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TWENTY-THIRD BIENNIAL REPORT
of the
North Carolina Department Of
Archives And Historq
JULY 1, 1948
TO
JUNE 30, 1950
Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
1950
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NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
B. F. Brown, Raleigh
Gertrude S. Carraway, New Bern
J. Allan Dunn, Salisbury
W. T. Laprade, Durham
McDaniel Lewis, Greensboro
Mrs. p. F. Patton, Hendersonville
Mrs. B. T. Williams, Stedman
Christopher Crittenden, Director, Raleigh
The Executive Board of the State Department of Archives and History.
1. Dean B. F. Brown of Raleigh, 2. Miss Gertrude S. Carraway of New
Bern, 3. Dr. Thomas W. Laprade of Durham, 4. Mr. McDaniel Lewis of
Greensboro, 5. Miss Sadie S. Patton of Hendersonville, 6. Mrs. Callie P.
Williams of Stedman. Judge J. Allan Dunn of Salisbury, of whom a
picture is not included, is also a member of the Board.
LETTER OF TRANSMISSION
To His Excellency,
W. Kerr Scott,
Governor of North Carolina.
SIR:
In compliance with Chapter 55, Session Laios of 1945,
I have the honor to submit herewith for your Excellency's
consideration the Biennial Report of the North Carolina
Department of Archives and History for the period July 1,
1948 - June 30, 1950.
Respectfully,
Christopher Crittenden,
Director
Raleigh, July 1, 1950
BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
July 1, 1948, to June 30, 1950
To B. F. Brown, Gertrude S. Carraway, J. Allan Dunn,
W. T. Laprade, McDaniel Lewis, Mrs. P. F. Patton, and
Mrs. B. T. Williams, Executive Board:
I have the honor to submit the following report of the
activities and accomplishments of the North Carolina De-partment
of Archives and History for the period July 1,
1948-June 30, 1950:
A PERIOD OF PROGRESS
The twenty-four months covered by the present report
represent a period of progress and achievement along many
lines. For the most part the accomplishments have not been
spectacular; rather they have been steady and solid, mark-ing
the fruition of plans made in earlier years and the
development of the Department's program along lines pre-viously
laid down.
During the war and postwar years the Department's
activities were to some extent disrupted by the inflationary
spiral and during the biennium under review operating
costs remained high. Adjustment was made to the inflated
price level, however, and since costs to some extent leveled
off during the period the problem was not so acute. The
Department's appropriation was the largest in its history
and the General Assembly in both 1947 and 1949 increased
salaries, so that at the end of the period the pay of workers
of the state of North Carolina could be compared not too
unfavorably with that of persons filling similar positions
in private business.
Every effort was made to maintain satisfactory public
relations and to carry the Department's services to the
people of the state. A great deal of travelling was done.
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The director and other staff members delivered addresses,
participated in historical celebrations, went on historical
tours, and otherwise took part in such activities throughout
the state. The annual sessions of the State Literary and
Historical Association (of which the Department's director
is secretary) and allied organizations in 1948 and 1949
were considered very successful, and various members of
the staff participated in these sessions. Numbers of news
releases were issued on historical and allied topics. Mem-bers
of the staff continued to play a leading part in the
activities of national historical and allied organizations,
attending conventions, appearing on programs, serving as
chairmen or members of committees, and in other ways.
The Society of American Archivists ( of which the Depart-ment's
director was president) met in Raleigh, Durham,
and Chapel Hill, October 27-29, 1948, and the consensus
was that the session was the most pleasant and fruitful
ever held by the organization.
An event that aroused a great deal of public interest was
the unveiling on Capitol Square in Raleigh, October 19,
1948, of a monument to the three Presidents of the United
States born or reared in North Carolina—Andrew Jackson,
James Knox Polk, and Andrew Johnson. From the be-ginning
the chairman of the Department's Executive Board
and the director had been members of the Commission for
the Memorial and the director had served as secretary.
President Truman had agreed to come to Raleigh and de-liver
the principal address. Unless one has actually been
through the experience of planning and arrranging such
ceremonies, checking and re-checking every detail, with
Secret Service men on hand to say what can and cannot
be done, one can hardly comprehend what a task is in-volved.
Indeed, for several weeks beforehand the director
of the Department spent almost all of his waking hours
on this one project, and most of the members of the staff
assisted in one way or another. When the day finally came,
everything went off as scheduled and the general opinion
was that the occasion was one of which the state might
be proud.
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During the biennium plans were drawn and the contract
was let for an addition that would approximately double
the size of the Education Building, of which the Department
now occupies the first floor and one-half the ground floor.
Most of the first floor and part of the ground floor of the
addition were allotted to the Department, so that its floor
space would be increased by more than 50 per cent. Also,
during the first half of 1950 a loan was obtained from the
federal government to draw plans for a large new building
to house the State Art Gallery, the State Museum of Natural
History, and the Department of Archives and History. Mr.
William Henley Deitrick of Raleigh was employed as the
architect and work on the plans was begun. The Board of
Public Buildings and Grounds expected to ask the Advisory
Budget Commission and the General Assembly for an
appropriation to erect the building. Should the structure
be erected, the Department would move into it, thereby
making its present space available for other purposes.
In 1947 it had been learned that a document, said to be
the original charter of Carolina, 1663, was offered for sale
by a dealer, Mr. Charles W. Traylen of Guildford, Surrey,
England. After some negotiation Mr. Traylen sent the
document on approval, and the Department thereupon
undertook to investigate its authenticity. Every test that
could be thought of was made, experts in American colonial
history, British history and archives of the period, hand-writing,
old parchment and ink, and other related topics
were consulted, and the investigation required more than
a year. At the end of that period, when everything seemed
to point to the authenticity of the document, the Executive
Board of the Department authorized its purchase and the
document was acquired in the fall of 1949 at a cost of more
than $6,000. The entire amount was donated by a group
of patriotic citizens of the state and by one organization,
as follows:
Mrs. Katherine Pendleton Arrington, Warrenton; Reuben
B. Robertson. Canton; John M. Morehead, New York;
George Gordon Battle, New York; Herman Cone, Greens-boro;
Mrs. Graham Kenan, Wilmington; J. Spencer Love,
Washington, D. C, and Greensboro; W. N. Reynolds, Wins-
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ton-Salem; Mrs. Julius W. Cone, Greensboro; William H.
Ruffin, Durham; K. P. Lewis, Durham; Ralph W. Gardner
and the Gardner family, Shelby; Ralph P. Hanes, Winston-
Salem; W. H. Woolard, Greenville; Gordon Gray, Washing-ton,
D. C., and Winston-Salem; Mrs. Elizabeth H. Bahnson,
Winston-Salem; Edwin P. Brown, Murfreesboro; Ralph C.
Price, Greensboro; James G. W. MacClamroch, Greensboro;
Burnham S. Colburn, Asheville; Mrs. James A. Gray, Wins-ton-
Salem; John Sprunt Hill, Durham; Mrs. John A. Kellen-berger,
Greensboro; Mrs. J. E. Latham, Greensboro; North
Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities.
In the spring of 1948 an arrangement was made with
Meredith College to offer an interneship course in the
various phases of the work of the Department with the
college allowing credit for the course. By the close of the
biennium under review the course had been given a total
of three times and the arrangement seemed to have worked
out satisfactorily. One of the young women taking the
course was later employed by the Manuscripts Division
of the Duke University Library and another was employed
by the Department.
The detailed reports that follow will show what was
accomplished in various fields. It will be seen from the
report of Mr. William S. Powell the researcher, that the
historical marker program was continued and that a total
of 130 markers were approved—all that could be purchased
for the $10,000 that was available for the purpose. The
new edition of the Guide to North Carolina Historical
Highway Markers, published during the period, brought
the list of markers up to date.
The report of Mr. W. Frank Burton, head of the Division
of Archives and Manuscripts, indicates that progress has
been made in many ways. Emphasis was placed on modern
records management and advice and assistance were
rendered to various state agencies and to a number of the
counties in such matters as filing, microfilming, and dis-posal.
The survey of the records of 26 state agencies result-ed
after the end of the biennium in the Budget Bureau
authorizing both the construction of a warehouse to house
the semicurrent records of the state agencies and also
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the inclusion in the Department's budgetary estimates for
1951-1953 of a request for funds to establish a State Records
Microfilm Project, under the administration of the Depart-ment.
The Division's program was furthered by the in-stallation
of air conditioning equipment, additional stack
uprights and shelving, a microfilm camera, and photo-graphic
equipment. At the end of the biennium a laminat-ing
machine and a fumigating vault were under order.
Closer control of the archives and manuscripts in the De-partment's
custody was attained by the preparation of an
overall inventory of these holdings, by the assignment of
a number or letter to each stack area, each section of stack
within an area, and each shelf in a section, and by the pre-paration
of checklists and inventories of a number of
records groups. New high figures were reached in the num-ber
of visits paid to the Search Room and in the number
of photocopies and certified copies supplied to the public.
Significant was the near completion of the project of micro-filming
the county records, conducted by the Genealogical
Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
which placed in the Department's archives microfilm copies
of many of the older records of a large number of the
counties.
Mrs. Joye E. Jordan, head of the Division of Museums
(formerly the Division of Public Displays) also reports a
record of achievement. A number of permanent exhibits
were rearranged and many special exhibits were arranged.
The regular Exhibit of the Month, begun during the bien-nium
and prepared jointly by the Division of Archives and
Manuscripts and the Division of Museums, proved popular.
The Division of Museums took over the supervision of the
house in which Andrew Johnson, seventeenth President of
the United States, was born, now the property of the city
of Raleigh and located in Pullen Park. The acquisition of
the French Thank-You gifts and the sending of these
throughout the state in a trailer museum won a favorable
reaction from the public. The provision of a mimeographed
guide to the Hall of History and of the printed pamphlet.
The Hall of History, filled a real need. The purchase of a
tape recorder, camera, slide projector, screen, and record
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pla^^er made possible an enlarged program, especially the
showing of slides and the presentation of recorded gallery
talks to visiting groups.
The report of Mr. D. L. Corbitt. head of the Division of
Publications, gives evidence of more accomplishment in the
field of publishing than ever before in the history of the
Department. The program was enlarged and expanded in
almost every way. The eight regular issues of The North
Carolina Histrocial Review were published and it is gratify-ing
to report that, contrary to the situation during and
immediately following World War II, they could be mailed
out on or very nearly on schedule. Several pamphlets were
published and the program of preparing documentary mate-rial
for publication was continued. Various scholars were
editing series for publication by the Department and at the
end of the biennium the first volume of the Willie P. Man-gum
papers, edited by Dr. Henry T. Shanks, and also the
very useful study on the origins of the North Carolina coun-ties
by Mr. Corbitt were in press. Mr. Corbitt during the
period was also engaged in the preparation for publication
of the papers of no less than three different govenors—J. C.
B. Ehringhaus, J. Melville Broughton, and R. Gregg Cherry.
The Broughton volume was published before the end of
the biennium and at the close of the period the Ehringhaus
volume was in type and it was expected that the Cherry
volume soon would be turned over to the printer.
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
On August 29, 1949, Governor W. Kerr Scott reappointed
Dr. R. D. W. Connor of Chapel Hill a member of the Exec-utive
Board for a term ending March 31, 1955, and on
September 16, 1949, Dr. Connor was reelected chairman of
the Board.
On August 29, 1949, Governor Scott also appointed Mrs.
B. T. Williams of Stedman for a term ending March 31,
1955 (succeeding Mr. Clarence W. Griffin of Forest City).
On February 25, 1950, the Department suffered an irre-parable
loss in the death of Dr. Connor. He had been a
member of the first State Historical Commission, appointed
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by Governor Charles B. Aycock in 1903, and had served as
its secretary from 1903 to 1921. He made the Commission
one of the leading agencies of the kind anywhere in the
United States, and, largely because of this achievement,
President Roosevelt appointed him in 1934 as first Archivist
of the United States. After resigning as secretary of the
Commission, he served that agency as a member of the
Editorial Board of The North Carolina Historical Review
from soon after the establishment of that journal in 1924
until his death. He was a member of the Historical Com-mission
again from 1932 to 1934 and a member and chair-man
from 1942 to 1943, when the name of the agency was
changed to State Department of Archives and History. He
was a member and chairman of the Executive Board of
the Department from 1943 until his death. Always interest-ed
in the agency and its work, always ready to give his
time and services, always practical in facing immediate
problems and yet far-seeing and statesmanlike in planning
broad policies and programs, he was a source of strength
and inspiration at all times.
On March 10, 1950, Governor Scott appointed Dean B. E.
Brown of Raleigh to fill the unexpired term created by
Dr. Connor's death.
THE STAFF
The first regularly paid employee of the Department
(formerly the North Carolina Historical Commission) was
R. D. W. Connor, who was placed on the pay roll in 1907.
Since that time the number of regular employees on June
30 of each even year has been as follows:
1908 3 1930 10
1910 3 1932 10
1912 3 1934 8
1914 5 1936 8
1916 8 1938 9
1918 9 1940 9
1920 9 1942 11
1922 9 1944 11
1924 11 1946 13
1926 11 1948 16
1928 10 1950 18
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The General Assembly in 1949 established the State Per-sonnel
Department, (effective July 1, 1949), and beginning
with that date all matters relating to personnel had to be
cleared with that Department. The Personnel Department
undertook a reclassification of the positions and salary
ranges in all state agencies and such reclassification, of
course, would include the Department of Archives and
History. At the end of the biennium such work had not yet
been done for the latter Department, but it was expected
that the necessary investigation and study would be under-taken
within a short time.
The General Assembly in 1949 voted all state employees a
blanket twenty-percent increase in pay and also made an
apropriation for Merit Increases, effective July 1, 1950.
Toward the end of the biennium the Department, acting
under instructions from the Personnel Department, made
recommendations for such increases. Several members of
the staff were scheduled to receive the increment on July 1,
and probably others later in the year when the reclassifica-tion
had been completed.
The raising of the pay of state workers resulted in less
turnover in the Department's staff than during the war and
postwar years. Indeed, of the 16 regular employees on the
pay roll at the beginning of the biennium no less than 13
were still there at the end of the period. Such a situation
made for better morale and for the more effective conduct
of the Department's program.
The retirement of Mrs. William S. West, Senior Archivist,
effective June 30, 1950, after 35 years of service, marked
the separation of the last member of the staff who had seen
service with the old Historical Commission under Dr. Con-nor.
In recent years one after another of the older staff
members have retired, and Mrs. West's departure left as
the oldest employees in point of service Mr. D. L. Corbitt,
who began work with the Historical Commission on April 1,
1924, and Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahey, who entered the Com-mission's
employ on January 25, 1925. The present director
has been on the pay roll since July 1, 1935. As the Depart-ment
has expanded, more and more professionally trained
young persons have been employed, duties and functions
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have been more strictly defined, and a more businesslike
atmosphere has been attained. Every now and then, how-ever,
one feels a nostalgic pang for the good old days and
one is frequently impressed by the amount that was accom-plished
with such slim resources and with so small a staff.
Effective January 1, 1950, on a six-months trial basis,
the state went on a five-day, forty-hour week. With the
approval of the Personnel Department the Department of
Archives and History conformed to these hours except that
for the convenience of the public the Search Room was
kept open from 9:00 to 1:00 on Saturdays and the Hall of
History maintained its former hours of 9:00 to 5:00, Mon-day
through Saturday, and 2:00 to 5:00 on Sunday. Staff
members working on Saturdays or Sundays were allowed
compensatory leave at other times. At the end of the bien-nium
this arrangement was made permanent.
During the biennium the following persons were em-ployed
by the Department:
Permanent Employees:
Director: Christopher Crittenden
Head, Division of Archives and Manuscripts: W. F. Burton
Head, Division of Publications: D. L. Corbitt
Head, Division of Museums: Mrs. Joye E. Jordan
Researcher: William S. Powell
Senior Archivist: Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahej^
Senior Archivist: Mrs. Mary Jeffreys Rogers
Senior Archivist: Mrs. William S. West
Junior Archivist: Frances Harmon (married and became Mrs.
Frances Harmon Whitley, June 24, 1950)
Junior Museum Assistant: Manora Mewborn
Junior Museum Assistant: Dorothy D. Reynolds
Senior Stenographer-Clerk: Nell Hines, July 1, 1948-October 3, 1948
Senior Stenographer-Clerk: Mrs. Margaret W. Graves, September
13, 1948-November 9, 1949
Senior Stenographer-Clerk: Mrs. Blanche M. Johnson, November
21, 1949-June 30, 1950
Senior Stenographer-Clerk: Eloise Fisher (married and became
Mrs. Eloise Fisher Sarvis, March 28, 1949)
Senior General Clerk: Eva J. Lawrence, July 1, 1949-June 30, 1950
Junior Mail Clerk: Ben Dunstan, July 1, 1948-May 28, 1949
Junior Mail Clerk: Bernard Rogers, May 31, 1949-August 10, 1949
Junior Mail Clerk: Marvin Rogers, September 12, 1949-June 30, 1950
Janitor-Messenger: Edward Freeman
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Temporary Employees:
Senior Archivist (Emergency Relief Administration): John O.
Littleton, July 1, 1948-September 30, 1948; June 8, 1949-Sep-tember
6, 1949
Senior Archivist (Emergency Relief Administration): John L.
Sanders, July 1, 1948-September 13, 1948
Senior Archivist (Emergency Relief Administration): C. D. Gur-ganus,
June 16, 1949-August 31, 1949
Traveling Museum Curator: Alton F. Mclver, Jr., September 12,
1949-December 31, 1949
Traveling Museum Curator: Charles L. Jones, January 1, 1950-
June 30, 1950
Senior General Clerk: Eva J. Lawrence, July 1, 1948-June 30, 1949
Senior General Clerk: Mrs. May Davis Hill, June 9, 1949-June 30,
1950
Senior Stenographer-Clerk: Mrs. Nell Hines Harris, November 9,
1949-November 19, 1949
Junior General Clerk (Emergency Relief Administration): George
L. Smith, August 30, 1948-September 13, 1948
Junior General Clerk (Emergency Relief Administration) : Stephen
R. Kenney, August 30, 1948-September 13, 1948
APPROPRIATION AND EXPENDITURES
The funds of the North Carolina Department of Archives
and History, just as those of the other agencies of the state
government, are appropriated by the General Assembly
and are allotted on a quarterly basis by the Budget Bureau.
Appropriations and expenditures for the 1948-1950 bien-nium
were as follows:
1948-1949
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Cherry Letter Book 1,400.00 1,400.00 2,846.74 2,060.60
Ehringhaus Letter Book 6,500.00
Reserve for Deferred Obligations
—
Transferred to 1950-51 10,193.00
Total 64,073.00 63,799.70 84,850.51 83,957.68
Less Estimated Receipts
and Deposits 500.00 1,418.92 500.00 1,074.95
Transfer from 1948-49 to cover out-standing
obligations 8,124.50 8,124.50
Appropriation 63,573.00 62,380.78 76,226.01 74,758.23
Before the economic depression of the nineteen-thirties,
the Historical Commission (predecessor of the Department
of Archives and History) was receiving an annual appro-priation
of more than $30,000 (excluding the additional
appropriation for the Legislative Reference Library, which
was administered by the Historical Commission until April
1, 1933, when it was transferred to the Attorney General's
office). At the bottom of the depression the Commission's
appropriation was cut to $11,315, or only a little more than
one-third the pre-depression figure. As general business
improved and as the state's revenues increased, the appro-priation
was augmented until in 1949-1950 it was $84,850.51,
the highest figure yet reached.
The Department's annual appropriations and expendi-tures
for the past twenty years have been as follows:
Year Appropriation Expenditures
1930-1931 $30,865.00 $23,565.03
1931-1932 24,865.00 18,338.51
1932-1933 20,065.00 13,286.15
1933-1934 12,826.00 11,223.13
1934-1935 11,315.00 11,298.23
1935-1936 19,364.00 16,156.51
1936-1937 20,294.00 19,985.59
1937-1938 21,843.00 20,478.17
1938-1939 22,443.00 22,088.38
1939-1940 21,160.00 20,593.68
1940-1941 21,160.00 20,669.09
1941-1942 23,300.00 21,252.63
1942-1943 24,514.00 23,843.29
1943-1944 28,707.00 27,973.03
1944-1945 28,212.00 26,940.64
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1945-1946 45,290.00 30,650.90
1946-1947 54,827.00 51,387.83
1947-1948 68,391.00 66,642.09
1948-1949 64,073.00 63,799.70
1949-1950 84,850.51 83,957.68
THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE
The biennium just closed has been one of marked accom-pUshment
in many fields and the coming years will prob-ably
offer even greater opportunities for achievement. In
planning for the future some phases of the Department's
program that may well be emphasized are as follows:
(1) Adequate space. Already the Department has out-grown
the first floor and part of the ground floor of the
Education Building, into which it moved in 1939, and while
the addition to that structure now under construction will
make available additional space, it will not provide fully
for the enlarged program that is planned. The ideal solution
might be for the Department to be housed in a separate
building, adequate in size and suitably equipped, but if
that should prove impracticable the next best solution
would seem to be for the Department to be provided space
in a structure housing other agencies with similar functions.
For it to be located in an office building will always present
certain disadvantages.
(2) Historical marker program. This has aroused a great
deal of interest throughout the state, has served to make
the public more conscious of the importance of historic
sites, and has brought to the attention of many communities
the significance of places about which they had not pre-viously
been informed. To date more than 600 markers
have been approved, but the program will need to be con-tinued
for several more years before anything like all the
spots of statewide historical significance will have been
designated.
(3) Archives and manuscripts. From the beginning work
in this field has been at the heart of the Department's
program. In the past most attention was paid to old records,
but recently the program has been expanded to include
modern records as well. Special emphasis has come to be
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placed on state records, from their creation through various
stages to their final disposal or preservation. In the future
the state records program probably should continue to be
emphasized, so that the Department in a more complete
way will serve as the state records agency and will be
recognized even more than at present for the functions it
performs in that capacity.
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Publications. A great deal has been accomplished in
this field during the biennium and at the end of the period
more than twenty volumes of documents were in prepara-tion,
at one stage or another, for future publication. This
expanded program of documentary publication should be
carried on and The North Carolina Historical Revieiv,
which is recognized nationally as one of the leading journals
of its type, should be continued. In addition, the Depart-ment
might well issue an increased number of pamphlets
and leaflets, in large editions, that would be of interest to
school children and the general public.
(5) Hall of History. This state historical museum has
come a long way within recent years. Instead of containing
a mere assortment of relics of varied kinds, especially guns
and uniforms and other military items, poorly arranged
and inadequately displayed, it has become more and more a
truly modern museum, conducting a positive program of
collecting and also displaying its materials in orderly se-quence
and attractive form. Likewise, by the use of travel-ling
exhibits and loan displays, it has begun to carry the
story of North Carolina history to the people of the state.
Such a program, continued on an expanded scale, can go
far to inform the citizenry about their history and to arouse
their interest in that subject.
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HISTORICAL MARKERS
William S. Powell, Researcher
The close of the biennium found the Historical Marker
Program at an important milepost. On June 5 the 600th
marker for the state was ordered. During the two years
covered by this report 130 markers were approved of which
116 were new and 14 were replacements for broken
markers.
The act of 1935 authorizing the Historical Marker Pro-gram
continued to serve as a guide in considering proposed
markers. A committee of the state's leading historians met
at frequent intervals "to designate . . . points of historic
interest in the order of their importance, and to provide
appropriate wording for their proper marking." This com-mittee,
which served without charge to the state except
for the payment of traveling expenses, was composed of
Cecil Johnson, Hugh T. Lefler, A. R. Newsome, and J. W.
Patton of the University of North Carolina; W. B. Hamilton
and R. H. Woody of Duke University; F. W. Clonts and G.
W. Paschal of Wake Forest College; L. W. Earnhardt of
State College; and Frontis W. Johnston of Davidson College.
In March, 1949, Mr. Clarence W. Griffin of Forest City
gave the Department of Archives and History 150 photo-graph
negatives of historical markers. These were properly
arranged and filed to bring the total number of marker
photographs to 374. Included among these were photo-graphs
not only of the state's historical markers but in many
cases of the house, church, grave, or other point of historic
interest for which the marker was erected.
During the biennium a revised and enlarged edition of
the Guide to North Caroliiia Historical Hightoay Markers
was printed. To make it more useful than the earlier edi-tions
a larger selection of illustrations was used and a de-tailed
index was prepared. Copies of this publication were
widely distributed.
To provide complete and detailed information about the
operation of the marker program a four-page mimeographed
sketch entitled "North Carolina's Historical Marker Pro-gram,
Some 'Hows' and Some 'Whys'" was prepared. These
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were mailed in response to the numerous requests for in-formation
about how markers might be obtained.
With the cooperation of the State Highway and PubUc
Works Commission a survey was conducted throughout the
state to determine which markers were broken and had
not been reported during the years between 1942 and 1947
when the marker program was not functioning due to a
wartime shortage of metal. Thirteen such markers were dis-covered
and were replaced.
During the two-year period the Department was consult-ed
by representatives of four other states where historical
marker programs were being established. Complete infor-mation
on the operation of our program was given to them.
I'hdtcjgrapl E. Bennett, Cherokee Historical Society
Historical marker unveiled in Macon County, August 11. 1950. Those
taking part in the ceremonies, shown above left to right are: William S.
Powell, Raleigh, the Rev. Hoyt Evans, Franklin, Carroll P. Rogers, Tryon,
Miss Annie Reese, New York, McKinley Ross, Cherokee, Hensleigh C.
Wedgwood, New York, Mrs. Sadie S. Patton, Hendersonville, Christopher
Crittenden, Raleigh, and the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, Franklin. Approxi-mately
125 persons were present for the unveiling of this marker.
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A new system of filing the research notes made for each
marker was worked out in 1949. Formerly the material was
arranged either alphabetically by counties or chronologic-ally
according to the year in which the marker was author-ized,
but under the new system the material was filed in
flat boxes alphabetically by county with only two counties
to each box. This facilitated the filing and locating of notes
pertaining to each marker. As it became necessary to with-draw
research notes kept previous to 1949 for reference,
those notes were placed in the new file. It was expected
that within the next few years all the older notes would be
transferred to the new file where they would be more readi-ly
available for reference and research.
New historical markers approved during the biennium
were:
District A: Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford,
Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties:
Early Exploration (John Pory, 1622), Gates County
William P. Roberts (grave). Gates County
Edward Hyde (site of home), Bertie County
Dr. Hugh Williamson (site of home), Chowan County
North Carolina-Virginia Boundary, Gates County
Locke Craig (birthplace), Bertie County
Elizabeth City State Teachers College, Pasquotank County
District B: Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington
counties:
John F. Tompkins (home), Beaufort County
R. A. Fessenden (site of experiment .station). Dare County
District C: Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, and Pamlico counties:
Otway Burns (site of home), Onslow County
Marquis De Bretigny (site of home), Craven County
First Post Road, Onslow County
D. L. Russell (home and grave), Onslow County
District D: Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender
counties:
George Burrington (site of home), Pender County
Stag Park, Pender County
Welsh Tract, Pender County
George Davis (site of birthplace). New Hanover County
George Davis (site of home and grave), New Hanover County
Captain Johnston Blakeley (site of home), New Hanover County
Mary Baker Glover Eddy (residence), New Hanover County
State Department of Archives and History 25
Thomas F. Price (birthplace), New Hanover County
Edwin A. Alderman (birthplace), New Hanover County
James Gibbons, New Hanover County
William W. Loring (site of birthplace), New Hanover County
John A. Winslow (site of birthplace). New Hanover County
District E: Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Northampton,
and Warren counties:
W. L. Saunders (grave), Edgecombe County
W. D. Pender (grave), Edgecombe County
Lemuel Burkitt (grave), Northampton County
Walter Clark (site of home), Halifax County
Benjamin Hawkins (site of home), Warren County
District F: Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne, and Wilson
counties:
Thomas J. Jarvis (home and grave), Pitt County
Foster's Raid, Lenoir County
Foster's Raid, Wayne County
Thomas O. Larkin (site of home), Duplin County
Blount Hall, Pitt County
William T. Dortch (home and grave), Wayne County
Dobbs County (site of courthouse), Wayne County
James Kenan (grave), Duplin County
Confederate Arms Factory (site), Duplin County
Lewis School, Lenoir County
Samson L. Faison (birthplace), Duplin County
District G: Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person,
and Vance counties:
St. John's Episcopal Church, Vance County
Stephen B. Weeks (grave), Durham County
Edwin G. Reade (site of birthplace). Person County
Elon College, Alamance County
District H: Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, and Wake counties:
Smith's Ferry, Johnston County
Plank Road, Lee County
First N. C. State Fair, Wake County
State Schol for Blind (two markers), Wake County
Wake Cross Roads Baptist Church, Wake County
William E. Dodd (site of birthplace). Wake County
William C. Lee (home and grave), Harnett County
Buffalo Church, Lee County
L. O'B. Branch (home and grave). Wake County
J. Melville Broughton (home). Wake County
"Elmwood," Wake County
John Louis Taylor (home and grave), Wake County
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State School for Blind and Deaf, Wake County
Barbecue Church, Harnett County
Mangum Terrace, Wake County
District I: Bladen, Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson, and
Scotland counties:
Robert Strange (home and grave), Cumberland County
Presbyterian Junior College, Robeson County
First Presbyterian Church (Fayetteville), Cumberland County
Confederate Breastworks (remains), Cumberland County
Pembroke State College, Robeson County
Fayetteville State Teachers College, Cumberland County
District J: Forsyth, Guilford, Rockingham, and Stokes counties:
Joseph G. Cannon (site of birthplace), Guilford County
North Carolina-Virginia Boundary, Stokes County
A. & T. College, Guilford County
Confederate Hospital (site), Guilford County
Winston-Salem Teachers College, Forsyth County
District K: Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, and
Richmond counties:
Carolina Female College (site), Anson County
James Boyd (home), Moore County
Alexander McLeod (site of home), Moore County
District L: Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanlj^ and Union
counties:
J. P. Caldwell (site of home), Mecklenburg County
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Rowan County
Grace or Lower Stone Church, Rowan County
Organ or Zion Church, Rowan County
District M: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Davie, Iredell, Surry,
Wilkes, and Yadkin counties:
Ebenezer Academy, Iredell County
Mitchell Junior College, Iredell County
J. P. Caldwell (home), Iredell County
Asa Gray (headquarters), Ashe County
Granville Grant (southern boundary), Iredell County
District N: Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Watauga,
and Yancey counties:
Asa Gray (area of exploration), Avery County
Asa Gray (area of exploration), Mitchell County
Andre Michaux (area of exploration), Mitchell County
Andre Michaux (headquarters), Burke County
Andre Michaux (area of exploration), Avery County
Appalachian State Teachers College, Watauga County
State Department of Archives and History 27
District O: Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk, and Ruther-ford
counties:
Hutchins G. Burton (grave), Lincoln County
O. Max Gardner (birthplace and grave), Cleveland County
Andre Michaux (route followed), Lincoln County
Tryon County (site of courthouse), Gaston County
North Carolina-South Carolina Boundary, Polk County
Elisha Baxter (site of birthplace), Rutherford County
Tryon's March (site of camp), Cleveland County
James Pinckney Henderson (birthplace), Lincoln County
District P: Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, and Tran-sylvania
counties:
Thomas Wolfe (home and birthplace), Buncombe County
Newton Academy (site). Buncombe County
Morning Star Church, Haywood County
French Broad Baptist Church, Henderson County
Andre Michaux (area of exploration). Buncombe County
Locke Craig (home). Buncombe County
North Carolina-Tennessee Boundary, Madison County
Hot Springs, Madison County
Cathey's Fort (site), Haywood County
Felix Walker (site of home), Haywood County
Paint Rock, Madison County
District Q: Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, and Swain
counties:
North Carolina-Georgia Boundary, Cherokee County
North Carolina-Georgia Boundary, Macon County
North Carolina-Georgia Boundary, Clay County
Pottery Clay (for Wedgwood Potteries, 1767), Macon County
George W. Truett (birthplace). Clay County
Western Carolina Teachers College, Jackson County
Cowee (site of Indian town), Macon County
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DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS
W. Frank Burton, Head
The two year period covered by this report was one of
real achievement for the Division of Archives and Manu-scripts.
The program of modern records management was
accelerated to the extent that service was rendered to
twenty-two state agencies, eleven counties, and two munici-palities.
There was the problem of installing and utilizing
several pieces of equipment much needed by the Division.
There were many valuable accessions and the Department
moved nearer the ideal of putting all materials in proper
order and bringing them under minute control, with the
ultimate objective of making the archives and manuscripts
as efficiently and easily serviced as possible. Many records
were used by the public and others were used for display
in the Hall of History. Thus the Department became in-creasingly
a service agency.
Modern Records Management
Within recent years the problem of how to deal with
records has confronted the United States government, the
various states, and the counties and municipalities of the
nation. It is apparent that the chief factors in causing this
problem to become acute have been: (1) the increase in
population, which resulted in the creation of a larger num-ber
of records; (2) the use of the typewriter and other
machines, which has made it possible to create records,
often in multiple copies, far more rapidly than formerly;
(3) the entrance of government at different levels into
many fields of activity, such as social security, health, the
regulation of transportation, finance, industry, and agricul-ture,
that earlier were left to private individuals or organ-izations,
resulting in the creation of vast quantities of
official records; and (4) World Wars I and II, involving a
total war effort that likewise required the making of records
on a scale unheard of previously.
In the past it was thought that the primary function of
an archival agency was to preserve and make available for
research those old records that might have value for the
State Department of Archives and History 29
historian, the genealogist, and the antiquarian. Recently it
has come to be realized, however, that a more pressing
problem is the necessity of dealing with the masses of
records being created in the day-to-day conduct of business.
During the biennium it was realized, therefore, that the
records created by the various state agencies, the counties,
and the municipalities should be retired in some way. This
could be done by disposal, if the records lacked historical
value, or by eventual transfer to the archives if they pos-sessed
such value. Consequently, this activity was made an
objective of a more aggressive records management pro-gram.
In accordance with this objective, the Division undertook
to develop effective plans for the prompt and systematic
retirement of the files of the various state agencies. Space
was provided in the Department's warehouse at the State
Fairgrounds for the semicurrent records of the State Board
of Health, the Department of Banking, the State Board of
Education, and the Industrial Commission. Crude and in-accessible
as it was, the warehouse was nevertheless used
as a records center.
The disposal of records was authorized in thirteen agen-cies.
In almost every case this was a tedious and time-con-suming
process. It was constantly borne in mind that the
disposal of public records is a serious business and the
Division was careful to approach this problem pursuant to
Chapter 55, Session Laios of North Carolina, 1945. In every
case the creating agency was required to certify that certain
records had no further current value. Subsequently it was
necessary for the Division to make a thorough analysis of
the problem with ultimate disposal or preservation in mind.
Records were transferred to the archives from eleven
agencies. There were major accessions from the Department
of Public Instruction, the State Treasurer, the Governor's
Office, the Department of Agriculture, and the Utilities Com-mission.
All of the records of two defunct agencies were
accessioned: the Mechanical Inspection Division of the De-partment
of Motor Vehicles and the State Board of Photo-graphic
Examiners. Thus by using the process of disposal,
the warehouse as a records center, and the archives, con-
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siderable progress was made in coping with the problem
of modern records. One should hasten to point out, however,
that a great deal was left to be done.
A new warehouse to serve as a records center was badly
needed. When this problem was discussed with the Assist-ant
Director of the Budget, he asked the Department to pre-pare
a report on the amount of space needed in a records
building, the feasibility of microfilming, and the costs that
would be involved. In order to ascertain the amount of
space needed in such a building, members of the staff of
the Department subsequently held conferences with repre-sentatives
of twenty-six state agencies. The report that was
submitted included the following conclusions:
(1) Of the twenty-six agencies surveyed, two needed no space
in a records building (one of these only in case its records
were microfilmed).
(2) Fifteen agencies could partly solve their records problem
by microfilming but would still need space in a records
building.
(3) Nine agencies could not meet their problem by microfilm-ing,
and all of them would need space in a records building.
(4) In general, while microfilming would considerably reduce
the bulk of the records, it would not completely and finally
solve the problem. There was still need for additional space
to house the semicurrent records of the various state
agencies.
The following recommendations were made:
(1) It was imperative that some action be taken to provide for
the tens of thousands of cubic feet of records that were
crowding offices, hallways, basements, warehouses, and
other available areas.
(2) A central microfilming unit for the state should be establish-ed
in order to reduce as far as practicable the bulk of the
records of the various agencies. The operation of a central
unit for the purpose would be cheaper than for each agency
to operate its own unit, in that duplication of equipment
and effort would be avoided and trained personnel provided.
It was recommended that a microfilming unit be established
within the Department of Archives and History.
(3) It was recommended that the General Assembly be asked
to pass a bill giving microcopies of state records the same
force in court as the originals, thus making it possible to
destroy the original records where such action might seem
advisable.
State Department of Archives and History 31
Almost coincident with this development, the State High-way
and Public Works Commission became interested in
microfilming approximately 1.000.000 highway drawings. At
the request of the Commission, the Department of Archives
and History undertook to determine what type of equip-ment
would best serve this purpose. To obtain a balanced
picture of the situation, a trip was made to Washington
to study various types of equipment being operated in the
Navy Records Center, the Army Records Center, the Na-tional
Archives, the Library of Congress, and the Walter
Reed Hospital. The Department reported its findings to the
Commission, the project was started, and by the end of the
biennium it was progressing satisfactorily.
The following is a list of state agencies served in one way
or another during the biennium:
Agriculture, Department of
Attorney General, Department of the
Banking Commission
Conservation and Development, Department of
Education, Board of
Employment Security Commission
Governor's Office
Health, Board of
Highway and Public Works Commission
Hospital, State
Industrial Commission
Investigation, Bureau of
Labor, Department of
Local Government Commission
Motor Vehicles, Department of
Photographic Examiners, Board of
Public Instruction. Department of
Public Welfare, Board of
Retirement System, Teachers and State Employees
Revenue, Department of
Treasurer
Utilities Commission
The Department rendered a similar service to the coun-ties
and municipalities. The counties served were Currituck,
Edgecombe, Forsyth, Halifax. Johnston, Mecklenburg,
Nash, Orange, Perquimans, Pitt. Surry, and Wilkes. In
every case the records were studied in order to ascertain
which ones should be preserved and which ones marked
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for disposal, and an attempt was made to devise flo-sche-dules
and to provide for the proper repair and restoration
of records. The City of Albemarle and the Town of Walston-burg
requested aid in solving their records problems and
this service was rendered. •
New Equipment
Several pieces of equipment were installed during the
period. Some of this equipment had not been purchased
earlier due to war time shortages. The installation of a new
air conditioning system was completed. The major portion
of the stack equipment for the mezzanine level was install-ed.
As a matter of fact, all of the uprights and about half
of the bracket type shelves were installed in the three rooms
on that level. The original lighting equipment in this area
was inadequate, but the Superintendent of Public Buildings
and Grounds agreed to install new outlets and to relocate
the ones that did not fall within the aisles. This work was
completed in one of the rooms.
Meanwhile, encouraging progress was made in setting in
motion a program of microphotography. A flat bed micro-film
camera was purchased and a modernly equipped dark
room was provided. This enabled the Division to begin film-ing
records for security reasons and to render an increased
service to the public by furnishing microfilm strips and
microfilm enlargements. The microfilm itself was made
more usable by the installation of a new Recordak reader.
Near the end of the biennium two very important pieces
of equipment were ordered. A fumigating vault (to control
insect pests) was ordered from the Haskelite Manufacturing
Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a laminating
machine (for the reenforcement and preservation of docu-ments)
was ordered from Mr. W. J. Barrow of Richmond,
Virginia. With this new equipment it was anticipated that
the Division would be able to plan a real program of repair
and restoration.
Accessions
It is a responsibility of the Department, under the law,
"to preserve and administer such public archives as shall
State Department of Archives and History 33
be transferred to its custody, and to collect, preserve, and
administer private and unofficial historical records" relat-ing
to the history of North Carolina and the territory in-cluded
therein from the earliest times. During the biennium
many state and county archives were transferred to the
Department's archives, numerous private and unofficial
manuscripts were given to the Department, and the Depart-ment
itself purchased various maps and papers possessing
historical value.
Upon receipt of these materials, the Division immediately
undertook to gain control of them. The first step was the
preparation of an accession record. This was accomplished
by preparing two cards for each accession. One card was
filed alphabetically by the donor, the other chronologically.
These cards give the date of receipt, name of donor, and
name of collection or group, and indicate whether the
accession was an official transfer, a loan, a gift, or a pur-chase.
A detailed list of accessions is included at the end of
this report. ^
Classification and Arrangement
The biennium was one of real achievement in bringing
records under control. In this respect the Division used the
spiral system. That is, it undertook to gain at least top con-trol
of all records as soon as they were received, with the
ultimate objective of bringing all records under minute
control so that they could be serviced quickly and efficient-ly.
Every records group or collection accessioned during
the biennium was brought under some degree of control
the day it was shelved in the archives.
Since there was a sizable backlog of uncontrolled records
and increased numbers of records were being received, the
Division was confronted by the problem of how to bring
records under control quickly. How could the public be told
what records were in the archives? How could the Search
Room attendant locate the records quickly and easily? In
order to answer these questions, the Division used a system
of checklists and inventories. The former, already in use
'See below, pp. 41-5G.
34 Twenty-Third Biennial Report
The Department's flatbed microfilm camera, operated by Mrs. Frances
Harmon Whitley.
State Department of Archives and History 35
before the biennium began, was used by the Search Room
attendant; the latter was used to let the public know what
was in a collection or records group. In order to render
these finding media more effective, it was necessary to make
several major changes in the physical arrangement of the
stack areas. The rooms were labeled with Roman numerals,
the stacks with letters, and the sections with Arabic num-erals.
The completion of this project and the installation
of the new stack equipment made it possible to place a
number of records on the shelves in improved order.
As a result of these developments it was considered an
appropriate time to take an inventory of the official records
and private and unofficial manuscripts stored in the
archives. This inventory included all of the records in the
custody of the Department except those stored in the ware-house
at the State Fairgrounds. The inventory was not
intended to give a detailed description of each collection or
records group. Each sheet, however, included the title of
the collection or records group, the date of inventory, in-clusive
dates, quantity computed in cubic feet, a summary
of the contents, and any additional data concerning the
degree to which the records were controlled.
This inventory proved to be the basis for bringing under
control several valuable groups of records. Such groups
included the records of the Farmers' State Alliance, the
Farmers' Union, the Utilities Commission, the State Treas-urer,
the Local Government Commission, and the sound
recordings. Checklists were prepared for all of these groups
and inventories were prepared for some of them. The pro-ject
of arranging, classifying, and cataloguing such archives
of the Secretary of State as the Department had was com-pleted
and a beginning was made in gaining tighter control
of the Governor's papers created from 1901 to 1944. In-cidentally,
the papers of Governor R. Gregg Cherry were
received and a checklist was immediately prepared.
Of major importance was the completion of the work on
the Emergency Relief Administration records stored in the
warehouse and the processing of the records of the Tri-
State Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association. Approxi-mately
eighty per cent of the ERA records were disposed
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of, the west room in the warehouse was cleared, and the
records to be preserved were shelved in the east room. The
stacks and sections were labeled and a checklist and in-ventory
were prepared. The Department thus gained top
control of these records. Approximately eighty-five per cent
of the Tri-State Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association
records were disposed of and the remaining ones were
brought under control.
The Division rendered service to the Department of Pub-lic
Instruction by processing about 2,500 cubic feet of the
latter's records. Many of the records were disposed of, but
100 cubic feet of records from five divisions were trans-ferred
to the archives. All of the records accessioned were
brought under control before they were shelved in the
archives.
Early in the biennium the material in the Search Room
was rearranged. The reference books were arranged by
subjects such as general United States history, and under
North Carolina history according to subjects such as gen-eral,
special, church, and educational, and a special section
was used for material of a genealogical nature. A checklist
was prepared by the Search Room attendant so that she
would be able to locate these books more quickly.
The card catalogue system was revised and brought up
to date. It was found that in many cases as many as fifty
cards existed where one or two would serve the same pur-pose
more quickly. In the revision an attempt was made to
use a minimum number of cards to give a maximum amount
of information.
USE OF RECORDS
The number of visits to the search room, 6,042, exceeded
that of any previous 24-month period. This was an increase
of 937, or 18 per cent over the 5,105 visits for 1946-1948,
the largest previous number. Of these 6,042 visits, 5,111
were made by residents of North Carolina while the other
931 represented 37 states, the District of Columbia, England,
and Canada.
State Department of Archives and History 37
State by state, the statistics
Alabama 36
Arizona 12
Arkansas 1
California 37
Colorado 4
Connecticut 3
District of Columbia 85
Florida 51
Georgia 104
Idaho 21
Illinois 30
Indiana 27
Iowa 1
Kansas 7
Kentucky 16
Louisiana 21
Maryland 11
Massachusetts 20
Michigan 10
Mississippi 27
Missouri 8
are as follows:
Nebraska 3
New Hampshire 12
New Jersey 5
New Mexico 5
New York 25
North Carolina 5,111
Ohio 38
Oklahoma 8
Oregon 3
Pennsylvania 22
South Carohna 33
Tennessee 73
Texas 82
Utah 25
Virginia 55
Washington 1
Wisconsin 1
Wyoming 2
Canada 2
England 4
Figures for such visits during each biennium since 1926
are as follows:
1926-1928 1,987
1928-1930 2,859
1930-1932 3,259
1932-1934 2,666
1934-1936 2,999
1936-1938 3,423
1938-1940 3,918
1940-1942 4,253
1942-1944 2,318
1944-1946 3,341
1946-1948 5,105
1948-1950 6,042
In addition to meeting visitors and making materials
available to them, much of the search room attendant's
time was devoted to seeking correct answers to enquiries
which the Department received through the mails. In each
case there was an attempt to be as helpful as possible with-out
putting too much strain on the limited staff. Even so,
these routine investigations were handled in increasing
numbers. Of the 2,159 mail enquiries, 1,854 originated out-side
of North Carolina in 44 states, the District of Columbia,
and five foreign countries. In addition, the Division wrote
511 letters regarding such matters as the intake of records,
the purchasing of equipment, and service to the state agen-cies
and counties.
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The number of photocopies furnished by the Department,
3,804, exceeded by 1,501 the number furnished during the
previous biennium. Of the total number furnished, 1,152
were sent to North Carolina addresses while the others
went to 31 states, the District of Columbia, Cuba, and
England.
The statistics are as follows:
Alabama 33
Arizona 8
Arkansas 4
California 38
Colorado 12
Delaware 1
District of Columbia 105
Florida 780
Georgia 63
Illinois 33
Indiana 32
Iowa 1
Kansas 9
Kentucky 21
Louisiana 81
Maryland 9
Massachusetts 20
Michigan 24
Mississippi 90
Missouri 15
Nebraska 12
New Jersey 12
New York 88
North Carolina 1,152
Ohio 674
Oklahoma 26
Pennsylvania 59
South Carolina 57
Tennessee 85
Texas 133
Virginia 116
West Virginia 1
Wisconsin 6
Cuba 1
England 3
Total 3,804
The number of certified copies furnished also showed a
marked increase. During the 1946-1948 biennium a total
of 435 were furnished, while for the 1948-1950 period 568
were furnished, an increase of 23 per cent. Of these 568
copies, 205 were sent to North Carolina addresses while the
others went to 30 states and the District of Columbia, as
follows
:
Alabama 17
Arizona 1
Arkansas 2
California 8
Colorado 1
District of Columbia 2
Florida 16
Georgia 42
Illinois 10
Indiana 34
Iowa 8
Kansas 1
Kentucky 8
Louisiana 20
Minnesota 5
Mississippi 49
Missouri 12
Montana 3
Nebraska 1
New Hampshire 1
State Department of Archives and History 39
New Jersey , 9 Tennessee 14
New York 1 Texas 34
North Carolina 205 Utah 4
Ohio 4 Virginia 13
Oklahoma 8 Wyoming 2
Pennsylvania 4
South'carolina 30 Total 568
Aside from the usual genealogical research, there was an
increase in the number of visits by persons classified as
"students" and "historians." The number, 1,433, showed a
20 per cent increase over the number of such visits for the
1946-1948 period. The colleges and universities from which
such investigators came were:
Bennett College University of North Carolina
Birmingham Southern College Woman's College of the Uni-
Bucknell College
University of California
Columbia University
Davidson College
Duke University
East Carolina Teachers College
University of Florida
Guilford College
Harvard University
Hebrew Union College
University of Kentucky
Louisiana State University
Meredith College
University of New Brunswick,
Canada
North Carolina State College
North Carolina College at
Durham
The following selected list of non-genealogical subjects
under investigation, while not complete, will serve to show
the type of research pursued:
Biography:
O. Max Gardner
William A. Graham
James K. Polk
Calvin H. Wiley
Social, economic, and cultural history:
Architecture in North Carolina
The Cotton Industry in the South before 1861
versity of North Carolina
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
Randolph-Macon College
Rice Institute
St. Augustine's College
Shaw University
University College of Swansea,
England
University of Texas
Vanderbilt University
University of Virginia
Wake Forest College
Western Carolina Teachers
College
University of Wisconsin
Yale Universitv
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Teacher Education in North Carolina
Commercial Fertilizer in the South Atlantic States
The Antebellum Theatre in Wilmington, North Carolina
Local and specialized history:
Alamance County
Cumberland County
Forsyth County Folklore
Formation of Mecklenburg County
Early Raleigh and Wake County
Political and governrnental activities:
Democratic Party and the Negro since 1928
Advisory Opinions of the North Carolina Supreme Court
The Administration of Governor Elias Carr
The Negro and Fusion Politics in North Carolina, 1895-1901
County Government in North Carolina, 1689-1816
Religion:
Religion in the Rebel Ranks
Church and State in Colonial North Carolina, 1663-1776
History of Macedonia Church
Displays
In addition to the services mentioned above, it has been
a practice of the Division of Archives and Manuscripts to
furnish documents for display in the Hall of History. In
December, 1948, there was devised a plan whereby this
practice could be rendered more effective. It was considered
expedient to choose an important date in North Carolina
history for each month in the year, and to arrange a display
of documents emphasizing the subject or event connected
with that date. Under this plan a total of 16 exhibits were
made during the period.'
Repair, Restoration, and Binding
Due to the lack of modern equipment, it was impossible
to carry out the desired program of repair and restoration.
The policy was, therefore, to repair only documents in
imminent danger of loss and those in frequent demand for
reference. Nevertheless, the Restorer of Manuscripts made
minor repairs on several hundred documents, seventy-three
volumes of manuscripts were rebound, and five volumes
'For a complete list of these exhibits, see below, p. 61.
State Department or Archives and History 41
were laminated for the Department by W. J. Barrow. The
prospective purchase of a laminating machine, mentioned
above, will make possible the conduct of a repair program
on a large scale.
Microfilm
When the Division installed its flat bed microfilm camera
in July, 1949, it began immediately to film records for
security reasons, and to make film strips for the public. The
records filmed for security reasons included court minutes
of Bute, Guilford, and Edgecombe counties, the minutes of
the Board of Agriculture, an index to the Utilities Com-mission
records, and the diary of Charles Smallwood, a
practicing physician of Bertie County, 1884-1896. In addi-tion,
microfilm strips relating to such subjects as the Halifax
Resolves, the Carolina charters of 1663 and 1665, and
various maps were furnished to the public.
During the biennium the Genealogical Society of the
Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints resumed its
project (suspended during World War II) of filming the
older county records of North Carolina. In connection with
this project, it was necessary for the Department to work
with many of the counties, especially in securing permis-sion
for the Society to have access to the records. As a rule
the counties were very cooperative and as a result the
Society was able to furnish 215 rolls of positive film to the
Department.
Detailed List of Accessions
The following items were accessioned during the period:
I. Additions to Collections.
1. Records of state agencies:
Department of Agriculture. "A History of Agriculture in
North Carolina," by James M. Robinson. Approximately 463
typed pages; 23 E boxes of the Commissioner's correspon-dence,
1937-1948; 2 E boxes of press releases covering all
phases of the North Carolina agricultural program, 1938-
1946; and 34 E boxes of Seed Laboratory file cards. Trans-ferred
from the Department of Agriculture.
Governor. 30 E boxes, 2 B boxes, 3 transfiles, and 4 volumes
of Governor R. Gregg Cherry's papers; 5 notary public com-mission
books covering the administrations of O. Max Gard-
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ner, J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Clyde R. Hoey, and J. Melville
Broughton; 3 cu. ft. of court assignments, and 15 scrapbooks
of Governor W. Kerr Scott. Transferred from the Governor's
Oflfice.
Department of Labor. General correspondence of the Com-missioner,
1933-1943. 6 cu. ft. Transferred from the Depart-ment
of Labor.
Local Government Commission, audit reports, 1941-1944.
18 cu. ft. and 6 E boxes. Transferred from the Local Govern-ment
Commission, Raleigh.
State Board of Photographic Examiners, 1935-1949. 5 E
boxes and 5 cu. ft. Records acquired through the Division of
Purchase and Contract, Raleigh.
Department of Public Instruction: Division of Negro Edu-cation,
11 cu. ft.; Division of Vocational Education, general
correspondence, 39 cu. ft.; Division of Schoolhouse Planning,
1926-1944, 15 cu. ft. Transferred from the Department of
Public Instruction, Raleigh.
Ration accounts of the Governor's Mansion, 1945. Trans-ferred
from the Division of Purchase and Contract, Raleigh.
Constitution of North Carolina, 1868. 70 pages. Photocopy
of original in the office of the Secretary of State.
Treasurer's Office. 413 volumes, 15 blueprints, and 3 boxes
of correspondence. Transferred from State Treasurer's Office.
Utilities Commission. Records of the Chief Clerk and the
Traffic Department, 1891-1933. 184 cu. ft. Transferred from
the Utilities Commission.
2. County records:
Beaufort County. Deeds and land courses, 1758-1851. 6
pieces. Given by Mr. Archie Bonner, Aurora.
Cumberland County. Deeds, 1849-1867. 3 pieces. Given by
Mrs. S. W. Sparger, Durham.
Halifax County. Boundary lines of plat of land, Joshua
Barker to Jesse Brewer, January 25, 1787. Given by Mr. Hugh
Johnson, Raleigh.
Hyde County. Will of Mary Clark, September 19, 1786.
Given by Mr. Archie Bonner, Aurora.
Iredell County. Writs of execution for payment of debt,
1843, 1851. 47 pieces; County Home account books, 1903-1904,
1914-1915. 2 volumes. Given by Mr. William S. Powell, Raleigh.
Nash County. Will books, 1777-1820, 1851-1873. 2 volumes.
Transferred from the office of the Clerk of Superior Court,
Nashville.
Pitt County. Land Grant Book, 1779-1783. 1 volume, and
minutes of Justices of the Peace, 1877-1894. 1 volume. Trans-ferred
from the office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Green-ville.
State Department of Archives and History 43
Wake County Record Book I, 1771-1792. Typed. Trans-ferred
from the office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Raleigh.
Wilkes County. Common School reports, 1841-1861; Public
School reports, 1876-1897; tax lists, 1797-1847, and civil file,
1824-1832. 8 B boxes. Transferred from the office of the Clerk
of Superior Court, Wilkesboro.
3. Dianes:
Diary of Pamela Savage, 1825-1827. 21 typed pages. 3 copies.
Given by Miss Helen H. Sails, Oxford.
4. Imprints:
Analyse Des Loix Commerdales, Avec Les Tarifs, Des
Etats Des Deux Carolines, Et De La Georgie. Fayette-Ville,
Etat De La Caroline Du Nord, Par Bowen & Howard, 1788.
Pp. 17. Given by Mr. Roger P. Marshall, Raleigh.
Translation of Analysis of the Commercial Laws, . . . 1788
[above]. 17 typed pages. Given by Miss Imogene Riddick,
Raleigh.
5. Personal Collections:
Lord Ashley Papers. "The modell drawen up by the lo
Ashley ffor the Govrt of Carolina." 1682. 2 manuscript pages,
and 1 typed copy. Given by the North Carolina Society for
the Preservation of Antiquities, Mrs. C. A. Cannon, President,
Concord.
Nathaniel Macon Collection. The Racing Calendar Abridged.
Volume I, year 1750 inclusive. (London: Printed for Charles
Weatherby, 7 Oxenden Street, near Haymarket. 1929. Pp. xi-
444.) Given by Mr. George Gordon Battle, New York, N. Y.
C. O. Cathey Collection. Land plats, deed, copy of will, and
other family papers, 1772-1941. Given by Dr. C. O. Cathey,
Chapel Hill.
Hope S. Chamberlain Papers. Typed copies of "What's
Done And Past," "Oh Call Back Yesterday," and "Older
Years Than Fifty." Given by Mrs. Hope S. Chamberlain,
Chapel Hill.
Clarence W. Griffin Collection. North Carolina Press Asso-ciation
Bulletin, volume XXII, 1947-1948, "North Carolina
Press History"; miscellaneous papers on North Carolina
Press History, July, 1947-July, 1948. 1 volume; Proceedings,
75th Annual Convention, N. C. P. A., Atlantic Beach, June,
1947; Essays on Rutherford County and Western North
Carolina. 2 B boxes. Given by Mr. Clarence W. Griffin, Forest
City.
J. M. Heck Papers. Letter from Rlobert] E. Lee to Col. J.
M. Heck, August 26, 1866, and a newspaper clipping. Given
by Mrs. J. M. Heck, Raleigh.
44 Twenty-Third Biennial Report
Allen T. and Theodore F. Davidson Papers. Letter to "Hon.
F. A. Woodard, Hs' of Reps' Washington, D. C," from Theo-dore
F. Davidson, March 6, 1896. 6 pages. Given by Mrs. L. C.
Schuorrenberg, Asheville.
Moses A. Bledsoe Papers, 1846-1868. Deeds, bill of sale,
receipts, and miscellaneous items relating to the Civil War
and Reconstruction. Given by Mrs. S. W. Sparger, Durham.
L. C. Draper Collection. 3 letters to Draper from Silas
McDowell, 1845, 1874, and 1875. Photocopies. Given by Mr.
Richard Walser, Raleigh.
Robert Strange Papers. Letter and an agreement, 1838,
signed by Ro Strange. Photocopies. Given by Mr. Richard
Walser, Raleigh.
Calvin H. Wiley Papers. Letters, addresses, and fragments
of addresses, 1851-1871, and undated. Given by Miss Mary C.
Wiley, Winston-Salem.
Andrew Jackson Papers. Letter to Andrew Jackson from
James K. Polk, September 18, 1828. 4 pages photocopied.
Given by Mr. C. Lawrence Winn, Hermitage, Tennessee.
Josephus Daniels Papers. Letter from A. H. Graham to
Josephus Daniels, January 11, 1946. Given by Mr. G. C. Bush,
Chapel Hill.
6. Newspapers:
The Observer, Raleigh, N. C. October 26, 1879. S. A. Ashe,
publisher. Given by Mr. J. B. Cheshire, III, Raleigh.
7. Pamphlets:
Minute Book of Moon's Chapel Baptist Church, 1849-1883.
Given by Moon's Chapel Baptist Church, Chatham County.
Western North Carolina; Its Resources, Climate, Scenery
And Salubrity. By H. P. Gatchell, M. D. (New York: A. L.
Chatterton Pub. Co. 1885. Pp. 32.); Summer Resorts and
Points of Interest of Virginia, Western North Carolina and
North Georgia, by M. Slaughter, Gen'l Pass Agent, Richmond,
Va., Sol. Haas, Traffic Manager, Richmond, Va. (New York:
C. G. Crawford, Printer and Stationer, 49 and 51 Park Place,
1884, Pp. 95.) Given by Mrs. M. B. Morgan, Raleigh.
Manuscript arithmetic book used in Iredell County in 1835,
by Thomas Redman, teacher. Given by Mrs. Ray C. Redman,
New Hope.
"The Third Party Tradition in North Carolina." by Mike
Ross, Greensboro, N. C. 1947. 29 mimeographed pages. Given
by Mr. Mike Ross, Greensboro.
Programs of the 011a Podrida Club, 1902-1947. Given by
Mrs. Jule B. Warren, Raleigh.
State Department of Archives and History 45
Maps:
The following 63 maps were purchased from the Argosy
Book Stores, New York:
[1714] "A New Map of the most Considerable Plantations
of the English in America Dedicated to His Highness William
Duke of Glocester." (Edw. Wells). Sutton Nicholls sculp.
17" X 20y2". Photocopy. Inset: "New Scotland"; "I. of Jamaica";
"Bermudaz or Sommers Isles"; "1. of Barbados"; and
"Part of Virginia."
[1739] "D. Carolina nebst einem Theil von Florida." (Ho-mann).
llVs" x 12 V2". Photocopy.
[1755] "A Map of Virginia, North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Maryland with part of New Jersey &c." Printed for
R. Baldwin in Pater Noster Row. 9y2" x 11^2".
[1755] "A Map of the British and French Settlements in
North America. Univ. Mag. J. Hinton, Newgate Street."
121/2" X 15y2". Photocopy. Inset: "Fort Frederick at Crown
Point built by the French 1731.
[1760] "A New Map of the Cherokee Nation with the
Names of the Towns & Rivers. They are Situated on No.
Lat. from 34 to 36." Engrav'd from an Indian Draught by
T. Kitchin. For the London Mag: 10" x 8". Printed.
[1779] "Carte De La Caroline Meridionale et Septentrionale
Et De La Virginie." P. J. Valet, scriptsit. P. F. Tardieu,
sculpsit. 15" X 21 1^". Printed.
[1781] "Virginia Marylandia et Carolina in America Sep-tentrionali
Britannorum industria excultae representate a
loh. Bapt. Homann S.C.M. Geog. Norinberga." 17%" x 21".
Photocopy.
[1806] "A Map of those parts of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina & Georgia, which were the scenes of the most
important Operations of the Southern Armies." Published
Novr. 1st, 1806, by Richard Phillips, New Bridge Street.
Neele sc. Strand. 11^/4" x 15i/4". Mounted on linen.
[1814] "North Carolina From the Latest Surveys by Samuel
Lewis." 16%" X 21^^". (In Carey's General Atlas, . . .) Inset:
"Western Part of North Carolina on the same Scale."
[1817?] "N. Carolina." S. Lewis drl. H. S. Tanner, sc.
11" X 14%". Printed in color.
[1820] "North Carolina." (Carey & Warner). J. Bower, sc.
81/4" X 10y2". Printed.
[1822] [North Carolina. Drury.] 9%" x 778". Printed. 2
copies.
[1828] "N & S. Carolina and Georgia." [Andrus & Judd.l
9^/4" X 11%". Printed in color.
[1830] "N. & S. Carolina, Georgia & Florida." J. H. Young
sc. [Malte-Brun.] 9%" x 11". Printed in color.
46 Twenty-Third Biennial Report
[1831] "Map of the States of North & South Carolina."
London. Published June 1 by 1. T. Hinton & Simpkin &
Marshall. Engraved & Printed by Fenner Sears & Co. 11" x
16 Vs". Printed.
[1832] "Map of part of Virginia North Carolina South
Carolina & Georgia which were the scenes of the most im-portant
Operations of the Southern Armies." Engraved by J.
Yeager. Red Flags for Battles. The Roads of Revolutionary
Times. 10%" x 81/2". Printed.
[1843] "North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia."
SVa" X 111/2". Printed.
[1838] "North Carolina." [Bradford.! Engraved by G. W.
Boynton. 13" x 16". Printed.
[1842] "North Carolina." [Bradford.] Engraved by G. W.
Boynton. 13%" x 16". Printed.
[1840] "Map of the Middle States." Designed to Accompany
Smith's Geography for Schools. 11^/2" x 18%". Stiles, Sherman
& Smith, N. Y. Printed.
[1840] "Map of the Middle States and Part of the Southern."
Engraved to Illustrate Mitchells School and Faviily Geog-raphy.
Engraved by J. H. Young. 11%" x 17%". Printed
[1842] "North and South Carolina." [Greenleaf.l 12" x
14%". Printed in color.
[1842] "North and South Carolina." [Greenleafl 11%" x
MVz". Printed in color.
[1843] "North Carolina." [Morse & Breese.l 17%" x 13%".
Shows new western counties of Cherokee (1839); Caldwell,
Cleveland, Stanly (1841); Catawba, McDowell, Union (1842).
Roads—6 into Tennessee. Photocopy.
[1844] "North America. Sheet XI. Parts of North and South
Carolina. Published under the Superintendence of the Society
for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge." J & C Walker Sculpt.
[Tlanner, Brazier. Sheet XII added, "Georgia with parts of
North & South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama & Florida."
2 pieces. 13%" x 16%" each. Printed.
[1848] "United States—South East." Engraved by J. Wilson
Lowry. Published by Chapman and Hall, 186 Strand, London.
13 yg" X 18%". Printed.
[1853] "North Carolina." (Fanning). 4%" x 9". Printed.
[1856] "North Carolina." [Morsel Shows railroads in color.
18%" X 161/2". Printed.
[1857] "States of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, (with the
District of Columbia) North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Ten-nessee,
and Indiana." By Prof. H. D. Rogers & A. Keith John-ston,
F.R.S.E. Engraved by W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh.
14%" X 17%". Printed in color.
[1859] "Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina & South Caro-
State Department of Archives and History 47
lina. [Colton's] 11%" x 14%". Printed in color. Insets: "The
District of Columbia," "Vicinity of Charleston," and "Vicinity
of Baltimore, Md."
[1856; 1860] "United States" according to Calvin Smith &
Tanner. By G. H. Swanston Edinr. The South Eastern States
comprising Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Nth &
Sth Carolina, and part of Florida, Virginia & Kentucky. A
FuUarton & Co. Edinburgh, London & Dublin. 23y8" x 18%".
Printed.
[1866] "Johnson's North Carolina and South Carolina."
Published by A. J. Johnson, New York. 26%" x 18". Printed
in color. Insets: "Map of Charleston Harbor," "Chimney
Rocks & French Broad River," and "Table Mountain."
[1863] "Map of North & South Carolina," J. H. Colton's
8%" X 11". Printed in color.
[1869] "North and South Carolina." Entered according to
Act of Congress in the year 1867 by S. Augustus Mitchell,
Jr. in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania. 12%" x 15%". Printed in color.
Insets: "Map of Charleston Harbor," and "Plan of Charles-ton."
[1870] "Johnson's North Carolina and South Carolina."
Published by A. J. Johnson, New York. 18" x 26%". Printed
in color. Inset: "Map of Charleston Harbor."
[1870] "North and South Carohna." 12%" x 15%". Printed
in color. Inset: "Plan of Charleston."
1850 "Hatteras Inlet Harbor of Refuge Coast of North
Carolina, Reconnaissance of," U. S. Coast Survey, A. D.
Bache, Supt. Engrav'd by J. V. N. Throop. 13" x 15%".
Printed.
1851 "Frying-Pan Shoals and Cape Fear River, Sketch
of," U. S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. 13" x 16%".
Printed.
1850 "Hatteras Shoals, Preliminary Sketch of," U. S.
Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. 12" x 13%". Printed.
1851 "Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina, Preliminary
Sketch of," A. D. Bache, Supt. 15%" x 19%". Printed.
1852 "New River and Bar, North Carolina, Reconnaissance
of," U. S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. 14" x 19". Printed.
1852 "Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, Sketch of," U. S.
Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. 16" x 16%". Printed.
1853 "Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, Reconnaissance of,"
U. S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. 14" x 16%". Printed.
1853 "Cape Fear and Vicinity, Showing the Progress of
the Survey of," U. S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Superin-tendent.
12%" X 13%". Printed.
48 Twenty-Third Biennial Report
1853 "Cape Fear River and New Inlet, (D No. 3), Pre-liminary
Chart of the Entrances to," . . . under the direction
of A. D. Bache, Supdt., . . . under the command of Lieut.
J. N. Maffitt, U.S.N. Assistant. Redd. Drng. by J. R. P.
Mecklin. Engd. by S. E. Stull and App. H. C. Evens. 16" x
20". Printed.
1854 "Wimble Shoals, Coast of North Carolina." (D No. 3)
U. S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supdt. By the Hydrographic
Party under the command of Lieut. T. S. Craven, U.S.N. Asst.
Drng. by A. Balbach. Engd. by C. A. Knight & App. A. F.
Benner. 9" x 9%". Printed.
1856 "Cape Fear River North Carolina, Preliminary Chart
of Lower Part of," Under direction of A. D. Bache, Supdt.
Redd. Drng. by F. D. Stewart & F. Fairfax. Engd. by J. V. N.
Throop & A. M. Maedel. 28^4" x 33%". Printed. Inset: "Cape
Fear River in the Vicinity of Wilmington."
1856 "Sea Coast of North Carolina, from Cape Hatteras
to Ocracoke Inlet, Preliminary Chart of," U. S. Coast Survey,
A. D. Bache, Supdt. Topography by J. H. Adams. Hydrogra-phy
by parties under the command of Lts. T. A. Jenkins,
J. J. Almy and others. Redd. Drng. by W. Wagner. Engd.
by W. Langran. 181/2" x 161/2". Printed.
1857 "Frying Pan Shoals and Entrances to Cape Fear
River North Carolina, Preliminary Chart of," . . . A. D.
Bache, Supt. . . . Redd. Drng. by J. J. Ricketts & J. R. Key.
Engd. by J. V N Throop & A Maedel. 27" x 32^/2". Printed.
Inset: "Sketch of Lookout Bight."
1857 "Hatteras Inlet North Carolina, Preliminary Survey
of," . . . under the direction of A. D. Bache, Superintendent.
. . . Drawn by A. Schoepf. 14%" x 19%". Printed.
1857 "Cape Fear River Entrances, North Carolina, Com-parative
Chart of," U. S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt.
From Surveys made by the Hydrographic Party under the
Command of J. N. Maffitt, Lieut. Comdg. U.S.N. Asst. in 1851-
56. Redd. Drng. by P. Witzel. C. B. Graham, lithr. Washing-ton.
151/4" X 211/4". Printed.
1857 "Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, Preliminary Survey
of," A. D. Bache, Supt. of the Survey of the Coast of the
United States. I61/2" x 19%". C. B. Graham, Lithr. Washing-ton.
Printed.
1858 "New Inlet Bar, Northern Entrance of Cape Fear
River North Carolina, Comparative Chart of," Hydrography
by the Parties under command of Lieut. J. N. Maffitt. . . .
and Lieut. T. B. Huger, U.S.N. C. B. Graham, Lithogr.
20%" x 25". Printed.
1858 "Cape Fear River Bars, North Carolina, Comparative
chart of," U. S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache Supdt. Drawn by
State Departaiknt of Archives and History 49
A. Lindenkohl & P. Witzel. W. Smith, Lith. Washn. 211/2" x
27 Va". Printed.
1862 "Oregon Inlet N. Carolina." U. S. Coast Survey, A. D.
Bache Supdt. Topography by John Mechan, Hydrography
by Henry Mitchell. 19%" x 19%". Printed.
1862 "Hatteras Inlet North Carolina. Preliminary Chart
of," Survey of the Coast of the United States, A. D. Bache,
Supt. 171/4" X 1878". Printed.
1864 "Core Sound and Straits, North Carolina." U. S. Coast
Survey, A. D. Bache, Supdt. 22" x 341/2". Printed.
1866 "Cape Lookout Shoals," U. S. Coast Survey, A. D.
Bache, Supdt. 19^/4" x 25". Printed.
"Asheville North Carolina." 22" x 32y2". Printed. [1949].
Given by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, Asheville.
Sketch of Browntown, Davidson County, Incorporated
1842. 171/2" X 191/2". By Jean Davis Brown. Photocopy. Given
by Mr. O. M. Brown, Durham.
"Map of the United States, Exhibiting the Post-Roads, the
situations, connections & distances of the Post-OfRces, State
Roads, Counties, Ports of Entry and Delivery for Foreign
Vessels, and the Principal Rivers." By Abraham Bradley
junr. W. Harrison, Jun. sc. (1796). 23%" x 18". From Map
Division, Library of Congress. Purchased through courtesy of
Mr. Chas. M. Heck, Raleigh.
"Battle of New River, November 24-25, 1862." 18" x 19%".
Photocopy. Original in possession of Mr. J. P. Brown, Jack-sonville.
Purchased through courtesy of Mr. J. P. Brown.
"Americae pars, Nunce Virginia dicta, primum ab Anglis
inuenta sumtibus Dn Walteri Raleigh, Equestris ordinis Viri
Anno Dm. M.D LXXXV regni Vero Sereniss: nostrae Reginae
Elisabethae XXVII Hujus vero Historia peculiari Libro
descripta est, additis etiam Indigenarum Inconibus." . . .
From Debry's Edition of the Harlot's Brief and True Report
of the Neiv Foimd Land of Virginia. Photocopy. Given by
Dr. Christopher Crittenden, Raleigh.
"Raleigh North Carolina. 1872." 241/2" x 18". Drawn by
C. N. Drie, Raleigh. Photocopy. Original in Library of Con-gress.
Purchased through courtesy of Mr. Charles M. Heck,
Raleigh.
"Plat of Land Belonging to Estate of Henry Mordecai.
Wake Co. N. C. Surveyed—June & July 1882." C. H. Scott,
Surveyor & Draughtsman. 171/2" x 22". Photocopy. Original
in possession of Miss Pattie Mordecai, Raleigh. Purchased
through courte-sy of Mr. Charles M. Heck, Raleigh.
"Soil survey of Pasquotank and Perquimans counties,
North Carolina," by J. E. Lapham and W. S. Lyman. U. S.
50 Twenty-Third Biennial Report
Department of Agriculture. 26" x 29%". Printed. Given by
Miss Margaret Hollowell, Elizabetli City.
Print from DeBry's History based on John Wiiite's map
showing Roanoke Island. 7\i" x 9". Photocopy. Given by the
State Library, Raleigh.
Atlas to Accompany Official Records of Union and Con-federate
Armies. Volumes 1-2. Given by the National Ar-chives,
Washington, D. C.
"Plan of the Town of New Bern and Dryborough with the
Lands adjoining, Contained within the bounds of the Original
Grant to Danl. Richardson in 1713." By Jonathan Price.
18" X 21^/^". Photocopy. Original, in possession of the mayor
of New Bern, was loaned to the Department for photocopy-ing.
"Western N. C. Railroad—Mountain Division." From Sur-veys
made, 1881, under direction of Major J. W. Wilson,
Chief Eng., by H. Eaton Coleman, Assistant Engineer. Drawn
by H. Eaton Coleman. 11" x 14". Printed. Given by Mrs.
Thomas M. Pittman, Raleigh.
"Map of the City of Raleigh North Carolina." Prepared in
the Department of Public Works. 24" x 36". Printed. Revised
1948. Given by the City of Raleigh.
"The Meanders of Rockey River from the Mouth to the
Mouth of Clear Creek 38^/4 mile." Surveyed by James Cotton
Survr. I41A" X 22". Photocopy. Original in possession of Mrs.
Thomas Baldwin, Mount Gilead. Purchased through Col. J. F.
Stanback, Mount Gilead.
"A Literary Map of North Carolina." Designed by Prim-rose.
Copyright 1950 by North Carolina English Teachers
Association, Box 1050, Chapel Hill. Prepared by the Literature
Committee, Mrs. Mary Wyche Mintz, Chairman. Preliminary
idea by Nancy Kurka. 22" x 34". Raleigh—Edwards and
Broughton. Printed in color. Given by Richard Walser,
Raleigh.
9. Genealogical:
"The Aydelott Family Association Bulletins Nos. 50-54.
35 mimeographed pages. Given by Mr. George Carl Aydelott,
New York, N. Y.
"Revolutionary War Soldiers and Other Patriotic Records
of Abbeville County, South Carolina." 52 mimeographed
pages. Given by Miss Annie Walker Burns, Washington, D. C.
Clark genealogy. Descendants of Colin Clark (1750-1808) of
Scotland and North Carolina. 1 sheet; and Thorne Genealogy.
Descendants of Dr. Samuel Thorne (1767-1838) of Halifax
County. 1 sheet. Given by Mr. W. A. Graham Clark, Washing-ton,
D. C.
State Department of Archives and History 51
"The Harvie Family of Virginia." By John Harvie Creecy.
12 multicopied pages. Given by Mr. J. H. Creecy, Richmond,
Virginia.
Genealogy of the Enloe family. 58 multicopied pages. Given
by Capt. Thomas A. Enloe, Falls Church, Virginia.
Hargett-Thompson families of Onslow County. 17 typed
pages; Franck and Kinsey families of Jones County. 19 typed
pages; and cemetery records of the Rouse family, Kinston.
Given by Miss Sybil Hyatt, Kinston.
"The Leonard Family," by Samuel E. Leonard, 1947. 64
mimeographed pages. Given by Mr. Samuel E. Leonard,
Raleigh.
"The McDonough Family," by W. G. McDonough. 7 typed
pages, together with newspaper clippings regarding the mov-ing
of an antebellum home. Given by Mr. W. G. McDonough,
McMinnville, Tennessee.
Inscriptions copied from stones in St. James Graveyard,
March and April 1939. By Mrs. Elizabeth Francinia McKoy.
40 multicopied pages. Given by Mrs. A. M. McCoy, Wilming-ton.
"A History of the Nicks Families of Yadkin, Forsyth,
Surry, Iredell, and Guilford Counties in North Carolina."
Compiled by Alice Henderson Nicks, July, 1949. 28 mimeo-graphed
pages with additional chart. Given by Mrs. C. E.
Nicks, Elkin.
Bible records copied from the family Bible of Rev. William
Avent. 8 typed pages. Given by Mrs. Leslie C. Parker, Balti-more,
Maryland.
Records on gravestones in Holland cemeteries in Wayne
County, N. C. in 1948. 4 typed pages. Given by Miss Nellie L.
Russell, Bay Shore, New York.
"Turner Allen's Forebears." By Wilbur G. McFarland,
Duke University, 1946. 102 multicopied pages. 2 copies; and
"Roster of Franklin County Service Men Who Participated
In All Wars To Present Date, April 15, 1945." Compiled by
Ruby Averitt Blythe under the supervision of Dr. D. T.
Smithwick. Given by Dr. D. T. Smithwick, Louisburg.
"Names on Baptismal Record Lower Stone Church—1822-
1844." (Copied by Rev. Milton Whitener, 1948.) Grouped by
families. 19 typed pages. Given by Rev. Milton Whitener,
Salisbury.
10. Speeches and Addresses:
Talk given by Miss Mary C. Wiley before the North Caro-lina
Society of County Historians, Raleigh, at annual meeting,
December 3, 1949. 8 typed pages. Given by Miss Mary C.
Wiley, Winston-Salem.
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11. Sound Recordings:
"I Can Hear It Now," by Edward R. Murrow and Fred
W. Friendly. 5 disks, 2 sides. Given by Mr. Edward R. Mur-row,
Chief, News Bureau CBS, New York, through Radio
Station WBIG, Greensboro.
Speech by Governor Clyde R. Hoey. Undated. Given by Mr.
Philip Schwartz, Raleigh.
"Truman Visits Raleigh." 4 recordings on 6 sides. Presi-dent's
speech on nos. 5 and 6. Given by Radio Station WNAO,
Raleigh.
12. Microfilms:
John Gray Blount Collection. 1 roll of microfilm and en-largements
of film, 1780-1834, of items copied from various
collections in the Library of Congress. Purchased from the
Library of Congress, Washington.
Currituck County Deed Book No. 2, 1765-1773. Purchased
from the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ
and Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Account book of Dr. Joseph Edwards Bell, 1809-1871. 1
roll. Purchased from the University of Missouri General
Library, Columbia, Missouri.
L. C. Draper Collection. Volume of the Waightstill Avery
and Silas McDowell papers and miscellaneous documents.
Given by Mr. Richard Walser, Raleigh.
Diary (1884-1896) of Charles Smallwood, physician of Bertie
County. Microfilm made from original loaned by Mr. John
E. Tyler, Roxobel.
The older records of the following counties were filmed
by the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ
and Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah: Ashe, Bun-combe,
Cabarrus, Catawba, Cherokee, Cleveland, Columbus,
Davidson, Davie, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Lincoln, Mc-
Dowell, Macon, Martin, Northampton, Pitt, Robeson, Rock-ingham,
Rutherford, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Tyrrell, Washing-ton,
and Yancey.
13. Civil War Collection:
J[osephl Medley to ". . . Niece Betey," Ansonville, Septem-ber
27th, 1868; and B[enjamin] Flranklinl Medley to "My
Dear Cousin," Camp near Staunton, Va., November 13th
1864. 2 letters given by Miss Mary Louise Medley, Wadesboro.
Letter from P. J. S[inclair] to "Alexander," Camp 5th Inf.
N. C. Troops near Chickahomminie River, May 12th, 1862.
Typed. Given by Mrs. Margaret Graves, Raleigh.
A Proclamation. By the Post-Master General of the Con-federate
States of America, July 3, 1861. Pp. 3. Given by the
State Department of Archives and History 53
Manchester Historic Association, Manchester, New Hamp-shire.
"Account of Ordnance & Orel Stores received by James A
Bryan of the Ordnance Department at Newberne N. C.
August 30th 1 18] 61." Manuscript volume. Given by the
Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, R. I.
14. World War II Collection:
Newspaper clippings about Col. Westray Battle Boyce.
Given by Mrs. Nell G. Battle. Rocky Mount.
Letters to Reading D. Bulluck from friends in the AEF,
1944-1945, and a few leaflets. Given by Mr. Reading D.
Bulluck, Rocky Mount.
Individual service cards used in compiling Cabarrus In
The Wars. 4 boxes. Given by Mrs. C. A. Cannon, Concord.
Miscellaneous posters, maps, etc. Given by the State Li-brary
Commission, Raleigh.
American War Dads, Chapter No. 4. Charter and roster of
charter members, and minutes, 1944-1947. Given by Mr. W. G.
Stuart, Raleigh.
"The Naval History of William Blair Tillitt." 2 typed pages.
Given by Mrs. S. E. Tillitt, Norfolk, Virginia.
15. Miscellaneous:
Buggs Island Dam and Reservoir Project, Roanoke River,
Virginia and North Carolina, September, 1948. "General In-formation."
18 pp.; and Philpott Dam and Reservoir Project,
Smith River, Virginia. October, 1949. 11 pp. Given by Depart-ment
of Army, Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Virginia.
"Knott's Island, North Carolina: Cornerstone Of The
State." By Hal J. Boney, Jr. 6 typed pages. Given by Mr.
Hal J. Boney, Jr., Richmond, Virginia.
The Journal Of The House Of Burgesses, Of The Province
Of North Carolina: At a General ASSEMBLY, begun and
held at Neivbern, the Twelfth Day of June, in the Nineteenth
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Sec-ond,
by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and
Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. and in the Year of
Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Six; and
from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Twen-ty
Sixth Day of September, in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Nine, in the Twenty
Second Year of His said Majesty's Reign: Being the Seventh
Session of this present General Assembly. (NEWBERN:
Printed and Sold by JAMES DAVIS, M,DCC,XLIX. Pp. 14.)
Photocopy. Purchased from the British Public Record Office,
London, England.
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American Legion. Office of Department Adjutant records.
38 cu. ft. Given by the Department Adjutant, Raleigh.
American War Mothers. 69 apphcations for membership.
Given by Mrs. Leonard Brown, Concord.
"Transportation and Commerce in North Carolina, 1763-
1789." A dissertation presented to the faculty of the Graduate
School of Yale University, in candidacy for the degree of
doctor of philosophy. 1930. 276 typed pages. Given by Dr.
Christopher Crittenden, Raleigh.
Bible (Philadelphia: Printed and Published by M. Carey,
No. 121, Chestnut Street. 1814.) Contains family records of
the Cannon, Hart, Slaughter, and Tripp families. Given by
Rev. Alonzo Dail, Winterville, through Mr. J. L. Jackson,
Raleigh.
The following four books were given by Mrs. Henry J.
Dunavant, Charlotte: "Abstracts of Wills and Estates, Lin-coln
County, N. C. 1768-1859." Compiled by Mrs. Pearl M.
Tomlinson, Chairman, John Hoyle Chapter, Hickory. Typed;
"Cemetery Records of McDowell County, N. C." Compiled by
Miss Ruth Greenlee, Chairman, Greenlee Chapter, Old Fort.
Typed; "Miscellaneous Chapter Contributions." 304 pages.
Including the "Hezekiah Alexander Family, 1654-1949. Typed;
and "List of Soldiers of North Carolina in the American
Revolution." Compiled by Mrs. John Scott Welborn, for the
Alexander Martin Chapter, High Point. Typed.
North Carolina League of Women Voters. Constitution of
1922, lists of members, correspondence, programs, etc. Given
by Mrs. J. Henry Highsmith, Raleigh.
Jarrett Springs Hotel registers, 1890-1940. 17 volumes. Given
by Mr. W. Frank Jarrett of Dillsboro, through Mr. George
W. Stephens, Asheville.
"Old Greensboro," by Mrs. Nellie Rowe Jones. 24 typed
pages. Given by Mrs. J. A. Kellenberger, Greensboro.
Olivia Raney Library. Record Book, 1899-1929; Treasurer's
Ledger, 1901-1926; Librarian's Ledger, 1915-1922, and 1922-
1934. 4 volumes. Loaned by the Olivia Raney Library, Raleigh.
"A Report of a Study of the Dental Needs and Facilities of
North Carohna." By John T. O'Rourke, B.S., D.D.S., Sc.D.
Study Sponsored by the Dental College Committee of The
North Carolina Dental Society, April 5, 1948. Approximately
100 pages multicopied. Given by Dr. H. O. Lineberger, Raleigh.
"Saga of the Sauratowns. A History of Stokes County North
Carolina," by J. Franklin Martin. 206 typed pages. Given by
Mr. J. Franklin Martin, Danbury.
Jamestown Exposition registration books, 1907. 2 volumes.
Given by the State Museum, Raleigh.
American War Mothers. Raleigh Chapter No. 10. Year
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Book, 1945-1946, and 1948. Given by Mrs. B. Moore Parker,
Raleigh.
American War Mothers. 102 apphcations for membership.
Given by Mrs. R. L. Sanborn, Gastonia.
Plans of Davidson College, Chambers Building, Davidson,
N. C. (1852?) A. J. Davis, architect. 12 pieces photocopied.
Purchased through Mr. John Sanders, Four Oaks.
Medical account book of Dr. J. F. Long, 1857-1867, Iredell
County. Given by Mr. William S. Powell, Raleigh.
American Association of Social Workers, North Carolina
Chapter. 12 B boxes. Given by Miss Lily E. Mitchell, Chair-man,
Committee on Chapter Records, Raleigh.
Boundary line papers of Mr. George F. Syme relating to
the dividing line between North Carolina and South Carolina,
1928-1931. Given by Mrs. George F. Syme, Raleigh.
Charter of North Carolina, 1663. Pp. 4. Purchased from
Traylen Booksellers, Guildford, Surrey, England.
"Bertie County's Colonial and State Governors of North
Carolina." By John E. Tyler. 54 typed pages including photo-graphs.
Given by Mr. John E. Tyler, Roxobel.
North Carolina Conference for Social Service. Resolutions
and recommendations, 1934. 1 folder. Given by the North
Carolina Conference for Social Service through Mrs. Tom
Grier, Raleigh.
II. New Collections.
1. Personal Collections:
W. P. Hall Collection, 1821-1864. Family letters and papers.
Given by Mr. Titus Alexander, Los Angeles, California.
George W. Pearsall Collection, 1862-1864. Personal letters
written during the Civil War. 11 letters. Given by Mrs. J. E.
Brown, Raleigh.
Edith Gilbert Collection. Farmers' and Planters' Large
Almanac for 1844; . . . Salem, N. C: Published and sold by
Blum & Son. Pp. 36; Form Of The Estimate And Assessment
Of Agricultural Products . . . 1863; and one volume of Quarter-master's
records, 1862-64. Loaned by Miss Edith Gilbert, North
Carolina Education Association, Raleigh.
James C. WofTord Paper. Patent for a beefsteak tenderer,
March 9, 1926. Given by the Governor's Office.
Mrs. M. B. Morgan Collection. Miscellaneous papers of the
Fames family, and Journal of the Seventy-first Annual Con-vention
of the Protestant Episcopal Church, . . . (Raleigh:
Edwards & Broughton, Power Printers and Binders, 1887.
Pp. 138.) Given by Mrs. M. B. Morgan, Raleigh.
William S. Powell Collection. Account books, 1857-1888;
correspondence; map of Neuse River; receipts; manuscripts;
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newspaper clippings; etc. 3 B boxes, 1 folder. Given by Mr.
William S. Powell, Raleigh.
Purvis Papers, 1859-1938. Family letters. Given by Mrs.
Frederick E. Rehfeldt, Jackson, Mississippi, through Miss
Evelyn Purvis, Eden, Mississippi.
Silas McDowell Paper. "Sugartown Highlands." Paper by
Silas McDowell. 2 pages, undated. Photocopies. Given by
Mr. Richard Walser, Raleigh.
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DIVISION OF MUSEUMS
(formerly Division of Public Displays)
Mrs. Joye E. Jordan, Head
A summarization of the work of the Division of Museums
for the biennium shows that a number of the aims set up
at the beginning of this period have been accomplished.
A major objective was that of changing and rearranging
several of the galleries in the Hall of History. At the con-clusion
of the project, three of the five large galleries had
been changed completely, space for a new gallery, to be
used for a display of arms and armor, had been obtained,
and practically every case in the museum had been cleaned
and rearranged. Assistance was given in having the Andrew
Johnson house cleaned and reopened. Although city prop-erty,
this house was placed under the supervision of this
Division. Both an illustrated bulletin and a guide on the
Hall of History were written, published, and distributed.
Beginning with March, 1949, the Hall of History featured
an exhibit of the month commemorating anniversaries or
special events in North Carolina history. Even though the
educational program was not developed completely, pro-nounced
progress was made. During the fall of 1949 a trailer
museum was acquired and until the end of the biennium
it was used to display in 28 eastern counties the gifts pre-sented
by the people of France to the people of North
Carolina. In June, 1950, the Council of State made an appro-priation
from the Contingency and Emergency Fund to
continue to operate this museum on wheels during the
1950-1951 fiscal year, so that the French gifts might be
shown in the central and western counties. Eventually, it
was expected, the trailer museum would be used to carry
to the people exhibits relating to the history of North
Carolina.
It is possible to measure this tangible progress to some
extent by presenting facts and figures, some of which are
given in the following paragraphs. The success in reaching
the much wider goal of developing an appreciation and
understanding of our Tar Heel heritage, however, can be
measured only in the future.
State Department of Archives and History 59
Exhibits
The Hall of History displays both permanent and special
exhibits. A permanent exhibit is arranged to tell the story
of a given period or event in the state's history while special
exhibits are used to illustrate the history of organizations,
holidays, and industries, and to commemorate important
anniversaries. Among the permanent exhibits completed re-cently
will be found one on the antebellum period, one on
Valentines from 1847 to 1900, with Miss Manora Mewbern.
the Confederate period, one on the Reconstruction period,
and a small gallery devoted entirely to the history of small
arms used in North Carolina. Among the special exhibits
on display at the end of the biennium were a case showing
varied types of early jewelry, an exhibit on the restoration
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State Department of Archives and History 61
of Tryon's Palace, cases containing French Gratitude gifts,
an exhibit on the history of North CaroHna seals, a small
collection of early North Carolina silver, and a collection
of early spectacles. Other exhibits that were on display
temporarily included early valentines, a philatelic exhibit
under the supervision of the Raleigh Stamp Club, an old-fashioned
holly Christmas tree and early toys, and exhibits
of work done by eighth-grade students in their study of
North Carolina history. The exhibit of the month featured
documentary material supplied by the Division of Archives
and Manuscripts and supplementary items from the Hall
of History. The exhibits arranged from the beginning of
this program were:
The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
The Halifax Resolves
The Regulator Movement
James Davis and the Printing Press
The Development of Good Roads in North Carolina
The Development of North Carolina Public Schools
The Tuscarora War
The Farmers State Alliance
James K. Polk
The University of North Carolina
Old Salem
Tryon's Palace
Lafayette's Visit to North Carolina
The Founding of Raleigh
Calvin H. Wiley
The Constitutional Convention of 1835
Educational Program
In order to develop more fully the educational program
of the Hall of History, mimeographed guides were prepared
by members of the stafif for distribution to the school chil-dren
of the state. A bulletin giving the background as well
as the present set-up of the Hall of History was written
for teachers and other interested adults. New equipment for
an audio-visual aid program was purchased, including a
camera, a tape recorder for gallery talks, and a projector
and screen for slides. Colored pictures were taken of repre-sentative
material and slides were made from these. A
short gallery talk to explain the slides was prepared and
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School children entering the Trailer Museum to view French "Thank
You" gifts.
recorded on the tape recorder. School groups were given
the lecture and shown the slides when they first entered
the Hall of History. This served two specific purposes. It
established a receptive mood for the visit and gave the
group an objective in looking for items shown and describ-ed.
A mimeographed sheet of suggestions for group leaders
and eighth-grade teachers was prepared and distributed.
School groups were encouraged to come to the Hall of
History for demonstrations and special study on historical
topics. Representative items from school projects on North
Carolina history were collected to be displayed in recogni-tion
of the students' work and as an incentive to other
groups to learn North Carolina history as a living and
vital subject.
State Department of Archives and History 63
The Trailer Museum and the French Gratitude Gifts
By an act of the 1949 legisature, the material from the
French Gratitude Train was placed in the custody of the
Department of Archives and History. An appropriation was
made from the Contingency and Emergency Fund to pur-chase
and outfit a truck and trailer for the purpose of trans-porting
the French material to the people of the state.
After the French material was transferred from the State
Museum to this Division, it was accessioned and catalogued.
When the remodeling of the trailer was completed, it con-tained
twenty-four cases 34" x 28" x 15" and two cases
34" X 60" X 15". The cases were completely lined with
material donated by Burlington Mills for the purpose,
which greatly added to the attractiveness of the exhibits.
Among the items exhibited were a tall graceful Sevres vase,
dolls attired in provincial costumes, china, etchings, an
intricate model of a fishing boat, a pennant from a French
Girl Scout Troop, lace, medals, and a peasant blouse.
Ceremonies presenting the trailer museum to the state
were conducted, with Governor Scott accepting it. After
a short trial run with the schools in Raleigh, the trailer
began its tour of the state in Nash County. During the five
months that the trailer museum was on the road, it visited
26 counties in the eastern part of the state, averaging one
county each week. A total of 89,458 school children viewed
the exhibits. In many counties the museum was kept open
in the evening in order that it could be visited by adults
as well. Preliminary information for the principals and
teachers of the schools to be visited was supplied by the
Division. After material had been selected for the trailer,
a representative display was placed in the Hall of History
and a number of items were selected for the Governor's
Mansion. An inventory of the remaining material was made
and copies were mailed to institutions having made requests
in order that they could select items best suited to their
purposes. Paintings, photographs, and related items were
placed with the State Art Gallery to be exhibited as a
special collection. The new position of Traveling Museum
Curator was created during this biennium in order to staff
the trailer displaying the French Thank You gifts. Mr.
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State Department of Archives and History 65
Alton F. Mclver was appointed to fill the position but re-signed
after three months. He was replaced by Mr. Charles
L. Jones.
Public Relations
A museum is dependent on publicity in order to make
its area museum-conscious. In addition to the illustrated
bulletin, The Hall of History, which was prepared and pub-lished,
a sixteen-page mimeographed booklet, "A Guide to
the Hall of History," was written and distributed to the
thousands of school children who visited the Hall of History
during the biennium.
The close cooperation of both local and out-of-town news-papers
and their staffs was deeply appreciated. A news
item on the "Exhibit of the Month" was printed regularly,
as well as feature stories on special items and activities.
Two members of the staff were interviewed on a local radio
program with a special exhibit on the history of roads in
the state as their topic. The Trailer Museum received news-paper
publicity in every county which it visited along with
spot radio announcements in counties where radio was
available.
Equipment and Repair
The accelerated education program of the museum was
made possible only by the use of the new audio-visual
equipment which was procured during the biennium. In
order to facilitate the handling of the numerous school
groups, it was necessary to find some method of lecture
which required the time of only one member of the staff.
The tape recorder supplied this method. Other supple-mentary
equipment consisted of a camera, slide projector,
screen, and record player.
No major repair was undertaken during this period
except the restoration of the large portrait of Sir Walter
Raleigh which hangs in the Roanoke Island Room. As for
general repair, all of the center cases throughout the
museum were repainted.
During the biennium visitors registered from every state
of the Union and the District of Columbia and from twenty-four
foreign countries, as follows:
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From the United States:
Alabama 66
Arizona 10
Arkansas 23
California 114
Colorado 22
Connecticut 33
Delaware 9
Florida 572
Georgia 164
Idaho 11
Illinois 74
Indiana 44
Iowa 25
Kansas 19
Kentucky 49
Louisiana 37
Maine 19
Maryland 71
Massachusetts 77
Michigan 64
Minnesota 19
Missouri 46
Mississippi 34
Montana 13
Nebraska 15
Nevada 2
New Hampshire 20
New Jersey 108
New Mexico 11
New York 324
North Carolina 62,232
North Dakota 3
Ohio 99
Oklahoma 30
Oregon 17
Pennsylvania 171
Rhode Island 7
South Carolina 167
South Dakota 6
Tennessee 123
Texas 96
Utah 14
Vermont 4
Virginia 451
Washington 31
West Virginia 63
Wisconsin 28
Wyoming 7
District of Columbia 80
Total 65,707
From United States Territories and Foreign Countries:
Africa 3
Alaska 4
Austria 1
Brazil 8
Canada 38
China 5
Chile 1
Cuba 6
Egypt 2
England 7
Finland 1
France 2
Germany 5
Greece 2
Guatemala 1
Hawaii 4
India 1
Ireland 1
Japan 3
Marshall Islands 1
Peru 2
Puerto Rico 8
Scotland 5
Spain 4
Total 115
An actual count over a given period indicated that only
forty per cent of the total number of visitors registered.
The number of visitors for the biennium is therefore esti-
State Department of Archives and History 67
mated to be 164,555. This is a gain over the preceding
biennium of 35 per cent.
Accessions for the biennium were as follows:
Aviation:
Piece of the first plane flown by the Wright brothers at Kitty
Hawk in 1903. Donor: Mr. Orville Wright, Dayton, Ohio.
Bells:
Bell system used in the Governor's Mansion. Donor: Gover-nor's
Mansion, Raleigh.
Books:
W. A. Ogden, The Way of Life for the Sunday School, hymn
book. This book was adopted May 20, 1883, by the First Baptist
Sunday School, Raleigh. Donor: Mr. John Sanders, Four Oaks.
R. S. Tucker, Early Times in Raleigh (Raleigh, 1867). Donor;
Mrs. A. Wray White, Raleigh.
Costumes:
Children's:
Five baby caps, 1850; pair of stockings made on a North
Carolina plantation from silk spun on the plantation, 1850; and
a baby undershirt, 1850. Donor: Miss Sally Dortch, Raleigh.
Men's:
Wedding vest of Dr. Thomas D. Hogg, 1848. Donor: Miss Sally
Dortch, Raleigh.
Women's:
Black lace mantilla and multicolored Paisley shawl. Donor:
Mr. J. R. Page, Aberdeen.
Skirt which belonged to Mrs. John Purefoy, Wake Forest,
1880's. Donor: Mr. Allen Rogers, Wake Forest.
Two dresses and one petticoat worn during the 1890's by a
member of the donor's family. Donor: Miss Elizabeth Mont-gomery,
Raleigh.
Wedding costume of Mrs. Thomas D. Hogg, 1848; two pairs
of sleeves; one pair of gloves made on a North Carolina planta-tion
from silk spun on the plantation, 1850; and two mitts, 1850.
Donor: Miss Sally Dortch, Raleigh.
Black lace parasol cover, 1890's, and black lace shawl, early
1800's, from the family of Justice Moore. Donor: Miss Rebecca
Cushman, Hillsboro.
Dishes:
Three-piece chocolate set; cake plate; North Carolina whiskey
bottle; plate; berry bowl and six berry dishes; cut glass celery
dish; cut glass bowl; mustache cup and matching saucer; gold
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and white celery dish; cut glass pitcher; cut glass water bottle;
and a canister set (all of 1890 vintage). Orange earthenware
mug, orange earthenware bowl, and a black and yellow earthen-ware
bowl. Purchase.
North Carolina whiskey bottle. Transferred from Division of
Archives and Manuscripts.
Flip glass, brown glass flask, and a green glass flask (ante-bellum
period). Depositor: Mr. William S. Powell, Raleigh.
Pin tray, 1890's. Donor: Miss Sarah F. Cheshire, Raleigh.
China sauce set, china plate, china soup plate, after-dinner
cup and saucer, and a tea cup and saucer (1890's). Donor: Mrs.
William S. West, Raleigh.
Documents:
Colonial Period:
Photocopies of report of John White from Hakluyt's Voyages,
1810 edition; photocopy of Baron de Graffenried's account of
the execution of John Lawson from the Colonial Records of
North Carolina; photocopy of the account of Colonel Barnwell's
aid from South Carolina in the Tuscorora War from the Colonial
Records of North Carolina; and photocopy of the first page of
the charter of Carolina, 1663. Purchase.
Revolutionary Period:
Photocopies of sales of sundries remaining in Tryon's Palace
at New Bern ordered to be sold February 6, 1777. Museum
Collection.
Middle Period:
Common School teacher's certificate of James W. Wright,
Wilkes County, 1856. Depositor: Division of Archives and Manu-scripts.
Photocopy of document from the Annual Report of the Raleigh
and Gaston Railroad, 1843; photocopy of a description of the
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad from the Raleigh Register, April
10, 1840; and photocopy of the vote on a school law from The
Raleigh Register, 1839. Purchase.
The New York Herald, Saturday, April 15, 1865. Depositor:
Dr. L. M. Greene, Raleigh.
1870 and After:
Teacher's first grade certificate (said to be the first teacher's
certificate issued to a Negro in North Carolina) issued to
Charles H. Moore authorizing him to teach in the public schools
of Guilford County, signed by W. F. Alderman, County Exam-iner,
November 12, 1878. Donor: Mr. Charles Alderman, Greens-boro.
Photocopy of an invitation sent to Miss Etta Pegram of
Churchill inviting her to "The Second Annual Pic-nic of the
State Department of Archives and History 69
Macon Pic-nic Club," August 18, 1881. Donor: Mrs. A. L. Nichol-son,
Macon.
Postcard announcing a scholarship for Littleton College,
Littleton, December 22, 1917. Donor: Mr. William S. Powell,
Raleigh.
Photocopy of the inaugural address of Charles B. Aycock
from The News and Observer, 1901. Purchase.
Program of the ceremonies attending the unveiling of a
monument to the three North Carolina Presidents, October 19,
1948, Raleigh. Museum Collection.
Furniture:
Mahogany fern stand from the Governor's Mansion, 1890
period. Donor: Governor's Mansion, Raleigh.
hyiplements:
Plow point. Donor: Mr. Andrew Clifford Hall, Jr., Louisburg.
A pair of cards for use in demonstrations of carding and
spinning cotton and an early handmade spinning wheel used in
Warrenton. Purchase.
Flax break. Depositor: Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, New
York.
Sewing implement from the Francis Nash Waddell family,
1840-50. Donor: Miss Rebecca Cushman, Hillsboro.
Hand loom. Depositor: Mr. J. C. Bashford, Raleigh.
Hand loom. Donors: Mr. Thurston Coghill and Miss Clara
Coghill, Henderson.
Indian Relics:
Part of an Indian pot carved from soapstone from Rowan
County. Donor: Mr. William S. Powell, Raleigh.
Four arrowheads from Caswell County and a tomahawk.
Donor: Mr. William Clair Taylor, Blanch.
Stone carving of an Indian's head from Wilson County. De-positor:
Mr. Walter H. Mercer, Wilson.
Indian pipe with one end a carved animal head from Polk
County. Donor: Mr. Arthur A. Thompson, Mill Springs.
Jewelry:
Hatpin presented by Capital Club as a favor at the Marshalls'
Ball, State Fair, 1910; silver glove button hook; watch chain
made of human hair, 1870; and hatpin, 1890's. Donor: Mrs.
William S. West, Raleigh.
Hair necklace which belonged to Elizabeth Moore Waddell,
wife of Francis Nash Waddell and granddaughter of Justice
Alfred W. Moore; and beaded hairnet which belonged to Jane
Waddell, youngest daughter of Francis Nash Waddell and
Elizabeth Moore Waddell. Depositor: Miss Rebecca Cushman,
Hillsboro.
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Kitchen Utensils:
Four cake pans, an iron kettle, and an iron trivet. Purchase.
Wash pot. Depositor: Mrs. W. E. Jones, Troutmans.
Lighting:
1890 lamp. Donor: Mrs. William S. West, Raleigh.
Electric lamps from the Governor's Mansion. Donor: Gover-nor's
Mansion, Raleigh.
Linen:
Sampler made by Ann Sellman Iglehart, wife of James Iredell
Waddell. Donor: Miss Rebecca Cushman, Hillsboro.
Bedspread knitted about 1875. Donor: Miss Addie Heflin,
Durham.
Masonic:
Plate commemorating the 125th anniversary of Greensboro
Lodge No. 76. Donor: Mr. Earley W. Bridges, Greensboro.
Medals:
Medal won by the Jackson Springs Water Company in 1904
at the Universal Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, for the best
mineral water in the United States. Donor: Mr. June R. Page,
Jr., Aberdeen.
Seventeen Civilian Defense buttons, World War II. Trans-ferred
from Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Free silver campaign button, Democratic national convention
in Chicago, 1896, when William Jennings Bryan was nominated
for President on the free silver issue. Donor: Mr. Alexander
M. Crane, Raleigh.
Metalwork:
Key to Tryon's Palace. Donor: Mr. H. L. Joslyn, Morehead
City.
Miscellaneous:
Buggymobile made by G. S. Waters, New Bern, 1903. Donor:
Mrs. Pearle Waters Sadler, New Bern.
Baby carriage used by the family of Dr. E. McK. Goodwin,
superintendent of the Deaf School at Morganton, 1890-1900.
Donor: Mr. J. Horace Duke, Gary.
Two North Carolina automobile license plates (W-11233) for
1949, the first year that the state used a letter (W) for private
cars when the registration of motor vehicles went over one
million. Donor: Miss Ailine Mewborn, Snow Hill.
Flag stand used in the Governor's Mansion. Donor: Governor's
Mansion, Raleigh.
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Money and Bonds:
Collection of bonds, Confederate currency, North Carolina
bank notes, North Carolina Revolutionary currency, North
Carolina miscellaneous currency, North Carolina script. South
Carolina currency, Virginia treasury notes, and United States
currency. Transferred from Division of Archives and Manu-scripts.
Three North Carolina bank notes. Donor: Mr. W. A. Julian,
Cramerton.
North Carolina two dollar bill issued 1863. Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Sanders, Arden.
Moulds:
Copper spoon mould. Donor; Mrs. R. L. Smith, Windsor.
Musical Instruments:
Concert hand roller organ and eleven rollers. Donor: Mr.
Roscoe Garner, Mount Olive.
Pictures:
Photograph of James Larey Roberson of Franklin, member of
General Assembly, 1868; lieutenant governor, 1881; acting gov-ernor,
September, 1883. Donor; Mr. James R. Daniels, New
York, N. Y.
Photograph of plaque to Reverend Lemuel Burkitt in Sandy
Run Baptist Church, Roxobel. Donor: Mr. John E. Tyler,
Roxobel.
Photograph of Carolina Female College, Ansonville, 1850-
1867. Donor: Miss Mary Louise Medley, Wadesboro.
Photograph of Judaculla Rock. Donor; State News Bureau,
Raleigh.
Photograph of James Coman, a Raleigh resident, 1790-1810.
Donor: Mrs. W. T. Crawford, Waynesville.
Photograph of the moving of the statue of Governor Vance
to its new site on Capitol Square, Raleigh. Donor; Mr. George B.
Cherry, Raleigh.
Engraving of John Locke. Donor: Mrs. Inglis Fletcher, Eden-ton.
Photograph of the pipe Sir Walter Raleigh smoked on the
scaffold. Donor: Roanoke Island Museum, Manteo.
Photograph (1935) of Canon Stacy Waddy, secretary, and Sir
Edward Midwinter, director of archives. Society for the Propa-gation
of the Gospel, which maintained missionaries in the
colony of North Carolina from 1702 to 1776, standing beneath
the window of the room in which was born Walter Hines Page.
Donor: Mr. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Jr., Raleigh.
Photograph of Dr. Joseph James Kinyoun, World War I
officer, born in Yadkin County. Donor; Mrs. Hale Houts, Kansas
City, Missouri.
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Brochure of Presentation of Portraits of R. Gregg Cherry,
Governor of North Carolina 1944-1948, and Mrs. Cherry. Donor:
Mr. Gurney P. Hood, Raleigh.
Group photograph of North Carolina state officers, 1892.
Donor: Mr. Robert W. Wynne, Raleigh.
Photograph of Governor W. Kerr Scott. Donor: Governor's
Office, Raleigh.
French print, "L'Enfant Gate," from the Governor's Mansion.
Donor: Governor's Mansion, Raleigh.
Picture of William R. Davie; picture of William R. King;
photograph from oil painting of John Branch, governor of
North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy, and United States
Senator; picture postcard of the Swannanoa-Berkley Hotel,
Asheville, 1917; photograph of portrait of Robert Strange,
novelist, 1796-1854; picture postcard of Wade High School Build-ing,
Wade; photograph of print, "Governor Tryon and the
Regulators in one of their Stormy Meetings"; photograph of
Sandy Creek Baptist Church, Randolph County; photograph of
early locomotive on Raleigh and Gaston Railroad; photograph
of portrait painted by Philip Ade Lazlo of Walter Hines Page;
photograph of Masonic Lodge, Halifax; photograph of the Regu-lator
battleground, Alamance County; photograph of Colonel
Edmund Fanning, colonel of the King's American Regiment.
1737-1818; photograph of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Warren-ton,
where Horace Greeley was married; photograph of Ala-mance
battleground; photograph of portrait of Otway Burns,
commander of the privateer Snapdragon in the War of 1812;
photograph of the home of Governor Jesse Franklin, Surry
County; photograph of Salem Tavern; photograph of Junaluska's
grave, Graham County; photograph of Bingham Military School,
Nashville; photograph of the home of General Robert F. Hoke,
Lincolnton; photograph of the house in which Sidney Lanier
died, Polk County; photograph of the Plato Durham historical
marker near Shelby; photograph of the historical marker to
Daniel Boone's parents near Mocksville; postcard picture of
Fort Fisher; tintype of unidentified woman and girl; and photo-graph
on a glass plate of an unidentified man. Donor: Mr. Wil-liam
S. Powell, Raleigh.
Photograph of the United States Army Transport Zehulon
B. Vance, built at Wilmington, 1942, and photograph of the
United States Army Hospital Ship, John J. Meany formerly the
United States Transport Zebulon B. Vance. Donor: Vance Me-morial
Commission, Raleigh.
Photograph of jewelry display in the Hall of History; photo-graph
of the scene of the erection of the monument to the
three North Carolina Presidents on Capitol Square, 1948; photo-graph
of valentine display in the Hall of History; and photo-
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graph of school group at explanatory lecture and color slide
program of the Hall of History. Donor: The Raleigh Times,
Raleigh.
Stereoscopic view of the Capitol, Raleigh; photograph of the
exhibit of the month for April in the Hall of History; two
aerial views of St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, 1948; and
photograph of oil portrait of James Iredell, Supreme Court
Justice. Donor: Mr. Albert Barden, Raleigh.
Photograph of "Page's Hotel" now the "Raleigh Hotel"; photo-graph
of Seaboard Railroad Roundhouse, Raleigh; photograph
of Murphey Graded School, Raleigh, before 1890; photograph
of Raleigh taken from top of State Capitol, looking north, be-fore
1890; and photograph of the Agriculture Building taken
from Capitol Square, Raleigh, 1890. Donor: State Museum,
Raleigh.
Two photographs of the oil painting, "The Baptism of Virginia
Dare," by William Steene, and photograph of the buggymobile
in the Hall of History. Donor: Wildlife Resources Commission,
Raleigh.
Photograph of Captain Randolph A. Shotwell's body lying in
state in the Capitol, August, 1885; photograph of Randolph A.
Shotwell, 1885; photograph of a member of the "Ku Klux Klan"
taken in 1870; photograph of Lieutenant Governor James L.
Robinson; photograph of Josiah Turner, editor; page of album
holding photographs of A. S. Merrimon, Democratic Executive
Committee, attorney for Turner and others, Josiah Turner,
editor arrested in Holden-Kirk "War," and J. W. Scott, member
of the house, 1870-1872, Onslow County; page of album holding
photographs of Thomas J. Jarvis, member of the house, 1869,
Lee M. McAfee, member of the house, 1870-1872, Major Thomas
Sparrow, member of the house, 1870-1872, Welch, Haywood
County, member of the house, 1870-1872, Edmund Jones, Lenoir
County, member of the house, 1870-1872, and John W. Dunham,
member of the house, 1870-1872; photograph of Dr. Henry McKee.
Raleigh; photograph of Chief Standing Deer, wife, and daughter;
photograph of Bridal Veil Falls, western North Carolina; photo-graph
of falls on United States Route 64 in Cullasaja Gorge near
Franklin; photograph from original copperplate of scenes at
Williamsburg, Virginia; and scenes from the Photographic
History of the Civil War. Transferred from Division of Archives
and Manuscripts.
Scrapbook of the ceremonies attending the unveiling of the
monument to the three North Carolina Presidents, 1948. Donor:
Commission for a Memorial to the Three North Carolina
Presidents, Raleigh.
Water colored photograph of James Iredell Waddell on the
Shenandoah and daguerreotype of Ann Sellman Iglehart Wad-
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dell, wife of James Iredell Waddell. Depositor: Miss Rebecca
Cushman, Hillsboro.
Two pictures of Bradshaw Dairy on Fairview Road, Raleigh,
1917. Donor: Mrs. John Bradshaw, Raleigh.
Photographs of President and Mrs. Andrew Johnson. Donor:
Miss Frances Burkhead, Raleigh.
Album containing snapshots of North Carolina's 100 county
courthouses; photograph of the State Capitol; and negatives of
the Constitution House at Halifax, Wakefield, the home of Joel
Lane at Raleigh, the house in which General Joseph E. John-ston
made his headquarters near Hillsboro, the grave of interned
German sailors in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, the grave of
Thomas L. Clingman in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, and the
grave of Zebulon B. Vance in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville.
Donor: Mr. Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City.
Photograph of the birthplace of James K. Polk in Mecklen-burg
County; photograph of an engraving of the Canova statue
of George Washington; photograph taken about 1895 of the
house built by W. A. Holliman on Hillsboro Street, Raleigh;
photograph of the home of R. E. Holliman built in 1894, Raleigh;
photograph of W. A. Holliman, 1890; engraving of Sir Walter
Raleigh; collection of photographs of the tobacco industry in
North Carolina; photograph of hoeing cotton plants; collection
of photographs of hosiery manufacturing in North Carolina;
collection of photographs of the fishing industry in North Caro-lina;
photograph of water-driven grist mill; collection of photo-graphs
of the Cole pottery industry in North Carolina; collection
of photographs of furniture manufacturing in North Carolina;
seven photographs of the Keck monument to the three North
Carolina Presidents, Raleigh; photograph of the Reconstruction
and After Room in the Hall of History; photograph of the
jewelry display in the Hall of History; photograph of the
costumes in the Reconstruction and After Room in the Hall of
History; photograph of the Constitution House, Halifax, before
restoration; photograph of the Constitution House, Halifax,
after restoration; photograph of an engraving of Willie Jones;
photograph of Mrs. Andrew Johnson; photograph of an en-graving
of Canova's statue of George Washington; photograph
of the exhibit of the month for April, 1950, in the Hall of His-tory;
photograph of oil portrait of William A. Graham; photo-graph
of a print of Governor Tryon and the Regulators in one
of their stormy meetings; photograph of Otway Burns, com-mander
of the privateer Snapdragon in the War of 1812; photo-graph
of the Revolutionary flag carried in the battle of Guil