Robert Lee Doughton Papers, 1913-1954

Collection Number: 02862

Collection Title: Robert Lee Doughton Papers, 1913-1954

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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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Size	81.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 55,000 items)
Abstract	Robert Lee Doughton of Laurel Springs, Alleghany County, N.C., was a farmer, businessman, state legislator, and United States representative from North Carolina's Ninth District, 1911-1952. The following counties were in Doughton's district for at least part of his tenure in Congress: Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Avery, Burke, Cleveland, Catawba, Lincoln, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Caldwell, Alexander, Watauga, Iredell, Rowan, Cabarrus, Stanly, Ashe, and Alleghany. Doughton was chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means from 1933 almost continually until 1952. Doughton's congressional office files, including requests from constituents for appointments and services, correspondence with district and state leaders, and letters regarding public questions and pending legislation, especially concerning finance and taxation. Other topics addressed extensively include Democratic Party politics and the Blue Ridge Parkway. There are a few scattered personal, financial and business, and legal items, and copies of speeches. The bulk of the papers date between 1928 and 1952.
Creator	Doughton, Robert Lee, 1863-1954.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

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Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Robert Lee Doughton Papers, #2862, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Robert Lee Doughton of Washington, D.C., and Laurel Springs, N.C., 1952; from members of the Doughton family, 1963; from Tom Doughton of Sparta, N.C., 1982; from Virginia Pou Doughton of Raleigh, N.C., 1981 and 1983; and from Rick Hendricks, June 2007 (Acc. 100688).

Additional Descriptive Resources: A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, November 2009

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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Robert Lee Doughton of Laurel Springs, Alleghany County, N.C., was a farmer, businessman, state legislator, and United States representative from North Carolina's Ninth District, 1911-1952. The following counties were in Doughton's district for at least part of his tenure in Congress: Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Avery, Burke, Cleveland, Catawba, Lincoln, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Caldwell, Alexander, Watauga, Iredell, Rowan, Cabarrus, Stanly, Ashe, and Alleghany. Doughton was chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means from 1933 almost continually until 1952.

Doughton was educated in the public schools and high schools of Laurel Springs and Sparta, N.C., and engaged in farming and raising of livestock at Laurel Springs. From 1903 through 1910 he was a member of the state Board of Agriculture. In 1908 and 1909 he served in the North Carolina Senate, and from 1909 through 1911 was a member of the state prison board. In 1911 he became president of the Deposit and Savings Bank, North Wilkesboro, N.C.

Doughton was elected to the 62nd Congress in 1910, his term beginning 4 March 1911, and served continuously through the 82nd Congress, January 1953. He announced his planned retirement in 1952 and was appointed Democratic national committeeman. In the spring of 1954 he resigned that post.

Robert Lee Doughton was married to Mrs. Robert Hicks of Concord, N.C., a widow whose maiden name was Lillie Stricker. She died in 1946. Their children included Claude Doughton of Laurel Springs, N.C.; J. Horton Doughton of Statesville, N.C.; Reba Doughton, who was hostess for her father after her mother's death; and Mrs. B. O. Edwards of Asheville, N.C. Doughton's older brother, Rufus A. Doughton, served for many years in the North Carolina General Assembly, and was lieutenant governor.

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The collection includes papers from Robert Lee Doughton's congressional office files and relate to his position as representative of the Ninth District, to his membership on and chairmanship of the Committee of Ways and Means, to that Committee's work as the Committee on Committees, to Doughton's position as the senior representative from North Carolina, and to his membership in the Democratic party. There are letters from his brother, Rufus A. Doughton, from his sons, and from his daughter Reba, but most of them relate in some way to his public position. Doughton's personal financial papers are not included.

There are few papers for the early period of Doughton's career. By 1932, the number of papers increases, and files for each year are extensive through 1952. The papers are concerned with the major questions which came before Congress, especially those relating to finance and taxation, to North Carolina in general, and to Doughton's district in particular. Doughton's constituents wrote to him on any and all kinds of subjects, sending requests and advice. Many of the papers are concerned with services rendered to individual constituents or to communities and towns in the district.

In the early years of Democratic control, a major topic of interest was postal appointments. Throughout the 1930s Doughton was busy with the problem of patronage, and was besieged with applications for government employment. In 1935-1936, there was a possibility that he might be a candidate for governor of North Carolina, and the papers for those years contain information on affairs of the Democratic party in the state. For other years, there is very little on party politics outside the district. Papers from the World War II years, 1942-1945, contain information on efforts to serve constituents in the matter of appointments and commissions, military discharges, rationing, price control, and allocation of materials. Immediately after the war, there were many letters from military personnel anxious for quick discharges.

Robert Lee Doughton was especially interested in the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the papers contain a great deal of information on the progr ess of the Parkway, and congressional and executive action in regard to it.

There are many letters and papers relating to the work of the Committee of Ways and Means. The more important papers of this nature should be among the papers of the Committee, but Doughton received letters from people of all stations commenting on pending legislation, and making suggestions. This is true to a lesser extent for other proposed legislation; there are letters from constituents, from North Carolinians in general, and from people all over the country opposing or endorsing all kinds of proposed legislation, and discussing whatever questions of public policy were then current.

The collection also includes items relating to Doughton's personal business affairs, particularly property owned by him in Washington, D.C., and in northwestern North Carolina. There is also correspondence related to politics and campaigns, both of Doughton and local elections in his district; requests for photographs, letters of congratulation on various events of his career; and similar items.

The papers contain carbon copies of Doughton's letters as well as the letters addressed to him. Frequently, the carbon of his reply was clipped to a letter he received.

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Folder 1a	Original finding aid
Folder 1	1911-1913
Folder 2	1914
Folder 3	1915-1919
Folder 4	1920-1921
Folder 5	1924
Folder 6-8 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8	1925
Folder 9-11 Folder 9 Folder 10 Folder 11	1926
Folder 12	1927
Folder 13-24 Folder 13 Folder 14 Folder 15 Folder 16 Folder 17 Folder 18 Folder 19 Folder 20 Folder 21 Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24	1928
Folder 25-39 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28 Folder 29 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35 Folder 36 Folder 37 Folder 38 Folder 39	1929
Folder 40-54 Folder 40 Folder 41 Folder 42 Folder 43 Folder 44 Folder 45 Folder 46 Folder 47 Folder 48 Folder 49 Folder 50 Folder 51 Folder 52 Folder 53 Folder 54	1930
Folder 55-78 Folder 55 Folder 56 Folder 57 Folder 58 Folder 59 Folder 60 Folder 61 Folder 62 Folder 63 Folder 64 Folder 65 Folder 66 Folder 67 Folder 68 Folder 69 Folder 70 Folder 71 Folder 72 Folder 73 Folder 74 Folder 75 Folder 76 Folder 77 Folder 78	1931
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Folder 1945	1953-1954
Folder 1946-1949 Folder 1946 Folder 1947 Folder 1948 Folder 1949	Undated speeches
Folder 1949a	Volume 1: "30th Anniversary of Service of Robert Doughton," (1940) Chiefly letters of tribute.
Folder 1949b	Volume 2: "42 years in Congress, 1911-1953" Chiefly letters of tribute.
Extra Oversize Paper Folder X-OPF-2862/1	Papers

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About 200 items.

Records, 1804-1940, of land transactions in the tri-county area of Alleghany, Ashe, and Wilkes counties, N.C., near Laurel Springs. All evidently pertain to land acquired by Robert Lee Doughton at some point.

Folder 1950	1804-1860
Folder 1951a-1952b	1861-1929
Folder 1953a-1953b	1891-1940

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About 45 items.

Typed copies of speeches and press releases of Robert Lee Doughton delivered during the 1930s and 1940s. Most of the items are commencement speeches.

Folder 1954-1955

Folder 1954

Folder 1955

Speeches and press releases

Folder 1956

Speeches (by others)

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28 items.

Miscellaneous letters and telegrams, chiefly pertaining to business dealings of Robert Lee Doughton. Included is a telegram from President Herbert Hoover, 17 November 1932, asking Doughton to attend a meeting concerning the war debt.

Folder 1957

Correspondence

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10 items.

Promissory notes of Robert Lee Doughton and other North Carolinians in the Alleghany, Ashe, and Wilkes County, N.C., areas. Promissory notes not relating to Doughton pertain to property owners whose land was acquired by the Senator at a later date.

Folder 1958

Promissory notes

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10 items.

Statements of account, receipts, wills, and stock certificates of Robert Lee Doughton and other North Carolinians of the Alleghany County, N.C., area.

Folder 1959

Miscellaneous financial and legal material

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8 items.

Diagrams of land in Alleghany County, N.C., relating to the property holdings of Robert Lee Doughton. Included are reports of the county surveyor as well surveys by private individuals.

Folder 1960

Land surveys

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13 items.

Chiefly clippings of articles from North Carolina newspapers at the time of the death of Robert Lee Doughton (1954). Included is an article from the Salisbury (N.C.) Evening Post, 9 October 1978, describing Doughton's success in bringing a Veteran's Administration Hospital to Salisbury.

Folder 1961

Clippings

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12 items.

Transcription Disc TR-2862/1	"Interview with Senator Doughton," WAYS (Radio), Charlotte, N.C., October 1952
Transcription Disc TR-2862/2-7 TR-2862/2 TR-2862/3 TR-2862/4 TR-2862/5 TR-2862/6 TR-2862/7	Speeches, audio Includes audio recordings of speeches made by Doughton and by Democrats of North Carolina's Ninth Congressional District, probably recorded in 1931.
Oversize Volume 3-6 Ovolume 3 Ovolume 4 Ovolume 5 Ovolume 6	Scrapbooks, 1933-1953 Scrapbooks chronicle Robert Lee Doughton's political activities for the years 1933 through 1953. While most of the clippings come from North Carolina newspapers, there are also articles from major American newspapers and magazines outside the state.
Image Folder PF-2862/1	Photographs Chiefly photographs of Robert Lee Doughton in his later years.
Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-2862/1	Photographs

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About 30 items.

Includes letters, 1947-1954, from Robert Lee Doughton to Laura Alice Thompson Reeves.

Folder 1962-1963

Folder 1962

Folder 1963

Letters to Laura Alice Thompson Reeves

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Photographs (PF-2862/1; OP-PF-2862/1)
Oversize papers (X-OPF-2862/1)
Transcription discs (TR-2862/1-7)

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Collection Number: 02862 Collection Title: Robert Lee Doughton Papers, 1913-1954

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Collection Number: 02862

Collection Title: Robert Lee Doughton Papers, 1913-1954