Eugene C. Beddingfield Papers, 1890-1926
(Manuscript Collection #206)
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Eugene C. Beddingfield Papers |
| Creator: | Beddingfield, Eugene Crocker |
| Repository: | ECU Manuscript Collection |
| Languages: | English |
| Abstract: | Papers (1890-1926) including correspondence, clippings, and certificates, publication, biographical sketches. |
| Extent: | 0.044 Cubic feet, 16 items , including correspondence, clippings, and certificates. |
Administrative Information
Accessions Information
August 5, 1972, 16 items; Papers (1890-1926), including correspondence, clippings, and certificates. Gift of Mrs. George B. Cherry, Raleigh, N.C.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Copyright Notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Preferred Citation
Eugene C. Beddingfield Papers (#206), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Acquisition Information
- Gift of Mrs. George B. Cherry
Processing Information
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Processed by D. Lennon, February 1974
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Encoded by Apex Data Services
Biographical / Historical Note
Eugene C. Beddingfield was born near Raleigh in 1862 and died in 1926. In 1879, he began teaching in the Wake County schools. Beddingfield then followed this with a distinguished career in government and politics as a leader of the Democratic Party in North Carolina. He was elected to the state legislature in 1888 and 1891. He served as secretary to the North Carolina Farmers' Alliance in 1890, a member of the North Carolina Railroad Commission (1891-1897), and a member of the North Carolina Corporation Commission (1896-1908). He was elected to the North Carolina State Senate in 1919 and was appointed Trustee of East Carolina Teachers College in 1925.
Description
The collection reflects Beddingfield's professional career, although primarily through secondary materials.
Correspondence consists of a letter of congratulations upon his election as secretary of the N.C. Farmers' Alliance, a luncheon invitation from Clarence Poe, and a letter of appointment from Governor Angus W. McLean.
Clippings reflect Beddingfield's appointment to the railroad commission (1891), a speech on the Farmers' Alliance made to the Northampton County Democratic Convention (ca. 1892), his retirement (1908) from the Corporate Commission, and obituary memorials upon his death in 1926. Certificates in the collection include a Wake County Teachers' Certificate (1901), and appointments to the board of trustees of East Carolina Teachers College (1925) and as a delegate to a Cotton Conference in Atlanta, Georgia (1926).
Also of interest is a publication, Twentieth Century Statesmen, which contains biographical sketches of most prominent Democratic Party legislators in 1901.
Subject Headings
Personal/Family name
Corporate names
Geographic name
Card Catalog Entries
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Reading Room's card catalog. This system is no longer maintained, but it is left in place to help on-site researchers locate particular topics in the collection.
Geographic Entry :
- North Carolina, Raleigh
Autograph Entries :
- McLean, A[ngus] W[ilton] 1925
- Poe, Clarence undated
Subject Entries :
- AGRICULTURE— Organizations— Farmers' Alliance— 1891-1892
- EDUCATION— COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES— East Carolina University
- N.C.— GENERAL ASSEMBLY— 1901
- N.C.— STATE DEPARTMENTS— Railroad Commission— 1891
- POLITICS— Democratic Party— 1901
Pamphlet Entry :
Title Entry
- Twentieth Century Statesmen
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