Betty\n         acted as the administratrix, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRowena L. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, ca. 1961, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMazyck Wilson Shields\u003c/persname\u003e, ca. 1942. These\n         papers describe the sale of items from the plantation of \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFluvanna County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, at auction in\n         1926 and the proposed formation of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo Plantation Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003efrom the property of\n         the late \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeila B. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eacted as legal\n         representative during the disposition of the estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther correspondents and subjects include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert D. Ballantine\u003c/persname\u003e, who was supposed to\n         have committed suicide partly because \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003erejected him (17 Nov 1896; 4\n         Jan and 6 Feb 1897; 25 Oct and 31 Dec 1901), letters\n         describing his travels in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003efor education in music and German,\n         and in India with his family and friends; the illness and\n         death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBettie Burwell Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(Aug 1900);\n         lists of and letters by students who lived in the boarding\n         house run by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1961-1964); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Nelson Page\u003c/persname\u003eto \"Miss Cocke\" (2 Dec\n         1902) concerning her request to \"hear him read for her.\"\n         Letters concerning artwork include: several to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eabout the sale of a\n         Napoleon miniature by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJean Baptiste Isabey\u003c/persname\u003e(July-Oct 1879); and\n         the disposition of the equestrian portrait of General Scott\n         painted by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Troye\u003c/persname\u003efrom Troye's widow, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCornelia A. Troye\u003c/persname\u003e(Dec 1874-May 1876);\n         letters from representatives of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the location\n         of the bust of General \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eby \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Galt\u003c/persname\u003e(Sept 30, Oct 7, 24, 31,\n         1938; and Nov 6, 1939); letters from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBailey and Griffin Inc.\u003c/corpname\u003e, \"Importers of\n         Unusual Chintzes,\" to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eabout a loan of the heirloom\n         chintz quilt from \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e\" to have the pattern copied (Oct 25\n         and Dec 9, 1938; Mar 4, 1939; and Mar 4 and 13, 1940);\n         correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ewith the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Museum of Fine Arts\u003c/corpname\u003eabout the\n         loan of 17th and 18th century silver utensils for an exhibit\n         (Oct 11, 28, and Nov 9, 1940; and Jan 15, 1941).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eare chiefly concerned\n         with business matters, especially those to Betty regarding the\n         buying and selling of property and the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeila B Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eestate; but also include\n         letters to his sons, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein the 1920s while\n         they were boarding students at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEpiscopal High School\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and letters to his\n         wife Lucy before and after their marriage (previously\n         mentioned in connection with Lucy's correspondence). Milton\n         was the toastmaster of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlfalfa Club\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 and some menus\n         and invitations concerning the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAlfalfa Club\u003c/corpname\u003eare mixed in with the\n         correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ewhich describe the\n         involvement of her friends in World War I, including: a French\n         soldier, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA. Murail\u003c/persname\u003e, thanks \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003efor a Christmas gift (27 Dec\n         1916); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Skelton Williams\u003c/persname\u003e' telegram (6 April\n         1917) announces that the President had signed the declaration\n         of war; letters from Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHugh H. Young\u003c/persname\u003edescribe his activities as\n         an army doctor, the morale of the soldiers, conditions in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, and meetings with General\n         Pershing (26 Nov 1917; 26, 29 Mar, 10 Jun, and 3 Sep 1918);\n         Corporal \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMarion S. Dimmock\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, describing conditions at the\n         front (June 1918 and 18 Nov 1918); Other letters (30 Aug, 12\n         Sep, and 30 Nov 1918) written by \"Mary P.\" to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003edescribe conditions in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand her work in the offices of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Fund for French Wounded\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a\n         description of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the Armistice (21 Nov\n         1918).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence in individual folders includes: circular\n         letters from the Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBeverley D. Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e, 1958-1961, describing\n         his missionary work in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJapan\u003c/geogname\u003e, travels to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, his personal affairs, and\n         pamphlets about the 1960 construction of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Michaels Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSapporo, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Skelton Williams\u003c/persname\u003e, 1917-1921, about\n         World War I, and his resignation as Comptroller of the\n         Currency, excluding personal letters to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003echiefly of a social nature\n         which are interfiled in the general correspondence; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Bolling Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, 1924-1928, including\n         letters of sympathy on the death of Milton; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWoodrow Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Bolling Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(Edith was a girlhood friend\n         of Betty), including some letters from White House\n         secretaries, 1919-1955, and undated, chiefly of a personal\n         nature except for a transcript of a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWoodrow Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eto the Rector and Visitors\n         at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003evoicing his\n         opposition to the proposed moving of the Medical School to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e(1921 May 30); and letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNapoleon Drew\u003c/persname\u003eand family, a former slave\n         at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e. \" For photographs of Napoleon\n         Drew see Box 32.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial and legal papers includes information about court\n         cases and petitions involving the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003e; letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e's stockbrokers, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn L. Williams and Sons\u003c/corpname\u003e, concerning\n         stocks in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSeaboard Syndicate\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWarner Bros\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e2nd Bank of the United States\u003c/corpname\u003e; letters\n         about leases, sales of property, deeds, permits, building\n         contracts and other papers regarding the real estate dealings\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eS.C. Chancellor\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRedland Corporation\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eXi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n         permit for liquor purchase during Prohibition (22 Jan 1921);\n         funeral expenses and the finances of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eElliot family\u003c/famname\u003eafter the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein 1928; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAtlantic Coast Railroad Company\u003c/corpname\u003eliens and\n         garnishments, 1933-1938 (separately foldered); specifications\n         for houses by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEugene Brady\u003c/persname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e(which was never built);\n         correspondence regarding the proposed creation of parking\n         spaces in front of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRotunda\u003c/corpname\u003eto which Betty was bitterly\n         opposed (5 Dec 1941-12 July 1946); and some information about\n         the sale of items from \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" the settlement of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, and the move of his\n         wife and children after his death to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e(1889-1892). There are\n         also original financial and legal documents from the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBrowne family\u003c/famname\u003eand the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBlow family\u003c/famname\u003ein this collection, 1773-1948.\n         The \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBlow family\u003c/famname\u003edocuments, 1884-1948, chiefly\n         pertain to property belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorfolk, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. The \n         \u003cfamname\u003eBrowne family\u003c/famname\u003edocuments, 1773-1813 and\n         undated, consist of accounts and receipts of Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Browne\u003c/persname\u003eof \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Mile Tree Plantation\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, with \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Hay \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKilmarnock Carpet Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Hyndman \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e; stud fees;\n         and promissory notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe genealogical and historical research files were\n         assembled by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1913-1992), son of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, and include\n         correspondence, notes, genealogical charts and diagrams,\n         photographs of portraits and individuals, printed material\n         from magazines, newsclippings, copies and transcripts of\n         letters, and miscellaneous related material. Most of the\n         original letters have been filed with the correspondence\n         series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral original items pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003ehave been interfiled with the\n         rest of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers in 640, etc., including:\n         \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBelmead\u003c/geogname\u003e\" building plans, Box 182 (n.d.);\n         a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBuller Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, August 23, 1820 (Box\n         32); a bank book of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn T. Bowdoin\u003c/persname\u003e, 1817-1819, with the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of the United States\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorfolk\u003c/geogname\u003e(Box 25); a bank book of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, 1838-1839, with\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eExchange Bank of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e(Box 93); a drawing of a\n         carriage, Box 182 (n.d.); two appointments of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eto Visitor of\n         V.M.I. (1850 May 25 and 1858 May 25), Box 132, and an\n         appointment as an \"aide de camp,\" Box 131, (1850 Feb 22);\n         pedigree for a horse owned by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, Seagate, Box 182\n         (n.d.); a list of valuables, Box 172, (1865 Mar 13); and a\n         drawing of an \"Overseer's Cottage\" at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Mile Tree Plantation\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County\u003c/geogname\u003e, possibly by \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, Box 93\n         (1838).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese genealogical files are arranged alphabetically by the\n         name of the family, individual, or subject. Some files also\n         include information about children and wives under the name of\n         the father. Folders which include photographs, notable\n         correspondents, etc. are listed here:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBarraud Family\u003c/famname\u003ePortraits - \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Cary Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e(1725-1784?); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Barraud Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1785-1816); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Blaws Hansford Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e(1760-1836);\n         Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e(1758-1830); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCatherine Curle Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCourtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCourtney Barraud\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePowhatan County\u003c/geogname\u003e-Copies of correspondence\n         re the sale of the plantation in 1892 and copies of\n         correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFiske Kimball\u003c/persname\u003econcerning \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e\"; early photographs, including\n         the house, furniture, furnishings, grounds, the mill, fields,\n         barnyards and barn; a folder concerning \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBelmead\u003c/corpname\u003e\" after it was sold and became the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Emma Military Academy\u003c/corpname\u003efor black\n         men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBlow Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Blow Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1849-1910); Judge \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow\u003c/persname\u003e(1813-1894); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBowdoin Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin\u003c/persname\u003e(1787-1821); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1815-1872).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFluvanna County\u003c/geogname\u003e-Photographs of \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo\u003c/corpname\u003e\"; copies of correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFiske Kimball\u003c/persname\u003e; and material pertaining to\n         the auction sale of 1926.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBrowne Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Edwards Browne\u003c/persname\u003e, 1794-1815); and\n         Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Browne\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Ruffin\u003c/persname\u003e, 1771-1799?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eBurwell Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photograph of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdmond Bradford Burwell\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eCarter Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Carter\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith Armistead\u003c/persname\u003e) and Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Carter\u003c/persname\u003eof \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCorotoman\u003c/corpname\u003e. \"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand friends; a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003egraduation scene; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Memorial Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; \"Winnie, the\n         colored maid, cook, mammy \u0026amp; friend of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e\"; UVA students; the\n         boarding house; and Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Minor\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Burwell Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1841-1900); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1836-1889); and the\n         Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cosby\u003c/persname\u003e; the commission of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ.B. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003ein the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Militia\u003c/corpname\u003e; and the marriage\n         license of Betty and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1951)\n         -Photographs of himself and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGas Works Crew\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSavannah, Georgia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn H. Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Cocke Faulcon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Blaws Barraud Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1784-1816).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of herself\n         and a trip to the West Coast.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1878-1940)\n         -Photographs of himself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e;\n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1809-1861); Miss \n         \u003cpersname\u003e\"Bunny\" Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhilip St. George Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1844-); and\n         copies of correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eRichard Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Cocke\u003c/persname\u003eIV (1707-1772); Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1746-1813).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eCorbin Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photograph of [ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Corbin\u003c/persname\u003e?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eNapoleon Bonaparte Drew\u003c/persname\u003e-Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eElliot Family\u003c/famname\u003efolders with photographs\n         include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAllmand Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1881-1908); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e(1887\n         -?) and Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGordon Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1873-1948); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEsther Ellery Elliot Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e(?-1955); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEllery Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1884-1966); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1879-1928) and his sons,\n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e(1848-1906); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Blow\u003c/persname\u003e(1849-1910); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWarren Grice Elliot, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1875-1930).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Acres\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Mile Tree Plantation\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eGrice Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Grice\u003c/persname\u003e(1762-1832); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Grice\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLower Bremo\u003c/corpname\u003e\" and \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBremo Recess\u003c/corpname\u003e\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSurry County\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eNelson Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Burwell Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e(1718-1793); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e(1711-1772); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Reade Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJane Byrd Nelson\u003c/persname\u003e(engraving).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003ePage Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJane (Byrd) Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRosewell\u003c/corpname\u003e\" ruins; Colonel \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMatthew Page\u003c/persname\u003e(1659-1703); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Mann Page\u003c/persname\u003e(1672-1707); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMann Page\u003c/persname\u003eI (1691-1730); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith Carter Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMann Page\u003c/persname\u003eII (1749-1803); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Corbin Tayloe Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Landonia Page Booker\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Carter Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Armistead Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHamilton Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Thomas Page, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Burwell Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Louise Jones Page\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Thomas Nelson Page\u003c/persname\u003e; Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Booker\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Booker\u003c/persname\u003e\u0026amp; Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLily Booker Cole\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs -Miscellaneous - \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWoodrow Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePetersburg Mathematical \u0026amp; Classical\n         Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFitzhugh Lee\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia Rotunda\u003c/corpname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas H. Carter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ben Johnston\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilson Howe\u003c/persname\u003e(1903 -?); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHelen Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Roy Johnston\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003estudents and\n         buildings; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHerman H. Swift\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Lancaster\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Cox\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaria Garnett Venn\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEllen Douglas\u003c/persname\u003e; Burton, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArchibald Henderson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJean Craige\u003c/persname\u003e; \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eseawall; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBloomfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003e; French ruins \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBelleau Woods\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChateau-Thierry\u003c/geogname\u003egravesite.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cfamname\u003eTayloe Family\u003c/famname\u003e-Photographs of Mr. \u0026amp; Mrs.\n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tayloe\u003c/persname\u003eI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdward Troye\u003c/persname\u003e-Printed Material \u0026amp;\n         Photographs -Horses \"Utilitarian,\" \"Roebuck,\" \"Cleveland.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bound volume, memorabilia, and oversize material series\n         is listed in detail at the end of this guide. Any bound\n         volumes not in folders have been assigned a number to\n         facilitate location in the box. Memorabilia consists of\n         membership cards, annual tickets of admission, and railroad\n         passes belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy H. Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; calling cards; a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003esouvenir;\n         U.S. Government Thrift Card; Six \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003eCoronation commemorative\n         stamps, 1937 May 12; War Ration Book; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJamestown Exposition\u003c/corpname\u003esouvenir; autograph\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFitzhugh Lee\u003c/persname\u003e; and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ememorabilia,\n         including ribbons and pins from various ribbon societies (see\n         Box 39 and Mini-Tray 40). The bound volumes are chiefly those\n         of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke family\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton C. Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, and include school\n         notebooks, annuals and autograph albums; travel journals;\n         memoranda books; a ledger; address books; a scrapbook of\n         newsclippings; diaries; visitation and wedding invitation\n         books; an account book; and a photgraph album of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003escenes, belonging\n         to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Hamilton Cocke Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e[ante\n         1906?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOversize material includes a pardon to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1865 Jul 6);\n         photographs of Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNorborne Page Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Blow Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Gibbs McAdoo\u003c/persname\u003e, and members of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFederal Reserve Board\u003c/corpname\u003e; certificates of\n         membership and career advancements of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton Elliot\u003c/persname\u003ein law practice in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePennsylvania\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSons of the American\n         Revolution\u003c/corpname\u003ecertificate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker Bowdoin Cocke\u003c/persname\u003e(1926 Jun 1);\n         architectural drawings for residences and outbuildings of M.C.\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Elliot\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Page Elliot\u003c/persname\u003e; and genealogical\n         material pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCocke\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cfamname\u003ePage\u003c/famname\u003efamilies.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The \n          Cocke - \n          Elliot Family papers contain ca. 15,000\n         items (41 Hollinger boxes, ca. 17 linear feet and four\n         oversize folders), ca. 1773-1992, and consist largely of\n         personal and family correspondence, financial and legal\n         papers, memorabilia, bound volumes, and genealogical and\n         historical research material pertaining to the \n          Cocke , \n          Elliot , and related families from the\n         colonial period through the twentieth century, assembled by \n          John Page Elliot .","The correspondence consists chiefly of the letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke (1872-1973), a prominent\n         resident of \n          Charlottesville, Virginia , and those of\n         her sister, \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot (1876-1969),\n         descendants of General \n          John Hartwell Cocke . The collection also\n         includes some correspondence of \n          John Hartwell Cocke (1780-1866), 1853 Mar\n         9, 1856 Nov 4; General \n          Phillip St. George Cocke (1809-1861), \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889), \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951), \n          Bettie Burwell (Page) Cocke (1841-1900), \n          Mary Louise Cocke (1868-1966), \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot (1879-1928), \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), \n          George H. Venable (1864 Mar 16), and other\n         members of the \n          Cocke and \n          Elliot families.","Early letters of interest include many during the courtship\n         and marriage of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke and \n          Bettie Burwell Page (1860s-1870s); \n          Bettie Burwell Page offering her services\n         and those of a Miss Taylor to the Confederate Secretary of the\n         Treasury (1862 Oct 3); a letter to \n          Bettie Burwell Page concerning her\n         participation in a ceremony to honor the Confederate dead\n         (1866 Jul 18); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke to his wife Bettie\n         describing the release of \n          Jefferson Davis from prison (1867 May);\n         and \n          Betty Page Cocke to General \n          G.H. Bridges concerning the Civil War\n         record of her grandfather \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1892 Dec 2).","The letters of \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot consist of\n         correspondence with family and friends, and contain a series\n         of courtship letters written from about 1890 through 1906 by\n         several \n          University of Virginia students, including\n          Basil Jones , \n          Archibald Watson , \n          R.C. Blackford , \n          Richard S. Whaley , \n          Robert L. Parrish , and \n          Hermann Holst Swift , among others.\n         Several letters written between March and August of 1903\n         describe a tour of \n          Europe and the \n          Mediterranean made by \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke and give her\n         observations on the sites she visited, including \n          Gibraltar , \n          Naples , \n          Pompeii , \n          Athens , \n          Constantinople , \n          Alexandria , \n          Cairo , \n          Giza , \n          Luxor , \n          Sicily , \n          Rome , \n          Venice , \n          Florence , \n          Switzerland , \n          Paris , and \n          London .","Also included are letters from \n          Robert L. Parrish which describe his\n         travels in July and August of 1905 to the \n          Grand Canyon , \n          Yosemite Valley , \n          California , the \n          Great Lakes , \n          Canada , and \n          Alaska . The majority of letters circa\n         1902 -1928 are written by \n          Milton Courtwright Elliot who married \n          Lucy Cocke in 1906. The correspondence\n         contains letters written to and from Lucy and Milton Elliot's\n         two sons, \n          Warren Grice Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot , as well as letters of\n         sympathy received on the death of \n          Milton Elliot in 1928. The later letters\n         of \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot are mainly to and from\n         members of the \n          Cocke family , especially her sister \n          Betty Page Cocke with whom she resided\n         after the death of her husband Milton, and also include a\n         continued correspondence with \n          Hermann Holst Swift .","The letters of \n          Betty Page Cocke are considerably more\n         extensive and pertain to her involvement in politics and\n         historic preservation while also containing letters to family\n         and friends. The collection includes letters which outline her\n         active involvement in such organizations as the \n          Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation , the \n          Woodrow Wilson Foundation , the \n          National Women's Liberty Loan\n         Organization , the \n          Women's Section of the State Council of\n         Defense , the \n          Albemarle County Historical Society , the \n          Albemarle County Chapter of the Red\n         Cross , the \n          Women's Organization for Prohibition\n         Reform , and the \n          Virginia War History Commission .","Other topics include letters concerning a trip made by \n          Betty Page Cocke to \n          England in 1937 to view the coronation of\n         King \n          George VI and a subsequent tour of \n          Europe during which she injured her hip\n         and had to return home for a long convalescence.\n         Correspondence concerning the involvement of \n          Betty Page Cocke in the settlement of\n         several Cocke family estates include those of \n          Leila B. Cocke , ca. 1925-1930 where Betty\n         acted as the administratrix, \n          Rowena L. Cocke , ca. 1961, and \n          Mazyck Wilson Shields , ca. 1942. These\n         papers describe the sale of items from the plantation of \" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County, Virginia , at auction in\n         1926 and the proposed formation of the \n          Bremo Plantation Inc. from the property of\n         the late \n          Leila B. Cocke . \n          Milton C. Elliot acted as legal\n         representative during the disposition of the estate.","Other correspondents and subjects include: \n          Robert D. Ballantine , who was supposed to\n         have committed suicide partly because \n          Betty Cocke rejected him (17 Nov 1896; 4\n         Jan and 6 Feb 1897; 25 Oct and 31 Dec 1901), letters\n         describing his travels in \n          Europe for education in music and German,\n         and in India with his family and friends; the illness and\n         death of \n          Bettie Burwell Page Cocke (Aug 1900);\n         lists of and letters by students who lived in the boarding\n         house run by \n          Betty Cocke (1961-1964); and \n          Thomas Nelson Page to \"Miss Cocke\" (2 Dec\n         1902) concerning her request to \"hear him read for her.\"\n         Letters concerning artwork include: several to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke about the sale of a\n         Napoleon miniature by \n          Jean Baptiste Isabey (July-Oct 1879); and\n         the disposition of the equestrian portrait of General Scott\n         painted by \n          Edward Troye from Troye's widow, \n          Cornelia A. Troye (Dec 1874-May 1876);\n         letters from representatives of the \n          Virginia Military Institute to \n          Betty Page Cocke concerning the location\n         of the bust of General \n          Philip St. George Cocke by \n          Alexander Galt (Sept 30, Oct 7, 24, 31,\n         1938; and Nov 6, 1939); letters from \n          Bailey and Griffin Inc. , \"Importers of\n         Unusual Chintzes,\" to \n          Betty Cocke about a loan of the heirloom\n         chintz quilt from \" \n          Bremo \" to have the pattern copied (Oct 25\n         and Dec 9, 1938; Mar 4, 1939; and Mar 4 and 13, 1940);\n         correspondence of \n          Betty Cocke with the \n          Virginia Museum of Fine Arts about the\n         loan of 17th and 18th century silver utensils for an exhibit\n         (Oct 11, 28, and Nov 9, 1940; and Jan 15, 1941).","The letters of \n          Milton C. Elliot are chiefly concerned\n         with business matters, especially those to Betty regarding the\n         buying and selling of property and the \n          Leila B Cocke estate; but also include\n         letters to his sons, \n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot in the 1920s while\n         they were boarding students at the \n          Episcopal High School in \n          Alexandria, Virginia , and letters to his\n         wife Lucy before and after their marriage (previously\n         mentioned in connection with Lucy's correspondence). Milton\n         was the toastmaster of the \n          Alfalfa Club in \n          Washington, D.C. in 1919 and some menus\n         and invitations concerning the \n          Alfalfa Club are mixed in with the\n         correspondence.","Other items of interest include letters to \n          Betty Page Cocke which describe the\n         involvement of her friends in World War I, including: a French\n         soldier, \n          A. Murail , thanks \n          Betty Cocke for a Christmas gift (27 Dec\n         1916); \n          John Skelton Williams ' telegram (6 April\n         1917) announces that the President had signed the declaration\n         of war; letters from Dr. \n          Hugh H. Young describe his activities as\n         an army doctor, the morale of the soldiers, conditions in \n          France , and meetings with General\n         Pershing (26 Nov 1917; 26, 29 Mar, 10 Jun, and 3 Sep 1918);\n         Corporal \n          Marion S. Dimmock writes to \n          Betty Cocke , describing conditions at the\n         front (June 1918 and 18 Nov 1918); Other letters (30 Aug, 12\n         Sep, and 30 Nov 1918) written by \"Mary P.\" to \n          Betty Page Cocke describe conditions in \n          France and her work in the offices of the \n          American Fund for French Wounded ; and a\n         description of \n          France during the Armistice (21 Nov\n         1918).","Correspondence in individual folders includes: circular\n         letters from the Rev. \n          Beverley D. Tucker , 1958-1961, describing\n         his missionary work in \n          Japan , travels to \n          Russia , his personal affairs, and\n         pamphlets about the 1960 construction of \n          St. Michaels Church in \n          Sapporo, Japan ; \n          John Skelton Williams , 1917-1921, about\n         World War I, and his resignation as Comptroller of the\n         Currency, excluding personal letters to the \n          Cocke family chiefly of a social nature\n         which are interfiled in the general correspondence; \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , 1924-1928, including\n         letters of sympathy on the death of Milton; \n          Woodrow Wilson and \n          Edith Bolling Wilson to \n          Betty Cocke (Edith was a girlhood friend\n         of Betty), including some letters from White House\n         secretaries, 1919-1955, and undated, chiefly of a personal\n         nature except for a transcript of a letter from \n          Woodrow Wilson to the Rector and Visitors\n         at the \n          University of Virginia voicing his\n         opposition to the proposed moving of the Medical School to \n          Richmond (1921 May 30); and letters from \n          Napoleon Drew and family, a former slave\n         at \" \n          Belmead . \" For photographs of Napoleon\n         Drew see Box 32.","Financial and legal papers includes information about court\n         cases and petitions involving the \n          Cocke family ; letters from \n          Betty Cocke 's stockbrokers, \n          John L. Williams and Sons , concerning\n         stocks in the \n          Seaboard Syndicate , \n          Warner Bros , and the \n          2nd Bank of the United States ; letters\n         about leases, sales of property, deeds, permits, building\n         contracts and other papers regarding the real estate dealings\n         of \n          Betty Cocke ; \n          Lucy Elliot 's correspondence with \n          S.C. Chancellor , \n          Redland Corporation , and the \n          Xi chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity ; a\n         permit for liquor purchase during Prohibition (22 Jan 1921);\n         funeral expenses and the finances of the \n          Elliot family after the death of \n          Milton C. Elliot in 1928; \n          Atlantic Coast Railroad Company liens and\n         garnishments, 1933-1938 (separately foldered); specifications\n         for houses by \n          Eugene Brady for \n          Milton Elliot in \n          Charlottesville and \n          Washington, D.C. (which was never built);\n         correspondence regarding the proposed creation of parking\n         spaces in front of the \n          Rotunda to which Betty was bitterly\n         opposed (5 Dec 1941-12 July 1946); and some information about\n         the sale of items from \" \n          Bremo , \" the settlement of the estate of \n          John Bowdoin Cocke , and the move of his\n         wife and children after his death to \n          Charlottesville (1889-1892). There are\n         also original financial and legal documents from the \n          Browne family and the \n          Blow family in this collection, 1773-1948.\n         The \n          Blow family documents, 1884-1948, chiefly\n         pertain to property belonging to \n          George Blow in \n          Norfolk, Virginia . The \n          Browne family documents, 1773-1813 and\n         undated, consist of accounts and receipts of Colonel \n          William Browne of \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County, Virginia , with \n          John Hay \u0026 Company , \n          Kilmarnock Carpet Company , and \n          John Hyndman \u0026 Company ; stud fees;\n         and promissory notes.","The genealogical and historical research files were\n         assembled by \n          John Page Elliot (1913-1992), son of \n          Milton C. Elliot and \n          Lucy Cocke Elliot , and include\n         correspondence, notes, genealogical charts and diagrams,\n         photographs of portraits and individuals, printed material\n         from magazines, newsclippings, copies and transcripts of\n         letters, and miscellaneous related material. Most of the\n         original letters have been filed with the correspondence\n         series.","Several original items pertaining to the \n          Cocke family have been interfiled with the\n         rest of the \n          Cocke Family Papers in 640, etc., including:\n         \" \n          Belmead \" building plans, Box 182 (n.d.);\n         a letter from \n          Buller Cocke to \n          John Hartwell Cocke , August 23, 1820 (Box\n         32); a bank book of \n          John T. Bowdoin , 1817-1819, with the \n          Bank of the United States , \n          Norfolk (Box 25); a bank book of \n          Philip St. George Cocke , 1838-1839, with\n         the \n          Exchange Bank of Virginia , \n          Richmond (Box 93); a drawing of a\n         carriage, Box 182 (n.d.); two appointments of \n          Philip St. George Cocke to Visitor of\n         V.M.I. (1850 May 25 and 1858 May 25), Box 132, and an\n         appointment as an \"aide de camp,\" Box 131, (1850 Feb 22);\n         pedigree for a horse owned by \n          John Hartwell Cocke , Seagate, Box 182\n         (n.d.); a list of valuables, Box 172, (1865 Mar 13); and a\n         drawing of an \"Overseer's Cottage\" at \" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County , possibly by \n          Philip St. George Cocke , Box 93\n         (1838).","These genealogical files are arranged alphabetically by the\n         name of the family, individual, or subject. Some files also\n         include information about children and wives under the name of\n         the father. Folders which include photographs, notable\n         correspondents, etc. are listed here:","Barraud Family Portraits - \n          Daniel Cary Barraud (1725-1784?); \n          Ann Barraud Cocke (1785-1816); \n          Ann Blaws Hansford Barraud (1760-1836);\n         Dr. \n          Philip Barraud (1758-1830); \n          Catherine Curle Barraud ; \n          Courtney Bowdoin Cocke Barraud ; and \n          Philip Barraud \u0026 \n          Courtney Barraud .","\" \n          Belmead , \" \n          Powhatan County -Copies of correspondence\n         re the sale of the plantation in 1892 and copies of\n         correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball concerning \" \n          Belmead \"; early photographs, including\n         the house, furniture, furnishings, grounds, the mill, fields,\n         barnyards and barn; a folder concerning \" \n          Belmead \" after it was sold and became the\n          St. Emma Military Academy for black\n         men.","Blow Family -Photographs of \n          Margaret Blow Elliot (1849-1910); Judge \n          George Blow (1813-1894); and \n          Elizabeth Taylor Allmand Blow .","Bowdoin Family -Photographs of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin (1787-1821); and \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin)\n         Cocke (1815-1872).","\" \n          Bremo , \" \n          Fluvanna County -Photographs of \" \n          Bremo \"; copies of correspondence with \n          Fiske Kimball ; and material pertaining to\n         the auction sale of 1926.","Browne Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          John Tucker Bowdoin ( \n          Sarah Edwards Browne , 1794-1815); and\n         Mrs. \n          William Browne ( \n          Elizabeth Ruffin , 1771-1799?).","Burwell Family -Photograph of \n          Edmond Bradford Burwell .","Carter Family -Photographs of Mrs. \n          Robert Carter ( \n          Judith Armistead ) and Colonel \n          Robert Carter of \" \n          Corotoman . \"","Betty Page Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Cocke and friends; a \n          University of Virginia graduation scene; \n          St. Paul's Memorial Church , at the \n          University of Virginia ; \"Winnie, the\n         colored maid, cook, mammy \u0026 friend of \n          Betty Page Cocke and \n          Mary Louise Cocke \"; UVA students; the\n         boarding house; and Dr. \n          Charles Minor .","John Bowdoin Cocke -Photographs of \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke (1841-1900); \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1836-1889); and the\n         Rev. \n          John Cosby ; the commission of \n          J.B. Cocke in the \n          Virginia Militia ; and the marriage\n         license of Betty and \n          John Bowdoin Cocke .","John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1871-1951)\n         -Photographs of himself and the \n          Gas Works Crew , \n          Savannah, Georgia .","John Hartwell Cocke -Photographs of \n          John H. Cocke ; \n          Sally Cocke Faulcon ; \n          Sally Faulcon (Cocke) Brent ; \n          Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke (1784-1816).","Mary Louise Cocke -Photographs of herself\n         and a trip to the West Coast.","Norborne Page Cocke (1878-1940)\n         -Photographs of himself.","Philip St. George Cocke -Photographs of \n          Sally Elizabeth Courtney (Bowdoin) Cocke ;\n          Philip St. George Cocke (1809-1861); Miss \n          \"Bunny\" Cocke ; \n          Philip St. George Cocke (1844-); and\n         copies of correspondence with \n          Douglas Southall Freeman .","Richard Cocke -Photographs of \n          Richard Cocke IV (1707-1772); Colonel \n          Nathaniel Cocke (1746-1813).","Corbin Family -Photograph of [ \n          Henry Corbin ?].","Napoleon Bonaparte Drew -Photographs.","Elliot Family folders with photographs\n         include: \n          Allmand Elliot (1881-1908); \n          Elizabeth Preston (Elliot) Wilson (1887\n         -?) and Dr. \n          Gordon Wilson ; \n          George Blow Elliot (1873-1948); \n          Esther Ellery Elliot Sparkman (?-1955); \n          Ellery Sparkman ; \n          Gilbert Elliot ; \n          Charles G. Elliot ; \n          Lucy Hamilton (Cocke) Elliot ; \n          Margaret Elliot (1884-1966); \n          Milton C. Elliot (1879-1928) and his sons,\n          John Page Elliot and \n          Warren Grice Elliot ; \n          Warren Grice Elliot (1848-1906); \n          Margaret Blow (1849-1910); and \n          Warren Grice Elliot, Jr. (1875-1930).","\" \n          Four Acres , \" \n          Charlottesville, Virginia","\" \n          Four Mile Tree Plantation , \" \n          Surry County","Grice Family -Photographs of \n          Charles Grice (1762-1832); and \n          Joseph Grice .","\" \n          Lower Bremo \" and \" \n          Bremo Recess \"","\" \n          Mount Pleasant , \" \n          Surry County","Nelson Family -Photographs of \n          Elizabeth Burwell Nelson (1718-1793); \n          William Nelson (1711-1772); \n          Margaret Reade Nelson ; \n          Lucy Nelson ; and \n          Jane Byrd Nelson (engraving).","Page Family -Photographs of Colonel \n          John Page ; \n          Jane (Byrd) Page ; \" \n          Rosewell \" ruins; Colonel \n          Matthew Page (1659-1703); \n          Mary Mann Page (1672-1707); \n          Mann Page I (1691-1730); \n          Judith Carter Page ; \n          Mann Page II (1749-1803); \n          Anne Corbin Tayloe Page ; \n          Lucy Landonia Page Booker ; \n          Charles Carter Page ; \n          William Armistead Page ; \n          John Page ; \n          Hamilton Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Page, Jr. ; \n          Betty Burwell Page Cocke ; \n          St. Paul's Church , \n          Petersburg ; \n          Mary Louise Jones Page ; \n          Norborne Thomas Nelson Page ; Mrs. \n          Lewis Booker , \n          Betty Booker \u0026 Mrs. \n          Lily Booker Cole .","Photographs -Miscellaneous - \n          Woodrow Wilson ; \n          Petersburg Mathematical \u0026 Classical\n         Institute ; \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; \n          University of Virginia Rotunda ; \n          Thomas H. Carter ; \n          George Ben Johnston ; \n          Wilson Howe (1903 -?); \n          Helen Johnston and \n          Anne Roy Johnston ; \n          University of Virginia students and\n         buildings; \n          Herman H. Swift ; \n          William Lancaster ; \n          Joe Cox ; \n          Maria Garnett Venn ; \n          Ellen Douglas ; Burton, \n          Archibald Henderson and \n          Jean Craige ; \n          Vicksburg seawall; \n          Bloomfield Academy , \n          Albemarle County ; French ruins \n          Belleau Woods and \n          Chateau-Thierry gravesite.","Tayloe Family -Photographs of Mr. \u0026 Mrs.\n          John Tayloe I.","Edward Troye -Printed Material \u0026\n         Photographs -Horses \"Utilitarian,\" \"Roebuck,\" \"Cleveland.\"","The bound volume, memorabilia, and oversize material series\n         is listed in detail at the end of this guide. Any bound\n         volumes not in folders have been assigned a number to\n         facilitate location in the box. Memorabilia consists of\n         membership cards, annual tickets of admission, and railroad\n         passes belonging to \n          Betty Cocke , \n          Lucy H. Cocke Elliot and \n          Milton C. Elliot ; calling cards; a \n          Democratic National Convention souvenir;\n         U.S. Government Thrift Card; Six \n          Great Britain Coronation commemorative\n         stamps, 1937 May 12; War Ration Book; \n          Jamestown Exposition souvenir; autograph\n         of \n          Fitzhugh Lee ; and \n          University of Virginia memorabilia,\n         including ribbons and pins from various ribbon societies (see\n         Box 39 and Mini-Tray 40). The bound volumes are chiefly those\n         of the \n          Cocke family and \n          Milton C. Elliot , and include school\n         notebooks, annuals and autograph albums; travel journals;\n         memoranda books; a ledger; address books; a scrapbook of\n         newsclippings; diaries; visitation and wedding invitation\n         books; an account book; and a photgraph album of \n          University of Virginia scenes, belonging\n         to \n          Lucy Hamilton Cocke Elliot [ante\n         1906?].","Oversize material includes a pardon to \n          John Bowdoin Cocke (1865 Jul 6);\n         photographs of Dr. \n          Norborne Page Cocke , \n          George Blow Elliot , \n          William Gibbs McAdoo , and members of the \n          Federal Reserve Board ; certificates of\n         membership and career advancements of \n          Milton Elliot in law practice in \n          Virginia , \n          Pennsylvania , and \n          Washington, D.C. ; \n          Sons of the American\n         Revolution certificate of \n          John Tucker Bowdoin Cocke (1926 Jun 1);\n         architectural drawings for residences and outbuildings of M.C.\n         and \n          Lucy Elliot and \n          John Page Elliot ; and genealogical\n         material pertaining to the \n          Cocke and \n          Page families."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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