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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 400 items) |
Abstract | Isidor Rayner (1850-1912) of Baltimore, Md., was a lawyer and United States representative 1887-1889 and 1891-1895, and senator, 1905-1912. The collection includes scattered letters and speeches and 11 scrapbooks regarding the political and legal career of Isidor Rayner. The scrapbooks contain clippings and other records of celebrated legal cases conducted by Rayner and his son William B. Rayner (born 1872), including their defense of Admiral Winfield Scott Schley at a court of inquiry in 1901, and of their activities in state and national Democratic politics. |
Creator | Rayner, Isidor, 1850-1912. |
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, July 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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Isidor Rayner (1850-1912) of Baltimore, Md., was a lawyer and politician. Rayner was educated at the University of Virginia and studied law in Baltimore. He served as a Maryland states legislator in the General Assembly, 1878-1884, and senate, 1884-1886, and as a United States congressman as a representative, 1887-1889 and 1891-1895, and senator, 1905-1912. He also served as attorney general of Maryland, 1899-1903, and as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1912. In 1901, he defended Admiral Winfield Scott Schley before the court of inquiry at Washington, D.C.
His wife was Frances Jane Bevan Rayner. Their son, William B. Rayner (born 1872), was also a prominent lawyer and Maryland politician.
Back to TopThe collection includes scattered letters and speeches and 11 scrapbooks regarding the political and legal career of Isidor Rayner. The scrapbooks contain clippings and other records of celebrated legal cases conducted by Rayner and his son William B. Rayner, including their defense of Admiral Winfield Scott Schley at a court of inquiry in 1901, and of their activities in state and national Democratic politics.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1894-1910 |
Folder 2 |
1911-1921 |
Folder 3 |
Certificates and commissions |
Folder 4 |
Certificates and commissions |
Folder 5 |
Invitations, programs, tickets, and other items |
Folder 6 |
Typed articles and speeches |
Folder 7 |
Political cartoonsIncludes political cartoons, some original, featuring Isidor Rayner. |
Folder 8 |
PicturesIncludes sketches and engravings of Theodore Roosevelt, Isidor Rayner, and Winfield Scott Schley. |
Folder 9 |
Volume 1: Scrapbook, 1888-1892Includes clippings concerning Isidor Rayner, his congressional race, speeches, and opinions. |
Folder 10 |
Volume 2: Scrapbook, 1895-1897Includes items related to court cases in which Isidor Rayner and William B. Rayner were professionally involved. |
Folder 11 |
Volume 3: Scrapbook, 1897-1899Includes press notices for legal cases of Isidor Rayner and William B. Rayner. There are also some political items. |
Folder 12 |
Volume 4: Scrapbook, 1899Includes cliippings, broadsides, form letters, pictures, telegrams, and other items related to Isidor Rayner's campaign for attorney general of Maryland. |
Folder 13 |
Volume 5: Scrapbook, 1901-1912Includes clippings on Washington, D.C., social events, the sinking of the Titanic, and the case of Winfield Scott Schley. |
Folder 14 |
Volume 6: Scrapbook, 1903-1910Includes political and legal clippings. |
Folder 15 |
Volume 7: Scrapbook, 1906-1912Includes political clippings. |
Folder 16 |
Volume 8: Scrapbook, 1910-1912 |
Folder 17 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-2823/9 |
Volume 9: Scrapbook, 1912-1913 |
Folder 18 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-2823/10 |
Volume 10: Scrapbook, 1912Items on the death of Isidor Rayner. |
Folder 19 |
Volume 11: Scrapbook, 1912Items on the death of Isidor Rayner. |
Image Folder PF-2823/1-2
PF-2823/1PF-2823/2 |
Photographs |