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Collection Number: 03365

Collection Title: Edmund Ruffin Beckwith Papers, 1753-1949

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This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

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Size 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1600 items)
Abstract Edmund Ruffin Beckwith (1890-1949) was a New York City lawyer. The collection includes papers accumulated by Edmund R. Beckwith while he was researching biographical information on his ancester, John Wright Stanly (1742-1789), merchant and Revolutionary patriot of New Bern, N.C. Included are papers of John Beckwith (1785-1870), physician of Raleigh, N.C., and Petersburg, Va., and his wife, Margaret, daughter of J.W. Stanly; papers of Harvey Stanly, Episcopal minister of New Bern and Elizabeth City, N.C., and Somerset County, Md., of his wife, Mary Ann, and of her father, C.R. Kinney (d. 1845), lawyer and legislator of Elizabeth City; scattered papers, chiefly typed transcripts and photocopies, of other members of the Stanly family; and correspondence, 1924-1949, of E.R. Beckwith and family members and research assistants about J.W. Stanly and his descendants.
Creator Beckwith, Edmund Ruffin, b. 1890.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Edmund Ruffin Beckwith papers #3365, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Mrs. Beckwith in 1958.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, February 1996

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

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Edmund Ruffin Beckwith (1890-1949) was a New York City lawyer.

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The collection includes papers accumulated by Edmund R. Beckwith while he was researching biographical information on his ancester, John Wright Stanly (1742-1789), merchant and Revolutionary patriot of New Bern, N.C. Included are papers of John Beckwith (1785-1870), physician of Raleigh, N.C., and Petersburg, Va., and his wife, Margaret, daughter of J.W. Stanly; papers of Harvey Stanly, Episcopal minister of New Bern and Elizabeth City, N.C., and Somerset County, Md., of his wife, Mary Ann, and of her father, C.R. Kinney (d. 1845), lawyer and legislator of Elizabeth City; scattered papers, chiefly typed transcripts and photocopies, of other members of the Stanly family; and correspondence, 1924-1949, of E.R. Beckwith and family members and research assistants about J.W. Stanly and his descendants.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence, 1753-1949.

About 1,200 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

The early correspondence consists chiefly of typed copies and photostats of letters of the Stanly family. Beginning in 1832, there are papers of C.R. Kinney, lawyer of Elizabeth City, N.C., and his son-in-law, Harvey Stanly, Episcopal minister and grandson of John Wright Stanly. After Kinney's death in 1845, the letters are those of other members of the Stanly family. In 1924, Beckwith began work on Stanly and letters consist of correspondence connected with his research.

Folder 1

1753-1783

Folder 2

1784-1789

Folder 3

1790-1800

Folder 4

1802-1827

Folder 5

1832-1833

Folder 6

1835-1838

Folder 7

1839-1840

Folder 8

1841-1842

Folder 9

1843 January-May

Folder 10

1843 June-September

Folder 11

1843 October-December

Folder 12

1844

Folder 13

1845

Folder 14

1846-1883

Folder 15

1890-1923

Folder 16

1924-1931

Folder 17

1933 January-March

Folder 18

1933 April-19 May

Folder 19

1933 20-31 May

Folder 20-22

Folder 20

Folder 21

Folder 22

1933 June

Folder 23-24

Folder 23

Folder 24

1933 July

Folder 25

1933 August

Folder 26

1933 September

Folder 27

1933 October

Folder 28

1933 November-December

Folder 29

1934 January

Folder 30

1934 February-March

Folder 31

1934 April

Folder 32

1934 May

Folder 33

1934 June-July

Folder 34

1934 August-December

Folder 35

1935

Folder 36

1936-1938

Folder 37

1937-1948

Folder 38

1949

Folder 39-42

Folder 39

Folder 40

Folder 41

Folder 42

Undated

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About 400 items.

These papers include research materials, such as index cards, and clippings pertaining to Beckwith's biography of Stanly.

Folder 43

Whitford narrative

Folder 44

Clippings, maps

Folder 45

John Wright Stanly biography (fragment)

Folder 46

Genealogical sheets

Folder 47-50

Folder 47

Folder 48

Folder 49

Folder 50

Index cards

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26 items.

Arrangement: topical.

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Portraits of Codgell and Stanly family members.

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Stanly Mansion, Newbern, N.C.

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Heirlooms of the Stanly and Beckwith families.

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