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Collection Number: 00387

Collection Title: James K. Jones Papers, 1900-1921.

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.


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 15.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 7000 items)
Abstract James K. (Kimbrough) Jones (1839-1908) was a United States Senator from Arkansas, 1885-1903; and Washington, D.C., attorney for oil developers in Oklahoma. James Kimbrough Jones Junior (1867-1922) was a partner in his father's law practice. The collection includes legal, political, and business correspondence (including 21 letterpress copybooks) of James K. Jones; and of his son, James Kimbrough Jones Junior, lawyer for oil pipeline companies. The collection covers only the last years of the elder Jones's political career but includes letters from prominent national and Arkansas Democrats. The bulk of the papers concerns the oil industry in Oklahoma and other states. The Joneses represented developers seeking to lease government and Indian lands and appeared before Congress, executive agencies, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and federal courts for oil pipeline firms, most of which were connected with the Standard Oil Company. Also included are papers relating to other business interests: oil in Wyoming, Utah, Kansas, and Texas; Nevada gold mines; railroads in Arkansas and other western states; real estate in Arkansas, Texas, and South Dakota; oil and mining in Mexico; and Civil War claims of Arkansas citizens against the federal government. Correspondence includes letters from many prominent early oil entrepreneurs and gives a picture of society in Oklahoma in the early 20th century.
Creator Jones, James Kimbrough, Jr., 1867-1921.
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 James K. Jones Papers, #387, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Gift of Mrs. James K. Jones prior to 1940
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: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, September 2010

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.

Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.

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James K. (Kimbrough) Jones (1839-1908) was a United States Senator from Arkansas, 1885-1903; and Washington, D.C., attorney for oil developers in Oklahoma. James Kimbrough Jones Junior (1867-1922) was a partner in his father's law practice.

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The collection includes legal, political, and business correspondence (including 21 letterpress copybooks) of James K. Jones; and of his son, James Kimbrough Jones Junior, lawyer for oil pipeline companies. The collection covers only the last years of the elder Jones's political career but includes letters from prominent national and Arkansas Democrats. The bulk of the papers concerns the oil industry in Oklahoma and other states. The Joneses represented developers seeking to lease government and Indian lands and appeared before Congress, executive agencies, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and federal courts for oil pipeline firms, most of which were connected with the Standard Oil Company. Also included are papers relating to other business interests: oil in Wyoming, Utah, Kansas, and Texas; Nevada gold mines; railroads in Arkansas and other western states; real estate in Arkansas, Texas, and South Dakota; oil and mining in Mexico; and Civil War claims of Arkansas citizens against the federal government. Correspondence includes letters from many prominent early oil entrepreneurs and gives a picture of society in Oklahoma in the early 20th century.

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Contents list

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The collection contains letters, telegrams, and legal papers. The 21 volumes of letterbooks contain copies of correspondence sent out from the Jones' law firm. The papers and letterbooks used in conjunction usually present both sides of the correspondence.

Folder 1a

Original finding aid

Folder 1

1900-1904

Folder 2-5

Folder 2

Folder 3

Folder 4

Folder 5

1905

Folder 6-20

Folder 6

Folder 7

Folder 8

Folder 9

Folder 10

Folder 11

Folder 12

Folder 13

Folder 14

Folder 15

Folder 16

Folder 17

Folder 18

Folder 19

Folder 20

1906

Folder 21-31

Folder 21

Folder 22

Folder 23

Folder 24

Folder 25

Folder 26

Folder 27

Folder 28

Folder 29

Folder 30

Folder 31

1907

Folder 32-42

Folder 32

Folder 33

Folder 34

Folder 35

Folder 36

Folder 37

Folder 38

Folder 39

Folder 40

Folder 41

Folder 42

1908

Folder 43-61

Folder 43

Folder 44

Folder 45

Folder 46

Folder 47

Folder 48

Folder 49

Folder 50

Folder 51

Folder 52

Folder 53

Folder 54

Folder 55

Folder 56

Folder 57

Folder 58

Folder 59

Folder 60

Folder 61

1909

Folder 62-76

Folder 62

Folder 63

Folder 64

Folder 65

Folder 66

Folder 67

Folder 68

Folder 69

Folder 70

Folder 71

Folder 72

Folder 73

Folder 74

Folder 75

Folder 76

1910

Folder 77-89

Folder 77

Folder 78

Folder 79

Folder 80

Folder 81

Folder 82

Folder 83

Folder 84

Folder 85

Folder 86

Folder 87

Folder 88

Folder 89

1911

Folder 90-100

Folder 90

Folder 91

Folder 92

Folder 93

Folder 94

Folder 95

Folder 96

Folder 97

Folder 98

Folder 99

Folder 100

1912

Folder 101-111

Folder 101

Folder 102

Folder 103

Folder 104

Folder 105

Folder 106

Folder 107

Folder 108

Folder 109

Folder 110

Folder 111

1913

Folder 112-126

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

1914

Folder 127-138

Folder 127

Folder 128

Folder 129

Folder 130

Folder 131

Folder 132

Folder 133

Folder 134

Folder 135

Folder 136

Folder 137

Folder 138

1915

Folder 139-153

Folder 139

Folder 140

Folder 141

Folder 142

Folder 143

Folder 144

Folder 145

Folder 146

Folder 147

Folder 148

Folder 149

Folder 150

Folder 151

Folder 152

Folder 153

1916

Folder 154-158

Folder 154

Folder 155

Folder 156

Folder 157

Folder 158

1917

Folder 159-169

Folder 159

Folder 160

Folder 161

Folder 162

Folder 163

Folder 164

Folder 165

Folder 166

Folder 167

Folder 168

Folder 169

1918

Folder 170-181

Folder 170

Folder 171

Folder 172

Folder 173

Folder 174

Folder 175

Folder 176

Folder 177

Folder 178

Folder 179

Folder 180

Folder 181

1919

Folder 182-194

Folder 182

Folder 183

Folder 184

Folder 185

Folder 186

Folder 187

Folder 188

Folder 189

Folder 190

Folder 191

Folder 192

Folder 193

Folder 194

1920

Folder 195-199

Folder 195

Folder 196

Folder 197

Folder 198

Folder 199

1921

Folder 200-202

Folder 200

Folder 201

Folder 202

Undated

Folder 203

Vol. 1, 29 September 1905-31 May 1906

Folder 204

Vol. 2, 31 May 1906-15 September 1906

Folder 205

Vol. 3, 17 September 1906-12 November 1906

Folder 206

Vol. 4, 13 November 1906-15 April 1907

Folder 207

Vol. 5, 15 April 1907-29 August 1907

Folder 208

Vol. 6, 29 August 1907-20 February 1908

Folder 209

Vol. 7, 24 February 1908-10 June 1908

Folder 210

Vol. 8, 5 June 1908-6 May 1909

Folder 211

Vol. 9, 11 June 1908-4 October 1911

Folder 212

Vol. 10, 7 May 1909-21 May 1910

Folder 213

Vol. 11, 23 May 1910-9 July 1912

Folder 214

Vol. 12, 10 July 1912-25 July 1914

Folder 215

Vol. 13, 29 July 1914-17 February 1916

Folder 216

Vol. 14, 18 February 1916-16 February 1917

Folder 217

Vol. 15, 19 February 1917-5 July 1918

Folder 218

Vol. 16, 6 July 1918-30 July 1920

Folder 219

Vol. 17, 5 March 1919-12 July 1920

Folder 220

Vol. 18, 2 January 1919-4 November 1921

Folder 221

Vol. 19, 21 April 1919-6 June 1921

Folder 222

Vol. 20, 20 July 1920-15 November 1921

Folder 223

Vol. 21, 30 July 1920-10 November 1921

Folder 224

Loose Spine Covers

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