John H. Small Papers, 1874-1947 (bulk 1913-1939).

Collection Number: 03243

Collection Title: John H. Small Papers, 1874-1947 (bulk 1913-1939).

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Size	25.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 20,000 items)
Abstract	John H. Small (1858-1946) of Washington, N.C., was a United States representative, 1899-1921, from North Carolina's First District, and Washington, D.C., attorney, 1921-1931. The collection is primarily congressional correspondence of Small, with some business and personal material. Correspondence concerns state and national Democratic politics, interests of constituents in northeastern North Carolina, major issues and events of the time, and local affairs of Beaufort County, N.C., in which Small was interested, particularly the public schools. Small's main legislative interest was water transportation. He was active in promoting river and harbor legislation, particularly the east coast inland waterway. Also included are lecture notes while he was at Trinity College, Randolph County, N.C., in 1874; a brief diary, 1879; and directors' and stockholders' minutes and financial reports, 1888-1910 and 1917-1925, of Branning Manufacturing Company, Chowan County, N.C., which was engaged in lumbering and the manufacture of shingles and staves.
Creator	Small, John H. (John Humphrey), 1858-1946.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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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 John H. Small Papers, #3243, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from John H. Small of Charlotte, N.C., October 1956.

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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John Humphrey Small (1858-1946) of Washington, N.C., was a United States representative, 1899-1921, from North Carolina's First District, and Washington, D.C., attorney, 1921-1931. Small ws educated at Trinity College and later taught school, 1876-1880, at Golden Valley in Rutherford County, N.C., and at Washington, N.C. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1881. He was editor and for a time owner of the Washington Gazette in the early 1880s. In 1881 he was elected reading clerk of the state senate and also became superintendent of public instruction of Beaufort County, N.C.; solicitor of the inferior court of Beaufort County, 1882-1885; attorney of the Board of Commissioners of Beaufort County, 1888-1896; city councilman, 1887-1890; mayor of Washington, N.C., 1889-1890; delegate to Democratic state conventions, 1889-1920; and presidential elector, 1896. He was married to Isabelle C. Wharton in 1890.

Small served in the United States Congress, 1899-1921. During this period he was also interested in farming, his law practice in partnership with Angus D. McLean, his school board work, and the development of the inland waterway from Boston, Mass., to Florida., railroad legal problems, and was a member of the National Rivers and Harbors Committee, 1916-1920. He was interested in the Rivers and Harbors bill, labor problems and Federal farm loan machinery, Federal Reserve System amendments, and World War I problems of transportation, emergency powers for the President of the United States, Naval militia federalization and appropriations, and other issues. He made a congressional trip of inspection to Asia in 1920.

After his retirement from Congress, Small practiced law in Washington, D.C.; was president of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, 1921; was a member of the state geological board; and was interested in promotion of the port of Wilmington, N.C., railroads, banking, economic conditions, aviation development, politics, and elections.

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The collection is primarily congressional correspondence of John Humphrey Small, with some business and personal material. Correspondence concerns state and national Democratic politics, interests of constituents in northeastern North Carolina, major issues and events of the time, and local affairs of Beaufort County, N.C., in which Small was interested, particularly the public schools. Small's main legislative interest was water transportation. He was active in promoting river and harbor legislation, particularly the east coast inland waterway. Also included are lecture notes while he was at Trinity College, Randolph County, N.C., in 1874; a brief diary, 1879; and directors' and stockholders' minutes and financial reports, 1888-1910 and 1917-1925, of Branning Manufacturing Company, Chowan County, N.C., which was engaged in lumbering and the manufacture of shingles and staves.

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Folder 1a	Original finding aid
Folder 1	1880-1899
Folder 2	1900
Folder 3	1901-1903
Folder 4	1905
Folder 5	1906
Folder 6	1907
Folder 7-9 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9	1908
Folder 10	1909
Folder 11-12 Folder 11 Folder 12	1910
Folder 13	1911
Folder 14-15 Folder 14 Folder 15	1912
Folder 16-87 Folder 16 Folder 17 Folder 18 Folder 19 Folder 20 Folder 21 Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28 Folder 29 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35 Folder 36 Folder 37 Folder 38 Folder 39 Folder 40 Folder 41 Folder 42 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 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 Folder 77 Folder 78 Folder 79 Folder 80 Folder 81 Folder 82 Folder 83 Folder 84 Folder 85 Folder 86 Folder 87	1913
Folder 88-185 Folder 88 Folder 89 Folder 90 Folder 91 Folder 92 Folder 93 Folder 94 Folder 95 Folder 96 Folder 97 Folder 98 Folder 99 Folder 100 Folder 101 Folder 102 Folder 103 Folder 104 Folder 105 Folder 106 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 Folder 137 Folder 138 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 Folder 154 Folder 155 Folder 156 Folder 157 Folder 158 Folder 159 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 Folder 185	1914
Folder 186-199 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	1915
Folder 200-268 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 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 Folder 248 Folder 249 Folder 250 Folder 251 Folder 252 Folder 253 Folder 254 Folder 255 Folder 256 Folder 257 Folder 258 Folder 259 Folder 260 Folder 261 Folder 262 Folder 263 Folder 264 Folder 265 Folder 266 Folder 267 Folder 268	1916
Folder 269-366 Folder 269 Folder 270 Folder 271 Folder 272 Folder 273 Folder 274 Folder 275 Folder 276 Folder 277 Folder 278 Folder 279 Folder 280 Folder 281 Folder 282 Folder 283 Folder 284 Folder 285 Folder 286 Folder 287 Folder 288 Folder 289 Folder 290 Folder 291 Folder 292 Folder 293 Folder 294 Folder 295 Folder 296 Folder 297 Folder 298 Folder 299 Folder 300 Folder 301 Folder 302 Folder 303 Folder 304 Folder 305 Folder 306 Folder 307 Folder 308 Folder 309 Folder 310 Folder 311 Folder 312 Folder 313 Folder 314 Folder 315 Folder 316 Folder 317 Folder 318 Folder 319 Folder 320 Folder 321 Folder 322 Folder 323 Folder 324 Folder 325 Folder 326 Folder 327 Folder 328 Folder 329 Folder 330 Folder 331 Folder 332 Folder 333 Folder 334 Folder 335 Folder 336 Folder 337 Folder 338 Folder 339 Folder 340 Folder 341 Folder 342 Folder 343 Folder 344 Folder 345 Folder 346 Folder 347 Folder 348 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	1917
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Folder 632-647 Folder 632 Folder 633 Folder 634 Folder 635 Folder 636 Folder 637 Folder 638 Folder 639 Folder 640 Folder 641 Folder 642 Folder 643 Folder 644 Folder 645 Folder 646 Folder 647	1923
Folder 648-662 Folder 648 Folder 649 Folder 650 Folder 651 Folder 652 Folder 653 Folder 654 Folder 655 Folder 656 Folder 657 Folder 658 Folder 659 Folder 660 Folder 661 Folder 662	1924
Folder 663-676 Folder 663 Folder 664 Folder 665 Folder 666 Folder 667 Folder 668 Folder 669 Folder 670 Folder 671 Folder 672 Folder 673 Folder 674 Folder 675 Folder 676	1925
Folder 677-691 Folder 677 Folder 678 Folder 679 Folder 680 Folder 681 Folder 682 Folder 683 Folder 684 Folder 685 Folder 686 Folder 687 Folder 688 Folder 689 Folder 690 Folder 691	1926
Folder 692-707 Folder 692 Folder 693 Folder 694 Folder 695 Folder 696 Folder 697 Folder 698 Folder 699 Folder 700 Folder 701 Folder 702 Folder 703 Folder 704 Folder 705 Folder 706 Folder 707	1927
Folder 708-730 Folder 708 Folder 709 Folder 710 Folder 711 Folder 712 Folder 713 Folder 714 Folder 715 Folder 716 Folder 717 Folder 718 Folder 719 Folder 720 Folder 721 Folder 722 Folder 723 Folder 724 Folder 725 Folder 726 Folder 727 Folder 728 Folder 729 Folder 730	1928
Folder 731-748 Folder 731 Folder 732 Folder 733 Folder 734 Folder 735 Folder 736 Folder 737 Folder 738 Folder 739 Folder 740 Folder 741 Folder 742 Folder 743 Folder 744 Folder 745 Folder 746 Folder 747 Folder 748	1929
Folder 749-759 Folder 749 Folder 750 Folder 751 Folder 752 Folder 753 Folder 754 Folder 755 Folder 756 Folder 757 Folder 758 Folder 759	1930
Folder 760-773 Folder 760 Folder 761 Folder 762 Folder 763 Folder 764 Folder 765 Folder 766 Folder 767 Folder 768 Folder 769 Folder 770 Folder 771 Folder 772 Folder 773	1931
Folder 774-786 Folder 774 Folder 775 Folder 776 Folder 777 Folder 778 Folder 779 Folder 780 Folder 781 Folder 782 Folder 783 Folder 784 Folder 785 Folder 786	1932
Folder 787-804 Folder 787 Folder 788 Folder 789 Folder 790 Folder 791 Folder 792 Folder 793 Folder 794 Folder 795 Folder 796 Folder 797 Folder 798 Folder 799 Folder 800 Folder 801 Folder 802 Folder 803 Folder 804	1933
Folder 805-818 Folder 805 Folder 806 Folder 807 Folder 808 Folder 809 Folder 810 Folder 811 Folder 812 Folder 813 Folder 814 Folder 815 Folder 816 Folder 817 Folder 818	1934
Folder 819-832 Folder 819 Folder 820 Folder 821 Folder 822 Folder 823 Folder 824 Folder 825 Folder 826 Folder 827 Folder 828 Folder 829 Folder 830 Folder 831 Folder 832	1935
Folder 833-843 Folder 833 Folder 834 Folder 835 Folder 836 Folder 837 Folder 838 Folder 839 Folder 840 Folder 841 Folder 842 Folder 843	1936
Folder 844-860 Folder 844 Folder 845 Folder 846 Folder 847 Folder 848 Folder 849 Folder 850 Folder 851 Folder 852 Folder 853 Folder 854 Folder 855 Folder 856 Folder 857 Folder 858 Folder 859 Folder 860	1937
Folder 861-889 Folder 861 Folder 862 Folder 863 Folder 864 Folder 865 Folder 866 Folder 867 Folder 868 Folder 869 Folder 870 Folder 871 Folder 872 Folder 873 Folder 874 Folder 875 Folder 876 Folder 877 Folder 878 Folder 879 Folder 880 Folder 881 Folder 882 Folder 883 Folder 884 Folder 885 Folder 886 Folder 887 Folder 888 Folder 889	1938
Folder 890	1939
Folder 891	1940-1947
Folder 892-907 Folder 892 Folder 893 Folder 894 Folder 895 Folder 896 Folder 897 Folder 898 Folder 899 Folder 900 Folder 901 Folder 902 Folder 903 Folder 904 Folder 905 Folder 906 Folder 907	Undated Material
Folder 908	Volume 1: Student notebook, 1874, and diary, 1879, John H. Small
Folder 909	Volume 2: Record book, Branning Manufacturing Company, 1888-1910
Folder 910	Volume 3: Record book, Branning Manufacturing Company, 1917-1925

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Collection Number: 03243 Collection Title: John H. Small Papers, 1874-1947 (bulk 1913-1939).

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Collection Number: 03243

Collection Title: John H. Small Papers, 1874-1947 (bulk 1913-1939).