Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections
Gordon M. Buck papers
Buck , Gordon M., 1875-1970
MSS.88.2
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7.2 Linear Feet
18 boxes, 7.2 linear ft.
1910-1940
1881-1956
English
Scope and Contents
The papers of Gordon M. Buck consist of professional legal papers and a small collection of personal material. The papers range mainly from the early 1920s to the 1940s, and contain records and briefs, memoranda, personal and business correspondence, court transcripts, and railroad trusteeship instruments. There are also several bound volumes of legal forms and documents, as well as case briefs and memoranda. Very thorough—if not entirely complete—records are included for the cases of Bogert v. Southern Pacific Co., Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co., the Pacific Oil Co. dissolution, and Young v. Southern Pacific Co.
The professional papers are alphabetically sorted by case name and generally go from raw drafts of briefs, memoranda, and correspondence to the printed materials. There is an extensive collection of general case correspondence in chronological order, as Buck kept it, and the folders list the names of the prominent cases within.
The small collection of personal papers includes documents relating to cases against the I.R.S. and the Mexican government, a few pieces of correspondence, and material on the purchase and furnishing of Whilton, Buck's retirement home in the countryside west of Charlottesville.
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There are no restrictions.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Buck's daughter, Lucy Wheeler Buck LeGrand, in April of 1988.
Biographical / Historical
Gordon Mountjoy Buck was born in 1875. He earned a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Virginia in 1898, and was admitted to the bar in 1900. He is listed in Martindale's American Law Directory as working at 120 Broadway, New York City, in 1912, and at 165 Broadway two years later.
By 1921, Buck was working for the firm of Humes, Buck, Smith & Tweed. That firm became Humes, Buck & Smith the following year, and by 1930, Humes, Buck, Smith & Stowell, with offices at 50 Broadway in New York City. The firm had a general practice, with specializations in corporation, probate, and financial law. Major clients included Southern Pacific Company and Pacific Oil Company, as well as many other railroad companies.
Buck retired from the practice of law sometime in 1936 or 1937, and returned with his wife to Virginia to live at his Greenwood estate, Whilton. His former firm survives today in New York City, under the name of Humes, Andrews, Botzow & Wagner.
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Antitrust law
Bonds
Claims
Corporation law
Monopolies
Mortgages
Petroleum industry and trade
practice of law -- New York, NY
Railroad law -- United States
Railroads -- History
Restraint of trade
Taxation
Trusts, Industrial
Wills
Buck , Gordon M., 1875-1970
General Claims Commission (Mexico and United States)
Pacific Oil Company
Southern Pacific Company
United States. Department of Treasury. Internal Revenue Service
Venner, Clarence H., 1856-1933
Buck, Samuel H., 1841-1929
Professional PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13118Bogert v. Southern Pacific Co: memoranda of lawArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131211920-241Bogert v. Southern Pacific Co plaintiff's briefs and memorandaArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131221919, 1923-241Bogert v. Southern Pacific Co defendant's briefs and memoranda, U.S. District CourtArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13123n.d.1Bogert v. Southern Pacific Co plaintiff's and defendant's briefs, U.S. Circuit CourtArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1312419231Bogert v. Southern Pacific Co. records and briefs, U.S. Circuit Court of AppealsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13125n.d.2Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul Pacific Railroad Co plan of reorganizationArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1312619252Continental Trust Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.: records and briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1312719312El Paso & Southwestern Co.: brief for appealArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13128n.d.2Garland Manufacturing Co. liquidation: U.S. District Court documentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1312919432Guaranty Trust Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.: correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131301937-412Guaranty Trust Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.: records and drafts for briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13131ca. 1930s-1940s2Guaranty Trust Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. records and briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1313219313Hadd v. Southern Pacific Co.: records and briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13133n.d.3Interstate Commerce Commission ex parte no. 81: agreementArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13134n.d.3New York Trust Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.: records and briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1313519313Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: notes on briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13136n.d.3Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131371932-403Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co. : diary notesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13138n.d.3Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: law clerk memorandaArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13139n.d.3Newark Plaster v. Cross & Brown Co.: hearing testimonyArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131401931-334Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: miscellaneous documents Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131411931, 19344Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: briefs Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13142ca. 1930s4Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13143ca. 1930s5Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: complaint and answer Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13144ca. 1930s5Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: plaintiff's memoranda Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1314519335Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: miscellaneous memoranda Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131461932-355Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: testimony and deposition of Francis SchwabArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131471931, 19335Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: master's reportsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13148ca. 1931-345Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: opinionArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1314919355Pacific Fruit Express Co. equipment trust: memorandaArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1315019205Pacific Fruit Express Co. equipment trust: memoranda of lawArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131511920, 19265Pacific Mail Steamship Co. dissolution: correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131521940-426Pacific Mail Steamship Co. dissolution: auditors' report and accountArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1315319406Pacific Oil Co.: office file (correspondence, minutes, by-laws)Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131541920-216Pacific Oil Co.: memoranda of lawArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13155ca. 1920-216Pacific Oil Co.: miscellaneous memorandaArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131561920-216Pacific Oil Co.: board meeting minutes and financial statementsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131571921-266Pacific Oil Co.: brief of protest re income taxesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1315819286Pacific Oil Co.: office manuals, numbers 1-5Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131591921-267Pacific Oil Co.: annual reportsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131601924-257Pacific Oil Co. dissolution: notes and draftsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131611929-307Pacific Oil Co. dissolution: correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131621927-307Pacific Oil Co. dissolution: miscellaneous documentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13163n.d.7Pacific Oil Co. dissolution: petitions for receivership, answer and orderArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1316419307Pacific Oil Co. dissolution: recordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131651928-307Pacific Oil Co. dissolution: Pacific Oil Co. final reportArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131661927-297Rockaway Pacific Corp. v. New York: records and briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131671922-237Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.: miscellaneous memorandaArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13168n.d.7Southern Pacific Co.: miscellaneous correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131691921, 1930-327Southern Pacific Co.: memoranda of lawArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131701920-7Southern Pacific Co. v. Lowe: records and briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131711917-188Southern Pacific Co.: office manualArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131721929-308Southern Pacific Co. equipment trust: correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131731913-15, 19238Southern Pacific Co. equipment trust: memoranda of lawArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1317419208Starring v. Kemp: briefArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13175n.d.8United States v. "Confidence": briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1317619128Venner v. Southern Pacific Co.: memorandum draft and notesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13177n.d.8Venner v. Southern Pacific Co.: memorandumArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1317819218Venner v. Southern Pacific Co.: defendant's briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13179n.d.8Venner v. Southern Pacific Co.: plaintiff's briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13180n.d.9Venner v. Southern Pacific Co.: district court briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13181n.d.9Ward v. City Trust Co. of New York: briefArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/1318219049Young v. Southern Pacific Co.: defendant's briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13183n.d.9Young v. Southern Pacific Co.: plaintiff's briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13184n.d.9Young v. Southern Pacific Co.: records and briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13185n.d.9Diary of cases: Gordon M. BuckArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131861920-3010Miscellaneous cases: notes and drafts for briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13187n.d.10Miscellaneous cases: general correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131881924-26, 192810Miscellaneous cases: general correspondence Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/596491924-26, 192811Scope and Contents(5 of 8 folders)
Estates: correspondence and depositionsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131891930-3212Forms: bonds, debentures and stock certificatesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13190ca. 1920s12German bonds held by English trustee: correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13191192312German bonds held by English trustee: memorandum for Southern Pacific CoArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13192192312Mortgages: documents and lists (railroad companies)Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131931897-98, 190112Notebook: legal workArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13194n.d.12Railroad trusteeships: agreementsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131951911, 1914, 1920-21, 1928-2912Railroad trusteeships: deedArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13196191312Railroad trusteeships: mortgage bondsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13197191112Railroad trusteeships: mortgages and indenturesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131981907-1112Railroad trusteeships: mortgages and indenturesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/131991917, 193013Railroad trusteeships: mortgages and indenturesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132001881-192413Railroad trusteeships: mortgages and indenturesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132011924, 192914Railroad trusteeships: registers of railroad directors and officersArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13202191214Railroad trusteeships: release or resignation of trustee dutiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132031917, 193014Railroad trusteeships: reportsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132041911, 193014Railroad trusteeships: satisfaction of mortgageArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132051908-2414Railroad trusteeships: Southern Pacific Co. correspondence and recordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13206193014Railroad trusteeships: transfer of bondsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132071907-1114Securities: Southern Pacific Co. (correspondence, memos, I.C.C. orders)Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132081914, 1925-2914Stock Transfer Guide (state statutes)Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13209191214Stockholding papers: miscellaneous corporationsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13210193014Trusts for Bernard and John Harrison: indenturesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13211192214Wills for Elise Kruttschnitt and Josephine VignauxArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13212192614Personal PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13119The Commercial & Financial ChronicleArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13213192915Bond claim of Samuel H. Buck against Mexico: miscellaneous documentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132141943-5615Bond claim of Samuel H. Buck against Mexico: State and Treasury Department documentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13215ca. 1930s-1950s15Bond claim of Samuel H. Buck against Mexico: notes of Gordon M. BuckArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13216ca. 1930s-1950s15Bond claim of Samuel H. Buck against Mexico: correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132171935-5615Bond claim of Samuel H. Buck against Mexico: payment vouchersArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132181943-5515Bond claim of Samuel H. Buck against Mexico: affidavitsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132191935-3615Buck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: miscellaneous documentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13220ca. 1930s15Buck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: newspaper clippingArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13221193515Buck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: Anaconda Mining and U.S. Steel documentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13222192915Buck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132231931-3915Buck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: miscellaneous notes and drafts of briefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13224n.d.15Buck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: records and briefs (docket no. 78422)Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132251935-3715Buck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: records and briefs (docket no. 86040)Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132261936-3915Buck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: exhibitsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132271936-3715Cards and pamphlets: miscellaneousArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13228n.d.16 Pelham Manor (N.Y.) property: deed, indenture and agreementsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132291920, 192216Personal correspondence: miscellaneousArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13230193016Personal correspondence: Virginia and the University of VirginiaArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13231193016Whilton (Va.) estate: correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132321936-4116Whilton (Va.) estate: miscellaneous paperArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13233ca. 1930s16Personal Correspondence88 _ 2aArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/13120Personal Correspondence: MiscellaneousArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132341920-192117Personal Correspondence: MiscellaneousArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/132351926-193018