Inventory of the John W. Lewis and Lewis P. Olds Papers, 1808-1900s
A Collection in the
Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Accession Number Acc. 2010.022
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Preferred Citation
John W. Lewis and Lewis P. Olds Papers, Accession #Acc. 2010.022, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
This collection was purchased on 1/20/2010.
Processing Information
Accessioned and minimally processed in January 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist. Further arranged and described by Jeffrey Flanagan, SCRC Staff, in March-May 2010.
Biographical Information
John W. Lewis was raised in Randolph County, North Carolina. In 1833, at around the age of 25, Lewis entered the Virginia Conference of Methodist ministers. His 50+ year career as a pastor took him from Virginia to Mississippi and eventually back to his home state of North Carolina. Lewis was a slave-owning member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MEC-S) offshoot that split from the main Methodist Episcopal Church due to differing views on the issue of slavery. He died on May 23, 1885.
Lewis P. Olds was a North Carolina lawyer and politician. He served as the state's Attorney General from 1869-1870, as State Senator from 1870-1871, and as the United States consul to St. Helena from 1876-1877.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the papers of three Southerners, dating predominantly from the 19th century. John W. Lewis lived in Virginia, Mississippi, and North Carolina and the portion of the collection from this Methodist minister and farmer includes references to religion including sermons, farming, and slavery. Lewis P. Olds was a North Carolina lawyer and politician and the collection includes evidence of his career as well as poetry and short stories he wrote. The remainder of the collection is schoolwork of Sally Latting from 1808 and unattributed photographs and a recipe book.
Index Terms
- North Carolina--History--19th century--Sources
- North Carolina--Social life and customs--19th century
- Slavery--North Carolina--History.
- Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century.
- Virginia--History--19th century--Sources
- Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century
- Broadsides
- Correspondence
- Photographs
- Poems
- Recipes
- Sermons
Subjects:
Genre and Form Terms:
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Latting, Sally
- Lewis, John W. ([1808]-1885)
- Olds, Lewis P.
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- North Carolina--History--19th century--Sources
- North Carolina--Social life and customs--19th century
- Virginia--History--19th century--Sources
- Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century
Detailed Description of the Collection
This series consists of the correspondence and personal papers of John W. Lewis, a North Carolina-born Methodist minister and slave-owning farmer. Subjects of correspondence include religion, family matters, farming, and slavery. Included in Lewis' personal papers are two drafts of his last will and testament, property tax assessments from Mississippi, and an August 1875 ballot for the appointment of delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
- Box-folder 1:1
John W. Lewis Correspondence 1840-1885
- Box-folder 1:2
John W. Lewis Correspondence 1840-1885
- Box-folder 1:3
John W. Lewis Personal Papers 1840-1885
This series consists of the correspondence and personal papers of Lewis P. Olds, a North Carolina attorney and politician. Subjects of correspondence primarily deal with Olds' work as an attorney, as Attorney General of North Carolina, and as State Senator of North Carolina. Olds' personal papers are made up primarily of a number of short stories, poems, and epic poems that he authored.
- Box-folder 1:4
Lewis P. Olds Correspondence 1840-1900
- Box-folder 1:5
Lewis P. Olds Correspondence 1840-1900
- Box-folder 1:6
Lewis P. Olds Correspondence 1840-1900
- Box-folder 1:7
Lewis P. Olds Poetry 1840-1900
- Box-folder 1:8
Lewis P. Olds Poetry 1840-1900
- Box-folder 1:9
Lewis P. Olds Poetry 1840-1900
- Box-folder 2:4
Lewis P. Olds Poetry 1840-1900
- Box-folder 2:5
Lewis P. Olds Poetry 1840-1900