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[Identification of item], in the William W. Kitchin Papers, #4018, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Gift 1977-1988

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• Agriculture--North Carolina--History.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Governors--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Halifax County (N.C.)--History.
• Kitchen family.
• Kitchin, Musette Satterfield.
• Kitchin, William W. (William Walton), 1866-1924.
• Lawyers--North Carolina--History.
• North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• Political campaigns--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Texas--Social life and customs.

Landowner, lawyer, United States representative, 1897-1909, and governor of North Carolina, 1909-1913.

Personal, political, and professional correspondence concerning Kitchin's legal and political careers and his interests in the Kitchin family farms and property in Halifax County, N.C. Chief among the personal correspondence are letters from Kitchin's father, William Hodge "Buck" Kitchin, and his brothers, Sam, Claude, Arrington, and Paul, that provide detailed accounts of the Kitchin family farming enterprises and the financial arrangements among the brothers. There is correspondence between Kitchin and Musette Satterfield at Greensboro Female College, 1890- 1891, and after their marriage, 1892, and scattered letters from their children. The political correspondence concerns Kitchin's various campaigns for Congress. The correspondence for 1907-1908 is extensive and documents the effort Kitchin put into his 1908 campaign for governor of North Carolina. There is very little correspondence about the senatorial campaign of 1912 in which Kitchin was defeated by Senator Furnifold M. Simmons. Material concerning Kitchin's law practice includes an account book, 1889-1901, and four lettercopy books, 1893-1900. Also included are speeches, miscellaneous genealogical and biographical materials, and photographs. Volumes include account books and lettercopy books, three small diaries containing brief daily entries, February-November 1886, while Kitchin was in Chatfield, Tex.; notebooks containing clippings and notes for speeches; and an indexed volume of excerpts from the "Congressional Record."