William L. Spoon Papers, 1858-1957 (bulk 1895-1920)

Collection Number: 04009

Collection Title: William L. Spoon Papers, 1858-1957 (bulk 1895-1920)

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Size	25.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 19,500 items)
Abstract	William L. (William Luther) Spoon (1862-1942) was a civil engineer and good roads advocate of Alamance County, N.C. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, writings, reports, blueprints, maps, and other papers of William Luther Spoon, his wife, Susan Addeline (Addie) Vernon Neville Spoon, their daughter, Nancy Miriam Spoon Alexander, and other members of the Shoffner, Spoon, and Neville families. Family correspondence includes letters between Spoon and his wife about their children, farm, saw and grist mill operations, and neighborhood affairs; letters from Spoon to his mother describing his work as a diamond drilling supervisor with the North Carolina Geological Survey, 1891-1892; and letters, 1916-1920, between the Spoons and their daughter, Nancy Miriam, when she was a student at Salem College. Spoon's professional correspondence with his supervisors, J. A. Holmes and Joseph Hyde Pratt of the North Carolina Geological Survey, and Logan W. Page, Vernon M. Peirce, and E. W. James of the Office of Public Roads, concerns his assignments, administrative matters, and expenses. Other papers relating to Spoon's career as an engineer include reports road crew supervisors made to him on road work and costs; Spoon's reports to the Office of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture, about trips he made promoting good roads; contractors' estimates for costs of road construction; diagrams, sketches, and notes concerning road construction projects; blueprints; and maps of the North Carolina highway system. Also included in the collection are genealogical notes; household account books; papers related to Spoon's education; a record book of the Woman's Home Missionary Auxiliary, Mt. Pleasant Church, 1910; photographs and negatives; and other miscellaneous papers and volumes.
Creator	Spoon, William L. (William Luther), 1862-1942.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the William L. Spoon Papers, #4009, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Frances Alexander (Mrs. B. J.) Campbell of Chapel Hill, N.C., August 1977, September 2017, and October 2017 (Acc. 103140, 103149, and 103153).

Additional Descriptive Resources: A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2010

Updated by: Jodi Berkowitz, September 2017

Updated by: Mary Oliva, September 2017

Updated by: Lydia Neuroth and Laura Smith, December 2017

Updated by: Rebeca Stubbs and Laura Smith, February 2022

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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William L. Spoon (1862-1942) was a civil engineer and good roads advocate of Alamance County, N.C. Spoon was the son of Georg Monroe and Nancy Stafford Spoon. Following the death of Georg Monroe Spoon during the Civil War, Nancy Stafford Spoon married Michael Shoffner, a farmer and miller of Hartshorn, Alamance County, N.C., on whose farm William L. Spoon spent his early youth. Spoon began his education in the public schools of Coble Township, later moved to the Oakdate Academy for one term and the Friendship School in Coble Township for two years. He turned to farming on his stepfather's land and taught in public schools in his neighborhood until 1886 when he entered a college preparatory course at Graham Normal College (later Elon College) at Graham, N.C. The following year, at the age of 25, he entered the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1891 with B.S. and B.E. degrees.

After graduation, Spoon served as an engineer with the North Carolina Geological Survey, supervising diamond drilling for coal and marble at various locations throughout the state, 1891-1892. He also surveyed and produced a map of Alamance County, N.C., 1893-1894. Following this venture, he entered into private road work, largely in Alamance and Orange counties, N.C.

In July 1895, Spoon went to Texas where he obtained a teaching position in the town of Moody. After summering in North Carolina, he returned to Texas in August but was forced to return again to North Carolina after failing to find work. Upon his return, he operated as an independent engineer until June 1897 when he became a road superintendent and county engineer for Alamance County, N.C., a position he held until January 1901.

During 1901 Spoon traveled in North Carolina and Tennessee as a salesman and road machinery-construction expert for the Good Roads Machinery Company of Kennett Square, Pa. Later the same year, he was with the Good Roads Train, staging road construction demonstrations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. In 1902 he engaged in private engineering work for Erwin Cotton Mills Company of Durham, N.C. He then received an appointment as a special agent for the United States Department of Agriculture Office of Public Roads, an affiliation he maintained with various promotions until April 1909. After leaving the Department of Agriculture, he became a highway engineer for the North Carolina Geological Survey and served as the highway engineer for Forsyth County, N.C., 1911-1913. He later returned to the office of Public Roads as a senior highway engineer, 1913-1920.

Though Spoon officially left federal service in 1920 and became a partner in the firm of Spoon and Lewis, Consulting Engineers, in Greensboro, N.C., he continued to receive assignments from the Office of Public Roads until 1931, when age regulations barred him from further service.

Spoon was married to Susan Addeline Vernon Neville (called Addie) in 1897. They had two children: Nancy Miriam and William Mozart. After Addie's death in 1936, Spoon married Ruth Baldwin in 1940. A daughter, Willie Ruth, was born in 1943, shortly after William L. Spoon's death.

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The collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, writings, reports, blueprints, maps, and other papers of William Luther Spoon, his wife, Susan Addeline (Addie) Vernon Neville Spoon, their daughter, Nancy Miriam Spoon Alexander, and other members of the Shoffner, Spoon, and Neville families. Family correspondence includes letters between Spoon and his wife about their children, farm, saw and grist mill operations, and neighborhood affairs; letters from Spoon to his mother describing his work as a diamond drilling supervisor with the North Carolina Geological Survey, 1891-1892; and letters, 1916-1920, between the Spoons and their daughter, Nancy Miriam, when she was a student at Salem College. Spoon's professional correspondence with his supervisors, J. A. Holmes and Joseph Hyde Pratt of the North Carolina Geological Survey, and Logan W. Page, Vernon M. Peirce, and E. W. James of the Office of Public Roads, concerns his assignments, administrative matters, and expenses. Other papers relating to Spoon's career as an engineer include reports road crew supervisors made to him on road work and costs; Spoon's reports to the Office of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture, about trips he made promoting good roads; contractors' estimates for costs of road construction; diagrams, sketches, and notes concerning road construction projects; blueprints; and maps of the North Carolina highway system. Also included in the collection are genealogical notes; household account books; papers related to Spoon's education; a record book of the Woman's Home Missionary Auxiliary, Mt. Pleasant Church, 1910; photographs and negatives; and other miscellaneous papers and volumes.

Contents list

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1. Correspondence, 1858-1958 and undated.
2. Miscellaneous Papers
2.1. Non-Professional Papers, 1797-1968.
2.2. Professional Papers, 1886-1936.
2.3. Printed Material and Photographs
3. Volumes, 1802-1942 and undated.
4. Maps, Blueprints, and Industrial Diagrams

Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence, 1858-1958 and undated.

About 16,000 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Includes personal and professional correspondence of William L. Spoon. Personal correspondence is chiefly between Spoon and his first wife, Susan Addeline Vernon Neville Spoon, during periods of seperation. Their letters discuss family matters; farm procedures, yields, and labor problems; saw and grist mill operations; and neighborhood affairs. There is little discussion in these letters of Spoon's work as a highway engineer. There are also numerous personal letters between Spoon and his mother Nancy Stafford Spoon Shoffner prior to his marriage. These describe his work as a diamond drilling supervisor with the North Carolina Geological Survey, 1891-1892, and his sojourns in Texas, 1895 and 1896. There are also letters between the Spoons and their daughter Nancy Miriam, during her childhood and while she was a student at Salem College, Winston-Salem, N.C. Also included in the personal correspondence, are scattered family letters to Nancy Stafford Spoon Shoffner and to Susan Addeline Vernon Neville Spoon. Among additional personal correspondents are Mary Jane Cheek, W. A. Erwin, LaCoste Evans, Caleb G. Cates, Cyrus Kehr, C. M. Scott, J. B. Robertson, J. E. Stafford, and Howard E. Rondthaler.

Professional correspondence is chiefly concerned with William L. Spoon's assignments, administrative matters connected to his position as a highway engineer, and his allocations and expenses. Among Spoon's regular correspondents are supervisors, J. A. Holmes and Joseph Hyde Pratt of the North Carolina Geological Survey, and Logan W. Page, Vernon M. Peirce, and E. W. James of the Office of Public Roads; his business partner, C.F. Lewis; and his patent lawyer, Cyrus Kerr. There are also several letters directed to county commissioners and to road machine and bridge construction firms, particularly the Good Roads Machinery Company of Kennett Square, Pa., and the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company.

Folder 1a	Original finding aid Includes genealogical charts for the Stafford-Isley families and Spoon-Neville families.
Folder 1	1858-1887
Folder 2	1888
Folder 3	1889
Folder 4	1890
Folder 5-8 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8	1891
Folder 9-14 Folder 9 Folder 10 Folder 11 Folder 12 Folder 13 Folder 14	1892
Folder 15-17 Folder 15 Folder 16 Folder 17	1893
Folder 18-19 Folder 18 Folder 19	1894
Folder 20-23 Folder 20 Folder 21 Folder 22 Folder 23	1895
Folder 24-32 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28 Folder 29 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32	1896
Folder 33-37 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35 Folder 36 Folder 37	1897
Folder 38-46 Folder 38 Folder 39 Folder 40 Folder 41 Folder 42 Folder 43 Folder 44 Folder 45 Folder 46	1898
Folder 47-54 Folder 47 Folder 48 Folder 49 Folder 50 Folder 51 Folder 52 Folder 53 Folder 54	1899
Folder 55-59 Folder 55 Folder 56 Folder 57 Folder 58 Folder 59	1900
Folder 60-71 Folder 60 Folder 61 Folder 62 Folder 63 Folder 64 Folder 65 Folder 66 Folder 67 Folder 68 Folder 69 Folder 70 Folder 71	1901
Folder 72-79 Folder 72 Folder 73 Folder 74 Folder 75 Folder 76 Folder 77 Folder 78 Folder 79	1902
Folder 80-89 Folder 80 Folder 81 Folder 82 Folder 83 Folder 84 Folder 85 Folder 86 Folder 87 Folder 88 Folder 89	1903
Folder 90-99 Folder 90 Folder 91 Folder 92 Folder 93 Folder 94 Folder 95 Folder 96 Folder 97 Folder 98 Folder 99	1904
Folder 100-113 Folder 100 Folder 101 Folder 102 Folder 103 Folder 104 Folder 105 Folder 106 Folder 107 Folder 108 Folder 109 Folder 110 Folder 111 Folder 112 Folder 113	1905
Folder 114-130 Folder 114 Folder 115 Folder 116 Folder 117 Folder 118 Folder 119 Folder 120 Folder 121 Folder 122 Folder 123 Folder 124 Folder 125 Folder 126 Folder 127 Folder 128 Folder 129 Folder 130	1906
Folder 131-164 Folder 131 Folder 132 Folder 133 Folder 134 Folder 135 Folder 136 Folder 137 Folder 138 Folder 139 Folder 140 Folder 141 Folder 142 Folder 143 Folder 144 Folder 145 Folder 146 Folder 147 Folder 148 Folder 149 Folder 150 Folder 151 Folder 152 Folder 153 Folder 154 Folder 155 Folder 156 Folder 157 Folder 158 Folder 159 Folder 160 Folder 161 Folder 162 Folder 163 Folder 164	1907
Folder 165-212 Folder 165 Folder 166 Folder 167 Folder 168 Folder 169 Folder 170 Folder 171 Folder 172 Folder 173 Folder 174 Folder 175 Folder 176 Folder 177 Folder 178 Folder 179 Folder 180 Folder 181 Folder 182 Folder 183 Folder 184 Folder 185 Folder 186 Folder 187 Folder 188 Folder 189 Folder 190 Folder 191 Folder 192 Folder 193 Folder 194 Folder 195 Folder 196 Folder 197 Folder 198 Folder 199 Folder 200 Folder 201 Folder 202 Folder 203 Folder 204 Folder 205 Folder 206 Folder 207 Folder 208 Folder 209 Folder 210 Folder 211 Folder 212	1908
Folder 213-233 Folder 213 Folder 214 Folder 215 Folder 216 Folder 217 Folder 218 Folder 219 Folder 220 Folder 221 Folder 222 Folder 223 Folder 224 Folder 225 Folder 226 Folder 227 Folder 228 Folder 229 Folder 230 Folder 231 Folder 232 Folder 233	1909
Folder 234-252 Folder 234 Folder 235 Folder 236 Folder 237 Folder 238 Folder 239 Folder 240 Folder 241 Folder 242 Folder 243 Folder 244 Folder 245 Folder 246 Folder 247 Folder 248 Folder 249 Folder 250 Folder 251 Folder 252	1910
Folder 253-279 Folder 253 Folder 254 Folder 255 Folder 256 Folder 257 Folder 258 Folder 259 Folder 260 Folder 261 Folder 262 Folder 263 Folder 264 Folder 265 Folder 266 Folder 267 Folder 268 Folder 269 Folder 270 Folder 271 Folder 272 Folder 273 Folder 274 Folder 275 Folder 276 Folder 277 Folder 278 Folder 279	1911
Folder 280	Material on Richard Neville Case, November-December 1911
Folder 281-302 Folder 281 Folder 282 Folder 283 Folder 284 Folder 285 Folder 286 Folder 287 Folder 288 Folder 289 Folder 290 Folder 291 Folder 292 Folder 293 Folder 294 Folder 295 Folder 296 Folder 297 Folder 298 Folder 299 Folder 300 Folder 301 Folder 302	1912
Folder 303-327 Folder 303 Folder 304 Folder 305 Folder 306 Folder 307 Folder 308 Folder 309 Folder 310 Folder 311 Folder 312 Folder 313 Folder 314 Folder 315 Folder 316 Folder 317 Folder 318 Folder 319 Folder 320 Folder 321 Folder 322 Folder 323 Folder 324 Folder 325 Folder 326 Folder 327	1913
Folder 328-346 Folder 328 Folder 329 Folder 330 Folder 331 Folder 332 Folder 333 Folder 334 Folder 335 Folder 336 Folder 337 Folder 338 Folder 339 Folder 340 Folder 341 Folder 342 Folder 343 Folder 344 Folder 345 Folder 346	1914
Folder 347-363 Folder 347 Folder 348 Folder 349 Folder 350 Folder 351 Folder 352 Folder 353 Folder 354 Folder 355 Folder 356 Folder 357 Folder 358 Folder 359 Folder 360 Folder 361 Folder 362 Folder 363	1915
Folder 364-377 Folder 364 Folder 365 Folder 366 Folder 367 Folder 368 Folder 369 Folder 370 Folder 371 Folder 372 Folder 373 Folder 374 Folder 375 Folder 376 Folder 377	1916
Folder 378-387 Folder 378 Folder 379 Folder 380 Folder 381 Folder 382 Folder 383 Folder 384 Folder 385 Folder 386 Folder 387	1917
Folder 388-395 Folder 388 Folder 389 Folder 390 Folder 391 Folder 392 Folder 393 Folder 394 Folder 395	1918
Folder 396-405 Folder 396 Folder 397 Folder 398 Folder 399 Folder 400 Folder 401 Folder 402 Folder 403 Folder 404 Folder 405	1919
Folder 406-412 Folder 406 Folder 407 Folder 408 Folder 409 Folder 410 Folder 411 Folder 412	1920
Folder 413	1921
Folder 414	1922
Folder 415	1923
Folder 416-419 Folder 416 Folder 417 Folder 418 Folder 419	1924
Folder 420	1925
Folder 421	1926
Folder 422-423 Folder 422 Folder 423	1927
Folder 424	1928
Folder 425	1929
Folder 426	1930
Folder 427	1931
Folder 428-429 Folder 428 Folder 429	1932
Folder 430	1933
Folder 431-432 Folder 431 Folder 432	1934
Folder 433	1935
Folder 434	1936-1937
Folder 435	1938
Folder 436	1939
Folder 437	1940
Folder 438	1941
Folder 439	1942
Folder 440	1947
Folder 441	1957
Folder 442-443 Folder 442 Folder 443	Undated
Folder 444	Fragments
Folder 445-446 Folder 445 Folder 446	Greeting cards
Folder 447-448 Folder 447 Folder 448	Invitations, announcements, and calling cards
Folder 449-450 Folder 449 Folder 450	Postcards
Folder 451-458a	1904 Letter of Inquiry: Good Roads Supporters
Folder 721	Personal correspondence, 1908, 1922-1923, and 1928-1932 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 722	Family correspondence with William L. Spoon, 1887-1890 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 723	Family correspondence with William L. Spoon, 1891-1898 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 724	Family correspondence with William L. Spoon, 1910-1936 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 725	Family correspondence, 1882-1899 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 726	Family correspondence, 1900-1906, 1917-1920, 1925, and 1934 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 727	Family correspondence, 1944, 1951, 1958, and undated Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 728	Professional Correspondence, 1882-1908, 1917-1920 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 729	Professional Correspondence, 1921-1922 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 730	Professional Correspondence, 1923 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 731	Professional Correspondence, 1931-1934 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 732	Professional Correspondence with C.F. Lewis, business partner, 1920-1922 and undated Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 733	Professional Correspondence with Cyrus Kerr, patent lawyer, 1922-1923, 1930, and 1932 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 734	Telegrams, 1893 and 1921-1923 Received as part of Acc. 103140.

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Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1. Non-Professional Papers, 1797-1968.

About 1,200 items.

Includes copies of William L. Spoon's writings, both literary and expository; items relating to his daughter Nancy Miriam's education; deeds, plats, and descriptions of land parcels owned by Spoon and his relatives; financial papers, including bills, receipts, tax returns, and material relating to Spoons' application for a Federal Farm Loan in the 1930s; genealogical notes on the Spoon, Stafford, Shoffner, Vogelman, Vestal, Isley,Ingle, Noe, and Greeson families; descriptions, diagrams, and letters patent for some of Spoon's inventions; legal papers; Alamance County (N.C.) Superior Court vouchers; copies of a few public highway bills presented to the North Carolina General Assembly; weaving patterns; and other miscellaneous items.

Folder 458b	Alamance County Superior Court Vouchers
Folder 459-464 Folder 459 Folder 460 Folder 461 Folder 462 Folder 463 Folder 464	Belles-Lettres, 1803, 1855-1932, undated
Folder 465	Bills and Legislation, 1903, 1911, undated
Folder 466-469 Folder 466 Folder 467 Folder 468 Folder 469	Deeds, 1851-1934
Folder 735	Deeds, 1815, 1897 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 470-471 Folder 470 Folder 471	Federal Farm Loan Materials, 1930s
Folder 472-530 Folder 472 Folder 473 Folder 474 Folder 475 Folder 476 Folder 477 Folder 478 Folder 479 Folder 480 Folder 481 Folder 482 Folder 483 Folder 484 Folder 485 Folder 486 Folder 487 Folder 488 Folder 489 Folder 490 Folder 491 Folder 492 Folder 493 Folder 494 Folder 495 Folder 496 Folder 497 Folder 498 Folder 499 Folder 500 Folder 501 Folder 502 Folder 503 Folder 504 Folder 505 Folder 506 Folder 507 Folder 508 Folder 509 Folder 510 Folder 511 Folder 512 Folder 513 Folder 514 Folder 515 Folder 516 Folder 517 Folder 518 Folder 519 Folder 520 Folder 521 Folder 522 Folder 523 Folder 524 Folder 525 Folder 526 Folder 527 Folder 528 Folder 529 Folder 530	Financial Papers, 1797-1968, undated
Folder 531	Genealogical Materials
Folder 532-533 Folder 532 Folder 533	Grade Reports, 1880-1891, 1895, 1912-1913, 1916-1920
Folder 720	Grade Reports, 1887-1891 Received as part of Acc. 103149.
Folder 744	Grade Reports and Student Essay, 1890 Received as part of Acc. 103153.
Folder 534-540 Folder 534 Folder 535 Folder 536 Folder 537 Folder 538 Folder 539 Folder 540	Inventions and Patents, 1887-1906, undated
Folder 541-545 Folder 541 Folder 542 Folder 543 Folder 544 Folder 545	Legal Papers, 1828-1932
Folder 736	Memorandum notebooks, 1885-1904, 1938, undated Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 546-562 Folder 546 Folder 547 Folder 548 Folder 549 Folder 550 Folder 551 Folder 552 Folder 553 Folder 554 Folder 555 Folder 556 Folder 557 Folder 558 Folder 559 Folder 560 Folder 561 Folder 562	Miscellaneous, 1882-1964, undated
Folder 737	Miscellaneous, 1892, 1904, 1928, undated Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 563-566 Folder 563 Folder 564 Folder 565 Folder 566	Plots and Land Descriptions
Folder 567-571 Folder 567 Folder 568 Folder 569 Folder 570 Folder 571	Public Writings, 1898-1939
Folder 572-577 Folder 572 Folder 573 Folder 574 Folder 575 Folder 576 Folder 577	School Materials, 1880-1892, 1916-1917, 1932
Folder 578-579 Folder 578 Folder 579	Weaving Patterns
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4009/1	Oversize Papers

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.2. Professional Papers, 1886-1936.

About 1,100 items.

Includes material relating to William L. Spoon's professional career as an engineer and good roads advocate, including reports, contractors' estimates, and other items.

Folder 580-584 Folder 580 Folder 581 Folder 582 Folder 583 Folder 584	Alamance County Highway Commission, 1920-1922, undated
Folder 738	Alamance County Highway Commission authorized payment, 1922-1923 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 739	Bidders proposals and notes, 1922-1923, undated Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 585-592 Folder 585 Folder 586 Folder 587 Folder 588 Folder 589 Folder 590 Folder 591 Folder 592	Itemized Reports of Work Done on Public Roads, 1911-1913
Folder 740	Miscellaneous Professional Materials, 1901-1903, circa 1921-1923, undated
Folder 593-602 Folder 593 Folder 594 Folder 595 Folder 596 Folder 597 Folder 598 Folder 599 Folder 600 Folder 601 Folder 602	Miscellaneous Road Materials, 1886-1936, undated
Folder 603-622 Folder 603 Folder 604 Folder 605 Folder 606 Folder 607 Folder 608 Folder 609 Folder 610 Folder 611 Folder 612 Folder 613 Folder 614 Folder 615 Folder 616 Folder 617 Folder 618 Folder 619 Folder 620 Folder 621 Folder 622	Patrolman's Semi-Monthly Reports to Engineer, 1916-1917
Folder 741	Purchase and Payment Receipts, 1921-1922 Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Folder 623-627 Folder 623 Folder 624 Folder 625 Folder 626 Folder 627	Road Reports, 1903-1912, 1926, undated
Folder 628-635 Folder 628 Folder 629 Folder 630 Folder 631 Folder 632 Folder 633 Folder 634 Folder 635	Sand-Clay Road Building, 1906, 1909, 1913, undated
Folder 636-639 Folder 636 Folder 637 Folder 638 Folder 639	Special Assignment Reports, 1907-1909, 1916
Folder 640-646 Folder 640 Folder 641 Folder 642 Folder 643 Folder 644 Folder 645 Folder 646	Spoon and Lewis Business Papers, 1922-1923
Folder 647-656 Folder 647 Folder 648 Folder 649 Folder 650 Folder 651 Folder 652 Folder 653 Folder 654 Folder 655 Folder 656	Supervisor's Reports, 1897-1900

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3. Printed Material and Photographs

About 650 items.

Includes obituaries of both William L. Spoon and his uncle William Luther Spoon Sr.; newspaper clippings about Spoon's work with the Good Roads movement; brochures, leaflets, postcards, and other items about Pilot Mountain, Surry County, N.C.; and other items.

Folder 657	Obituaries
Folder 658-659 Folder 658 Folder 659	Printed Material: Pilot Mountain
Folder 660-661 Folder 660 Folder 661	Clippings
Folder 662	Miscellaneous Printed Material
Folder 742	Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1942 and undated Received as part of Acc. 103140.
Image Folder PF-4009/1	William L. Spoon and members of his family
Image Folder PF-4009/2-14 PF-4009/2 PF-4009/3 PF-4009/4 PF-4009/5 PF-4009/6 PF-4009/7 PF-4009/8 PF-4009/9 PF-4009/10 PF-4009/11 PF-4009/12 PF-4009/13 PF-4009/14	Roads and road building
Image Folder PF-4009/15	Road building and prison laborers
Image Folder PF-4009/16	Engineering projects in the area of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.
Image Folder PF-4009/17-19 PF-4009/17 PF-4009/18 PF-4009/19	Scenes in Pilot Mountain, N.C.
Image Folder PF-4009/20-21 PF-4009/20 PF-4009/21	Miscellaneous identified scenes
Image Folder PF-4009/22	Inventions, apparently of William L. Spoon
Image Folder PF-4009/23	Unidentified individuals and groups
Image Folder PF-4009/24	Town and city scenes
Image Folder PF-4009/25-26 PF-4009/25 PF-4009/26	Towers and bridges
Image Folder PF-4009/27-28 PF-4009/27 PF-4009/28	Engineering plans
Image Folder PF-4009/29-30 PF-4009/29 PF-4009/30	Miscellaneous scenes
Image Folder PF-4009/31-40 PF-4009/31 PF-4009/32 PF-4009/33 PF-4009/34 PF-4009/35 PF-4009/36 PF-4009/37 PF-4009/38 PF-4009/39 PF-4009/40	Roads and road building
Image Folder PF-4009/41	Roads and automobiles
Image Folder PF-4009/42	Houses, barns, and other buildings
Image Folder PF-4009/43	Family photograph, 30 April 1901 Recieved as part of Acc. 103153
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4009/1	Participants in the Southern Appalachian Good Roads Convention, 1909
	Members of the University of North Carolina class of 1891
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-04009/2-3 XOPF-04009/2 XOPF-04009/3	Blueprints and landmaps

Expand/collapse Series 3. Volumes, 1802-1942 and undated.

160 volumes

The bulk of the volumes in this collection are memorandum books kept by William L. Spoon in which he jotted down random notes about his personal and professional life, including his activities, expenses, and itineraries, as well as notes on farm business and road construction. There are also a number of cross section and field books containing diagrams, sketches, and notes concerning specific road construction projects. Other volumes include auto mileage records; farm produce sales records; ledgers belonging to William Luther Spoon, Addie (Neville) Spoon, Nancy Shoffner, and Georg Spoon; professional expense records; records of diamond drilling progress in North Carolina; school notebooks; and time records. Miscellaneous volumes include genealogical notes; copies of lectures Spoon delivered; an address book of Addie (Neville) Spoon; a record of Pilot Mountain gate receipts for 1933; two household account books of Addie (Neville) Spoon; an inventory for the firm of Spoon and Lewis, 1938; record of the Woman's Home Missionary Auxiliary, Mt. Pleasant Church, 1910; and one printed volume of testimony in a 1905 lawsuit involving one of Spoon's patents.

Folder 668	Volume 1: Automobile Mileage Records, William L. Spoon, 1914-1915
	Volume 2: Automobile Mileage Records, William L. Spoon, 1916-1917
Folder 669	Volume 3: Automobile Mileage Records, William L. Spoon, 1935-1936
	Volume 4: Automobile Mileage Records, William L. Spoon, 1937
	Volume 5: Cross Section Book, Spoon and Louis, undated
Folder 670	Volume 6: Undated, location unspecified
Folder 671	Volume 7: Diary, William L. Spoon, 1917
Folder 672	Volume 8: Diary, William L. Spoon, 1919-1920
Folder 673	Volume 9: Diary, William L. Spoon, 1924 Includes intermittent notes on activities, the weather, road crews, and dairy sales. Also includes a list of United States Bureau of Public Roads Federal Districts, professional addresses, planting notes, and survey notes for Graham-Haw River Road.
Folder 674	Volume 10: Diary, William L. Spoon, 1927
Folder 675	Volume 11: Construction record for Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District, C. F. Lewis for Spoon and Lewis, 1933
Folder 676	Volume 12: Dairy records, Susan Addeline Vernon Neville Spoon, 1906
	Volume 13: Farm produce sales records, William L. Spoon, 1928-1930
	Volume 14: Farm produce sales records, Nancy Miriam Spoon Alexander, 1934-1938
Folder 677	Volume 15: Mileage records and road inspection notes, William L. Spoon, 1919-1934 Includes road inspection notes and bridge descriptions and diagrams for Craven and Halifax counties, N.C.
Folder 678	Volume 16: Notes on Phillips Chapel Road, Haw River, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, February 1922
Folder 679	Volume 17: Notes on Altamahaw Road-Rock Creek, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, July 1922
Folder 680	Volume 18: Notes on Graham, Swepsonville, and Bethany, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, July 1922
Folder 681	Volume 19: Transit survey notes for Alamance County, N.C., January 1923
Folder 682	Volume 20A: Survey of Alamance County, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, 1925
Folder 683	Volume 20B: Map survey of Alamance County, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, July 1925
Folder 684	Volume 21: Priliminary survey of the Town of Liberty, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, September 1925
Folder 685	Volume 22: Private property surveys, Spoon and Lewis, 1926-1927
Folder 686	Volume 23: Boundary survey, Spoon and Lewis, March 1926
Folder 687	Volume 24: Lot surveys with notes, Spoon and Lewis, March-April 1926
	Volume 25: Insurance property surveys, Spoon and Lewis, April-September 1926
	Volume 26: Field notes for Asheville, N.C., Spoon, Camp and Lewis, May 1926
Folder 688	Volume 27: Water and sewage surveys, Spoon and Lewis, 1926
	Volume 28: Notes on Liberty, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, April-May 1927
	Volume 29: Property surveys, Spoon and Lewis, September 1927
Folder 689	Volume 30: Arlington Park, Greensboro, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, October 1927
	Volume 31: Miscellaneous surveys, April 1928
	Volume 32: Private property surveys, William L. Spoon for Spoon and Lewis, October 1928
Folder 690	Volume 33: Diagrams of Gibsonville, N.C., Spoon, Lewis and Camp, 1931
	Volume 34: Miscellaneous field notes, William L. Spoon, undated
	Volume 35: Survey of Alamance County, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, undated
Folder 691	Volume 36: Survey of Alamance County, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, undated
	Volume 37: Survey of Alamance County, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, undated
	Volume 38: Survey of Alamance County, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, undated
Folder 692	Volume 39: Survey of Hillsborough, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, undated
	Volume 40: Survey of Roxboro, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, undated
	Volume 41: Survey of railroad in Person County, N.C., and of Roxboro, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, undated
Folder 693	Volume 42: Notes and diagrams on a road in Person County, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, undated
	Volume 43: Field notes and survey of unpaved public roads in Person County, N.C., Spoon and Lewis, undated
	Volume 44: Survey of Liberty, N.C., water and sewer, Spoon and Lewis, undated
Folder 694	Volume 45: Field notes for bridges, Spoon and Lewis[?], undated
	Volume 46: Rogers-Mebane Road, Spoon and Lewis[?], undated
	Volume 47: Level notes, Spoon and Lewis[?], undated
Folder 695	Volume 48: Preliminary survey of McRay extension into Orange County, N.C., Spoon and Lewis[?], undated
Oversize Volume SV-4009/49	Volume 49: Accounts with farm hands, Georg Spoon[?] and Nancy Spoon Shoffner[?], 1857-1899
Oversize Volume SV-4009/50	Volume 50: Ledger, Nancy Spoon Shoffner and Susan Addeline Vernon Neville Spoon, 1881-1910
Folder 697	Volume 51: Ledger, William L. Spoon and Susan Addeline Vernon Neville Spoon, 1890-1927
Folder 698	Volume 52: Accounts with farm hands, William L. Spoon, 1904-1905
Folder 699	Volume 53: Ledger, William L. Spoon and Susan Addeline Vernon Neville Spoon, 1915-1942
Folder 700	Volume 54: Mill accounts, William L. Spoon, 1921-1936
Folder 701	Volume 55: Records of geological survey, William L. Spoon, 1891-1892
	Volume 56: Sales of Alamance County, N.C., maps, William L. Spoon, 1894-1895
	Volume 57: List of road hands in Alamance County, N.C., William L. Spoon, 1894-1895
	Volume 58: Notes on levels, William L. Spoon, 1898-1899
	Volume 59: Survey notes for Chapel Hill, Cooleemee, Tarboro, and Wilson, N.C., William L. Spoon, 1898-1906
	Volume 60: Levels and elevations, William L. Spoon, 1900
	Volume 61: Notes on road surveys, William L. Spoon, 1900-1901
	Volume 62: Notes, William L. Spoon for Good Roads Machinery Company, 1901
	Volume 63: Bridge survey notes, William L. Spoon, 1904
	Volume 64: Waterfall survey notes, William L. Spoon, 1905-1907
	Volume 65: Record of road in Occaquan, Va., William L. Spoon, 1906
Folder 702	Volume 66: Survey of Bath Road, William L. Spoon, 1906-1910
	Volume 67: Notes on Mississippi, William L. Spoon, 1907
	Volume 68: Notes, William L. Spoon, 1909-1910
	Volume 69: Records of North Carolina distances, William L. Spoon, 1916
	Volume 70: Notes, William L. Spoon, 1919-1920
	Volume 71: Illustrations, William L. Spoon, 1920-1921
Folder 703	Volume 72: Notes, payroll, and diagram, Spoon and Lewis[?], 1921-1922
	Volume 73: Field notes for Bryson, N.C., William L. Spoon, 1926
	Volume 74: Road survey notes, William L. Spoon, 1933
	Volume 75: Sewer and water line notes, William L. Spoon, 1939-1940
	Volume 76: Address book, William L. Spoon, undated
	Volume 77: Notes on road survey, William L. Spoon, undated
Folder 704	Volume 78: Land survey notes, William L. Spoon, undated
	Volume 79: Record of levels, William L. Spoon, undated
	Volume 80: Birth and death records of Georg Spoon's children, 1802-1860
	Volume 81: Daybook, William L. Spoon, 1824, 1827
Folder 705	Volume 82: Diary and memo book, William L. Spoon, 1859-1899
	Volume 83: Lectures on road building, William L. Spoon, 1903
Folder 706	Volume 84: Testimony for George A. Lowry vs. William L. Spoon, 1905
	Volume 85: Records of Woman's Home Missionary Auxiliary, Susan Addeline Vernon Neville Spoon, 1910
	Volume 86: Activities calendar, William L. Spoon, 1910, 1913
	Volume 87: Household accounts, Susan Addeline Vernon Neville Spoon, 1913
	Volume 88: Pilot Mountain receipts, 1933
	Volume 89: Inventory, Spoon and Lewis, 1938
Folder 707	Volume 90: Genealogy notes, undated
	Volume 91: Lecture on public road building, undated
Folder 708	Volume 92: Transit book, undated
	Volume 93: Address book, Susan Addeline Vernon Neville Spoon, undated
	Volume 94: List of names, Georg Spoon, 1839, 1849-1854
	Volume 95: Accounts and notes, John Spoon, 1862-1867
	Volume 96: Class and teaching notes, William L. Spoon, 1881-1882
	Volume 97: Record of school session, Elmira C. King, 1889
	Volume 98: Daily school schedule, William L. Spoon, 1891-1893
	Volume 99: Accounts, William L. Spoon, 1893-1894
Folder 709	Volume 100: Expenses, William L. Spoon, 1895
	Volume 101: Notes related to Good Roads Machinery Company, William L. Spoon,1895-1903
	Volume 102: Levels of Cooleemee, N.C., William L. Spoon, 1902-1903
	Volume 103: Expenses, William L. Spoon, 1904-1905
	Volume 104: Notes, William L. Spoon, 1904-1905
	Volume 105: Notes, William L. Spoon, 1905-1913
	Volume 106: Record of school session, William L. Spoon, 1907
	Volume 107: Notes on court case, 1910-1911
	Volume 108: Addresses and other notes, William L. Spoon, 1911
	Volume 109: Notes, William L. Spoon, 1918, 1920
	Volume 110: Expenses and notes, William L. Spoon, 1923-1925
	Volume 111: Notes and addresses, William L. Spoon, 1925
	Volume 112: Notes and addresses, William L. Spoon, 1929
	Volume 113: Records and notes, William L. Spoon, 1929-1936
	Volume 114: Notes and addresses, William L. Spoon, 1932
	Volume 115: Surveys and notes, William L. Spoon, 1940-1941
	Volume 116: Site descriptions, William L. Spoon, 1941
Folder 710	Volume 117: Notes and addresses, William L. Spoon, 1941
	Volume 118: Notes, William L. Spoon, 1942
	Volume 119: Notes, Susan Addeline Vernon Neville Spoon, undated
	Volume 120: Notes and diagrams, William L. Spoon, undated
	Volume 121: House dimensions, William L. Spoon, undated
	Volume 122: Notes and addresses, William L. Spoon, undated
	Volume 123: Addresses and diagrams, William L. Spoon, undated
	Volume 124: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1890
	Volume 125: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1892
	Volume 126: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1896, 1909
	Volume 127: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1907
	Volume 128: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1907-1909
	Volume 129: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1909
	Volume 130: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1910-1911
	Volume 131: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1910, 1920-1922
	Volume 132: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1913
	Volume 133: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1913
	Volume 134: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1913-1914
Folder 711	Volume 135: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1914-1915
	Volume 136: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1915-1917
	Volume 137: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1917-1920
	Volume 138: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1925-1926
	Volume 139: Professional expense records, William L. Spoon, 1936-1939
Folder 712	Volume 140: Notes and diagrams, William L. Spoon, 1891-1892
	Volume 141: Notes and diagrams, William L. Spoon, 1892
Folder 713	Volume 142: Road surveys of Alamance County, N.C., William L. Spoon, 1925
Folder 714	Volume 143: Road surveys of Alamance County, N.C., William L. Spoon, 1925
Folder 715	Volume 144: Road surveys of Alamance County, N.C., William L. Spoon, 1926
Folder 716	Volume 145: Road surveys of Alamance County, N.C., William L. Spoon, undated
	Volume 146: Road surveys of Alamance County, N.C., William L. Spoon, undated
Folder 717	Volume 147: Penmanship exercises, E. Spoon, 1857-1858
Folder 718	Volume 148: Lecture notes, William L. Spoon, 1886-1891
	Volume 149: Entemology notebook, William L. Spoon, 1887-1888
	Volume 150: Logic notes, William L. Spoon, 1889
	Volume 151: Geology and physics notes, William L. Spoon, 1889-1892
	Volume 152: Report, Nancy Miriam Spoon, 1913-1914
	Volume 153: Latin exercise book, William L. Spoon, undated
Folder 719	Volume 154: Classroom notes, William L. Spoon, undated
	Volume 155: Time records, William L. Spoon, 1902
	Volume 156: Time records, William L. Spoon, 1910
	Volume 157: Time records, William L. Spoon, 1921-1942
	Volume 158: Time records, William L. Spoon, 1925
	Volume 159: Time records, William L. Spoon, 1925

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Collection Number: 04009

Collection Title: William L. Spoon Papers, 1858-1957 (bulk 1895-1920)