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Size | 8.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 6,400 items) |
Abstract | Alexdander Boyd Andrews (1873-1946) of Raleigh, N.C., was a lawyer; active in the North Carolina and American Bar associations; chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina; Grand Master of Masons of North Carolina; amateur statistician; active member of the Roanoke Colony Memorial Association; and trustee of the University of North Carolina, East Carolina Teachers College, and Oxford Orphanage. The collection includes correspondence, autograph letters, and other papers of Alexander Boyd Andrews. The correspondence, chiefly 1911-1946, is with lawyers, judges, government officials in the United States and abroad, members of the Episcopal Church, newspaper editors, school administrators, and legislators. Subjects include Andrews's writings; his concern with gathering and disseminating information and statistics on legal education; his work on the American Bar Association committee on judicial salaries; adult illiteracy; the training of college teachers, including African Americans, in North Carolina; the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of North Carolina; the restoration of Fort Raleigh and a proposed monument to the Roanoake Colony; and other subjects of public concern and North Carolina historical interest. Included are four letters from William Howard Taft, 1921, 1923, and 1928. Also included are a scrapbook of clippings, composition notebooks with notes and references to Masonic history in North Carolina, and autograph letters collected by Andrews. The Addition of 1992 includes yearly files of correspondence, financial records, and other papers chiefly related to the Episcopal Church and North Carolina history. |
Creator | Andrews, Alexander Boyd, 1873-1946. |
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; Adam Fielding and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2011
Updated by: Laura Hart, May 2021
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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Alexdander Boyd Andrews (1873-1946) of Raleigh, N.C., was a lawyer; active in the North Carolina and American Bar associations; chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina; Grand Master of Masons of North Carolina; amateur statistician; active member of the Roanoke Colony Memorial Association; and trustee of the University of North Carolina, East Carolina Teachers College, and Oxford Orphanage.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, autograph letters, and other papers of Alexander Boyd Andrews. The correspondence, chiefly 1911-1946, is with lawyers, judges, government officials in the United States and abroad, members of the Episcopal Church, newspaper editors, school administrators, and legislators. Subjects include Andrews's writings; his concern with gathering and disseminating information and statistics on legal education; his work on the American Bar Association committee on judicial salaries; adult illiteracy; the training of college teachers, including African Americans, in North Carolina; the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of North Carolina; the restoration of Fort Raleigh and a proposed monument to the Roanoake Colony; and other subjects of public concern and North Carolina historical interest. Included are four letters from William Howard Taft, 1921, 1923, and 1928. Also included are a scrapbook of clippings, composition notebooks with notes and references to Masonic history in North Carolina, and autograph letters collected by Andrews. The Addition of 1992 includes yearly files of correspondence, financial records, and other papers chiefly related to the Episcopal Church and North Carolina history.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
This series contains correspondence, chiefly 1911-1946, with lawyers, judges, government officials in the United States and abroad, members of the Episcopal Church, newspaper editors, school administrators, and legislators. Subjects include Andrews's writings; his concern with gathering and disseminating information and statistics on legal education; his work on the American Bar Association committee on judicial salaries; adult illiteracy; the training of college teachers, including African Americans, in North Carolina; the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of North Carolina; the restoration of Fort Raleigh and a proposed monument to the Roanoake Colony; and other subjects of public concern and North Carolina historical interest. Included are four letters from William Howard Taft, 1921, 1923, and 1928. Also included is a scrapbook of clippings and an address book.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1899; 1911-July 1912 |
Folder 2-9
Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9 |
1 August-December 1912 |
Folder 10 |
1913-22 August 1921 |
Folder 11-12
Folder 11Folder 12 |
23 August-December 1921 |
Folder 13-34
Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34 |
27 January-Novemer 1922 |
Folder 35-36
Folder 35Folder 36 |
January-November 1923 |
Folder 37-45
Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45 |
February-19 December 1924 |
Folder 46-54
Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54 |
1925 |
Folder 55-77
Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77 |
1926 |
Folder 78-98
Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97Folder 98 |
1927 |
Folder 99-126
Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126 |
1928 |
Folder 127-155
Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144Folder 145Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155 |
1929 |
Folder 156-224
Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162Folder 163Folder 164Folder 165Folder 166Folder 167Folder 168Folder 169Folder 170Folder 171Folder 172Folder 173Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179Folder 180Folder 181Folder 182Folder 183Folder 184Folder 185Folder 186Folder 187Folder 188Folder 189Folder 190Folder 191Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207Folder 208Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211Folder 212Folder 213Folder 214Folder 215Folder 216Folder 217Folder 218Folder 219Folder 220Folder 221Folder 222Folder 223Folder 224 |
1930 |
Folder 225-267
Folder 225Folder 226Folder 227Folder 228Folder 229Folder 230Folder 231Folder 232Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235Folder 236Folder 237Folder 238Folder 239Folder 240Folder 241Folder 242Folder 243Folder 244Folder 245Folder 246Folder 247Folder 248Folder 249Folder 250Folder 251Folder 252Folder 253Folder 254Folder 255Folder 256Folder 257Folder 258Folder 259Folder 260Folder 261Folder 262Folder 263Folder 264Folder 265Folder 266Folder 267 |
1931 |
Folder 268-288
Folder 268Folder 269Folder 270Folder 271Folder 272Folder 273Folder 274Folder 275Folder 276Folder 277Folder 278Folder 279Folder 280Folder 281Folder 282Folder 283Folder 284Folder 285Folder 286Folder 287Folder 288 |
1932 |
Folder 289-300
Folder 289Folder 290Folder 291Folder 292Folder 293Folder 294Folder 295Folder 296Folder 297Folder 298Folder 299Folder 300 |
1933 |
Folder 301-323
Folder 301Folder 302Folder 303Folder 304Folder 305Folder 306Folder 307Folder 308Folder 309Folder 310Folder 311Folder 312Folder 313Folder 314Folder 315Folder 316Folder 317Folder 318Folder 319Folder 320Folder 321Folder 322Folder 323 |
1934 |
Folder 324-330
Folder 324Folder 325Folder 326Folder 327Folder 328Folder 329Folder 330 |
1935 |
Folder 331-343
Folder 331Folder 332Folder 333Folder 334Folder 335Folder 336Folder 337Folder 338Folder 339Folder 340Folder 341Folder 342Folder 343 |
1936 |
Folder 344-345
Folder 344Folder 345 |
1937 |
Folder 346 |
1938 |
Folder 347-369
Folder 347Folder 348Folder 349Folder 350Folder 351Folder 352Folder 353Folder 354Folder 355Folder 356Folder 357Folder 358Folder 359Folder 360Folder 361Folder 362Folder 363Folder 364Folder 365Folder 366Folder 367Folder 368Folder 369 |
1939 |
Folder 370-373
Folder 370Folder 371Folder 372Folder 373 |
1940 |
Folder 374-375
Folder 374Folder 375 |
March-December 1941 |
Folder 376-380
Folder 376Folder 377Folder 378Folder 379Folder 380 |
April-December 1942 |
Folder 381-385
Folder 381Folder 382Folder 383Folder 384Folder 385 |
1943 |
Folder 386-389
Folder 386Folder 387Folder 388Folder 389 |
February-December 1944 |
Folder 390-399
Folder 390Folder 391Folder 392Folder 393Folder 394Folder 395Folder 396Folder 397Folder 398Folder 399 |
January-November 1945 |
Folder 400-405
Folder 400Folder 401Folder 402Folder 403Folder 404Folder 405 |
January-November 1946 |
Folder 406-408
Folder 406Folder 407Folder 408 |
Undated |
Folder 409 |
Volume 1: ScrapbookClippings. |
Folder 410 |
Volume 2: Address book |
This series contains letters collected by Alexander Boyd Andrews for their autographs, correspondence between Andrews and various dealers regarding the purchase of autograph letters, and composition books with notes and references to Masonic history in North Carolina.
Box 17 |
Correspondence, 1931-1948; Autographs, 1802-1902 and undatedAutographs include Henry Dearborn, 16 August 1802; Zebulon Pike, 2 August 1811; Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst, 7 May 1829; Leonidas Polk, 4 January 1841; Thomas H. Burton, 20 December 1853; Braxton Bragg, 27 January 1855; George Peabody, 17 May 1856; Thomas Sully, 20 August 1859; Brigadier General S. A. W. Wood, 3 April 1862; Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, 15 March 1869; Ferdinand DeLesseps, 1870, 1877; Henry Godman Potter, 5 December 1902; William Jermyn Florence, undated. |
Autographs, 1678-1900Autographs include George Baillie, 1725; Francis Baring, 15 April 1845; S. Gould Baring, 3 May 1884; William Blackledge, 15 June 1816; John Broun, 18 June 1806; Charles, Duke of Brunswick, 28 June 1769; Ambrose E. Burnside, April 1880; Thos. G. Clemson, 1835; John Singleton Copley (Lord Lyndhurst), November 1841; Henry Dearborn, 4 June 1801, 15 May 1805; J. C. Dobbin, 2 November 1853; Charlotte Elliott, 5 February 1864; David Dudley Field, 20 May 1862 and undated; W. J. Florence, 17 October 1887; John Harvey, 1767; Julia Ward Howe, 20 April 1900; L. Q. C. Lamar, 19 May 1874; H. Leavenworth, 14 January 1831; Reverend John Mason, 1 April 1783; T. Moore, undated; E. B. Pusey, 21 November 1844; Jacob Read, 8 March 1807; Edward Ting, 1678; United States Army cadets, Thos. Radland, Chas. R. Vining, Wilson M. C. Fairfax, Nathaniel Hall Loring, 1819; copy of Kings council order removing embargo from colliers, 1778; J. W. Hayne, Confederate States of America, undated; David Dudley Field, undated. |
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Volume 1: Composition book, 1841-1864 |
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Volume 2: Composition book, 1865-1889 |
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Volume 3: Composition book, 1890-1904 |
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Volume 4: Composition book, undated |
Arrangement: chronological.
This addition chiefly contains correspondence and other materials relating to Andrews's career as a lawyer, amateur statistician, and philanthropist. Correspondence is organized in yearly files. Also included are financial records, papers relating to universities and colleges where Andrews worked or studied, other items chiefly related to the Episcopal Church and North Carolina history, and maps.