Henry Smith Richardson papers, 1811-1999 [manuscript].

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Henry Smith Richardson papers, 1811-1999 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32246364

The collection includes personal and business correspondence, writings, newspaper clippings and other printed material, and business and association records documenting H. Smith Richardson's career; papers of Richardson's family, including his father Vick Chemical founder Lunsford Richardson and his brother Lunsford, Jr.; and papers relating to Smith and Richardson family history, including audio cassettes of interviews with 17 Richardson family members and printed and videotaped oral histories of the Richardson family. Richardson's correspondence addresses a broad range of issues, including his business interests in the Vick Chemical Company, Richardson- Merrell, Inc., Reinsurance Corporation of New York, and other companies. Letters also document his participation in the America First Committee, the Republican Party, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Boy Scouts of America, the First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, and the Smith Richardson Foundation (formerly Richardson Foundation). They also document his interests in anticommunism, Senator Joe McCarthy's tactics, local politics in both North Carolina and Connecticut, and segregation both in the U.S. and South Africa. Writings include a series of articles about the causes of the Depression in North Carolina. Also included are diaries and correspondence of his father-in- law Jacob Henry Smith, Presbyterian minister in Greensboro during the second half of the 19th century, and his wife Mary Kelly Watson Smith, including materials relating to Greensboro during the Civil War and a letter from a slave. Pictures and other documents relate to Richardson's father's birthplace Parker Heights Plantation near Salem, N.C.

About 8000 items (19.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7339007

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Reinsurance Corporation of New York

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Richardson-Merrell, Inc.

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First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro (N.C.)

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Richardson-Vicks Inc.

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Lunsford Richardson (1854-1919) began marketing various remedies in Greensboro, N.C. in 1898. The operation became Vick Chemical Company in 1911 and made increasing profits with its Vicks VapoRub cold remedy. The Company was managed over the following decades by Richardson's sons H. Smith (1885-1972) and Lunsford, Jr. (1891-1953). After various mergers and acquisitions, it became Richardson-Vick, Inc., in 1980. In 1985 the Richardson family sold the company to Procter & Gamble Co. ...

Boy Scouts of America

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The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States of America and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with more than 2.4 million youth participants and nearly one million adult volunteers. The BSA was founded in 1910, and since then, more than 110 million Americans have been participants in BSA programs at some time. The BSA is part of the international Scout Movement and became a founding member organization of the World Or...

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Smith, J. Henry (Jacob Henry), 1820-1897

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Jacob Henry Smith, born in Lexington, Va., was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, N.C., 1859-1897. He was married in 1857 to Mary Kelly Watson (1834-1924), whose life and letters were published as "The Love That Never Failed." From the description of J. Henry Smith diary, 1860-1897. WorldCat record id: 32040019 From the guide to the J. Henry Smith Diary, ., 1860-1897, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

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The Chamber of Commerce of the United States traces its origins to an April 22, 1912, conference of commercial and trade organizations called by President William Howard Taft. The idea was to create an organization that could represent the interests of the business community in Washington. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America held its first annual meeting on January 21, 1913. During the First World War the Chamber organized more than 400 War Service Co...

National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)

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The National Association of Manufacturers (N.A.M.) was organized in January 1895 as a political lobbying organization representing the interests of America's manufacturers who wanted to maintain a high protective tariff. By the beginning of the twentieth century, N.A.M. sought to curtail the power of organized labor and maintain the open shop. During the New Deal period and World War II, N.A.M. became a significant force in the Republican coalition seeking to decrease the growing role of the sta...

Richardson family.

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Richardson, Henry Smith, 1885-1972

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H. Smith Richardson (Henry Smith Richardson) was born in Greensboro, N.C. In 1907, he became sales manager for the Vick Company (later Richardson-Vicks, Inc.), which his father founded in 1905 to market Vicks Family Remedies. Richardson was also an early leader in management development, including the Vick School of Applied Merchandising, a college recruiting program in the 1930s, and special reports to shareholders on the importance of management development. He was also a pioneer in corporate ...

Smith Richardson Foundation

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Vick Chemical Company

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America First Committee

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Private organization to promote United States nonintervention in World War II. From the description of America First Committee records, 1940-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868195 ...

Smith, Mary Kelly Watson, 1836-1924.

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Represented in collection are: Mary Kelly Watson Smith, (1836- 1924), resident of Charlottesville, Va., later of Greensboro, N.C.; her sister, Hortensia Hay Watson, resident of Charlottesville; her husband, Jacob Henry Smith (1820-1897), Presbyterian minister; and her father, Egbert Reed Watson, 1810-1887, resident of Charlottesville, Va. From the description of Papers of Mary Kelly Watson Smith, 1814-1884 (bulk 1857-1866). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135480 ...

McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957

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