D. W. Newsom papers, [ca. 1890]-1950 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Newsom, D. W. (Dallas Walton), 1873-1949
Extent:
11.2 Linear Feet
2640 Items
Language:
English.
Collection ID:
RL.00944

Background

Scope and content:

Primarily incoming and outgoing personal and business correspondence, bills and receipts, bank statements, and deeds (1890-1950). The material documents Newsom's real estate activities and Durham N.C.'s economic and urban development from the 1920s-1940s. Also includes financial ledgers; scrapbooks of Newsom's newspaper real estate advertisements; notebooks in shorthand; various Newsom family estate papers; and a poem by Newsom, "To the Men of the Golden Star," read by him at a World War I memorial service held at Trinity College (1919). The collection contains few records of Newsom's tenure as an official of Trinity College and Durham County. (02-102)

Biographical / historical:

Duke University alumnus (1899), as well as Trinity College Registrar (1901-1907) and Treasurer (1907-1923). Also, real estate and insurance agent (1923-1949), Durham County Commissioner (1924-1930), as well as the first Durham County Manager (1930-1943).

Acquisition information:
The D. W. Newsom Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2002.
Processing information:

Processed by Joshua A. Kaiser

Completed October 14, 2002

Encoded by Joshua A. Kaiser

This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

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[Identification of item], D. W. Newsom Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.