J. Bryan Grimes Papers, 1712-1924

Collection Number: 01765

Collection Title: J. Bryan Grimes Papers, 1712-1924

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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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Size	22.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 16800 items)
Abstract	J. Bryan (John Bryan) Grimes (1868-1923) of Pitt County, N.C., was a conservative leader of the Farmers' Alliance, the Grange, and other agricultural organizations; managed the family farms in Pitt County and Beaufort County; and was North Carolina secretary of state, 1900-1923. The collection includes 20th century business, personal, and official correspondence of Grimes, with the bulk of the papers concerning his service as North Carolina secretary of state and various Democratic political campaigns. Also included are ancestral family papers, North Carolina newspapers from 1864 and 1868, and some colonial land grants. Volumes include a law notebook on North Carolina court cases, 1783-1815; a mathematics exercise book, 1821-1829; a bank book of John Heritage Bryan (1798-1870) in account with the Bank of New Bern, 1831-1834; a manuscript tracing land title for the Avon Plantation in Pitt County from 1715-1910; and an undated manuscript on the Republican Party in North Carolina.
Creator	Grimes, J. Bryan (John Bryan), 1868-1923.
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.

Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.

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 J. Bryan Grimes Papers #1765, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Loaned by J. Bryan Grimes of Scott Air Force Base, Ill., 1950-1951.

Additional Descriptive Resources: A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, October 2008

Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, February 2011

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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William Bryan Grimes Books (#2983); Grimes Family Papers (#3357).

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J. Bryan Grimes (1868-1923) of Pitt County, N.C., was North Carolina secretary of state, 1900-1923. He also managed the family farms in Pitt and Beaufort counties; was a conservative leader in the Farmers Alliance, State Grange, and other agricultural organizations. He was a trustee of the University of North Carolina and chairman of the North Carolina Historical Commission.

He was married to Mary Octavia Laughinghouse and after her death he married Elizabeth F. Laughinghouse.

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The collection includes 20th century business, personal, and official correspondence of J. Bryan Grimes (1868-1923). The bulk of the papers concern his service as North Carolina secretary of state and various Democratic political campaigns. Also included are ancestral family papers, North Carolina newspapers from 1864 and 1868, and some colonial land grants. Volumes include a law notebook on North Carolina court cases, 1783-1815; a mathematics exercise book, 1821-1829; a bank book of John Heritage Bryan (1798-1870) in account with the Bank of New Bern, 1831-1834; a manuscript tracing land title for the Avon Plantation in Pitt County from 1715-1910; and an undated manuscript on the Republican Party in North Carolina.

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Folder 1a	Original finding aid
Folder 1	1712-1745 Included are land treaties with Native Americans groups, and copies of wills that bequeath enslaved men, women, and children to various family members.
Folder 2	1748-1762 Included are land treaties with Native Americans groups, and copies of wills that bequeath enslaved men, women, and children to various family members.
Folder 3	1765-1778
Folder 4	1781-1786
Folder 5-7 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7	1795
Folder 8-9 Folder 8 Folder 9	1796
Folder 10	1797-1799
Folder 11	1800-1811
Folder 12	1812-1819
Folder 13	1820-1832 Includes papers related to Brown vs. McDaniel case.
Folder 14	1833-1848
Folder 15	1850-1858
Folder 16	1860-1868
Folder 17	Undated: Speeches and other papers related to Confederate matters Included are are copies of speeches discussing Confederate concerns.
Folder 18	1872-1887
Folder 19-20 Folder 19 Folder 20	1888
Folder 21	1899-1891
Folder 22-23 Folder 22 Folder 23	1892
Folder 24-25 Folder 24 Folder 25	1893
Folder 26-27 Folder 26 Folder 27	1894
Folder 28	1895-1898
Folder 29	1899
Folder 30-40 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35 Folder 36 Folder 37 Folder 38 Folder 39 Folder 40	1900
Folder 41-50 Folder 41 Folder 42 Folder 43 Folder 44 Folder 45 Folder 46 Folder 47 Folder 48 Folder 49 Folder 50	1901
Folder 51-58 Folder 51 Folder 52 Folder 53 Folder 54 Folder 55 Folder 56 Folder 57 Folder 58	1902
Folder 59-66 Folder 59 Folder 60 Folder 61 Folder 62 Folder 63 Folder 64 Folder 65 Folder 66	1903
Folder 67-74 Folder 67 Folder 68 Folder 69 Folder 70 Folder 71 Folder 72 Folder 73 Folder 74	1904
Folder 75-85 Folder 75 Folder 76 Folder 77 Folder 78 Folder 79 Folder 80 Folder 81 Folder 82 Folder 83 Folder 84 Folder 85	1905
Folder 86-97 Folder 86 Folder 87 Folder 88 Folder 89 Folder 90 Folder 91 Folder 92 Folder 93 Folder 94 Folder 95 Folder 96 Folder 97	1906
Folder 98-106 Folder 98 Folder 99 Folder 100 Folder 101 Folder 102 Folder 103 Folder 104 Folder 105 Folder 106	1907
Folder 107-136 Folder 107 Folder 108 Folder 109 Folder 110 Folder 111 Folder 112 Folder 113 Folder 114 Folder 115 Folder 116 Folder 117 Folder 118 Folder 119 Folder 120 Folder 121 Folder 122 Folder 123 Folder 124 Folder 125 Folder 126 Folder 127 Folder 128 Folder 129 Folder 130 Folder 131 Folder 132 Folder 133 Folder 134 Folder 135 Folder 136	1908
Folder 137-144 Folder 137 Folder 138 Folder 139 Folder 140 Folder 141 Folder 142 Folder 143 Folder 144	1909
Folder 145-151 Folder 145 Folder 146 Folder 147 Folder 148 Folder 149 Folder 150 Folder 151	1910
Folder 152-159 Folder 152 Folder 153 Folder 154 Folder 155 Folder 156 Folder 157 Folder 158 Folder 159	1911
Folder 160-184 Folder 160 Folder 161 Folder 162 Folder 163 Folder 164 Folder 165 Folder 166 Folder 167 Folder 168 Folder 169 Folder 170 Folder 171 Folder 172 Folder 173 Folder 174 Folder 175 Folder 176 Folder 177 Folder 178 Folder 179 Folder 180 Folder 181 Folder 182 Folder 183 Folder 184	1912
Folder 185-199 Folder 185 Folder 186 Folder 187 Folder 188 Folder 189 Folder 190 Folder 191 Folder 192 Folder 193 Folder 194 Folder 195 Folder 196 Folder 197 Folder 198 Folder 199	1913
Folder 200-227 Folder 200 Folder 201 Folder 202 Folder 203 Folder 204 Folder 205 Folder 206 Folder 207 Folder 208 Folder 209 Folder 210 Folder 211 Folder 212 Folder 213 Folder 214 Folder 215 Folder 216 Folder 217 Folder 218 Folder 219 Folder 220 Folder 221 Folder 222 Folder 223 Folder 224 Folder 225 Folder 226 Folder 227	1914
Folder 228-247 Folder 228 Folder 229 Folder 230 Folder 231 Folder 232 Folder 233 Folder 234 Folder 235 Folder 236 Folder 237 Folder 238 Folder 239 Folder 240 Folder 241 Folder 242 Folder 243 Folder 244 Folder 245 Folder 246 Folder 247	1915
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Folder 349-395 Folder 349 Folder 350 Folder 351 Folder 352 Folder 353 Folder 354 Folder 355 Folder 356 Folder 357 Folder 358 Folder 359 Folder 360 Folder 361 Folder 362 Folder 363 Folder 364 Folder 365 Folder 366 Folder 367 Folder 368 Folder 369 Folder 370 Folder 371 Folder 372 Folder 373 Folder 374 Folder 375 Folder 376 Folder 377 Folder 378 Folder 379 Folder 380 Folder 381 Folder 382 Folder 383 Folder 384 Folder 385 Folder 386 Folder 387 Folder 388 Folder 389 Folder 390 Folder 391 Folder 392 Folder 393 Folder 394 Folder 395	1917
Folder 396-419 Folder 396 Folder 397 Folder 398 Folder 399 Folder 400 Folder 401 Folder 402 Folder 403 Folder 404 Folder 405 Folder 406 Folder 407 Folder 408 Folder 409 Folder 410 Folder 411 Folder 412 Folder 413 Folder 414 Folder 415 Folder 416 Folder 417 Folder 418 Folder 419	1918
Folder 420-451 Folder 420 Folder 421 Folder 422 Folder 423 Folder 424 Folder 425 Folder 426 Folder 427 Folder 428 Folder 429 Folder 430 Folder 431 Folder 432 Folder 433 Folder 434 Folder 435 Folder 436 Folder 437 Folder 438 Folder 439 Folder 440 Folder 441 Folder 442 Folder 443 Folder 444 Folder 445 Folder 446 Folder 447 Folder 448 Folder 449 Folder 450 Folder 451	1919
Folder 452-483 Folder 452 Folder 453 Folder 454 Folder 455 Folder 456 Folder 457 Folder 458 Folder 459 Folder 460 Folder 461 Folder 462 Folder 463 Folder 464 Folder 465 Folder 466 Folder 467 Folder 468 Folder 469 Folder 470 Folder 471 Folder 472 Folder 473 Folder 474 Folder 475 Folder 476 Folder 477 Folder 478 Folder 479 Folder 480 Folder 481 Folder 482 Folder 483	1920
Folder 484-517 Folder 484 Folder 485 Folder 486 Folder 487 Folder 488 Folder 489 Folder 490 Folder 491 Folder 492 Folder 493 Folder 494 Folder 495 Folder 496 Folder 497 Folder 498 Folder 499 Folder 500 Folder 501 Folder 502 Folder 503 Folder 504 Folder 505 Folder 506 Folder 507 Folder 508 Folder 509 Folder 510 Folder 511 Folder 512 Folder 513 Folder 514 Folder 515 Folder 516 Folder 517	1921
Folder 518-553 Folder 518 Folder 519 Folder 520 Folder 521 Folder 522 Folder 523 Folder 524 Folder 525 Folder 526 Folder 527 Folder 528 Folder 529 Folder 530 Folder 531 Folder 532 Folder 533 Folder 534 Folder 535 Folder 536 Folder 537 Folder 538 Folder 539 Folder 540 Folder 541 Folder 542 Folder 543 Folder 544 Folder 545 Folder 546 Folder 547 Folder 548 Folder 549 Folder 550 Folder 551 Folder 552 Folder 553	1922
Folder 554	1923-1924
Folder 555	Biography and pictures, undated
Folder 556-558 Folder 556 Folder 557 Folder 558	Undated
Folder 559	Political papers, undated
Folder 560	Fragments, circa 1900-1908
Folder 561	Fragments, undated
Folder 562	Property papers, undated
Folder 563	Blueprints
Folder 564	Volume 1: Law notebook, undated Titled "Precedents from North Carolina court cases, 1783-1815." J. R. Lloyd, Grove Hill, N.C. is listed on flyleaf.
Folder 565	Volume 2: Mathematics exercise book, 1821, 1829
Folder 566	Volume 3: Account book, 1 September 1831-13 November 1834 Account book of John H. Bryan with the Bank of New Bern.
Folder 567	Volume 4: Notebook, 1843-1844 Notebook containing lists of pupils and some related cash accounts.
Folder 568	Volume 5: "Avon Plantation," 1910 Typescript manuscript tracing land title of Avon Plantation, Pitt County, N.C., from 1715-1910.
Folder 569	Volume 6: Manuscript, undated Typescript manuscript on the Republican party in North Carolina.
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOP-1765/1-2 XOP-1765/1 XOP-1765/2	North Carolina newspapers, 1864, 1868; colonial land grants

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Collection Number: 01765

Collection Title: J. Bryan Grimes Papers, 1712-1924