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Size | 17.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 5000 items) |
Abstract | The Smith and Andrew Family Papers document several members of the two white families from Rowland, Robeson County, N.C., Salem, Va., and other North Carolina and Virginia locations. The collection consists of correspondence and other papers, late 1800s-1930s, that describe daily life concerns, including health problems as lived in the 1910s and 1920s, and work as a Methodist minister and and as a physician. Notable topics include the family's first car, travel to the Chicago World's Fair and to Cuba, World War I, courtship, and a honeymoon in New York City. Other papers include sermons, religious writings, pastor books, Jefferson Medical College and University of North Carolina school materials, personal financial materials, business records for Nalwar Printing, and printed materials for the arts, gardening, and other subjects. |
Creator | Smith (Family: Robeson County, N.C.)
Andrew (Family : Andrew, John Robert, 1853-1925) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, Biff Hollingsworth, and Gillian McCuistion, October 2019
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2019
The original acquisition was divided between this collection and #4990 McNeill Smith Jr. Papers and subsequently arranged by format, date, and creator by Southern Historical Collection staff.
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The Smith and Andrew families joined in November 1915, when J. McNeill Smith (1884-1952), son of Rev. Neill McNair Smith (1838-1910) and Flora Ann Lytch (1843-1926), married Roberta Olivia Andrew (1894-1995), daughter of John Robert (J. R.) Andrew (1853-1925) and Rebecca Olivia Talbott (1852-1942). J. McNeill Smith Sr. and Roberta Olivia Andrew had a son, J. McNeill Smith Jr. (1918-2011).
Rebecca Olivia Talbott was the daughter of Benjamin Kidd Talbott and Drusilla E. Talbott.
Back to TopThe Smith and Andrew Family Papers document several members of the two white families from Rowland, Robeson County, N.C., Salem, Va., and other North Carolina and Virginia locations, including J. McNeill Smith Sr. (1884-1952), a physician; Roberta Olivia Andrew (1894-1995), a wife and mother; and John Robert Andrew (1853-1925), a Methodist minister. Correspondence, late 1800s-1930s, describe daily life concerns, including health problems such as an ulcer, boils, measles, and cancer, as lived in the 1910s and 1920s, and work as a homemaker, a Methodist minister, and as a physician, including at Camp Poplar, and as a medical examiner for insurance companies. Of note are a 1916 letter about a car "machine"; a letter, 1917, from J. R. Andrew that refers to war and how he went to Camp Meade to visit soldiers and preach; and courtship correspondence, 1914-1915, between J. McNeill Smith Sr. and Roberta Olivia Andrew. Other papers include sermons, religious writings, pastor books, Salem High School printed materials, Jefferson Medical College and University of North Carolina school materials, travel materials relating to a 1921 trip to Cuba and a 1933 trip to the World's Fair in Chicago, a diary describing a 1916 honeymoon in New York City, Drusilla Talbott's estate records, personal and professional financial materials, business records for Nalwar Printing, and printed materials for the arts, gardening, and other topics.
Back to TopArrangement: by format, date, and creator.
Box 1 |
1870s-1910s |
Box 2 |
1910s |
Box 3 |
1910s |
Box 4 |
1910s |
Box 5 |
1910s: Postcards |
Box 6 |
1910s: Postcards and undated |
Box 7 |
1910s: undated |
Courtship correspondence, 1914-1915 |
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Box 8 |
Courtship correspondence, 1914-1915 |
Box 9 |
Courtship correspondence, 1914-1915 |
Box 10 |
1920s |
Box 11 |
1920s-1930s |
Box 12-13
Box 12Box 13 |
1930s |
Box 14 |
Undated |
Box 15-17
Box 15Box 16Box 17 |
J. R. Andrew: Sermons, notes, religious writings, 1890s-1920s |
Box 17 |
J. R. Andrew: Sermon notebooks and pastor's books |
Box 18 |
J. R. Andrew: Pastor's books |
Box 18-19
Box 18Box 19 |
J. McNeill Smith Sr.: Papers, 1900s-1930sIncludes medical school and other notebooks, writings, diary of honeymoon in New York City. |
Box 19-20
Box 19Box 20 |
Roberta Olivia Andrew Smith, 1900s-1930sWritings, high school notebooks from Salem, Virginia. |
Box 20 |
Printed material (Methodist Episcopal Church religious pamphlets on doctrine, catechisms on unification, conference booklets, 1908-1926), 1900s-1930s |
Box 21 |
Printed material: Religious |
Box 22 |
Printed material: Religious, medical, political |
Box 23-24
Box 23Box 24 |
Printed material: Miscellaneous, 1930s |
Box 24-25
Box 24Box 25 |
Newspaper clippings |
Box 25-26
Box 25Box 26 |
Ephemera, 1900s-1930sSchool programs, church events, concerts, glee club, recitals, social customs. |
Box 27 |
Subject filesWedding, church yearbooks, recipes, architectural drawings, licenses, certificates, Smith children baptisms, baby book, receipts from trip to Cuba in 1921. |
Box 28 |
Postcard scrapbook |
Medical conference |
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Minnie Smith trip to Europe, 1913Sister of J. McNeill Smith Sr. |
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Oversize Volume SV-05800/1 |
J. R. Andrew scrapbookReligious publications and ephemera. |
Box 29 |
J. R. Andrew Financial materials, 1880s-1930sDeeds, insurance policies, receipts, bank statements, ledger, and invoices of Smith and Andrew families, as well as Drusilla E. Talbot and Benjamin Talbot. |
Box 30 |
J. R. Andrew: Financial materials |
J. McNeill Smith Sr.: Financial records, 1910s-1930sDeeds, real estate records, paper wallets. |
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Box 31 |
J. McNeill Smith Sr. Financial recordsInsurance, agricultural agreements for tobacco and cotton production, invoices, correspondence. |
Box 32 |
J. McNeill Smith Sr.: Financial recordsTax receipts, checks, bank statements. |
Box 33 |
J. McNeill Smith Sr.: Financial recordsTicket stubs, receipts, financial notes. |
Box 34 |
J. McNeill Smith Sr.: LedgersTobacco, personal. |
Sketches and Portraits of the General Conference of the Methodist Church South, 1886 |
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Image Box PF-05800/1 |
University of North Carolina athletes, circa 1904, 1910s-1930sBaseball team, panoramic of lettermen; also includes image of a woman selling souvenirs in Asheville, N.C. |
Image Box PF-05800/2 |
ChurchesMartinsburg, West Virginia, Arlington, Md. |