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Size | 4.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 900 items) |
Abstract | Zeb Vance Walser (1863-1940) was a lawyer, public official, and historian of Lexington, N.C. The collection includes papers of Walser consisting chiefly of notes, writings, correspondence, and pictures gathered in biographical research in the 1920s about the North Carolina members of the Confederate Congress and other Confederate officials. There is also a small set of unrelated correspondence, chiefly letters from North Carolina and national political leaders, which includes a letter, 1918, from Theodore Roosevelt and three letters from Walter Clark. Volumes include ten books of Walser's lecture notes as a University of Michigan law student, 1885-1886; a book of official letters received while he was a deputy federal internal revenue collector at Lexington, N.C., 1891-1892; historical and political scrapbooks; and other items. |
Creator | Walser, Zeb Vance, 1863-1940. |
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, January 2010; Nancy Kaiser, January 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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Zeb Vance Walser (1863-1940) was a lawyer, public official, and historian, of Lexington, N.C. Walser was born in Yadkin College, N.C., to Burgess Gaither Walser and Francis Estelle Byerly Walser. He was educated at Yadkin College; the University of North Carolina, 1880-1884; and the University of Michigan Law School, 1884-1886. He began practicing law in Lexington, N.C., and was married in 1894 to Frances Estelle Adderton.
Walser served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, 1888-1890 and 1894-1896; North Carolina State Senate, 1896-1900; and as a North Carolina Supreme Court reporter, 1900-1905. He was also actively involved in the presidential campaigns of Charles Evans Hughes, 1916, and Leonard Wood, 1920.
Back to TopThe collection includes papers of Zeb Vance Walser consisting chiefly of notes, writings, correspondence, and pictures gathered in biographical research in the 1920s about the North Carolina members of the Confederate Congress and other Confederate officials. There is also a small set of unrelated correspondence, chiefly letters from North Carolina and national political leaders, which includes a letter, 1918, from Theodore Roosevelt and three letters from Walter Clark. Volumes include ten books of Walser's lecture notes as a University of Michigan law student, 1885-1886; a book of official letters received while he was a deputy federal internal revenue collector at Lexington, N.C., 1891-1892; historical and political scrapbooks; and other items.
Back to TopArrangement: by subject according the Walser's proposed chapter headings.
Includes correspondence, biographical sketches and photographs of Confederate congressmen, and genealogical material prepared and collected by Zeb Vance Walser for a proposed book on the Congress of the Confederate States.
Arrangement: alphabetical by North Carolina counties.
Includes correspondence pertaining to the production and distribution of "Congress of the Confederate States, 1861-1865."
Folder 40 |
Miscellaneous |
Folder 41 |
Alamance-Brunswick counties |
Folder 42 |
Buncombe-Cherokee counties |
Folder 43 |
Chowan-Davie counties |
Folder 44 |
Duplin-Greene counties |
Folder 45 |
Guilford-Jackson counties |
Folder 46 |
Johnston-Mecklenburg counties |
Folder 47 |
Mitchell-Pasquotank counties |
Folder 48 |
Pender-Rowan counties |
Folder 49 |
Rutherford-Union counties |
Folder 50 |
Vance-Yancey counties |
Folder 51 |
"Davidson County Court, The State vs. Jim a slave" |
Folder 56 |
Volume 1: Student notebook, Zeb Vance Walser, 1880-1881 |
Folder 57-67
Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67 |
Volumes 2-11: Student notebooks, Zeb Vance Walser, 1885-1886 |
Folder 68 |
Volume 13: Scrapbook, 1880-1887Includes historical, biographical, and political items. Also includes anecdotes, book reviews, and poems. |
Folder 69 |
Volume 14: Scrapbook, 1896 and 1898"Campaign Book" includes clippings, speeches, cartoons, and anecdotes dealing with state and national political campaigns. |
Folder 70 |
Volume 15: Letterbook, Zeb Vance Walser, 1891-1893Includes letters to Zeb Vance Walser as Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue at Lexington, N.C., from the Collector in Asheville, N.C., and the Agent in Greensboro, N.C. |
Folder 71-72
Folder 71Folder 72 |
Volumes 16-17: Letterbooks, Zeb Vance Walser, 1897-1900Includes copies of outgoing letters of Zeb Walser Vance while serving as Attorney-General of North Carolina, containing his opinions addressed to various judges and lawyers of North Carolina, also other matters pertaining to the office of Attorney-General. |
Folder 73 |
Volume 18: Ledger, 1905Includes accounts with North Carolina business firms and others. |
Folder 74 |
Volume 19: Collected anecdotes and poems, 1906 |
Folder 75 |
Volume 20: Farm book, Zeb Vance Walser,1907Includes clippings of suggestions and items of interest to farmers. |
Folder 76 |
Volume 21: Collection docket, 1908Almost entirely blank except for two cases. |
Folder 77 |
Volume 22: Minutes, Lexington City School Board, 1929-1930 |
Includes diplomas, commissions, appointments, and licenses, 1872-1916, of Zeb Vance Walser.
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-1074/1 |
Diplomas, commissions, and licenses |
Contains correspondence of Zeb Vance Walser, 1889-1920, including letters from North Carolina and national political leaders, especially North Carolina Republican chairmen. Among the correspondence is a letter, 1918, from Theodore Roosevelt and three letters from Walter Clark. There are also speeches and reports, biographical sketches, and clippings and other memorabilia. Also included are six scrapbooks, chiefly political, kept by Walser.
Folder 52-55
Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55 |
Correspondence and other papers, 1889-1920 |
Folder 78 |
Volume 23: Scrapbook, 1887-1888"Literary Scrapbook" includes clippings of interest to Zeb Vance Walser, many about Republican leaders, especially Abraham Lincoln, and Republican politics. Also includes orations and an index. |
Folder 79 |
Volume 24: Scrapbook, 1888-1898"Scrapbook of Politics" includes clippings about North Carolina and national politics, many referring to Zeb Vance Walser. Also includes excerpts from legislative journals, mainly speeches of Walser. |
Folder 80 |
Volume 25: Scrapbook, 1891"Literary Scrapbook" includes literary and other clippings, many biographies and speeches. Also includes clippings about politics and Zeb Vance Walser. |
Folder 81 |
Volume 26: Scrapbook, 1897-1912Includes political, biographical, and literary clippings, many about the 1912 presidential campaign. Also includes clippings about Zeb Vance Walser. |
Folder 82 |
Volume 27: Scrapbook, 1882-1918Includes political, biographical, and personal clippings, many related to the 1912 presidential campaign in North Carolina. Also scattered programs, invitations, political tickets, and other personal memorabilia. |
Folder 83 |
Volume 28: Scrapbook, 1914-1919Includes programs and other memorabilia, many related to the death of Theodore Roosevelt and the Roosevelt Memorial Association. Also includes clippings about North Carolina history and politics. |