Smith and Andrew Family Papers, 1870s-1990s

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Smith and Andrew Family Papers, 1870s-1990s

1870s-1990s

The Smith and Andrew Family Papers document several members of the two white families from Rowland, Robeson County, N.C., Salem, Va., and other North Carolina and Virginia locations. The collection consists of correspondence and other papers, late 1800s-1930s, that describe daily life concerns, including health problems as lived in the 1910s and 1920s, and work as a Methodist minister and and as a physician. Notable topics include the family's first car, travel to the Chicago World's Fair and to Cuba, World War I, courtship, and a honeymoon in New York City. Other papers include sermons, religious writings, pastor books, Jefferson Medical College and University of North Carolina school materials, personal financial materials, business records for Nalwar Printing, and printed materials for the arts, gardening, and other subjects.

17.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 5000 items)

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Andrew (Family : Andrew, J. R. (John Robert), 1853-1925)

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The Andrew family was a white family from Rowland, Robeson County, N.C., Salem, Va., and other North Carolina and Virginia locations, headed by John Robert (J. R.) Andrew (1853-1925) his wife and Rebecca Olivia Talbott (1852-1942). Their daughter, Roberta Olivia Andrew (1894-1995), was the wife of Dr. J. McNeill Smith, Sr. (1884-1952) and the mother of civil rights lawyer J. McNeill Smith Jr. (1918-2011)....

Smith, Roberta Olivia Andrew, 1894-1995

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Roberta Olivia Andrew Smith (1894-1995) was the daughter of J.R. Andrew (1853-1925), wife of Dr. J. McNeill Smith (1884-1952), and mother of civil rights lawyer J. McNeill Smith, Jr. (1918-2011)....

Andrew, J. R. (John Robert), 1853-1925

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Rev. John Robert "J.R." Andrew (1853-1925) was a Methodist minister from Maryland, who lived and worked in Robeson County, North Carolina....

Smith, J. McNeill (John McNeill), 1884-1952

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John McNeill Smith (1884-1952), was a physician practicing in eastern North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Smith was the son of Rev. Neill McNair Smith (1838-1910) and Flora Ann Lytch (1843-1926). He married Roberta Olivia Andrew (1894-1995), daughter of John Robert (J. R.) Andrew (1853-1925) and Rebecca Olivia Talbott (1852-1942). J. McNeill Smith Sr. and Roberta Olivia Andrew had two c...