Biographical Note
Bernhardt Furniture Company. This furniture company was founded by John Matthias Bernhardt in 1889. Lumber business was incorporated in Delaware for tax purposes.
Reverend Jesse Rankin (d. 1876) is the son of John Chambers and Tabitha Wharton Rankin. In 1831, he married his second wife Ann Delight Salmon, who was the daughter of David Douglas and Sarah McKay Salmon. He was a Presbyterian pastor from 1835 to 1837. He served as the first pastor of Lenoir Presbyterian Church from 1869 to 1875. To supplement his income, he coached young men for entrance into the University of North Carolina.
Frances "Fannie" Mebane Rankin Hall is the daughter of Reverend Jesse Rankin and his first wife. She married medical doctor James King Hall of Greensboro, North Carolina. They resided at the family plantation, Cotton Grove. At fourteen, she passed the entrance examinations for the University of North Carolina; however, due to her sex, she was unable to attend. She remained an outspoken supporter of women's rights throughout her life.
Emma L. Rankin (1838-1908) is the daughter of Reverend Jesse and Ann Delight Salmon Rankin. She and her sister Sally were unmarried teachers at Kirkwood School of Lenoir, North Carolina. She was a regular correspondent of family members.
Stella Cloyd (b. 1888) is the daughter of W.H. and Annette Delight Rankin Cloyd and the granddaughter of Rev. Jesse and Ann Delight Salmon Rankin. Her mother was called "Shann" and was the librarian of G.W.F. Harper's Pioneer Library.
Ella Almira Rankin Harper (1836-1909) is the daughter of Reverend Jesse and Ann Delight Salmon Rankin. She was the spouse of George W.F. Harper.
James Harper (1799-1879) is the son of John and Elizabeth Witherow Harper of Scotch descent. Approximately 1827, he left Adams County, Pennsylvania for North Carolina. He and John Waugh started a store at Fort Grider, which later became the Bernhardt-Seagle Company, the oldest hardware store in western North Carolina. In 1833, he married Caroline Ellen Finley, daughter of Samuel and Mary Tate Finley of Augusta County, Virginia. Fairfield in Lenoir, North Carolina was their homestead. He established a chain of stores in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Civic-minded, Harper donated 30 acres of land, including the public square, to the town of Lenoir. He founded Davenport College and Finley High School, of Lenoir. He was Lenoir Presbyterian Church's first elder and clerk from 1852 to 1879.
Major George Washington Finley Harper (1834-1921) is the son of James Harper and Caroline Finley Harper. He attended Davidson College. In 1859, he married Ella Almira Rankin, the daughter of Reverend Jesse and Ann Delight Salmon Rankin. They resided in Sweetbriar and raised two children, George Finley Harper and Ellen Douglas Harper. He served as a major in Confederate Army. As postmaster of Lenoir, he carved the design of a prepayment stamp in a block of holly wood on September 19, 1861 and had 500 copies printed. Fewer than 30 of these stamps are known today. He founded the Bank of Lenoir and the Pioneer Library. He was elected elder of Lenoir Presbyterian Church deacon in 1868 and in 1891.
Ellen Douglas Harper Bernhardt (1866-1944?) is the daughter of George W.F. and Ella Almira Rankin Harper. She was the spouse of John Matthias Bernhardt.
John Christian Bernhardt (1786-1854) was born on Bear Creek, of current Stanly County, North Carolina. He was the son of John Matthias and Anna Margaret Bushardt Bernhardt, spouse of Elizabeth Lentz (1796-1848). He was a farmer and partner in Barnhardt Gold Mine, Gold Hill, North Carolina in 1843. He was a member of the House of Representatives from Cabarrus in 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, and 1830. He was buried in the Bethel Church, now Bear Creek Church.
Matthias Alexander Bernhardt (1818-1877) is the son of John Christian and Elizabeth Lentz Bernhardt. He married Barbara Susan Ramsaur. He was the deacon of the Lenoir Presbyterian Church from 1863 to 1877.
John Matthias Bernhardt (1860-1935) is the son of Matthias Alexander and Barbara Ramsaur Bernhardt. He was nicknamed "Tice." He graduated from Davidson College in 1886. He worked as a surveyor in Oregon briefly before founding the Bernhardt Furniture Company in 1889. He also owned lumber companies. In 1894, he married Ellen Douglas Harper, daughter of G.W.F. and Ella Almira Rankin Harper. Children include John Christian, George "Linn," James Douglas and Del (Mrs. T. Henry) Wilson.
George "Linn" Bernhardt (1858-1912) is the son of Matthias Alexander Bernhard and Barbara Ramsaur. He was the father of Matthias, Richmond, George and John Seagle.
John Christian Bernhardt, Sr. (1906-2003) is the son of John Matthias and Ellen Harper Bernhardt. His wife was Jean Thornwell Alexander of Morganton, North Carolina. He graduated from Davidson College in 1927. In 1933, he built his residence, "Homeplace," on Harper-Bernhardt family land. He was president and chairman of the board of Bernhardt Industries, director of First Union National Bank, Spainhour Furniture Co., and Wilbern Investment Co. He also was former director of Southern Furniture Manufacturing Association, former chairman of the Sweetbriar Realty Co., former member of the Board of Governors, American Furniture Mart. In 1969, he received the L.A. Dysart Citizenship Award for Outstanding Community Service and named Man of the Year by the Lenoir Chamber of Commerce. In 1974, he received the Davidson College Alumni Service Medal, and in 1978 the Distinguished Alumnus Award. He was an elder and chairman of the board of deacons in the First Presbyterian Church.
Jean Thornwell Alexander Bernhardt (1908-1994) is the daughter of Edgar Davis and Nancy Thornwell Pearson Alexander, of Morganton, North Carolina. She graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1930 or 1931. She married John Christian Bernhardt Sr. in 1931. They had three children, Nancy Thornwell Bernhardt Collett, John Christian Jr., George Alexander "Alex." A lifelong lover of words, she wrote poetry and short stories. In 1993, she published Murder at the Royal Oak.
The Tate Family is connected to the Bernhardt family through John Christian Bernhardt's wife Jean Thornwell Alexander Bernhardt. They resided in Burke County, North Carolina.
Collection Arrangement
The papers have been organized by multiple individuals including family members and Caldwell County historian John Hawkins.
The Bernhardt-Harper Papers are organized into twenty series: Genealogy Series, Newspaper Series,
Jesse Rankin and Allied Relatives Series,
Emma Rankin Series (Correspondence Subseries, Book Subseries, Will Subseries),
Ella Rankin Harper Series (Correspondence Subseries, Diary Subseries),
Frances Rankin Hall Series,
Stella Cloyd Series,
James Harper Series (Correspondence Subseries, Business Subseries, Miscellaneous Subseries, Ledger Subseries),
Mary E. Harper Series,
George Finley Harper Series (Correspondence Subseries),
G.W.F. Harper Series (Correspondence Subseries, Ledgers Subseries, Book Subseries, Civil War Subseries, Miscellaneous Subseries),
Ellen Harper Bernhardt Series (Correspondence Subseries, Financial Book Subseries, Diary Subseries, Scrapbook Subseries),
Matthias Alexander Bernhardt Series (Ledgers Subseries, Correspondence Subseries, Survey Subseries, Ledgers Subseries, Slavery and Confederacy Documents Subseries, Miscellaneous Subseries),
John Matthias Bernhardt Series (Business Subseries (including Ledgers), Personal Financial Records Subseries, Correspondence Subseries, Scrapbook Subseries, Miscellaneous Subseries),
George Linn Bernhardt Series (Correspondence Subseries, Education Subseries),
John Christian Bernhardt, Sr. Series (Business Papers Subseries (Ledgers included), Correspondence Subseries, Davidson College Subseries, Diary Subseries, Human Relations Committee Subseries, Lenoir High School Subseries, Miscellaneous Subseries),
George Harper Bernhardt Series (Correspondence Subseries, Scrapbook Subseries),
Train Series,
Miscellaneous Series,
Jean Alexander Bernhardt Series,
Tate Family Documents Series (Land Indenture Documents, Land Indenture Documents Packets, Court Document, Land Plats, Correspondence), Photograph Series, and
Oversized Materials (separated from the Genealogy Series, Newspaper Series, G.W.F. Harper Series, Matthias Alexander Bernhardt Series, John Matthias Bernhardt Series, John Christian Bernhardt, Sr. Series, Train Series, Miscellaneous Series, Jean Alexander Bernhardt Series, and Tate Family Documents Series).
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| Genealogy Series. (1839 - 2003, n.d.) |
| The Genealogy Series contains materials collected or inherited by John Christian Bernhardt, Sr., who was an enthusiastic genealogist. It includes notes and photocopied primary sources about John Christian Bernhardt's ancestral families. |
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Barnhardt. (Includes newspaper article: Mary Frix Kidd "Local Barnhardt Family Traced Back to Germany"; correspondence, 1976-1980. re: genealogy mostly to and from James H. Barnhardt.) |
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Beall. (Includes correspondence, 1863, n. d.; news article: "Mrs. C. H. Beall Dies at Family Home in County"; Beallmont by Caroline Beall Calvert, 1926; news article: "Land for Home Granted in 1768.") |
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Bernhardt. (Includes correspondence 1867-2005, n. d. handwritten notes.) |
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Bernhardt (Includes handwritten notes, printed items: David Shenck's
"Historical Sketch of the Schenck and Bevens Families" (1884); Lynn Bernhardt's "A Condensed History and Genealogy of the Bernhardt Family" (1984).)
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Bernhardt (Includes printed items: "Mathias Alexander Bernhardt", "Lynn Richmond Bernhardt", "Bernhardt-Seagle Company: 100th Anniversary. 1929", "Bernhardt's Co.: 1929-1983", miscellaneous. John Matthias Bernhardt information; "The History of the Cabarrus Branch of the Barnhardt Family So Far As Known") |
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Bernhardt (Includes primary source: "Rowan Co., North Carolina Indenture", deed transcription, J. M. Bernhardt's membership card for Hibriten Lodge; Bernhardt family birth date; Indentures; J. M. Bernhardt's Aetna Life Insurance Co.; Finley High School Records, 1874-1875, Louisville Medical College of M. A. Barnhardt, 1875, "Extract From the Bernhardt Family History" by John Matthias Bernhardt III, "Finley" [handwritten by Laura Norwood before 1905], 1872 Record of the Finley Family, 19 July 1914, etc; Newspaper article; Photograph.) |
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Finley (Includes "Pennsylvania in the U. S. Senate, William Findlay," "The Harper and Allied Families" by W. W. Scott; Lenoir News; "The Finley's and Their Kindred", "Genealogy of Frances and Finley Families, 1457-1925"; handwritten pedigree "Finley Family"; notebook memory book of early 19th century Finleys, Rankins, Church Tombstone) |
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Harper (Includes correspondence, 1877-1888; Primary Transcriptions: James Harper's Will (1839), land deed 1839 relevant to Harper's will; James Harper's 1879 obituary.)
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Harper (Includes printed items: "Recollections of James C. Harper" (1990?), "Harper Family History" (1979), "Matters of Harper Family History" n. d., includes transcript of diaries.)
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Harper (Includes printed items: Mrs. Charles Pegram's "Fairfield", "Matters of  " handwritten, The Finleys, "James Harper, Esq.", "Wife of Jas. Harper, Esq.", "Davenport College and Its Builders", "A College Course" (1991).) |
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Harper (Includes printed materials: "Excerpts from Diary of Major C. W. F. Harper" (2003); Will of John Harper 2nd; Wedding Invitation for Ellen Harper and John Bernhardt (1894); Newspaper articles: Harper-Cunningham wedding announcement (1892) with announcement: "Major Harper is Claimed by Death" (1921); "The Harper and Allied Families" by W. W. Scott (1927), "The Last of the Founders" by W. W. Scott (1921); "James Harper" (1927), "Death Calls Major Harper from Long Life of Industry", "Incompleted Harper Sketch Gives Bit of Early Davenport History" n. d.; "Memorial-James Harper"; "A Tribute to the Memory of Rev. Jesse Rankin"; "The Late James Harper" n. d.; Notes.) |
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Ketner (Includes correspondence 1976-1981; printed materials "The Bernhardt Family Chart.") |
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Lentz (Includes correspondence 1959-1980, some include pedigree; printed materials Lentz Heritage book flier; notes: Johann Mattheis Bernhardt.)
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Ramsaur/Ramsour (Includes correspondence 1909-1985, n. d.) |
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Ramsaur/Ramsour (Includes newspaper 1911-1930, n. d., about Battle Ramsour's Mill obituaries; notes-pedigrees, correspondence includes; drawing of buildings of animals, landscapes.) |
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Rankin (Includes correspondence 1864-1943; 1864 letter by Jesse Rankin about war printed materials: Childhood Recollections about Jesse Leigh Hall and "O. Henry", (William Sydney Porter) n. d., additional materials; "Ancestry of Children of Reverend John Chambers Rankin, D. D. Late of Bashing Ridge, New Jersey", "Record of the Rankin Family" (1897); John Christian Bernhardt's compiled notebook, includes sketches; Primary Source; Will of Jesse Rankin; notes; William Rankin; Rankin Bible.) |
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Salmon (Includes Daily Texts with Verses of Hymns (1839) handwritten pieces transcribed-too fragile to be microfilmed; correspondence 1933, n. d.; Printed Materials: "Salmon Family Record", "Salmon Family History", "Salmon Family Association"; Certificates: Rev. War Veterans; Transcriptions: Will of Archibald McKay with Deed, Cumberland Co. Marriages and Court Minutes, Salmon and Rankin data from Cumberland County and Rankin County deeds and minute books, First Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville records, Cross Creek Cemetery of Fayetteville record, Salmon Family Records; Primary Sources: First Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville, photo copy of sacrament; Notes, Salmon pedigree.) |
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Warlick/Shuford (Includes correspondence; 1931-1934, n. d; published materials Rev. Julius H. Shuford's A Historical Sketch of the Shuford Family; Newspaper articles; Notes.) |
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Germany (Includes correspondence 1967-1990; correspondence for Oscar Dobereiner.) |
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Germany (Includes Printed Materials: Foundations of Lutheranism in North Carolina; Pennsylvania German Pioneers front pages, foreword and index and other miscellaneous Bernhardt, includes some correspondence; Life Sketches of Lutheran Ministers for Charles Bernhardt; Joseph Linns Philadelphia immigrants 1752 (source unknown, includes Joseph Bernhart); Rheinhessen map; Post cards: St. Johann of Berlin; Transcriptions: Pedigree of Bernhardts, Photographs.) |
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Germany, Correspondence, 1975-1980, n. d.; maps (Includes Blatt for Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1976-1977, Newspaper articles (in German) "Reise in die Bergangenheit Aus Amerika auf Stippwisite in die Heimat der Vorfahren", "Aus den USA zum Familientreff: Bad Kreuznacher Pfarrer Gunther Nierenz Knupfte die Kontakte", "Geschichte einer Familie" Family Tree on paper "U. S. Bernhardts Visit Sprendlingen Again" with translation.) |
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Who Am I?, book. |
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Germany Visit. "Sehr Geehrter Herr Bernhardt", "UhnenpaB der Katharina Elisabeth Bernhardt Tochter", "Herausgegeben von den Gemeinde Sprendlingen und dem Leiter des Museums", ("As a Surprise") "Journey to the Past", "Family Tree of the Bernhardt Family from St. Johann-Rhenish Palatinale", "Bernhardt Emrich",: Descendants of Johann Friedrich Bernhardt born 2nd March 1787", St. Johann und Partenheim, etching. Postcards: Sankt Johann (exterior), Sankt Johann (interior), Sankt Johann (interior), Sankt Johann (exterior). |
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Who Am I?, materials. |
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Children of Bob Suddreth. |
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| Newspaper Series. (1773 - 1993, n.d.) |
| The Newspaper Series includes the Bernhardt family newspapers as collected over two hundred years. The Lantern is a handwritten newspaper written by Ellen Harper during her youth. Smithfield Pine Knot is a handwritten newspaper written by one of Harper's friends. Neighborhood News include the childhood newsletters that John Christian Jr. and Alex Bernhardt wrote, with much assistance from their mother Jean Bernhardt. Many newspaper clippings are related to the Harper and Bernhardt families. Other series also include newspaper clippings. |
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The Lantern. December 19, 1872. Handmade. |
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The Lantern. June 17, 1873. Handmade. |
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The Lantern. June 14, 1876. Handmade. |
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The Lantern. 1881. Handmade. |
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Smithfield Pine Knot. October 23, 1889. Handmade. |
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The Smithfield Pine Knot. February 18, 1889. Handmade. |
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"Official Vote of Caldwell County." No newspaper title. 1916. |
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"Davidson in 'Who's Who'." Charlotte Daily Observer. Saturday, January 29, 1916. |
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The Lenoir News, Honor Roll Extra! Saturday, July 21, 1917. |
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"Official Vote of Caldwell County." No newspaper title. 1918. |
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"Official Vote of Caldwell County." No newspaper title. 1918. |
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"Official Vote of Caldwell County." No newspaper title. 1920. |
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"Official Vote of Caldwell County." No newspaper title. 1922. |
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"Official Returns Democratic Primary." No newspaper title. Thursday, June 10, 1926. |
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"Official Returns Democratic Primary." No newspaper title. Saturday, June 5, 1926. |
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"The Marrying Squire, Major J. A. Bush." No newspaper title. February 17, 1927. |
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"Mr. J. M. Bernhardt Has Birthday Party" (3 copies), "Seventy Years Young." No newspaper title. 1930. |
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Boyle, Hal. "Planning Vacation on Moon? Spend Your Money, It's Not Worth Effort, Writer Advises" (5 copies). Lenoir News-Topic. Saturday, March 1, 1958. |
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"New Bernhardt Plant for Lenoir" (6 copies). No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"Christmas Message" photograph. Lenoir News-Topic. December 13, 1990. |
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"Five More Inducted Into Hall of Fame," "American Furniture Hall of Fame Inducts Five Members." Photocopied articles. October 18, 1991. |
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"Business Milestones." Winston-Salem Journal. November 4, 1991. |
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"Service Awards Presented." The Caldwell News. December 2, 1992. |
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Chester, Deanna. "He Spent Many Years Trying to Work Himself Out of Job" (3 copies). Photocopied article. The Caldwell News. November 4, 1992. |
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Chester, Deanna. "He Spent Many Years Trying to Work Himself Out of Job" The Caldwell News. November 4, 1992. |
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Photograph of John C. Bernhardt and G. Alex Bernhardt. Lenoir News-Topic. February 27, 1993. |
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Dishman, Betty. "Bernhardt Patriarch Recalls Company's History." Lenoir News-Topic. February 27, 1993. |
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"Bernhardt--continued from page 16A." Lenoir News-Topic. February 27, 1993. |
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"Computers." Lenoir News-Topic. February 27, 1993. |
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Dishman, Betty. "Technology Changing Furniture Production." Lenoir News-Topic. February 27, 1993. |
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"Carlheim Hotes, Lenoir, North Carolina." Postcard, n.d. |
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Dishman, Betty. "Claude Erwin Remembered for Quiet Community Leadership." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"Laura Foster's Grave Marker Long Overdue." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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Alexander, Nancy. "Carlheim Hotel is Bought by Group of Local Furniture Manufacturers." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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Hennessee, W. E. "Who They Are." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"Business Notes." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"Fourth National Jamboree of Boy Souts of America at Valley Forge, Pa." Lenoir News-Topic. n.d. |
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"Grandson at Helm of Family Business--continued from page 1." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"Employees, Owners Celebrate Centennial--continued from page 1." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"Bernhardt--continued from page 9." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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Dishman, Betty. "Recalling the Great Depression in Caldwell." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"Long-term Employees Honored." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"Flair, Inc., Is Name of New Lenoir Plant." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"Bernhardt--continued from page 19A." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"North Carolina at Chickamauga." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"North Carolina." No newspaper title, n.d. Handwritten. |
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"Choric Drama be Featured at Exercises," "17 Seniors are Graduated at Freedman H. S." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"Finley High School. Classical Mathematical and Commercial." 1872. Not newsprint. |
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"Service Awards Presented." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"Dr. McGeachy Baptizes Grandson at Services." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"Bygones and Newcomers." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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Presson, Mrs. Sam. "Reminiscences of Charlotte; Coon Dog Marriage Ceremony." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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"M. H. Cone, Rich Cotton Man, Dies. Was One of North Carolina's Wealthiest Manufacturers." No newspaper title, n.d. |
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Neighborhood News. (1945) |
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Neighborhood News. (1950) |
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| George Washington Finley Harper Series. (1847 - 1922, n.d.) |
| Correspondence Subseries consists of letters to and from G.W.F. Harper. G.W.F. Harper wrote a
large portion of letters to his wife Ella while serving as a major in the Fifty-Eighth Regiment (Infantry) of the Confederate Army. Many letters were from family members and business associates. Some letters contain notations written by G.W.F. Harper at a later date; others contain notes from descendants John Christian Bernhardt and Nancy Bernhardt Collett. |
| Correspondents include Archy, "cousin Lee," his sister Ella Virginia "Nell" Hull, Josie Grey, Chas Hickerson, J. George Finley, L.A. Winslow, cousin Cornelia, his mother, James Harper, Henry H. Banks, John H. Williams, Jesse Rankin, H. Clay Pilson, and Joseph King. Many acquaintances complained that Harper was an infrequent correspondent. |
| Ledger Subseries contains mostly business account books. One notebook contains account of the hospitalization and death of Barbara Ramsaur Bernhardt, 12 December 1878. In it, G.W.F. Harper describes her health problems (sudden chest pains, shortness of breath, and diarrhea) and doctors' cures (quinine, bromide, and "being tapped"). |
| Book Subseries contains the Pioneer Library's 1884 bound copy of The Daily Evening Lenoir Topic, Voices of the Civil War - Atlanta. Voices of the Civil War - Atlanta included a diary excerpt that was attributed to G.W.F. Harper and which John Christian Bernhardt said was not part of the diary. |
| Civil War Subseries contains reminiscences about the Civil War by various individuals. Many documents are handwritten letters and memoirs. Also included are modern documents related to Major G.W.F. Harper. Gilbert and Co.'s "Directory of the General Assembly of North Carolina for the Session Commencing November 17, 1862" is a 24" x 18.5" seating map with the boarding house names of North Carolina's Members of the Senate and House of Commons. |
| Miscellaneous Subseries contains various materials related to the Harpers' business and personal lives. Of particular interest are the receipts for Harper's wedding suit and his marriage certificate. |
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Correspondence from George W.F. Harper. |
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1848 - c. 1858, n.d. (Includes newsy family letter to cousin Neily, Business letters; June 24, 1855 first letter from G.W.F. Harper to future wife Ella Rankin; Courtship letters) |
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1858 - 1862 (Includes letters to Ella Harper; business letter to Walter W. Lenoir which briefly mentions "Yankees"; November 14, 1859 draft accepting admittance to Philomathean Society) |
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July 14, 1862 - October 7, 1862 (Includes discussions of war-related activities; September 28, 1862 letter description of dispositions in Cumberland Gap; September 29, 1862 letter sending Ella jewelry bought from quarter master; October 7, 1862 letter contains drawing of man with an American flag with handwritten statement "Knock it down") |
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October 19, 1862 - March 15, 1963 (Includes discussions of war-related activities including "bushwhackers," railroads, health problems; October 23, 1862 letter about movement of the army from Cumberland Gap; November 13, 1862 letter about pursuing and hanging two "bushwhackers" in Big Creek Gap; November 17, 1862 letter describes being sick in camp and inability to travel with Regiment; November 21, 1862 letter informing her and his severe sickness with enclosed letter from Colonel John B. Palmer) |
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March 26, 1863 - August 23, 1863
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August 23, 1863 - April 16, 1864 |
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April 20, 1864 - June 22, 1864 |
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December 1, 1864 - Thursday, May 28 (Includes miscellaneous Civil War documents.) |
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January 12, 1862 - April 6, 1864 |
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April 10, 1864 - November 1, 1864 |
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April 10, 1865 - July 21, 1890 (Includes Post-War correspondence.) |
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March 19, 1890 - August 28, 1906 |
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July 18, 1907 - December 14, 1909 (Includes Emma Rankin's 1909 bequests written down by G.W.F. Harper.) |
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March 18, 1910 - June 6, 1917 (Includes postcard of 20 mile Giant Lumber Co. flume running from Blue Ridge to North Wilkesboro railroad.) |
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Miscellaneous Correspondence. |
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July 17, 1854 - 1885 (Includes July 17, 1854 letter of introduction of Robert A. Knox; wedding invitation; 1857 Itinerary of the "Merry Wanderers" which includes the Rankin sisters and W.W. Gaither, W.D. Jones and G.W.F. Harper; 1853 Commission in 5th Division of N.C. Militia; postcard of the 'Flags of the Confederacy'; Letter to the Editor from Company H thanking the Harpers for their hospitality.) |
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Correspondence to G.W.F. Harper. |
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November 9, 1847 - September 7, 1849 (Includes February 10, 1849 letter from Junius B. Wheeler about being a college freshman.) |
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1850 - January 11, 1856 (Includes April 25, 1850 letter from Archy about school experience; November 12, 1850 letter from H.W. Phom(?) about being a teacher; August 24 [no year] letter from Charles Hickerson mentions Sheriff Rollen's death; January 14, 1852 letter from cousin J. George Finley's description of school life in Holly Springs; May 19, 1852 letter from L.A. Winslow about school at Davidson College.) |
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About 1852 - January 30, [undated] (Includes June 29 [no year] letter from Jim G. of Rowan Mills informing him that he will join Harper in Statesville and asking him for room in his tent.) |
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February 21, 1855 - November 3, 1856 (Includes a reference to a Spirit of the Age: A Family Newspaper--Devoted to Temperance, Morality, Literature, Agriculture, and General Intelligence article written by G.W.F. Harper; 2005 correspondence between Appalachian State University archivist Kathy Staley and Emory University Research Services Assistant Shawn McCauley about Spirit of the Age.) |
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November 8, 1856 - February 19, 1859 (includes April 1, 1857 letter from Matthew Pilson about transportation of slave Cyrus; May 30, 1859 letter from cousin C. Hall regretting not attending the Harper wedding and discussing North Carolina politics; December 21, 1860 letter from "many citizens" calling for a public meeting for the "present dangerous crisis in our public affairs") |
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May 25, 1866 - January 16, 1890 (Includes January 11, 1888 letter from J.E. Johnston about Harper's account of the Palmer's Brigade at Bentonsville; January 16, 1888 letter from Wade Hampton about Harper's account of the Battle of Benton's Mill; October 25, 1889 letter from L Prang and Co. in Boston rejecting Ellen's art submission; several letters from L. Prang that calendar with daughter Ellen Harper's artwork have been mailed) |
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July 6, 1904 - August 21, 1912 (Includes February 25, 1912 letter from James C. Harper to E.M. Wilson of Haverford School regarding Elisha Harris and Wilson's February 29, 1912 letter to Harper) |
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September 4, 1912 - September 21, 1921, n.d. |
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From Joseph Palmer. |
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June 10, 1865 - June 28, 1890 (Includes June 28, 1890 letter discusses a Confederate reunion in Blowing Rock, North Carolina) |
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From cousin Elizabeth "Lizzie" Pilson and her son H. Clay Pilson. |
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February 15, 1850 - December 12, 1856 |
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January 4, 1856 - December 12, 1856 |
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From friend H.W. Pham. |
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July 19, 1850 - March 3, 1851 (Includes July 19, 1850 letter discusses Pham developing interest in women) |
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Ledger Subseries. |
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69 |
1865 - 1866 Memo Book. |
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1866 - 1874, 1875 Bank Book. |
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1866 - 1867 Memo Book. |
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1870 - 1883 Notebook (Includes paper items and flowers.) |
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73 |
1874 Notebook. (Includes account of the hospitalization and death of Barbara Ramsaur Bernhardt, 12 December 1878.) |
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1880 - 1881 Account Notebook. (Includes inserts such as 1898 schedule for the Carolina and North-Western Railroad.) |
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1880 Suede Memo Book for Goods engraved "G.W.F. Harper, Lenoir, N.C." (Includes sketch of memorial and notes; originally contained correspondence and receipts in book cover.) |
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1894 - 1896 Personal and Railroad Notebook. |
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1897-1899 Personal and Railroad Notebook. |
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Notebook, n.d. (Includes ledger information for a store and measurements of John Matthias Bernhardt for ordering a suit.) |
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Book Subseries. |
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June 12, 1884 - August 11, 1884 Bound edition of The Daily Evening Lenoir Topic |
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80 |
The North Carolina Booklet, October 1916 (Includes Captain Edmund Jones' article "Historic Homes -- [Colonel William Davenport's Happy Valley home of] "The Fountain" is checked.) |
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Voices of the Civil War - Atlanta by the editors of Time-Life Books, n.d. (This book contains notes by John Christian Bernhardt.) |
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Civil War Subseries. |
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Various Documents. (Includes "The Passage of Sherman in Fayetteville" by Major Ed Rankin; "A War Reminiscence" by J.E. Buckbel; " 'Last Days of Confederacy' in Caldwell" by John M. Bernhardt (1922); Company Front; "The Capture of Camp Vance and The Skirmish at Moore's Cross-Roads"; 1861 list of the First Voluntary of Caldwell County, NC; Gilbert and Co.'s "Directory of the General Assembly of North Carolina for the Session Commencing November 17, 1862" [filed separately]; note that Stoneman used Lenoir's Episcopal Church as a prison and list of prisoners; note about the 1910 unveiling of the Lenoir Confederate Monument; program of 1988 Rededication of the Lenoir Confederate Monument; March 23, 1865 general order from Brigadier General Palmer; April 28, 1865 Governor Zebulon Vance's proclamation of surrender to the Union; G.W.F. Harper's 1861 commission to First Lieutenant for the 108th Regiment of the 15th Brigade; 1865 Presidential pardon of James Harper.) |
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Miscellaneous Subseries. |
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Various Documents. (Includes G.W.F. Harper's 1914 will; G.W.F. Harper's 1921 inventory; Caldwell and Watauga Land and Timber Company Sale Flier; receipts; 1889 brochure for Harper and Bernhardt, Wholesale dealers in Trade Medicinal Roots, Herbs, Barks, Seeds, Flowers, etc.; 1888 quote on Harper and Bernhardt goods; 1855 Davidson College essay by G.W.F. Harper; General Assembly map, n.d.; "Lenoir: The Capital of Caldwell County, NC"; Lou Norwood's "A Memoir" for Louisa Avery Lenoir and Bessie Lenoir; sketches of house and women; floor plan and on reverse a note about Watauga County cabbage being at store; Hopkins' Hotel (Greensborough [sic for Greensboro], NC) receipt; 1859 receipt for the wedding of G.W.F. and Ella Rankin Harper; Emma and Sarah Rankin's acceptance for visitation; G.W.F. Harper's 1858 receipt for gold ring; 1886 resolution from the Mountain Rangers; 1859 marriage certificate for G.W.F. and Ella Rankin Harper [filed separately]). |
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| John Matthias Bernhardt Series. (1845 - 1938, n.d.) |
| Business Subseries contains information about J.M. Bernhardt's various business interests. Included are documents from and information about Globe Lumber Company, J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Company, Giant Lumber Company, and Bernhardt Furniture Company, among others. Other items included in the Business Subseries are survey maps of property belonging to J.M. Bernhardt and his businesses, various land records, a corporate minutes book for J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Co. of Boydton, VA, Stock Ledgers, and several business pocket notebooks. |
| Personal Financial Records Subseries includes personal financial information for John Matthias and Ellen Harper Bernhardt such as financial inventories and statements, estate information after John Matthias' death, and documents detailing the restitution to Ellen for money borrowed from her by John Matthias. |
| Correspondence Subseries contains correspondence to and from John Matthias Bernhardt. Also included are letters from Matthias A. Bernhardt (John Matthias' father) written from Philadelphia, PA while attending his wife, Barbara Ramseur Bernhardt, during her terminal illness. |
| Scrapbooks Subseries includes two scrapbooks made by Ellen Harper Bernhardt that describe the life of John Matthias, the early lives of their children, and the Harper and Bernhardt families. The scrapbooks contain pictures and written and typed script. |
| Miscellaneous Subseries includes various items pertaining to John Matthias such as his wills, papers from Davidson College, documents from John Matthias' time with the U.S. Land Office, and his set of drafting instruments. |
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Business Subseries. |
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110 |
Business Papers I, 1845 - 1909. (Folders 110 - 113, labeled "Business Papers...", contain information regarding various small business ventures John Matthias Bernhardt engaged in. Types of documents include land records, plat maps, articles of incorporation, and financial documents.) |
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111 |
Business Papers II, 1910 - 1935, n.d. |
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112 |
Business Papers III, 1892 - 1910. |
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113 |
Business Papers IV, 1910 - 1930. |
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114 |
Chains of Title etc. to Property Disposed of and no Longer Ours I, 1852-1922. (Folders 114-115, labeled "Chains of Title...," contain information regarding land sold by John Matthias Bernhardt.) |
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115a |
Chains of Title etc. to Property Disposed of and no Longer Ours II, 1842-1922. |
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Cemetery Lots, 1858 - 1934. (Includes information about cemetery plots used by the Bernhardt family.) |
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116 |
Leak and Wall Property I, 1907 - 1915. (Folders 116 - 119, labeled "Leak and Wall Property...", contain information regarding the division and sale of the Leak and Wall lands in Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina. John Matthias Bernhardt was the agent for the sales.) |
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117 |
Leak and Wall Property II, 1913 - 1920. (Financial Records) |
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118 |
Leak and Wall Property III, 1912 - 1914. |
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Leak and Wall Property IV, 1914 - 1925, n.d. |
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Early Business Interests I, 1856 - 1903, n.d. (Folders 120 - 121, labeled "Early Business Interests...", contain mostly land information having to do with John Matthias Bernhardt's early business interests.) |
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Folder |
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121 |
Early Business Interests II, 1873 - 1913. |
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122 |
Bernhardt Chair Company I, 1913 - 1921. (Folders 122 - 123, labeled "Bernhardt Chair Company...", contain information on equipment used in the company's factory and financial documents.) |
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Bernhardt Chair Company II, 1921 - 1925. |
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Bernhardt Furniture Company I, 1932 - 1938. (Folders 124 - 125, labeled "Bernhardt Furniture Company...", contain early financial and land information regarding the company.) |
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125 |
Bernhardt Furniture Company II, 1878 - 1927, n.d. |
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Giant Lumber Company, 1907 - 1916. (Folders 126 - 127 contain documents pertaining to the operations of Giant Lumber Company.) |
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127 |
Giant Lumber Co. Correspondence, 1915 - 1919. (Correspondence is between E.P. Wharton or his representative and J.M. Bernhardt). |
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128 |
Globe Lumber Company I, 1902 - 1914. (Folders 128 - 130, labeled "Globe Lumber Company...", contain financial, operations, and land information about the company.) |
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Folder |
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129 |
Globe Lumber Company II, 1905 - 1910. |
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130 |
Globe Lumber Company III, 1910 - 1931, n.d. |
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J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Company, Lenoir, NC, 1905-1917. (Folders 131-137, labeled "J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Company...", contain various documents regarding operations in both Lenoir, NC and Boydton, VA.) |
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J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Company, Boydton, VA, I, 1915-1919. |
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J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Company, Boydton, VA, II, 1919-1922. |
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J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Company, Boydton, VA, III, 1922, n.d. |
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Corporate Minutes Book, Inserted Items, 1915-1922. (Items removed from Corporate Minutes Book of J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Co., Boydton VA, Box 6) |
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Folder |
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136 |
Capital Stock Ledger, Inserted Items, 1915. (Items removed from Capital Stock Ledger of J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Company of Boydton, VA, Box 6) |
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137 |
Common Stock Ledger, Inserted Items, 1915. (Items removed from Common Stock Ledger of J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Company of Boydton, VA, Box 6) |
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Miscellaneous Lumber Company Papers, 1905 - 1910, n.d. (Contains lumber company records that cannot be identified to a particular lumber company.) |
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Envelope #35 (A), 1896 - 1920, n.d. (Items regard J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Company of Lenoir, NC) |
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Envelope #35 (B-C-D), 1913 - 1920, n.d. (Items regard J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Company of Boydton, VA, Bernhardt Manufacturing Company, and Bernhardt Chair Company.) |
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Envelope #35 (E-F), 1904 - 1917, n.d. (Items regard Moore Furniture Company and Globe Lumber Company.) |
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Corporate Minutes Book of J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Company of Boydton, VA, 1915 - 1922. |
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Capital Stock Ledger of J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Company of Boydton, VA, 1915, 1919, n.d. |
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Common Stock Ledger of J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Company of Boydton, VA, 1915, n.d. |
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142 |
Envelope #35 (G), I, 1907 - 1913. (Items pertain to Globe Lumber Company.) |
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143 |
Envelope #35 (G), II, 1911 - 1916, n.d. (Items pertain to Globe Lumber Company.) |
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Envelope #35 (I-O), 1904 - 1915. (Envelopes regard: I, Green Park Improvement Co.; J, South Mountain Land Co.; K, Lenoir Manufacturing Co.; L, correspondence with and about Moses Cone; M, bank account with Franklin National Bank; N, loan agreement; O, North Carolina Trust Co. and Southern Real Estate Co.) |
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Envelope #42, I, 1873 - 1931. (J.M. Bernhardt's survey notebook of 1873.) |
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Folder |
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146 |
Envelope #42, II, 1902 - 1927, n.d. (Business papers regarding Globe and J.M. Bernhardt Lumber Companies (Boydton, VA) and one of J.M. Bernhardt's furniture company notebooks.) |
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147 |
Envelope #42, III, 1918 - 1920, n.d. (All items are about Bernhardt Manufacturing Company.) |
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Envelope #42, IV, 1893 - 1935, n.d. (Includes commission to Board of Trustees for Appalachian State Normal School (1928), a Masonic commission, information about church construction, and documents regarding various business interests.) |
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148 |
Envelope #44, I, 1911 - 1921. (Envelope #44 contains materials in regard to the sale of lands by John Matthias Bernhardt and Globe Lumber Company to the United States Forest Service under the provisions of the 'Weeks Law,' passed in 1911.) |
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149 |
Envelope #44, II, 1912 - 1920, n.d. (Continuation of materials from above.) |
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150 |
Land Records I, 1847 - 1925. (Folders 150-155, labeled "Land Records...", contain deeds, plat maps, land descriptions, and chains of title to lands owned by John Matthias Bernhardt and other members of the Bernhardt family. Many of these records are in regard to lands in Blowing Rock, Watauga County, NC.) |
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Land Records II, 1849 - 1925. |
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152 |
Land Records III, 1892 - 1925. |
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153 |
Land Records IV, 1925 - 1932. |
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154 |
Land Records V, 1932 - 1935. |
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Land Records VI, n.d. |
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156 |
1880 Notebook. (Includes information on personal purchases and financial transactions, debate topics for the Concord Literary Society, and many anecdotal writings of John M. Bernhardt while attending Davidson College.) |
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157 |
Land Office Notebook, 1888. (This notebook was kept by John M. Bernhardt while a special agent for the U.S. Land Office in Portland, Oregon.) |
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158 |
Business Notebook, 1889. (Includes lists of store sales, land descriptions, lumber inventories, and other information regarding various businesses.) |
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159 |
Survey Notebook, 1893. (Includes land descriptions from surveys.) |
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160 |
Box Order Book, 1901 - 1904. (Includes box dimensions, prices, order information and orders taken for boxes made by J.M. Bernhardt's businesses.) |
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Folder |
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161 |
Lumber Business Notebook, 1905. (Survey information, land descriptions, expense log, and lumber inventories are included in this notebook.) |
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162 |
1910 Notebook. (Includes various personal and business information.) |
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163 |
Business Notebook, 1915. (Includes account information, addresses, and inventory information for some of J.M. Bernhardt's lumber and furniture businesses.) |
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164 |
Survey Field Book, n.d. (Notes taken during surveying instruction, fieldwork notes.) |
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165 |
Business Notebook, n.d. (Contains information on a law suit over South Mountain lands and business information on Green Park Hotel and Blowing Rock Turnpike Company.) |
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166 |
Notebook, n.d. (Includes survey, lumber company, stock, and box order information.) |
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Personal Financial Records Subseries. |
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Folder |
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167 |
Financial Documents, 1881 - 1934, n.d. (Includes personal expense tally and receipt, 1881, 1885; envelope containing documents on J.M. Bernhardt's restitution to Ellen Harper Bernhardt for money borrowed from her, 1905 - 1934; envelope containing property lists for tax evaluation, 1906 - 1921, n.d.) |
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168 |
Personal Financial Inventories I, 1911 - 1913. |
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169 |
Personal Financial Inventories II, 1914 - 1920, n.d. (Includes property reappraisal notices, 1919 - 1920; house inventory with item values, n.d.) |
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170 |
Personal Financial Inventories III, 1921 - 1934, n.d. (Includes debt notes; financial statements for both John Matthias and Ellen Harper Bernhardt for 1927, 1929; financial statements for Bernhardt Chair Company and Bernhardt Furniture Company, 1927, 1929; J.M. Bernhardt property inventory, 1934.) |
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171 |
J.M. Bernhardt Estate, 1914 - 1936, n.d. (Includes correspondence, financial statements, legal documents, and estate inventories compiled in regards to the settlement of J.M. Bernhardt's estate following his death in 1935.) |
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Correspondence Subseries. |
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172 |
Correspondence, 1874 - 1878. (Correspondence with various family members.) |
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173 |
Correspondence, 1878 - 1881. (Correspondence with various family members.) |
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174 |
Correspondence, 1881 - 1889. (Correspondence with various family members.) |
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175 |
Correspondence, 1884 - 1888. (Some business correspondence, correspondence written by J.M. Bernhardt to Ellen Harper from Portland, Oregon.) |
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176 |
Correspondence, 1888 - 1891. (Correspondence mostly between J.M. and his brother, George Lynn Bernhardt.) |
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177 |
Correspondence, 1891, n.d. (Correspondence mostly concerning business. Also includes a letter, dated 23 March 1893, from W.J. Hicks of the N.C. State Penitentiary regarding checking over work done by convicts on a railroad.) |
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178 |
Correspondence from Matthias A. Bernhardt, October - December 1876. (Includes correspondence written from hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the sickness and eventual death of Barbara Ramsaur Bernhardt.) |
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179 |
Miscellaneous Letters, 1849 - 1880. (Includes correspondence written by various family members. Letters are not to J.M. Bernhardt.) |
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180 |
Miscellaneous Letters, 1881 - 1950, n.d. (Includes correspondence written by various family members. Letters are not to J.M. Bernhardt.) |
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Scrapbooks Subseries. |
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Book A. (Includes pictures and a typed script describing the life of John Matthias Bernhardt, his marriage to Ellen Douglas Harper, and the early lives of their children.) |
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Book B. (Book B is similar to Book A, with the addition of a handwritten script, letters from John Matthias Bernhardt while in Oregon, correspondence to and from the Bernhardt family, and pictures not included in Book A. Items are inserted in the front cover and include: note to G. Alex Bernhardt from John Christian and Jean Bernhardt, 1991; newspaper clipping with note, 1991; letter to "Ellie" [Ellen Harper Bernhardt] from "Hat J.", 1910; note with entries from Nancy Bernhardt Collett and John Christian Bernhardt, Jr., n.d.) |
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Miscellaneous Subseries. |
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Folder |
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181 |
Wills, 1918 - 1933. (Includes wills from 1918 and 1929 with an addition in 1931; lawyer bills for redrafting of wills in 1932 and 1933.) |
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182 |
Davidson College, 1883 - 1910. (Includes class schedule and papers, 1883 - 1884 and correspondence regarding Davidson College endowment, 1910.) |
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183 |
Land Office Documents, 1887 - 1889, n.d. (Includes Land Office commission, 1887; correspondence, 1887 - 1889; hospital bill, 1888; subscription receipt, 1889; and Land Office application letter, n.d.) |
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184 |
Miscellaneous Documents, 1873 - 1935, n.d. (Includes Finley High School report cards, 1873, 1875; copy of charter of Moses Cone Memorial Hospital, 1911; documents regarding Warlick Monument erected by J.M. Bernhardt in Lincoln County, 1934; book excerpt regarding the Battle of Ramsour's Mill during the American Revolution and the erection of a monument to Nicholas Warlick by J.M. Bernhardt; and an inventory of J.M. Bernhardt's Blowing Rock house, n.d.) |
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Drafting instruments used by John Matthias Bernhardt, n.d. |
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