Edward Featherston Small, 1884-1921 and undated
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Summary
- Creator:
- Small, Edward Featherston, 1844-1924
- Abstract:
- Edward Featherston Small was a photographer and salesman for the W. Duke, Sons and Co. tobacco company in Durham, N.C. His papers include correspondence regarding the W. Duke, Sons and Co. sales tactics during the 1880s as well as typescript drafts by Small, including some undated autobiographical essays and a 1907 history of his work for the W. Duke, Sons and Co.
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.11260
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection includes correspondence between Small and W. Duke, Sons and Co. representatives, as well as occasional letters from J.B. Duke. Also contained are drafts and excerpts of drafts prepared by Small discussing his service in the Confederate Army, his sales career for the W. Duke, Sons and Co. Tobacco firm, and other anecdotal autobiographical essays. Collection contains 1 portrait photograph of Small, and 2 photographs that appear to be of Small and his telescope and an accompanying image of an eclipse. All photographs are undated. There is also an undated draft of a Civil War memoir written by Small's wife, Julia Telfair Small.
- Biographical / historical:
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Edward Featherston Small (1844-1924) was a Confederate veteran, photographer, and salesman for the W. Duke, Sons and Co. tobacco company in Durham, N.C.
More about Small can be found here: http://ncpedia.org/biography/small-edward-featherston
- Acquisition information:
- The Edward Featherston Small Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 1939.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Meghan Lyon, July 2016
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Advertising -- Cigarettes -- United States
Traveling sales personnel -- Correspondence
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Commerce
Veterans -- Confederate States of America
Memoirs and biographies
Tobacco industry -- United States - Names:
- W. Duke, Sons & Co.
American Tobacco Company
Small, Edward Featherston, 1844-1924
Small, Julia Telfair
Duke, James Buchanan, 1856-1925 - Places:
- Durham (N.C.) -- Industry
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[Identification of item], Edward Featherston Small Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.