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Size | 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 500 items) |
Abstract | Nathan Shotwell was a Presbyterian minister who held pulpits in antebellum Virginia and North Carolina and in Tennessee after the Civil War. His son, Randolph Abbott Shotwell (1844-1885) was a Confederate officer, North Carolina editor, and politician prominent on the conservative side of Reconstruction. The collection contains personal correspondence, sermons, and notes of the Reverend Nathan Shotwell and correspondence and scrapbooks of his son, Randolph Abbott Shotwell. More than half the collection comprises manuscript sermons and sermon notes by Nathan Shotwell. Other papers include Nathan Shotwell's correspondence about church matters and with his relatives in Washington County, Pa., and in New Jersey. Randolph Abbott Shotwell's correspondence includes letters from Jonathan Worth, Zebulon Baird Vance, and others discussing Reconstruction politics in North Carolina and Shotwell's arrest in 1871 for Ku-Klux Klan activities. An undated letter to Shotwell from an unidentified correspondent details Ku Klux Klan activity in Gaston County, N.C. |
Creator | Shotwell (Family : Shotwell, Randolph Abbott, 1844-1885)
Shotwell, Nathan, 1806-1890. Shotwell, Randolph Abbott, 1844-1885. |
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, April 2009
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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Nathan Shotwell was a Presbyterian minister who held pulpits in antebellum Virginia and North Carolina and in Tennessee after the Civil War. His son was Randolph Abbott Shotwell.
Randolph Abbott Shotwell (1844-1885) was a Confederate officer, North Carolina editor, and politician prominent on the conservative side of Reconstruction. After the Civil War he became a member of the Ku Klux Klan and in 1871 was imprisoned in connection with Klan activities. He was subsequently pardoned by Ulysses S. Grant and returned to politics.
Back to TopThe collection includes personal correspondence, sermons, and notes of the Reverend Nathan Shotwell and correspondence and scrapbooks of his son, Randolph Abbott Shotwell. More than half the collection comprises manuscript sermons and sermon notes by Nathan Shotwell. Other papers include Nathan Shotwell's correspondence about church matters and with his relatives in Washington County, Pa., and in New Jersey. Randolph Abbott Shotwell's correspondence includes letters from Jonathan Worth, Zebulon Baird Vance, and others discussing Reconstruction politics in North Carolina and Shotwell's arrest in 1871 for Ku Klux Klan activities. An undated letter to Shotwell from an unidentified correspondent details Ku Klux Klan activity in Gaston County, N.C.
Back to TopSeries includes correspondence, sermons, notes, lectures, and clippings of Nathan Shotwell. Correspondence is chiefly on religious topics but there are also a few personal and buisiness letters. There is one letter, 1871, from Randolph Abbott Shotwell while imprisoned in connection with Ku Klux Klan activities.
Folder 1aa |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1a |
Introductory material |
Folder 1b |
1829-1839 |
Folder 2 |
1840-1859 |
Folder 3 |
1860-1930 |
Folder 4 |
Undated |
Folder 5-21
Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21 |
Sermons |
Folder 22-25
Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25 |
Clippings |
Series inlcudes correspondence and scrapbooks of Randolph A Shotwell. The correspondence is chiefly political, discussing taxes and Reconstruction in North Carolina and his arrest in 1871 for Ku Klux Klan activities. An undated letter to Shotwell from an unidentified correspondent details Ku Klux Klan activity in Gaston County, N.C. Among the correspondents are Johnathan Worth, Zebulon Baird Vance, Thomas F. Drayton, J. O. Graham, F. B. McDowell, Joseph H. Worth, W. L. McIntire, Henry K. Nash, Nathan Shotwell, Frances C. Fisher, Christian Reid, W. J. Green, E. J. Holt, M. McGehee, J. W. Harper, A. W. Graham, A. M. Scales, Walter Clark, and J. W. Blount.
Folder 26 |
1868-1879 |
Folder 27 |
1880-1885 |
Folder 28 |
Undated |
Folder 29 |
Volume 1: Scrapbook |
Folder 30 |
Volume 2: Scrapbook |
Folder 31 |
Volume 3: Scrapbook |
Folder 32 |
Volume 4: Scrapbook |
Folder 33 |
Volume 5: Scrapbook |