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| Size | 350 items (2.0 linear feet) |
| Abstract | Mena Fuller Webb is a writer and creative writing teacher of Durham, N.C. The collection includes chiefly correspondence, printed material, typescripts and proofs, and pictures collected or produced by Mena Webb in the course of writing Jule Carr: General without an Army (1987), a biography of Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924), industrialist and philanthropist of Durham. Included are letters from members of the Carr family concerning recollections of Julian S. Carr, original letters from Carr to members of his family, photographs of Carr and of individuals and scenes associated with him, and the 1888 cornerstone box with contents from Carr's Durham home, Somerset Villa. Some items are photocopies with originals in private hands or at various repositories. The Addition of August 2002 contains transcripts of letters by Margaret Louise Cannon, a member of the Carr family, to her relatives in Concord, N.C., while she was on a trip to Europe in 1900. The Addition of January 2007 contains a scrapbook belonging to Lida M. Carr Flower, Julian Shakespeare Carr's daughter, containing genealogical materials pertaining to the Bickley, Borden, Carr, Norris, Parrish, and Ward families, as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to Lida Flower and her husband, banker Henry Corwin Flower, and excerpts of writings about Lida Flower by Mena Webb. |
| Creator | Webb, Mena. |
| Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
| Language | English. |
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Biographical Information
Mena Fuller Webb is a writer and creative writing teacher of Durham, N.C.
Between 1975 and 1986, Mena Webb undertook the writing of a biography on Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924). Carr, more than any other individual, was responsible for the striking growth experienced by the city of Durham in the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the growth of his business, Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco.
Webb's work was inspired by her own childhood recollections of "General" Carr, as he was known to everyone in his day, with whose grandchildren she had played at the Carr mansion, Somerset Villa. A good deal of Webb's research involved personal recollections of her childhood friends, with whom she conducted an extensive correspondence, collecting letters, clippings,and artifacts, in addition to memories. Jule Carr: General without an Army was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1987.
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Scope and Content
The collection includes chiefly correspondence, printed material, typescripts and proofs, and pictures collected or produced by Mena Webb in the course of writing Jule Carr: General without an Army (1987), a biography of Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924), industrialist and philanthropist of Durham. Included are letters from members of the Carr family concerning recollections of Julian S. Carr, original letters from Carr to members of his family, photographs of Carr and of individuals and scenes associated with him, and the 1888 cornerstone box with contents from Carr's Durham, N.C., home, Somerset Villa. Some items are photocopies with originals in private hands or at various repositories. The Addition of August 2002 contains transcripts of letters by Margaret Louise Cannon, a member of the Carr family, to her relatives in Concord, N.C., while she was on a trip to Europe in 1900. The Addition of January 2007 contains a scrapbook belonging to Lida M. Carr Flower, Julian Shakespeare Carr's daughter, containing genealogical materials pertaining to the Bickley, Borden, Carr, Norris, Parrish, and Ward families, as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to Lida Flower and her husband, banker Henry Corwin Flower, and excerpts of writings about Lida Flower by Mena Webb.
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Series 1. Correspondence, 1975-1986.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Most of these letters were written to Mena Webb by members of the Carr family, often at her prompting, and cotnain personal recollections of Julian Shakespeare Carr, his wife, and his children. Also included is correspondence Webb collected through inquires to other sources, both individuals and institutions.
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Series 2. Subject Files, 1890-1986.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Printed materials, copies of records, and business letters of Julian Shakespeare Carr, and other material relating to researching the various aspects of Carr's life. Some original Carr items, among them letters from him to family members, are included.
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Series 3. Typescript and Proofs for Jule Carr: General without an Army, 1986-1987.
Galleys, page proofs, and a typescript of Jule Carr: General without an Army.
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Series 4. Pictures, ca. 1860-1985.
Photographs, except where otherwise noted.
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Series 5. Museum Item, 1888.
Copper box placed ceremoniously into the cornerstone of Somerset Villa, 29 September 1888. After the mansion was torn down following Carr's death, the box mysteriously disappeared. It was found nearly half a century later in the attic of Laura Noell Carr Chapman. A list of the contents can be found in folder 27. The items checked on the photocopy of this list are those that arrived with the box when it was received at the Southern Historical Collection (among other things, the currency and coins were missing). The photographs have been placed in Series 4.
MU-4507/1: Cornerstone box from Somerset Villa #04507, Series: "5. Museum Item, 1888." P-4507/58-59 |
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Addition of August 2002 (Acc. 99304), 2001.
One document containing the transcripts of fifteen letters and postcards from Margaret Louise Cannon, a member of the Carr family, to her relatives in Concord, N.C., while she was on a trip to Europe from July to November 1900.
| Folder 34 |
Transcript of letters by Margaret Louise Cannon #04507, Series: "Addition of August 2002 (Acc. 99304), 2001." Folder 34 |
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Addition of January 2007, 1904-1987 and undated.
One disassembled scrapbook belonging to Lida M. Carr Flower, Julian Shakespeare Carr's daughter, containing genealogical materials pertaining to the Bickley, Borden, Carr, Norris, Parrish, and Ward families. Also included are newspaper clippings pertaining to Lida Flower and her husband, Henry Corwin Flower, and excerpts of writings about Lida Flower by Mena Webb.
Folder 35-36
Folder 35Folder 36 |
Scrapbook #04507, Series: "Addition of January 2007, 1904-1987 and undated." Folder 35-36 |
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Items Separated
Items separated include pictures (P-4507/1-59) and museum item (MU-4507/1).
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