Faculty Records: Dr. Lala Carr Steelman Papers

1972-2001
University Archives #UA90-58
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Steelman, Lala Carr
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2.5 Cubic Feet
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[Item description]. Lala Carr Steelman Papers. UA90-58, Box [number]. University Archives, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
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East Carolina University Archives
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Typescripts, notes, and original documents written by Lala Carr Steelman for a proposed biography of North Carolina Governor Elias Carr.

Biographical/historical information

Dr. Lala Carr Steelman was born in 1926 in Milledgeville, Georgia, to Iverson Curry Carr and Ruth A. Hardie Carr. She attended Georgia State College for Women (now Georgia College) and received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1955 she became an assistant professor of history at East Carolina College (now East Carolina University) where she taught for the next thirty years before retiring as a Professor Emeritus of History. After a short illness, Dr. Lala Carr Steelman passed away on May 13, 1998. Joseph Flake Steelman married Lala Carr on August 30, 1947. They had two children, both named for their parents. A daughter, Lala Carr Steelman II, and a son Joseph Flake Steelman Jr. known as Joey. Joey was killed in an electrical accident in New Bern, North Carolina, in 1969.

Scope and arrangement

Typescripts, notes, and original documents written by Lala Carr Steelman for a proposed biography of North Carolina Governor Elias Carr.

Administrative information
Custodial History

May 24, 2001 and March 23, 2005 (unprocessed), 17 Containers, 17.001 cubic feet; Research materials and drafts (ca. 1832-1992, n.d.) of published and manuscript works by Lala Carr Steelman, including a biography of North Carolina Governor Elias Carr, a history of the Farmer's Alliance, and other writings, including transcriptions and photocopies of manuscript and printed materials in this and other repositories. See preliminary inventory attached. Donor: Dr. Joseph F. Steelman.

March 13, 2006 (unprocessed addition 2), 23 items, 0.01 cubic feet; Collection (ca. 1972-2001) of research materials, notes and drafts for articles and chapters compiled by Lala Carr Steelman for her proposed biography of North Carolina Governor Elias Carr. Donor: Dr. Joseph F. Steelman.

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Gift of Dr. Joseph F. Steelman

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Key terms
Personal Names
Carr, Elias, 1839-1900
Corporate Names
North Carolina Farmers' Alliance--History
Topical
Governors--North Carolina
Container list
Box 1 Election of 1892: Carr for Governor, typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 11 p
Box 1 The North Carolina State Guard, 1893-1897, typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 28 p
Box 1 The Farm (Bracebridge Hall), 1860-1890, typescript (n.d.). 2 items. 61 p
Box 1 Life Style of the Carrs, 1818-1915, typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 24 p
Box 1 Life Style of the Carrs, 1818-1915, Revised Edition, typescript (n.d.). 2 items. 34 p
Box 1 Carr's Travels to Minnesota & the West, 1886; article re his diary, 1886, with footnotes, typescript (n.d.). 4 items. 40 p
Box 1 Farmers Association; Agricultural Associations, 1860s-1880s, typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 17 p
Box 1 Part I: A Promising Beginning: Early Life, Baby hood, Marriage, Plantation, Families, Father-Mother, Williams Family, 1839-1877, typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 29 p
Box 1 Farmers Alliance, 1875-1891, typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 28 p
Box 1 Carr and Alliance Politics Between Elections, 1890-1891, typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 36 p
Box 1 Carr and the Movement to Attract Immigrants, 1883-1895, typescript (n.d.). 2 items. 78 p
Box 1 Farmers' Alliance President in the Political Arena, 1889-1890, typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 25 p
Box 1 North Carolina General Assembly of 1895, Draft chapter, typescript (n.d.). 2 items. 82 p
Box 1 State Development, 1893-1895, and General Assembly of 1895 draft chapter typescripts (n.d.). 3 items. 46 p
Box 1 Lease of the North Carolina Railroad, 1892-1895, draft chapter typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 17 p
Box 1 Silver, Fusion, and the Election of 1896, draft chapter typescript (n.d.). 2 items. 49 p
Box 1 Polk Miller and the Vance Memorial Fund, 1893-1900, draft chapter typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 46 p
Box 1 Public Services, 1893-1895, draft chapter typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 27 p
Box 1 Carr and Alliance Politics: Between Elections, 1890-1891, typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 33 p
Box 1 President of the State Alliance, 1889-1890, draft chapter typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 25 p
Box 2 Francis Winslow - Elias Carr naval matters, typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 3 p
Box 2 The Winslow Affair, 1895-1896, draft chapter typescript [p. 11-29] (n.d.). 1 item. 18 p
Box 2 The Attempt to Lease the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, 1893-1895, draft chapter typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 10 p
Box 2 Farmers' Alliance President in the Political Arena, 1889-1890, typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 25 p
Box 2 Simmons - Vance Controversy: Politics, 1893-1894, draft chapter typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 45 p
Box 2 North Carolina Farmers' Association, 1887-1888; Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry Company, 1793-1943; The Negro Exodus, 1877-1891; The Waldensian Colony, 1893-1975, draft chapter typescripts (n.d.). 9 items. 37 p
Box 2 First Drafts of Writing Related to Politics, 1893-1894, draft chapter typescripts (n.d). 2 items. 36 p
Box 2 Election of 1892: Carr for Governor, draft chapter typescript (n.d.). 2 items. 73 p
Box 2 Lala's Book: Evaluations of Lala's Book on the Farmers' Alliance, typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 44 p
Box 2 Lala's Biography of Elias Carr, 1839-1900, typescript (n.d.). 3 items. 20 p
Box 2 Lala's Article on the Life Style of Eastern North Carolina Planters: Carr of Bracebridge Hall, typescript (n.d.). 5 items. 108 p
Box 2 Lala's Manuscript on Farmers' Alliance in North Carolina: A Political History, typescript (n.d.). 14 items. 89 p
Box 2 Lala's Manuscript Article: Elias Carr: A Profile, typescript [corrected copies] (1992). 2 items. 70 p
Box 2 Elias Carr: A Profile, typescript (1991). 1 item. 39 p
Box 2 Lala on Alliance: Lala's draft of "The Alliance Movement", typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 30 p
Box 2 Manuscript: Elias Carr: A Profile, typescript (1986). 1 item. 49 p
Box 2 Lala's Carr Manuscript: Life of Elias Carr, typescript (1990). 1 item. 44 p
Box 2 Lala's draft on Biographical Material on Carr, typescript (1973). 4 items. 117 p
Box 2 Lala's draft of "The Role of Elias Carr in the North Carolina Farmers' Alliance", typescript (n.d.); Lala's drafts of "The Lifestyle of an Eastern North Carolina Planter: Elias Carr of Bracebridge Hall", typescript (n.d.). 3 items. 108 p
Box 3 Drafts and footnotes on Farmers' Alliance and Leonidas Lafayette Polk, typescript (n.d.). 3 items. 115 p
Box 3 "Leonidas Lafayette Polk versus North Carolina Alliancemen, Some Crisis in Leadership" by Dr. Lala Carr Steelman [draft], typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 97 p
Box 3 Drafts on Farmers' Alliance Activities, typescript (n.d.). 9 items. 155 p
Box 3 Drafts on Farmers' Alliance Activities, typescript (n.d.). 8 items. 35 p
Box 3 Drafts on Farmers' Alliance Issues and Activities (n.d.). 2 items. 95 p
Box 3 "The Alliance: A Political History" by Dr. Lala Carr Steelman [draft], typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 151 p
Box 4 "The North Carolina Farmers State Alliance: A Political History, 1887-1892" by Dr. Lala Carr Steelman [draft], typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 150 p
Box 4 "The North Carolina Farmers State Alliance: A Political History, 1887-1892" by Dr. Lala Carr Steelman [draft], typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 188 p
Box 4 Election Law manuscript chapter by Dr. Steelman, typescript (n.d.). 1 item. 23 p
Box 4 Minnesota History article by Dr. Steelman, typescript (1980). 14 items. 55 p
Box 4 Agricultural History article by Dr. Steelman, typescript (1981). 1 item. 22 p
Box 4 Class vs. Organization in Explaining the Decline of Southern Populism by Dwight B. Billings [typescript] (1977). 1 item. 16 p
Box 5 Bibliographies: miscellaneous notes (n.d.). 40 items 65 p
Box 5 Biographical and Historical notes and citations, 1840s-1910s, compiled during research on Gov. Carr; Part I (1950-1990). 75 items. 250 p
Box 5 Biographical and Historical notes and citations, 1840s-1910s, compiled during research on Gov. Carr; Part II (1950-1990). 75 items. 250 p
Box 5 Elias Carr and North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance discussion notes (n.d.). 1 item. 21 p
Box 5 Identification notes (n.d.); The Capitol of North Carolina [brochure, author and printer unknown] (n.d.). 73 items. 127 p
Box 5 North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance notes (1887-1905). 2 items. 19 p
Box 5 Politics, 1893-1895, p. 44-56, footnotes 1-67 (n.d.). 1 item. 14 p
Box 5 Research notes and correspondence regarding North Carolina Governor Elias Carr (1966-2001). 23 items. 30 p
UA90.58.03.01.01 Proceedings of the Annual Session of the Supreme Council of the National Farmer's Alliance , 1890
UA90.58.03.02.01 Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Session of the North Carolina Farmer's State Alliance, 1891
UA90.58.03.04.01 W. M. Person correspondence to Governor Carr, 1893-04-08