Source Collection
This digital collection comprises selected materials from the following archival collection at David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library:
Adeline Burr Davis Green papers 1796-1956
Collection #RL.00476 | 3.5 Linear Feet (8 boxes and 2 oversize folders)
ABSTRACT
Adeline "Addie" Burr Davis Green (1843-1931) was a white resident of Como and Bloomington, Illinois, and Fayetteville, North Carolina, who was notably married to former Supreme Court justice and Senator David Davis from 1883-1886, and later to Wharton Jackson Green, plantation owner and U.S. Representative from North Carolina, from 1888-1910. This collection spans the years 1796-1956 and documents the personal life and social interactions of Adeline "Addie" Davis Green and members of her family, including her father James M. Burr, aunt Adeline Burr Ellery Green, David Davis, Wharton Jackson Green, and sister Hettie Heitshu. Types of material include correspondence, notebooks, printed material, ephemera, and photographs and other visual material. Topics include James M. Burr's experiences during the California gold rush, United Daughters of the Confederacy activities, politics and social functions in Washington, D.C. (1882-1883), World War I and the League of Nations, and Burr and Neal family genealogy.
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