Smith and Andrew Family Papers, 1870s-1990s

Collection Number: 05800

Collection Title: Smith and Andrew Family Papers, 1870s-1990s

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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

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

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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 Smith and Andrew Family Papers #05800, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Anne Cole on behalf of Smith family in June 2017 (Acc. 103090).

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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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#4990 McNeil Smith Jr. Papers

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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.

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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, 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.