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Size | 5.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2400 items) |
Abstract | The Orr and Patterson family joined two prominent families from South Carolina and Pennsylvania. Family members included J. L. (James Lawrence) Orr (1822-1873), state legislator, member of Congress, judge, governor of South Carolina, 1866-1868, and United States minister to Russia; his son-in-law, W. C. Patterson of Philadelphia, Pa., and Greenville, S.C., son of Colonel W. C. Patterson of Philadelphia; and Lawrence Orr Patterson (b. 1869), a civic leader of Greenville, S.C., and donor of the collection. The papers of the Orr and Patterson family are subdivided into four series. The J. L. Orr series, 1779-1892, includes business and family papers of Orr's ancestors in South Carolina; his political correspondence and congressional mail concerning American Indian affairs, political appointments, slavery, and secession for the pre-war period; scattered items during the 1860s; and, after 1870, family letters. The volumes series, 1850-1905, includes scrapbooks of Orr and Patterson family members and lettercopy books of W. C. Patterson. The W. C. Patterson series, 1836-1897, consists of the business and family correspondence of Colonel W. C. Patterson of Philadelphia, Pa., and W. C. Patterson Jr. of Philadelphia and Greenville, S.C. The business correspondence chiefly concerns properties in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minn. The Lawrence Orr Patterson series, 1881-1915, consists of correspondence relating to his work in Greenville, S.C., with civic and cultural organizations, athletics, local business and political matters, and prison reform as a member of the State Board of Charities and Corrections. |
Creator | Orr (Family : Orr, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1822-1873)
Patterson (Family : Patterson, W. C. (William C.)) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Anna Brooke Allan, April 1960; N. Arnold, November 1979
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2005
Funding from the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., supported the encoding of this finding aid.
Note that series 1-4 were previously designated A-D.
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The Orr and Patterson family joined two prominent families from South Carolina and Pennsylvania. Family members included J. L. (James Lawrence) Orr (1822-1873), a state legislator, member of Congress, judge, governor of South Carolina, 1866-1868, and United States minister to Russia; his son-in-law, W. C. (William C.) Patterson Jr. of Philadelphia, Pa., and Greenville, S.C., whose father was Colonel W. C. (William C.) Patterson of Philadelphia; and Lawrence Orr Patterson (b. 1869), a civic leader of Greenville, S.C., and the donor of the collection.
Back to TopThe papers of the Orr and Patterson family are subdivided into four series. The J. L. Orr (James Lawrence Orr) series, 1779-1892, includes business and family papers of Orr's ancestors in South Carolina; his political correspondence and congressional mail concerning American Indian affairs, political appointments, slavery, and secession for the pre-war period; scattered items during the 1860s; and, after 1870, family letters. The volumes series, 1850-1905, includes scrapbooks of the Orr and Patterson families and lettercopy books of W. C. Patterson. The W. C. Patterson series, 1836-1897, consists of the business and family correspondence of Colonel W. C. Patterson of Philadelphia, Pa., and W. C. Patterson Jr. of Philadelphia and Greenville, S.C. The business correspondence chiefly concerns properties in Minneapolis, Minn., and Saint Paul, Minn. The Lawrence Orr Patterson series, 1881-1915, consists of correspondence relating to his work in Greenville, S.C., with civic and cultural organizations, athletics, local business and political matters, and prison reform as a member of the State Board of Charities and Corrections.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Papers chiefly relate to James Lawrence Orr (1822-1873), legislator, member of Congress, Speaker of the House, member of conventions of 1860 and 1865, judge, governor of South Carolina, and United States minister to Russia. Papers, 1799-1844, relate to business and family of Asa Clinkscales, John Orr, Christopher Orr, and others, of South Carolina. Included are letters, notes, receipts, money orders, and other items. A group of papers relates to appointments of Clinkscales as surveyor in South Carolina court cases, Court of Common Pleas, in Anderson, S.C. Papers, 1844-1848, concern raising troops and a treaty with American Indians. Papers, 1849-1868, consist of letters from other members of Congress and the cabinet and other political leaders, relating to American Indian affairs, political appointments, slavery, secession, the Montgomery, Ala., convention, raising troops, post war conditions in Abbeville District, S.C., and land grant agricultural colleges in the South. Papers, 1870-1884, relate chiefly to family and include letters from children at school at Greenville College, Saint Mary's School in Raleigh, N.C., and the University of Virginia, and from family members living in Europe. Also included is a number of letters to Christopher H. Orr, an attorney, from business associates, concerning the "Columbus Democrat", and from women friends.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1b |
1779-1849 |
Folder 2 |
1850-1856 |
Folder 3 |
1857-1859 |
Folder 4 |
1860-1869 |
Folder 5 |
1870-1875 |
Folder 6 |
1880-1881 |
Folder 7 |
1882-1883 |
Folder 8 |
1884-1885 |
Folder 9 |
1886-1887, 1889, 1892 |
Folder 10-11
Folder 10Folder 11 |
Undated |
Reel M-1413/1 |
Microfilm |
Four scrapbooks belonging to members of the Orr and Patterson families and three lettercopy books of W. C. Patterson.
Folder 84 |
Volume 1: Scrapbook, 1850-1852Political career of J. L. Orr |
Folder 85 |
Volume 2: Scrapbook, 1873-1905Clippings about J. L. Orr, Clinkscales family reunion, notices and speeches |
Folder 86 |
Volume 3: Scrapbook, 1870-1905Miscellaneous clippings, poems, cartoons, anecdotes, articles about the Civil War, national affairs, labor and legal items, Orr and Patterson family obituaries, invitations, South Carolina politics in the 1880s, W. C. Patterson's defense of Fitz-John Porter |
Oversize Volume V-1413/S-4 |
Volume 4: Scrapbook, 1883L. O. Patterson, of Philadelphia, Pa., newspaper notices of opera and theater and miscellaneous clippings |
Folder 87 |
Volume 5: Lettercopy book, October 1869-March 1872 |
Folder 88 |
Volume 6: Lettercopy book, March 1872-January 1876 |
Folder 89 |
Volume 7: Lettercopy book, March 1875-May 1879 |
Folder 90 |
Volume 8: Notebook, 1877-1885W. C. Patterson |
Reel M-1413/2 |
Microfilm |
Arrangement: chronological.
Business papers and family correspondence of Colonel W. C. Patterson of Philadelphia, Pa., and W. C. Patterson Jr. of Pennsylvania and South Carolina. Also included are miscellaneous maps, postcards, calling cards, receipts, school materials, printed material, clippings, and advertisements.
Folder 12 |
1836, 1861, 1868-1871 |
Folder 13 |
1872-June 1873 |
Folder 14 |
July 1873-1874 |
Folder 15 |
1875-1876 |
Folder 16 |
1877 |
Folder 17 |
1878-1879 |
Folder 18 |
1880-1881 |
Folder 19 |
1882 |
Folder 20 |
1883-1884 |
Folder 21 |
1885-1886 |
Folder 22-23
Folder 22Folder 23 |
1887 |
Folder 24-25
Folder 24Folder 25 |
1888 |
Folder 26 |
1889 |
Folder 27-28
Folder 27Folder 28 |
1890 |
Folder 29-30
Folder 29Folder 30 |
1891 |
Folder 31-33
Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33 |
1892 |
Folder 34-36
Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36 |
1893 |
Folder 37 |
1894, 1897 |
Folder 38-39
Folder 38Folder 39 |
Undated |
Folder 40 |
Maps |
Folder 41 |
Notes |
Folder 42 |
Postcards and calling cards |
Folder 43 |
Letters of introduction for Lawrence Orr Patterson by William E. Earle, 29 December 1893 |
Folder 44 |
Dance cards |
Folder 45-48
Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48 |
Receipts |
Folder 49 |
Grade reports and graduation program |
Folder 50 |
Literary works |
Folder 51-53
Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53 |
Printed material |
Folder 54-55
Folder 54Folder 55 |
Clippings and advertisements |
XOPF-1413/1 |
Flier for "The Dixies, Entertainers in their Laughable Entertainment of Mirth and Melody," circa 1880 |
Inman Line notice about additional charges for packages |
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence of Lawrence Orr Patterson, of Greenville, S.C., relating to the YMCA, libraries, concert series, and other civic and cultural organizations; lawn tennis and amateur baseball; national legislation and miscellaneous local business and political matters; and prison as a member of the State Board of Charities and Corrections.
Folder 56 |
1881-May 1887 |
Folder 57 |
1887: June-August |
Folder 58 |
September 1887-February 1888 |
Folder 59-60
Folder 59Folder 60 |
1888: May-December |
Folder 61-64
Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64 |
1889 |
Folder 65-66
Folder 65Folder 66 |
1890 |
Folder 67-68
Folder 67Folder 68 |
1891: January-September |
Folder 69 |
October 1891-March 1892 |
Folder 70 |
1892: April-December |
Folder 71-72
Folder 71Folder 72 |
1893: January-November |
Folder 73 |
December 1893-January 1894 |
Folder 74-78
Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78 |
1894: February-October |
Folder 79-80
Folder 79Folder 80 |
Undated |
Folder 81 |
1901-February 1913 |
Folder 82 |
1913: March-December |
Folder 83 |
1914-1915 |
XOPF-1413/1 |
State Department certificate for safe passage for Lawrence O. Patterson |
Image Folder PF-1413/1 |
Portraits |
Special Format Image SF-P-1413/1 |
S. W. Orr(?)Tintype |