Inventory of the Theodore F. Davidson Papers, 1874-1930
Collection Number 893
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
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Davidson, Theodore F. (Theodore Fulton), b. 1845.
Davidson, Sarah Lindsay Carter.
- Title
- Theodore F. Davidson Papers, 1874-1930.
- Call Number
- 893
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 200 items (1.0 linear foot).
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Administrative Information
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Theodore F. Davidson Papers, #893, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Buncombe County (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
- Carter family.
- Cherokee County (N.C.)--Trials, litigation, etc.--History--19th century.
- Davidson, Sarah Lindsay Carter.
- Davidson, Theodore F. (Theodore Fulton), b. 1845.
- Democratic Party (N.C.)--History.
- Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
- Lawyers--North Carolina--History.
- Merchants--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- Women--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Related Material
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David Miller Carter Papers (#143); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Biographical Note
Theodore Fulton Davidson (born 1845) was a lawyer and Democratic party leader of Asheville, N.C.; and attorney general of North Carolina, 1885-1893.
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The collection includes chiefly letters from Theodore F. Davidson to his wife, Sarah Lindsay Carter Davidson, and letters to her from friends and members of the Carter family. Also included are scattered letters about legal business and Democratic Party affairs received by Theodore Davidson; a scrapbook of his career; notes on cases tried in Cherokee County, N.C., in 1870; and a Buncombe County, N.C., merchant's account book.