Joshua W. Whitaker Business Correspondence, PC.7050
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Joshua W. Whitaker Business Correspondence
- Call Number
- PC.7050
- Creator
- Whitaker, Joshua W.
- Date
- 1895 - 1903
- Extent
- 0.200 cubic feet
- Repository
- Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina
Restrictions on Access & Use
Access Restrictions
Available for research
Use Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of these materials, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law (Title 17 US Code). Individual researchers are responsible for using these materials in conformance with copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.
Collection Overview
This collection consists chiefly of business correspondence with lumber wholesalers in North Carolina and Tenneessee, along with some family correspondence.
Biographical/Historical
Joshua W. Whitaker (1850 - 1903) was the son of Stephen and Elizabeth Whitaker of
Cherokee County, North Carolina. He grew up in Valleytown with several brothers and
sisters. He was of Cherokee heritage and his sons were born in Indian Territory, now
Oklahoma. Whitaker also had two daughters. He returned to Cherokee County where he
work in the lumber business trying to secure contracts for poles and pins.
He is buried in Valleytown Cemetery in Cherokee County.