{"id":14759,"date":"2019-05-02T11:24:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T15:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/?p=14759"},"modified":"2019-07-27T15:53:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T19:53:04","slug":"new-acquisition-spotlight-the-william-t-blackwell-family-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2019\/05\/02\/new-acquisition-spotlight-the-william-t-blackwell-family-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"New Acquisition Spotlight: The William T. Blackwell Family Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Post contributed by Meghan Lyon, Head of General Manuscript Processing at the Rubenstein Library<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the Rubenstein Library\u2019s older collections, the William T. Blackwell Papers, has recently grown thanks to a generous gift of 19<sup>th<\/sup> and 20<sup>th<\/sup> century papers and photographs from the Martin family, descendants of the Blackwell family. Before this latest addition, the William T. Blackwell Papers consisted almost exclusively of financial ledgers documenting the dramatic failure of the Bank of Durham, which opened in 1883, extended credit too liberally, and subsequently closed in 1889. This new addition has earlier material, documenting the rise of Blackwell\u2019s fortune during the 1870s, as he and business partners James R. Day and Julian Shakespeare Carr built their factory, manufacturing and selling smoking tobacco through the W.T. Blackwell and Co Tobacco Company. The addition includes a notable cache of letters from Carr (yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/uarchives\/history\/faqs\/carr\">that Carr<\/a>), documenting his and Blackwell\u2019s partnership and their legal strategies during the Bull Durham trademark litigation through the 1870s.<\/p>\n<p>These new records with the details of the W.T. Blackwell and Co. business operations would be exciting enough, but the rest of the addition is fascinating too. In fact, the nature of the collection has changed so significantly that we have opted to rename the collection to be the William T. Blackwell Family Papers. This better reflects the range of the materials now held \u2013 in addition to William T. Blackwell\u2019s business materials, there is now correspondence, receipts, invoices, and other documentation of the daily life of the Blackwells, both W. T. and Emma Exum Blackwell, whom he married in 1877.\u00a0 W.T. Blackwell&#8217;s sister, Lavinia Blackwell, later married J.D. Pridgen, who owned a shoe company in Durham and whose daughters attended Durham High School in the early 1900s. Their scrapbooks, which include snapshots and printed ephemera from their social activities and education in local Durham schools, have amusing, endearing captions. Mary Blackwell Pridgen, one of the daughters, kept scrapbooking as an adult, and her later marriage to Chester B. Martin explains the inclusion of Martin family materials in this collection as well. In 1927, Chester B. Martin co-founded and operated Durham Dairy Products, Inc., which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendurham.org\/buildings\/durham-dairy-products\">Durham\u2019s first milk delivery service<\/a>. Materials from Durham Dairy include a nearly-complete run of company newsletters \u2013 Durham Dairy Doings \u2013 with great hand-drawn cartoons, profiles of staff and workers, local Durham news, and insights into the company\u2019s marketing and delivery of milk. The multi-generational aspect of this collection has been challenging but fun to sort out \u2013 especially since it is all Durham history, and not just about tobacco (or banks!) anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Following are images of some of my favorite items from the collection. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/findingaids\/blackwellwilliamt\/\">newly published collection guide<\/a> to explore further.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14763\" style=\"width: 3014px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/goat-cart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14763\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/goat-cart.jpg\" alt=\"Children in cart pulled by two goats.\" width=\"3014\" height=\"3103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/goat-cart.jpg 3014w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/goat-cart-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/goat-cart-768x791.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/goat-cart-995x1024.jpg 995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3014px) 100vw, 3014px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An original (but damaged) mounted photograph of the William T. and Emma Blackwell home, once located at Chapel Hill and Duke Streets, Durham. This is now the site of the Duke Memorial United Methodist Church. There is additional information about this site on OpenDurham.org.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14765\" style=\"width: 2515px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/smoking-donkey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14765 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/smoking-donkey.jpg\" alt=\"Smoking farm animals\" width=\"2515\" height=\"3026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/smoking-donkey.jpg 2515w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/smoking-donkey-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/smoking-donkey-768x924.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/smoking-donkey-851x1024.jpg 851w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2515px) 100vw, 2515px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An empty 19th century Durham tobacco pouch, featuring smoking animals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14762\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Durham-Tobacco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14762\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Durham-Tobacco.jpg\" alt=\"Envelope with engraving of warehouse\" width=\"446\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Durham-Tobacco.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Durham-Tobacco-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Durham-Tobacco-768x1114.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Durham-Tobacco-706x1024.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">W.T. Blackwell &amp; Co. had amazing stationary. This is the back of one of the company\u2019s envelopes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14766\" style=\"width: 1059px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Apology_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14766\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Apology_small.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful letterhead with cow\" width=\"1059\" height=\"1066\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More W.T. Blackwell &amp; Company letterhead can be seen on this statement where William T. Blackwell formally apologizes for offending Mr. C.B. Green during the Raleigh State Fair in 1872.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/scrapbook1_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14767 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/scrapbook1_small.jpg\" alt=\"Three black and white photos of three women.\" width=\"1412\" height=\"1059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/scrapbook1_small.jpg 1412w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/scrapbook1_small-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/scrapbook1_small-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/scrapbook1_small-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1412px) 100vw, 1412px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14768\" style=\"width: 1059px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/scarbook2_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14768\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/scarbook2_small.jpg\" alt=\"Ticket to 1920 state fair\" width=\"1059\" height=\"1412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/scarbook2_small.jpg 1059w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/scarbook2_small-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/scarbook2_small-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1059px) 100vw, 1059px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two pages from Mary Blackwell Pridgen\u2019s scrapbook; one includes a ticket to the 1920 Raleigh Fair, which was hopefully less scandalous than the 1872 Fair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14764\" style=\"width: 2974px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Possum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14764 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Possum.jpg\" alt=\"Man leaning on log with two possums.\" width=\"2974\" height=\"2230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Possum.jpg 2974w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Possum-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Possum-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Possum-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2974px) 100vw, 2974px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An (unfortunately) uncaptioned loose snapshot of a man and two possums.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14760\" style=\"width: 1069px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Cat-boxing-e1556805634774.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14760\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Cat-boxing-e1556805634774.jpg\" alt=\"Cats wearing tiny gloves in a ring boxing.\" width=\"1069\" height=\"1091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Cat-boxing-e1556805634774.jpg 1069w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Cat-boxing-e1556805634774-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Cat-boxing-e1556805634774-768x784.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/Cat-boxing-e1556805634774-1003x1024.jpg 1003w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1069px) 100vw, 1069px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A scrapbook page from Mrs. C. B. Martin, dating from the 1960s, with an article about boxing cats.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14761\" style=\"width: 1056px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/dairy-cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14761\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/dairy-cartoon.jpg\" alt=\"Cartoon of anthropomorphized cows.\" width=\"1056\" height=\"1452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/dairy-cartoon.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/dairy-cartoon-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/dairy-cartoon-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2019\/05\/dairy-cartoon-745x1024.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1056px) 100vw, 1056px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cover from a 1946 issue of Durham Dairy Doings, published by Durham Dairy Products, Inc. These serials are being cataloged separately as a new title in Rubenstein Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post contributed by Meghan Lyon, Head of General Manuscript Processing at the Rubenstein Library One of the Rubenstein Library\u2019s older collections, the William T. Blackwell Papers, has recently grown thanks to a generous gift of 19th and 20th century papers and photographs from the Martin family, descendants of the Blackwell family. Before this latest addition, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2019\/05\/02\/new-acquisition-spotlight-the-william-t-blackwell-family-papers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Acquisition Spotlight: The William T. 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