John Bennett Tuck papers, 1890-1948.
Collection Number: 2604
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
John Bennett Tuck papers, 1890-1948.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2604
Abstract:
Includes papers written when he was a student at Cornell University; estate records
with material relating to the F. P. Collins Company, Dey Brothers, Milmac, Inc., and
the Mowat Company; military records of his activities in the Spanish-American War,
the New York National Guard, and World War I; and correspondence, notes, and other
items concerning his association with the American Foundation, the American Legion,
the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, Cornell University Trustees, the
Cornell Law Association, the Guards of Liberty, and the Young Workers League of America;
also, family papers referring largely to the sale of the Tuck farm in Ogdensburg,
New York, and three letters (1917-1918) from his brother Charles H. Tuck which describe
the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Far Eastern affairs from his vantage point as an
import agent in Harbin, Manchuria. Includes 19 maps of trenches and towns in France
and Belgium during World War 1.
Creator:
Tuck, John Bennett, 1868-1955.
Quanitities:
8.6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Lawyer; Cornell University Class of 1893; Cornell University Alumni Trustee, 1930-1935.
Includes papers written when he was a student at Cornell University; estate records
with material relating to the F. P. Collins Company, Dey Brothers, Milmac, Inc., and
the Mowat Company; military records of his activities in the Spanish-American War,
the New York National Guard, and World War I; and correspondence, notes, and other
items concerning his association with the American Foundation, the American Legion,
the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, Cornell University Trustees, the
Cornell Law Association, the Guards of Liberty, and the Young Workers League of America;
also, family papers referring largely to the sale of the Tuck farm in Ogdensburg,
New York, and three letters (1917-1918) from his brother Charles H. Tuck which describe
the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Far Eastern affairs from his vantage point as an
import agent in Harbin, Manchuria. Includes 19 maps of trenches and towns in France
and Belgium during World War 1.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
John Bennett Tuck papers, #2604. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Tuck, Charles H.
F. P. Collins Company
Dey Brothers
Milmac, Inc
Mowat Company
New York (State). National Guard
American Foundation
American Legion
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Cornell University
Cornell Law Association
Guards of Liberty
Young Workers League of America
Places:
Harbin (Manchuria).
East Asia.
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.
Subjects:
Prohibition.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- United States.
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Veterans -- United States.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1-2 |
Brown, Howard K.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Cranwell Estate, Elizabeth Fenn - Judicial Statement
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| Box 1 | Folder 4-6 |
Dey, Donald Mitchell - Estate of, Lipe Trust Mortgage
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Dey, Donald Mitchell, Mrs. - General File
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Dey, Donald Mitchell - Claims
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Dey, Donald Mitchell - Fayetteville Commercial Bank
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Dey, Donald Mitchell - Inheritance Tax
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Dey - Estate of Mary
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| Box 1 | Folder 12-13 |
Daugherty, James C.
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Fitzgibbons, Catherine - Last Will and Testament
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Haas, Barbara - Last Will and Testament
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Kelley, George G.B. - Estate of
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Kelley, George G.B. - Inheritance Taxes
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Linehan, Daniel J.
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| Box 1 | Folder 19-22 |
Lucey, Dennis B. - Estate of
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
McCarthy, Anna V.
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
McCarthy, Dennis Percy - General
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| Box 2 | Folder 3-4 |
McCarthy, Dennis Percy - Estate of
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| Box 2 | Folder 5-6 |
McFarland, William J.R. - Estate of
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Merrick, Mrs. Charlotte Day
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Milmac Inc. - General
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| Box 2 | Folder 9-10 |
Mooney, Edward L. - Estate of
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| Box 2 | Folder 11-12 |
Meunch, William - Estate of
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| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
O'Connor, Mary A. - Estate of
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| Box 2 | Folder 14-15 |
Peck, Anna L. (Cary) - General
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| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Peck, Anna L. (Cary) - Judicial Settlement
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| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Peck, Anna L. (Cary) - The Adirondack Arrow Inc.
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| Box 2 | Folder 18-20 |
Peck, Anna L. (Cary) - Eagle Bay Property
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| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Peck, Anna L. (Cary) - Armstrong, Gwendolyn B. Claim
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| Box 2 | Folder 22-23 |
Peck, Fanny F. Trust
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| Box 3 | Folder 1-2 |
Peck, Fanny F. Trust
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| Box 3 | Folder 3-4 |
Robertson, Edward - Will of
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| Box 3 | Folder 5-7 |
Tuck, Andrew - Estate of
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Tuck, Estate of Andrew E. II
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Tuck, John B. - the Chalet, The Gate House, Eagle Bay Property
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| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Watts, Herbert C. - Will of
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| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
White, Estate of M. Thersa
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| Box 3 | Folder 12-14 |
Military
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1917 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Military and Personal
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1916-1917 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16-17 |
Military
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1918 |
| Box 3 | Folder 18-20 |
Army Staff College - 3rd Course
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1918 |
| Box 4 |
Correspondence and Papers
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1891-1921 | |
| Box 5 |
Correspondence and Papers
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1921-1922 | |
| Box 6 |
Correspondence and Papers
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1925-1931 | |
| Box 7 |
Correspondence and Papers
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1929-1943 | |
| Box 7 |
Correspondence and Papers
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1941-1946 | |
| Box 8 |
Correspondence and Papers; also photographs
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1941-1946 | |
| Box 9 |
College course notes
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| Box 9 |
Scrapbook
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| Box 9 |
Delta Epsilon Song Book
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| Box 9 |
Thesis
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| Box 9 |
Ledger
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| Box 9 |
'93 Sourvenir Book
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| Box 9 |
A.E.F. class book
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1918 | |
| Box 10 |
Cornell material, letter from David Hoy, exams, papers, and speeches. Speech topics
include Delta Upsilon, Freshmen banquet, Co-education, experiences with a general
store, in a dentist chair, military, alumni association, James R. Fuller eulogy, papers
on Benedict Arnold and other historical figures.
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1890 | |
| Box 11 |
Maps of France, Paris, Metz, others, World War I era
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1915 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Photograph - group, not identified
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Certificates
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Army Commission
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1898 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Awards
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1911, 1917 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
National Guard Commissions
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1907, 1913, 1917 | |