Inventory of the Orr and Patterson Family Papers, 1779-1915

Collection Number 1413

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/

Descriptive Summary

Repository

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.

Creator

Orr family.
Patterson family.

Title

Orr and Patterson Family Papers, 1779-1915

Call Number

1413

Language of Materials

Materials in English

Extent

Items: About 2400

Linear Feet: 5.5

Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access

No restrictions.

Alternate Form of Material

Microfilm copy (filmed 1976) available.

Reel 1: Series A. J. L. Orr, 1779-1892
Reel 2: Series B. Volume 2: J. L. Orr Scrapbook

Acquisitions Information

Received from Lawrence Orr Patterson of Greenville, S.C., in November 1947, and Mrs. Lawrence Orr Patterson of Colorado Springs, Colo., in June 1954 and April 1955.

Processing Information

Processed by: Anna Brooke Allan, April 1960; N. Arnold, November 1979

Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2005

Funding from the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., supported the encoding of this finding aid.

Note that series 1-4 were previously designated A-D.

Additional Descriptive Resources

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Orr and Patterson Family Papers #1413, 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.

Civic leaders--South Carolina.

Family--Pennsylvania--Social life and customs.

Family--South Carolina--Social life and customs.

Governors--South Carolina--History--19th century.

Greenville (S.C.)--History.

Judges--South Carolina--History--19th century.

Legislators--South Carolina--History--19th century.

Minneapolis (Minn.)--Economic conditions.

Orr family.

Orr, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1822-1873.

Patterson family.

Patterson, Lawrence Orr, b. 1869.

Patterson, W. C.

Patterson, W. C., Jr.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.

Politicians--South Carolina.

Prison reformers--South Carolina.

Prisons--Law and legislation--South Carolina--History--20th century.

Real property--Minnesota--History--19th century.

Saint Paul (Minn.)--Economic conditions.

Scrapbooks.

Slavery--South Carolina.

South Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.

United States. Congress--Officials and employees.

Biographical Note

The Orr and Patterson family joined two prominent families from South Carolina and Pennsylvania. Family members included J. L. (James Lawrence) Orr (1822-1873), a state legislator, member of Congress, judge, governor of South Carolina, 1866-1868, and United States minister to Russia; his son-in-law, W. C. (William C.) Patterson Jr. of Philadelphia, Pa., and Greenville, S.C., whose father was Colonel W. C. (William C.) Patterson of Philadelphia; and Lawrence Orr Patterson (b. 1869), a civic leader of Greenville, S.C., and the donor of the collection.

Collection Overview

The papers of the Orr and Patterson family are subdivided into four series. The J. L. Orr (James Lawrence Orr) series, 1779-1892, includes business and family papers of Orr's ancestors in South Carolina; his political correspondence and congressional mail concerning American Indian affairs, political appointments, slavery, and secession for the pre-war period; scattered items during the 1860s; and, after 1870, family letters. The volumes series, 1850-1905, includes scrapbooks of the Orr and Patterson families and lettercopy books of W. C. Patterson. The W. C. Patterson series, 1836-1897, consists of the business and family correspondence of Colonel W. C. Patterson of Philadelphia, Pa., and W. C. Patterson Jr. of Philadelphia and Greenville, S.C. The business correspondence chiefly concerns properties in Minneapolis, Minn., and Saint Paul, Minn. The Lawrence Orr Patterson series, 1881-1915, consists of correspondence relating to his work in Greenville, S.C., with civic and cultural organizations, athletics, local business and political matters, and prison reform as a member of the State Board of Charities and Corrections.

Arrangement of Collection

1. J. L. Orr
2. Scrapbooks and Letter Copy Books
3. W. C. Patterson
4. Lawrence Orr Patterson

Items Separated

Oversize papers (OP-1413/1)
Oversize volumes (V-1413/S-1-4)
Photographs (P-1413/1)
Special format photographs (SF-P-1413/1)
Microfilm (M-1413/1-3)

Detailed Description of the Collection