Inventory of the Isidor Rayner Papers, 1866-1921

Collection Number 2823


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
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
Rayner, Isidor, 1850-1912.
Title
Isidor Rayner Papers, 1866-1921.
Call Number
2823
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 400 items (1.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Scattered letters and speeches and 11 scrapbooks regarding the political and legal career of Isidor Rayner of Baltimore, Md., United States representative 1887-1889 and 1891-1895, and senator, 1905-1912. The scrapbooks contain clippings and other records of celebrated legal cases conducted by Rayner and his son William B. Rayner, including their defense of Admiral Winfield Scott Schley at a court of inquiry in 1901, and of their activities in state and national Democratic politics.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1952
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 Isidor Rayner Papers, #2823, 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.

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States--History--20th century.
Democratic Party (Md.)--History.
Democratic Party (U.S.)--History.
Lawyers--Maryland--History.
Maryland--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Maryland--Trials, litigation, etc.--History.
Rayner, Isidor, 1850-1912.
Rayner, William B., b. 1872.
Schley, Winfield Scott, 1839-1911.
United States. Congress. House--History--19th century.
United States. Congress. Senate--History--20th century.
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Collection Overview

Scattered letters and speeches and 11 scrapbooks regarding the political and legal career of Isidor Rayner of Baltimore, Md., United States representative 1887-1889 and 1891-1895, and senator, 1905-1912. The scrapbooks contain clippings and other records of celebrated legal cases conducted by Rayner and his son William B. Rayner, including their defense of Admiral Winfield Scott Schley at a court of inquiry in 1901, and of their activities in state and national Democratic politics.