A Guide to the Additional Papers of John Page
Elliott,
1803-1996 Cocke and related families papers
2433-ai
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Accession number 2433-ai
Title Additional Papers of John Page Elliott
1803-1996
Physical Characteristics This collection
consists of ca. 1000 items.
Language
English
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
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University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
Additional Papers of John Page Elliott, Accession
#2433-ai, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia
Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was a gift on 1998 October 5.
Papers of John Page Elliott consist primarily of research
material collected for his biography of Philip St. George
Cocke including correspondence with family members and
research institutions, copies of original documents from the
University of Virginia and other institutions and some
genealogical information.
The collection also contains original Cocke family letters,
manuscripts, certificates and photographs, including a
daguerreotype of John Hartwell Cocke, two daguerreotypes of
"Uncle John Cocke," a tintype, a hand painted miniature, and
four photographs of various Cocke and Shields family members
including Betty Burwell Page Cocke.
Original items include an 1814 letter from George Blow to
John Hartwell Cocke regarding clothing for soldiers in Cocke's
brigade; Lucy Cocke's travel journal to the springs, 1822; an
1851 letter from A. B. Girrard to John Hartwell Cocke on the
Eppes family; a catalog of books at Belmead, 1838, in the hand
of Philip St. George Cocke; a document, 1804, signed by
Virginia governor John Page; and Philip St. George Cocke's
West Point diploma, 1832.
Research topics include a proposed school of agriculture at
the University of Virginia; architecture, Belmead and
Alexander Jackson Davis; the battle of First Mannasses; Cocke
family genealogy; politics; slavery; and the Virginia Military
Institue.
Correspondents include Betty Cocke, Douglas Southall
Freeman and Jennings C. Wise.
Box 1
Correspondence re the Cocke family
1930-1995
(3 folders)
Box 1
Correspondence with Douglas Southall
Freeman
1930-1938
Box 1
Correspondence with the University of
Virginia
1959-1992
Box 1
Correspondence with Jennings C. Wise
1958-1961
Box 1
Agriculture
1856-1858
Box 1
Agriculture
1965-1986, n.d.
Box 1
Appendices and Exhibits
n.d.
Box 1
Architecture
1984-1994
Box 1
Belmead: Architecture of Alexander Jackson
Davis
1846, 1980-1992
Box 1
Belmead: Correspondence
1977-1995
Box 1
Belmead: Manuscripts
1951-1995
Box 1
Belmead: Manuscripts for the Biography
1990s
Box 1
Belmead: Miscellaneous
1848-1980, n.d.
Box 1
Biographical Data on Philip St. George
Cocke
1859, 1986-1991
Box 2
Civil War
1902-1990, n.d.
(2 folders)
Box 2
Cocke Family Records
1870-1872, n.d.
Box 2
Early Homes
1990s
Box 2
Education and Religion
1990s
Box 2
Estate
1860-1887, n.d.
Box 2
Genealogy of the Cocke family
1927-1992, n.d.
(2 folders)
Box 2
Marriage
1832-1834, 1990s
Box 2
Miscellaneous Research Notes
n.d.
Box 2
Photographs and Portraits
1834-1859, 1979,
n.d.
Box 2
Photographs and Portraits: Correspondence
1978-1987
Box 2
Preface and Dedication
n.d.
Box 3
Slavery and Politics
1990s
Box 3
Transcripts and Copies of Correspondence
of John Bowdoin Cocke
1851-1886
(3 folders)
Box 3
Transcripts and Copies of Correspondence
of Philip St. George Cocke
1833-1862
Box 3
Transcripts and Copies of Correspondence
of the Cocke family
1803-1901
(2 folders)
Box 3
Tributes to Philip St. George Cocke
1861-1862
Box 3
Tributes to Philip St. George Cocke
1915-1992, n.d.
Box 3
Virginia Military Institute
1846-1861
Box 3
Virginia Military Institute
1974-1992, n.d.
Original Cocke Family Material
Box 3
Certification of justice of the peace of
Henrico County, signed by the Governor of Virginia,
John Page
1804 Oct 7
Box 3
George Blow to General [John Hartwell]
Cocke
1814 Oct 5
Box 3
Travel Journal kept by Lucy Cocke, and
including a discourse on the six essential properties
possessed by bodies
1822 Aug-Sep
Box 3
Catalogue of Books in the Library at Four
Mile Tree now at Belmead
1838
Box 3
A. B. Girrard to John Hartwell Cocke
1851 Aug 22
Box 3
Courtney [Bowdoin Cocke] to "My dear
Brother"
18[ ] Apr 7
Box 3
William Horner Cocke to Bettie Page Cocke
1927 Nov 21
Box 3
G. S. Stephens to Lucy Cocke Elliott
1931 Feb 17
Box 3
Photographs of Cocke and Shields family
members
n.d.
Box 3
Portrait of Philip St. George Cocke
n.d.
Box
Mini-tray
Daguerreotype of John Hartwell Cocke, in
old age
n.d.
Box
Mini-tray
Daguerreotype of "Uncle John Cocke," in
uniform
n.d.
Box
Mini-tray
Daguerreotype of "Uncle John Cocke," young
man
n.d.
Box
Mini-tray
Cased photograph of unidentified gentleman
in uniform
n.d.
Box
Mini-tray
Cased tintype of unidentified couple
n.d.
Box
Mini-tray
Hand-painted miniature of unidentified
gentleman
n.d.
Box Oversize Box
M-19
West Point diploma of Philip St. George
Cocke, signed by all of the faculty
1832
Box Oversize Box
M-19
(tattered)
Box Oversize Box
M-19
Shriner certificates for John Bowdoin
Cocke
1922
Box Oversize Box
M-19
Color drawing of Bettie Burwell (Page)
Cocke
n.d.
Box Oversize Box
M-19
Photograph of Bettie Burwell (Page) Cocke
n.d.
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