MSS 88-2
Inventory of the Papers of Gordon M. Buck
Overview
Professional legal papers, primarily concerning railroads cases (1881-1956). Includes memoranda, correspondence, records and briefs, court transcripts, stock certificates, mortgages, and indentures. Also some personal files.
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7.2 Linear Feet (18 boxes, 7.2 linear ft.) | 7.2 Linear Feet (18 boxes, 7.2 linear ft.) |
Scope & Contents
The papers of Gordon M. Buck (18 boxes, 7 linear ft.) 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 <em>Bogert v. Southern Pacific Co.</em>, <em>Newark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.</em>, the Pacific Oil Co. dissolution, and <em>Young v. Southern Pacific Co.</em>
Collection Description
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Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions.
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Preferred Citation
Papers of Gordon M. Buck, MSS 88 - 2, Box Number, Special Collections, University of Virginia Law Library.
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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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Arrangement
The Buck collection is separated into professional and personal papers. 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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Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Mrs. LeGrand (daughter) in April of 1988.
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Dimensions
186 boxes, 7.2 linear ft.
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Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions.
| seriesProfessional Papers | 1 - 14 |
| fileBogert v. Southern Pacific Co: memoranda of law, 1920-24 | MSS 88-2, Box 1 |
| fileBogert v. Southern Pacific Co plaintiff's briefs and memoranda, 1919, 1923-24 | MSS 88-2, Box 1 |
| fileBogert v. Southern Pacific Co defendant's briefs and memoranda, U.S. District Court, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 1 |
| fileBogert v. Southern Pacific Co plaintiff's and defendant's briefs, U.S. Circuit Court, 1923 | MSS 88-2, Box 1 |
| fileBogert v. Southern Pacific Co. records and briefs, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 2 |
| fileChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul Pacific Railroad Co plan of reorganization, 1925 | MSS 88-2, Box 2 |
| fileContinental Trust Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.: records and briefs, 1931 | MSS 88-2, Box 2 |
| fileEl Paso & Southwestern Co.: brief for appeal, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 2 |
| fileGarland Manufacturing Co. liquidation: U.S. District Court documents, 1943 | MSS 88-2, Box 2 |
| fileGuaranty Trust Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.: correspondence, 1937-41 | MSS 88-2, Box 2 |
| fileGuaranty Trust Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.: records and drafts for briefs, ca. 1930s-1940s | MSS 88-2, Box 2 |
| fileGuaranty Trust Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. records and briefs, 1931 | MSS 88-2, Box 3 |
| fileHadd v. Southern Pacific Co.: records and briefs, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 3 |
| fileInterstate Commerce Commission ex parte no. 81: agreement, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 3 |
| fileNew York Trust Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.: records and briefs, 1931 | MSS 88-2, Box 3 |
| fileNewark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: notes on briefs, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 3 |
| fileNewark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: correspondence, 1932-40 | MSS 88-2, Box 3 |
| fileNewark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co. : diary notes, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 3 |
| fileNewark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: law clerk memoranda, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 3 |
| fileNewark Plaster v. Cross & Brown Co.: hearing testimony, 1931-33 | MSS 88-2, Box 4 |
| fileNewark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: miscellaneous documents , 1931, 1934 | MSS 88-2, Box 4 |
| fileNewark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: briefs , ca. 1930s | MSS 88-2, Box 4 |
| fileNewark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: briefs, ca. 1930s | MSS 88-2, Box 5 |
| fileNewark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: complaint and answer , ca. 1930s | MSS 88-2, Box 5 |
| fileNewark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: plaintiff's memoranda , 1933 | MSS 88-2, Box 5 |
| fileNewark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: miscellaneous memoranda , 1932-35 | MSS 88-2, Box 5 |
| fileNewark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: testimony and deposition of Francis Schwab, 1931, 1933 | MSS 88-2, Box 5 |
| fileNewark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: master's reports, ca. 1931-34 | MSS 88-2, Box 5 |
| fileNewark Plaster Co. v. Cross & Brown Co.: opinion, 1935 | MSS 88-2, Box 5 |
| filePacific Fruit Express Co. equipment trust: memoranda, 1920 | MSS 88-2, Box 5 |
| filePacific Fruit Express Co. equipment trust: memoranda of law, 1920, 1926 | MSS 88-2, Box 5 |
| filePacific Mail Steamship Co. dissolution: correspondence, 1940-42 | MSS 88-2, Box 6 |
| filePacific Mail Steamship Co. dissolution: auditors' report and account, 1940 | MSS 88-2, Box 6 |
| filePacific Oil Co.: office file (correspondence, minutes, by-laws), 1920-21 | MSS 88-2, Box 6 |
| filePacific Oil Co.: memoranda of law, ca. 1920-21 | MSS 88-2, Box 6 |
| filePacific Oil Co.: miscellaneous memoranda, 1920-21 | MSS 88-2, Box 6 |
| filePacific Oil Co.: board meeting minutes and financial statements, 1921-26 | MSS 88-2, Box 6 |
| filePacific Oil Co.: brief of protest re income taxes, 1928 | MSS 88-2, Box 6 |
| filePacific Oil Co.: office manuals, numbers 1-5, 1921-26 | MSS 88-2, Box 7 |
| filePacific Oil Co.: annual reports, 1924-25 | MSS 88-2, Box 7 |
| filePacific Oil Co. dissolution: notes and drafts, 1929-30 | MSS 88-2, Box 7 |
| filePacific Oil Co. dissolution: correspondence, 1927-30 | MSS 88-2, Box 7 |
| filePacific Oil Co. dissolution: miscellaneous documents, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 7 |
| filePacific Oil Co. dissolution: petitions for receivership, answer and order, 1930 | MSS 88-2, Box 7 |
| filePacific Oil Co. dissolution: records, 1928-30 | MSS 88-2, Box 7 |
| filePacific Oil Co. dissolution: Pacific Oil Co. final report, 1927-29 | MSS 88-2, Box 7 |
| fileRockaway Pacific Corp. v. New York: records and briefs, 1922-23 | MSS 88-2, Box 7 |
| fileSeaboard Air Line Railway Co.: miscellaneous memoranda, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 7 |
| fileSouthern Pacific Co.: miscellaneous correspondence, 1921, 1930-32 | MSS 88-2, Box 7 |
| fileSouthern Pacific Co.: memoranda of law, 1920- | MSS 88-2, Box 7 |
| fileSouthern Pacific Co. v. Lowe: records and briefs, 1917-18 | MSS 88-2, Box 8 |
| fileSouthern Pacific Co.: office manual, 1929-30 | MSS 88-2, Box 8 |
| fileSouthern Pacific Co. equipment trust: correspondence, 1913-15, 1923 | MSS 88-2, Box 8 |
| fileSouthern Pacific Co. equipment trust: memoranda of law, 1920 | MSS 88-2, Box 8 |
| fileStarring v. Kemp: brief, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 8 |
| fileUnited States v. "Confidence": briefs, 1912 | MSS 88-2, Box 8 |
| fileVenner v. Southern Pacific Co.: memorandum draft and notes, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 8 |
| fileVenner v. Southern Pacific Co.: memorandum, 1921 | MSS 88-2, Box 8 |
| fileVenner v. Southern Pacific Co.: defendant's briefs, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 8 |
| fileVenner v. Southern Pacific Co.: plaintiff's briefs, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 9 |
| fileVenner v. Southern Pacific Co.: district court briefs, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 9 |
| fileWard v. City Trust Co. of New York: brief, 1904 | MSS 88-2, Box 9 |
| fileYoung v. Southern Pacific Co.: defendant's briefs, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 9 |
| fileYoung v. Southern Pacific Co.: plaintiff's briefs, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 9 |
| fileYoung v. Southern Pacific Co.: records and briefs, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 9 |
| fileDiary of cases: Gordon M. Buck, 1920-30 | MSS 88-2, Box 10 |
| fileMiscellaneous cases: notes and drafts for briefs, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 10 |
| fileMiscellaneous cases: general correspondence, 1924-26, 1928 | MSS 88-2, Box 10 |
| fileMiscellaneous cases: general correspondence , 1924-26, 1928 | MSS 88-2, Box 11 |
| fileEstates: correspondence and depositions, 1930-32 | MSS 88-2, Box 12 |
| fileForms: bonds, debentures and stock certificates, ca. 1920s | MSS 88-2, Box 12 |
| fileGerman bonds held by English trustee: correspondence, 1923 | MSS 88-2, Box 12 |
| fileGerman bonds held by English trustee: memorandum for Southern Pacific Co, 1923 | MSS 88-2, Box 12 |
| fileMortgages: documents and lists (railroad companies), 1897-98, 1901 | MSS 88-2, Box 12 |
| fileNotebook: legal work, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 12 |
| fileRailroad trusteeships: agreements, 1911, 1914, 1920-21, 1928-29 | MSS 88-2, Box 12 |
| fileRailroad trusteeships: deed, 1913 | MSS 88-2, Box 12 |
| fileRailroad trusteeships: mortgage bonds, 1911 | MSS 88-2, Box 12 |
| fileRailroad trusteeships: mortgages and indentures, 1907-11 | MSS 88-2, Box 12 |
| fileRailroad trusteeships: mortgages and indentures, 1917, 1930 | MSS 88-2, Box 13 |
| fileRailroad trusteeships: mortgages and indentures, 1881-1924 | MSS 88-2, Box 13 |
| fileRailroad trusteeships: mortgages and indentures, 1924, 1929 | MSS 88-2, Box 14 |
| fileRailroad trusteeships: registers of railroad directors and officers, 1912 | MSS 88-2, Box 14 |
| fileRailroad trusteeships: release or resignation of trustee duties, 1917, 1930 | MSS 88-2, Box 14 |
| fileRailroad trusteeships: reports, 1911, 1930 | MSS 88-2, Box 14 |
| fileRailroad trusteeships: satisfaction of mortgage, 1908-24 | MSS 88-2, Box 14 |
| fileRailroad trusteeships: Southern Pacific Co. correspondence and records, 1930 | MSS 88-2, Box 14 |
| fileRailroad trusteeships: transfer of bonds, 1907-11 | MSS 88-2, Box 14 |
| fileSecurities: Southern Pacific Co. (correspondence, memos, I.C.C. orders), 1914, 1925-29 | MSS 88-2, Box 14 |
| fileStock Transfer Guide (state statutes), 1912 | MSS 88-2, Box 14 |
| fileStockholding papers: miscellaneous corporations, 1930 | MSS 88-2, Box 14 |
| fileTrusts for Bernard and John Harrison: indentures, 1922 | MSS 88-2, Box 14 |
| fileWills for Elise Kruttschnitt and Josephine Vignaux, 1926 | MSS 88-2, Box 14 |
| Law School: Class of 1898 with Raleigh C. Minor, Walter Davis Dabney, and William Minor Lile | |
| seriesPersonal Papers | 15 - 16 |
| fileThe Commercial & Financial Chronicle, 1929 | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBond claim of Samuel H. Buck against Mexico: miscellaneous documents, 1943-56 | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBond claim of Samuel H. Buck against Mexico: State and Treasury Department documents, ca. 1930s-1950s | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBond claim of Samuel H. Buck against Mexico: notes of Gordon M. Buck, ca. 1930s-1950s | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBond claim of Samuel H. Buck against Mexico: correspondence, 1935-56 | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBond claim of Samuel H. Buck against Mexico: payment vouchers, 1943-55 | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBond claim of Samuel H. Buck against Mexico: affidavits, 1935-36 | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBuck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: miscellaneous documents, ca. 1930s | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBuck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: newspaper clipping, 1935 | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBuck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: Anaconda Mining and U.S. Steel documents, 1929 | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBuck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: correspondence, 1931-39 | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBuck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: miscellaneous notes and drafts of briefs, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBuck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: records and briefs (docket no. 78422), 1935-37 | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBuck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: records and briefs (docket no. 86040), 1936-39 | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileBuck v. Commissioner of I.R.S.: exhibits, 1936-37 | MSS 88-2, Box 15 |
| fileCards and pamphlets: miscellaneous, n.d. | MSS 88-2, Box 16 |
| filePelham Manor (N.Y.) property: deed, indenture and agreements, 1920, 1922 | MSS 88-2, Box 16 |
| filePersonal correspondence: miscellaneous, 1930 | MSS 88-2, Box 16 |
| filePersonal correspondence: Virginia and the University of Virginia, 1930 | MSS 88-2, Box 16 |
| fileWhilton (Va.) estate: correspondence, 1936-41 | MSS 88-2, Box 16 |
| fileWhilton (Va.) estate: miscellaneous paper, ca. 1930s | MSS 88-2, Box 16 |
| seriesPersonal Correspondence | 17 - 18 |
| filePersonal Correspondence: Miscellaneous, 1920-1921 | MSS 88-2a, Box 17 |
| filePersonal Correspondence: Miscellaneous, 1926-1930 | MSS 88-2a, Box 18 |