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Armistead Peter 3rd Papers |
Date |
1900-1983 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Collection |
Armistead Peter 3rd Papers |
Catalog Number |
MS21 |
Scope & Content |
The Armistead Peter 3rd papers consist of approximately 100 linear feet of personal and business correspondence, subject files, literary productions, financial records, blueprints and architectural drawings, inventories, and scrap book material. The papers span the period from 1900 to 1983, with the heaviest concentration between 1940 and 1980. The personal correspondence is mostly from family members including his parents, wife, and daughter. Business correspondence and financial records reveal family financial matters, management and renovation/preservation of Tudor Place, management of his farm in upstate New York, art shows, involvement in Georgetown civic affairs, and the establishment of his foundation to preserve Tudor Place for future generations. A large block of material concerns the writing, production, and distribution of his book Tudor Place published in 1969, which describes the house and grounds in detail and gives the history of its inhabitants. An accompanying book of architectural drawings was also published. Subject files reflect Armistead Peter 3rd's childhood education, military service in both world wars, farming activities, travels, artistic endeavors, furnishing of Tudor Place, care for its garden, civic activities, and social life.The papers also contain some financial records of his father, Armistead Peter, Jr., from the 1920s to 1960, when Armistead Peter, Jr., owned and resided at Tudor Place, but his son provided much of the financial support. This material was evidence in a legal dispute regarding the inheritance taxes on Tudor Place, and therefore became part of Armistead Peter 3rd's papers. Added: 8/7/24- An addition was added to MS 21 as the Financial Series encompassing Financial records from 1918-1983 and the National Security and Trust. |
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People |
Bartlett, Paul Wayland (1865-1925) Bartlett, Suzanne Earle Ogden-Jones Emmons Peter, Caroline Ogden-Jones Peter, Armistead, 3rd Pearre, Anne Custis Peter Mason, John Russell McKelway, John Pearre, Louisa Pearre, D. Worthington Pearre, Worthington Peter Peter, Anna "Nannie" Williams Peter, Armistead, Jr. Peter, Beverley Kennon Peter, George Freeland Peter, Helen Tucker Andrews Macondray Williams, Sarah "Sallie" Virginia Law Seeley, Bromley Stevens, Myra Upshur, George Littleton Muir, Walter Whitehill, Jane Graves, Bartlett Oliver, Lewis B. B. Thomson, Hannah Harrison Thomson, Charles |
Subjects |
Correspondence Finance Legal documents Newspapers Scrapbooks Account books Banking Statues in art Sketches Diaries Travel Sculpture Paris, France Newspapers New York Business & finance Mount Vernon Carostead Foundation Tudor Place Art exhibitions Content Farms Daughters of the American Revolution Pierce Arrow Education Georgetown Cambridge, New York Deeds Radios World War I World War II Naval operations Textbooks Newspapers Newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Obituaries Cartoons (Working drawings) Periodicals Books American Security and Trust Company National Savings and Trust |