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Size | 12.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4500 items) |
Abstract | Robert Pinckney Tucker (1865-1920) of Charleston, S.C., was a real estate businessman. The collection includes correspondence and records, chiefly 1900-1910, of corporations organized by Robert Pinckney Tucker. The primary business in which the companies engaged was buying and selling large tracts of land for lumber, minerals, hunting preserves for wealthy northerners, and development in South Carolina and other states. Records include blueprint maps and land plats; abstracts of land titles, compiled 1906-1908; and financial statements and accounts, 1908-1917. Corporations involved include Carolina Cypress Co., Carolina Land Improvement Co., Dry Fork Coal and Timber Corporation, Midland Timber Co., Oakland Club, Oconee Timber Co., Pine Timber Corporation, Sea Coast Development Corporation, Sea Coast Timber Co., Southern Land and Timber Co., Southern Woodland Co., and Three Runs Lumber Co. Business associates represented in the collection include R. L. Montague and H. F. Welch. |
Creator | Tucker, Robert Pinckney, 1865-1920. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, August 2010; Amanda Loeb, September 2015; Nancy Kaiser, April 2021
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Robert Pinckney Tucker (1865-1920) of Charleston, S.C., was a real estate businessman who bought and sold large tracts of land in South Carolina for lumber, minerals, and other development. Other business activities in South Carolina and elsewhere included organizing stock companies for land and timber speculation; the development and sale of large plantations near Charleston, S.C.,; and the organization of the Oakland Club of South Carolina in 1908, a stock company for hunting preserves in South Carolina.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence and records, chiefly 1900-1910, of corporations organized by Robert Pinckney Tucker. The primary business in which the companies engaged was buying and selling large tracts of land for lumber, minerals, hunting preserves for wealthy northerners, and development in South Carolina and other states. Records include blueprint maps and land plats; abstracts of land titles, compiled 1906-1908; and financial statements and accounts, 1908-1917. Corporations involved include Carolina Cypress Co., Carolina Land Improvement Co., Dry Fork Coal and Timber Corporation, Midland Timber Co., Oakland Club, Oconee Timber Co., Pine Timber Corporation, Sea Coast Development Corporation, Sea Coast Timber Co., Southern Land and Timber Co., Southern Woodland Co., and Three Runs Lumber Co. Business associates represented in the collection include R. L. Montague and H. F. Welch.
Back to TopArrangement: Chronological.
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Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
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Folder 1 |
1893-1901 |
Box
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Folder 2-9 Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9 |
1902 |
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Folder 10-25 Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25 |
1903 and undated |
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Folder 26-40 Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40 |
1904 and undated |
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Folder 41-54 Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54 |
1905 |
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Folder 55-61 Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61 |
1906 |
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Folder 62-65 Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65 |
1907 |
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Folder 66-77 Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77 |
1907 |
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Folder 78-86 Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86 |
1907 |
Box
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Folder 87 |
1908 |
Box
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Folder 88-89 Folder 88Folder 89 |
1909 |
Box
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Folder 90 |
1910 |
Box
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Folder 91 |
1911-1930 |
Box
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Folder 92 |
1931 |
Box
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Folder 93-94 Folder 93Folder 94 |
1932 |
Box
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Folder 95 |
Undated |
Box
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Folder 96 |
Volume 1: 22 October 1900-8 May 1902 |
Box
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Folder 97 |
Volume 2: 9 May 1902-15 October 1902 |
Box
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Folder 98 |
Volume 3: 16 October 1902-9 June 1903 |
Box
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Folder 99 |
Volume 4: 8 June 1903-13 February 1904 |
Box
10
Folder 100 |
Volume 5: 15 February 1904-5 July 1904 |
Box
10
Folder 101 |
Volume 6: 6 July 1904-5 December 1904 |
Box
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Folder 102 |
Volume 7: 5 December 1904-24 April 1905 |
Box
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Folder 103 |
Volume 8: 26 April 1905-25 September 1905 |
Box
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Folder 104 |
Volume 9: 25 September 1905-23 December 1905 |
Box
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Folder 105 |
Volume 10: 23 December 1905-7 March 1906 |
Box
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Folder 106 |
Volume 11: 7 March 1906-14 May 1906 |
Box
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Folder 107 |
Volume 12: 14 May 1906-13 August 1906 |
Box
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Folder 108 |
Volume 13: 13 August 1906-1 November 1906 |
Box
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Folder 109 |
Volume 14: 2 November 1906-2 February 1907 |
Box
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Folder 110 |
Volume 15: 2 February 1907-24 May 1907 |
Box
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Folder 111 |
Volume 16: 25 May 1907-14 September 1907 |
Box
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Folder 112-113 Folder 112Folder 113 |
Volumes 17-18: Abstracts of titles to property of Oakland Club |
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Folder 114-115 Folder 114Folder 115 |
Volumes 19-20: Abstracts of titles to property of Oakland Club |
Box
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Folder 116 |
Volumes 21: Abstracts of land titles |
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Folder 117-120 Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120 |
Volumes 22-25: Abstracts of land titles |
Box
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Folder 121-123 Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123 |
Volumes 26-28: Abstracts of land titles |
Box
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Folder 124 |
Volumes 29: Financial records, 1908-1917 |
Box
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Folder 125 |
Volumes 30: Financial records, 1908-1917 |
Box
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Folder 126 |
Volume 31: Miscellaneous |
Box 19 |
Maps and plats: South CarolinaMaps and plats are grouped by county in a single container, and are in fragile condition. The number of items for each county is provided below. Aiken County, S.C. (5) Berkeley County, S.C. (143) Calhoun County, S.C. (19) Charleston and Berkeley Counties, S.C. (2) Clarendon County, S.C. (35) Colleton County, S.C. (5) Dorchester County, S.C. (2) Georgetown County, S.C. (6) Kershaw County, S.C. (1) |
Box 20 |
Maps and plats: South Carolina, North Carolina, and otherMaps and plats are grouped by county in a single container, and are in fragile condition. The number of items for each county is provided below. Marion County, S.C. (19) Orangeburg County, S.C. (15) Pickens and Greenville Counties, S.C. (1) Sumter County, S.C. (8) Sumter and Clarendon Counties, S.C. (3) Williamsburg County, S.C. (14) Bladen County, N.C. (2) Craven County, N.C. (4) Henderson County, N.C. (1) Suffolk County, N.Y. (1) Washington D.C. (1) |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-1010/1 |
Blueprints: Residence of Mrs. E. L. Halsey, No. 1 Lucas St., Charleston, S.C.22 prints |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-1010/2 |
Blueprints: Oakland Club, St. Stephens, S.C.11 prints |