Guide to the Alexander Quarles Holladay Papers, 1858

Descriptive Summary

Repository: North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
Creator: Holladay, Alexander Quarles, 1839 -1909
Title: Alexander Quarles Holladay Papers, 1858 - 1912
Call Number: MC 10
Extent: 1.50 linear feet, (1 half box, 1 oversize box)
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.
Language of Material: English

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Acquisitions Information: Gift 1957, 1965-1973, 1987.
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], The Alexander Quarles Holladay Papers, MC 10, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Biographical Note

Alexander Quarles Holladay was born at Cherry Hill, Spotsylvania County, Virginia on May 8, 1839. He was educated at the University of Virginia (1857-1859) and the University of Berlin (1859-1861). During the Civil War he rose from private to second lieutenant and on to colonel in the Confederate Army. Following the war, Holladay studied law and eventually practiced in partnership with his father between 1870 and 1877. He also served in the Virginia state senate from 1871 to 1875. He taught in Richmond for a while before becoming principal of Stonewall Jackson Institute in Abingdon, Virginia. In 1885 he was elected president of the Florida State Agricultural College in Lake City. Holladay was named the first president of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) upon its opening in 1889 and remained so for ten years until his retirement in 1899. Prior to his retirement he was honored with the degree of Doctor of Laws by Davidson College. After his resignation, Dr. Holladay spent time in Delaware, New York, and Virginia until failing health brought him back to his daughter's home in Raleigh, North Carolina. He died there on March 13, 1909.

Scope and Content Note

The Alexander Quarles Holladay Papers consist of photographs, letters, a speech, a notebook, a memory book, and a certificate of Holladay's Civil War military commission. The memory book is from Holladay's final year as a student at the University of Virginia. The speech given at the presentation of his portrait provides a genealogy dating to 1702. Some photographs of Shakespearean engravings are included. The remaining materials relate to Holladay's tenure as the first president of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) and include a "Book of Incidental Expenses" kept by Holladay during the first year, 1889-1890.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is arranged by type of document.

Online Catalog Terms

Personal Name

Holladay, Alexander Quarles, 1839-1909.

Corporate Entities

Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 19th.
North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
North Carolina State University--History.
University of Virginia--Students--History--19th century.

Detailed Description of the Collection

Signature Book, 1858
A book signed by President Holladay's classmates as he left the University of Virginia in 1858.

[MC 10 Half Box 1 Folder1 ]
Military Commission, 1861 May 25
A preservation photocopy of Holladay's Civil War military commission certificate.

[MC 10 Half Box 1 Folder2 ]

Correspondence, 1893-1895 Three letters: one written by J. M. Pickles (son - in - law of A. Q. Holladay) and two written by Alexander Q. Holladay during his tenure as President of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1894, and 1895.	[MC 10 Half Box 1 Folder3 ]

Speech / by Marshall De Lancey Haywood, 1912 May 27 Alexander Quarles Holladay, LL.D. Address in presenting his portrait to the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechaic Arts. In this speech the orator gives details relating to the Holladay family genealogy dating to 1702. Mr. Haywood also quotes a Raleigh News and Observer editorial dated March 16, 1909.	[MC 10 Half Box 1 Folder4 ]

Photographs, 1889 A photograph of the plaque on Holladay Hall, so named in honor of Colonel Alexander Q. Holladay, LL.D., and two photographs of engravings that depict scenes in Shakespearean plays.	[MC 10 Half Box 1 Folder5 ]

Ledger, 1889-1890
A book of incidental expenses of Alexander Q. Holladay's first year as President of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.

[MC 10 Half Box 1 Folder6 ]
Commission Certificate, 1861 May 25
Framed original of Alexander Q. Holladay's Civil War military commission cerificate.

[MC 10 Oversize Box2 ]

Guide to the Alexander Quarles Holladay Papers, 1858 - 1912

Collection Number MC 10

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