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Collection Overview
| Size | 5.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2400 items) |
| Abstract | The Orr and Patterson family joined two prominent families from South Carolina and Pennsylvania. Family members included J. L. (James Lawrence) Orr (1822-1873), state legislator, member of Congress, judge, governor of South Carolina, 1866-1868, and United States minister to Russia; his son-in-law, W. C. Patterson of Philadelphia, Pa., and Greenville, S.C., son of Colonel W. C. Patterson of Philadelphia; and Lawrence Orr Patterson (b. 1869), a civic leader of Greenville, S.C., and donor of the collection. The papers of the Orr and Patterson family are subdivided into four series. The J. L. Orr series, 1779-1892, includes business and family papers of Orr's ancestors in South Carolina; his political correspondence and congressional mail concerning American Indian affairs, political appointments, slavery, and secession for the pre-war period; scattered items during the 1860s; and, after 1870, family letters. The volumes series, 1850-1905, includes scrapbooks of Orr and Patterson family members and lettercopy books of W. C. Patterson. The W. C. Patterson series, 1836-1897, consists of the business and family correspondence of Colonel W. C. Patterson of Philadelphia, Pa., and W. C. Patterson Jr. of Philadelphia and Greenville, S.C. The business correspondence chiefly concerns properties in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minn. The Lawrence Orr Patterson series, 1881-1915, consists of correspondence relating to his work in Greenville, S.C., with civic and cultural organizations, athletics, local business and political matters, and prison reform as a member of the State Board of Charities and Corrections. |
| Creator | Orr (Family : Orr, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1822-1873)
Patterson (Family : Patterson, W. C. (William C.)) |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical Information
The Orr and Patterson family joined two prominent families from South Carolina and Pennsylvania. Family members included J. L. (James Lawrence) Orr (1822-1873), a state legislator, member of Congress, judge, governor of South Carolina, 1866-1868, and United States minister to Russia; his son-in-law, W. C. (William C.) Patterson Jr. of Philadelphia, Pa., and Greenville, S.C., whose father was Colonel W. C. (William C.) Patterson of Philadelphia; and Lawrence Orr Patterson (b. 1869), a civic leader of Greenville, S.C., and the donor of the collection.
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Scope and Content
The papers of the Orr and Patterson family are subdivided into four series. The J. L. Orr (James Lawrence Orr) series, 1779-1892, includes business and family papers of Orr's ancestors in South Carolina; his political correspondence and congressional mail concerning American Indian affairs, political appointments, slavery, and secession for the pre-war period; scattered items during the 1860s; and, after 1870, family letters. The volumes series, 1850-1905, includes scrapbooks of the Orr and Patterson families and lettercopy books of W. C. Patterson. The W. C. Patterson series, 1836-1897, consists of the business and family correspondence of Colonel W. C. Patterson of Philadelphia, Pa., and W. C. Patterson Jr. of Philadelphia and Greenville, S.C. The business correspondence chiefly concerns properties in Minneapolis, Minn., and Saint Paul, Minn. The Lawrence Orr Patterson series, 1881-1915, consists of correspondence relating to his work in Greenville, S.C., with civic and cultural organizations, athletics, local business and political matters, and prison reform as a member of the State Board of Charities and Corrections.
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Series 1. J. L. Orr, 1779-1892.
Arrangement: chronological.
Papers chiefly relate to James Lawrence Orr (1822-1873), legislator, member of Congress, Speaker of the House, member of conventions of 1860 and 1865, judge, governor of South Carolina, and United States minister to Russia. Papers, 1799-1844, relate to business and family of Asa Clinkscales, John Orr, Christopher Orr, and others, of South Carolina. Included are letters, notes, receipts, money orders, and other items. A group of papers relates to appointments of Clinkscales as surveyor in South Carolina court cases, Court of Common Pleas, in Anderson, S.C. Papers, 1844-1848, concern raising troops and a treaty with American Indians. Papers, 1849-1868, consist of letters from other members of Congress and the cabinet and other political leaders, relating to American Indian affairs, political appointments, slavery, secession, the Montgomery, Ala., convention, raising troops, post war conditions in Abbeville District, S.C., and land grant agricultural colleges in the South. Papers, 1870-1884, relate chiefly to family and include letters from children at school at Greenville College, Saint Mary's School in Raleigh, N.C., and the University of Virginia, and from family members living in Europe. Also included is a number of letters to Christopher H. Orr, an attorney, from business associates, concerning the "Columbus Democrat", and from women friends.
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Series 2. Scrapbooks and Lettercopy Books, 1850-1905.
Four scrapbooks belonging to members of the Orr and Patterson families and three lettercopy books of W. C. Patterson.
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Series 3. W. C. Patterson Papers, 1836-1897.
Arrangement: chronological.
Business papers and family correspondence of Colonel W. C. Patterson of Philadelphia, Pa., and W. C. Patterson Jr. of Pennsylvania and South Carolina. Also included are miscellaneous maps, postcards, calling cards, receipts, school materials, printed material, clippings, and advertisements.
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Series 4. Lawrence Orr Patterson Papers, 1881-1915.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence of Lawrence Orr Patterson, of Greenville, S.C., relating to the YMCA, libraries, concert series, and other civic and cultural organizations; lawn tennis and amateur baseball; national legislation and miscellaneous local business and political matters; and prison as a member of the State Board of Charities and Corrections.
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Series 5. Photographs.
| Image Folder PF-1413/1 |
Portraits #01413, Series: "5. Photographs." PF-1413/1 |
| Special Format Image SF-P-1413/1 |
S. W. Orr(?) #01413, Series: "5. Photographs." SF-P-1413/1Tintype |
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Items Separated
Processed by: Anna Brooke Allan, April 1960; N. Arnold, November 1979
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2005
Funding from the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., supported the encoding of this finding aid.
Note that series 1-4 were previously designated A-D.
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