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Preliminary Inventory of the D. W. Newsom Papers, [ca. 1890]-1950 and undated

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Descriptive Summary

Title
D. W. Newsom Papers, [ca. 1890]-1950 and undated
Creator
Newsom, D. W. (Dallas Walton), 1873-1949
Extent
11.20 Linear Feet
2640 Items
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], D. W. Newsom Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The D. W. Newsom Papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift in 2002.
Processing Information
Processed by Joshua A. Kaiser
Completed October 14, 2002
Encoded by Joshua A. Kaiser
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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Biographical Note

Duke University alumnus (1899), as well as Trinity College Registrar (1901-1907) and Treasurer (1907-1923). Also, real estate and insurance agent (1923-1949), Durham County Commissioner (1924-1930), as well as the first Durham County Manager (1930-1943).

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Collection Overview

Primarily incoming and outgoing personal and business correspondence, bills and receipts, bank statements, and deeds (1890-1950). The material documents Newsom's real estate activities and Durham N.C.'s economic and urban development from the 1920s-1940s. Also includes financial ledgers; scrapbooks of Newsom's newspaper real estate advertisements; notebooks in shorthand; various Newsom family estate papers; and a poem by Newsom, "To the Men of the Golden Star," read by him at a World War I memorial service held at Trinity College (1919). The collection contains few records of Newsom's tenure as an official of Trinity College and Durham County. (02-102)
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Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
List of Series in Collection
Accession 2002-0102
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Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection

Accession 2002-0102

Some of the materials in this accession are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special collections Library to use this collection.
The labels on the physical folders that comprise this accession reflect Newsom's own labels on original envelopes and other enclosures. However, the folder labels have not been reproduced in the following container list, which describes groups of like items only.
Box 1
Contents of Box 1:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint and process materials in envelopes before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners and pictorial materials.]
Newspapers, [ca. 1900]
Deeds of Trust and Bills of Sale, 1923-1929
[Includes one black-and-white photograph.]
Appraisal reports, 1929
[Newsom served as one of the appraisers reporting on the value of the properties belonging to the Duke Land and Improvement Company, New Hope Realty Company, in Durham.]
Personal notes
Durham County financial statements, 1933-1949
Box 2
Contents of Box 2:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint and other brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Receipts, 1949-1950, and tax returns, 1939-1944
Receipts and invoices, 1930-1948
[Includes some from Newsom's tenure as Durham County Manager, but the majority are personal, including insurance payments and purchases from the bookstore, florist, etc. Also includes a series of loan passbooks from The Hood System Industrial Bank, Durham, NC.]
Box 3
Contents of Box 3:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Receipts and Invoices, 1928-1948
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1929-1948
[The majority of the letters deal with loans and loan payments and real estate property. A few are from family.]
Box 4
Contents of Box 4:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint and other brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Incoming and outgoing business correspondence, 1928-1948
[Includes a few letters mentioning Mr. Newsom's poetry.]
Box 5
Contents of Box 5:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint and other brittle paper before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, including real estate deeds, 1890-1948
Shorthand notes
Durham real estate and other ephemera
[Includes Newsom's business card and several programs from conventions of the North Carolina Real Estate Association.]
Poems and prose
"To the Men of the Golden Star"
[Read by Newsom at a World War I memorial service held at Trinity College, 1919 June 3.]
"The History of Duke Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, South"
[Read by Newsom 1932 October 30 at Duke Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church.]
Renters' and owners' invoices, bank statements, and other real estate documents, 1926-1932
Box 6
Contents of Box 6:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint and process materials in envelopes before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Newsom estate documents, [ca. 1908]
Shorthand notes
Personal notebooks
[Many are in shorthand.]
1942 Date Book
[Contains various Christmas card lists, Christmas gift lists, and Christmas expenditures from 1937-1946.]
Ernest H. Newsom estate papers, [ca. 1910]
Box 7
Contents of Box 7:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint and process materials in envelopes before use.]
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Financial ledgers and journals, 1902-1946
Personal correspondence from "Jottings" binder, [ca. 1917-1945]
Medical records, 1949
[Includes a daily log of Newsom's health during the final year of his life.]
Box 8
Contents of box 8:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.]
Two scrapbooks containing "Newsom's Bulletin," 1923-1928
Newsom's weekday real estate newspaper advertisements. Also includes the Sunday "Newsom's Bulletin," 1927-1928, which consisted of short inspirational statements.
Box 9
Contents of box 9:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.]
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, [1909]-[ca. 1940s]
Includes news and inspirational quotations apparently collected by Newsom.
Box 10
Contents of box 10:
Financial ledger showing Newsom's income and expenses, [1904]-[1920s]
Financial ledger [showing Newsom's rental expenses], 1923-1924
Includes examples of Newsom's stationery, laid in.
Two signs, "For Rent, D. W. Newsom, Phone F-5311"
   Oversize Folder 1
Contents of oversize folder 1:
Plans for D.W. Newsom house, Trinity College, Durham, NC
Plans for residential development of Fort Fisher-Sea Beach, [NC], 1913
   Oversize Folder 2
Contents of oversize folder 2:
Plans for residential development of Fort Fisher-Sea Beach, [NC], 1913
Linen map and blueprint, "Mrs. Annie Soule Newsom Estate, " Halifax Co., 1909