Collection Number:
00175
Collection Title: Henry G. Connor Papers, 1744-1924
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival
material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are
physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available
through the World Wide Web. See the
Duplication Policy section for more information.
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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16.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 13,000 items) |
Abstract |
Henry G. Connor was a lawyer, legislator, bank president, and judge of Wilson, N.C. The collection consists chiefly of correspondence of Connor, particularly with his
wife and daughters, and with sons George Whitfield Connor, North Carolina Superior
and Supreme Court judge; H. G. Connor Junior, lawyer and legislator; and Robert Digges
Wimberly Connor, secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, professor
at the University of North Carolina, and later the first Archivist of United States.
Among other correspondents are many prominent lawyers and politicians of North Carolina,
lawyers and judges of other states, and descendants of William Gaston and John Archibald
Campbell, for whom Connor sought biographical information. The papers reflect the
views of a conservative Democrat active in the affairs of his state for many years.
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Creator |
Connor, Henry G. (Henry Groves), 1852-1924. |
Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language |
English |
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- Restrictions to Access
- No restrictions. Open for research.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Henry G. Connor Papers, #175, Southern Historical
Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
- Acquisitions Information
- Acquired 1950
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
- Sensitive Materials Statement
- Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or
confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy
laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. §
132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of
State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.).
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to
identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent
of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under
common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's
private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable
person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no
responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, April 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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The following terms from
Library of Congress Subject
Headings
suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the
entire collection; the terms do
not usually represent
discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or
items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's
online catalog.
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Campbell, John Archibald, 1811-1889--Biography.
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Connor, George Whitfield, 1872-1938.
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Connor, Henry G. (Henry Groves), 1852-1924.
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Connor, Henry Groves, 1876-1946.
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Connor, R. D. W. (Robert Digges Wimberly), 1878-1950.
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Gaston, William, 1778-1844--Biography.
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Lawyers--North Carolina--Political activity.
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North Carolina--Biography.
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North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
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O'Connor family.
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- See also William Gaston papers (#272); Robert Digges Wimberly Connor papers (#2427),
Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Henry Groves Connor (1852-1924) was a lawyer, legislator, bank president, and judge,
of Wilson, N.C. His sons were George Whitfield Connor, North Carolina Superior and
Supreme Court judge; H. G. Connor Junior, lawyer and legislator; and Robert Digges
Wimberly Connor, secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, professor
at the University of North Carolina, and later the first Archivist of United States.
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The collection consists chiefly of correspondence of Connor, particularly with his
wife and daughters, and with sons George Whitfield Connor, North Carolina Superior
and Supreme Court judge; H. G. Connor Junior, lawyer and legislator; and Robert Digges
Wimberly Connor, secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, professor
at the University of North Carolina, and later the first Archivist of United States.
Among other correspondents are many prominent lawyers and politicians of North Carolina,
lawyers and judges of other states, and descendants of William Gaston and John Archibald
Campbell, for whom Connor sought biographical information. The papers reflect the
views of a conservative Democrat active in the affairs of his state for many years.
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Henry G. Connor Papers, 1744-1924.
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