John Randolph Tucker Papers, 1876/1907

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

John Randolph Tucker Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.25 Linear Feet
Creator:
Tucker, John Randolph, 1823-1897
Abstract:
Correspondence and publications of John Randolph Tucker.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

John Randolph Tucker Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Processing information:

Processed by Cynthia Reynolds, July 2015

Accruals:

Accession 1984.28