James Crawford Biggs Papers, 1893-1960

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James Crawford Biggs Papers, 1893-1960

1893-1960

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04299/

James Crawford Biggs was an attorney in various North Carolina locations, 1894-1933 and 1935-1950; solicitor general of the United States, 1933-1935; and federally-appointed trustee for the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company. Correspondence, chiefly 1915-1924 and 1933-1939; organizational records and financial and legal material relating to the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway; notes for court cases; speeches and other writings on law, politics, and North Carolina history; miscellaneous financial and legal material; and photographs of Biggs and friends from the 1930s and 1940s. Correspondence comprises about three-quarters of the collection. The earlier correspondence concerns legal cases, points of law, and Democratic politics in North Carolina. Major correspondents include Henry Groves Connor, O. Max Gardner, William B. Guthrie, and Angus W. McLean. The larger group of correspondence, 1933-1939, consists of Biggs's generally routine and professional letters to and from North Carolina citizens, friends and acquaintances, railroad officials, attorneys, and Cabinet officials. There are letters from J. Melville Broughton, B. H. Griffin, William B. Guthrie, Stanley Reed, N. C. Hines, Robert R. Reynolds, William B. Snow, John J. Parker, and Frank Daniels. There are also a number of personal letters from Josephus Daniels during these and other years.

4.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1,800 items)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6625639

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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