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Finding aid created by Jeffrey Flanagan, SCRC Staff, 2010 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the John W. Lewis and Lewis P. Olds Papers, 1808-1902 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2010.022

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2012 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center John W. Lewis and Lewis P. Olds Papers 1808-1900s1840-1879 01/Mss. Acc. 2010.022 1.00 The papers are in: English Collection consists of the papers of three Southerners, dating predominantly from the 19th century. John W. Lewis lived in Virginia, Mississippi, and North Carolina and the portion of the collection from this Methodist minister and farmer includes references to religion including sermons, farming, and slavery. Lewis P. Olds was a North Carolina lawyer and politician and the collection includes evidence of his career as well as poetry and short stories he wrote. The remainder of the collection is schoolwork of Sally Latting from 1808 and unattributed photographs and a recipe book. Lewis, John W., [1808]-1885Latting, SallyOlds, Lewis P. arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

 Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

 Preferred Citation

John W. Lewis and Lewis P. Olds Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

 Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from Tim Abbott on 01/20/2010.

 Processing Information

Accessioned and minimally processed in January 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist. Further arranged and described by Jeffrey Flanagan, SCRC Staff, in March-May 2010.

 Biographical Note

John W. Lewis was raised in Randolph County, North Carolina. In 1833, at around the age of 25, Lewis entered the Virginia Conference of Methodist ministers. His 50+ year career as a pastor took him from Virginia to Mississippi and eventually back to his home state of North Carolina. Lewis was a slave-owning member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MEC-S) offshoot that split from the main Methodist Episcopal Church due to differing views on the issue of slavery. He died on May 23, 1885.<br><br>Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:<a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/John_W._Lewis">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/John_W._Lewis</a>

 Scope and Contents

Collection consists of the papers of three Southerners, dating predominantly from the 19th century. John W. Lewis lived in Virginia, Mississippi, and North Carolina and the portion of the collection from this Methodist minister and farmer includes references to religion including sermons, farming, and slavery. Lewis P. Olds was a North Carolina lawyer and politician and the collection includes evidence of his career as well as poetry and short stories he wrote. The remainder of the collection is schoolwork of Sally Latting from 1808 and unattributed photographs and a recipe book.

 Arrangement of Materials

This collection is arranged into 3 series: Series 1: John W. Lewis; Series 2: Lewis P. Olds; Series 3: Miscellaneous.

 Additional Information Index Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Broadsides Correspondence Photographs Recipes Sermons Geographic Name: North Carolina--History--19th century--Sources. North Carolina--Social life and customs--19th century. Virginia--History--19th century--Sources Topical Term: Poems Slavery--North Carolina--History. Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century. Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century Detailed Description of the Collection John W. Lewis id67450 1840-1885 id67453 1 John W. Lewis Correspondence id67454 1840-1885 1 1 John W. Lewis Correspondence id67455 1840-1885 1 2 John W. Lewis Personal Papers id67456 1840-1885 1 3 Lewis P. Olds id67451 1840-1900 id67457 1 Lewis P. Olds Correspondence id67459 1840-1900 1 4 Lewis P. Olds Correspondence id67460 1840-1900 1 5 Lewis P. Olds Correspondence id67461 1840-1900 1 6 Lewis P. Olds Poetry id67462 1840-1900 1 7 Lewis P. Olds Poetry id67463 1840-1900 1 8 Lewis P. Olds Poetry id67464 1840-1900 1 9 id67458 2 Lewis P. Olds Poetry id67465 1840-1900 2 4 Lewis P. Olds Poetry id70868 1840-1900 2 5 Miscellaneous id67452 1808-circa 1900 id67466 2 Sally Latting Schoolwork id67467 1808 2 1 Photographs id67468 circa 1800-1900 2 2 Recipe Books id67469 circa 1800-1900 2 3 Papers id65214 circa 1840-1870