Inventory of the Claude Kitchin Papers, 1879-1923

Collection Number 406


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
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
Kitchin, Claude, 1869-1923.
Title
Claude Kitchin Papers, 1879-1923.
Call Number
406
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
30,000 items (25.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Claude Kitchin was a United States Representative from North Carolina. The collection includes Kitchin's office files while he served as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and House majority leader, particularly concerning his interests in the tariff, revenue bills, military defense, and opposition to United States entry into World War I. There are a few earlier papers, mostly concerning North Carolina Populist-Democratic politics, 1896-1898, the Democratic Party in North Carolina, and prominent national figures. Also included are speeches and petitions, House bills, clippings, letters of sympathy at his death, and notes and correspondence about Kitchin by Professor Alex Matthews Arnett (1888-1945).


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
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 Claude Kitchin Papers, #406, 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.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Arnett, Alex Mathews, b. 1888.
Democratic Party (N.C.)--History.
Kitchin, Claude, 1869-1923.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Populist Party (N.C.)--History.
Tariff--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Economic policy.
United States--History, Military--20th century.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means.
World War, 1914-1918--Participation, American.
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Biographical Note

Claude Kitchin (1869-1923) was a United States Representative from North Carolina.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes Kitchin's office files while he served as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and House majority leader, particularly concerning his interests in the tariff, revenue bills, military defense, and opposition to United States entry into World War I. There are a few earlier papers, mostly concerning North Carolina Populist-Democratic politics, 1896-1898, the Democratic Party in North Carolina, and prominent national figures. Also, speeches and petitions, House bills, clippings, letters of sympathy at his death, and notes and correspondence about Kitchin by Professor Alex Matthews Arnett (1888-1945).