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Size | 25.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 20,000 items) |
Abstract | John H. Small (1858-1946) of Washington, N.C., was a United States representative, 1899-1921, from North Carolina's First District, and Washington, D.C., attorney, 1921-1931. The collection is primarily congressional correspondence of Small, with some business and personal material. Correspondence concerns state and national Democratic politics, interests of constituents in northeastern North Carolina, major issues and events of the time, and local affairs of Beaufort County, N.C., in which Small was interested, particularly the public schools. Small's main legislative interest was water transportation. He was active in promoting river and harbor legislation, particularly the east coast inland waterway. Also included are lecture notes while he was at Trinity College, Randolph County, N.C., in 1874; a brief diary, 1879; and directors' and stockholders' minutes and financial reports, 1888-1910 and 1917-1925, of Branning Manufacturing Company, Chowan County, N.C., which was engaged in lumbering and the manufacture of shingles and staves. |
Creator | Small, John H. (John Humphrey), 1858-1946. |
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 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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John Humphrey Small (1858-1946) of Washington, N.C., was a United States representative, 1899-1921, from North Carolina's First District, and Washington, D.C., attorney, 1921-1931. Small ws educated at Trinity College and later taught school, 1876-1880, at Golden Valley in Rutherford County, N.C., and at Washington, N.C. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1881. He was editor and for a time owner of the Washington Gazette in the early 1880s. In 1881 he was elected reading clerk of the state senate and also became superintendent of public instruction of Beaufort County, N.C.; solicitor of the inferior court of Beaufort County, 1882-1885; attorney of the Board of Commissioners of Beaufort County, 1888-1896; city councilman, 1887-1890; mayor of Washington, N.C., 1889-1890; delegate to Democratic state conventions, 1889-1920; and presidential elector, 1896. He was married to Isabelle C. Wharton in 1890.
Small served in the United States Congress, 1899-1921. During this period he was also interested in farming, his law practice in partnership with Angus D. McLean, his school board work, and the development of the inland waterway from Boston, Mass., to Florida., railroad legal problems, and was a member of the National Rivers and Harbors Committee, 1916-1920. He was interested in the Rivers and Harbors bill, labor problems and Federal farm loan machinery, Federal Reserve System amendments, and World War I problems of transportation, emergency powers for the President of the United States, Naval militia federalization and appropriations, and other issues. He made a congressional trip of inspection to Asia in 1920.
After his retirement from Congress, Small practiced law in Washington, D.C.; was president of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, 1921; was a member of the state geological board; and was interested in promotion of the port of Wilmington, N.C., railroads, banking, economic conditions, aviation development, politics, and elections.
Back to TopThe collection is primarily congressional correspondence of John Humphrey Small, with some business and personal material. Correspondence concerns state and national Democratic politics, interests of constituents in northeastern North Carolina, major issues and events of the time, and local affairs of Beaufort County, N.C., in which Small was interested, particularly the public schools. Small's main legislative interest was water transportation. He was active in promoting river and harbor legislation, particularly the east coast inland waterway. Also included are lecture notes while he was at Trinity College, Randolph County, N.C., in 1874; a brief diary, 1879; and directors' and stockholders' minutes and financial reports, 1888-1910 and 1917-1925, of Branning Manufacturing Company, Chowan County, N.C., which was engaged in lumbering and the manufacture of shingles and staves.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1880-1899 |
Folder 2 |
1900 |
Folder 3 |
1901-1903 |
Folder 4 |
1905 |
Folder 5 |
1906 |
Folder 6 |
1907 |
Folder 7-9
Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9 |
1908 |
Folder 10 |
1909 |
Folder 11-12
Folder 11Folder 12 |
1910 |
Folder 13 |
1911 |
Folder 14-15
Folder 14Folder 15 |
1912 |
Folder 16-87
Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87 |
1913 |
Folder 88-185
Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144Folder 145Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162Folder 163Folder 164Folder 165Folder 166Folder 167Folder 168Folder 169Folder 170Folder 171Folder 172Folder 173Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179Folder 180Folder 181Folder 182Folder 183Folder 184Folder 185 |
1914 |
Folder 186-199
Folder 186Folder 187Folder 188Folder 189Folder 190Folder 191Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199 |
1915 |
Folder 200-268
Folder 200Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207Folder 208Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211Folder 212Folder 213Folder 214Folder 215Folder 216Folder 217Folder 218Folder 219Folder 220Folder 221Folder 222Folder 223Folder 224Folder 225Folder 226Folder 227Folder 228Folder 229Folder 230Folder 231Folder 232Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235Folder 236Folder 237Folder 238Folder 239Folder 240Folder 241Folder 242Folder 243Folder 244Folder 245Folder 246Folder 247Folder 248Folder 249Folder 250Folder 251Folder 252Folder 253Folder 254Folder 255Folder 256Folder 257Folder 258Folder 259Folder 260Folder 261Folder 262Folder 263Folder 264Folder 265Folder 266Folder 267Folder 268 |
1916 |
Folder 269-366
Folder 269Folder 270Folder 271Folder 272Folder 273Folder 274Folder 275Folder 276Folder 277Folder 278Folder 279Folder 280Folder 281Folder 282Folder 283Folder 284Folder 285Folder 286Folder 287Folder 288Folder 289Folder 290Folder 291Folder 292Folder 293Folder 294Folder 295Folder 296Folder 297Folder 298Folder 299Folder 300Folder 301Folder 302Folder 303Folder 304Folder 305Folder 306Folder 307Folder 308Folder 309Folder 310Folder 311Folder 312Folder 313Folder 314Folder 315Folder 316Folder 317Folder 318Folder 319Folder 320Folder 321Folder 322Folder 323Folder 324Folder 325Folder 326Folder 327Folder 328Folder 329Folder 330Folder 331Folder 332Folder 333Folder 334Folder 335Folder 336Folder 337Folder 338Folder 339Folder 340Folder 341Folder 342Folder 343Folder 344Folder 345Folder 346Folder 347Folder 348Folder 349Folder 350Folder 351Folder 352Folder 353Folder 354Folder 355Folder 356Folder 357Folder 358Folder 359Folder 360Folder 361Folder 362Folder 363Folder 364Folder 365Folder 366 |
1917 |
Folder 367-447
Folder 367Folder 368Folder 369Folder 370Folder 371Folder 372Folder 373Folder 374Folder 375Folder 376Folder 377Folder 378Folder 379Folder 380Folder 381Folder 382Folder 383Folder 384Folder 385Folder 386Folder 387Folder 388Folder 389Folder 390Folder 391Folder 392Folder 393Folder 394Folder 395Folder 396Folder 397Folder 398Folder 399Folder 400Folder 401Folder 402Folder 403Folder 404Folder 405Folder 406Folder 407Folder 408Folder 409Folder 410Folder 411Folder 412Folder 413Folder 414Folder 415Folder 416Folder 417Folder 418Folder 419Folder 420Folder 421Folder 422Folder 423Folder 424Folder 425Folder 426Folder 427Folder 428Folder 429Folder 430Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433Folder 434Folder 435Folder 436Folder 437Folder 438Folder 439Folder 440Folder 441Folder 442Folder 443Folder 444Folder 445Folder 446Folder 447 |
1918 |
Folder 448-524
Folder 448Folder 449Folder 450Folder 451Folder 452Folder 453Folder 454Folder 455Folder 456Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460Folder 461Folder 462Folder 463Folder 464Folder 465Folder 466Folder 467Folder 468Folder 469Folder 470Folder 471Folder 472Folder 473Folder 474Folder 475Folder 476Folder 477Folder 478Folder 479Folder 480Folder 481Folder 482Folder 483Folder 484Folder 485Folder 486Folder 487Folder 488Folder 489Folder 490Folder 491Folder 492Folder 493Folder 494Folder 495Folder 496Folder 497Folder 498Folder 499Folder 500Folder 501Folder 502Folder 503Folder 504Folder 505Folder 506Folder 507Folder 508Folder 509Folder 510Folder 511Folder 512Folder 513Folder 514Folder 515Folder 516Folder 517Folder 518Folder 519Folder 520Folder 521Folder 522Folder 523Folder 524 |
1919 |
Folder 525-578
Folder 525Folder 526Folder 527Folder 528Folder 529Folder 530Folder 531Folder 532Folder 533Folder 534Folder 535Folder 536Folder 537Folder 538Folder 539Folder 540Folder 541Folder 542Folder 543Folder 544Folder 545Folder 546Folder 547Folder 548Folder 549Folder 550Folder 551Folder 552Folder 553Folder 554Folder 555Folder 556Folder 557Folder 558Folder 559Folder 560Folder 561Folder 562Folder 563Folder 564Folder 565Folder 566Folder 567Folder 568Folder 569Folder 570Folder 571Folder 572Folder 573Folder 574Folder 575Folder 576Folder 577Folder 578 |
1920 |
Folder 579-606
Folder 579Folder 580Folder 581Folder 582Folder 583Folder 584Folder 585Folder 586Folder 587Folder 588Folder 589Folder 590Folder 591Folder 592Folder 593Folder 594Folder 595Folder 596Folder 597Folder 598Folder 599Folder 600Folder 601Folder 602Folder 603Folder 604Folder 605Folder 606 |
1921 |
Folder 607-631
Folder 607Folder 608Folder 609Folder 610Folder 611Folder 612Folder 613Folder 614Folder 615Folder 616Folder 617Folder 618Folder 619Folder 620Folder 621Folder 622Folder 623Folder 624Folder 625Folder 626Folder 627Folder 628Folder 629Folder 630Folder 631 |
1922 |
Folder 632-647
Folder 632Folder 633Folder 634Folder 635Folder 636Folder 637Folder 638Folder 639Folder 640Folder 641Folder 642Folder 643Folder 644Folder 645Folder 646Folder 647 |
1923 |
Folder 648-662
Folder 648Folder 649Folder 650Folder 651Folder 652Folder 653Folder 654Folder 655Folder 656Folder 657Folder 658Folder 659Folder 660Folder 661Folder 662 |
1924 |
Folder 663-676
Folder 663Folder 664Folder 665Folder 666Folder 667Folder 668Folder 669Folder 670Folder 671Folder 672Folder 673Folder 674Folder 675Folder 676 |
1925 |
Folder 677-691
Folder 677Folder 678Folder 679Folder 680Folder 681Folder 682Folder 683Folder 684Folder 685Folder 686Folder 687Folder 688Folder 689Folder 690Folder 691 |
1926 |
Folder 692-707
Folder 692Folder 693Folder 694Folder 695Folder 696Folder 697Folder 698Folder 699Folder 700Folder 701Folder 702Folder 703Folder 704Folder 705Folder 706Folder 707 |
1927 |
Folder 708-730
Folder 708Folder 709Folder 710Folder 711Folder 712Folder 713Folder 714Folder 715Folder 716Folder 717Folder 718Folder 719Folder 720Folder 721Folder 722Folder 723Folder 724Folder 725Folder 726Folder 727Folder 728Folder 729Folder 730 |
1928 |
Folder 731-748
Folder 731Folder 732Folder 733Folder 734Folder 735Folder 736Folder 737Folder 738Folder 739Folder 740Folder 741Folder 742Folder 743Folder 744Folder 745Folder 746Folder 747Folder 748 |
1929 |
Folder 749-759
Folder 749Folder 750Folder 751Folder 752Folder 753Folder 754Folder 755Folder 756Folder 757Folder 758Folder 759 |
1930 |
Folder 760-773
Folder 760Folder 761Folder 762Folder 763Folder 764Folder 765Folder 766Folder 767Folder 768Folder 769Folder 770Folder 771Folder 772Folder 773 |
1931 |
Folder 774-786
Folder 774Folder 775Folder 776Folder 777Folder 778Folder 779Folder 780Folder 781Folder 782Folder 783Folder 784Folder 785Folder 786 |
1932 |
Folder 787-804
Folder 787Folder 788Folder 789Folder 790Folder 791Folder 792Folder 793Folder 794Folder 795Folder 796Folder 797Folder 798Folder 799Folder 800Folder 801Folder 802Folder 803Folder 804 |
1933 |
Folder 805-818
Folder 805Folder 806Folder 807Folder 808Folder 809Folder 810Folder 811Folder 812Folder 813Folder 814Folder 815Folder 816Folder 817Folder 818 |
1934 |
Folder 819-832
Folder 819Folder 820Folder 821Folder 822Folder 823Folder 824Folder 825Folder 826Folder 827Folder 828Folder 829Folder 830Folder 831Folder 832 |
1935 |
Folder 833-843
Folder 833Folder 834Folder 835Folder 836Folder 837Folder 838Folder 839Folder 840Folder 841Folder 842Folder 843 |
1936 |
Folder 844-860
Folder 844Folder 845Folder 846Folder 847Folder 848Folder 849Folder 850Folder 851Folder 852Folder 853Folder 854Folder 855Folder 856Folder 857Folder 858Folder 859Folder 860 |
1937 |
Folder 861-889
Folder 861Folder 862Folder 863Folder 864Folder 865Folder 866Folder 867Folder 868Folder 869Folder 870Folder 871Folder 872Folder 873Folder 874Folder 875Folder 876Folder 877Folder 878Folder 879Folder 880Folder 881Folder 882Folder 883Folder 884Folder 885Folder 886Folder 887Folder 888Folder 889 |
1938 |
Folder 890 |
1939 |
Folder 891 |
1940-1947 |
Folder 892-907
Folder 892Folder 893Folder 894Folder 895Folder 896Folder 897Folder 898Folder 899Folder 900Folder 901Folder 902Folder 903Folder 904Folder 905Folder 906Folder 907 |
Undated Material |
Folder 908 |
Volume 1: Student notebook, 1874, and diary, 1879, John H. Small |
Folder 909 |
Volume 2: Record book, Branning Manufacturing Company, 1888-1910 |
Folder 910 |
Volume 3: Record book, Branning Manufacturing Company, 1917-1925 |