Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#3623
BENNEHAN CAMERON PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Planter, railroad executive, industrialist, and
promoter of good roads, of Fairntosh and Stagville
plantations, Durham County, N.C., and of Raleigh, N.C.
Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, farm
account books, breeding records, family history
materials, and other types of materials relating to
Bennehan Cameron's many interests and activities.
Documented are his involvement in agricultural
organizations, farming and dairying operations, the
North Carolina National Guard, railroads, the "Good
Roads" movement in North Carolina and elsewhere in the
South, the North Carolina legislatures of 1915-1921,
the construction of Revolutionary and Confederate
monuments, horse breeding and racing, the Society of
the Cincinnati, and Anglo-American amity
organizations. Included is extensive correspondence
reflecting the activities of the Cameron family of
Hillsborough, N.C., and the family of Bennehan
Cameron's wife, Sallie Mayo Cameron, of Richmond, Va.;
genealogical materials on the Bland, Brodnax, Cameron,
Mayo, Nash, Roane, and Ruffin families; and broadsides
opposing women's suffrage.
Online Catalog Terms:
Agriculture--North Carolina--History.
Agriculture--North Carolina--Societies, etc.
Bland family.
Broadnax family.
Cameron, Bennehan, 1854-1925.
Cameron family.
Cameron, Sallie Mayo, 1865-1932.
Dairy farms--North Carolina--History.
Diaries--North Carolina--History.
Durham County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Fairntosh Plantation (N.C.).
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Hillsborough (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Horse breeders--North Carolina.
Mayo family.
Nash family.
North Carolina--Militia--History.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Plantations--North Carolina--Durham County.
Railroads--North Carolina--History.
Raleigh (N.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
Richmond (Va.)--Social life and customs.
Roane family.
Roads--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Ruffin family.
Society of the Cincinnati.
Stagville Plantation (N.C.)
Women's suffrage--United States.
Size: About 39,300 items (54.0 linear feet).
Provenance: Received from Isabella Mayo Cameron (Madame Eric)
van Lennep of Bridgewater, Conn., and Sallie
Taliaferro Cameron (Mrs. John W.) Labouisse of
Richmond, Va. Much of the material in this
collection was received with the Cameron Family
Papers (#133) in 1951, 1952, and 1953. A large
addition was received in 1973.
Access: No restrictions.
Related Collections: Cameron Family Papers (#133).
Processing Note: This collection was reprocessed under the
sponsorship of a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities, Office of
Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1992.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
INTRODUCTION
Biographical Note
Bennehan Cameron was born 9 September 1854, at Fairntosh
Plantation, Orange (now Durham) County, N.C., the ninth child and
second son of Paul Carrington (1808-1891) and Anne Ruffin (1814-
1897) Cameron. He attended Hughes School, Cedar Grove, N.C.,
1866-1868; Horner Academy, Oxford, N.C., 1868-1871; Eastman's
Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., summer 1871; and the
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va., 1871-1875. He then
studied law and was admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in
1877. In 1881 he took over the management of his father's
plantation at Stagville, Durham County, and, after his brother
Duncan's death in 1886, ran Fairntosh Plantation as well. At
Stagville Cameron established a dairy, while Fairntosh became the
center of his horse-breeding activities.
Cameron was active in both state and national agricultural and
political organizations. From 1877 to 1897 he was a member of
the North Carolina Adjutant General's staff; from 1891 to 1925, a
member of the Board of Trustees of the University of North
Carolina; president of the North Carolina Agricultural Society,
1896-1897; and vice-president, 1901-1906, then president, 1907-
1909, of the Farmers' National Congress. He served in the North
Carolina House of Representatives, 1915-1916 and 1919-1920, and
in the state Senate, 1917-1918 and 1921-1922. He was active in
the "Good Roads" movement and was first vice-president, 1918-
1919, then president, 1920-1925, of the Bankhead National Highway
Association. He was also interested in railroad construction and
was instrumental in the consolidation of the Seaboard Air Line
system. Among his other business interests were the Rocky Mount
Mills, a cotton textile mill, the Morehead Banking Company,
Durham, N.C., and the First National Bank of Durham.
Bennehan Cameron married Sallie Taliaferro Mayo (1865-1932) of
Richmond, Va., in October 1891. She was the daughter of Peter H.
Mayo, tobacco merchant and member of General Robert E. Lee's
staff. Bennehan and Sallie had four children, including: Paul
Carrington (1892-1895); Isabella Mayo (1899-1983); Anne Ruffin
(28 January-2 July 1902); and Sallie Taliaferro (1903-1985).
Cameron died June 1, 1925, at Raleigh, N.C., and is buried at St.
Matthews Episcopal Church, Hillsborough.
Collection Overview
The collection is arranged into ten series. Series 1, Main,
consists primarily of correspondence documenting Bennehan
Cameron's family, social, business, and political life, and the
activities of related Cameron and Mayo family members. It is
further divided into subseries based loosely on significant
periods in Cameron's life. Subseries 1.1, 1866-1890, covers the
period of his education and entry into adulthood and the
beginning of his agricultural pursuits. Subseries 1.2, 1891-
1900, begins with the death of Paul Carrington Cameron and the
marriage of Bennehan and Sallie Mayo. The years that follow show
Bennehan's increased participation in public life, especially as
a member and officer in various agricultural organizations.
Series 1.3, 1901-1914, focuses on Bennehan's banking and railroad
interests and on the life of the Cameron and the Mayo families.
Series 1.4, 1915-1925, covers Bennehan's years in the North
Carolina legislature and his involvement with the "Good Roads"
movement.
Series 2, Financial and Legal Materials, consists of loose
papers and account books relating to farming operations and
household expenses, and to the management of Cameron lands in
North Carolina, Florida, and Mississippi. Included are account
books for the dairying operations at Stagville.
Series 3, Horse and Livestock Materials, documents Bennehan
Cameron's interest in horse-breeding and racing, and in the
improvement of his dairy herd.
Series 4, Family History Materials, and Series 5, Society of
the Cincinnati Materials, document Cameron's interest in his
genealogy and the biographies of his illustrious ancestors. He
was particularly interested in his Scottish antecedents.
Series 6, Anglo-American Amity and Peace Organizations,
relates primarily to the 100th Anniversary of Peace among English
Speaking Peoples and the League to Enforce Peace.
Series 7, Printed Materials, includes wedding and other
invitations and greeting cards, subject files on agriculture,
horses, trade catalogs, and woman suffrage, among other topics.
Also included in this series are newspaper clippings.
Series 8, Diaries and Other Volumes, include Bennehan
Cameron's diaries, 1884, 1887-1925, and other miscellaneous
volumes.
Series 9, Other Papers, includes school materials, diplomas
and certificates, and blueprints for alterations to the Cameron
home in Raleigh, N.C.
Series 10, Pictures, consists of photographic materials,
largely documenting Bennehan Cameron's involvement with the "Good
Roads" movement, but also including family photographs.
The collection is arranged as follows:
Series 1. Main
Subseries 1.1. 1866-1890
Subseries 1.2. 1891-1900
Subseries 1.3. 1901-1914
Subseries 1.4. 1915-1925
Series 2. Financial and Legal Materials
Subseries 2.1.1. Loose Papers, General
Subseries 2.1.2. Loose Papers, Florida Property
Subseries 2.1.3. Loose Papers, Family Property
Subseries 2.2. Account Books
Series 3. Horse and Livestock Materials
Subseries 3.1. Correspondence and Loose Papers
Subseries 3.2. Breeding Records
Series 4. Family History Materials
Series 5. Society of the Cincinnati Materials
Series 6. Anglo-American Amity and Peace Organizations
Series 7. Printed Materials
Subseries 7.1. Invitations and Greeting Cards
Subseries 7.2. Subject Files
Subseries 7.3. Miscellaneous
Subseries 7.4. Newspaper Clippings
Series 8. Diaries and Miscellaneous Volumes
Series 9. Other Papers
Series 10. Pictures
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1. Main
1866-July 1925. 25,200 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
This series consists primarily of correspondence documenting
Bennehan Cameron's family, social, business, and political life,
and the activities of related Cameron and Mayo family members.
It is further divided into subseries based loosely on significant
periods in Cameron's life. Subseries 1.1, 1866-1890, covers the
period of his education and entry into adulthood and the
beginning of his agricultural pursuits. Subseries 1.2, 1891-
1900, begins with the death of Paul Carrington Cameron and the
marriage of Bennehan and Sallie Mayo. The years that follow show
Bennehan's increased participation in public life, especially as
a member and officer in various agricultural organizations.
Series 1.3, 1901-1914, focusses on Bennehan's banking and
railroad interests and on the life of the Cameron and the Mayo
families. Series 1.4, 1915-1925, covers Bennehan's years in the
North Carolina legislature and his involvement with the "Good
Roads" movement.
Subseries 1.1. 1866-1890
3,600 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
This period covers Bennehan's education at the Oxford
Classical and Mathematical School, Oxford, N.C., 1868-1870, the
Eastman Business School, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1871, the Virginia
Military Institute, Lexington, Va., 1871-1875, and his study of
law at Hillsborough, N.C., 1876-1877; his farming activities at
Stagville, beginning in 1881, and at Fairntosh, beginning in
1886; his involvement in the North Carolina State Militia,
beginning in 1878, and in various railroad companies, beginning
in 1887; and ends just before the death of Bennehan's father,
Paul Carrington Cameron, in January 1891. During this time,
Bennehan changed from a school boy and younger son to adult and
only son, taking his place in public institutions as the
representative of one of the first families in North Carolina.
There is extensive family correspondence between Bennehan, his
parents, Anne Ruffin and Paul Carrington Cameron, his sisters
Margaret (Cameron) Peebles, Pauline (Cameron) Shepard, and
Mildred, and brother, Duncan. While most of the correspondence
deals with routine social and family news, significant events
discussed include the ongoing illnesses of sisters Margaret
("Maggie") Peebles and Pauline Shepard and of aunt Margaret
(Cameron) Mordecai; and the deaths of sister Rebecca (Cameron)
Anderson Graham, brother Duncan, and aunt Margaret Mordecai.
Margaret Peebles spent a great deal of time at St. Luke's, a
private hospital in Richmond, Va., run by Dr. Hunter McGuire.
Many letters discuss her condition and treatment for what appear
to be "female troubles." The nature of Pauline Shepard's illness
is less clear, but she appears to have been of a nervous
disposition. Rebecca Graham's death was quite unexpected, and
she left behind an infant daughter, Anne. Margaret Mordecai, of
Raleigh, was in ill health for the last 25 years of her life, and
suffered from both cataracts and high blood pressure. She sought
treatment for the former in New York and Baltimore. Bennehan
accompanied her on these trips as his father's representative.
There is also extensive correspondence between Cameron and his
father concerning Margaret Mordecai's business affairs. Duncan
Cameron, Bennehan's older brother, became ill in 1885 from what
appears to have been some sort of cancer. He underwent surgery
in Richmond and was believed cured. His illness reappeared in
1886 and he died in November, after months of suffering.
Throughout this period, family members travelled to health
resorts, mostly in western Virginia, in search of relief from
their various ailments.
On the business front, beginning in 1881, Bennehan began
farming at Stagville, N.C. He made frequent purchases of seed,
equipment, and stock. In 1885 he established a dairy. After
Duncan's death, he took over the management of Fairntosh and
developed an interest in horse breeding. In 1889 Bennehan was
appointed to the North Carolina State Agricultural Society, an
event that marked the beginning of his long relationship with the
North Carolina State Fair and agricultural societies in general.
A frequent topic of discussion in Bennehan's correspondence with
his father, Paul, was their business relationship. Paul
controlled all property and funds and was reluctant to give
Bennehan free reign. Paul's opinion of his children's financial
woes is characterized by a letter to Bennehan dated 16 February
1885, in which he says, "I am grieved to see with what little
thought my children contract debt and how great are their needs!
Since the first day of January I have been asked to advance to
them $8500!!! Not one free from debt! and not one prospering in
any line of life!" Money problems continued to plague Bennehan
throughout his life. In 1884 Paul purchased orange groves near
Ocala, Fla. This is documented extensively in the
correspondence, and there are related materials in Series 2.1.2.
Beginning in 1876 there are numerous drafts of love letters
from Bennehan to the many young women with whom he was
considering marriage. Their replies show they invariably
considered him to be a brother. Even after Duncan's death and
Bennehan's improvement in status from younger son to only son, he
had little luck with the ladies. However, by 1890 he was
corresponding with Sallie Mayo of Richmond, Va., and a wedding
was planned for the following year.
Folder 1 1866-1868
2 January-June 1869
3 July-September 1869
4 October-December 1869
5 January-March 1870
6 April-June 1870
7 July-August 1870
8 September-December 1870
9 January-May 1871
10 June-July 1871
11 August-October 1871
12 November-December 1871
13 January-March 1872
14 April-July 1872
15 August-September 1872
16 October-December 1872
17 January-July 1873
18 August-October 1873
19 November-December 1873
20 January-March 1874
21 April-May 1874
22 June-August 1874
23 September-October 1874
24 November-December 1874
25 1875
26 1876
27 1877
28 January-April 1878
29 May-June 1878
30 July-August 1878
31 September-December 1878
32 January-April 1879
33 May-September 1879
34 October-December 1879
35-36 Undated 1870s
37 January-February 1880
38 March-May 1880
39 July-August 1880
40 September-December 1880
41 January-March 1881
42 April-May 1881
43 June-August 1881
44 September-December 1881
45 January-June 1882
46 July-October 1882
47 November-December 1882
48 January-February 1883
49 March-May 1883
50 June 1883
51 July-August 1883
52 September-October 1883
53 November-December 1883
54 January-February 1884
55 March-April 1884
56 May 1884
57 June 1884
58 July 1884
59 August 1884
60 September 1884
61 October 1884
62 November 1884
63 December 1-15, 1884
64 December 16-31, 1884
65 January 1885
66 February 1885
67 March 1885
68 April 1885
69 May 1885
70 June 1885
71 July 1885
72 August 1885
73 September 1885
74 October 1885
75 November 1885
76 December 1885
77 January 1886
78 February 1886
79 March 1886
80 April 1886
81 May 1886
82 June 1886
83 July 1886
84 August 1886
85 September 1886
86 October 1886
87 November 1886
88 December 1886
89 January 1887
90 February 1887
91 March 1887
92 April 1887
93 May 1887
94 June 1887
95 July 1887
96 August 1887
97 September 1887
98 October 1887
99 November 1887
100 December 1887
101 January 1888
102 February 1888
103 March 1888
104 April 1888
105 May 1888
106 June 1888
107 July 1888
108 August 1888
109 September 1888
110 October 1888
111 November 1888
112 December 1888
113 January 1889
114 February 1889
115 March 1889
116 April 1-15, 1889
117 April 16-30, 1889
118 May 1889
119 June 1889
120 July 1889
121 August 1889
122 September 1889
123 October 1889
124 November 1889
125 December 1889
126-127 Undated, 1880s
128 January 1890
129 February 1890
130 March 1890
131 April 1890
132 May 1890
133 June 1890
134 July 1890
135 August 1890
136 September 1890
137 October 1890
138 November 1890
139 December 1890
Subseries 1.2. 1891-1900
5,400 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
This period opens with the death of Paul Carrington Cameron in
January and the wedding of Bennehan and Sallie Mayo in October
1891. Bennehan took over his father's business dealings, and
with his brothers-in-law, William B. Shepard and Robert B.
Peebles, served as executor of his father's estate. Throughout
the period correspondence about family and social affairs
continues, including discussions of the continued ill health of
Margaret Peebles and Pauline Shepard, but also of mother Anne
(Ruffin) Cameron. Also continuing is correspondence concerning
the management of the Florida orange groves, the dairy at
Stagville, horse breeding at Fairntosh, and railroad building
throughout North Carolina. There is considerable material
dealing with the Rocky Mount Mills, Rocky Mount, N.C., of which
Bennehan was a director.
The year 1891 is taken up with business affairs, wedding plans
for Bennehan and Sallie Mayo, and housebuilding for the
newlyweds. Also documented, in August 1891, is Bennehan's
miraculous survival of a great train wreck near Statesville, N.C.
[See also Series 7.4. Newspaper clippings, for news coverage of
the event.]
In 1892 Bennehan and Sallie had a son, Paul Carrington
Cameron, Jr. The baby became ill in May of 1895 and died in
September. The effect of his long illness on his parents and
others around him is well-documented. Other significant events
for this time period include the sale of a large tract of Cameron
family land in western North Carolina to the Vanderbilt family
(now the location of the Biltmore Estate); Bennehan's election as
president of the North Carolina Agricultural Society in October
1895; the travels of Bennehan and Sallie, the latter of whom
spent long periods of time with her parents in Richmond and
Boyce, Va.; the death of Margaret (Cameron) Peebles in September
1896; sister Mildred Cameron's marriage to William Shepard,
Pauline's widower, in December 1896; the death of mother Annie N.
(Ruffin) Cameron in May 1897; the race riot in Wilmington, N.C.,
in November 1898; the birth of Isabella Mayo Cameron in February
1899; and the consolidation of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
and other smaller lines into the Seaboard Air Line System.
Throughout the period Bennehan's money problems continue, and
there is correspondence between him and his father-in-law, Peter
H. Mayo of Richmond, Va., concerning their financial
relationship.
Folder 140 January 1-6, 1891
141 January 7-10, 1891
142 January 11-19, 1891
143 January 20-31, 1891
144 February 1-12, 1891
145 February 13-28, 1891
146 March 1-12, 1891
147 March 13-31, 1891
148 April 1891
149 May 1891
150 June 1891
151 July 1-15, 1891
152 July 16-31, 1891
153 August 1-18, 1891
154 August 19-26, 1891
155 August 27-29, 1891
156 August 30-31, 1891
157 September 1-9, 1891
158 September 10-30, 1891
159 October 1-16, 1891
160 October 17-25, 1891
161 October 26-31, 1891
162 November 1-14, 1891
163 November 15-30, 1891
164 December 1-15, 1891
165 December 16-31, 1891
166 January 1892
167 February 1892
168 March 1892
169 April 1892
170 May 1892
171 June 1892
172 July 1892
173 August 1-19, 1892
174 August 20-31, 1892
175 September 1892
176 October 1892
177 November 1892
178 December 1892
179 Undated 1892
180 January 1-22, 1893
181 January 23-31, 1893
182 February 1893
183 March 1893
184 April 1893
185 May 1893
186 June 1893
187 July 1-11, 1893
188 July 12-31, 1893
189 August 1893
190 September 1893
191 October 1-19, 1893
192 October 20-31, 1893
193 November 1-16, 1893
194 November 17-30, 1893
195 December 1-13, 1893
196 December 14-31, 1893
197 January 1-13, 1894
198 January 14-23, 1894
199 January 24-31, 1894
200 February 1-15, 1894
201 February 16-28, 1894
202 March 1-16, 1894
203 March 17-31, 1894
204 April 1894
205 May 1-10, 1894
206 May 11-21, 1894
207 May 22-31, 1894
208 June 1-16, 1894
209 June 17-30, 1894
210 July 1-15, 1894
211 July 16, 1894
212 July 17-31, 1894
213 August 1-19, 1894
214 August 20-31, 1894
215 September 1-12, 1894
216 September 13-30, 1894
217 October 1-17, 1894
218 October 18-31, 1894
219 November-December 1894
220 January 1895
221 February 1895
222 March 1895
223 April 1895
224 May 1895
225 June 1895
226 July 1895
227 August 1895
228 September 1-8, 1895
229 September 9-15, 1895
230 September 16-30, 1895
231 October 1895
232 November-December 1895
233 January 1896
234 February 1896
235 March 1-20, 1896
236 March 21-31, 1896
237 April 1896
238 May 1896
239 June 1896
240 July 1896
241 August 1896
242 September 1-11, 1896
243 September 12-30, 1896
244 October 1896
245 November 1896
246 December 1896
247 January 1897
248 February 1897
249 March 1897
250 April 1-21, 1897
251 April 22-30, 1897
252 May 1-20, 1897
253 May 21-31, 1897
254 June 1-15, 1897
255 June 16-30, 1897
256 July 1897
257 August 1897
258 September 1897
259 October 1897
260 November-December 1897
261 January 1898
262 February 1898
263 March 1898
264 April 1898
265 May 1898
266 June 1898
267 July 1898
268 August 1898
269 September 1-19, 1898
270 September 20-30, 1898
271 October 1898
272 November 1-15, 1898
273 November 16-30, 1898
274 December 1-15, 1898
275 December 16-31, 1898
276 January 1-11, 1899
277 January 12-20, 1899
278 January 21-30, 1899
279 February 1-8, 1899
280 February 9-17, 1899
281 February 18-28, 1899
282 March 1-7, 1899
283 March 8-15, 1899
284 March 16-25, 1899
285 March 26-31, 1899
286 April 1-10, 1899
287 April 11-30, 1899
288 May 1899
289 June 1899
290 July 1899
291 August 1899
292 September 1899
293 October 1899
294 November 1-14, 1899
295 November 15-30, 1899
296 December 1899
297 Undated, 1899
298 January 1-14, 1900
299 January 15-31, 1900
300 February 1900
301 March 1-17, 1900
302 March 18-31, 1900
303 April 1900
304 May 1900
305 June 1900
306 July 1900
307 August 1-17, 1900
308 August 18-31, 1900
309 September 1-17, 1900
310 September 18-31, 1900
311 October 1900
312 November 1900
313 December 1900
Subseries 1.3. 1901-1914
6,600 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
This period is characterized by the growth of Bennehan and
Sallie's family, the continuation of Bennehan's financial
problems, and his increasing involvement in agricultural
organizations and the "Good Roads" movement. While the marriage
of Sallie Mayo and Bennehan Cameron was apparently a happy one,
he travelled constantly on business and the couple apparently
spent very little time together. Bennehan had a widespread
correspondence with a number of women, many of whom were on very
friendly terms with him.
Significant events during this period include the birth and
death of daughter Anne Ruffin Cameron in 1902; the birth of
daughter Sallie Taliaferro Cameron in July 1903; the death of
sister Mildred (Cameron) Shepard in October 1904; a fire that
destroyed the stables and outbuildings of Bennehan and Sallie's
Raleigh home in August 1905; the Cameron family's sale of the
land on which Saint Mary's School was built, May 1906; Bennehan's
attendance at the Farmers' National Congress in Rock Island, Ill,
in October 1906, and his election as president of the Congress in
1907; the beginning of his interest in family history, 1908 [See
also Series 4]; the beginning of his involvement in the "Good
Roads" movement in 1908; the establishment of the Quebec-Miami
International Highway project in 1912; and the death of Sallie
(Mayo) Cameron's mother, Isabelle, in late 1912. There is
considerable correspondence between Sallie and Bennehan during
their frequent separations, and extensive correspondence between
Sallie and members of the Mayo family.
Folder 314 January 1901
315 February-March 1901
316 April 1901
317 May 1901
318 June 1901
319 July 1901
320 August 1-13, 1901
321 August 14-31, 1901
322 September 1-18, 1901
323 September 19-30, 1901
324 October 1-14, 1901
325 October 15-31, 1901
326 November 1901
327 December 1901
328 January 1902
329 February 1902
330 March 1902
331 April 1902
332 May 1902
333 June 1-16, 1902
334 June 17-30, 1902
335 July 1902
336 August 1902
337 September 1902
338 October 1902
339 November 1902
340 December 1902
341 January 1903
342 February-May 1903
343 June 1903
344 July-September 1903
345 October-November 1903
346 December 1903
347 January-February 1904
348 March-April 1904
349 May 1904
350 June 1-17, 1904
351 June 18-30, 1904
352 July 1-15, 1904
353 July 16-24, 1904
354 July 25-31, 1904
355 August 1-14, 1904
356 August 15-17, 1904
357 August 18-31, 1904
358 September 1-12, 1904
359 September 13-30, 1904
360 October 1904
361 November 1904
362 December 1904
363 January 1905
364 February 1905
365 March 1905
366 April 1905
367 May 1905
368 June 1905
369 July 1905
370 August 1905
371 September 1905
372 October 1905
373 November-December 1905
374 Undated, 1905
375 January-February 1906
376 March-April 1906
377 May 1906
378 June-July 1906
379 August-September 1906
380 October 1-14, 1906
381 October 15-31, 1906
382 November 1-15, 1906
383 November 16-31, 1906
384 December 1906
385 January-February 1907
386 March-April 1907
387 May 1-15, 1907
388 May 16-31, 1907
389 June 1907
390 July 1907
391 August 1907
392 September 1907
393 October 1907
394 November 1907
395 December 1907
396 January 1908
397 February 1908
398 March 1-16, 1908
399 March 17-31, 1908
400 April 1908
401 May 1908
402 June-July 1908
403 August 1908
404 September 1-18, 1908
405 September 19-30, 1908
406 October-November 1908
407 December 1908
408 January 1909
409 February-March 1909
410 April 1909
411 May 1-15, 1909
412 May 16-31, 1909
413 June 1909
414 July 1-16, 1909
415 July 17-31, 1909
416 August 1-16, 1909
417 August 17-31, 1909
418 September 1-14, 1909
419 September 15-30, 1909
420 October 1-5, 1909
421 October 6-14, 1909
422 October 15-21, 1909
423 October 22-31, 1909
424 November 1909
425 December 1909
426 January-March 1910
427 April 1910
428 May 1910
429 June 1910
430 July 1910
431 August 1910
432 September 1910
433 October 1910
434 November 1910
435 December 1-21, 1910
436 December 22-31, 1910
437 January 1-18, 1911
438 January 19-31, 1911
439 February 1-15, 1911
440 February 16-28, 1911
441 March 1911
442 April 1911
443 May 1911
444 June 1911
445 July 1-15, 1911
446 July 16-31, 1911
447 August 1-14, 1911
448 August 15-31, 1911
449 September 1911
450 October 1911
451 November 1911
452 December 1-12, 1911
453 December 13-31, 1911
454 January 1-17, 1912
455 January 18-31, 1912
456 February 1-15, 1912
457 February 16-29, 1912
458 March 1-14, 1912
459 March 15-31, 1912
460 April 1-14, 1912
461 April 15-30, 1912
462 May 1-13, 1912
463 May 14-31, 1912
464 June 1-15, 1912
465 June 16-30, 1912
466 July 1-19, 1912
467 July 20-31, 1912
468 August 1-13, 1912
469 August 14-21, 1912
470 August 22-31, 1912
471 September 1-16, 1912
472 September 17-23, 1912
473 September 24-30, 1912
474 October 1-15, 1912
475 October 16-25, 1912
476 October 26-31, 1912
477 November 1-15, 1912
478 November 16-30, 1912
479 December 1-15, 1912
480 December 16-31, 1912
481 January 1-14, 1913
482 January 15-31, 1913
483 February 1-12, 1913
484 February 13-28, 1913
485 March 1-15, 1913
486 March 16-31, 1913
487 April 1-11, 1913
488 April 12-30, 1913
489 May 1-16, 1913
490 May 17-31, 1913
491 June 1913
492 July 1913
493 August 1913
494 September 1913
495 October 1913
496 November 1913
497 December 1913
498 January 1-13, 1914
499 January 14-31, 1914
500 February 1-15, 1914
501 February 16-28, 1914
502 March 1914
503 April 1-11, 1914
504 April 12-31, 1914
505 May 1914
506 June 1914
507 July 1914
508 August 1914
509 September 1-15, 1914
510 September 16-30, 1914
511 October 1914
512 November 1-18, 1914
513 November 19-30, 1914
514 December 1-11, 1914
515 December 12-20, 1914
516 December 21-31, 1914
Subseries 1.4. 1915-1925
9,600 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
This period is dominated by Bennehan's elections to the North
Carolina House of Representatives and Senate; his continued
involvement with the "Good Roads" movement and the Automobile
Association of America, and with agricultural organizations; his
continued financial problems; the health and education of his
daughters; and the social activities of members of the Cameron
and Mayo families.
Significant themes for this period include: the education of
daughters Belle and Sallie at St. Mary's School in Raleigh, N.C.,
and St. Timothy's in Baltimore, Md.; the effect of polio and
influenza epidemics on political, commercial, and social life,
especially after daughter Belle contracted polio in July 1916;
the entry of the United States into World War I; the beginning of
the Bankhead Highway in 1917; the effort to get Archibald
Henderson appointed president of the University of North Carolina
in 1919; and deaths in the Mayo family, including that of Peter
H. Mayo in August 1920. Letters from Sallie to Bennehan discuss
her active social and family life in Richmond and Boyce, Va., and
her frequent trips with her mother, father, and sister to New
York, Atlantic City, various natural springs, and other tourist
areas. It appears that Peter H. Mayo paid for the private
education of his granddaughters and also Belle Cameron's medical
expenses during her treatment and recovery from polio, and that
Bennehan was heavily indebted to his father-in-law. The period
ends with Bennehan's death in June 1925 from pneumonia contracted
during his return from a trip to Texas.
Folder 517 January 1915
518 February 1-10, 1915
519 February 11-28, 1915
520 March 1-13, 1915
521 March 14-31, 1915
522 April 1915
523 May 1915
524 June 1915
525 July 1915
526 August 1-19, 1915
527 August 20-31, 1915
528 September 1-14, 1915
529 September 15-30, 1915
530 October 1915
531 November 1915
532 December 1915
533 January 1-21, 1916
534 January 22-31, 1916
535 February 1-12, 1916
536 February 13-22, 1916
537 February 23-39, 1916
538 March 1-21, 1916
539 March 22-313, 1916
540 April 1-19, 1916
541 April 20-30, 1916
542 May 1-12, 1916
543 May 13-31, 1916
544 June 1916
545 July 1-9, 1916
546 July 10-19, 1916
547 July 20-31, 1916
548 August 1-17, 1916
549 August 18-31, 1916
550 September 1-17, 1916
551 September 18-30, 1916
552 October 1-11, 1916
553 October 12-19, 1916
554 October 20-31, 1916
555 November 1-14, 1916
556 November 15-30, 1916
557 December 1-20, 1916
558 December 21-31, 1916
559 January 1-7, 1917
560 January 8-16, 1917
561 January 17-22, 1917
562 January 23-27, 1917
563 January 28-31, 1917
564 January, n.d., 1917
565 February 1-6, 1917
566 February 7-15, 1917
567 February 16-23, 1917
568 February 24-28, 1917
569 March 1-14, 1917
570 March 15-23, 1917
571 March 24-31, 1917
572 April 1-14, 1917
573 April 15-30, 1917
574 May 1-19, 1917
575 May 20-31, 1917
576 June 1-19, 1917
577 June 20-30, 1917
578 July 1-17, 1917
579 July 18-31, 1917
580 August 1-19, 1917
581 August 20-31, 1917
582 September 1917
583 October 1-8, 1917
584 October 9-31, 1917
585 November 1-16, 1917
586 November 17-30, 1917
587 December 1917
588 N.d., 1917
589 January 1918
590 February 1-11, 1918
591 February 12-28, 1918
592 March 1-10, 1918
593 March 11-21, 1918
594 March 22-31, 1918
595 April 1-8, 1918
596 April 9-22, 1918
597 April 23-30, 1918
598 May 1918
599 June 1918
600 July 1-19, 1918
601 July 20-31, 1918
602 August 1-20, 1918
603 August 21-31, 1918
604 September 1-15, 1918
605 September 16-31, 1918
606 October 1-12, 1918
607 October 13-21, 1918
608 October 22-31, 1918
609 November 1-8, 1918
610 November 9-17, 1918
611 November 18-22, 1918
612 November 23-30, 1918
613 December 1-17, 1918
614 December 18-31, 1918
615 January 1-14, 1919
616 January 15-31, 1919
617 February 1919
618 March 1-21, 1919
619 March 22-31, 1919
620 April 1-11, 1919
621 April 12-30, 1919
622 May 1-20, 1919
623 May 22-31, 1919
624 June 1-9, 1919
625 June 10-30, 1919
626 July 1919
627 August 1919
628 September 1-14, 1919
629 September 15-30, 1919
630 October 1-16, 1919
631 October 17-31, 1919
632 November 1-14, 1919
633 November 15-30, 1919
634 December 1-21, 1919
635 December 22-31, 1919
636 January 1-10, 1920
637 January 11-19, 1920
638 January 20-31, 1920
639 February 1-20, 1920
640 February 21-29, 1920
641 March 1-13, 1920
642 March 14-23, 1920
643 March 24-31, 1920
644 April 1-18, 1920
645 April 19-30, 1920
646 May 1-12, 1920
647 May 13-18, 1920
648 May 19-24, 1920
649 May 25-31, 1920
650 June 1-11, 1920
651 June 12-30, 1920
652 July 1-15, 1920
653 July 16-31, 1920
654 August 1-12, 1920
655 August 13-18, 1920
656 August 19-25, 1920
657 August 26-31, 1920
658 September 1-7, 1920
659 September 8-10, 1920
660 September 11-16, 1920
661 September 17-24, 1920
662 September 25-30, 1920
663 October 1-13, 1920
664 October 14-31, 1920
665 November 1-10, 1920
666 November 11-20, 1920
667 November 21-24, 1920
668 November 25-30, 1920
669 December 1-10, 1920
670 December 11-15, 1920
671 December 16-20, 1920
672 December 21-27, 1920
673 December 28-31, 1920
674 January 1-10, 1921
675 January 11-19, 1921
676 January 20-26, 1921
677 January 27-31, 1921
678 February 1-10, 1921
679 February 11-16, 1921
680 February 17-23, 1921
681 February 24-28, 1921
682 March 1-13, 1921
683 March 14-17, 1921
684 March 18-22, 1921
685 March 23-29, 1921
686 March 30-31, 1921
687 April 1-8, 1921
688 April 9-17, 1921
689 April 18-22, 1921
690 April 23-30, 1921
691 May 1-17, 1921
692 May 18-31, 1921
693 June 1-19, 1921
694 June 20-30, 1921
695 July 1-7, 1921
696 July 8-16, 1921
697 July 17-31, 1921
698 August 1-10, 1921
699 August 11-31, 1921
700 September 1921
701 October 1-14, 1921
702 October 15-31, 1921
703 November 1-12, 1921
704 November 13-18, 1921
705 November 19-24, 1921
706 November 25-30, 1921
707 December 1-9, 1921
708 December 10-19, 1921
709 December 20-24, 1921
710 December 26-29, 1921
711 December 30-31, 1921
712-713 N.d., 1921
714 January 1-5, 1922
715 January 6-8, 1922
716 January 9-11, 1922
717 January 12-14, 1922
718 January 15-17, 1922
719 January 18-22, 1922
720 January 23-28, 1922
721 January 29-31, 1922
722 February 1-10, 1922
723 February 11-14, 1922
724 February 15-20, 1922
725 February 21-23, 1922
726 February 24-28, 1922
727 March 1-9, 1922
728 March 10-16, 1922
729 March 17-22, 1922
730 March 23-31, 1922
731 April 1-8, 1922
732 April 9-22, 1922
733 April 23-30, 1922
734 May 1-10, 1922
735 May 11-15, 1922
736 May 16-17, 1922
737 May 18-23, 1922
738 May 24-31, 1922
739 June 1-5, 1922
740 June 6-30, 1922
741 July 1922
742 August 1922
743 September 1922
744 October 1922
745 November 1922
746 December 1922
747 Legislative Bills, January-March 1923
748 State Highway Commission, 1923
749 January 1923
750 February 1923
751 March 1923
752 April 1-23, 1923
753 April 24-30, 1923
754 May 1-17, 1923
755 May 18-31, 1923
756 June 1923
757 July-August 1923
758 September 1923
759 October-November 1923
760 December 1923
761 January 1924
762 February 1924
763 March 1924
764 April-May 1924
765 June 1924
766 July 1924
767 August 1924
768 September-December 1924
769 January 1925
770 February 1-13, 1925
771 February 14-28, 1925
772 March 1925
773 April-July, 1925
774-779 N.d.
Series 2. Financial and Legal Materials
1870-1954. 3,625 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Loose papers consisting of financial materials pertaining to
the daily life of Bennehan Cameron's household and to his
business activities, including his farming activities and
railroad investments; and correspondence and legal papers
relating to the purchase and maintenance of Cameron property at
Fairntosh, Hillsborough, and Raleigh, and investment property in
Mississippi and Florida. Also included are account books for
Fairntosh farms, 1891-1951, and for the dairy at Stagville; and
two bank books, one of Isabelle Mayo Cameron, the other of Sallie
Taliaferro Cameron.
Subseries 2.1.1. Loose Papers
1870-1925. 3,000 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Primarily bills and receipts for goods, purchases, and
services pertaining to the daily life of Bennehan Cameron's
household and to his business activities, including his farming
activities and railroad investments.
Folder 780 1870-1878
781 1879
782 1880-1881
783 1882
784 January-June 1883
785 July-December 1883
786 January-April 1884
787 May-June 1884
788 July 1884
789 August-September 1884
790 October-December 1884
791 January-June 1885
792 July-December 1885
793 January-March 1886
794 April-June 1886
795 July-September 1886
796 October-December 1886
797 January-March 1887
798 April-September 1887
799 October-December 1887
800 N.d., 1887
801 January-March 1888
802 April-June 1888
803 July-September 1888
804 October-December 1888
805 January-June 1889
806 July-December 1889
807 January-June 1890
808 July-December 1890
809 January-March 1891
810 April-June 1891
811 July-September 1891
812 October-December 1891
813 January-March 1892
814 April-June 1892
815 July 1892
816 August 1892
817 September 1892
818 October-December 1892
819 January-march 1893
820 April-June 1893
821 July-September 1893
822 October-December 1893
823 January-March 1894
824 July-December 1894
825 1895
826 January-March 1896
827 April-June 1896
828 July-September 1896
829 October 1896
830 November 1896
831 December 1896
832 January 1897
833 February 1897
834 March 1897
835 April 1897
836 May 1897
837 June 1897
838 July 1897
839 August 1897
840 September 1897
841 October-December 1897
842 Butter Accounts, 1897
843 January-June 1898
844 July-September 1898
845 October-December 1898
846 January-March 1899
847 April-June 1899
848 July-September 1899
849 October-December 1899
850 N.d., 1890s
851 January-June 1900
852 July-December 1900
853 January-June 1901
854 July-September 1901
855 October-December 1901
856 January-June 1902
857 July-September 1902
858 October-December 1902
859 January-June 1903
860 July-December 1903
861 January-June 1904
862 July-December 1904
863 January-March 1905
864 April 1905
865 May 1905
866 June 1905
867 July 1905
868 August 1905
869 September 1905
870 October-December 1905
871 1906
872 1907
873 1908
874 Scotland receipts, 1908
875 1909
876 1910
877 1911
878 January-March 1912
879 April-June 1912
880 July-September 1912
881 October-December 1912
882 1913-1915
883 1916
884 1917
885 1918
886 1919
887 1920
888 January-March 1921
889 April-June 1921
890 July-September 1921
891 October-December 1921
892 January-March 1921
893 April-December 1921
894 1923-1924
895 1925
896 N.d.
Subseries 2.1.2. Florida Property Materials
1883-1918. 300 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence and other materials relating to Bennehan and
Paul C. Cameron's investment in Florida orange groves. The land
was located near Plant City, Fla.
Folder 897 1883
898 February 1-14, 1884
899 February 15-28, 1884
900 March-November 1884
901 1885-1886
902 1887-1890
903 1891
904 1892-1893
905 1894-1918
Subseries 2.1.3. Family Property Materials
1872-1936. 300 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence and legal papers relating to the purchase and
maintenance of Cameron property at Fairntosh, Hillsborough, and
Raleigh, and in Mississippi.
Folder 906 1872-1890
907 1891
908 1892-1895
909 1896-1900
910 1901-1905
911 1906-1910
912 1912-1919
913 1920-1936
Subseries 2.2. Account books
1891-1954. 25 volumes.
Arrangement: chronological by latest date.
Account books for Fairntosh farms, 1891-1954, and of the dairy
at Stagville; and two bank books, one of Isabelle Mayo Cameron,
the other of Sallie Taliaferro Cameron. [See also, Cameron
Family Papers (#133), Series 6.5.2, 6.7.2, and 6.11.2, for
account books and farm diaries relating to Bennehan Cameron and
his family.]
Folder 914 1891. Henry Walker's ledger for the year,
showing his charges for blacksmith work and
wagon repair. Accounts mainly with B.
Cameron, but also with others. About 43 p.
(Vol. 41).
915 13 May 1891-January 1893. Account book of T.
B. Edwards, including various records of
profits and expenses of Stagville Dairy.
(Vol. 42).
916 March-December 1893. W. A. Southerland's
Dairy Book, with some bills and accounts of T.
B. Edwards enclosed. All kinds of dairy
accounts, including butter sold, retail trade
in Durham, dairy expenses and cash accounts,
sales of stock, milk sales, etc. 130 p.
(Vol. 45).
917 January-December 1894. Ledger, accounts with
laborers for meat, meal, and produce charged
against days of labor. 78 p. (Vol. 48).
918 March 1893-November 1895. Unbound financial
statements and extensive accounts for
Stagville dairy (Bennehan Cameron with W. A.
Southerland). These are in one folder
enclosed in Volume 46. The volume contains
accounts, July 1894-October 1895, for butter
made, salaries of dairy laborers, and sales of
products. (Vol. 46).
919 1898. Accounts of T. D. Scruggs, agent at the
dairy of B. Cameron. Butter sold to
individuals and firms; butter money paid to
laborers and provisions charged to them. Also
bills and accounts enclosed. 57 p. (Vol.
51).
920 1899. Accounts of A. H. Prince for cash
transactions at dairy, May-November 1899, with
laborers, for their time worked, balanced
against butter and eggs and merchandise
purchased at F. M. Carlton's store, and other
advances to them. And cash paid out daily at
dairy. 10 p. (Vol. 52).
921 March 1892-October 1900. P. H. Mayo's record
of notes owed him (and dates paid) and a few
records of notes owed by him to banks. Ca. 12
p. (Vol. 44).
922 March-August 1902. Dairy records of N. F.
Thompson, agent for B. Cameron; account of
butter and stock sold for cash, statement of
butter made, expenditures of dairy, time made
by dairy hands, accounts with B. Cameron and
other individuals. 45 p. (Vol. 54).
923 1902. B. Cameron's cotton gin book,
containing brief records of accounts with
individuals showing pounds, bales, payment for
bagging and ties and payment for seeds. Ca.
30 p. (Vol. 55).
924 May 1893-October 1907. Running account of
Bennehan Cameron's expenditures, 1893-1907.
Includes ledger accounts with day laborers;
tenants (J. B. Kirkland and many others);
merchants, banks, and businesses. Indexed.
495 p. (Vol. S-47).
925 Bank book, 1899-1917, Isabelle Mayo Cameron.
926 Bank book, 1903-1917, Sallie Taliaferro
Cameron.
927 1937. Farm accounts, John W. Labouisse and
V.C. Taylor at Fairntosh. Cash received for
tobacco, poultry, hogs, cattle, etc.; living
expenses for Labouisse and Taylor;
expenditures for truck, tractor, gas, oil, and
for horses, cattle, poultry, etc., and other
accounts. Ca. 110 p. (Vol. S-56).
928 1941. John W. Labouisse, farm accounts for
Fairntosh. Ca. 100 p. (Vol. 58).
929 1942. Accounts with tenants, showing tobacco
allotments, number of teams owned, sale of
tobacco crops, fertilizer costs, and a few
other items. Other farm accounts for several
categories. 128 p. (Vol. 61).
930 December 1941-December 1943. Fairntosh Farms,
chronological record of receipts,
expenditures, and balances; summaries of
various categories of expenses. 125 p. (Vol.
59).
931 January-December 1943. Record of the days
worked, rate, and weekly wages of about 10 or
12 laborers. (Vol. 62).
932 January-July 1944. Fairntosh Farm daybook, J.
W. Labouisse, showing expenditures and
receipts for farm, and balance each month.
Ca. 18 p. (Vol. 63).
933 July-September 1944. Record of payroll for 7
weeks; and slight accounts of miscellaneous
expenditures, and some bills enclosed. (Vol.
64).
934 1945. Purchase record: ledger pages for
various merchants and local suppliers, showing
amounts charged, and when paid by check at
intervals Included are running accounts for
farm equipment and repair service. 170 p.
(Vol. 65).
935 Fairntosh deposits, 1947-1951.
936 1948-1954. Ledger of accounts with laborers
for loans, interest, items charged, and
showing amounts paid by them on their
accounts. 150 p. (Vol. 66).
937 Undated. Accounts with individuals for cotton
ginned. Ledger pages show individual names
and their stall numbers and only slight
notations about amounts. Index of names.
Payments for seed. Bag numbers. [This volume
is similar to a volume dated 1902.] (Vol.
68).
938 Household accounts, undated.
Series 3. Horse and Livestock Materials
1883-1945. 1,807 items.
Arrangement: chronological. Volumes follow loose papers.
Correspondence, broadsides, horse descriptions, and breeding
records relating to Bennehan Cameron's horse stables and dairy
herd and to his activities related to the North Carolina State
Fair. There is also considerable horse and livestock-related
material in Series 7.2. Printed Materials.
Subseries 3.1. Correspondence and Loose Papers
1883-1930s. 1,800 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence, broadsides, and horse descriptions relating to
Bennehan Cameron's horse stables and dairy herd and to his
activities relating to the North Carolina State Fair. Included
is material related to the pedigree of Choctaw, the horse lent to
General Fitzhugh Lee for his personal use during the Spanish
American War [See OP-3623/4a-e].
Folder 939 1883-1884
940 1885
941 1886
942 1887
943 1888-1889
944 1890-1892
945 January-November 1893
946 December 1-13, 1893
947 December 14-31, 1893
948 January-June 1894
949 July-September 1894
950 October-December 1894
951 January-June 1894
952 July-December 1894
953 January 1896
954 February 1896
955 March 1896
956 April-June 1896
957 July-September 1896
958 October-December 1896
959 January-June 1897
960 July-December 1897
961 1898
962 1899
963 N.d., 1890s
964 1900
965 1901
966 1902
967 1903
968 1904
969 1905-1906
970 1907-1908
971 1909-1910
972 1911
973 1912-1925
974 N.d.
975 Dairy farm, 1930s
Subseries 3.2. Breeding Records
1892-1945. 7 volumes.
Arrangement: chronological by latest date.
Breeding records relating to Bennehan Cameron's horse stables
and dairy farm.
Folder 976 1892-1894. Manuscript records of horse breeding
(agent of Bennehan Cameron?), entered in a printed
record book, Bowling Brook Mares, Property of R.
W. Walden, 1892, showing names of mares and their
pedigrees. (Vol. 43).
977 1894-1896. Horse breeding records. B. Cameron's
horses, Fairntosh, Stagville, N.C. Manuscript
record has been entered in a printed form book,
showing mare, stallion, foal, dates. Labelled
"Book No. 2." (Vol. 49).
978 1896-1898. Horse breeding records, continued.
"Book No. 3." (Vol. 50).
979a 1898-1900. Horse breeding records, continued.
"Book No. 4." (Vol. 53).
979b 1887-1904. Horse breeding record.
980 1942-1944. Fairntosh Farms. Records of cattle
breeding. (Vol. 60).
981 1937-1945. V. C. Taylor, manager, Fairntosh
Farms, record of calf breeding. Pedigrees show
names and dates and registration and tag numbers.
Series 4. Family History Materials
1890-1925. 1,200 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence and other papers concerning family history,
family relationships, biographies of family members, and
activities of Scottish societies in America. Arrangement is
chronological, with undated material grouped by family name.
Correspondence regarding the Thomas Ruffin memorial is included
in this series and filed separately. There is information about
the following families: Bland, Brodnax, Cameron, Mayo, Nash,
Roane, and Ruffin. There is also material concerning the clan
Cameron in Scotland and individual Scottish relatives. This
series overlaps unavoidably with the Series 1, which contains
correspondence which deals only in part with family history. It
also overlaps with Series 5, Society of the Cincinnati
Materials, which includes information about the genealogies of
potential members.
Folder 982 1890-1896
983 1897-1899
984 1900-1903
985 1904
986 January-June 1905
987 July-December 1905
988 1906
989 1907
990 1908
991 1909
992 1910
993 1911-1912
994 1913
995 1914
996 January-May 1915
997 June-December 1915
998 1916
999 1917
1000 1918-1919
1001 1920-1922
1002 1923
1003 1925 and clippings
1004 N.d. (Brockenbrough--Nash)
1005 N.d. (Roane--Ruffin--Shipp--Stafford)
1006 N.d. (Scottish Society)
1007 N.d. (Miscellaneous)
1008 Thomas Ruffin Monument, 1911-1913
1009 Thomas Ruffin Monument, January-May 1914
1010 Thomas Ruffin Monument, June-December 1914
1011 1915
Series 5. Society of the Cincinnati Materials
1783; 1896-1923. 600 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Papers concerning annual meetings of the Society of the
Cincinnati, the admission of new members, and actions regarding
memorials to Revolutionary War heroes. Some items concerning the
activities of the Sons of the Revolution are also included. The
chief correspondents are John Collins Daves, Charles Lukens
Davis, Wilson Gray Lamb, and Heth Lorton.
Folder 1012 1783; 1896-1897
1013 1898
1014 1899
1015 1900-1902
1016 1903-1904
1017 1905
1018 January-March 1906
1019 April-December 1906
1020 January-June 1907
1021 July-December 1907
1022 January-March 1908
1023 April-December 1908
1024 1909-1910
1025 1911
1026 1912-1914
1027 1915-1918
1028 1919-1923
Series 6. Anglo-American Amity and Peace Organizations
1908-1924. 600 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Materials relating to Bennehan Cameron's activities as a
member of the National Committee for the Celebration of the 100th
Anniversary of Peace among English Speaking Peoples, 1914-1915,
and his involvement with the League to Enforce Peace, 1915-1917.
Later papers in this series relate to the Sulgrave Institute.
Folder 1029 1908-1912
1030 January-June 1913
1031 July-September 1913
1032 October 1913
1033 November 1913
1034 December 1913
1035 January-March 1914
1036 April-December 1914
1037 1915-1919
1038 1920
1039 1921-1924
1040 Anglo-American Committee to Celebrate 100 Years
of Peace
1041 Sulgrave Institute, n.d.
Series 7. Printed Materials
1873-1926. 6,000 items.
Arrangement: grouped by type and subject. Invitations are
chronological.
Primarily invitations and greeting cards, circulars, form
letters, and pamphlets, many illustrated, advertising race horses
and a wide variety of agricultural, industrial, commercial, and
domestic equipment. There are also selections of trade cards and
railroad time tables and passes. Arrangement is by broad subject
category. Newspaper clippings, mostly 1910-1925, are also
included in this series and are filed separately; they relate to
personal, family, political and other matters of interest to
Bennehan Cameron and his family and friends, and include a series
of clippings on the train wreck at Statesville, N.C., in August
1891.
Subseries 7.1. Wedding and Other Invitations and Greeting Cards
1873-1926. 1,200 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
A collection of wedding, social, and professional invitations
to the Cameron family, and greeting cards for Christmas,
birthdays, and other holidays. Of particular interest is an
invitation so "Snake Charm Camp" (ca. July 1890), in actuality
some sort of outdoor barbecue [See OP-3623/10].
Folder 1042 Invitations, 1873-1889
1043 Invitations, 1890
1044 Invitations, 1891-1894
1045 Invitations, 1895-1899
1046 Invitations, 1900-1901
1047 Invitations, 1902-1904
1048 Invitations, 1905
1049 Invitations, 1906
1050 Invitations, 1907
1051 Invitations, 1908-1909
1052 Invitations, 1910
1053 Invitations, 1911
1054 Invitations, 1912
1055 Invitations, 1913-1914
1056 Invitations, 1915-1916
1057 Invitations, 1917-1919
1058 Invitations, 1920
1059 Invitations, 1921-1926
1060-64 Invitations, n.d.
1065 Greeting cards, 1875-1919
1066 Greeting cards, 1920
1067 Greeting cards, 1921
Subseries 7.2. Subject files
3,000 items.
Arrangement: grouped roughly by subject.
Circulars, form letters, and pamphlets, many illustrated,
advertising race horses and a wide variety of agricultural,
industrial, commercial, and domestic equipment. There are also
selections of trade cards and railroad time tables and passes.
Arrangement is by broad subject category. Of special interest is
a series of broadsides opposing Women's Suffrage [See OP-3623/21-
41]. Another topic well-represented is the building of the
Confederate Monument at Stone Mountain, Ga.
Folder 1068-77 Agriculture
1078-89 Business/Commerce
1090-93 Good Roads
1094-1100 Horses/Racing
1101 North Carolina Legislature
1102 Prohibition
1103-06 Publishing
1107 Railroads
1108-11 Retail
1112 Stone Mountain
1113 Suffrage, Women's
1114-37 Trade catalogs
Subseries 7.3. Miscellaneous
1,200 items.
Much of this material could fall into the categories above,
but have not been sorted to that level. Of special interest are
a hand-bound menu commemorating a banquet, 2 June 1900, given in
honor of the opening of the Seaboard Air Line's direct road from
Richmond, Va., to Tampa, Fla.; and a memorial volume for Octavia
Polk Moore, one of the victims of the Statesville, N.C., train
wreck, August 1891.
Folder 1138-56 Miscellaneous
1157 Menu, Seaboard Airline Banquet, 2 June 1900.
Leatherbound, personalized menu for a banquet
celebrating the opening of the Railroad's direct
line between Richmond, Va., and Tampa, Fla.
1158 Memorial volume for Ophelia Polk Moore, who died
in the train wreck at Statesville, N.C., August
1891.
Subseries 7.4. Newspaper Clippings
600 items.
Arrangement: none.
Clippings on a wide variety of subjects of interest to
Bennehan Cameron, his family, and friends. Included is a series
of clippings on the train wreck at Statesville, N.C., August
1891.
Folder 1159-66a&b Newspaper clippings
Series 8. Diaries and Other Volumes
1884; 1887-1925. 43 volumes.
Arrangement: chronological.
Diaries of Bennehan Cameron containing brief daily entries
recording his social, political, and business activities and
persons and places visited. Significant events mentioned include
the deaths of family members, especially of Paul Carrington
Cameron, 1891, and of Paul, Jr., 1895; the itinerary of Sallie
and Bennehan's extended honeymoon trip to California and Canada;
daughter Belle's illness with polio, June-July 1916; and
Bennehan's reaction to President Wilson's speech announcing the
United States's entry into World War I. Also included are Sallie
Mayo Cameron's English Literature notebook, ca. 1880s, and
Isabelle Mayo Cameron's brief diary recording the events of April
1917.
Folder 1167 1884
1168 1887
1169 1888
1170 1889
1171 1890
1172 1891
1173 February-April 1892
1174 May-December 1892
1175 1893
1176 1894
1177 1895
1178 1896
1179 1897
1180 1898
1181 1899-1900
1182 1901
1183 1902
1184 1903
1185 1904
1186 1905
1187 1906
1188 1907
1189 1908
1190 1909
1191 1910
1192 1911
1193 1912
1194 1913
1195 1914
1196 1915
1197 1916
1198 April 1917 [Belle M. Cameron's World War I diary]
1199 1917
1200 1918
1201 1919
1202 1920
1203 1921
1204 1922
1205 1923
1206 1924
1207 1925
1208 N.d.
1209 Sallie Mayo's English Literature Notes, ca.
1880s. (Vol. 67).
Series 9. Other Papers
1850s-ca. 1917. About 100 items.
Arrangement: grouped roughly by subject.
Miscellaneous materials that do not fit into any of the
preceding series. Included are school reports and papers for
Bennehan Cameron while attending Oxford Classical and
Mathematical School, Oxford, N.C., 1868-1870, and the Virginia
Military Institute, Lexington, Va., 1872-1875; for Collins and
Graham children attending Raleigh Male Academy, 1885-1886; and
Isabelle M. Cameron, while attending St. Mary's School, Raleigh,
N.C., 1907, and Miss Ellett's School for Girls, 1909. Also
included are speeches by Bennehan Cameron and others, mostly
relating to the promotion of agriculture, including Cameron's
presidential speech to the Farmer's National Congress, 1908, and
to railroads and the "Good Roads" movement; appointments to
militia posts and as a delegate to various agricultural and "Good
Roads" congresses; and blueprints for a stable at Raleigh, N.C.,
and for alterations and additions to Bennehan's Raleigh house.
Some of the more unusual items in this series include a set of
medical prescriptions for Bennehan Cameron and a list of books in
his possession as of 1907.
Folder 1210 School papers, 1850s-1860s
1211 School papers, 1868-1870
1212 School papers, 1872-1875 (VMI)
1213 School papers, 1885-1909
1214 Speeches, 1886-ca. 1917
1215 Miscellaneous
Series 10. Pictures
1912-1923. 118 items.
Arrangement: chronological where possible.
Photographic prints, postcards, and one lithograph. Included
are views of those in attendance at the 1917 and 1923 Good Roads
conventions, and one of Virginia Military Institute cadets
drilling, ca. early 1920s; views of the dedication ceremonies for
Bennett Place, Durham, N.C., November 1923; family photographs,
mostly portraits, many unidentified; highway scenes relating to
the "Good Roads" movement; scenes associated with the
construction, 1921-1922, of the Williamston Causeway, Bertie and
Martin counties, N.C.; and miscellaneous scenes.
P-3623/1 Bennehan Cameron, September, 1912.
P-3623/2 Lucy Francis Tillman, about age 3, c. 1909.
P-3623/3 Douschka Pickens Tillman, about age 5, c. 1909.
P-3623/4 Kate Moreno Lucas, KML's daughter Kate Cameron
Lucas, and presumable, KML's daughter Mary Lucas,
c. 1915.
P-3623/5 Madge Mattusian, c. 1913.
P-3623/6 Unidentified individuals, mostly c. 1910.
P-3623/12 Unidentified riders in a carriage, c. 1912.
P-3623/13 Picture postcard, "Auchnacarry, Fort William.
The home of Cameron of Lochiel."
P-3623/14-22 Photographs and picture postcards of scenes
related to the Good Roads movement, c. 1915-
1925.
P-3623/23-31 Photographs and picture postcards of scenes
related to the Good Roads movement, c. 1915-1925.
P-3623/32-55 Photographs of scenes associated with the
construction of the Williamston Causeway, Bertie
and Martin counties, North Carolina, 1921-1922.
P-3623/56 Lithograph of Eugene Morehead (1845-1889?)
P-3623/57 Historic markers, Hillsborough, North Carolina,
undated.
P-3623/58-59 Unidentified cemetery scenes, c. 1920's.
P-3623/60 Picture postcard, "U.S. Cavalry Camp, Winchester,
VA, July 1913."
P-3623/61 Roosevelt Dam, Arizona, undated.
P-3623/62-65 Rosewood, Raleigh, N.C., 1904. See letter from
Louise Mordecai; 14 Jan, 1905.
P-3623/66-67 Autographed picture cards of jockey and horse.
P-3623/68 Two men in the woods, near unidentified
buildings.
P-3623/69 Bishop Green? on envelope, n.d..
P-3623/70 Robert Burns picture card, n.d..
P-3623/71 Sir Walter Scott picture card, n.d..
P-3623/72 Photo of Angus MacMillan Fraser in Scottish
clothing, n.d..
P-3623/73 Photo from book advertising Bazaar and Fete,
sponsored by Duchess of Sutherland, July 15-18,
1908, Scotland.
P-3623/74 The Duchess of Sutherland, Scotland, president,
Bazaar and Fete. July 15-18, 1908.
P-3623/75-76 "Directum" 2:05.25. Taken September 18, 1902.
Owned by International Stock Food Co.,
Minneapolis, Minn.
P-3623/77-79 Enclosure to 13 May 1918. Man in military
uniform posing alone and with others.
P-3623/80-81 Enclosure to 21 April 1917. Tate Mountain
School.
P-3623/82-84 Enclosure to 15 January 1922, from Paul Chester
to Bennehan Cameron.
P-3623/85 Enclosure to 14 June 1911, "Anion Kirby," year
horse, by John Kirby 2:11.25. Dam, "Queen of
Woodford" by Arion 2:09.75.
P-3623/86 Enclosure to 14 June 1911, "Queen of Woodford" by
Arion and filly each by John Kirby.
P-3623/87-95 Enclosure to 24 July 1920. Pictures of two boys
and their horses and dogs.
P-3623/96 Picture of a woman, December 1920?
P-3623/97-101 Enclosure to 6 August 1921. Colonel Anderson?
P-3623/102 Enclosure to 23 December 1921. Confederate
Reunion Chattanooga, Tennessee, October, 1921.
P-3623/103 Undated family group shot.
P-3623/104-105 Enclosure to Control File, June 2, 1925. Photos
of church altar and wooden bench.
OP-P-3623/1 U.S.G. Rd. Con., Clemson College, S.C., 4-18-
1923.
OP-P-3523/2 [Virginia Military Institute, ca. 1920s.]
OP-P-3623/3a-d [Blueprints for alterations and additions to
Bennehan Cameron's house, Raleigh, N.C., 1901.]
OP-P-3623/4 First American Good Roads Congress, Richmond,
Va., Nov. 20-24, 1911.
OP-P-3623/5 National A.A.A., Richmond, Va., Dec. 1, 2, 3,
1913.
OP-P-3623/6 The National Conference on the American Committee
for the Celebration of the One Hundrdth [sic]
Anniversary of Peace Among English Speaking
Peoples, Richmond, Va., Dec. 3, 4, 1913.
OP-P-3623/7 The General Society of the Cincinnati, Asheville,
N.C., May 11, 1917.
OP-P-3623/8 North Carolina Good Roads Association, Battery
Park, Asheville, N.C.
OP-P-3623/9 [Bennehan Cameron, n.d.]
OP-P-3623/10-13 [Dedication of Bennett Place, Durham, N.C., 8
November 1923?]
INDEX
Series
Accounting--Books of account 2.2
Agricultural exhibitions--North Carolina--
History 1.1, 1.2, 3.1
Agricultural laborers--North Carolina 2.2
Agriculture--Accounting 2.2
Agriculture--North Carolina--History--
19th century 1.1
Agriculture--Societies, etc.--United States--
History 1.1, 1.4
Ancestor worship--United States--Societies, etc. 5
Automobile Association of America--History 1.4
Bankhead Memorial Highway 1.4
Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) 1.2
Blacksmithing--Accounting 2.2
Bland family--Genealogy 4
Boyce (Va.)--Social life and customs 1.2, 1.4
Brockenbrough family--Genealogy 4
Brodnax family--Genealogy 4
Butter--Trade--North Carolina 2.2
Cameron, Anne Ruffin, 1814-1897 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Cameron, Bennehan, 1854-1925 All Series
Cameron, Duncan, 1850-1886 1.1
Cameron family 1, 2.1.3, 8
Cameron family--Genealogy 4
Cameron, Isabelle Mayo
SEE Van Lennep, Isabelle Cameron
Cameron, Mildred Coles
SEE Shepard, Mildred Cameron
Cameron, Paul Carrington, 1808-1891 1.1, 1.2, 2.1.2, 8
Cameron, Paul Carrington, 1892-1895 1.2, 8
Cameron, Sallie Mayo, 1865-1932 1, 8
Cameron, Sallie Taliaferro
SEE Labouisse, Sallie Cameron
Carlton, F. M. 2.2
Carriage and wagon making--North Carolina 2.2
Catalogs, Commercial 7.2
Christmas cards 7.1
Cotton--Marketing 2.2
Courtship--Southern States--History--19th
century 1.1
Dairy cattle--Pedigrees 3
Dairy farms--North Carolina--History 1.1, 1.2, 2.2
Dairy products industry--North Carolina 2.2
Daves, John Collins 5
Davis, Charles Lukens 5
Diaries--North Carolina 8
Durham (N.C.)--Commerce 2.2
Eastman Business School (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) 1.1
Edwards, T. B. 2.2
Epidemics--United States--History--20th century 1.4
Fairntosh Plantation (N.C.) 1.1, 1.2, 2.1.3,
2.2
Family--North Carolina--Social life and
customs 1, 8
Family--Virginia--Social life and customs 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 8
Farm management--North Carolina 2.1.1
Farmers' National Congress 1.3
Florida--Description and travel--1865-1950 1.1
Florida--Economic conditions 2.1.2
Genealogy 1.3, 4, 5
Good Roads Movement 1.3, 1.4, 7.2
Graham, Rebecca Cameron Anderson, 1840-1883 1.1
Greeting cards 7.1
Henderson, Archibald 1.4
Hillsborough (N.C.)--Economic conditions 2.1.3
Hillsborough (N.C.)--Social life and customs--
19th century 1.1
Horse breeders--North Carolina--History 1.1, 1.2, 3
Horse farms--North Carolina 1, 3
Horse-racing 7.2
Horses--Pedigrees 3, 7.2
Hospitals, Proprietary--Virginia--Richmond--
History--19th century 1.1
Influenza--United States--History--20th century 1.4
Invitation cards 7.1
Kirkland, J. B. 2.2
Labouisse, John W., 1899-1973 2.2
Labouisse, Sallie Cameron, 1903-1985 1.3, 1.4, 2.2
Lamb, Wilson Gray 5
Law--Study and teaching 1.1
League to Enforce Peace 6
Lorton, Heth 5
Love-letters 1.1
Mayo family 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Mayo family--Genealogy 4
Mayo, Peter H. 1.2, 1.4, 2.2
Mayo, Sallie Taliaferro
SEE Cameron, Sallie Mayo
McGuire, Hunter 1.1
Memorials--Georgia--Stone Mountain--History 7.2
Mississippi--Economic conditions--19th century 2.1.3
Moore, Octavia Polk, d. 1891 7.3
Mordecai, Margaret Cameron, 1811-1886 1.1
Nash family 4
National Committee for the Celebration of the
100th Anniversary of Peace 6
North Carolina--Militia--History--19th century 1.1
North Carolina--Politics and government--
1865-1950 1.4, 7.2, 8
North Carolina State Fair 3.1
North Carolina State Agricultural Society 1.1, 1.2
Orange industry--Florida--History--
19th century 1.1, 1.2, 2.1.2
Oxford Classical and Mathematical School
(Oxford, N.C.)--Students 1.1
Peace movements--Great Britain--History--20th
century 6
Peace movements--United States--History--20th
century 6
Peebles, Margaret Cameron, 1848-1896 1.1, 1.2
Poliomyelitis 1.4, 8
Plantations--North Carolina--Durham County Series 1.1
Prince, A. H. 2.2
Prohibition--United States 7.2
Quebec-Miami International Highway 1.3
Race relations--North Carolina--History--19th
century 1.2
Railroads--North Carolina--History 1.1, 1.2, 2.1.1
Railroads--North Carolina--Statesville--
Accidents 1.2, 7.3, 7.4
Railroads--United States--History 7.2
Raleigh (N.C.)--Economic conditions 2.1.3
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad 1.2
Real estate--Florida 2.1.2
Real estate--Mississippi 2.1.3
Real estate--North Carolina 2.1.3
Richmond (Va.)--Social life and customs 1.1, 1.2, 1.4
Roads--North Carolina--History--20th century 1.3, 1.4
Roads--United States--History--20th century 1.4, 8
Roane family--Genealogy 4
Rocky Mount Mills (Rocky Mount, N.C.) 1.2
Ruffin family--Genealogy 4
Ruffin, Thomas, 1787-1870--Monuments 4
Saint Luke's Infirmary (Richmond, Va.) 1.1
Saint Mary's School (Raleigh, N.C.) 1.3, 1.4
Saint Timothy's School (Baltimore, Md.) 1.4
Scottish Americans--North Carolina--Genealogy 4
Scottish Society 4
Scruggs, T. D. 2.2
Seaboard Air Line System 1.2, 7.3
Shepard, Mildred Cameron, 1856-1904 1.1, 1.3
Shepard, Pauline Cameron, 1853-1892 1.1, 1.2
Shipp family--Genealogy 4
Society of the Cincinnati 5
Sons of the Revolution 5
Southerland, W. A. 2.2
Stafford family--Genealogy 4
Stagville Plantation (N.C.) 1.1, 1.2, 2.1.3,
2.2
Statesville (N.C.)--History 1.2; 7.3, 7.4
Stone Mountain (Ga.)--History 7.2
Sulgrave Institute 6
Taylor, John W. 2.2
Textile industry--North Carolina--History--
19th century 1.2
Thompson, N. F. 2.2
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--
Societies, etc. 5
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--
Presidents 1.4
Van Lennep, Isabelle Cameron, 1899-1983 1.2, 1.4, 2.2, 8
Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, Va.) 1.1
Walker, Henry 2.2
Wilmington (N.C.)--Race relations 1.2
Women--Education--North Carolina--History 1.4, 8
Women--Suffrage--United States--History 7.2
World War, 1914-1918--United States 1.4, 8
SHELF LIST
Box 1 Series 1. Main.
Subseries 1.1. 1866-1882 (folders 1-47)
Box 2 Subseries 1.1. 1883-1887 (folders 48-100)
Box 3 Subseries 1.1. 1888-1890 (folders 101-139)
Box 4 Subseries 1.2. 1891-1892 (folders 140-179)
Box 5 Subseries 1.2. 1893-1894 (folders 180-219)
Box 6 Subseries 1.2. 1895-1897 (folders 220-260)
Box 7 Subseries 1.2. 1898-1899 (folders 261-297)
Box 8 Subseries 1.2. 1900 (folders 298-313)
Subseries 1.3. 1901 (folders 314-327)
Box 9 Subseries 1.3. 1902-1904 (folders 328-362)
Box 10 Subseries 1.3. 1905-1907 (folders 363-395)
Box 11 Subseries 1.3. 1908-1910 (folders 396-436)
Box 12 Subseries 1.3. 1911-1912 (folders 437-480)
Box 13 Subseries 1.3. 1913-1914 (folders 481-516)
Box 14 Subseries 1.4. 1915-1916 (folders 517-558)
Box 15 Subseries 1.4. 1917 (folders 559-588)
Box 16 Subseries 1.4. 1918-March 1919 (folders 589-619)
Box 17 Subseries 1.4. April 1919-May 1920 (folders 620-649)
Box 18 Subseries 1.4. June 1920-February
1921 (folders 650-681)
Box 19 Subseries 1.4. March 1921-December
1921 (folders 682-713)
Box 20 Subseries 1.4. 1922 (folders 714-746)
Box 21 Subseries 1.4. 1923-July 1925 (folders 747-779)
Box 22 Series 2. Financial and Legal Materials
Subseries 2.1.1. 1870-1894 (folders 780-824)
Box 23 Subseries 2.1.1. 1895-June 1905 (folders 825-866)
Box 24 Subseries 2.1.1. July 1905-1925 (folders 867-896)
Subseries 2.1.2. 1883-1918 (All) (folders 897-905)
Subseries 2.1.3. 1872-1936 (All) (folders 906-913)
Box 25 Subseries 2.2. 1891-1954 (folders 914-938)
Box 26 Series 3. Horse and Livestock Materials
Subseries 3.1. 1883-1903 (folders 939-967)
Box 27 Subseries 3.1. 1904-1930s (folders 968-975)
Subseries 3.2. 1892-1945 (folders 976-981)
Box 28 Series 4. Family History Materials (folders 982-1011)
Box 29 Series 5. Society of the Cincinnati (folders 1012-1028)
Series 6. Anglo-American Amity and Peace
Organizations (folders 1029-1041)
Box 30 Series 7. Printed Materials
Subseries 7.1. Invitations, etc. (folders 1042-1067)
Box 31 Subseries 7.2. Agriculture--Good
Roads (folders 1068-1093)
Box 32 Subseries 7.2. Horses/Racing--Trade
Catalogs (folders 1094-1122)
Box 33 Subseries 7.2. Trade Catalogs (folders 1123-1137)
Subseries 7.3. Miscellaneous (folders 1138-1144)
Box 34 Subseries 7.3. Miscellaneous (folders 1145-1158)
Subseries 7.4. Newspaper clippings(folders 1159-1166)
Box 35 Series 8. Diaries, 1884, 1887-1909 (folders 1167-1190)
Box 36 Series 8. Diaries, 1910-1925 (folders 1191-1209)
Series 9. Other Papers (folders 1210-1215)
Items separated:
Volumes 3623/S-47 and S-56
OP-3623/1-64
OP-P-3623/1-14
P-3623/1-105