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brookshirebenjamin Inventory of the Benjamin Brookshire and M. Benson Lassiter Papers, 1852-1931 Processed by: RBMSCL Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Meghan Lyon Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 000847129

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: September 2011Processed by RBMSCL Staff, 1989; finding aid encoded by Meghan Lyon, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University, September 2011 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Benjamin Brookshire and M. Benson Lassiter Papers, 1852-1931 Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University Brookshire, Benjamin W. Benjamin Brookshire and M. Benson Lassiter Papers, 1852-1931 Material in English 6.0 Linear Feet 651 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Brookshire was a physician, of Pekin (Montgomery Co.), N.C. Correspondence and other personal, business, and land papers, including ledgers, prescription books, bills and receipts. Many of the papers belonged to or relate to M. Benson Lassiter. Chief coverage is for 1860-1890. Includes letters from Brookshire's relatives in North Carolina giving information on farming and farm life during the early 1900s; and letters from family members who settled in Kansas and the Indian Territory of Oklahoma during the 1890s, regarding land claims. Other letters deal with teachers and teaching in North Carolina schools and academies of the 1880s, notably the Bingham School in Orange County and the Oakdale Academy at Oakdale. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Benjamin Brookshire Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Benjamin Brookshire Papers were acquired by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library in 1950 and 1955.

Processing Information

Processed by RBMSCL Staff, 1989

Encoded by Meghan Lyon, September 2011

This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Biographical Note

Brookshire was a physician, of Pekin (Montgomery Co.), N.C.

Collection Overview

Correspondence and other personal, business, and land papers of a physician of Gray's Cross Roads in Randolph County and of Pekin and Mt. Gilead in Montgomery County. There is some information on lands in Indian Territory during the 1890s and farm life in North Carolina during the early 1900s. The volumes include ledgers and other accounts, and a prescription book, which also contains a list of voters in Cheek's Creek Township, 1890. A few letters to Brookshire's son, Charles E. Brookshire, refer to education at the Bingham School in Orange County and Oakdale Academy in Oakdale, North Carolina, in the 1880s.

Subject Headings

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Brookshire, Benjamin W. Lassiter, M. Benson. Bingham School (Orange County, N.C.) Oakdale Academy (Oakdale, N.C.) Physicians--Correspondence. Farm life--North Carolina. Public lands--Oklahoma. Education--North Carolina. Teachers--North Carolina. Contents of Collection Volumes, 1860-1900 (7 volumes) L:5230Daybook, 1866-1884 L:5231Invoice book, 1866-1871 S:5232Ledger, 1860-1875 M:5233Ledger, 1861-1882 M:5234Ledger, 1874-1885 L:5235Ledger, 1885-1893 M:5236Prescription book, 1890-1900

Also has list of voters in Cheek's Creek Co., 1890.

Papers, 1850-1936 (3 boxes) 1Miscellaneous financial papers, 1880s-1930s Letters, 1852-1931 and undated(3 folders) 2Bills and receipts, 1850-1880s(3 folders) Broadsides Printed materials 3Letters, 1850-1934 and undated Miscellaneous papers, 1880-1936 and undated

Financial papers, printed materials, clippings, writings, and essays.