Guide to the Douglas Family Collection 1859-1963
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University of Chicago Library Guide to the Douglas Family Collection 1859-1963 © 2014 University of Chicago Library Table of Contents Descriptive Summary 3 Information on Use 3 Access 3 Citation 3 Biographical Note 3 Scope Note 4 Related Resources 4 Subject Headings 5 INVENTORY 5 Series I: Correspondence 5 Subseries 1: Robert M. Douglas Correspondence 5 Subseries 2: Martin F. Douglas Correspondence 11 Subseries 3: Family and General Correspondence 11 Series 2: Legal and Financial 13 Series 3: Printed Materials 13 Subseries 1: Pamphlets and Books 13 Subseries 2: Newspaper Clippings 15 Series 4: Ephemera 16 Series 5: Oversize 18 Subseries 1: Legal and Financial 18 Subseries 2: Pamphlets and Newspapers 19 Subseries 3: Ephemera 19 Descriptive Summary Identifier ICU.SPCL.DOUGLASFAMILY Title Douglas Family. Collection Date 1859-1963 Size 3.5 linear feet (4 boxes) Repository Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A. Abstract The collection contains papers created and collected by descendants of Stephen A. Douglas, particularly his son, Robert M. Douglas, and grandson, Martin F. Douglas. It includes personal and professional correspondence, legal and financial documents, printed material written by or about family members and ephemera collected by family members. Information on Use Access This collection is open for research. Citation When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Douglas Family. Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library Biographical Note Lawyer, judge and politician Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861) married Martha Denny Martin (1825-1853) in 1847. Two children born to their marriage survived into adulthood, Robert Martin Douglas (1849-1917) and Stephen Arnold Douglas, Jr. (1850-1908). [See the Guide to the Stephen A. Douglas Papers for an account of Stephen A. Douglas's life and career.] Robert M. Douglas was born in North Carolina in 1849. He graduated from Georgetown College in 1867, and later earned an M.A. and L.D. from the Washington D.C. institution. Douglas was active in the Reconstruction era Republican party, serving as private secretary to President Ulysses S. Grant from 1869-1873. He worked as a U.S. Marshal for North Carolina and was appointed to serve as Master in Chancery to the U.S. Circuit Court in 1888. In 1896, Douglas was elected to the North Carolina Supreme Court, on which served one eight-year term 3 before retiring in 1904. Robert M. Douglas married Jessie Madeline Dick and had four children, Madeleine Douglas, Robert Dick Douglas, Stephen Arnold Douglas and Martin F. Douglas. Martin F. Douglas was Robert M. Douglas’s son and worked as a lawyer in Greensboro, North Carolina. Douglas worked with researchers and to provide access to papers from his famous grandfather that remained in private hands. Scope Note The collection is divided into five series. Series I: Correspondence, is sub-divided into three sub-series Robert M. Douglas Correspondence, Martin F. Douglas Correspondence, and General Correspondence. Each includes personal and business correspondence and is organized roughly by date Robert M. Douglas’s subseries include Presidents McKinley, Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt. Series 2 contains legal and financial documents gathered by the family, including deeds, bonds, and documents concerning court cases. Series 3: Printed Materials includes texts written by and about family members, including Stephen A. Douglas, as well as items collected by the Douglas family. It is divided into two subseries: Pamphlets and Books and Newspaper Clippings. Series 4 is a collection of ephemera consisting of postcards, photographs, calling cards, invitations, currency, stamps, maps, envelopes, and two leather bound diaries. Series 5 contains oversized items. This series is broken into three subseries: Legal and Financial, Printed Materials and Ephemera. Related Resources The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/select.html Stephen A. Douglas. Papers 4 Subject Headings • Douglas, Stephen A. • Douglas, Robert M. • Douglas, Martin F. • McKinley, William, 1843-1901 • Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 • Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 • Education • Douglas Family INVENTORY Series I: Correspondence Subseries 1: Robert M. Douglas Correspondence Box 1 Folder 1 Robert M. Douglas, correspondence 1859-1879 • Martin, Mary, with envelope, May 21, 1859 • Sherman, W.T., May 21, 1865 • Granger, S. to Robert and Stephen Douglas, August 6, 1867 • deGrey, to M. Douglas, May 21, 1871 • “Abstract of Recommendation for Robert M. Douglas for Re-Appointment as U.S. Marshal,” February 1883 • Associated Press dispatch, March 6, 1869 • Chandler, William R., telegraph, September 25, 1868 • Luckey, Levi P., June 1, 1875 • Pritchard, J.C., November 22, 1876 • Smith, W.A., with envelope, August 23, 1871 • Tourgu, A.W., letter to Thomas Settle, August 24, 1870 • Tourgu, Albion W., January 2, 1879 • Williams, R., June 10, 1878, with envelope, enc. letter from C. Beckwith to Robert Williams, May 29, 1873 and Robert Williams to Stephen A. Douglas, June 4, 1873 Box 1 Folder 2 Thomas Settle, 1868-1869 • Douglas, Robert M., from Thomas Settle, August 13, 1868 • Douglas, Robert M., from Thomas Settle, August 19, 1868 • Douglas, Robert M., from Thomas Settle, September 1, 1868 • Douglas, Robert M., from Thomas Settle, November 29, 1868 • Douglas, Robert M., from Thomas Settle, with envelope, February 14, 1869 • Douglas, Robert M., from Thomas Settle, March 13, 1869 • Douglas, Robert M., from Thomas Settle, May 18, 1869 • Douglas, Robert M., from Thomas Settle, with envelope, June 29, 1869 • Douglas, Robert M., from Thomas Settle, August 13, 1869 • Douglas, Robert M., from Thomas Settle, September 14, 1869 5 Box 1 Folder 3 Thomas Settle, 1870-1873 • Adams Express Company, Domestic Bill of lading, March 3, 1873 • Douglas, Robert M., January 1, 1870 • Douglas, Robert M., January 15, 1870 • Douglas, Robert M., February 25, 1870 • Douglas, Robert M., March 15, 1870 • Douglas, Robert M., April 22, 1870 • Douglas, Robert M., November 5, 1870 • Douglas, Robert M., February 20, 1871 • Douglas, Robert M., April 7, 1871 • Douglas, Robert M., with envelope, January 1, 1872 • Douglas, Robert M., January 6, 1872 • Douglas, Robert M., with envelope, January 23, 1872 • Douglas, Robert M., March 14, 1872 • Douglas, Robert M., May 7, 1872 • Douglas, Robert M., with envelope, August 29, 1872 • Douglas, Robert M., January 10, 1873 Box 1 Folder 4 Recommendations to President McKinley on Behalf of Robert M. Douglas • Argo, T.M., to President McKinley, January 17, 1898 • Armfield & Turner, to President McKinley, January 14, 1898 • Battle, R.H., to President McKinley, January 14, 1898 • Blair, J.A., to President McKinley, January 15, 1898 • Boone, R.B., to President McKinley, undated • Bryant, Victor S., to President McKinley, January 14, 1898 • Burton, Andrew J., to President McKinley, January 17, 1898 • Burton, Robert O., to President McKinley, January 14, 1898 • Busbee, C.M., to President McKinley, January 14, 1989 • Busbee, Fabius H., to President McKinley, January 18, 1898 • Buxton, J.C., to President McKinley, January 14, 1898 • Carter, W.F., to President McKinley, January 19, 1898 • Clark, William H., to President McKinley, January 15, 1898 • Day, W.H., to President McKinley, January 14, 1898 • Douglas, Robert D., to President McKinley, January 17, 1898 • Envelope to Robert M. Douglas from Department of Justice, February 8, 1898 • Ervin, S.J., January 14, 1898 • Fields, W.C., January 18, 1898 • Fuller, F.L., January 14, 1897 • Graham, John W., January 18, 1898 • Haywood, Ernest, January 19, 1898 • Hill, Thomas N., January 13, 1898 • Hinsdale, John W., January 22, 1898 • Johnston, P.B., January 14, 1898 6 • Jones, E.B., January 14, 1898 • Jones, W.W., January 15, 1898 • Justice, E.J., January 15, 1898 • King, Walter W., January 17, 1898 • Lewellyn, J.R., January 15, 1898 • Long, B.F., January 17, 1898 • Means, W.G., January 22, 1898 • Paunill, J.T., January 14, 1898 • Patterson, Lindsay, January 18, 1898 • Pearson, W.S., January 14, 1898 • Raper, Emery E., and F.G. Robbins, January 14, 1898 • Reid, Rucker D., January 1898 • Robinson, H. McD., January 14, 1898 • Rodman, William B., January 15, 1898 • Rose, George M., January 20, 1898 • Satchwell, P.D., January 20, 1898 • Shaw, T.J., January 21, 1897 • Scott, Hugh R., January 15, 1898 • Scott, L.M., January 25, 1898 • St. Leon Scull, January 18, 1898 • Scales, A.M., January 19, 1898 • Sinclair, P.J., January 18, 1898 • Smith, Ed. Chambers, January 15, 1898 • Sondley, F.A., January 15, 1898 • Taylor, Z.V., January 22, 1898 • Warren, Char. F., January 19, 1898 • The Bar of Kinston, N.C., December 31, 1897 • Strange, Thomas W. et al, petition to President, January 22, 1898 • List of letter writers on behalf of Robert M. Douglas Box 1 Folder 5 J.C. Pritchard Correspondence • Envelope addressed to Hon. Ro. M. Douglas, Raleigh, N.C., marked, “Letters of J.C. Pritchard,” February 12, 1901 • Pritchard, J.C., to Ro. M. Douglas, April 29, 1878 • Pritchard, J.C., to Robert M. Douglas, with envelope, July 22, 1878 • Pritchard, J.C., to “My Dear Colonel,” January 26, 1895, enc. letter to same February 19, 1895 • Pritchard, J.C., to W.B. Trogden, February 25, 1897 • Pritchard, J.C., to R.M. Douglas, November 16, 1897 • Pritchard, J.C., to R.M. Douglas, January 26, 1899 • Pritchard, J.C., to “Dear Judge,” February 23 1901 • Unsigned letter to J.C. Pritchard, copy with envelope, August 16, 1902 • Envelope marked, “Papers about Pritchard,” enc., letter to Col. Ro. M. Douglas, July 15, 1879, letter to Hon. Ro. M. Douglas, December 24, 1908, letter to United States Western District of N.C., signed J.W. Smith, April 11, 1879 7 Box 1 Folder 6 Robert M. Douglas correspondence 1891-1893 • Envelope to Robert M. Douglas, July 21, 1885 • Fuller, W.M., with envelope fragment, May 23, 1888 • Hayard, E.H., to James C.