Ernest Clifton Rankin Collection 2004.08

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Repository
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Title
Ernest Clifton Rankin Collection
ID
M2019.12
Date [inclusive]
1886-1933
Extent
1.5 Linear feet
Description note
Contains records primarily related to Ernest Rankin’s work as a Justice department examiner in the Western District of North Carolina. Includes examination documents, correspondence, appeals, and a biographical portrait of Rankin
Location note
Special Collections, Row 8, Shelf 4
Language
English
Abstract
Ernest Clifton Rankin, a native of Franklin, NC, worked as an examiner in the U.S. Department of Justice from 1910 to 1933. The records in this collection document this work, as well as including a few biographical

Citation –

[Identification of Item], Ernest Clifton Rankin Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville

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Bibliographical Information note

Ernest Clifton Rankin was born on December 10, 1864, to Nathaniel P. Rankin and June Wharton Rankin of Franklin, NC. He attended Davidson College and graduated with a degree in law in 1886. He worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as a clerk until 1910, when he was appointed to the position of examiner for the Department of Justice. He continued as an examiner, eventually being promoted to supervising examiner, until health problems caused him to retire in 1933 at the age of nearly sixty-nine. 

As an examiner, he was responsible for oversight of the federal courts and their employees, which often included checking financial records and expenditures by court employees. His career took him all over the United States, including work in the Western District of North Carolina. The records in this collection document some of his work in the Western District.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives

Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500
One University Heights
Asheville, North Carolina, 28804-8504
828.251.6645
speccoll@unca.edu

Access note

The collection is available for research.

Accruals note – Heading 4

No additional accruals expected.

Processing Information – Heading 4

Intial processing by Jessica Wallace in 2005, additional processing by Derek Whisnant in 2019.

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Collection Inventory

Box 1

  • Folder 1: Collection of coded messages, primarily between Bielaski and Rankin
  • Folder 2: E.C. Rankin biographical write-up and relevant historical context
  • Folder 3: General Examination of office, records, etc. for the United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina – April 1, 1907 – December 31, 1911
  • Folder 4: General Examination of the offices, records, and accounts for clerks of the United States Circuit Court for the Western District of North Carolina – April 1, 1907 – December 31, 1911
  • Folder 5: General Examination of the offices, records, and accounts, for clerks of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina – April 1, 1907 – December 31, 1911
  • Folder 6: Report on government property in the hands of federal court officials in the Western District of North Carolina – July 12, 1912
  • Folder 7: General Examination of the records, accounts, etc. of United States Marshals, statement of per diems of Court Criers and Bailiffs – Western District of North Carolina – October 1, 1909 – April 1, 1910 
  • Folder 8: Marshals fees and expenses paid to M. McNeil – Clerk in Wilkesboro, NC –April 1 1907 – June 27, 1911
  • Folder 9: Fee statement – Clerks, US Circuit Court, Western District of North Carolina at Asheville –1907
  • Folder 10: Payments to Criers and Bailiffs from US Marshal at Wilkesboro, North Carolina – September 17, 1907 – June 24, 1911
  • Folder 11: Marshal’s fees and expenses paid to H.C. Cowles – Clerk, Statesville, North CarolinaFolder 12: Circuit Court returns, Asheville, North Carolina – January 1, 1907  –  December 31, 1911
  • Folder 12: Circuit Court returns, Asheville, North Carolina – January 1, 1907 – December 31, 1911
  • Folder 13: Quarterly account statement – per diems paid to Criers and Bailiffs – US Marshal of Western District of North Carolina –April 1 1907 – September 30, 1909
  • Folder 14: Judiciary funds statement – Western District of North Carolina – January 1, 1907 – December 31, 1911
  • Folder 15: S.L. Trogdon, Clerk, statement of amounts deposited –April 1, 1907 – September 30, 1909
  • Folder 16: Circuit and District Court notes – Statesville, Salisbury, Charlotte, North Carolina –1907 – 1911
  • Folder 17: Statement of fees and expenses – Clerk, United States Circuit Court for Western District of North Carolina at Asheville – April 1, 1907 – December 31, 1911
  • Folder 18: J.M. Baley, expenses and fees – 1910
  • Folder 19: Letter to A.E. Holton – United States Attorney, Western District of North Carolina – January 11, 1912
  • Folder 20: Letter to and deposit statement for J.M. Millikan – Clerk, United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina – May 7, 1912
  • Folder 21: Letter to H.C. Cowles – Late Clerk, United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina – May 29, 1912
  • Folder 22: Letters relating to Western District of North Carolina – December 1911 – August 1912
  • Folder 23: Charges and fees, District Court – James M. Millikan – 1909 – 1910
  • Folder 24: Notes on S.L. Trogdon, J.M. Millikan – Clerks
  • Folder 25: General Examination of the office, records, etc. of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia – January 1, 1911 – June 3, 1914
  • Folder 26: General Examination of the accounts, records, etc. of the principal United States Commissioners for the Northern District of Georgia – January 1, 1911 – June 30, 1914
  • Folder 27: General Examination of the records, accounts, etc. of the United States Marshal for the Northern District of Georgia –August 1, 1913 – June 3, 1914
  • Folder 28: US v. Washington S. Hyams and United States Folder idelity & Guaranty Co. – Western District Court of North Carolina at Asheville 1917
  • Folder 29: Letter relating to examination of clerk’s returns for Western District of North Carolina – December 23, 1922
  • Folder 30: General examination of the office, records, etc. of the United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina – 1926
  • Folder 31: Statement of books in custody of court officials in the Western District of North Carolina  – 1926
  • Folder 32: General examination of the accounts, records, etc., of the Clerk, United States District Court – Western District of North Carolina – November 20, 1924 – July 29, 1926
  • Folder 33: General examination of the records, accounts, etc., of the principal United States Commissioners – Western District of North Carolina  – 1926
  • Folder 34: General examination of the records, accounts, etc., of the United States Marshal – Western District of North Carolina – January 17, 1925 – June 29, 1926

Box 2

  • Folder 1: Western District of North Carolina – Moneys collected or accounted for – November 5, 1926
  • Folder 2: General examination of the offices of the principal referees in bankruptcy for the Western District of North Carolina – 1926
  • Folder 3: Letters relating to the Western District of North Carolina  – 1926
  • Folder 4: Correspondence with Brownlow Jackson, United States Marshall – September 6, 1926
  • Folder 5: Letter from Clerk – United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina – October 15, 1926
  • Folder 6: Correspondence with United States Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney for Western District of North Carolina – September 21, 1926 – October 21, 1927
  • Folder 7: Correspondence with R.L. Baylock – Clerk, United States District Court for Western District of North Carolina – October, 1926
  • Folder 8: Unpaid balances – Western District of North Carolina – November, 1926
  • Folder 9: Letter to Attorney General re. Western District of North Carolina staffing – August 17, 1927
  • Folder 10: General examination of the offices, records, etc., of the United States Attorney, Middle District of North Carolina  – August 31, 1927
  • Folder 11: General examination of the accounts, records, etc., of the Clerk – United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina – July 29, 1926 – August 18, 1927
  • Folder 12: General examination of the records, accounts, etc. of the Principal United States Commissioners, Middle District of North Carolina – June 30, 1927
  • Folder 13: General examination of the records, accounts, etc. of the United States Marshal, Middle District of North Carolina – June 29, 1926 – August 18, 1927
  • Folder 14: General examination of the offices of the Principal Referees in Bankruptcy for the Middle District of North Carolina – August 31, 1927
  • Folder 15: General examination of the records, etc. of the office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee – May 31, 1928
  • Folder 16: General examination of the records, accounts, etc., of the office of the Clerk – United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee – October 1, 1926 – May 31, 1928
  • Folder 17: General examination of the accounts, records, etc., of the Principal United States Commissioners for the Eastern District of Tennessee – May 31, 1928
  • Folder 18: General examination of the records, accounts, etc., of the office of the United States Marshal, Eastern District of Tennessee – January 1, 1927 – June 1, 1928
  • Folder 19: General examination of the offices, records, etc., of the referees in bankruptcy for the Eastern District of Tennessee – May 31, 1928
  • Folder 20: General examination of the office and records of the United States Attorney for the Western District of South Carolina – December 31, 1931
  • Folder 21: General examination of the office of the clerk, United States District Court, Western District of South Carolina – July 1, 1930 – January 1, 1932
  • Folder 22: General examination of the records, accounts, etc., of the principal United States Commissioners for the Western District of South Carolina – December 31, 1931
  • Folder 23: General examination of the office of the United States Marshal Western District of South Carolin-July 1, 1930 – January 1, 1932
  • Folder 24: General examination of the offices of the principal referees in bankruptcy, Western District of South Carolina – December 31, 1931
  • Folder 25: Letters relating to the Western District of South Carolina – January 4, 1932 – March 13, 1932
  • Folder 26: Correspondence with John W. Gardner – F ebruary 2, 1932
  • Folder 27: Letters of assignment  – 1920 – 1929
  • Folder 28: Letters of assignment  – 1930 – 1933
  • Folder 29: Letter to Attorney General re: Deputy Clerk W.S. Hyams – March 9, 1912
  • Folder 30: letter to S.W. Folder inch re: Deputy United States Marshal J.W. Staples – April 30, 1912
  • Folder 31: Letter to A.B. Bielaski re: United States Marshal William E. Logan – November 27, 1912
  • Folder 32: Letter to A.B. Bielaski re: additional assistance for Marshal’s office, Western District of South Carolina – December 24, 1915
  • Folder 33: Report on the condition of records for Western District of South Carolina – December 30, 1915
  • Folder 34: Investigation of improper conduct by United States Marshals, Western District of South Carolina – March 6, 1918
  • Folder 35: Letter to R.R. Roark, Sheriff, Pickens, South Carolina re: failure to turn over fines collected – December 15, 1922
  • Folder 36: Weekly Reports – January 13, 1912 – December 28, 1912
  • Folder 37: Weekly Reports – April 2, 1917 – December 29, 1917
  • Folder 38: Weekly Reports – January 1, 1926 – January 1, 1927
  • Folder 39: Weekly Report  – August 24, 1927
  • Folder 40: Weekly Reports – January 2, 1928 – December 29, 1928
  • Folder 41: Weekly Reports  – December 29, 1930 – December 26, 1931
  • Folder 42: Promotions and salary raises – 1910 – 1926
  • Folder 43: Letter to W.W.B re: return from leave of absence – September 9, 1929

Box 3: Rankin Biographical information and historical context

  • Folder 1: Letter from Circuit Judge to Comptroller of the Treasury re: water closet paper disallowment – June 7, 1886
  • Folder 2: Letter to W.W. Bondurant to Chief, Department of Justice – January 29, 1918
  • Folder 3: Folder ees appeal, District Court, Western District of North Carolina – May 15, 1911
  • Folder 4: Letter to Attorney General from Comptroller re: reimbursement for travel – April 29, 1913
  • Folder 5: Request for patent – August 12, 1911
  • Folder 6: Letters re: Confederate veterans contribution -May 21, 1917
  • Folder 7: Treasury Department appeals – 1913
  • Folder 8: Treasury Department appeals – 1914
  • Folder 9: Policies for clerks, typewritten records
  • Folder 10: Bankruptcy policies and rules, Western District of North Carolina
  • Folder 11: Grand Juror payment due forms, Western District of North Carolina – 1890’s
  • Folder 12: Report on W.W. Leinster, Deputy Clerk at Statesville, North Carolina
  • Folder 13: Expense Report, Asheville, North Carolina
  • Folder 14: Extra expenses, Asheville, North Carolina – April 1, 1907 – December 31, 1911
  • Folder 15: Certificate of compensation for services, Lenoir, North Carolina – May 24, 1912