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PUBLICATIONS
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
BULLETIN No. 37
FIFTEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA
HISTORICAL COMMISSION
1932-1934
FIFTEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
July 1, 1932
TO
June 30, 1934
RALEIGH
North Cabolina Historicai, Commission
1934
THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
M. C. S. Noble, Chairman, Chapel Hill
Heriot Olabkson, Raleigh
Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, Goldsboro
Miss Nell Battle Lewis, Raleigh
E. D. W. Connor, Chapel Hill
A. R. Newsome, Secretary, Raleigh
LETTER OF TRANSMISSION
To His Excellency,
J. C. B. Ehringhaus,
Governor of North Carolina.
Sir :—In compliance with Chapter 714 of the Public Laws of 1907,
I have the honor to submit herewith for your Excellency's consideration
the Biennial Report of the North Carolina Historical Commission for
July 1, 1932-June 30, 1934.
Respectfully,
M. C. S. Noble,
Chairman.
Raleigh, N". C, July 1, 1934
BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
OP THE
North Carolina Historical Commission
July 1, 1932 to June 30, 1934
To M. C. S. ISToBLE, Chairman; and Heriot Clarkson, Mks. Thomas
O'Berry, Miss Nell Battle Lewis, and R. D. W. Connor,
Commissioners
:
I have tlie honor to submit the following report of the North Carolina
Historical Commission for the period, July 1, 19S2-June 30, 1934
:
ORGANIZATION
I. The Historical Commission.
II. Office Force.
The office force of the Historical Commission for the period covered
by this report was as follows
:
Secretary—A. R. Newsome.
Legislative Reference Librarian—H. M. London (July 1, 1932-March 31,
1933).
Chief Library Assistant—D. L. Corbitt.
Collector, Hall of History—Fred A. Olds.
Restorer of Manuscripts—Mrs. J. M. Winfree.
Senior Stenographer Clerk—Miss Sophie D. Busbee.
Senior Library Assistant—Mrs. W. S. West.
Legislative Reference Assistant—Mrs. W. J. Peele (July 1, 1932-March
31, 1933).
Manuscript Copyist—^Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahey.
Janitor-Messenger—Edward Freeman.
III. Transfer of Legislative Reference Librarian.
In pursuance of a recommendation of the Joint Committee on Re-organization
of State Government, the legislature of 1933 passed an
act on January 27, without opposition, transferring the office of Legisla-tive
Reference Librarian from the Historical Commission, under whose
administration it was established in 1915, to the Department of the
Attorney General, effective April 1, 1933.
ACCESSIONS
I. Additions to Collections.
1. Personal Papers:
The Thomas M. Pittman Collection. 1,515 letters, business papers, Civil
War and miscellaneous records, 2 order books, 1 tax book, 24 pamphlets,
1771-1918. Presented by Mrs. Thomas M. Pittman, Raleigh.
Crabtree Jones Collection. 24 letters, 1826-73; 41 miscellaneous papers,
and an account book of N. Jones & Co., 1790-94. Deposited by Mrs.
Kimbrough Jones, Route 1, Raleigh.
Fifteenth Biennial Kepobt
Marmaduke J. Hawkins Collection. 123 letters, 1874-1905; 25 accounts
and notes, 1812-1905; 60 revenue papers; 31 Alpine Woollen Mills
papers; 30 pamphlets, 1846-1903; 9 broadsides; 1 notebook, 1871-72;
and 24 issues of North Carolina newspapers. Presented by Dr. C. H.
Peete, Warrenton.
Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur Papers. 2 letters from R. R. Hutchinson to
Mrs. Ramseur, 1864. Presented by Miss Mary Ramseur, Winston-
Salem.
Mrs. L. O'B. Branch Papers. 2 letters from Robert E. Lee and Jefferson
Davis, 1862, 1884. Deposited by Armistead Jones Maupin, Raleigh.
Gen. Daniel H. Hill Papers. Brevet Major's commission, 1848. Presented
by Mrs. D. H. Hill, Raleigh.
Bryan Grimes Collection. A map of Richmond and 26 muster and pay
rolls of the 4th regiment. North Carolina troops, C. S. A., 1862-63.
Presented by Mrs. Alfred Williams, Raleigh.
Calvin H. Wiley Papers. Copy of Wiley's book. Adventures of Old Dan
Tucker and his son Walter. Presented by Stuart H. Hill, New York
City.
2. County Records:
Currituck. Administrator's bonds, 1827-34, 1 vol.; guardians' bonds,
1840-46, 2 vols.; and 160 miscellaneous papers, 1833-42. Presented by
Mary Moore Allen, Goldsboro. Also, a statement of Public Taxes,
presented by J. A. Taylor, Currituck.
Greene. Administrators' and guardians' accounts, divisions and settle-ments
of estates, 1839-45, 1 vol.
Iredell. 2 marriage bonds (copies). Presented by W. D. Kizziah,
Salisbury.
Johnston. County court minutes, 1762-63, 1763-69, 1769-72, 1772-76, 1777,
1777-83, 6 vols.; court martial minutes, 1761-69, 1 vol.
Lincoln. 1 marriage bond, 1790 (photograph), presented by Mrs. L. B.
Clark, Dallas, Texas.
Onslow. 2 marriage bonds; 484 accounts, divisions, inventories and
sales of estates; 355 guardians' bonds; 160 miscellaneous bonds.
Randolph. 366 marriage bonds.
Stokes. 999 marriage bonds.
3. Executive Records:
Thomas J. Jarvis, 1881-85. 136 letters, 1881.
William W. Kitchin, 1909-13. 554 letters.
Thomas W. Bickett, 1917-21. 12 letters.
Cameron Morrison, 1921-25. 235 letters.
Angus W. McLean, 1925-29. Minutes of the Sinking Fund Commission,
1925-27; minutes of the Council of State, 1925-29, 1 vol.; 621 letters
and papers; 2 boxes of copy for letter book; 1 box of press material.
O. Max Gardner, 1929-33. 3 volumes of papers of the live-at-home
movement; 1 volume scrapbook of Donaldson's Cotton Festival at
Minneapolis, May 22-23, 1931; approximately 15,000 letters and papers.
4. Secretary of State's Papers:
1,160 inventories and sales of estates, 4 administration bonds, 3 land
entries, 2 wills, 1736-87.
5. Superintendent of Public Instruction's Papers:
539 letters, 1896, 1899.
6. North Carolina Good Roads Association Papers:
164 circular letters, 1910-17. Deposited by Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel
Hill. Charter of the Association, 3 pamphlets, and 10 cards. Presented
by Charles E. Ray, Jr., Waynesville.
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7. Newspapers
:
1,507 issues of 65 different newspapers have been secured:
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury: Hamilton C. Jones, editor and publisher;
weekly). 1834—July 12; 1836—November 12; 1837—July 15. Pre-sented
by the U. N. C. Library.
Daily Sentinel (Raleigh: Josiah Turner, editor). 1875—June 24, August
26. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
Democratic Signal (Raleigh: Perrin Busbee, editor; weekly). 1844
—
October 11. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville: E. J. Hale & Son, editors, 1854,
1865; E. J. Hale, editor, 1883; G. H. Haigh, editor, 1887, 1888, 1895;
E. J. Hale, editor, 1897-1905; weekly; daily, 1897-1905; name changed
to Fayetteville Daily Observer, November 2, 1905). 1854—February 13;
1865—March 2; 1883—June 21, August 30; 1887—March 31; 1888,
February 2, May 3; 1895—October 31; 1897—May 6, July 28; 1898—
February 15; 1900—October 10; 1904—March 18; 1905—January 17,
24; November 2, 6, 13. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville: E. J. Hale, editor; daily). 1900
August 23. In the Marmaduke J. Hawkins Collection.
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro: Earle Godbey. associate editor;
daily). 1918—November 11. Presented by A. B. Andrews, Raleigh.
Greensboro Daily Workman (Greensboro: J. L. Michaux, editor; J. S.
Michaux, local editor). 1891—February 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11. Presented
by Mrs. T. M. McConnell, Greensboro.
Hillsborough Recorder (Hillsborough: Dennis Heartt, editor; weekly).
1839—September 12; 1847—June 10; 1852—May 5; 1860—November 6.
Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
King's Weekly (Greenville: Henry T. King, editor and proprietor).
1898—January 7, 14, February 4. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
New York Observer. 1885—February 15. Presented by Mrs. T. M. Mc-
Connell, Greensboro.
North Carolina Citizen (Asheville). 1880—April 8. In the W. Vance
Brown Collection.
North Carolina Presbyterian (Fayetteville: Rev. John M. Sherwood,
editor, 1869, 1870; Rev. T. L. DeVeaux, editor, 1873; John McLaurin,
editor, 1881; weekly). 1869—June 2, 16, 30, July 7, 21, August 4,
18, September 1, 22, October 13, November 3, 10; 1870—January 5;
1873—November 5, December 10, 31; 1881—July 20. Presented by the
U. N. C. Library.
Orange County Observer (Hillsboro: Joseph A. Harris, editor and
proprietor; weekly). 1889—August 31; 1891—January 10; 1896—
September 3, 10, 17, December 10, 24; 1897—January 14, March 25, April
15, 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24; July 1, 8, 15, September
16, 23, 30, October 7, 28, November 4, 11, 18, December 9, 16, 23; 1898—
January 6, 20, 27, February 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3, 10, 17, 31. Presented
by the U. N. C. Library.
Our Living and Our Dead; or, Testimony from the Battle-Fields (New
Bern: Stephen D. Pool, publisher; weekly). 1873—July 16, 23, August
6, 13, November 5, 19, December 3, 10, 17, 24; 1874—January 7, 14,
21, 28, February 4, 11, 18, 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22,
29, May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17, July 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5.
Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
Raleigh Daily Telegram (Raleigh: Nichols & Gorman, publishers; daily).
1871—June 11. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
Raleigh Register (Raleigh: P. M. Hale, proprietor). 1886—January 6.
Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
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Raleigh Register and North Carolina Gazette (Raleigh: Joseph Gales &
Son; weekly). 1832—October 26; 1833—October 22; 1834—February
4, April 15, 22, July 1. 15, October 21, 28, November 11; 1835—June
2, August 11, September 15, November 10, December 8, 29; 1836—
January 5, 12, 26. February 9, 23, March 1, 15, 22, April 12, 26, May
3, July 5, November 15; 1837—January 10, July 3, 17, November 13;
1838—January 1, April 30; 1839—September 14. Presented by the
U. N. C. Library.
Semi-Weekly Standard (Raleigh: W. W. Holden, editor and proprietor).
1861—September 25. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
State Gazette of North Carolina (Edenton: James Wills, editor;
weekly). 1798—January 18. In the Charles S. Bryan Collection.
The Asheville Citizen (Asheville). 1882—March 11; 1884—December 17.
In the W. Vance Brown Collection.
The Asheville Spectator (Asheville). 1858—September 3. In the W.
Vance Brown Collection.
The Carolina Watchman (Salisbury: Bruner and James, editors and
proprietors; J. J. Bruner, editor and publisher from 1850; J. L.
Ramsey, editor and proprietor, 1892; weekly). 1846—December 4;
1848—September 14; 1849—April 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, September 20;
1850—September 5, November 28; 1851—February 15; 1852—April 29,
May 13; 1854—January 26; 1855—July 12, August 2; 1856—November
18; 1857—May 5; 1858—July 6; 1874—February 5, May 21, October
29, November 19, December 17; 1875—February 18, March 25, April
8, 22, May 6, August 12, September 23, October 14, November 18; 1876
—February 17, March 2, April 27, May 25, July 6, 20, August 24,
September 7, November 9, December 14; 1877—^January 25, February
8, 15, May 10, June 28, August 16, September 6, 27, October 25; 1878—
February 21. April 18, May 23, June 13, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Septem-ber
5, 12, 19, 26, October 3, 10, 31, November 7, 28, December 19, 26;
1879—January 2, 16, 23, 30, February 6, 20, 27, March 6, 13, 20, April
3, 24, May 8, 15, 22, June 5, 12, 19, July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 14, 28,
September 11, 18, 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 27,
December 4, 18, 25; 1880—January 8, 22, February 5, 12, 26, March 11,
18, 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10, July 15, 22,
August 5, 19, September 2, October 7, November 4, 18, December 9, 16,
23; 1881—January 6, 27, February 3, 10, 17, 24, March 10, 24, April 7,
14, 21, 28, May 6, 26, June 16, July 21, 28, August 18, September 1,
October 6; 1883—August 16, 23, October 18, November 15; 1884—
January 10, February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 6, 20, April 3, 10, 24, May
29, June 5, September 18, October 2, 16, November 20, December 4;
1885—January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 19, March 5, 19, 26, April 9,
16, 23, May 14, 28, June 18, July 2, August 20, September 3, 10, Novem-ber
26, December 10; 1886—January 7, 14, 27, February 18, 25, March
18, April 1, 8, 15, 29, May 6, 13, June 3, 10, 17, July 8, August 5, 12,
19, 26, September 9, 16, 23, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, 18,
25, December 16; 1887—January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, 17, 24, March
3, 10, 17, 24. 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19, June 16, 23, 30, July
7, 14, 21, 28, August 4, 11, 18, 25, September 8, 15, 22, October 20, 27,
November 3, 10, 17, December 1, 8, 15, 22; 1888—January 5, 12, 19, 26,
February 2. 9, March 1, 15, April 5, 19, 26, June 21, August 2, 16, 30,
September 13, 27, October 4, 25, November 29, December 20; 1889
—
January 10, 17, March 7, 14, April 18, 25, May 29. July 4, November
7, 28; 1892—January 21. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
The Central Protestant (Greensboro: J. L. Michaux, editor; weekly).
1875—February 4. Presented by Mrs. T. M. McConnell, Greensboro.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte: J. P. Strong, editor; weekly).
1894—July 6. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
The Church Intelligencer (Raleigh: Rev. Frederick Fitzgerald, editor,
and Rev. T. S. W. Mott, proprietor, 1860-61; Rev. T. S. W. Mott. editor
X. C. HlSTOEICAI, COMMISSIOX 9
aud proprietor, 1861-66; F. M. Hubbard, editor, 1866; weekly). 1860—
March 14, April 4, 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6, 13, 20, 27, July
12, 19, 26, August 9, 30, September 6, 20, 27, October 4, 11, 18, 25,
November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, December 6, 13, 20, 27; 1861—January 3, 10,
17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 7, 14, 21, 28, April 4, 11, 18,
25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6, 13, 20, 27, July 4, 18, August 2, 9, 16,
23, 30, September 6, 13, 20, October 4, 11, 25, November 1, 22, 29,
December 6, 13, 20; 1862—January 3, 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28,
March 7, 21, 28, April 4, 11, 18, May 2, 9, 23, 30, June 7, 13, 20, 27,
July 4, 11, 18, 25, August 1, 8, 22, 29, September 12, 26, October 3, 17,
31, November 14, 21, 28, December 12, 25; 1863—January 9. 16, 23, 30,
February 6, 21, 28, March 6, 13, 27, April 3, 10, 17, May 1, 8, 22, 29,
June 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10, 24, 31, August 7, 14, 28, September 4, 11,
October 23, 30, November 6, 20, 27, December 4, 11, 25; 1864—January
8, 15, 22, February 12, 19, 26, March 4, 25, April 1, November 2; 1865—
March 16; 1866—March 8, May 17, October 25, November 1, 8. Pre-sented
by the U. N. C. Library.
The Daily Herald (Wilmington: T. Burr, Jr., editor and proprietor).
1856—April 21, 22. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
The Daily Journal (Wilmington: James Fulton, editor, and A. L. Price,
assistant editor; Engelhard and Price, proprietors, 1868). 1861
December 12; 1864—December 31; 1868—January 3; 1869—April 14,
November 6; 1870—October 19, 21, November 10, December 7; 1871
—
February 7, July 6, 7, 13, August 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 22, 23, 27, 30, 31,
September 13, 14, 15, 26, 29, October 7, 12, 15, 19, 20, 22, 26, 31,
November 21, 22; 1872—May 30; 1875—April 22, October 22, 23, 31.
Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
The Daily Revieiv (Wilmington: Josh T. James, editor and proprietor).
1877—March 31, April 11, 14, June 5; 1878—January 9, 28, 31, February
5, July 6, October 2; 1879—April 24; 1880—April 15, 24, May 15, 18,
27; 1881—January 5; 1882—January 14, May 6; 1883—April 9, October
3, 16; 1884—June 3, October 24; 1885—June 5, September 24, October
5, November 23; 1887—January 24, February 9, 14, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24,
26, March 5, 8, 11, 26, April 28-, May 10, 14, July 16, August 1, Septem-ber
23, 24, October 3, December 21, 22; 1888-January 12, 14, February
3, March 29, April 6, May 15, 21, June 5, 11, 12, 15, 27, 28, 29, August
31, September 19, 24, 29, December 22; 1889—February 11, March 22,
May 22, 25, June 14, 18, 22, 27, November 18, December 1, 11, 20;
1890—January 6, 20, February 19, 25, March 28, April 5, May 8, 12,
13, 15, 23, 27, 29, June 4, 11, 18, 23, July 29, August 11, 14, September
5, 9, 13, 15, 20, 30, October 17, 23, 24, November 5, 6, 10, December 3,
30. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
The Daily Sentinel (Raleigh: Josiah Turner, editor). 1872—January
10, 11, 12, 15. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
The Daily State Chronicle (Raleigh: Josephus Daniels, editor). 1890
November 16; 1891—January 7, 8, 9, 14, 15. Presented by the U. N. C.
Library.
The Daily Worktyian (Greensboro: J. L. Michaux, editor). 1889
January 23, 25. Presented by Mrs. T. M. McConnell, Greensboro.
The Democrat (Rutherfordton: Jno. C. Tipton, publisher and editor;
weekly). 1896—January 17, 24. Presented by Clarence Griffin, Forest
City.
The Edenton Intelligencer (Edenton: Maurice Murphy, printer; weekly).
1788—April 9. Presented by Howard Memorial Library, New
Orleans.
The Gazette Messenger (Washington: J. A. Arthui-, Jr., editor; daily).
1900—March 5. In the Marmaduke J. Hawkins Collection.
The Lenoir Topic (Lenoir: W. W. Scott, Jr., editor and publisher;
weekly). March 28, 1888—August 28, 1889. 75 issues. Presented by
the U. N. C. Library.
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The Littleton Courier (Littleton: Geo. W. Charlotte & Son, editors;
weekly). 1892—October 27. In the Marmaduke J. Hawkins Collection.
The Maryland Journal, and the Baltimore Advertiser (Baltimore: Wil-liam
Goddard, printer; weekly). 1773—August 20 (facsimile). Pre-sented
by Isabella Skinner, Raleigh.
The Morning Post (Raleigh: Robert M. Furman, editor; daily). 1904
May 14. In the Marmaduke J. Hawkins Collection.
The Mountain Banner (Rutherfordton: L. P. Erwin, editor and pro-prietor;
weekly). 1883—July 6; 1884—^April 25. Presented by
Clarence Griffin, Forest City.
The Netvs and Observer (Raleigh: Ashe, Gatling & Co., proprietors;
S. A. Ashe, editor; daily). January 1, 1884—June 30, 1885. 459
issues. Presented by E. B. Bain, Raleigh.
The News and Observer (Raleigh: Josephus Daniels, president; dally).
1918—November 11. Presented by A. B. Andrews, Raleigh.
The North Carolina Standard (Raleigh: W. W. Holden, editor; weekly).
1861—September 14. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
The North Carolina Whiff (Charlotte: Holton & Williamson, editors,
and T. J. Holton, proprietor, 1854; Thomas J. Holton, editor and
proprietor, 1855). 1854—June 20, July 13, September 19, November
21; 1855—June 26. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
The No7-th Carolinian (Raleigh: Josephus Daniels, editor; weekly).
1892—August 5; 1900—April 12. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
The North Carolinian (Raleigh: Josephus Daniels, editor; weekly).
1893—January 1, October 13; 1902—May 1. In the Marmaduke J.
Hawkins Collection.
The Observer and Gazette (Fayetteville: John R. Myrover, proprietor).
1885-October 15. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
The Orphans' Friend and Masonic Journal (Oxford; weekly). 1903
—
December 4; 1904—October 21, November 18. In the Marmaduke J.
Hawkins Collection.
The Pri7nitive Baptist (Milburnie: Burwell Temple, editor; N. W. Poole,
printer; bi-monthly). 1859—March 12. Presented by Mrs. Lillian D.
Wooten, Goldsboro.
The Primitive Baptist (Raleigh: Burwell Temple, editor; J. A. Temple,
printer; bi-monthly). 1863—October 24. Presented by Mrs. Lillian
D. Wooten, Goldsboro.
The Raleigh Evening Times (Raleigh: R. W. Simpson, Jr., editor, and
George B. Crater, publisher; daily). 1906—July 14, August 16. In
the Marmaduke J. Hawkins Collection.
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh: Seaton Gales, editor and proprietor).
1849—August 11, December 22; 1850—September 7. Presented by the
U. N. C. Library. '
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh: John A. Park, publisher; 0. J. Coffin,
editor; daily). 1918—November 11. Presented by A. B. Andrews,
Raleigh.
The Record (Warrenton: B. F. Long, publisher, 1893; J. R. Rodwell,
editor, 1897-1902; J. C. Hardy, editor and publisher, 1903; weekly).
1893—March 31; 1898—April 1; 1901—August 2. In the Marmaduke
J. Hawkins Collection.
The Rutherford Banner (Rutherfordton). 1897—November 17. Pre-sented
by Clarence Griffin, Forest City.
The Semi-Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh: John W. Syme, editor
and proprietor). 1858—December 8; 1859—January 1, 12, March 16;
1861—February 13. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
The Southerner (Tarboro: J. G. Charles, W. A. Hearns, and Wm. Biggs,
publishers; weekly). 1867—May 20. Presented by the U. N. C.
Library.
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The State Chronicle (Raleigh: Josephus Daniels, editor; weekly; daily,
1891-93). 1886—September 23, December 16; 1887—January 6, 13,
February 3, 24, March 3, 10, 17, 31, April 7, June 2, 9, July 28,
August 11, 18, September 8, October 20, November 17, 24, December
1, 8, 15, 29; 1888—January 26, March 16, 23, May 25, June 15, Septem-ber
21; 1889—April 5, May 31, November 1, 15; 1890—July 9, August
13, September 3, November 12; 1891—January 21, December 4; 1892
January 22, February 5, March 3, 4, May 27, October 16, November
3, December 7, 24; 1893—January 12, 13, 18. Presented by the U. N. C.
Library.
The State Chronicle (Raleigh: T. R. Jernigan, editor; weekly). 1892
July 26, August 16, October 9, 30, December 18. In the Marmaduke
J. Hawkins Collection.
The State Journal (Raleigh: John Spelman, editor and proprietor; semi-weekly).
1861—April 17, June 5, 19, October 23, November 20. Pre-sented
by the U. N. C. Library.
The Times (Richmond). 1890—March 25. Presented by Mrs. T. M.
McConnell, Greensboro.
The Tri-Weekly Commercial (Wilmington: Thomas Loring, editor and
proprietor). 1898—February 3. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
The Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg). 1776—July 26 (facsimile). Pre-sented
by Mrs. T. M. McConnell, Greensboro.
The Virginia Gazette, Colonial Edition (Williamsburg: Havilah Babcock,
editor). 1926—May 15. Presented by Mrs. T. M. McConnell,
Greensboro.
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh: Seaton Gales, editor and
proprietor; John W. Syme, editor and proprietor, 1858-60; Syme and
Hall, editors and proprietors, 1860; John W. Syme, editor and
proprietor, 1861-62). 1853—July 27; 1854—August 2; 1855—January
17; 1858—September 8; 1859—August 3, September 7, December 14;
1860—November 14; 1861—October 9, 23; 1862—April 2, August 20.
Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh: W. W. Holden, editor and proprietor).
1860—December 25. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
Warrenton Gazette (Warrenton: H. A. Foote, editor; weekly). 1896
—
February 28. In the Marmaduke J. Hawkins Collection.
Webster's Weekly (Reidsville: J. R. Webster, editor; weekly). 1896
October 1. In the Marmaduke J. Hawkins Collection.
Weekly State Journal (Raleigh: John Spelman, editor and proprietor).
1861—May 15, June 12, September 25, October 16, 23; 1862—January
29. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
Western Carolinian (Salisbury: Brigham and White, proprietors;
weekly). 1821��October 2. Presented by the U. N. C. Library.
8. Civil War Papers:
List of soldiers from Granville County, presented by Mrs. C. K. Proctor,
Oxford.
Letter of William Dixon to Jock Johnson, November 27, 1861.
177 papers of Quartermaster's Department, special requisitions, 1864.
Miscellaneous lot of State and Confederate bank notes, currency and
bonds. Presented by Miss Mary Moore Allen of Goldsboro, Mrs.
Frank Frustrom of Wake Forest, Dr. Harold L. Faggart of
Philadelphia.
9. World War Papers:
A volume. With the Colors from Granmlle County, presented by Mrs.
C. K. Proctor, Oxford.
Memorial book of Joseph Dixon Rountree, Co. F, 28th Infantry, 1st
Division, U. S. army, deposited by Mrs. Lucy Rountree Cobb, Kinston.
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10. Ma2)s :
"Index Map to Coastal Study Wright Memorial Bridge—Rodaiithe
Region. Cooperation Study Being Prosecuted in Cooperation with.
U. S. Beach Erosion Board. N. C. Department of Conservation and
Development. J. W. Harrelson, Director, Thorndike Saville, Chief
Engineer. 1932." 5x8 inches. Scale, 1 inch to approximately 2,800
feet. Printed. Presented by Charles E. Ray, Jr., Waynesville.
"Pitt County, North Carolina. Map prepared by N. C. Geological and
Economic Survey. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist, in cooperation
with U. S. Geological Survey." 35 1/2 x 37 inches. Scale, 1 inch to 1
mile. Printed.
"Map of North Carolina. Map prepared by N. C. Geological and
Economic Survey from Base Map compiled by the United States
Geological Survey in cooperation with the State of North Carolina.
Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist." 49 3/8 x 19 1/2 inches. Scale,
1 inch to approximately 10.7 miles. Two copies, printed, one on cloth.
"Map of North Carolina. By F. Lucas, Jr. Printed by B. T. Welch & Co."
10 3/4 X 18 1/2 inches. Scale, 1 inch to approximately 26 miles.
Printed. Presented by Mrs. Francis T. Redwood, Baltimore, Md.
"Franklin County, North Carolina. Map prepared by North Carolina
Geological and Economic Survey. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist,
in cooperation with U. S. Geological Survey." 33 1/2 x 36 1/2 inches.
Scale, 1 inch to 4,000 feet. Printed.
"Geological Map of North Carolina. W. C. Kerr, State Geologist. Re-vised
from the records of the survey by J. A. Holmes, 1887. The
base in Kerr's Map of North Carolina, 1882. 1887." 29 x 13 inches.
Scale, 1 inch to 20 miles. Printed.
"Beaufort County, North Carolina. Map prepared by North Carolina
Geological and Economic Survey. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist.
Surveyed in cooperation with the U. S. Geological Survey. Shore
line by U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey." 33 1/2 x 41 3/4 inches.
Scale, 1 inch to 1 1/8 miles. Printed.
"Topographic Map of Western North Carolina, compiled from Data in
the Possession of the United States Geological Survey. The Frieden-wald
Co., Baltimore, Md. 1905." 15 3/4 x 27 3/8 inches. Scale, 1
inch to 7 1/2 miles. Printed.
"Geologic Map of Western North Carolina showing the Distribution and
Geologic Relations of Corundum and the Basic Magnesian Rocks. By
Joseph Hyde Pratt and Joseph Volney Lewis. The Friedenwald Co.,
Baltimore, Md." 15 3/4 x 27 1/8 inches. Scale, 1 inch to 7 1/2 miles.
Printed.
"Outcrop Map of the Virgilina Copper District of Person and Granville
counties, North Carolina. North Carolina Geological and Economic
Survey. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist. Geology by F. B. Laney
and J. E. Pogue, Jr. Survey by R. L. Harrison. Topographic aid,
U. S. G. S. A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, Md." 24 3/4 x 35 inches. Scale,
1 inch to approximately 2,000 feet. Printed.
"N. C. Geological and Economic Survey, Gold Hill Mining District.
J. H. Pratt. State Geologist. Traverse by R. L. Harrison. Geology
by F. B. Laney. 1908. The Morris Peters Co., Washington, D. C."
17 5/16 x 25 9/16 inches. Scale, 1 inch to 3/4 mile. Printed.
"N. C. Geological and Economic Survey. Cid Mining District, Davidson
County, North Carolina. J. H. Pratt, State Geologist. Traverse by
R. D. Harrison, Geology by J. E. Pogue, Jr." 12 3/8 x 18 3/4 inches.
Scale, 1 inch to 3/4 mile. Printed.
"Historical Map Rowan County in the State of North Carolina Established
1753, Reestablished 1756. Drawn by Carrie McCanless Hammer, 1932."
11 1/2 X 15 7/8 inches. Scale, 1 inch to 2 miles. Printed. Presented
by Mrs. M. B. Morgan, Greensboro.
[Tennessee Portion of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.]
12 X 14 1/4 inches. Scale, 1 inch to 1 mile. Blue print. From the
governor's office.
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•'North Carolina Portion of Great Smoky Mountains National Park."
North Carolina Park Commission Surveys of 1927-28. W. N. Sloan,
C. E., in charge. 1930. 19 1/4 x 52 1/2 inches. Scale, 1 inch to 1
mile. Blue print. From the governor's office.
[Office of the Department of Revenue, Raleigh.] 20 x 21 inches, 7
sheets. Scale, 1 inch to 4 feet. Blue print. From the governor's
office.
"Fairmont, Raleigh, N. C. C. L. Mann, Engineer." 1926. 24 1/2 x 30 1/2
inches. Scale, 1 inch to 100 feet. Blue print. From the governor's
office.
"State Highway System of North Carolina. Engraved by the Virginia
Engraving Company, Richmond." 15 7/8 x 37 3/4 inches. Scale, 1
inch to approximately 16 miles. Printed. From the governor's
office.
"Appalachian Scenic Highway, Gulf to Saint Lawrence. By Roscoe A.
Marvel, Mgr., Kenilworth Inn, Asheville, N. C. Office of "Wythe M.
Peyton, Consulting Engineer, Asheville." 1924. 16 1/4 x 35 3/4 inches.
Blue print. From the governor's office.
[Blue prints and specifications of materials and labor for State Hospital
buildings.] Charles S. Hook, architect, Charlotte. 35 3/4 x 60 inches,
10 sheets and 37 pages of specifications. Blue print. From the
governor's office.
"Fourth Floor Plan office building for State Department of Agriculture,
Raleigh, N. C. H. A. Underwood, Engineer, Joint Building Committee.
Nelson and Cooper, consulting architects." 28 3/4 x 44 inches. Scale,
1 inch to 4 feet. Blue print. From the governor's office.
"Elevation Memorial Hall, Stone Mountain, Georgia. Gutzon Borglum,
Sculptor & Designer." 1923. 27 1/4 x 43 1/2 inches. Scale, 1 inch
to 8 feet. Blue print. From the governor's office.
"Ground Plan Memorial Hall, Stone Mountain, Georgia. Gutzon
Borglum, Sculptor & Designer." 1923. 27 x 43 3/4 inches. Scale, 1
inch to 8 feet. Blue print. From the governor's office.
"Section Memorial Hall, Stone Mountain, Georgia. Gutzon Borglum,
Sculptor & Designer." 1923. 24 1/2 x 36 1/4 inches. 3 sheets. Scale,
1 inch to 4 feet. Blue Print. From the governor's office.
"Plan of a Tract of Land Situated in the Counties of Franklin and
Wake, N. C, the property of William M. Jeffreys, Esqr. 1832."
Surveyed by H. H. Thorp. Drawn by R. H. B. Brazier. 17 x 24 1/4
inches. Scale, 1 inch to 100 poles. Original drawing. Presented by
Newton Stell, Raleigh.
"Composite Map of Little Switzerland, North Carolina, 1933." By Edgar
A. Wohlford, Reg. Engineer. 14 5/8 x 21 1/2 inches. Scale, 1 inch
to approximately 630 feet. Printed. Presented by Justice Heriot
Clarkson, Raleigh.
11. Genealogical:
Sketches of the Jones family and of the Farnifold Green family of
Bath County. Presented by Mrs. Kimbrough Jones, Raleigh.
Copy of will of Wiley Jones of Camden, Ala., 1837. Presented by Mrs.
R. N. Barber, Waynesville.
Charts of the Macy-Polk, Foy-Swindell, Foy-Hamilton, Olmstead-Foy,
Herron-Taylor, Farvell-Washburn families. Presented by Mrs. E. F.
O'Gorman, Washington, D. C.
Parker-Parsons-Thrift genealogy. Presented by Adin Baber, Miami, Fla.
Lazenby genealogy. Presented by Mary Elinor Lazenby, Washington,
D. C.
II. New Collections.
/. C. Bain Papers, 1917-28. 10 letters, 1917-19, and two pamphlets relating
to the Bain family. Presented by Mrs. J. C. Bain, Wade.
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Asa Biggs Papers, 1832-/(9. A letter book of Judge Asa Biggs, presented
by Asa T. Crawford, Williamston.
The John Gray Blount Historical Collection. This collection contains
approximately 10,000 letters and papers of John Gray Blount, dated
in large part before 1800. They deal with his extensive landed and
mercantile interests and with state and national politics. There are
letters from William and Thomas Blount, John B. Ashe, Hugh Wil-liamson,
John Stanly, William Gaston, John Steele, Samuel Johnston,
Benjamin Hawkins, William R. Davie, Richard Caswell, Archibald
D. Murphey, Thomas RuflSn, Blake Baker, Henry Potter, Joseph
Caldwell, James Glasgow, John Simpson, William Polk, Willie Jones,
John Lewis Taylor, Alfred Moore, James Iredell, John Haywood, and
others. Another portion of the collection consists of museum objects
from the eighteenth century home of John Gray Blount in Washington —mantel, brass fireplace equipment, two chairs, cradle, table, grand-father
clock, candlesticks, samovar, window sash with mouth-blown
panes, china and glassware, and portraits of John Gray Blount, Willie
Blount, Thomas Blount, and John Gray Blount, Jr. Deposited by Col.
W. B. Rodman of Norfolk by direction of the will of the late Miss
Lida T. Rodman of Washington.
W. Vance Brown Collection. 682 letters, 1779-1895; two letter books of
John Evans Brown, 1878-91; 5 newspapers; 12 pieces of Confederate
and North Carolina currency; John Strother's diary and field notes of
the North Carolina-Tennessee boundary survey, 1799; diary of John
Brown, 1794-95, covering extensive travels in Western North Carolina;
2 notebooks of John Brown, 1830-33, 1834-43; diary of William John
Brown, 1830; 11 notebooks, 1851-82; 1 autograph album; 1 account
book of William Caleb Brown, 1857; 1 notebook of William Caleb
Brown, 1857-59; Vance and Brown judgment book, 1859-60; 31 volumes
of the diary of John Evans Brown, 1849, 1865-94; 1 notebook of John
Evans Brown, 1883-84; 3 notebooks of W. Vance Brown, 1884-86; and
7 volumes of the diary of W. Vance Brown, 1885-91. This family and
Western North Carolina material was collected and preserved by the
late W. Vance Brown of Asheville and presented by his son, Mr. J.
Fuller Brown.
Charles S. Bryan Collection, 1725-1862. 9 miscellaneous manuscripts in-cluding
the letter of George Washington to Richard Dobbs Spaight,
May 25, 1788, relating to the ratification of the Federal Constitution.
Loaned by Col. Charles S. Bryan, New Bern.
Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire Papers, 1124-1912. 10,493 letters, deeds,
grants, pamphlets, etc. Consists chiefly of letters to the late Bishop
Joseph Blount Cheshire of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina,
relating to church, religious, educational, historical and other topics.
Presented by Joseph Blount Cheshire, Raleigh.
James Gordon Hackett Collection, 1806-87. Ill letters and papers, loaned
by Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Hackett, of North Wilkesboro. Contains
letters from James Gordon, J. B. Gordon, D. S. Reid, Thos. Bragg, and
others.
C. B. Heller Collection, 1735-1906. 377 letters and manuscripts, chiefly
from Duplin County, collected and presented by Rev. C. B. Heller,
Salisbury. Contains letters from Geo. E. Badger, W. W. Lenoir, W. L.
Steele, John Biggs, etc.
Buckner L. Hill Papers, 182Jf. Two manuscript medical volumes of
Dr. Buckner L. Hill, Duplin County. Received by purchase.
Colonel Archibald McEachern Papers, 17Jf8-lS59. 55 manuscripts, chiefly
family and legal papers. Loaned by Miss Mary McEachern, Red
Springs.
Julian 8. Mann Collection, 1688-1875. 88 letters, deeds, etc., loaned by
Mr. Julian S. Mann, Middletown.
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A. C. Myers Letters, 1862-64. 54 war letters of A. C. Myers. Received
by purchase.
T. L. O'Briant Papers, 1818-92. Store account book of L. V. & T. V.
Hargis, Point Pleasant, 1818-25; account book of William Whitfield
of Person County, 1835-46; ordinance book of Co. E, 50th regiment,
N. C. Troops, kept by Alexander O'Briant; account book of Alexander
O'Briant, 1868-89; 20 miscellaneous papers, 1857-92. Loaned by T. L.
O'Briant, Raleigh.
W. T., Jr., and Marion A. Parrott Papers, 1740-86. 9 deeds, land grants
and surveys, loaned by Dr. W. T. Parrott, Kinston.
John Menan Patrick Papers, 1810-1818. Two volumes of diaries, 1816-17,
and two letter and composition books of John Menan Patrick of Greene
County. Received by purchase.
Smithwick Papers, 1728-1816. 62 letters, deeds, etc., of the Smithwick
family, presented by Miss Ella Smithwick, Jonesville.
John Vann Papers, 1765-1888. 500 records of estates, deeds, etc., presented
by Mrs. Louise Vann Boone.
James Webb Papers, 1781-1846. 251 letters which belonged to Dr. James
Webb of Hillsboro. Presented by Miss Sarah Cheshire, Raleigh.
Bank of the State of North Carolina, Elizabeth City Branch, Records,
1836-62. 15 volumes of letter books, ledgers, journals, cash books,
tellers' statements, etc., and 6 papers. Presented by Rev. George
F. Hill, Elizabeth City.
Cedar Falls Manufacturing Co. (Sapona Cotton Mills) Records, 1846-1908.
A time book, listing the name and time and output of each worker
from 1846 to 1865, a family book, showing wages, purchases, etc., of
each employee, 1877-79; cash book of the cotton mill, 1877-1907; 2
ledger books, 1880-83, 1891-95, and a day book, 1880-83, of the mill
store; and a day book, 1891-95, and a ledger book, 1888-1908, of the
cotton mill of the Cedar Falls Manufacturing Co., in Randolph County.
Deposited by the Sapona Cotton Mills, Inc., Asheboro.
Meherrin Baptist Church Papers, 1833-74. Two letters, two certificates
of membership, and a minute book of the Meherrin Baptist Church at
Murfreesboro, 1833-74. Received by purchase.
North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance Papers, 1887-1930. 931 letters
and papers, 93 pamphlets, 16 record books and 3 newspapers. De-posited
by a committee of the Alliance consisting of T. B. Parker,
S. J. McLaurin, and C. C. Taylor.
North Carolina Folk Lore Society Papers. 10 folk ballads collected and
set to music in manuscript by Prof. Lamar Stringfield, Chapel Hill;
50 folk tales collected by Prof. Ralph Steele Boggs, Chapel Hill; and
10 folk lore articles collected by Prof. Prank C. Brown of Duke Uni-versity,
secretary of the North Carolina Folk Lore Society.
North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey Papers. 11 press bul-letins,
1915-17, presented by Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill.
North Carolina Historical Commission Papers. 1 volume of reports
to the Budget Commission, transferred from the current files to the
archives room of the Historical Commission.
Account Books:
N. Jones & Co., 1790-94. Deposited by Mrs. Kimbrough Jones, Route 1,
Raleigh.
Journal of Accounts, John Hogg & Co., Hillsboro and Wilmington, 1798-
1802, 1803-05, 2 vols. Presented by Miss Sarah Cheshire, Raleigh.
Ledger, John Hogg & Co., Hillsboro and Wilmington, 1798-1802. Pre-sented
by Miss Sarah Cheshire, Raleigh.
L. V. & T. V. Hargis, Point Pleasant, 1818-25. Presented by T. L.
O'Briant, Raleigh.
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Alexander O'Briant. 1868-89. Presented by T. L. O'Briant, Raleigh.
William Caleb Brown, 1857. Presented by J. Fuller Brown, Asheville.
Diaries :
Diary of John Strother, 1799.
Diary of John Brown, 1830-33.
Diary of William John Brown, 1830.
Diary of John Evans Brown, 1849, 1865-94. 31 vols.
Diary of W. Vance Brown, 1885-91. 7 vols.
Diary of John Menan Patrick, 1816-17. 2 vols.
Diary of William Edward Bradley, 1865. Presented by Mrs. Edward T.
Clark, Samarcand.
Medical day book of Dr. S. J. Wheeler of Bertie County, 1834-72. Pre-sented
by Samuel Worthington, Wilson.
Diary of Dr. S. J. Wheeler of Bertie County, 1879. Presented by Samuel
Worthington, Wilson.
Diary of Lt.-Col. John L. Harris, 24th N. C. Regiment, September, 1862.
Presented by W. A. Sergeant, Roxboro.
Diary of James Trevilyn, 1814-15. Received by purchase.
Miscellaneous
:
28 personal letters and papers have been received as follows: Francis
M. Cornett, 1 enlistment certificate, 1861, presented by the Virginia
State Library; Charles A. White, captain's commission, 1863, presented
by C. N. Woodward, New Haven, Conn.; Mary Blewett Carothers,
land grant and newspaper items, presented by Mrs. Charles Carothers,
Citronelle, Ala.; William A. Allen, 1 letter, 1861, presented by Miss
Mary Moore Allen, Goldsboro; O. H. Dockery, 1 letter, 1889, presented
by Miss Sallie Joyner Davis, Greenville; Gabriel Johnston, 1 letter,
c. 1730; R. M. Sauls, apprenticeship certificate of the Raleigh and
Gaston Railroad Co., 1871, presented by Clarence E. Mitchell and A. B.
Andrews, Raleigh; Buckner L. Blackmore, 4 letters and papers, 1881-
1933, presented by R. W. Blackmore, Warsaw; William Green, slave
bill of sale, presented by A. B. Combs, Raleigh; Sidney C. Tapp, 2
poems, presented by Sidney C. Tapp, San Antonio, Tex.; Bernard
Badger, cotton bill of lading, 1751, presented by Mrs. Ed. Chambers
Smith, Raleigh; William J. Jackson, 1 paper, 1872, presented by J. L.
Jackson, Raleigh; F. M. Harper, 3 letters, 1853-65, presented by M. M.
Mewborne, Charleston; Lula McEntire Clark, 1 tax receipt, 1810,
presented by Lula McEntire Clark, Dallas, Tex.; Thomas Rufiin, Jr.,
1 letter, 1862, presented by Mrs. W. Rufiin Thomas, Waynesville;
Robert W. Winston, 3 letters, 1919-27, presented by Robert W. Winston,
Chapel Hill; Dolly P. Madison, copy of will, 1849, presented by Mrs.
Charles Fisher Taylor, Goldsboro; Harold L. Faggart, 1 voucher to
M. L. Wells, 1863, presented by Dr. Harold L. Faggart, Philadelphia;
H. H. Brimley, article and copy of letter on early whaling industry,
presented by H. H. Brimley, Raleigh; Thomas J. Myers, 1 letter, 1865.
Minute Book, Raleigh Assembly, Knights of Labor, 1886-1890. Deposited
by H. L. Jennerjohn, Raleigh.
Watkins Ormand's Book of Instuments, beginning 1797.
Jefferson Davis' Highway Scrapbook, deposited by Mrs. John H. Ander-son,
Raleigh.
Liberty Hall Academy—photostat of commission to Rev. Samuel Mc-
Corkle and Dr. Ephraim Brevard authorizing them to solicit funds,
1779. Presented by Eugene D. Owen, Washington, D. C.
George Washington Bicentennial Scrapbook. Deposited by Mrs. John
.
H. Anderson, Raleigh.
Scrapbook, Sons of the American Revolution, North Carolina Society.
Deposited by Dr. J. E. Kirbye, Raleigh.
Manuscript thesis, "Early Development of State Normal Schools for
Negroes in North Carolina," by Eugene D. Owen, Washington, D. C
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Photostat of census of 1810 of Columbus County. Presented by Miss
Martha Lou Houston, Washington, D. C.
Scrapbook relating to the silver service presented to the Cruiser North
Carolina in 1907. Presented by the Caswell-Nash Chapter, D. A. R.,
Raleigh.
A North Carolina almanac, 1813. Presented by Prof. Chas. H. Hall,
Ithaca, N. Y.
A collection of eleven photographs of historic places in North Carolina.
Presented by Mrs. John D. Cochran, Statesville.
A land survey by Richard Caswell, 1757, and a printed circular of 1862,
"One Hundred Men Wanted For the First Regiment of State Troops,"
signed by Capt. E. G. Yellowly and Lieut. A. J. Hines. Loaned by
S. W. Worthington, Wilson.
Facsimile of the Olive Branch Petition, 8 July 1775. Presented by Robert
Wilberforce, New York City.
It has not been possible to arrange all of the state and county archives,
collected during the biennium, in time for inclusion in this report.
DIVISION OF DOCUMENTS
I. Classification and Arrangement.
The accessions listed in this report have been classified, arranged, and
filed during the biennium. They comprise approximately 135 volumes
and 26,000 letters and papers of persons and organizations; 11 volumes
and 2,500 documents of county archives; 6 volumes and 19,000 letters
and papers in the nature of state archives; 1,506 issues of newspapers;
153 pamphlets; 26 maps; and miscellaneous items.
II. Cataloging.
Current accessions have been cataloged as well as 533 collections of
personal papers and 596 volumes and boxes of executive records, Avith
special catalogue classifications for photographs, newspapers, maps,
pamphlets and broad.sides found in the collections. An abstract-index
has been made of a large volume, "A List of Warrants issued to the
Officers and Soldiers in the Continental Line raised in and belonging to
the State of North Carolina," containing 6,554 entries. This volume was
recently discovered in the Land Grant Office. The alphabetical abstract-index
will be bound in volumes for ready use. Alphabetical abstract-indexes
have been made, checked, and re-checked of the collection of
8,000 Rowan County marriage bonds, of the small collection from Duplin
County, and, in part, of the large Orange County collection. In this
work some use was made of relief labor under the CWA.
III. Repair.
The Restorer of Manuscripts has mounted 10,180 sheets of manuscript
for binding. In case of some manuscripts, more than one repair process
was necessary. Of the manuscripts mounted, 6,980 were repaired with
paper, 1,202 were covered with crepeline, 955 were backed with paper,
and 146 were covered with tissue. Sixty-six volumes were bound in
buckram loose-leaf bindings, designed by the Restorer of Manuscripts.
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IV. Binding.
Eighty-six volumes were bound during the period of this report
:
Brunswick County Records, 1781-1822. 1 vol.
Carteret County Records, 1741-1887. 11 vols.
Duplin County Records, 1799-1819. 1 vol.
Edgecombe County Records, 1758-1830. 10 vols.
Franklin County Records, 1787-1838. 2 vols.
Halifax County Records, 1772-1854. 4 vols.
Mecklenburg County Records, 1749-1869. 19 vols.
Northampton County Records, 1733-1814. 1 vol.
Onslow County Records, 1746-1863. 4 vols.
Perquimans County Records, 1711-1800. 6 vols.
Person County Records, 1828-1876. 1 vol.
Rutherford County Records, 1784-1833. 3 vols.
Surry County Records, 1777-1796, 1 vol.
Wilkes County Records, 1779-1852. 2 vols.
The North Carolina Historical Revieiv, IX. 10 vols.
The North Carolina Historical Revieio, X. 10 vols.
Sixty-six of these consist of mounted manuscripts. Several worn
volumes have been rebound.
V. Use of Records.
During the biennium, visits to the offices of the Commission for the
purpose of consulting the manuscript records of ISTorth Carolina history
totaled 2,666. Of these, nearly 600 were made by persons living in
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida,
Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary-land,
Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington, and in the District of Columbia
and Canada; and more than 400 by graduate students, historians, and
others in serious research for articles and monographs on North Carolina,
Southern and United States history. Professors and graduate students
from the University of North Carolina, Duke University, State College,
Wake Forest College, Woman's College of the University of North Caro-lina,
Meredith College, Salem College, East Carolina Teachers College,
University of Chicago, Goucher College, Vassar, Tennessee College,
Columbia University, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Temple Uni-versity,
University of Virginia, University of Kentucky, University of
California, University of Illinois, Peabody College, and Vanderbilt
University conducted research in the North Carolina records for data
on the German element in North Carolina, the textile industry, early
banking, women of the Confederacy, disaffection during the Civil War,
the history of the University since 1860, eighteenth century education
in North Carolina, the social history of North Carolina, eighteenth
century commerce, the negro in the Confederacy, steam navigation in
North Carolina, the education of women, Granville County, Bladen
County, the Transylvania Company, the relation of church and state in
education. North Carolina Loyalists in the American Revolution, pre-revolutionary
conditions in North Carolina, western land speculation in
the Revolutionary period, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, Wake Forest
College, amendments to the state constitution, W. W. Holden, Z. B. Vance,
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Jefferson Davis, D. S. Keid, William Davidson, John Wright Stanly,
John Gray and Thomas and William Blount, and other subjects.
The business of the Commission has required the writing of approx-imately
8,000 letters during the biennium. Kesearch necessary for the
replies has been done by members of the staff, in case of historical in-quiries,
and by private researchers to whom the inquiries were referred,
if of a personal or genealogical nature. A total of 579 certified copies
from the records of the Commission, necessary for pension claims and for
admission to patriotic societies, have been prepared and furnished with-out
charge to North Carolinians and others. Of these, 200 were supplied
to J^orth Carolinians, and 379 to persons outside the State, as follows
:
Georgia, 52; District of Columbia, 51; Texas, 43; Florida, 28; Pennsyl-vania,
22 ; South Carolina, 22 ; New Jersey, 21 ; Virginia, 20 ; Missouri,
17; Tennessee, 15; Alabama, 14; Arkansas, 10; Illinois, 10; Mississippi,
8 ; Indiana, 8 ; Kansas, 5 ; Louisiana, 5 ; New York, 5 ; Maryland, 4
;
Iowa, 3 ; Oklahoma, 2 ; Ohio, 2 ; Michigan, 2 ; Arizona, 2 ; Washington,
1 ; California, 1 ; Kentucky, 1 ; Massachusetts, 1 ; Canada, 1. Research
has been done by the staff to establish the eligibility of many Civil War
and Revolutionary soldiers for gravestones which are supplied by the
U. S. War Department.
Despite the prevailing economic distress, investigators in North Caro-lina
and other states have continued to avail themselves of the public
archives and historical manuscripts which the Commission has assembled
in vast quantities in its effort to make North Carolina history an attrac-tive
field for original investigation.
PUBLICATIONS
The drastic reduction of appropriations has been felt most keenly by
the Historical Commission in its publication program. Only its routine
reports and magazine in reduced size have survived. The continuation of
its series of documentary volumes, universally recognized as one of its
most important achievements and activities, has been entirely suspended.
The biennium covered by this report is the first one since the establish-ment
of the Commission in 1903 in which there has been no activity in
the field of documentary publication. The following publications have
been issued
:
1. Bulletin No. 36. Fourteenth Biennial Report of the North Carolina
Historical Commission, July 1, 1930-June 30, 1932. (Raleigh: 1932.
pp. 26.)
2. The North Carolina Historical Review. Volumes IX, nos. 3-4; X;
XI, nos. 1-2. (Raleigh: 1932-34. Pp. 196; 360; 166.) The eight issues
of this quarterly magazine devoted to North Carolina history have
contained 19 articles and 10 sections of documents, besides book
reviews and historical news.
3. North Carolina Manual, JOSS. Compiled and edited by H. M. London.
(Raleigh: 1933. pp. 205.)
4. Directory of the State and County Officials of North Carolina and
Members of the General Assembly. Compiled by H. M. London. (Ra-leigh:
1933. pp. 81.)
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HISTORICAL MARKERS
With no appropriation for the purpose, the Historical Commission has
been unable to render any financial aid to individuals or organizations
in the erection of historical markers. Fortunately, private organizations
and societies, particularly the women's patriotic societies, have carried
on the work of marking historic spots ; and the Historical Commission
has encouraged them, helped in the framing of inscriptions, and cooperated
in several exercises of dedication.
STIMULATIOIsT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND
INVESTIGATION
To the Historical Commission rightly belongs large credit for the
ever-increasing original research and publication in North Carolina
history in recent years. Its widely-available documentary volumes, its
large and accessible collection of public archives and historical manu-scripts,
its trained staff, and its quarterly magazine constantly stimulate
and assist research. Cordial relations and cooperation with the patriotic,
educational and historical organizations have been preserved and extended.
The Secretary of the Commission has delivered numerous addresses before
organizations in the State and over station WPTF as part of the North
Carolina Radio School conducted by the Superintendent of Public Instruc-tion,
and in 1934 he was a member of the advisory committee of the
Historic American Buildings Survey for North Carolina, whieli with
federal relief funds completed surveys consisting of measured drawings
and photographs of twenty-two historic buildings in the State. The
records of the survey are filed in Washington. Encouragement and
assistance have been given to public speakers, writers and county histori-ans.
Public school teachers and students have been aided by the distri-bution
of bulletins, volumes, aud information and by lectures in the Hall
of History and in the schools.
The Secretary of the Commission was reappointed Chairman of the
Public Archives Commission of the American Historical Association in
1932 and 1933, and in 1934 was appointed by the Joint Committee on
materials for Research of the American Council of Learned Societies
and the Social Science Research Council to the seven-member Commission
on National Archives Survey to have supervision of the organization and
execution of a national survey of local archives under the Department
of the Interior. The national project did not materialize, but the Com-mission
was able to stimulate surveys in several states. In December,
1933, the Secretary read a paper on the present availability of state and
local archives in the United States before sessions of the American His-torical
Association at Urbana and the Association of American Law
Schools at Chicago.
HALL OF HISTORY
Col. Fred A. Olds, who has been in the employ of the Historical Com-mission
as Collector for the Hall of History since February 18, 1914,
and who for many years prior to 1914 had been collecting historical
relics, was compelled by increasing age and declining health to begin
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hospital treatment on April 16. He has not been able to retnni to his
duties and to prepare his report of activities.
During the biennium he has continued with his customary enthusiasm
and faithulness and with the strength at his command to conduct thou-sands
of public school children and teachers, citizens and tourists through
the Hall of History and other places of interest in Raleigh, and to receive
additions to the invaluable collection of museum objects which it has
been his chief work in life to assemble.
His record book lists the following accessions during the biennium :
Invitation to opening of the state capitol, 1840, and directory of the 1832
legislature, presented by L. E. McCall, Laurinburg; two silver spoons of
Regina de Graffenreid and Thomas G. Blewett, presented by Mrs. Charles
Carothers Citronelle, Ala.; black crepe shawl of Miss Laura Carter, a be-quest-
captured German machine gun, 1918, presented by Karl A. Klopfer,
Christiansburg, Va.; George Washington Bicentennial Commemorative
Medal- large picture of Federal prison at Salisbury, 1864, presented by
Benjamin King, Raleigh; pocketbook and $200 in Confederate currency of
Gen S D. Ramseur, presented by Mary D. Ramseur, Winston-Salem; pamt-ing
of Annie Carter Lee monument in Warren County, presented by Warren
Chapter U D. C; portraits of Victor Blue, U. S. Navy, in Spanish-American
and World wars, and of Surgeon Russell Blue, presented by Mrs. B. I.
Nicholson, Laurinburg; six-inch Confederate shell from Roanoke Island,
presented by W C. Manning, Williamston; prisoner's shackles from Hert-ford
jail presented by State Board of Charities and Public Welfare; death
mask of 'Gen R F. Hoke; large photograph of Wright memorial dedicated
at Kitty Hawk, 1932, presented by the U. S. War Department; marble bust
of George Washington, presented to the Governor by the George Washington
Bicentennial Commission; wood from Confederate gunboat North Heath,
sunk in Cape Fear River in 1864 and removed in 1931, presented by U. S.
District Engineer's Office, Wilmington; bell, commemorative tablet and
four gangway boards from U. S. cruiser Charlotte, formerly the :s^orth
Carolina, presented by the U. S. Navy; sword of Capt. Samuel Blackwell
Waters, 18th regiment, N. C. Troops, C. S. A., presented by Miss Mary L.
Waters', New Bern; large ante-bellum doll, presented by Mrs. Samuel F.
Venable, Greensboro; certificate of apprenticeship from President William J.
Hawkins of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad to R. M. Sauls, 1871, presented
by A. B. Andrews and Clarence E. Mitchell, Raleigh; large ballast rock from
waters of Roanoke Sound near the site of the Raleigh colonies, 1585-87,
presented by Roanoke Island Historical Association; powder gourd carried
in battle of King's Mountain by Capt. Samuel Martin, presented by C.
Martin Brimer, Rock Hill, S. C; photograph of Weldon N. Edwards, presented
by Mrs. Sallie Clark Graham, Raleigh; marble bust of C. C. Cambreleng of
New York, U. S. Minister to Russia in Van Buren's administration, pre-sented
by Mrs. Stephen Cambreleng Bragaw, Washington; bonnet of Sarah
Logan Egerton and vest of Dr. Thomas R. Egerton in the Civil War period,
presented by Mrs. Erskine Ehringhaus; photograph of Pettigrew Hospital,
Raleigh, 1862, presented by Mrs. John Haywood, Raleigh; communion set
presented to Second N. C. Regiment by St. Peters Church, Washington, in
memory of Rev. Washington Harding and used in the World War by the
119th regiment, deposited by the commander of the regiment; silhouette
portrait of Willie P. Mangum painted by Augustin Edouart, 1841, presented
by W. P. M. Weeks, Alexandria, Va.; apron of Mrs. Thomas Ruffin and
letter of Ruffin Thomas, 1862, presented by Mrs. Charles R. Thomas, Waynes-viile;
cup made of silver coins of Betty Archer Wrenn and used by her
brother in the Confederate army, presented by Mary Carroll Wrenn, Salis-bury;
metal from Confederate gunboat North Heath, presented by Mrs.
J. E. Woodard, president of the N. C. division, U. D. C, Wilson; deerskin
saddlebags used by J. H. Hyams, of Burke County, presented by Frank W.
Beckwith of Linville Falls; bayonet from Averasboro battlefield, old plow,
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and old bonnet of Mary Stewart of Harnett County, presented by Thomas
D. Stewart, Coats; pocketbook from jacket of R. L. Adams, killed at Gettys-burg,
and furlough of M. P. Bellinger, 1863, presented by Mattie Adams,
Shelby.
riJSTAN'CES
The expenditures of the Historical Commissiou are made from biennial
legislative appropriations, as allotted quarterly by the Budget Bureau.
The following classified table shows the appropriations and expenditures
for each year of the biennium, 1932-1934
:
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archives. In view of the lack of such a law in North Carolina and the
deplorable losses and present condition of the public archives of the state
and its subdivisions, the Historical Commission recommends the enact-ment
of a public records law incorporating all or as many as possible
of the following provisions : a clear definition of public archives ; definite
location of legal custody and responsibility; use of durable ink and
paper; definition of the duty of custodians relative to fireproof filing,
arrangement of the records for use, and care of worn or mutilated records
;
requirement that legal custodians supply certified copies; requirement
that retiring officers deliver all public records to their successors ; require-ment
of recovery of public records from private possession ; prohibition
of destruction and abuse of public records; assignment of the duty of
general supervision and recommendation to the Historical Commission.
III. Resumption of the Publication of Documentaky Volumes.
The best means of preserving and making widely available the original
sources of ISTorth Carolina history and of stimulating historical interest,
research and writing is the publication of volumes of documents. The
notable series of the Commission's Puhlications has been entirely sus-pended
during the biennium. It should be resumed.
Respectfully submitted,
Raleigh, N". C, July 1, 1934
R. ISTewsome,
Secretary.
EDWARDS a BROUGHTON CO., RALEISH
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