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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items) |
Abstract | Theodore F. (Theodore Fulton) Davidson (born 1845) was a lawyer and Democratic party leader of Asheville, N.C. and attorney general of North Carolina, 1885-1893. The collection chiefly includes letters from Davidson to his wife, Sarah Lindsay Carter Davidson, and letters to her from friends and members of the Carter family. Several letters to the Davidsons, 1921-1923, are from associates in Dresden, Germany, and discuss post-World War I social, political, and economic conditions in Germany, including the perceived influence of Jewish people. Also included are scattered letters about legal business and Democratic Party affairs received by Theodore F. Davidson; a scrapbook of his career; notes on cases tried in Cherokee County, N.C., in 1870; and a Buncombe County, N.C., merchant's account book. |
Creator | Davidson, Theodore F. (Theodore Fulton), b. 1845. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2009; Dawne Howard Lucas, January 2021
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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Theodore Fulton Davidson (born 1845) was a lawyer and Democratic party leader of Asheville, N.C. and attorney general of North Carolina, 1885-1893. He was also a member of the North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives. Davidson was married first to Sallie Kate Alexander, who died July 1887, and later married Sarah Lindsay (Sallie) Carter.
Back to TopThe collection includes chiefly letters from Theodore F. Davidson to his wife, Sarah Lindsay Carter Davidson, and letters to her from friends and members of the Carter family. Several letters to the Davidsons, 1921-1923, are from associates in Dresden, Germany, and discuss post-World War I social, political, and economic conditions in Germany, including the perceived influence of Jewish people. Also included are scattered letters about legal business and Democratic Party affairs received by Theodore Davidson; a scrapbook of his career; notes on cases tried in Cherokee County, N.C., in 1870; and a Buncombe County, N.C., merchant's account book.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1874-1893 |
Folder 2 |
1894 |
Folder 3 |
1895 |
Folder 4 |
1896-1897 |
Folder 5 |
1898 |
Folder 6 |
1899 |
Folder 7 |
1900-1911 |
Folder 8 |
1912-1923, 1930 |
Folder 9 |
Undated |
Folder 10 |
Clippings |
Image Folder PF-893/1 |
Photographs |
Folder 11 |
Volume 1: Ledger, general store, 1894 |
Folder 12 |
Volume 2: Scrapbook, Theodore F. Davidson, 1893?-1904? |
Folder 13 |
Volume 3: Scrapbook, autographs, undated |
Folder 14 |
Volume 4: Lawyer's commonplace book, 1870 |
Folder 15 |
Volume 5: Scrapbook, Sallie Carter Davidson, 1882-1945 |
Folder 16 |
Volume 6: Scrapbook, Theordore F. Davidson, 1931 |