Record #:

19985

Author(s):

Lefler, Hugh Talmadge

Abstract:

The Walter Clark Papers are part of the State Department of Archives and History and contain several letters between Clark and Professor William E. Dodd of the University of Chicago. Clark served the state as a politician and jurist who served as associate justice and chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1889 to 1924. Clark wrote to Dodd about historical and constitutional questions from 1906 to 1924 and these are reprinted in this issue.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 25 Issue 1, Jan 1948, p91-100, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Clark, Walter M. (McKenzie), 1846-1924

Record #:

19997

Author(s):

Speck, Frank G.

Abstract:

This article presents data pertaining to the name identity of the Catawba tribe and neighboring groups which was collected from the few remaining speakers of the language during the last days of the tribe's cultural life.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 16 Issue 4, Oct 1939, p404-417, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Catawba Indians--North Carolina

Record #:

20008

Author(s):

McPherson, Elizabeth Gregory

Abstract:

This article is the fourth installment of a reprint of letters from North Carolinians to James K. Polk written between January 13, 1845 and September 22, 1845. The letters presented here are from Junius L. Clemmons, R. Murchison, William H. Haywood, Jr., Walter F. Leak, Joseph Towaler, David W. Stone, John L. Lamson, Edward W. Smith, William J. Alexander, Doyle O. Hanlon, John H. Wheeler, Romulus M. Saunders, John Hill, and Louis D. Henry.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 16 Issue 4, Oct 1939, p428-457, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Letters

Record #:

20009

Author(s):

Robinson, Blackwell Pierce

Abstract:

This article is the first installment of a biographical essay on the life of Willie Jones, a plantation owner, politician, and advocate of Jeffersonian states rights during the Revolutionary War and Federalist periods. This installment covers his life from his birth and family background to age 35.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 18 Issue 1, Jan 1941, p1-26, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Jones, Willie, 1740-1801

Record #:

20010

Author(s):

Chaffin, Nora C.

Abstract:

This article is the reprint of a letter from Braxton Craven, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, to Bishop Edward Raymond Ames of the Methodist Episcopal Church (Northern Branch) written on July 24, 1865. The introduction establishes the letter in the period of fierce sectionalism between the North and South, and offers Craven's letter as an example of the not uncommon situation wherein a prominent figure seeks to reunite an organization that has been divided due to general sectionalism in the nation. Some background on the divide in the Methodist Episcopal Church is also provided.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 18 Issue 1, Jan 1941, p38-47 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Methodist Episcopal Church--History; Craven, Braxton, 1822-1882

Record #:

20012

Author(s):

Schauinger, Joseph Herman

Abstract:

This is a biographical essay about the life and career of William Gaston--lawyer, legislator, congressman, and jurist.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 18 Issue 2, April 1941, p99-132, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Gaston, William Joseph, 1778-1844

Record #:

20013

Author(s):

Robinson, Blackwell Pierce

Abstract:

This article is the second and final installment of a biographical essay on the life of Willie Jones, plantation owner, politician, and advocate of Jeffersonian states rights during the Revolutionary War and Federalist periods.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 18 Issue 2, April 1941, p133-170, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Jones, Willie, 1740-1801

Record #:

20023

Author(s):

Hinshaw, Clifford Reginald

Abstract:

In order to overcome topographical issues and further trade, both within state boundaries and internationally, a system of canals was developed in the state. Prior to 1815, private companies bid on such navigation projects with only two companies obtaining enough funds to complete or at least begin projects; one being the Dismal Swamp Canal Company and the other the Clubfoot and Harlow's Creek Canal. Archibald D. Murphey presented a program to the legislature to include public funds in financing navigational improvements within the state.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 25 Issue 1, Jan 1948, p1-57, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Murphey, Archibald Debow, 1777-1832

Record #:

20024

Author(s):

Johnston, Hugh Buckner

Abstract:

The Vinson family lived on a farm near Wayne County Poor House prior to the Civil War and consisted of father Thomas Robert, mother Martha Fletcher, daughters Rachel and Mary, and sons Uriah, Daniel, and Benjamin. The three boys joined the Confederate ranks and wrote to their families during their time as soldiers. These letters are reprinted here and offer insight into the life of the common soldier.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 25 Issue 1, Jan 1948, p101-111, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate

Record #:

20025

Author(s):

Nelson, B.H.

Abstract:

The third installment (see volumes XXXI and XXXII of this journal) in a series of articles concerning African Americans during the Civil War, the author focuses on how slave owning citizens of the state attempted to maintain the status quo through legislative and social means. Fear of slave uprisings prior to the Civil War had cast a more conservative grip on the state's slave population which, before 1835, benefited from more liberal agendas like voting rights and better education for African Americans. The author examines through newspaper accounts, legal documents, and personal correspondence how the suppression of African Americans during the war deepened as the slave holding population became more fearful of losing control.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 25 Issue 2, April 1948, p143-166, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans

Record #:

20026

Author(s):

Stephenson, Wendell H.

Abstract:

John Spencer Bassett was a well-respected historian of his time and dedicated a great deal of his work to the study of North Carolina history. His doctoral work at John Hopkins University was entitled, The Constitutional Beginnings of North Carolina, and later he published several books including; Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina, Anti-Slavery Leaders of North Carolina, and Slavery in the State of North Carolina. The author looks at these works about the state, Bassett's further research into Southern history, and his overall career as a historian.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 25 Issue 3, July 1948, p289-317, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Trinity College

Record #:

20027

Author(s):

Stephenson, Wendell H.

Abstract:

American historian John Spencer Bassett was a professor at Trinity College (now Duke University) and during the late 19th century expressed a liberal view of slavery and race problems within the state and the South. The author presents the basis of Bassett's opinions and examines lectures, papers, and books published by the historian.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 25 Issue 4, Oct 1948, p427-441, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Slavery--History; Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928

Record #:

20028

Author(s):

Corbitt, D.L

Abstract:

These papers represent a collection of correspondence between the state's leaders in the Protestant Episcopal Church and their efforts to strengthen religion in western North Carolina at the beginning of the 19th century. The letters cover a period between November 1813 and January 1831 between five individuals; Bishop John Stark Ravenscroft, George W. Freeman, William M. Green, William D. Cairns, and Robert Johnston Miller. Content of these letters focuses on the \"Great Revival,\" a religious sweep of the state following the Revolutionary War.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 25 Issue 4, Oct 1948, p485-521, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Episcopal Church--Diocese of North Carolina--History

Record #:

20039

Author(s):

Padgett, James A.

Abstract:

This is a reprint of letters from the Edward McPherson manuscript collection held at the Library of Congress. As detailed in the introduction, the letters are part of the papers of congressman and fierce opponent of slavery and discrimination, Thaddeus Stevens. The letters reprinted here were written by residents of North Carolina deal with social, political, and military issues of the Reconstruction period. This first installment includes correspondence written between December 13, 1865 and February 15, 1868 by William E. Bond, J.H. Rea, C.F. Granger, J.W. Ragland, John Robinson, P.M. Goldsboro, Joseph B. Mcmurry, Charles Goddard, S.W. Laidler, Martin Roberts, John Robinson, P.M. and A.H. Jones, Jacob T. Brown, W.D. Harrison, and John C. Smith.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 18 Issue 2, April 1941, p171-195, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Letters

Record #:

20040

Author(s):

Fries, Adelaide L.

Abstract:

Gottfried Praezel owned the first loom in Salem and the town's textile history begins with him in 1766. The author traces the history of textile manufacture in Salem from humble beginnings to the end of the 19th century. The article describes the shift in textile workers from men and their apprentices to the Moravian women known as Single Sisters; linen produced and sales; and the introduction of more sophisticated machinery that changed Salem's textile manufacturing market.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 27 Issue 1, Jan 1950, p1-19, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Moravians