UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2000
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Avenir Corporation
Address: 1725 K Street, N.W.
Suite 401
Washington, D.C. 20006
13F File Number: 28-6032
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Peter C. Keefe
Title: President
Phone: 202-659-4427
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing
Peter C. Keefe Washington, D.C. November 15, 2000
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ x] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 95
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $305,404,000
List of Other Included Managers:
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
Abbott Labs COM 2824100 278 5840SH SOLE 0 5840 0 0
ACNielsen Corp. COM 004833109 4367 183400SH SOLE 0 183400 0 0
AEGON NV ORD AMER REG 7924103 325 8747SH SOLE 0 8747 0 0
AES Corp. COM 00130H105 1096 16000SH SOLE 0 16000 0 0
Affiliated Computer Svcs Inc. CL A 008190100 3222 64603SH SOLE 0 64603 0 0
Airlease Ltd. L.P. DEPOSITORY UNIT 009366105 283 22400SH SOLE 0 22400 0 0
Alleghany Corporation COM 017175100 18514 94459SH SOLE 0 94459 0 0
Alliance Capital, LP UNIT LTD PART 01855A101 301 6000SH SOLE 0 6000 0 0
American Express COM 025816109 729 12000SH SOLE 0 12000 0 0
American Int'l. Grp. COM 26874107 274 2861SH SOLE 0 2861 0 0
American Tower Sys CL A 029912201 12633 335214SH SOLE 0 335214 0 0
AT&T Corp. COM 001957109 386 13141SH SOLE 0 13141 0 0
Auto. Data Proc. COM 053015103 214 3200SH SOLE 0 3200 0 0
Aztec Tech Ptnrs Inc COM 05480L101 17 16000SH SOLE 0 16000 0 0
B O K Financial Corp New COM NEW 05561Q201 1690 91376SH SOLE 0 91376 0 0
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 234 4474SH SOLE 0 4474 0 0
BellSouth Corp. COM 079860102 316 7850SH SOLE 0 7850 0 0
Berkshire Hathaway CL A 084670108 10368 161SH SOLE 0 161 0 0
Berkshire Hathaway B CL B 084670207 1722 832SH SOLE 0 832 0 0
C & D Technologies COM 124661109 982 17300SH SOLE 0 17300 0 0
Cablevision Sys Corp CL A 12686C109 531 8000SH SOLE 0 8000 0 0
CFW Communications COM 124923103 17768 658076SH SOLE 0 658076 0 0
Clear Channel Communications, COM 184502102 4715 83451SH SOLE 0 83451 0 0
CNA Surety COM 12612L108 7297 634500SH SOLE 0 634500 0 0
Comcast Corp. - Sp. CL A 200300200 2997 73200SH SOLE 0 73200 0 0
Commerce Group. Inc. COM 200641108 385 13300SH SOLE 0 13300 0 0
Corporate Office Prop. Tr. SH BEN INT 22002T108 572 57600SH SOLE 0 57600 0 0
Dover Downs Entertainment COM 260086103 462 34400SH SOLE 0 34400 0 0
E W Scripps Co. - A CL A 811054204 984 18217SH SOLE 0 18217 0 0
Esco Electronics COM TR RCPT 269030201 6470 372350SH SOLE 0 372350 0 0
Evergreen Resources COM 299900308 2022 58200SH SOLE 0 58200 0 0
Exxon Mobil COM 302290101 1091 12239SH SOLE 0 12239 0 0
Fedders Corp. A Nvtg CL A 313135303 1139 343850SH SOLE 0 343850 0 0
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 568 10500SH SOLE 0 10500 0 0
Gemstar - TV Guide InternationCOM 36866W106 730 8374SH SOLE 0 8374 0 0
General Dynamics COM 369550108 5381 85670SH SOLE 0 85670 0 0
General Electric COM 369604103 1060 18374SH SOLE 0 18374 0 0
Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.COM 422317107 1026 51305SH SOLE 0 51305 0 0
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 247 2550SH SOLE 0 2550 0 0
Imperial Parking Corporation COM 453077109 373 22084SH SOLE 0 22084 0 0
IndyMac Mortgage Holdings, IncCOM 44977L100 372 18100SH SOLE 0 18100 0 0
Int. Speedway Corp. CL B 460335300 3391 88080SH SOLE 0 88080 0 0
INTEL Corp. COM 458140100 608 14640SH SOLE 0 14640 0 0
Intl Speedway A COM 460335201 3318 85075SH SOLE 0 85075 0 0
IPC Holdings, Ltd. ORD G4933P101 4240 229215SH SOLE 0 229215 0 0
John Nuveen Co. CL A 478035108 5993 123889SH SOLE 0 123889 0 0
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 526 5600SH SOLE 0 5600 0 0
Journal Register Company COM 481138105 6713 403796SH SOLE 0 403796 0 0
Kaiser Ventures COM 483100103 3363 292400SH SOLE 0 292400 0 0
Koninklijke Philips ElectronicSPONSORED ADR 500472105 13996 329312SH SOLE 0 329312 0 0
Leucadia National COM 527288104 463 17300SH SOLE 0 17300 0 0
Lexington Corp Pptys Tr COM 529043101 327 29100SH SOLE 0 29100 0 0
Markel Corporation COM 570535104 17468 115111SH SOLE 0 115111 0 0
Mellon Financial Corp COM 585509102 2550 54980SH SOLE 0 54980 0 0
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 490 6580SH SOLE 0 6580 0 0
MGI Pharma, Inc COM 552880106 24242 808055SH SOLE 0 808055 0 0
Micros Systems COM 594901100 13686 908638SH SOLE 0 908638 0 0
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 0 0SH SOLE 0 0 0 0
MS DW Discover COM 617446448 257 2808SH SOLE 0 2808 0 0
National Wireless Hlds. COM 638560102 4943 260141SH SOLE 0 260141 0 0
Niagara Mohawk COM 653520106 11216 712150SH SOLE 0 712150 0 0
Nortel Networks Corp COM 656569100 399 6700SH SOLE 0 6700 0 0
Nvest Companies, LP UNIT LTD PARTN 644095101 858 21800SH SOLE 0 21800 0 0
Penn Virginia COM 707882106 14555 559816SH SOLE 0 559816 0 0
Penn-America Group Inc. COM 707247102 7254 967252SH SOLE 0 967252 0 0
Pepsi Americas Inc. CL B 713434108 114 32600SH SOLE 0 32600 0 0
PepsiCo Inc. COM 713448108 202 4400SH SOLE 0 4400 0 0
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 294 6545SH SOLE 0 6545 0 0
Pico Holding COM NEW 693366205 1506 115276SH SOLE 0 115276 0 0
Potomac Electric Pwr COM 737679100 1385 55000SH SOLE 0 55000 0 0
Precision Auto Care Inc. COM 74018R105 1647 1197641SH SOLE 0 1197641 0 0
Pulitzer Publishing COM 745771105 3792 88300SH SOLE 0 88300 0 0
Qwest Commun. Int. COM 749121109 732 15236SH SOLE 0 15236 0 0
Reliant Energy, Inc COM 75952J108 563 12100SH SOLE 0 12100 0 0
Reptron Electronics COM 76026W109 7526 463134SH SOLE 0 463134 0 0
Safeguard Sci. COM 786449108 484 24300SH SOLE 0 24300 0 0
Saul Centers COM 804395101 2399 150533SH SOLE 0 150533 0 0
SBC Communications COM 78387G103 712 14233SH SOLE 0 14233 0 0
ServiceMaster Corp. COM 81760N109 458 46387SH SOLE 0 46387 0 0
Sonex Research, Inc. COM 835448101 4 21478SH SOLE 0 21478 0 0
Southtrust Corp. COM 844730101 464 14766SH SOLE 0 14766 0 0
Synalloy Corp. COM 871565107 295 49700SH SOLE 0 49700 0 0
Tellabs, Inc. COM 879664100 219 4576SH SOLE 0 4576 0 0
Teppco Partners UT LTD PARTNER 872384102 738 27800SH SOLE 0 27800 0 0
Time-Warner Inc. COM 887315109 391 5000SH SOLE 0 5000 0 0
United Television COM 913066106 456 3100SH SOLE 0 3100 0 0
Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 416 8587SH SOLE 0 8587 0 0
Viacom Inc. Cl A CL A 925524100 351 6000SH SOLE 0 6000 0 0
Viacom Inc. Cl B CL B 925524308 317 5416SH SOLE 0 5416 0 0
Vodafone ADR Sponsored ADR 92857T107 337 9100SH SOLE 0 9100 0 0
Washington Gas Light COM 938837101 414 15406SH SOLE 0 15406 0 0
Waste Management, Inc. COM 94106L109 12254 702730SH SOLE 0 702730 0 0
Wells Fargo Co. COM 949740104 11144 242582SH SOLE 0 242582 0 0
Wesco Financial Corp COM 950817106 703 2800SH SOLE 0 2800 0 0
ZymeTx, Inc COM 989859103 89 31000SH SOLE 0 31000 0 0
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