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Collection Overview
| Size | About 1,200 items (2.0 linear feet) |
| Abstract | Kenneth W. Badgett of Dobson, Surry County, N.C., collected these materials. The collection includes items relating to Devotion, the Surry County estate that Richard J. Reynolds, Jr., and Elizabeth Dillard Reynolds built between 1930 and 1939 for entertaining and farming. Folger family materials include a bound memorial address for Alonzo Dillard Folger (1888-1941) of Dobson, who practiced law in Mount Airy, N.C., and served in the United States Congress, 1939-1941; three photographic portraits of John Hamlin Folger (1880-1963), also a lawyer and legislator of Mount Airy; and a photograph of the Folger house in Dobson, ca. 1900. Hamlin family materials include photocopies of clippings relating to fiddler Stephen Crawley Hamlin (1869-1936) and copies of photographs of Dobson and of family members. Materials relating to the W. E. Reid Company, general merchants of Dobson, include photocopies of letters, bills, and receipts, chiefly from 1931; a photocopy of a 1935 employee account book; a coin offering the bearer a $1.00 discount on merchandise at the store; and a copy of a photograph, ca. 1935, of the store. The addition of June 2001 contains research files compiled by Badgett relating to the Boy Scouts of America. Most of these materials are newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other printed matter, 1913-2001, that broadly address the topic of the Boy Scouts and homosexuality. Also included is a file devoted to Boy Scouts and minorities and other more general materials relating to boys and scouting. |
| Creator | Badgett, Kenneth Woltz. |
| Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
| Language | English. |
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Processing Information
Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, March 1994
Encoded by: Matt Turi, May 2004
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2021
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Biographical Information
Kenneth W. Badgett of Dobson, Surry County, N.C. is the collector of these papers.
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Scope and Content
The collection includes items relating to Devotion, the Surry County, N.C., estate that Richard J. Reynolds, Jr., and Elizabeth Dillard Reynolds built between 1930 and 1939 for entertaining and farming. Folger family materials include a bound memorial address for Alonzo Dillard Folger (1888-1941) of Dobson, N.C., who was a lawyer in Mount Airy, N.C., and served in the United States Congress, 1939-1941; three photographic portraits of John Hamlin Folger (1880-1963), also a lawyer and legislator of Mount Airy; and a photograph of the Folger house in Dobson, ca. 1900. Hamlin family materials include photocopies of clippings relating to fiddler Stephen Crawley Hamlin (1869-1936) and copies of photographs of Dobson and of family members. Materials relating to the W. E. Reid Company, general merchants of Dobson, include photocopies of letters, bills, and receipts, chiefly from 1931; a photocopy of a 1935 employee account book; a coin offering the bearer a $1.00 discount on merchandise at the store; and a copy of a photograph, ca. 1935, of the store. The addition of June 2001 contains research files compiled by Badgett relating to the Boy Scouts of America. The bulk of these files are comprised of materials, 1999-2001, primarily newspaper clippings and some pamphlets, that broadly address the topic of the Boy Scouts and homosexuality. A smaller group of materials on this topic dates back as far as 1913 and includes, "Guiding the Adolescent" by D. A. Thom, M.D., a 1933 pamphlet issued by the Children's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor. Also included is a file devoted to Boy Scouts and minorities as well as copies of "The Official Report of the Second Biennial Conference of Boy Scout Executives," 1922, and a thesis, 1939, "Scouting Among Primitive Boys," by Ernest E. Voss.
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Series 1. Devotion, 1992 and undated.
Arrangement: by type.
Included is a photocopy of an application prepared by Kenneth W. Badgett in 1992 and submitted to the Survey and Planning Branch of the State Historic Preservation Office, North Carolina Division of Archives and History, to initiate consideration of the Long Creek Lodge at Devotion, Surry County, N.C., for nomination to the National Registry of Historic Places. Devotion was the estate of Richard J. Reynolds, Jr., and Elizabeth Dillard Reynolds. The Reynolds's built Devotion between 1930 and 1939 for entertaining and farming. Also included is a corn meal bag from the mill at Devotion.
| Folder 1 |
Application |
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Series 2. Folger Family, ca. 1900-1950 and undated.
Arrangement: by type.
Included is a bound memorial address for Alonzo Dillard Folger (1888-1941) of Dobson, Surry County, N.C., who practiced law in Mount Airy, N.C., and served in the United States Congress from 1939 until his death in an automobile accident in 1941, and four Folger family photographs.
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Photographic portraits of John Hamlin Folger (1880-1963), lawyer and legislator of Mount Airy, N.C. Photographs date from around 1930, 1940, and 1950 |
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Photograph of the Folger house in Dobson, N.C., ca. 1900 |
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Alonzo Dillard Folger memorial address |
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Series 3. Hamlin Family, 1992 and undated.
Arrangement: by type.
Included is a photocopy of an application prepared by Kenneth W. Badgett in 1992 and submitted to the Survey and Planning Branch of the State Historic Preservation Office, North Carolina Division of Archives and History, to initiate consideration of the Stephen Crawley Hamlin House at Dobson, Surry County, N.C., for nomination to the National Registry of Historic Places and related correspondence. Also included are photocopies of clippings relating to fiddler Stephen Crawley Hamlin (1869-1936) and photographs as listed below.
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Series 4. W. E. Reid Company, 1931 and undated.
Arrangement: by type.
Included is a photocopy of an application prepared by Kenneth W. Badgett in 1992 and submitted to the Survey and Planning Branch of the State Historic Preservation Office, North Carolina Division of Archives and History, to initiate consideration of the store that housed the W. E. Reid Company, general merchants of Dobson, Surry County, N.C., for nomination to the National Registry of Historic Places and related correspondence. Also included are photocopies of letters, bills, and receipts, chiefly from 1931, relating to the operation of the store; a photocopy of a 1935 employees' account book; a coin offering the bearer a $1.00 discount on merchandise at the store; and a copy of a photograph, ca. 1935, of the W. E. Reid Company building.
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Copy of photograph of the W. E. Reid Company building |
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Application |
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Letters, bills, and receipts |
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Employee account book; discount coin |
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Additions.
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Addition of June 2001 (Acc. 98964) .
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Boy Scouts of America, 1913-2001.
Arrangement: by type.
Series of extensive research files compiled by Badgett relating to the Boy Scouts of America. Included are materials, primarily newspaper clippings and some pamphlets, that broadly address the topic of the Boy Scouts and homosexuality and date from 1999 to 2001. A smaller subset of materials on this topic dates back as far as 1913 and includes, "Guiding the Adolescent" by D. A. Thom, M.D., a 1933 pamphlet issued by the Children's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor. This addition also includes a file devoted to Boy Scouts and minorities as well as copies of "The Official Report of the Second Biennial Conference of Boy Scout Executives," 1922, and a thesis, 1939, titled "Scouting Among Primitive Boys" by Ernest E. Voss. There are also materials, including photographs, official brochures, and publications, related to the National Boy Scout Jamboree held at Fort A. P. Hill, Va., in July and August 2001.
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