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Size | 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1200 items) |
Abstract | Jesse Francis Stallings (1856-1928) was a lawyer and Democratic Party leader of Birmingham, Ala.; United States representative, 1893-1901; secretary-treasurer of Alabama Coal and Coke Co., 1912; and president of Lincoln Reserve Life Insurance Co., 1912-1928. The collection includes political, personal, and business correspondence of Stallings. Few papers concern Stallings's service in Congress. The bulk of the papers concern Alabama politics, particularly Stallings's unsuccessful campaign for the United States Senate in 1906 and his activities as chairman of the state Democratic Party campaign committee in 1910. Other papers relate to personal matters and to the affairs of the Alabama Coal and Coke Company. |
Creator | Stallings, Jesse Francis, 1856-1928. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Jesse Francis Stallings (1856-1928) was a lawyer and Democratic Party leader, of Birmingham, Ala.; United States representative, 1893-1901; secretary-treasurer of Alabama Coal and Coke Co., 1912; and president of Lincoln Reserve Life Insurance Co., 1912-1928.
Back to TopThe collection includes political, personal, and business correspondence of Jesse Francis Stallings. Few papers concern Stallings's service in Congress. The bulk of the papers concern Alabama politics, particularly Stallings's unsuccessful campaign for the United States Senate in 1906 and his activities as chairman of the state Democratic Party campaign committee in 1910. Other papers relate to personal matters and to the affairs of the Alabama Coal and Coke Company. The earliest papers include business correspondence of T. B. Stallings, especially while he was with the Navy Department in Washington, D.C.
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