Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#141
JULIAN SHAKESPEARE CARR PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Julian Shakespeare Carr of Chapel Hill and Durham,
N.C., manufacturer of tobacco products with interests
in a wide range of other businesses, including banking
and textiles. Carr was also active in the Methodist
Church, the Democratic Party, and several Confederate
veteran organizations, including the North Carolina
branch of the United Confederate Veterans, which he
served as commander. He was also a strong supporter
of various institutions of higher education in the
state.
Letters, telegrams, printed announcements,
programs, and pamphlets, business and legal documents,
maps, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Carr's
business and personal affairs. The letters chiefly
concern banking, farming, and family matters, but
Carr's interests in the in the Civil War and the
United Confederate Veterans and in the Methodist
Church are also reflected. Also included are printed
and manuscript addresses and Sunday School lessons
given by Carr. The addresses primarily derive from
his interest in the Civil War and in Confederate
Veterans, and from his prominence in the Methodist
Church. Of special note is a series of speeches
discussing the race problem in North Carolina and
throughout the South. Business topics are also
represented. There are also seven volumes of Carr's
diary containing brief entries, 1907-1917, and
letterbooks, 1919-1922. These volumes chiefly
document Carr's personal life, particularly his
travels and family associations. Also included are
Carr's daughter Eliza's 1895 wedding album and a 1991
Carr family history by Joseph Julian Carr.
Photographs are chiefly of Julian Shakespeare Carr.
Online Catalog Terms:
Banks and banking--North Carolina.
Carr, Julian Shakespeare, 1865-1924.
Carr family.
Diaries--North Carolina.
Durham (N.C.)--Industries.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Methodists--North Carolina.
North Carlina--Race relations.
Race relations.
Sunday schools--North Carolina.
Textile industry--North Carolina.
Tobacco industry--North Carolina.
United Confederate Veterans.
Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Finances.
Veterans--Confederate States of America.
Size: About 500 items (6.0 linear feet).
Provenance: Gift of Claiborn and Will Carr before 1940 and
Joseph Julian Carr in 1992.
Access: No restrictions.
Related Collections: Mena F. Webb, Material Collected in the
Course of Writing Jule Carr: General
Without an Army (#4507).
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Series Descriptions
Series 1. General Papers
Series 2. Sunday School Lessons and Addresses
Series 3. Volumes
Series 4. Pictures
Shelf List
INTRODUCTION
Biographical Note
The third son of John Wesley and Eliza Bullock Carr, Julian
Shakespeare Carr was born in Chapel Hill, N.C., on 12 October
1845. John Carr was a prosperous shopkeeper on Franklin Street,
the main artery adjacent to the University of North Carolina.
With a childhood spent near the University, among whose faculty
his father was well-respected, it seemed natural that "Jule," as
his father referred to him, should matriculate there in 1862.
In 1864, Julian Shakespeare Carr enlisted in the Confederate
army, where he served with the Third North Carolina Cavalry.
After witnessing the surrender at Appomattox, he returned to
Chapel Hill, where he enrolled for the 1865-1866 term at UNC.
Carr spent 1868 to 1870 in Little Rock, Ark., where he had
entered into business with an uncle. Returning to North
Carolina, he received four thousand dollars from his father to
purchase a one-third interest in the tobacco manufacturing firm
of W. T. Blackwell and Company in Durham, N.C. Business boomed,
primarily as a result of the pioneering advertising campaign that
promoted the company's product under its trademark, Bull Durham,
which soon became a household word. Carr bought out his
partners, only to sell the business in 1898 to the American
Tobacco Company. With this captial, Carr engaged in a wide range
of business interests: banking, hosiery mills, the
Durham-Roxboro Railroad, electric and telephone companies, and a
Durham newspaper.
Successful in most of his endeavors, Carr was also said to
have given away a fortune during his lifetime. To the Methodist
church, the Confederate veterans, and the University of North
Carolina, he was quite generous. A trustee of the University and
of Greensboro College, he was also a benefactor of Davidson, Wake
Forest, St. Mary's, Elon and Trinity colleges. As Commander of
the United Confederate Veterans in North Carolina, Carr had the
honorary rank of major general, and was often referred to as
"General." An active Democrat, he supported the party
financially and served as a delegate to its conventions, though
he was never elected to office.
Carr married Nannie Graham Parrish in 1873. He died on 29
April 1924.
CHART I
Julian S. Carr - Nancy Graham (Parrish) Carr
Eliza Morehead (b. 1874) - Henry Corwin Flower
Henry C., Jr. (b. 189?)
Lallah Ruth (b. 1876) - William Foley Patton
Ruth (b. 1902) - Leonard C. Kline
L. Patton Kline
Nancy (b. 1907)
Julian S., Jr. (SEE CHART II)
Albert Marvin (SEE CHART II)
Claiborn McDowell (SEE CHART III)
Austin Henton (SEE CHART III)
CHART II
Julian S., Jr. (b. 1878) - Margaret Cannon
Nancy (Whitney)
J. Carr Dorman (?)
Mary Ann (b. 1913) - Paul Weldon Sander
Ann (English)
Frances (Dicks)
Margaret Leavings (b. 1903)
Junial S., III
Beauchamp Carr
Albert Marvin - Aurlia Fitzpatrick
Albert Marvin Jr. (b. 1914) - Mary Evelyn Quisenberry (b.1913)
CHART III
Claiborn McDowell (1884-1956) - Margaret Jordan Boylan
Claiborn M., Jr.
Rufus
Boylan
Austin Hinton - Laura Williamson Noell (later Mrs. R. H. Chapman)
Austin H., Jr.
Noell
Collection Overview
Letters and letterbooks, telegrams, diaries, printed and
manuscript addresses, Sunday School lessons, notes, newspaper
clippings and other printed material relating to the business and
private affairs and interests of Julian S. Carr. The collection
is arranged in the following series:
Series 1. General Papers
Series 2. Sunday School Lessons and Addresses
Series 3. Manuscript Volumes
Series 4. Pictures
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1. General Papers
1890-1923 and undated. About 220 items.
Arrangement: chronological and by type.
Letters, telegrams, printed announcements, programs, and
pamphlets, business and legal documents, maps, and newspaper
clippings pertaining to Carr's business and personal affairs.
The letters chiefly concern banking, farming, and family matters,
but Carr's interests in the in the Civil War and the United
Confederate Veterans and in the Methodist Church are also
reflected.
Folder 1 1892-1898
2 1901-1907
3 1908-1911
4 1912-1923
5 Undated
6 Printed Maps
7 Printed Advertisements
8 Programs and Meeting Announcements
9 Lists
10-11 Clippings
Series 2. Sunday School Lessons and Addresses
1896-1923 and undated.
Printed and manuscript addresses and Sunday School lessons
given by Carr. The addresses primarily derive from his interest
in the Civil War and in Confederate Veterans, and from his
prominence in the Methodist Church. Of special note is a series
of speeches discussing the race problem in North Carolina and
throughout the South. Business topics are also represented.
Folders 12-20 Sunday school lessons
21-41 Addresses
Series 3. Volumes
1907-1921.
Seven personal diaries and five letterbooks briefly
documenting Carr's personal life, chiefly his travels and
personal associations; Carr's daughter Eliza's wedding album,
1895; and a Carr family history by Joseph Julian Carr, 1991.
Folder 42 Volume 1a. Diary, 1907
43 Volume 1b. Diary, 1911
44 Volume 1c. Diary, 1912
45 Volume 1d. Diary, 1913
46 Volume 2. Diary, 1914
47 Volume 3a. Diary, 1916
48 Volume 3b. Diary, 1917
49 Volume 4. Letterbook, January-May 1919
50 Volume 5. Letterbook, May-October 1919
51 Volume 6. Letterbook, October 1919-May 1920
52 Volume 7. Letterbook, May 1920-June 1921
53 Volume 8. Letterbook, June 1921-October 1922
54 Volume 9. Wedding Album, 18 December 1895
55 Volume 10. "The Carr Family of Loudoun
County, Virginia" by Joseph Julian Carr, 1991.
Series 4. Pictures
ca.1875-1917.
P-141/1 Julian Shakespeare Carr, ca. 1875.
Carte-de-visite. Photographer: W. Shelburn,
Durham, N.C. Subject's cheeks have been
hand-tinted.
/2 Julian Shakespeare Carr, ca. 1890. Cabinet card.
Photographer: Fredericks, New York, N.Y.
/3a-b Julian Shakespeare Carr, ca. 1910.
/4 F. R. Mitchell, December 1897. Cabinet card.
Photographer: Jordan, New Bedford, Mass.
/5 Lois Kimsey Marshall and Ellen Axson Wilson, wives
of vice-president Thomas Marshall and president
Woodrow Wilson, ca. 1912.
/6 Woman identified only as "Walton," 1917.
/7 Three unidentified little girls, ca. 1912.
/8 Unidentified girl and baby, 1909. Photographer:
Miss Reineke, Kansas City.
/9 Unidentified domestic bird coop, ca. 1900.
Inscription: "This is the bird I am keeping for
you--General."
SHELF LIST
Box 1 Series 1. General Papers (folders 1-11)
Box 2 Series 2. Sunday School Lessons (folders 12-16)
Box 3 (folders 17-20)
Box 4 Series 3. Addresses (folders 21-25)
Box 5 (folders 26-30)
Box 6 (folders 31-35)
Box 7 (folders 36-41)
Series 3. Volumes
Box 8 Volume 1 (folders 42-45)
Box 9 Volumes 2-4 (folders 46-49)
Box 10 Volumes 5-6 (folders 50-51)
Box 11 Volumes 7-8 (folders 52-53)
Box 12 Volumes 9-10 (folders 54-55)
Items separated:
Series 4. Pictures