Robert W. Scott II Papers, PC.1317
Abstract
Addition: Correspondence and papers, photographs, editorial and other cartoons, journals
(2), poems, scrapbooks, campaign files and ephemera, inauguration programs and photo
albums, audio and video recordings, clippings, and other items of former Governor
Robert W. Scott II, dating from 1901 to 2010. A portion of the papers, correspondence,
photographs and other materials relate to family, in particular his wife, Jessie Rae
Scott (two Executive Mansion guest registries, 1968-1972, two personal diaries, 1971,
1972, and scrapbooks, etc.). Additionally, there are personal papers relating to former
Governor Scott's children and grandchildren, and to his father, former Governor and
U.S. Senator, W. Kerr Scott, to his mother, Mary White Scott, and to other family
members of Alamance County. Consists of approximately 16 cubic feet received on 3
May 2011; approximately 5 cubic feet received on 16 September 2011; and approximately
.5 cubic foot received on 7 October 2011
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Robert W. Scott II (1929-2009) was born in the Haw River community of Alamance County, N.C. to W. Kerr and Mary White Scott. He attended Duke University and graduated from North Carolina State College in 1952. In 1951 he married Jessie Rae Osborne, and the couple would become parents of five children. Collection includes personal and political papers of Scott as lieutenant governor, 1965-1969 and as governor, 1969-1973. A large addition was made to the papers in 2011.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Robert W. Scott II Papers
- Call Number
- PC.1317
- Creator
- Scott, Robert Walter, 1929-2009
- Date
- 1948-1973
- Extent
- 100.00 boxes
- Language
- English
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
Papers of Scott of Alamance Co., legislator, lieutenant governor (1965-1969), and
governor (1969-1973), including a few personal letters, and correspondence relating
to the family's Haw River farm (1956-1960), N.C. State Grange (1963-1965), and N.C.
Consumers Committee for Low-Cost Power (1963). From campaign against H. Clifton Blue
and John Jordan for lieutenant governor are letters (1962-1965), statements, speeches,
programs, staff memoranda, and campaign advertising. Also material on Rural Americans
for Johnson-Humphrey (1964). Scott's papers as lieutenant governor include correspondence
with state senators and representatives, files for senate committees, and files for
two legislative sessions (1965, 1967) and special sessions on the "speaker ban law"
and on state and congressional redistricting (1965, 1966). Papers and correspondence
from this period relate to state agencies and institutions; appointments to commissions,
boards, and committees; private organizations such as the Democratic party, Hawfields
Presbyterian Church, state employees groups, and groups concerned with agriculture,
education, or state government. There are also speeches, material for speeches, and
schedules of activities (1957-1958, 1963-1968). From Scott's gubernatorial campaign
(1967-1968) against J. Melville Broughton, Jr., Reginald Hawkins, and James Gardner
are correspondence files, lists of key supporters, and files on groups, individuals,
opponents, national Democratic politics, and issues such as law and order. Also speeches,
posters, film, and recordings of political advertisements and of a conversation with
Scott about the campaign. Clippings and photographs concern Scott's career (1957-1972)
and family. From his term as governor are drafts of speeches, correspondence, and
diaries, as well as the mansion guest book. Some clippings concern Scott as federal
cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission (1977-1979), Also personal letters
and poems from his wife Jessie Rae and children, and correspondence on the death of
his mother, "Miss Mary." Papers of his father, Gov. W. Kerr Scott, include cartoons
from campaign for commissioner of agriculture [1936], speaking invitations (1948),
inaugural program (1949), some financial records, clippings, a speech, and correspondence
about his Melville Jersey farm (1949-1953), investment in a Burlington textile company
(1950-1951), and the Haw River farm (1957-1958). In a tape recording, Gov. Robert
Scott describes the family home at Hawfields. Maps and surveys are of property in
Alamance Co. (1937-1948), proposed conservation districts in the state (1937), Raleigh
voting precincts (1944), and parts of Graham (1948). Two maps and a letter (1954)
are from Scott's service with Army Counter-Intelligence Corps in Japan.
Additions of 21.5 cubic feet were made to the Scott Papers during 2011, summarized
as follows:
Correspondence and papers, photographs, editorial and other cartoons, journals (2),
poems, scrapbooks, campaign files and ephemera, inauguration programs and photo albums,
audio and video recordings, clippings, and other items of former Governor Robert W.
Scott II, dating from 1901 to 2010. A portion of the papers, correspondence, photographs
and other materials relate to family, in particular his wife, Jessie Rae Scott (two
Executive Mansion guest registries, 1968-1972, two personal diaries, 1971, 1972, and
scrapbooks, etc.). Additionally, there are personal papers relating to former Governor
Scott's children and grandchildren, and to his father, former Governor and U.S. Senator,
W. Kerr Scott, to his mother, Mary White Scott, and to other family members of Alamance
County. Consists of approximately 16 cubic feet received on 3 May 2011; approximately
5 cubic feet received on 16 September 2011; and approximately .5 cubic foot received
on 7 October 2011
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