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Size | 11.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3,000 items) |
Abstract | Robert W. Winston was a lawyer, North Carolina state legislator, judge, historian, and biographer. The collection comprises family, political, and professional correspondence. Papers up to 1881 are correspondence of Winston's father, Patrick Henry Winston (1820-1886), of Bertie County, N.C., concerning Whig politics, planting, and other matters. Included in this section are letters, 1854-1861, from R.W. Winston's uncle, Joseph R. Bird, United States Navy officer in California, Hawaii, China, and Japan. Also included are letters from another Bird uncle serving in the Confederate Army in Virginia, and letters from R.W. Winston's brother, George Tayloe Winston (1852-1932), while a student at the University of North Carolina, the United States Naval Academy, and Cornell University in the 1870s. The correspondence, 1881-1895, of R.W. Winston reflects his activities as a lawyer in Granville and Durham counties, N.C., railroad officer, Democratic candidate for public offices, and member of the North Carolina legislature in 1885. Correspondence, 1896-1944, is with nationally prominent persons about his biographies, autobiography, and other writings, and about public affairs. Family correspondence, 1881-1944, includes letters from R.W. Winston's brothers, G.T.; Patrick Henry Jr. (1847-1904), lawyer of Spokane, Wash.; and Francis Donnell Winston (1857-1941), judge of Bertie County; and of his sons, R.W. Winston Jr., a lawyer, including letters written while he was a soldier during World War I; and James Horner Winston (b. 1884), lawyer of Chicago, Ill. Also included are notes and source materials for various books, particularly biographies of Robert E. Lee, Andrew Johnson, and Professor Horace Williams; manuscript articles on historical, political, sectional, racial, religious, educational, and economic subjects; many clippings; and R.D. Winston's diary, 1932-1944, recording his reactions to and analysis of public events from World War I to World War II. The addition of 1987 contains letters to and items accumulated by Robert W. Winston, chiefly concerning legal and financial matters. Also included are letters related to the fundraising efforts associated with the establishment of the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University and six volumes, one of which is a ledger-like record of Winston's legal practice and five of which are his research notes for his biographies of Robert E. Lee, Andrew Johnson, and Jefferson Davis. |
Creator | Winston, Robert W. (Robert Watson), 1860-1944. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Robert W. Winston was a lawyer, North Carolina state legislator, judge, historian, and biographer.
Back to TopThe collection comprises family, political, and professional correspondence. Papers up to 1881 are correspondence of Winston's father, Patrick Henry Winston (1820-1886), of Bertie County, N.C., concerning Whig politics, planting, and other matters. Included in this section are letters, 1854-1861, from R.W. Winston's uncle, Joseph R. Bird, United States Navy officer in California, Hawaii, China, and Japan. Also included are letters from another Bird uncle serving in the Confederate Army in Virginia, and letters from R.W. Winston's brother, George Tayloe Winston (1852-1932), while a student at the University of North Carolina, the United States Naval Academy, and Cornell University in the 1870s. The correspondence, 1881-1895, of R.W. Winston reflects his activities as a lawyer in Granville and Durham counties, N.C., railroad officer, Democratic candidate for public offices, and member of the North Carolina legislature in 1885. Correspondence, 1896-1944, is with nationally prominent persons about his biographies, autobiography, and other writings, and about public affairs. Family correspondence, 1881-1944, includes letters from R.W. Winston's brothers, G.T.; Patrick Henry Jr. (1847-1904), lawyer of Spokane, Wash.; and Francis Donnell Winston (1857-1941), judge of Bertie County; and of his sons, R.W. Winston Jr., a lawyer, including letters written while he was a soldier during World War I; and James Horner Winston (b. 1884), lawyer of Chicago, Ill. Also included are notes and source materials for various books, particularly biographies of Robert E. Lee, Andrew Johnson, and Professor Horace Williams; manuscript articles on historical, political, sectional, racial, religious, educational, and economic subjects; many clippings; and R.D. Winston's diary, 1932-1944, recording his reactions to and analysis of public events from World War I to World War II. The addition of 1987 contains letters to and items accumulated by Robert W. Winston, chiefly concerning legal and financial matters. Also included are letters related to the fundraising efforts associated with the establishment of the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University and six volumes, one of which is a ledger-like record of Winston's legal practice and five of which are his research notes for his biographies of Robert E. Lee, Andrew Johnson, and Jefferson Davis.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Arrangement: by subject.
Folder 78 |
Winston family record |
Folder 79 |
Material for a book on Robert E. Lee |
Folder 80 |
Miscellaneous undated papers |
Folder 81 |
Undated Horace Williams material |
Folder 82-93
Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93 |
Miscellaneous undated papers |
Folder 94-96
Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96 |
Undated articles |
Folder 97 |
Articles, article fragments, and miscellaneous other papers |
Folder 98 |
Articles, speeches, memorial tablets, and miscellaneous other papers |
Folder 99 |
Fragments of a diary: "A Freshman at Sixty" |
Folder 100-103
Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103 |
Miscellaneous articles |
Folder 104 |
Miscellaneous bundled newspaper clippings |
Folder 105 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-2369/1 |
Clippings on Robert W. Winston |
Folder 106 |
Reviews of Robert W. Winston's books |
Folder 107 |
"Treasurer's Book" of an unidentified benevolent society, 1886-1891 |
Folder 108 |
Horace Williams clippings |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-2369/1 |
Oversize materials10 items. Folder includes a letter about the appointment of Robert W. Winston to the commission to preserve the birthplace of Andrew Johnson; a diploma from the Oriental Order of the Palm and Shell Sands for F. D. Winston; a document of the appointment of Francis D. Winston to the Peace and Preparation Congress of the nation Security League; a Commission of Francis D. Winston as the Judge of the 3rd Judicial District; a check to Francis D. Winston for the Democratic National Headquarters; a document to certify that Francis D. Winston was part of the Legal Advisory Board of Bertie County, N.C., during the War between the US and Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1917; a Doctor of Laws degree to Robert Watson Winston; a Doctor of Literature degree to Robert Watson Winston; and a certificate of honor to Francis D. Winston for his service as Chairman of Four-Minute Men of the Committee of Public Information. |
Arrangement: by subject.
Folder 109 |
Volume 1a: Student notebook, 1866-1867Contains quotations from various poems and other literary sources. |
Folder 110-116
Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116 |
Volumes 1b-7: Robert W. Winston journal and scrapbook, 1932-1944Seven bound volumes. |
Folder 117 |
Volume 8: Robert W. Winston ledgerContains notes on fees, cases, and financial arrangements. Also included are notes on slaves held by Winston's forebears and a Winston genealogy. |
Folder 118-119
Folder 118Folder 119 |
Volumes 9-10: Winston's notebooks containing citations and information on Robert E. Lee |
Folder 120 |
Volume 11: Winston's notes on Jefferson Davis and other topics |
Folder 121 |
Volume 12: Winston's notes on Andrew Johnson and other topics |
Folder 122 |
Volume 13: Winston's notes on various topics relating to the South and slavery |
Arrangement: Roughly by subject.
Image Folder PF-2369/1 |
Eight photographsIncludes photographs of Robert W. Winston and various acquaintances and colleagues. |
Image Folder PF-2369/2 |
Four photographsPhotographs of four different African-Americans. Two are unidentified. One is identified as "Lucy Stone, His Faithful Slave," and one is identified as "Aunt Harriet." |
Image Folder PF-2369/3 |
Six photographsIncludes photographs of Robert W. Winston and various others. |
Image Folder PF-2369/4 |
Fifteen photographsAll are of Robert W. Winston, in various locations. |
Image Folder PF-2369/5 |
Fourteen photographs and two silhouettes from a photographSilhouettes are of Robert W. Winston. Photographs depict Winston, a boy identified as Robert Lee Brown(?), an unidentified woman, several unidentified colleagues, and "Oscar Leighton, Camden, S.C." |
Image Folder PF-2369/6 |
Pencil sketch and four photographsPencil sketch is of Robert W. Winston. Photographs show Winston with unidentified others, Ambassador and Mrs. Josephus Daniels, a portrait of Robert E. Lee, and Seaman A. Knapp. |
Image Folder PF-2369/7 |
Eight photographsIncluded are photographs of "Lt. Col. Byrd," several Winston family members, Daniel Augustus Tompkins, and a house in Arlington (Va.?), presumably belonging to the Winstons. |
Special Format Image SF-P-2369/1 |
Tintype of an unidentified boy |
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 123 |
1901-1918 |
Folder 124 |
1920-1922 |
Folder 125 |
1923 |
Folder 126 |
1924 |
Folder 127 |
1925 |
Folder 128 |
1926 |
Folder 129 |
1927 |
Folder 130 |
1928 |
Folder 131-139
Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139 |
Folder numbers not used |
Folder 140 |
1929 |
Folder 141 |
January-August 1930 |
Folder 142 |
October-December 1930 |
Folder 143 |
1931 |
Folder 144 |
1932 |
Folder 145 |
January-May 1933 |
Folder 146-147
Folder 146Folder 147 |
August 1933 |
Folder 148 |
September-October 1933 |
Folder 149 |
1-8 November 1933 |
Folder 150 |
22 November-December 1933 |
Folder 151 |
January-March 1934 |
Folder 152 |
April-May 1934 |
Folder 153 |
June-July 1934 |
Folder 154 |
August-September and undated 1934 |
Folder 155 |
1935-1936 |
Folder 156 |
1937-1939 |
Folder 157 |
May 1940-1942 |
Folder 158 |
1943 |
Folder 159 |
February-December 1944 |
Folder 160 |
Undated 1944 and other undated |
Folder 161-164
Folder 161Folder 162Folder 163Folder 164 |
Sympathy correspondence, 1944 and undated |
Arrangement: chronologically by type of document.
Folder 165 |
Taxes and stock information, 1918-1922 |
Folder 166 |
Taxes and stock information, 1923-1928 |
Folder 167 |
Taxes and stock information, 1929 |
Folder 168 |
Taxes and stock information, 1930-1933 |
Folder 169 |
Taxes and stock information, 1934-1935 |
Folder 170 |
Taxes and stock information, 1936 |
Folder 171 |
Taxes and stock information, 1937 |
Folder 172 |
Taxes and stock information, 1938-1939 |
Folder 173 |
Taxes and stock information, 1940-1941 |
Folder 174 |
Taxes and stock information, 1942-1943 |
Folder 175 |
Taxes and stock information, 1944 and undated |
Folder 176 |
Insurance papers, 1892-1942 |
Folder 177-179
Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179 |
Deeds, mortgages, agreements, and legal opinions |
Folder 180 |
Miscellaneous financial and legal papers, 1919-1944 |
Arrangement: alphabetically by individual or organization, and chronologically within the same.
Letters from Margaret Bagley to Robert W. Winston, regarding her property in Apex, N.C., and other places.
Folder 181 |
February-May 1922 |
Folder 182 |
June-December 1922 |
Folder 183 |
1923-1924 |
Folder 184 |
1925 |
Folder 185 |
1926 |
Folder 186 |
1927 |
Folder 187 |
1928 |
Folder 188 |
January-June 1929 |
Folder 189 |
July-December 1929 |
Folder 190 |
1930-1931 and undated |
Letters from Winston to this Durham law firm and to him from the firm, chiefly from Victor S. Bryant, on legal and financial matters.
Folder 191 |
February-March 1922 |
Folder 192 |
April-May 1922 |
Folder 193 |
June-August 1922 |
Folder 194 |
September-October 1922 |
Letters from Hicks (a Durham farmer who appears to have used his land, buildings, and animals as collateral for loans from Winston) to Winston and from Winston and his son, Robert W. Winston Jr., to Hicks. Also included are legal papers concerning Winston's financial arrangements with Hicks.
Folder 195 |
L.C. Hicks correspondence, 1919-1924 |
Chiefly letters between Winston and his son concerning their financial arrangements with Horton, who put up her life insurance policy as collateral for money advanced her by the Winstons to cover her property taxes in Raleigh.
Folder 196 |
Carrie E. Horton correspondence, 1933-1934 |
Chiefly letters from this Raleigh lawyer to Winston concerning financial matters and timber and property transactions in Chatham County, N.C.
Folder 197 |
1924-1936 |
Folder 198 |
1937-1941 |
Legal and financial papers concerning the financial arrangements between Winston and Norwood, a resident of Raleigh, N.C.
Folder 199 |
William H. Norwood papers, 1919-1926 |
Chiefly letters to Winston from this Durham attorney concerning the latter's loan from Winston as well as other legal and financial matters.
Folder 200 |
1920-1921 |
Folder 201 |
1922 |
Folder 202 |
1923-1927 |
Folder 203 |
1928-1934 |
Folder 204 |
March-April 1925 |
Folder 205 |
1-18 May 1925 |
Folder 206 |
19-31 May 1925 |
Folder 207 |
June 1925 |
Folder 208 |
July-August 1925 |
Folder 209 |
September 1925 |
Folder 210 |
October-November 1925 |
Folder 211 |
January-February 1926 |
Folder 212 |
March-April 1926 |
Folder 213-214
Folder 213Folder 214 |
Undated |
Folder 215-216
Folder 215Folder 216 |
Printed material |
Folder 217 |
Receipts and mailing lists |
Financial and legal papers concerning a bond issue for sewers by this town.
Folder 218 |
Zebulon, N.C. papers |