Martin S. Willard Papers, PC.2029

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Martin S. Willard Papers, PC.2029

Abstract

Martin S. Willard (1858-1933) was born in Washington, N.C. to Albert A. and Mary H. Stevenson Willard. He was vice president and secretary of Carolina Insurance Co. and president of the Willard Bag and Manufacturing Co., Wilmington, both located in Wilmington. A Democrat, Willard was elected in New Hanover County to the N.C. House of Representatives (General Assembly sessions of 1899/1900 and 1901). Papers include a letterbook, 1900-1903, with correspondence regarding legislative, and a small quantity of business and family matters; about one-third cubic feet of legislative correspondence, 1900-1903; and two scrapbooks of clippings concerning laws, taxes, public corporations, etc., 1900-1904.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Martin S. Willard Papers
Call Number
PC.2029
Creator
Willard, Martin S.
Date
1891 - 1903
Extent
2.00 boxes, 1.00 cubic feet, 1.00 fibredex boxes, 1.00 oversize manuscript boxes
Language
English
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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Access Restrictions

Available for research.

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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.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], PC.2029, Martin S. Willard Papers, 1898-1903, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, N.C., USA.

Collection Overview

Papers include a letterbook, 1900-1903, with correspondence regarding legislative matters, and a small quantity of business and family matters; about one-third cubic feet of legislative correspondence, 1900-1903; and two scrapbooks of clippings concerning laws, taxes, public corporations, etc., 1900-1904.

Arrangement Note

Chronological.

Biographical Note

Martin Stevenson Willard (1858-1933) was born in Washington, N.C. to Albert A. and Mary Hannis Stevenson Willard. He was vice president and secretary of Carolina Insurance Company and president of the Willard Bag and Manufacturing Company, both located in Wilmington. A Democrat, Willard was elected in New Hanover County to the N.C. House of Representatives (General Assembly sessions of 1899/1900 and 1901). Committees on which Willard served included Revenue, Insurance, Penal Institutions, and Military Affairs.Committees on which Willard served included Revenue, Insurance, Penal Institutions, and Military Affairs. After serving in the General Assembly, Willard continued for a number of years his work with the Carolina Insurance Company and president of the Willard Bag and Manufacturing CompanyDuring Willard's tenure in the General Assembly he worked on the preparation of a new revenue bill and advocated the adoption of an inheritance tax, that was eventually incorporated into law.Willard was also chairman of the Insurance Committee of the House of Representatives. The law enacted under Willard's leadership provided for the establishment of a state Department of Insurance. The new agency was charged with performing all duties previously exercised by the secretary of state relating to insurance in North Carolina. This included the licensing and regulating of all insurance companies and their agents throughout the state. The insurance law drew notice from other southern states.In 1907 Willard published a travel account, Letters from a Tarheel Traveler in Mediterranean Countries.Sources: Samuel A. Ashe, ed., Biographical History of North Carolina, 8 vols. (Greensboro: Charles L. Van Noppen, 1905-1917), 4: 473-480. Guide to Research Materials in the North Carolina State Archives: State Agency Records, Dept. of Insurance, 417. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1913-1975.

Contents of the Collection

1. Legislative and Insurance-Related Letters and Material,1891-1901

Scope and Contents note:

This series includes letters and petitions and a legislative seating chart, circa 1901, received and generated primarily during the period of Mr. Willard's legislative service, 1899-1901.

Insurance/Legislative Letters, 1891, 1891
Box
Legislative Letters, 1898, December 21, 1898
Box
Legislative Letters, 1899, February - March
Box
Legislative Letter, 1900, May 19, 1900
Box
Legislative Letters (A),January - February 1901
Box
Legislative Letters (B), January - February 1901
Legislative Letters (C),1900
Box
Legislative Letters (D),March - June 1900
Legislative Letters,Undated
Petitions from Various Manufacturers of N.C., Circa 1899
Box
Legislative Seating Chart, circa, 1901
Box
Legislative Printed Matter,Circa 1899, 1901
Miscellaneous,1899-1901

2. Letterbook and Scrapbooks,1900-1904

Scope and Contents note:

This series includes a letterbook, 1900-1903, with correspondence regarding legislative matters, and a small quantity of business and family matters; and two scrapbooks of clippings concerning laws, taxes, public corporations, etc., 1900-1904.

Subject Headings

  • Willard, Martin Stevenson
  • General Assembly
  • Democratic party
  • Wilmington (N.C.)
  • New Hanover County (N.C.)

    • Acquisitions Information

    Received as a gift from Mr. Emerson Willard, Wilmington, N.C.

    Processing Information

  • Processed by Fran Tracy-Walls. Encoded and updated by Fran Tracy-Walls, July, 2012 and Oct. 2019, respectively.