A Collection in the Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2010.022
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Special Collections Earl Gregg Swem Library College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8794 USA Phone: (757) 221-3090 Fax: (757) 221-5440 Email: spcoll@wm.edu URL: http://swem.wm.edu/scrc/
John W. Lewis and Lewis P. Olds Papers 1808-1900s 1840-1879
Quantity:
1.00
Creator:
Lewis, John W., [1808]-1885 Latting, Sally Olds, Lewis P.
arrangement
Language of Materials
The papers are in:
English
Abstract:
Collection consists of the papers of three Southerners, dating predominantly from the 19th century. John W. Lewis lived in
Virginia, Mississippi, and North Carolina and the portion of the collection from this Methodist minister and farmer includes
references to religion including sermons, farming, and slavery. Lewis P. Olds was a North Carolina lawyer and politician and
the collection includes evidence of his career as well as poetry and short stories he wrote. The remainder of the collection
is schoolwork of Sally Latting from 1808 and unattributed photographs and a recipe book.
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Preferred Citation
John W. Lewis and Lewis P. Olds Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from Tim Abbott on 01/20/2010.
Processing Information
Accessioned and minimally processed in January 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist. Further arranged and described
by Jeffrey Flanagan, SCRC Staff, in March-May 2010.
John W. Lewis was raised in Randolph County, North Carolina. In 1833, at around the age of 25, Lewis entered the Virginia
Conference of Methodist ministers. His 50+ year career as a pastor took him from Virginia to Mississippi and eventually back
to his home state of North Carolina. Lewis was a slave-owning member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MEC-S) offshoot
that split from the main Methodist Episcopal Church due to differing views on the issue of slavery. He died on May 23, 1885.<br><br>Further
information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:<a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/John_W._Lewis">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/John_W._Lewis</a>
Collection consists of the papers of three Southerners, dating predominantly from the 19th century. John W. Lewis lived in
Virginia, Mississippi, and North Carolina and the portion of the collection from this Methodist minister and farmer includes
references to religion including sermons, farming, and slavery. Lewis P. Olds was a North Carolina lawyer and politician and
the collection includes evidence of his career as well as poetry and short stories he wrote. The remainder of the collection
is schoolwork of Sally Latting from 1808 and unattributed photographs and a recipe book.