Title: Alexander A. Arthur Family Papers
MSS. COLL.: #040
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Extent: 9 Hollinger boxes (3.6 linear feet)
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Biographical Note:
Alexander Arthur was instrumental to the founding of Harrogate TN, Middlesboro KY, The Four Seasons Hotel and Sanitarium, and ultimately the founding of Lincoln Memorial University. Alexander Arthur was President and general manager of the two principal companies, the American Association, Ltd., and the Middlesboro Town and Land Company, 1887-1892. A well-financed British company called the “American Association, Ltd” developed a vacation resort at Middlesboro and Harrogate. At the opening of the Four Seasons Hotel and Sanitarium honored guests included Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, and members of the Roosevelt family. As well as several distinguished British visitors from Washington arrived by train for the champagne celebration. On April 12, 1892 the 700-room Four Seasons Hotel and the 200-bedroom Sanatorium were opened with a formal ball and banquet. The social elite of America were well represented at the event. However, in less than one year the Four Seasons went from being a shining jewel of the social set to a deserted building. In 1893, Arthur received a cable from London that the bank of the Baring Brothers had closed; frightened bondholders panicked when their stocks tumbled. The panic of 1893 in the United States also brought worry about the ambitious venture. Arthur was discharged and the enterprises were liquidated. Following the bankruptcy of the British investment corporation, the health and vacation resort at Harrogate was destined to be sold for salvage or demolished (only the sanatorium was left standing on the deserted grounds, which later became Grant-Lee Hall) in 1895. The Four Season Hotel building itself was demolished in 1895, with only the foundation and the stonework of the wall remaining.
Series Notes:
Location: C.1.4.4 - C.1.5.6
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Box 1:
Alexander A. Arthur Family - Guides
Biographical / Family History
Biographical / Family History
Biographical / Family History
Family History and Excerpts from Letters
Alexander Arthur (1779 -1829)
Alexander A. Arthur, Sr.: Passport,1875
Alexander A. Arthur, Sr.: (Daughter of), 1876
Alexander A. Arthur, Sr: Caldonian Lacrosse Club,1876
Alexander A. Arthur,: 1888
Alexander A. Arthur: Correspondence Transcripts, 1902-1909
Alexander A. Arthur: Correspondence, 1903
Alexander A. Arthur: Correspondence, 1904
Statement of Business Interests: 1904, 1908
Alexander A. Arthur: Correspondence, 1907
Alexander A. Arthur: Correspondence, 1911 (Copy)
Resolutions, Residents of Cumberland Gap Area
Alexander A. Arthur: Marriage Certificate, 1882
Hudson Counties Company of New York, 1909
Alexander A. Arthur: Plaque
Extract from Journal Desdebate: November 25, 1890
Alexander A. Arthur: Master of the 32nd Degree, 1891
"The Southern Immigration, Land and Title Company"
"The Watauga Company"
Certificate of Shares, Hudson Counties Company, 1908
"A Year's Sojourn in Gothenburg", 1879
Information on and copies of "A Year's Sojourn in Gothenburg"
"Six Weeks Admist the Thousand Islands", 1882 (Copy)
Passenger Lists, 1888-1891
New Rochelle Kennel Club Ribbon, 1903
Box 2:
Nellie Maud Goodman Arthur: High School Diploma, 1879
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence with O.O. Howard, 1908 (Copy)
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1911
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1919
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1920
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1926
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1927
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1928
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1929
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1930
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1938
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1939
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1940
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1943
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1940
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1945
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1946
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1947
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1948
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1950
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1950 (Copies)
Nellie Maud Arthur: Correspondence, 1950 (Photocopies)
William Arthur and Velma Arthur: Baby Book
Homestead Documents: George Macaulay and William Arthur, 1886-1888 (Copies)
William Arthur Memoirs, ca. 1932
William Arthur Correspondence, 1940 (Copies)
Percy Macaulay Arthur and Catherine Arthur Marriage Certificate, 1924
Percy Macaulay Arthur Birth Certificate, 1883
Macaulay Arthur and May Sykes Marriage Certificate, 1879
Percy Macaulay Correspondence, 1910-1916
May Arthur Correspondence, 1882 (Copies)
Marion Arthur Correspondence, 1943
Marion Arthur Correspondence, 1956
Marion Arthur Correspondence, 1957
Marion Arthur Correspondence, 1962
Marion Arthur Correspondence, 1963
Marion Arthur Diaries, 1904-1909 (Photocopies)
Macaulay Arthur Correspondence, 1910
Alan Arthur Wedding Announcement, 1896
Jean Taylor Correspondence, 1965-1978
Gwen Tiller Correspondence, 1964-1971
Military Map of France, 1918
Cathie Arthur: Report Card, Harrow School, 1896 (Copy)
Percy Macaulay Arthur: Lock of Hair, 1893
Resolution of The Board of Directors of Century Building Company on the Death of George W. Arthur
Sarah Beatrice Arthur Tucker: Correspondence, 1969
Margaret Arthur Pickett: Correspondence, 1992
Cathie Arthur: "Camp Laughalot", [1908]
James Alan Arthur: Correspondence, 1912 (Copies)
Catherine Welding Arthur: Correspondence, 1842
Catherine Welding Arthur: Correspondence, 1847
Alexander A. Arthur III: 1967-1992
Mary Arthur Stonecipher: Correspondence, 1996-2004
Miscellaneous
W. M. Arthur
Harry A. Arthur, 1966-1969
Col. A. A. Arthur, ca. 1968
Isabella Tyson Gilpin, ca. 1968
Winifred Nelson Baker, 1966-1971
Box 3:
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Biographical, Publicity
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Father-In-Law's Grave, 1884
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Correspondence, 1898
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Correspondence, 1899
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Correspondence, 1905
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Correspondence, 1909
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Correspondence, 1910
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Correspondence, 1914
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Correspondence, undated
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Correspondence, photocopies
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Writings as "John Pendergast"
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Miniatures
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Correspondence regarding miniatures, 1956
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Photo of Miniature
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Photo of Miniature of Julia Opp
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Photo of Miniature of Amy Townsend
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Photo of Miniature on Ivory of Princess Louisa, Daughter of George V
Kathleen Arthur Behenna: Newspaper Clipping, Queen Mary
Box 4:
Photographs: The Face of Cumberland Gap, 1889
Photographs: Powell Valley, Va. fom Cumberland Gap, 1889
Photographs: Four Seasons Hotel Souvenir Photo Album
Photographs: Guides
Photographs: Family Members
Photographs: Alexander Arthur
Photographs: Alexander A. Arthur
Photographs: Alexander A. Arthur in British Columbia (?)
Photographs: Marion Arthur
Photographs: Harold Macaulay Arthur
Photographs: Hamilton Family Tombstones
Photographs: Iron Furnance, Cumberland Gap
Photographs: Nellie Goodwin Arthur
Photographs: John R. and Ruth H. Sevier Tombstones
Photographs: Alexander A. Arthur, ca. 1887
Photographs: Clara Peters?
Photographs: Lt. Col. Alexander Alan Arthur, 1945
Photographs: Camp Laughalot, 1908
Photographs: Esther Virginia Conklin, 1945
Photographs: Arthur Family ca. 1910-1911
Photographs: Craig Neuk, 1891
Photographs: Lottie Forrest Towill, 1947
Photographs: Unknown
Photographs: Watt's Hotel Cumberland Gap, 1889
Photographs: Dr. Macaulay Arthur
Photographs: Meary Elizabeth (May) Sykes (1st Wife of Dr. Macaulay Arthur)
Photographs: Bob and Judy Santini Family
Photographs: P. M. Arthur
Photographs: George Arthur
Photographs: Margaret Macaulay Arthur and Alexander A. Arthur II, ca. 1921
Photographs: Rhoda Goodwin and Kitty Elizabeth Arthur, 1916-1917
Photographs: Unknown
Photographs: James Mann House (Bothwell, England), 1967
Photographs: Alexander Alan Arthur II, 1980
Photographs: Winfred May Arthur, Percy Macaulay Arthur, Marion Arthur, ca. 1890
Photographs: William and Catherine Arthur, ca. 1877
Photographs: P. M. and Catherine Arthur Family, 1945
Photographs: Nellie Maud Arthur, 1928 and Craig Neuk, 1891
Photographs: Craig Neuk, 1889
Photographs: Arthur family at Craig Neuk
Photographs: Family at Macaulay Arthur Home,
Photographs: Arthur Family at Craig Neuk, ca. 1905
Photographs: Alexander Alan Arthur II, 1980 and Catherine Arthur
Photographs: Train Accident between Knoxville and Cumberland Gap, 1889
Photographs: P.M. Arthur and Catherine Arthur
Photographs: Marion Arthur, 1966 and Rhoda Goodwin, 1887
Photographs: Sarah Beatrice Arthur Tucker, 1949
Photographs: Victor William Santini
Photographs: James Alan Arthur and Family, 1890-1891
Photographs: American Association Building, 2000
Photographs: Postcard, Craig Neuk
Photographs: Photocopies
Box 5:
Clippings: 1889
Clippings, 1890
Clippings, 1891
Clippings, 1892
Clippings, 1893
Clippings, 1894
Clippings, 1895
Clippings, 1987
Clippings, 1900
Clippings, 1904
Clippings, 1908
Access to Boxes 6-9 is currently restricted
Box 6: Ephemeral objects
Box 7: Family crest dinner plates
Box 8: Ephemera
Box 9: Ephemera
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