David Schenck Papers, 1849-1917

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David Schenck Papers, 1849-1917

David Schenck Papers, 1849-1917

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David Schenck was a lawyer of Lincoln and Greensboro, N.C.,Superior Court Judge of the Ninth Judicial District of North Carolina, 1874-1882,general counsel of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, and president of the GuilfordBattleground Co. The collection consists of diaries, 1849-1901, and scrapbooks, 1883-1884 and1888-1901, of David Schenck. The diaries give an extensive picture of Schenck'sprofessional, political, and intellectual activities; family and religious life; andcivic and social surroundings. They cover his youth and education, legal career,membership in the secession convention, public opinion and everyday life in NorthCarolina during the War while Schenck was associated with civilian war efforts,social conditions and activities of the Democratic Party in Lincoln County, N.C.,during Reconstruction, including Klan activity, Schenck's term as superior courtjudge, and his later life in Greensboro, where he was involved in all phases ofpublic life and concerned with education, race relations, and labor questions, andan active author and collector of state history. Occasional memoranda books overlapand supplement the diaries. Also included are records and minutes of the GuilfordBattleground Co., 1887-1894 and 1911-1917.

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