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Andrew Joyner, Jr. Collection GHM ARCHIVES MSS. COLL. #33 MSS. Collection #33 Andrew Joyner Jr. Collection, ca. 1717-1972. 4 boxes (ca. 600 items.) NOTE: The numbers cited in parentheses, e.g. 1:5, refer the researcher to the Series#:Folder# in which that name/topic will be found. INTRODUCTION The Andrew Joyner Jr. Collection is primarily an artificial collection of autographs and letters, with some photos and prints of the related individuals. Arrangement: The Joyner Collection is arranged into seven series: Correspondence, 1942- 1972; Currency, ca. 1860s; Literary; Photographs; Printed Materials, 1907-1955; Prints; and Autographs. The bulk of the material is grouped in Series 7, the Autograph Collection. Provenance: Many of the more valuable autographs and letters were sold at auction after Mr. Joyner's death, after selected portions of the collection were given to the Museum. There is, however, information documenting some of these more valuable autographs (1:6) as well as the items that did come to the Museum, in the GHM Archives “Legal File.” The bulk of the collection came in 1973 (1973.11), but he presented several items in 1966 (1966.4) and a few additional items came in 1974 (1974.39). BIOGRAPHICAL CHRONOLOGY 1894 -- Born in Greenville, N.C. 1903 -- Moved from Winston-Salem to Greensboro with family 1912 -- Graduated from UNC Chapel Hill 1912 -- Reporter, Greensboro Daily News 1917 -- Married Miss Pearle Ashworth (daughter of Dr. & Mrs. W.C. Ashworth of Greensboro) 1918 -- World War I, U.S. Navy (dates uncertain) 1922 -- Deputy Clerk, Guilford Superior Court 1923 -- Obtained law license after graduating from UNC Law School 1924 -- Chairman, Guilford County Democratic Executive Committee [until 1926] 1923 -- Attorney at Law, Greensboro 1927 -- City of Greensboro Attorney (September 1) 1927 -- President, Greensboro Civitan Club 1932 -- City Manager, Greensboro (June 1) [Resigned, November 1937] 1934 -- President, N.C. League of Municipalities 1937 -- President, American Municipal Association 1937 -- General Manager, Greensboro News Co. [Resigned, 1940] 1940 -- Attorney at Law, Greensboro 1943 -- World War II, U.S. Navy, Intelligence Division (dates uncertain) 1 GHM ARCHIVES MSS. COLL. #33 1956 -- President, Greensboro Historical Museum, Inc. [to 1958] 1972 -- Dies in Greensboro (January 14) SCOPE & CONTENT NOTE This collection is primarily an autograph collection with supplementary material. It was assembled by Andrew Joyner Jr. (1894-1972) from the 1950s until his death. His interest in collecting historical manuscripts began in earnest in the 1950s, which was also the period (1956- 58) when he served as President of the Greensboro Historical Museum, Inc. The bulk of the material in this collection is grouped in Series 7, the Autograph Collection. Correspondence relating to the assembling of this autograph collection (1:1-6) is located in Series 1, the Correspondence series, and includes letters from noted dealers Charles Hamilton and Mary Benjamin (1:4). The collection also contains a few personal items relating to or written by Joyner and dealing with historical topics, including: correspondence with La Nora Board (1:7), Katherine Hoskins (1:11), and John R. Peacock of the High Point Rotary Club (1:14); various writings on Guilford County history (Series 3), and one on the Greensboro High School Class of 1910 (3:1); and several programs, including for a 1940 Senior High School play (5:9), the dedication of Joyner Library at East Carolina College (5:10), and the Dedication Ceremonies (5:12) at the opening of the U.S. Post Office in Greensboro on July 6, 1933. In addition to the autographs and images, Joyner collected some interesting printed material, including: a 1949 U.S. Senate Chamber Pass (5:1); pamphlet for a banquet given to William J. Bryan in Greensboro in 1907 (5:3); a World War I pamphlet, "Help Wilson Win The War" (5:4); and a William B. Umstead for Governor pamphlet (5:7). 2 GHM ARCHIVES MSS. COLL. #33 FOLDER LISTING Series Folder Contents 1 1 Correspondence -- re. Autograph Collection (1955-61) 2 “ -- re. Autograph Collection (1954-55) 3 “ -- re. Autograph Collection (1942-70) 4 “ -- re. Autograph Collection (1955-62) * Benjamin, Mary; Hamilton, Charles 5 “ -- Autograph Collection (1955-67) 6 “ -- Autograph Collection -- Appraisals (1970-72) 7 “ -- Board, La Nora (Mrs. M.O. Board; 1958) * Greensboro, United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter 8 “ -- Broadfoot, Winston (1957) 9 “ -- Cherry, Governor R. Gregg (1947) 10 “ -- Chicago Historical Society (1958) 11 “ -- Hoskins, Katherine (1957) 12 “ -- Joyner, J.Y. (1951) 13 “ -- Moore, Governor Dan K. (1968-70) 14 “ -- Peacock, John R. (1957-58) * High Point Rotary Club; N.C. Civil War Round Table 15 “ -- Rickenbacker, Eddie (1965) 16 “ -- Wood, Dr. George T. (1958) 2 1 Currency -- Miscellaneous (1860s) 3 1 Literary -- "Class Prophecy of Class of 1910, Greensboro High School" (by Andrew Joyner) 2 “ -- "Guilford County" (by Andrew Joyner) 3 “ -- "Guilford County & the Confederacy " (by Andrew Joyner) 4 “ -- "Guilford County in the Civil War," March 1958 (by Andrew Joyner) 4 1 Photographs -- Adams, Abigail (1744-1818) -- Dress 2 “ -- Aviation 3 “ -- Corrigan, Douglas ("Wrong Way," on platform with WBIG microphone) 4 “ -- Gorrell, Ralph -- House (in Greensboro) 5 “ -- Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885) 6 “ -- Hodges, Governor Luther (color image) 7 “ -- Lindbergh, Charles A., et. al., October 14, 1927 * At Lindley Field with Gov. A.W. McLean, J.A. Rankin, and E.B. Jeffress (signed by all) 3 GHM ARCHIVES MSS. COLL. #33 Series Folder Contents 4 8 Photographs -- McKinley, William (1843-1901) [Cabinet Card] 9 “ -- Old Mill, Rt. 421 (Guilford County) 10 “ -- Parker, Samuel 11 “ -- Photographic History of the Civil War * Promotional plates (?) 12 “ -- Preddy, Major George E. 13 “ -- Presidents of the United States (George Washington - Andrew Johnson; copy photo) 14 “ -- Price, Julian 15 “ -- Stevenson, Adlai 16 “ -- Washington, Martha (1732-1802) -- Dress 5 1 Printed -- Card -- U.S. Senate Chamber Pass, 1949 (signed by Clyde R. Hoey) 2 “ -- Certificates (1943) 3 “ -- Pamphlets -- Bryan, William Jennings (Banquet, Guilford Democrats, October 16, 1907) 4 “ -- Pamphlets -- "Help Wilson Win the War" (1918) * State Democratic Executive Committee 5 “ -- Pamphlets -- "Sad Saga of a Salmon Slayer," Herman Cone (signed by Cone) 6 “ -- Pamphlets -- "The Tale of Two Cities" re: Greensboro & High Point, ca. 1920s (satire) 7 “ -- Pamphlets -- Umstead, William B. (" ... Candidate For Governor ...") 8 “ -- Pamphlets -- "University of N.C./ The Students' Army Training Corps of the U./S. Army" (1918) 9 “ -- Programs -- "The Dream of a Clown" [High School Auditorium, Greensboro, December 1940] 10 “ -- Programs -- Joyner Library, East Carolina College (1955) [Dedication program] 11 “ -- Programs -- News-Record Banquet, December 21, 1939 (paper carriers banquet) 12 “ -- Programs -- U.S. Post Office, Dedication Ceremonies/Greensboro, N.C./ July 6, 1933 * E.B. Jeffress; James A. Farley; James Joyner 13 “ -- Programs -- Washington Day Dinner, February 21, 1942 [Cover includes American Flag, in color] 14 “ -- Programs -- Rucker, Pierce (misc. writings) 6 1 Prints -- Buchanan, James (1791-1868) [Copy photo of print from Library of Congress] 4 GHM ARCHIVES MSS. COLL. #33 Series Folder Contents 6 2 Prints -- Davis, Jefferson & His Cabinet [Copy photo of print from Library of Congress] 3 “ -- Davis, Jefferson. Inauguration, February 18, 1861 [Copy photo of print from Library of Congress] 4 “ -- Fillmore, Millard (1800-74) [Copy photo of print from Library of Congress] 5 “ -- Graham, Governor William A. (1804-1875) [Original, A.H. Ritchie, engraver] 6 “ -- Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-85) & Family [Copy] 7 “ -- Harrison, Gen. Benjamin (1833-1901) [Copy photo of print from Library of Congress] 8 “ -- Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841) [Original, 1861 Johnson, Fry & Co., N.Y., engravers] 9 “ -- Madison, Dolly Payne (1768-1849) [Original, J.F.E. Prudhomme, engraver] 10 “ -- Monroe, James (1758-1831) [Original engraving] 11 “ -- Morehead, John Motley (1796-1866) [Copy photo] 12 “ -- Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869) [Copy photo of print from Library of Congress] 13 “ -- Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825) [Original engraving from painting by Chappel. Published by Johnson, Fry & Co., N.Y., 1862] 14 “ -- Spaight, Richard Dobbs (1758-1802) [Original print from 1857 etching by Albert Rosenthal, Philadelphia] 15 “ -- Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850) [Original, T.B. Welch, Philadelphia, engraver] 16 “ -- U.S. Presidents [Copies/cut-outs from magazines] 17 “ -- Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) & Charles F. Adams (1807-1886) [Copy photo of print from Library of Congress] 5 GHM ARCHIVES MSS. COLL. #33 SERIES 7 – AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION The abbreviations used for type of document are defined as follows: ADS = Autograph Document Signed (a handwritten document); ALS = Autograph Letter Signed; ANS = Autograph Note Signed; D = Document; DS = Document Signed; PS = Photograph Signed; TDS = Typed Document Signed; TLS = Typed Letter Signed Acc. No. Type Autograph/Contents 1966.4.1 TLS Rep. Joseph Canon to William P. Bynum, January 22, 1909 1966.4.2 TLS Orville Wright to Horace Green, October 25, 1934 1966.4.16 Photo Eddie Rickenbacker, in front of French Spac (bi-plane) 1966.4.21 TDS Eddie Rickenbacker. "Tribute to Wright Brothers," 6/9/1965 1966.4.22 TLS Eddie Rickenbacker to Andrew Joyner, June 9, 1965 1973.11.1-A ADS William Henry Harrison, August 2, 1796 1973.11.2 DS Thomas Jefferson & James Madison, August 30, 1805 1973.11.3 DS James Madison,
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