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John Randolph Tucker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00013

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  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence received by John Randolph Tucker from family members, particularly his son, Henry St. George Tucker, and grandson, John Randolph Tucker Carmichael, as well as law associates, fellow professors at Washington and Lee University, and friends.  Also included are several of his published speeches, including addresses to the American Bar Association and notes on class lectures at Washington and Lee.  There is also information about plans for a law school building to be built in memory of Tucker at the University.

Dates

  • Creation: 1876-1907

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Administrative History:

John Randolph Tucker was born December 24, 1823 in Winchester, Va.  He was the son of Henry St. George Tucker and grandson of St. George Tucker. He graduated with a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1844.  In addition to practicing law, he served as Attorney General of Virginia (1857-1865), as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives (1875-1887), and taught at Washington and Lee University beginning in 1888, serving as Dean of the Law School from 1893-1897.  Tucker also served as president of the Virginia Bar Association (1891-1892) and the American Bar Association (1894). He died in 1897 in Lexington, Va.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Overview

Correspondence and publications of John Randolph Tucker.

Accruals:

Accession 1984.28

Related Materials:

Tucker-Coleman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library

Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington Coleman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library

Beverley Randolph Tucker Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library

Processing Information:

Processed by Cynthia Reynolds, July 2015

Title
Guide to the John Randolph Tucker Papers
Author
Finding Aid Authors: Kim Sims.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
The collection description/finding aid is written in English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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