Inventory of the Thaddeus Shaw Page Papers, 1911-1973

Collection Number 3848


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Related Material
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
Page, Thaddeus Shaw, 1890-1973.
Title
Thaddeus Shaw Page Papers, 1911-1973.
Call Number
3848
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 1,200 items (9.0 linear feet).
Abstract
Papers of Thaddeus Shaw Page, including correspondence documenting Page's career as secretary to North Carolina Senator Josiah W. Bailey, 1930-1935; assistant to Archivist of the United States R. D. W. Connor, 1935-1943; administrator at the National Archives, 1943-1960; and his service with the North Carolina Democratic Party. Topics of correspondence include organization, administration, and programs of the National Archives and North Carolinians seeking jobs in federal agencies. Also included are Page's daily work logs, 1936-1951; minutes of the Archives Advisory Council, Administrative Conference, and General Staff meetings, 1935-1936; a journal, 1935-1936, describing the development of the National Archives; and pictures, clippings, and other materials about the Victory Loan train of 1945.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1974
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 Thaddeus Shaw Page Papers, #3848, 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.

Archives--United States--History--20th century.
Bailey, Josiah William, 1873-1946.
Congressional secretaries--History--20th century.
Connor, R. D. W. (Robert Digges Wimberly), 1878-1950.
Democratic Party (N.C.)--History--20th century.
National Archives (U.S.)--History.
National Archives (U.S.)--Officials and employees--History.
Page, Thaddeus Shaw, 1890-1973.
Patronage, Political--North Carolina--History--20th century.
United States. Congress. Senate--Officials and employees--History--20th century.
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Related Material

R. D. W. (Robert Digges Wimberly) Connor Papers (#2427), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Josiah William Bailey Papers, Duke University Library, Durham, N.C.
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Collection Overview

Papers of Thaddeus Shaw Page, including correspondence documenting Page's career as secretary to North Carolina Senator Josiah W. Bailey, 1930-1935; assistant to Archivist of the United States R. D. W. Connor, 1935-1943; administrator at the National Archives, 1943-1960; and his service with the North Carolina Democratic Party. Topics of correspondence include organization, administration, and programs of the National Archives and North Carolinians seeking jobs in federal agencies. Also included are Page's daily work logs, 1936-1951; minutes of the Archives Advisory Council, Administrative Conference, and General Staff meetings, 1935-1936; a journal, 1935-1936, describing the development of the National Archives; and pictures, clippings, and other materials about the Victory Loan train of 1945.