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Size | 11.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3,000 items) |
Abstract | Robert W. Winston was a lawyer, North Carolina state legislator, judge, historian, and biographer. The collection comprises family, political, and professional correspondence. Papers up to 1881 are correspondence of Winston's father, Patrick Henry Winston (1820-1886), of Bertie County, N.C., concerning Whig politics, planting, and other matters. Included in this section are letters, 1854-1861, from R.W. Winston's uncle, Joseph R. Bird, United States Navy officer in California, Hawaii, China, and Japan. Also included are letters from another Bird uncle serving in the Confederate Army in Virginia, and letters from R.W. Winston's brother, George Tayloe Winston (1852-1932), while a student at the University of North Carolina, the United States Naval Academy, and Cornell University in the 1870s. The correspondence, 1881-1895, of R.W. Winston reflects his activities as a lawyer in Granville and Durham counties, N.C., railroad officer, Democratic candidate for public offices, and member of the North Carolina legislature in 1885. Correspondence, 1896-1944, is with nationally prominent persons about his biographies, autobiography, and other writings, and about public affairs. Family correspondence, 1881-1944, includes letters from R.W. Winston's brothers, G.T.; Patrick Henry Jr. (1847-1904), lawyer of Spokane, Wash.; and Francis Donnell Winston (1857-1941), judge of Bertie County; and of his sons, R.W. Winston Jr., a lawyer, including letters written while he was a soldier during World War I; and James Horner Winston (b. 1884), lawyer of Chicago, Ill. Also included are notes and source materials for various books, particularly biographies of Robert E. Lee, Andrew Johnson, and Professor Horace Williams; manuscript articles on historical, political, sectional, racial, religious, educational, and economic subjects; many clippings; and R.D. Winston's diary, 1932-1944, recording his reactions to and analysis of public events from World War I to World War II. The addition of 1987 contains letters to and items accumulated by Robert W. Winston, chiefly concerning legal and financial matters. Also included are letters related to the fundraising efforts associated with the establishment of the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University and six volumes, one of which is a ledger-like record of Winston's legal practice and five of which are his research notes for his biographies of Robert E. Lee, Andrew Johnson, and Jefferson Davis. |
Creator | Winston, Robert W. (Robert Watson), 1860-1944. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Robert W. Winston was a lawyer, North Carolina state legislator, judge, historian, and biographer.
Back to TopThe collection comprises family, political, and professional correspondence. Papers up to 1881 are correspondence of Winston's father, Patrick Henry Winston (1820-1886), of Bertie County, N.C., concerning Whig politics, planting, and other matters. Included in this section are letters, 1854-1861, from R.W. Winston's uncle, Joseph R. Bird, United States Navy officer in California, Hawaii, China, and Japan. Also included are letters from another Bird uncle serving in the Confederate Army in Virginia, and letters from R.W. Winston's brother, George Tayloe Winston (1852-1932), while a student at the University of North Carolina, the United States Naval Academy, and Cornell University in the 1870s. The correspondence, 1881-1895, of R.W. Winston reflects his activities as a lawyer in Granville and Durham counties, N.C., railroad officer, Democratic candidate for public offices, and member of the North Carolina legislature in 1885. Correspondence, 1896-1944, is with nationally prominent persons about his biographies, autobiography, and other writings, and about public affairs. Family correspondence, 1881-1944, includes letters from R.W. Winston's brothers, G.T.; Patrick Henry Jr. (1847-1904), lawyer of Spokane, Wash.; and Francis Donnell Winston (1857-1941), judge of Bertie County; and of his sons, R.W. Winston Jr., a lawyer, including letters written while he was a soldier during World War I; and James Horner Winston (b. 1884), lawyer of Chicago, Ill. Also included are notes and source materials for various books, particularly biographies of Robert E. Lee, Andrew Johnson, and Professor Horace Williams; manuscript articles on historical, political, sectional, racial, religious, educational, and economic subjects; many clippings; and R.D. Winston's diary, 1932-1944, recording his reactions to and analysis of public events from World War I to World War II. The addition of 1987 contains letters to and items accumulated by Robert W. Winston, chiefly concerning legal and financial matters. Also included are letters related to the fundraising efforts associated with the establishment of the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University and six volumes, one of which is a ledger-like record of Winston's legal practice and five of which are his research notes for his biographies of Robert E. Lee, Andrew Johnson, and Jefferson Davis.
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Arrangement: by subject.
Arrangement: by subject.
Arrangement: Roughly by subject.
Image Folder PF-2369/1 |
Eight photographs #02369, Series: "4. Pictures." PF-2369/1Includes photographs of Robert W. Winston and various acquaintances and colleagues. |
Image Folder PF-2369/2 |
Four photographs #02369, Series: "4. Pictures." PF-2369/2Photographs of four different African-Americans. Two are unidentified. One is identified as "Lucy Stone, His Faithful Slave," and one is identified as "Aunt Harriet." |
Image Folder PF-2369/3 |
Six photographs #02369, Series: "4. Pictures." PF-2369/3Includes photographs of Robert W. Winston and various others. |
Image Folder PF-2369/4 |
Fifteen photographs #02369, Series: "4. Pictures." PF-2369/4All are of Robert W. Winston, in various locations. |
Image Folder PF-2369/5 |
Fourteen photographs and two silhouettes from a photograph #02369, Series: "4. Pictures." PF-2369/5Silhouettes are of Robert W. Winston. Photographs depict Winston, a boy identified as Robert Lee Brown(?), an unidentified woman, several unidentified colleagues, and "Oscar Leighton, Camden, S.C." |
Image Folder PF-2369/6 |
Pencil sketch and four photographs #02369, Series: "4. Pictures." PF-2369/6Pencil sketch is of Robert W. Winston. Photographs show Winston with unidentified others, Ambassador and Mrs. Josephus Daniels, a portrait of Robert E. Lee, and Seaman A. Knapp. |
Image Folder PF-2369/7 |
Eight photographs #02369, Series: "4. Pictures." PF-2369/7Included are photographs of "Lt. Col. Byrd," several Winston family members, Daniel Augustus Tompkins, and a house in Arlington (Va.?), presumably belonging to the Winstons. |
Special Format Image SF-P-2369/1 |
Tintype of an unidentified boy #02369, Series: "4. Pictures." SF-P-2369/1 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Arrangement: chronologically by type of document.
Arrangement: alphabetically by individual or organization, and chronologically within the same.
Letters from Margaret Bagley to Robert W. Winston, regarding her property in Apex, N.C., and other places.
Letters from Winston to this Durham law firm and to him from the firm, chiefly from Victor S. Bryant, on legal and financial matters.
Letters from Hicks (a Durham farmer who appears to have used his land, buildings, and animals as collateral for loans from Winston) to Winston and from Winston and his son, Robert W. Winston Jr., to Hicks. Also included are legal papers concerning Winston's financial arrangements with Hicks.
Folder 195 |
L.C. Hicks correspondence, 1919-1924 #02369, Subseries: "L.C. Hicks correspondence, 1919-1924" Folder 195 |
Chiefly letters between Winston and his son concerning their financial arrangements with Horton, who put up her life insurance policy as collateral for money advanced her by the Winstons to cover her property taxes in Raleigh.
Folder 196 |
Carrie E. Horton correspondence, 1933-1934 #02369, Subseries: "Carrie E. Horton correspondence, 1933-1934" Folder 196 |
Chiefly letters from this Raleigh lawyer to Winston concerning financial matters and timber and property transactions in Chatham County, N.C.
Folder 197 |
1924-1936 #02369, Subseries: "James C. Little correspondence, 1924-1941" Folder 197 |
Folder 198 |
1937-1941 #02369, Subseries: "James C. Little correspondence, 1924-1941" Folder 198 |
Legal and financial papers concerning the financial arrangements between Winston and Norwood, a resident of Raleigh, N.C.
Folder 199 |
William H. Norwood papers, 1919-1926 #02369, Subseries: "William H. Norwood papers, 1919-1926" Folder 199 |
Chiefly letters to Winston from this Durham attorney concerning the latter's loan from Winston as well as other legal and financial matters.
Financial and legal papers concerning a bond issue for sewers by this town.
Folder 218 |
Zebulon, N.C. papers #02369, Subseries: "Zebulon, N.C. papers" Folder 218 |
Processed by: SHC Staff, December 1991
Encoded by: Kathryn Michaelis, April 2010
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