Inventory of the Richmond Pearson Papers, 1852-1940

Collection Number 3647


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Collection Information


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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Pearson, Richmond, 1852-1923.
Title
Richmond Pearson Papers, 1852-1940 (bulk 1872-1912).
Call Number
3647
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 350 items (1.0 linear foot).
Abstract
Pearson, lawyer of Asheville, N.C., was United States consul in Belgium; Democratic North Carolina representative, 1884-1886; Republican United States representative, 1895-1899 and 1900-1901; consul in Genoa, Italy; minister to Persia, Greece, and Montenegro; and supporter of Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party campaign in 1912. Papers, chiefly 1872-1912, pertaining to Pearson's public activities, especially congressional campaigns, Republican-Populist fusion, and the Progressive campaign, with little on legislative and foreign service. Also included are Pearson's accounts as executor of the estate of his father, Richmond Mumford Pearson (1805-1878); and scrapbooks of clippings relating to a controversy over a stock and fence law and challenges to duels, and on Pearson's campaigns and legislative service.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy available of papers related to politics, 1895- 1902.
Acquisitions Information
Gift 1963
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 Richmond Pearson Papers, #3647, 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.

Democratic Party (N.C.)--History--19th century.
Dueling--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Estates (Law)--North Carolina.
Fences--Law and legislation--North Carolina--History--19th century.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Pearson, Richmond Mumford, 1805-1878.
Pearson, Richmond, 1852-1923.
Political campaigns--North Carolina.
Populism--North Carolina--History.
Presidents--United States--Election--1912.
Progressive Party (1912)
Progressivism (United States politics)
Republican Party (N.C.)--History.
Scrapbooks--North Carolina.
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Related Material

Richmond Mumford Pearson Papers (#584), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

Pearson, lawyer of Asheville, N.C., was United States consul in Belgium; Democratic North Carolina representative, 1884-1886; Republican United States representative, 1895-1899 and 1900-1901; consul in Genoa, Italy; minister to Persia, Greece, and Montenegro; and supporter of Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party campaign in 1912.

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Collection Overview

Papers, chiefly 1872-1912, pertaining to Pearson's public activities, especially congressional campaigns, Republican-Populist fusion, and the Progressive campaign, with little on legislative and foreign service. Also included are Pearson's accounts as executor of the estate of his father, Richmond Mumford Pearson (1805-1878); and scrapbooks of clippings relating to a controversy over a stock and fence law and challenges to duels, and on Pearson's campaigns and legislative service.