Inventory of the James H. Pou Bailey Papers, 1901-1970

Collection Overview

The James H. Pou Bailey Papers span the years 1901 to 1970 with the bulk of the papers dating from 1948 to 1965. The Law Practices: Clients Series (CLOSED), which contains papers relating to specific clients in his law practice, comprises the bulk of the collection. The papers also document Bailey's political interests and pursuit of political office, financial and legal matters pertaining to himself and family members, and his involvement in civic organizations. These concerns are documented by the Correspondence, Subject Files, Legal and Financial Papers, and Writings and Speeches Series. While the collection contains a few speeches to various organizations and civic groups, there are not as many as one might expect from a person who ran for the North Carolina State Senate three times and held the office for two terms (four years). Also, there are not many papers relating to his tenure as Judge of Superior Court from the 10th Judicial District.

The business and financial climate in North Carolina during the late 1940s to the early 1960s may be studied through the Law Practices: Clients (CLOSED) and Subject Files Series. Early efforts to promote cable television in North Carolina (1963-1964) through the Engineering Sales Corporation of Raleigh, N.C. and to encourage the use of natural gas in North Carolina (1955-1959) through the efforts of consulting engineers, Porter, Barry, & Associates of Baton Rouge, La. are delineated in this series. Both firms were legal clients of Bailey.

Of particular note are several political figures represented in the Correspondence Series, including North Carolina Senator Willis Smith and Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd. The business, professional, and personal relationship of Bailey with United States Senator from North Carolina, Jesse Helms, is reflected in the Correspondence and Law Practices: Clients Series (CLOSED). The papers particularly concern Helms's position as administrative assistant to Senator Willis Smith and the offices Helms held in the North Carolina Bankers Association (NCBA), a Bailey client. Information about policies and laws affecting banks in North Carolina are also represented in the Law Practices: Clients Series (CLOSED). The Subject Files Series contains Bailey's Senatorial Papers (1950-1954). Included is constituent mail, information pertaining to political appointments, and his service on various committees, including his chairmanship of the Interstate and Federal Relations and Judiciary Committees.

The Subject Files and Legal and Financial Papers Series disclose some of the financial interests held by Bailey and his family. Most notable are their interest in the Andrew Johnson Hotel in Raleigh, N.C. and Bailey's interest in a 360 acre farm in Johnston County, N.C. Included is information relating to the management of both enterprises. The collection also highlights father-son relationships in the correspondence between Josiah W. Bailey and James H. Pou Bailey and between James H. Pou Bailey and his son, Jim. (Correspondence Series).

The Josiah W. Bailey (Bailey's father) Papers is a related collection in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Descriptive Summary

Title: James H. Pou Bailey Papers, 1901-1970
Creator: Bailey, James Hinton Pou, 1917-
Extent: 14.6 linear feet, 8,640 items
Repository: Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.

Administrative Information

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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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.

Use Restrictions

Individuals have a legally enforceable right to privacy and the right to suppress release of information obtained through the lawyer-client relationship. The use of names of living individuals involved in the kind of professional counseling represented by a lawyer-client relationship is prohibited without the client's consent.

Therefore the release of information contained in the Law Practices: Clients Series may give rise to liability (e.g. for defamation or invasion of privacy). Duke University assumes no responsibility for infringement of literary property rights and copyrights, or for liability to any person for defamation or invasion of privacy. RESTRICTION: Closed series.

Contents of the Collection

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Correspondence Series, 1926-1967 and undated

(1,680 items; 2.8 linear ft)

Arranged primarily in chronological order, with the exception that the correspondence of Bailey's father, Senator Josiah W. Bailey, is in a separate file.

Includes personal, business, and political correspondence. There is some overlap between correspondence in this series and that located in the Subject Files: Politics Series.

1940-1951

(7 folders)

Box 1

1952-1954

(6 folders)

Box 2

1955-1959, Aug.

(6 folders)

Box 3

1959-Sept.-1963

(7 folders)

Box 4

1964-1967, undated

(6 folders)

Box 5

Bailey, Josiah W., 1926-1943

(6 folders)

Box 6

Bailey, Josiah W., 1944-1946

(7 folders)

Box 7

Law Practices: Clients Series (CLOSED), 1947-1966.

(3,600 items; 6 linear ft.)

Primarily correspondence, legal and financial papers, clippings, and handwritten notes pertaining to law clients of Bailey. The series is divided into two sections: business and domestic relations cases. Incorporated companies comprise the bulk of the business clients, while the domestic relations cases primarily consist of divorce and child custody suits.

Each section is arranged in alphabetical order by name of client. However, because of the amount of material for some business clients, the papers for some are further subdivided.

This series is CLOSED.

B-E, 1948-1966 and undated

Box 8

E-K, 1952-1964 and undated

Box 9

K-N, 1948-1961 and undated

Box 10

N, 1955-1959

Box 11

N, 1959-1963

Box 12

N, 1951-1966 and undated

Box 13

N, 1951-1965 and undated

Box 14

N, 1951-1965 and undated

Box 15

N-P, 1887-1962 and undated

Box 16

P, 1947-1960 and undated

Box 17

P, 1956-1957

Box 18

P-W and Miscellaneous, 1922-1966 and undated

Box 19

Law Practices: Clients: Domestic Relations Series (CLOSED)

A-H, 1947-1961 and undated

Box 20

H-N, 1951-1966 and undated

Box 21

N-W and Miscellaneous, 1946-1964

Box 22

Subject Files Series, 1947-1970.

(2,880 items; 4.8 linear ft.)

Correspondence, legal and financial papers, press releases, and newsclippings relating to civic, political, and professional organizations. Also includes papers concerning political campaigns, Bailey's career, and some of his financial interests.

Arranged alphabetically by name of organization or topic. Large files are divided into subgroups.

Andrew Johnson Hotel:

Correspondence, 1947-1964

(5 folders)

Box 23

Legal Papers, 1945-1964, undated

(2 folders)

Box 24

Financial Papers, 1948-1961

(3 folders)

Box 24

Financial Papers,

1962-1965, undated

Box 25

Monthly statements, 1950-1959

(4 folders)

Box 25

Financial Papers:

Monthly statements, 1960-1962

Box 26

Insurance and Inspection Records, 1951-1964, undated

(2 folders)

Box 26

Consultants' Reports, 1957-1961, undated

Box 26

Plans, Specifications, etc., undated

Box 26

Hoover Commission, 1949-1950

Box 27

Institute of Religion, 1956

Box 27

Johnston Co. Farm, 1946-1959

(4 folders)

Box 27

Johnston Co. Farm, 1960-1962, undated

Box 28

Judicial Papers:

Correspondence, 1965, July-1966

(2 folders)

Box 28

Miscellaneous, 1965-1970

Box 28

Legislative Matters: Micellaneous, 1949-1963, undated

Box 28

Organizations:

American Red Cross, 1950

Box 28

Capital City Club, Inc., 1961-1964, undated

Box 28

Organizations:

Chamber of Commerce, 1947-1963, undated

(2 folders)

Box 29

Civil Defense, 1952-1953, undated

Box 29

General Statutes Commission, 1953-1959, undated

Box 29

Kiwanis Club, 1963-1964, undated

Box 29

N.C. Amvets, 1946-1953, undated

Box 29

N.C. Boy Scouts, 1946-1962, undated

Box 29

Raleigh Ports Authority, 1957

Box 29

Organizations:

Terpsichorean Club, 1949, undated

Box 30

Wake County Bar Association--Legal Aid Committee, 1947-1965, undated

Box 30

Young Democrats Club, 1946-1953

Box 30

Miscellaneous, 1948-1963

Box 30

Outer Banks Project, 1952

Box 30

Politics:

Campaigns:

J.H.P. Bailey, 1948-1952, undated

(4 folders)

Box 30

Mallard-Morris, 1968, undated

Box 30

Politics:

Campaigns:

Dan K. Moore, 1964, undated

Box 31

George Wallace for President, 1964, undated

Box 31

Miscellaneous, 1951-1964

Box 31

Proposed Candidacy for U. S. Congress (J.H.P. Bailey vs. Harold Cooley), 1956, undated

Box 31

Senatorial papers:

Correspondence, 1950, Oct.-1951, July

(3 folders)

Box 31

Politics:

Senatorial papers:

Correspondence, 1951-1954, undated

(3 folders)

Box 32

Appointments, 1952-1953

Box 32

Auto Inspection Bill-- Inaugural Committee

Box 32

Politics:

Senatorial papers:

Interstate and Federal regulations, 1953-1954, undated

(3 folders)

Box 33

Judiciary Committee, 1953

Box 33

Libraries-- Minimum Wage, 1953

Box 33

N.C. State Taxes, 1952-1953

Box 33

Raleigh, N.C., 1951-1953

Box 33

State employees-- Sunday auto racing, 1951-1953

Box 33

Politics:

Senatorial papers:

United States Forces for Education, 1953

Box 34

Miscellaneous, 1950-1964

(2 folders)

Box 34

Race Relations, 1951-1958, undated

Box 34

Raleigh, N.C., 1946-1960, undated

Box 34

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District, N.C.--proposed appt. of James H. Pou Bailey, 1961

Box 34

Woodberry Forest School, 1941-1964, undated

Box 34

Legal and Financial Papers Series, 1901-1966 and undated

(275 items; 0.5 linear ft.)

Correspondence, leases, wills, deeds, receipts, and other financial papers primarily pertaining to the settlement of estates of Bailey relatives, both maternal (Pou) and paternal, (Bailey) family members.

Files are arranged by name of family member or family.

Bailey Family, 1947-1952

Box 35

Bailey, James H. Pou:

1945-1960

Box 35

Raleigh Union Bus Station Trust, 1960-1961

Box 35

Bailey, Josiah W., 1929-1952

Box 35

Pou Family, 1901-1966, undated

(2 folders)

Box 35

Pou, Martha (Mattie), 1939-1949

Box 36

Writings and Speeches, 1948-1960 and undated

(175 items; 0.3 linear ft.)

Chiefly typewritten copies of the column, Raleigh Roundup, which appeared in 36 small town newspapers throughout North Carolina with Bailey's picture and name. Includes reader correspondence relating to the column. Also contains a few speeches Bailey made before various groups.

Subdivided into two subgroups: speeches he made before organizations and the rest relating to the Raleigh Roundup column.

1948-1960, undated

Raleigh Round-Up, 1950-1952, undated

(4 folders)

Miscellaneous Series, 1941-1969 and undated

(30 items; 0.2 linear ft.)

Certificates, clippings, and photographs primarily relating to Bailey.

Photographs are undated and are arranged at the end of the other miscellaneous items.

1941-1969, undated

Box 37

Photographs, undated

Box 37

Scrapbook, undated

Box 37

Oversize Materials Series

Law Practices: Clients and Subject Files series (CLOSED)

Oversize Sec. A OV13

Law Cases: Clients and Subject Files series (CLOSED)

Oversize Folder 2

Historical Note

Date	Event(s)
1917, Aug. 14	Born, Baltimore, MD
1940	B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1941	L.L.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and admitted to the bar
1941-1942	Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
1942-1945	Served in the United States Army, attaining the rank of Captain
1944-1945	Served in the European theater of World War II
1945, Aug. 1	Married Marie Fiquet Pate
1946	Entered law practice of Bailey & Bailey in Raleigh, N.C., with his father, Josiah W. Bailey
1947	Father died and Bailey began to practice law alone
1948	Unsuccessful candidate for North Carolina State Senate
1950	Elected to North Carolina Senate, 13th Senatorial District, Wake County
1952	Reelected to the North Carolina Senate from the 13th Senatorial District, Wake County
1953-1965	Served as general counsel to the North Carolina Bankers' Association
1954-1962	Entered law practice of Bailey & Bason in Raleigh, N.C.
1962-1965	Entered law practice of Bailey & Ragsdale in Raleigh, N.C.
1965, July 9	Appointed Judge of the Superior Court, 10th Judicial District of North Carolina
1966	Elected to unexpired term as judge
1968	Marie F. P. Bailey died
1972, June 3	Married Ann Thomas
1972	Elected to full term as judge
1985, July	Retired from the bench.

Bailey held leadership positions in a variety of civic and professional organizations, among them the American Red Cross, the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, the Raleigh Traffic Safety Council, the North Carolina Amvets, the North Carolina Boy Scouts, and the Wake County Bar Association.

As a state senator, Bailey served as chair of the Interstate Federal Relations and Judiciary committees. Bailey has two sons, James H. Pou Bailey II and Edwin Pate Bailey.