Inventory of the Thomas Dillard Johnston Papers, 1828-1896
Collection Number 1777
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
- Johnston, Thomas Dillard, 1840-1902.
- Title
- Thomas Dillard Johnston Papers, 1828-1896 (bulk 1872-1878).
- Call Number
- 1777
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 700 items (1.5 linear feet).
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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 Thomas Dillard Johnston Papers, #1777, 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.
- American poetry--North Carolina--19th century.
- Asheville (N.C.)--History.
- Democratic Party (N.C.)--History--19th century.
- Dillard family.
- Johnston, Thomas Dillard, 1840-1902.
- Johnston, William.
- Law--Study and teaching--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Lawyers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- Pearson, Richmond Mumford, 1805-1878.
- South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Civilian relief.
- Spartanburg (S.C.)--Social conditions.
- Sunday schools--South Carolina--History--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Civilian relief.
Biographical Note
Thomas Dillard Johnston (1840-1902) was a lawyer and businessman of Asheville, N.C. Johnston held various political offices, including mayor of Asheville, 1868; state representative, 1870-1874; state senator, 1876; and United States representative, 1885-1889.
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The papers of Thomas D. Johnston consist chiefly of political and business correspondence in the 1870s when he was a leading Democratic member of the North Carolina legislature. Also included are Johnston's notes on the law lectures of Richmond Mumford Pearson; antebellum papers of his father, William Johnston of Waynesville in Haywood County, N.C., including a book of poems written to members of the family (on microfilm); minutes of the Spartanburg, S.C., Methodist Sunday School Relief Society, 1861-1863; a scrapbook, 1862-1864; and a typed copy of the Dillard family history. The collection does not relate to T. D. Johnston's career as a United States representative, 1885-1889.