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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 50 items) |
Abstract | Walter Clark (1846-1924) was a Confederate soldier, orator, historian, and chief justice of North Carolina. The collection includes scattered papers including speeches on political, religious, and civic occasions; miscellaneous literary writings; notes concerning legal rights of women; bills from a European trip, 1881; clippings; and miscellaneous other papers of Clark. Included is a letter, 1889, from William Jennings Bryan to Clark about the popular election of judges and senators and the Philippines. Also included are Civil War reminiscences by two North Carolina women. One of these, handwritten with typed transcription, is unascribed; it was written about experiences in Hillsborough, N.C. The other, typescript only, is apparently by a Mrs. Wiswall of Washington, N.C. |
Creator | Clark, Walter, 1846-1924. |
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 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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Walter Clark (1846-1924) was born in Halifax County, N.C. He served in the Civil War with the 22nd North Carolina Regiment, 1861-1862, and 35th North Carolina Regiment, 1862-1863. He resigned in early 1863 to pursue his education at the University of North Carolina. After his graduation, 1864, he returned to fight with the 70th North Carolina Regiment. After the war, Clark studied and practiced law. He was appointed judge of the superior and supreme courts of North Carolina, and later elected chief justice. He also sought the Democratic nomination to the United States Senate, 1912, and acted as an umpire in the National War Labor Board disputes, 1917-1918. He was married to Susan Washington Graham in 1875.
Back to TopThe collection includes scattered papers including speeches on political, religious, and civic occasions; miscellaneous literary writings; notes concerning legal rights of women; bills from a European trip, 1881; clippings; and miscellaneous other papers of Walter Clark. Included is a letter, 1889, from William Jennings Bryan to Clark about the popular election of judges and senators and the Philippines. Other correspondents include Charles B. Aycock, 1900, and William W. Holden, 1886. Also included are Civil War reminiscences by two North Carolina women. One of these, handwritten with typed transcription, is unascribed; it was written about experiences in Hillsborough, N.C. The other, typescript only, is apparently by a Mrs. Wiswall of Washington, N.C. There is also a long manuscript account of the Battle of Alamance.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1880-1920 |
Folder 2 |
Undated |
Folder 3 |
Writings |
Folder 4a |
Battle of Alamance (manuscript, p. 1-57) |
Folder 4b |
Battle of Alamance (manuscript, p. 58-115) |
Folder 5 |
Clippings |