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TWENTY-FIRST BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE DEPARTMENT OF
ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
July 1, 1944,
TO
June 30, 1946
RALEIGH
North Carolina State Department of Archives
AND History
1946
NORTH CAROLINA STATE DEPARTMENT OF
ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
R. D. W. Connor, Chairman, Chapel Hill
Gertrude S. Carraway, New Bern
J. Allan Dunn, Salisbury
Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City
W. T. Laprade, Durham
Mrs. George McNeill, Fayetteville
Mrs. p. F. Patton, Hendersonville
Christopher Crittenden, Director, Raleigh
LETTER OF TRANSMISSION
To His Excellency,
R. Gregg Cherry,
Governor of North Carolina.
Sir:
In compliance with Chapter 55, Session Laivs of 19/^5, I
have the honor to submit herewith for your Excellency's
consideration the Biennial Report of the North Carolina
State Department of Archives and History for the period
July 1, 1944-June 30, 1946.
Respectfully,
R. D. W. Connor,
Chairman
Raleigh, July 1, 1946
BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE DEPARTMENT OF
ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
July 1, 1944, to June 30, 1946
To R. D. W. Connor, Chairman, and Gertrude S. Carra-
WAY, J. Allan Dunn, Clarence W. Griffin. W. T.
Laprade, Mrs. George McNeill, and Mrs. P. F.
Patton, Executive Board:
I have the honor to submit the following report of the ac-tivities
and accomplishments of the State Department of
Archives and History for the period July 1, 1944-June 30,
1946:
AN ABNORMAL ERA
During the twenty-four-month period covered by this
report, the Department sought to carry out the duties and
functions prescribed by law, in spite of abnormal conditions
and unusual problems. During the first part of the period.
World War II was drawing to a close, and during the latter
part, though the war had ended, the country was undergoing
the travail of postwar reconversion, with conditions any-thing
but normal. This situation inevitably affected the
Department and its program.
As during the previous biennium, the Department con-tinued
its efforts to aid in the war program. The Hall of
History, as before, was kept open on week ends, when it was
visited by tens of thousands of men and women in the armed
forces, as well as by the general public. The program for
collecting war records was continued, and as a result a large
and valuable collection of materials relating to the part
played by the state and its people in World War II was
brought together.
Problems resulting from war conditions continued, as in
the previous two years, to affect the program of the Depart-ment
in various ways. The labor shortage and the low salary
6 Twenty-First Biennial Report
scale of the state, in comparison with that of the United
States government and of private business, made personnel
problems more difficult than they had been in less troubled
times. Certain equipment, such as new typewriters and new
steel filing cabinets, could not be secured at all, while other
equipment and supplies were scarce and hard to obtain. The
paper shortage and the rising cost of printing hampered the
Department's publication program, while the printers found
it next to impossible to deliver on time the scheduled numbers
of The North Carolina Historical Revieiv. Most of the pro-jects
for editing documentary materials for the Depart-ment's
series of publications, projects being conducted by
scholars at various colleges and universities, were curtailed
or even entirely suspended. The number of researchers
visiting the Search Room remained at a low level during the
first half of the period. Due to the shortage of metals the
historical-highway-marker program, suspended in 1942,
could not be resumed.
In spite of such unfavorable factors, however, the picture
was not entirely black. A swollen flood of revenues con-tinued
to pour into the state's coffers, and the General Fund
surplus successively reached new highs, a condition making
possible both increased appropriations and also greater lib-erality
in spending them. Though not easily or quickly
recruited, competent personnel proved to be available, and at
the end of the biennium the staff of the Department was pos-sibly
even stronger and more able than it had been at the
beginning. It was realized that the scarcity of equipment
and supplies was not permanent, and this realization made it
easier for the Department to get along for the time being
with what could be procured. Through a special effort the
inflow of articles for the Review was increased to a point
where the supply exceeded that of the prewar years, so that
on that score there was no difficulty.
After the end of the war little immediate change in con-ditions
could be seen, but as the months passed the clouds
began to break. The discharge of millions of men and women
from the armed forces and the return of additional millions
from jobs in war industries brought some easing of the labor
shortage. Needed equipment and supplies began to become
State Department of Archives and History 7
available again. There was a noticeable increase in the num-ber
of visits to the Search Room, and editorial vi^ork was re-sumed
on several volumes projected by the Department. To-ward
the close of the period, plans were made for the early re-sumption
of the highway-marker program.
At the end of the biennium, it was evident that the war had
done no serious damage to the program of the Department,
and, indeed, it was expected that that program would soon
be expanded and enlarged.
REVISED BASIC ACT
In 1945 the General Assembly passed a bill which had been
drawn up by the Department with the assistance of the
Department of Justice, "An Act to Rewrite Chapter One
Hundred and Twenty-One of the General Statutes of North
Carolina so as to Redefine and Clarify the Duties and Func-tions
of the State Department of Archives and History"
(1945 Session Laws and Resolutioyis, chapter 55). The act
makes no drastic changes in the functions and duties of the
Department, but gives the governing body the name "Ex-ecutive
Board," alters the title of the executive officer to
"Director," and makes other changes.
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
There was no change in the membership of the Executive
Board. On April 21, 1945, Governor Cherry reappointed Mr.
J. Allan Dunn of Salisbury and Mrs. P. F. Patton of Hender-sonville,
whose terms had expired on March 31, 1945, for new
terms expiring March 31, 1951.
THE STAFF
During the biennium there were two important develop-ments
affecting the employees of the Department. In the
first place the staff was reorganized, and there was a re-assignment
of duties to some of the members, by setting up,
under the office of the director, three divisions: Archives
and Manuscripts, Publications, and Public Displays. This
new setup, which went into effect on August 1, 1945, made
for the more efficient conduct of the Department's program.
In accordance with this new organization, the reports of the
three divisions will be given separately below.
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In the second place, new professional classifications and
new salary ranges were approved. Formerly some of the
members of the staff had been classified as library workers
—
which did not conform to their professional status and func-tions
in archival or museum work. In addition, some of the
salaries were low, in comparison both with those of clerical
workers in other fields and also with those of archival em-ployees
of the United States government and of other states
of the Union. In order to remedy this situation, after ascer-taining
what personnel classifications were used by the
National Archives and several of the leading state archival
agencies, the director prepared and the Executive Board ap-proved
(with certain modifications) a recommendation which
was later approved by the Advisory Budget Commission, pro-viding
professional classifications, together with higher sal-ary
ranges, for the professional members of the staff". This
new system was to go into effect on July 1, 1946, and, while
no immediate increases in salary were in prospect, such in-creases
were now made possible, without change in classifi-cation,
when the necessary funds should become available.
During the biennium the following persons were employed
by the Department:
Secretary (title changed to Director, 1945)—Christopher Crittenden
Chief, Division of Archives and Manuscripts—Henry H. Eddy.
June 11-30, 1946
Chief Library Assistant—D. L. Corbitt
Collector of Records—(Miss) Charlie Huss (who became Mrs.
Gordon W. Lovejoy, August 3, 1945), July 1, 1944-April 30,
1946
Collector for the Hall of History—Mrs. Ellen M. Rollins, July 1.
1944-July 31. 1945; Mrs. Joye E. Jordan, August 1, 1945-
June 30, 1946
Restorer of Manuscripts—Mrs. W. S. West
Manuscript Typist—Mrs. J. C. Meconnahey
Junior Library Assistant—Mary Jeffreys
Senior Library Assistant—Nell Hines, July 1, 1944-June 30. 1945
Junior Library Assistant—Beth Crabtree, July 1, 1944-October 15.
1944
Junior Library Assistant—Frances Williamson, August 14. 1945-
June 30, 1946
Junior Library Assistant—Mrs. Thad N. Frye, November 1, 1945-
June 30, 1946
Senior Stenographer-Clerk—Sophie D. Busbee, July 1, 1944-June
30, 1945; Nell Hines, July 1, 1945-June 30, 1946
State Department of Archives and History 9
Junior Stenographer-Clerk—Manora Mewborn. August 13, 1945-June
30, 1946
Senior Stenographer-Clerk (temporary)—Mrs. Blossom G. Chiller,
August 9-18, 1946
Junior Library Assistant (temporary)—Annie Maud Hire, June 1-30,
1946
Junior Library Assistant (temporary)—Albert C. Reid, Jr., Maj
20-June 8, 1946
APPROPRIATION AND EXPENDITURES
The funds of the State Department of Archives and
History, Kke those of other departments and agencies of the
state of North Carolina, are appropriated by the legislature
and are allotted on a quarterly basis by the Budget Bureau.
Appropriations and expenditures for the 1944-1946 biennium
were as follows
:
1944-1945 1945-1946
Appro- Expencli- Appro- Expendl-priation
tures priation tures
Salaries and Wages $19,426.00 $19,426.00 $23,894.00 $23,197.39
Supplies and Materials 350.00 170.63 400.00 313.08
Postage, Telephone, Tele-grams,
Express __.... 625.00 624.58 675.00 673.16
Travel -- 1,350.00 1,050.71 1,100.00 799.82
Printing and Binding 3,633.00 2,868.13 4,800.00 3,623.96
Repairs and Alterations -- 200.00 175.43 75.00 56.85
General Expense .- 65.00 64.65 225.00 142.20
Equipment 167.00 166.97 12,500.00 258.70
Manuscripts 320.00 317.94 250.00 228.80
Employees' War Bonus ....- 2,076.00 2,075.60
Emergency Salaries 1,371.00 1,356.94
Total $28,212.00 $26,940.64 $45,290.00 $30,650.90
Less Estimated
Receipts -- 400.00 683.08 400.00 757.27
Appropriation .__-$27,812.00 $26,257.57 $44,890.00 $29,893.63
Before the economic depression of the early nineteen-thirties,
the Historical Commission was receiving an annual
appropriation for historical work of more than $30,000 (ex-cluding
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 de-pression
the Commission's appropriation was cut to $11,315,
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or only a little more than one-third the pre-depression figure.
As general business improved and as the state's revenues in-creased
and its financial status improved, the appropriation
was augmented until in 1945-1946 it was $45,290, the highest
figure yet reached.
The Department's annual appropriations and expenditures
for the past sixteen years have been as follows
:
Year Appropriation Exjjendittires
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
1945-1946 45,290.00 30,650.90
THE DEPARTMENT AND THE FUTURE
As the biennium ended, the Department could look to the
future with hope and confidence. The end of the war and the
painful and slow but nevertheless marked progress toward
the establishment of more normal conditions appeared to
make possible the resumption of various activities which had
been carried on before the war but curtailed or suspended
for the duration, and also the expansion of the Department's
program into new fields, as authorized by law. The new basic
act for the Department clarified its functions and duties,
and the competent and loyal staff were ready and willing to
do anything possible to improve the service rendered to the
state and the public.
More specifically, it was believed that, in planning for the
future, certain definite objectives might well be borne in
mind:
(1) Emphasis should be placed on a state archives
program. While the Department has various functions
State Department of Archives and History 11
and duties, its efforts should be directed first of all toward
dealing with the noncurrent records of the various state
departments and agencies, and also toward assisting them
in meeting their problems in handhng current records.
(2) A new state records building ought to be erected,
providing ample space for the noncurrent records of all
the departments and agencies, with additional space for
those records which are used only occasionally for the
conduct of current official business. This building should
be provided with adequate equipment for the handling of
records, such as a laminating machine, a fumigating vault
for the extermination of insects and vermin, equipment
for photocopying, microcopying, and photographing, suit-able
shelving, and manuscript containers.
(3) The Department should marshal its resources in
order to process as quickly as possible the various archives
and other manuscript materials which are received, so that
they can be made available promptly for official and public
use. At the present time there is a backlog of several
million items which have been received but not yet pro-cessed
and which thus are totally unavailable for use or
at best only partly available. This condition should not be
permitted to continue, the backlog of unprocessed ma-terials
should be handled as quickly as possible, and new
accessions should be dealt with currently and not allowed
to pile up.
(4) In order to carry out the mandate of the statute
"To promote and encourage throughout the State the
preservation and proper care of archives, historical manu-scripts,
and other historical materials," a concerted effort
should be made to cooperate with local officials in the care
of such records, especially in the field of county archives.
In a number of the counties the older records are suitably
housed and preserved, but in others these records receive
anything but adequate attention. It is to this latter group
of counties that most attention should be directed in an
effort to secure proper care of the records, locally if
possible.
(5) As has been suggested in previous reports, the
Department's publication program might well be expanded.
12 Twenty-First Biennial Report
At the present time that program calls each year for one
volume of documentary materials, four numbers of The
North Carolina Historical Review, and a number of
pamphlets and leaflets, and this number might well be in-creased.
(6) The Hall of History ought to take certain steps to
increase its effectiveness. An aggressive program of
collecting in desired fields ought to be launched, so that
the Hall of History will serve as a real museum, portraying
the manifold aspects of the history of the state, and not
merely as a receiving agency for varied and unrelated types
of odd relics which may chance to be brought in. Exhibits
should be changed frequently in accordance with public
needs and interests, historical programs for the public
should be conducted, and in other ways the Hall of History
should seek better to serve the state and its people and to
teach them North Carolina history.
(7) The historical marker program should be resumed.
Up to now no less than 440 markers have been approved,
but several hundred more will need to be erected before the
program will have been completed.
(8) Local historical activities need to be promoted and
encouraged throughout the state. Within recent years
both historians and the general public have come to recog-nize
more than ever the importance of local history, and
local historical groups have become numerous and active
in a number of states of the Union, especially in the North
and West. In North Carolina a dozen or more such organ-izations
are in existence, but there should be more of them.
In this promising field the Department of Archives and
History ought to take the lead, first encouraging the
formation of such local historical groups and afterwards
seeking to assist and guide them.
(9) The writing of county histories and other local
histories of high quality should be stimulated. A decade
and a half ago the Department (then the North Carolina
Historical Commission) sponsored a movement for the
appointment of county historians throughout the state,
and such officers were actually appointed in more than
two-thirds of the counties. As a result, the writing of the
State Department of Archives and History 13
history of a number of the counties was undertaken in a
serious way, and several of these histories have actually
been published. Such activity needs to be encouraged in
the future, for although many of these would-be local his-torians
fall by the wayside, enough of them complete their
work for the product to be well worth the time and effort
expended.
(10) The Department might well seek a closer tie-in
of its program with that of the public schools. Within
recent years there has been a popular demand, and even a
popular clamor, for the teaching of North Carolina history
in the schools, and as a result courses in this subject are
now given to school children. The program could be
strengthened, however, by teaching the pupils more about
the history of their local communities, by providing a
larger supply of teaching materials in this field, and in
other ways. The Department of Archives and History
might well offer its services in this connection.
In planning for the future, however, while various pos-sibilities
should be considered, it is essential that we put first
things first. In this connection, as in many similar instances,
the question arises : Is it better to spread our efforts thin in
order to undertake a variety of activities, or is it wiser to
concentrate on a more limited number of functions so as to
perform them more thoroughly? Arguments can be ad-vanced
on both sides and probably there is no perfectly satis-factory
answer to the question, but in the present case the
best answer is perhaps as follows: First we should seek to
work efficiently and to the best of our ability perform the
fundamental duties assigned the Department by law. After-ward,
if theer is any surplus of time and energy, we should
seek to render other services and to perform other duties.
Viewed in this light, the function of the State Department
of Archives and History becomes clearer and easier to define.
Fundamentally and first of all, the Department should serve
as the state archival agency, seeking to assist the various
departments and agencies in handling their records, both
noncurrent and current. Then, after that duty has
been performed, the Department should undertake to per-form
some of the less essential functions discussed above.
14 Twenty-First Biennial Report
One can wish that it were feasible ,to do everything at once.
There can be little doubt, however, that over a period of years
the greatest service can be rendered to the state and its
people by concentrating on the archival program.
DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS
Henry Howard Eddy, Chief
ACCESSIONS
The ideal of archival management is that all materials shall
be under minute control, in exact order, and with every item
easily located and identified from the very moment of entry,
but ideals are, by definition, unattainable. During the bi-ennium
new and bulky additions to the collections continued
to be listed in preliminary and somewhat sketchy fashion,
and, in general, it was expected that these would be made
available in the search room only as it might become pos-sible
to study and analyze them, to break them down into
subgroups, and to list on finding mediums the resulting
smaller divisions. Individual items and small accessions
reached usefulness to investigators more quickly, but, of
necessity, under wartime conditions and with a limited stafi",
many of the larger groups had to remain for the time being
safely housed but still unavailable for search room use.
It was possible, however, to secure an orderly arrangement
of the mass of materials coming to the Department from the
Secretary of State. Thousands of these old and important
documents, representing over 25 distinct series of records and
contained in 860 boxes, were arranged and made ready for
permanent labels, and 150 volumes from the same office were
prepared for general use. Toward the end of the period,
progress was made in securing a similar arrangement for a
group of papers from the office of the Comptroller (abolished
in 1868).
The following items were accessioned during the biennium
:
I. Additions to Collections.
1. Records of the state departments and agencies:
Attorney General's Papers. Correspondence, 1918-1929; 12
transfiles. Transferred from the office of the Attorney General.
Governor's Papers. Two letters (April 2 and November 11,
1908) from R. B. Glenn, then governor of North Carolina, to
State Department of Archives and History 15
Rev. Harlan G. Mendenhall. A. L. S. Purchased from Whitman
Bailey, Hotel Davenport, Stamford, Conn.
Governor's Papers. Investigation of the State Hospital,
Morganton, 19 42; 18 boxes. Transferred from the office of the
Governor.
2. County records:
Craven County, 27 miscellaneous items, given by A. T. Dill,
Jr., 403 West Bute Street, No. 9, Norfolk 7, Virginia.
(Chatham County?), execution docket, 1807-1814. (Appears
to be from the court of pleas and quarter sessions of Chatham
County, but identification is not positive. In bad condition
and withdrawn for repair.) Given by J. G. de Roulhac Hamil-ton,
Chapel Hill.
Surry County, will of Isaac Carter, 1802, copy, 2 typed pages.
Given by Mrs. M. C. Moseley, Byron, Georgia.
Surry County, list of property owners and taxable property for
1813, bound volume, 40 typed pages. Transcribed from the original
tax lists and given by Luther N. Byrd, Westfield.
Wake County, minutes of the court of pleas and quarter ses-sions,
Book B, 1777-1784. Given by Clem B. Holding, 1620 Park
Drive, Raleigh.
3. Municipal records:
Elizabeth City (Pasquotank County), minutes of the town
of, 1853-1863; 1865-1867. One bound volume. Purchased
from S. W. Worthington, Wilson.
4. Personal papers:
Alexander B. Andrews Papers. Two separate donations:
Letter from Mrs. Mary Wood McKenzie Kroll, of Monrovia,
Liberia, West Africa, dated November 29, 19 44, with the
November 10, 1944, issue of The Weekly Mirror, (published
at Monrovia). Given by Alexander B. Andrews, 30 9 North
Blount Street, Raleigh. Also a few clippings and 5 letters,
1930-1945, given by John A. Park, 2051 White Oak Road,
Raleigh.
Charles B. Aycock Papers. Governor Aycock's speech on
"Universal Education," 3 copies, each 1 page, mimeographed.
Given by Clarence Poe, Longview Gardens, Raleigh.
Thomas Bell Collection, 1863-1909. Letters and family
papers, 49 pieces. Lent bj^ P. H. Barnes, 1919 Alexander Road,
Raleigh.
Mrs. L[awrence] 0'B[ryan] Branch Papers, 1S55-1911.
Letter book, scrap book, newspaper clippings, and other items.
Given by Mrs. Alfred M. Maupin, U-3-B Cameron Court Apart-ments,
Raleigh.
Christopher Crittenden Papers. Notes for "History 151.
History of the United States, 1783-1815," a course for juniors,
seniors, and graduate students, taught about 1934 at the
16 Twenty-First Biennial Report
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, by the donor,
Christopher Crittenden, 1537 Caswell Street, Raleigh.
Henry E. Pries Collection. A.L.S. to Governor R. Gregg
Cherry, dated September 11, 1945. Also diploma, awarded
October, 1872, by "The Fair of the Carolinas," Charlotte, "to
Henry Fries for the best collection of foreign and exotic woods,"
and 3 printed items: Centennial Exjjosition Guide, Philadelpliia,
1876, 24 pages; Memorial of the International Exhibition at
Philadelphia. 1876. Philadelphia, 1876, 52 pages; and Souvenir
World's Fair, Chicago, 1893, 264 pages. Given by Governor R.
Gregg Cherry, Raleigh.
Clarence W. Grifiin Papers. Chronicles of the press of North
Carolina: 1943-1944, 11 typed pages; 1944-1945, 9 typed
pages. Compiled by donor. Also miscellaneous printed ma-terials
on same subject. Given by Clarence W. Griffin. Forest
City.
General Daniel H. Hill Papers. Original letter book for
period January 22 to February 20, 1865, containing also General
Hill's reports of the action on South West Creek, March 8, 9,
and 10, 1865, and that near Bentonville, March 19, 20, and 21,
18 65. Also 3 copies of the printed prospectus for General
Hill's newspaper. The Land We Love, each copy bearing signatures
of subscribers. Given by Miss Pauline Hill, 2200 Hope Street,
Raleigh.
Francis J. Kron Papers, 1835-1874. Letters and family
papers; also issue of Fayetteville Observer for May 15, 1849. Lent
by R. A. Crowell, Jr., Albemarle, through W. Erskine Smith,
Albemarle.
Patty Mordecai Collection . Original letter of G[eorge] W.
M[ordecai], of Raleigh, to Samuel Mordecai, dated June 18,
1833, containing an account of a fire in Raleigh. Four pages.
Given by Miss Patty Mordecai, 1 Mimosa Street, Raleigh.
Walter Hines Page Papers. A.L.S. to Rev. Harlan G. Menden-hall,
dated April 23, 1913. Purchased from Whitman Bailey,
Hotel Davenport, Stamford, Connecticut.
Thomas M. Pittman Collection. Certificate of membership
in the American Bible Society [1843] ; invitation to reception
held at El Paso, Texas, October 16, 1909, for President Porfirio
Diaz and President William Howard Taft; and five greeting
cards of the period of World W^ar I. Given by Mrs. Thomas M.
Pittman, 214 West Edenton Street, Raleigh.
Zebulon B. Vance Papers. Three original letters addressed
to "Cousin Matt" from "Cousin Zeb," Chapel Hill, February 8,
August 12, and September 24, [18] 52. Purchased from Rev.
Edward V. Ramabe, 12th and Harvey streets, Oklahoma City 3,
Oklahoma.
Thomas Wells Papers, 1810-1879. Family letters and
business papers, 78 pieces. Given b.v Mrs. Leslie B. Clark,
Walnut and Main streets, Waynesville.
State Department of Archives and History 17
Neivs2)apers :
AshevUle Citizen, vol. XXXII, no. 268, July 17, 1916, and
Aslieville Times, July 16, 1916, both given by B. C. Glover, Masonic
Home, Greensboro.
Boston Morning Journal, Boston, Mass., vol. XLIV, no. 14,601,
May 7, 1877. (Mutilated portion of a daily paper.) Given by
W. B. Dowell, 1614 Park Drive, Raleigh.
Carolina Watchman , Salisbury, December 16, 1875. (Portion
of one sheet only; carries article on inventor of Gatling gun.)
Given by Hugh B. Johnston, McLean. Virginia.
Greensboro Patriot. Greensboro, vol. XXIII, nos. 1136-1153,
April 30-June 28, 1861, 17 issues of semi-weekly newspaper. Given
by Mrs. Nellie Rowe Jones, Librarian, Public Library, Greensboro.
Hami}shire Gazette. Northampton, Mass., vol. XXXIX, no.
2011, March 16, 1825. (One sheet only, with article, "A Winter
in North Carolina.") Given by J. W. Harrelson, North Carolina
State College, Raleigh.
Little Ad, Greensboro, nos. 1-12, May 12, 1860-July 28, 1860.
Given by Mrs. Nellie Rowe Jones, Librarian, Public Library,
Greensboro.
Manufacturers and Farmers Journal and Providence and
Pawtucket Advertiser, Providence, R. I., nine scattered issues
of a daily newspaper; January 22, February 16, March 16, July
30, September 10, October S, 15, and 26, and November 12,
1846. Each issue contains an article on North Carolina. Pur-chased
from Francis E. Lutz, McGuire General Hospital, Rich-mond,
Virginia.
Our Living and Our Dead: or, Testimony from the Battle-FieUls,
New Bern, vol. I, nos. 1, 11, 20, 47, and 50, for July 2, Septem-ber
10, and November 12, 18 73, and May 27 and June 17, 1784.
Given by Mrs. D. M. Pearsall, 620 Hammond Street, Rocky
Mount.
Social Justice, Royal Oak, Michigan, 47 issues of weekly pub-lication,
March 20, 1936-March 22, 1937. Given by Mr. Ernest
Lester Culbreth, 611 Washington Street, Raleigh.
World War I Collection. Stars and Stripes, American Expe-ditionary
Forces, France, vol. II, no. 10, April 11, 1919. Given by
William E. Hawkins, 310 East Park Drive, Raleigh.
Pamphlets:
Church history.
Addresses Delivered at the Sesquicentennial Celebration of the
Concord Presbytery, Bethpage Church, October 16, 1945, by Rev.
T. H. Spence, Jr., and Rev. W. L. Lingle, Morganton, 15 pages.
Given by T. H. Spence, Jr., Montreal.
A Century of Christian Progress. St. Pefer's Episcopal Parish,
Charlotte. lS/,/r1U.',.'/. 32 pages, illustrated. Given by Rev. William
Gaylord Clark, Rector, St. Peter's Church, Charlotte.
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History of the First Baptist Church of RendersonviUe, N. C.
35 pages. Church founded 1844, and this history published 1944.
Given by Mrs. P. F. Patton, Hendersonville.
Minutes, the Preshytery of Winston-Salem, covering meetings
of November 12, 1943, January 11, 1944, and April 18, 1944, 34
pages. Two copies given by the Presbytery, 1511 North Patterson
Avenue, Winston-Salem.
Programs.
Dedication and Unveiling of the Thomas Burke Memorial
Monolith, and Acceptance by Governor J. Melville Bronghton;
exercises at Latta Plantation, 2 miles northwest of Hillsboro,
October 15, 1944, 3 pages. Also clipping from Congressional
Record, Appendix, November 30, 1944, with remarks by Hon.
Carl T. Durham on the same subject. Given by Archibald Hender-son,
Chapel Hill.
Inaugural Ball Honoring Governor R. Gregg Cherry. January
4, 1945, 48 pages. Given by W. Z. Betts, State Division of Purchase
and Contract, Raleigh.
Locke Craig, Governor of North Carolina, 1913-1917. exercises
at presentation of portrait of Governor Craig to the State of North
Carolina, October 16, 1944, at Raleigh, 19 pages. Given by the
Craig Portrait Committee, Asheville.
Presentation of Portrait of Governor Thomas Walter Bickett
to the State of North Carolina, exercises at Raleigh, November 11,
1944, 14 pages. Given by Allen J. Maxwell, 908 Cowper Drive.
Raleigh.
Miscellaneous.
"The Lord's Vineyard, Including the life of E. C. Latta. 1831-
1909," 91 mimeographed pages dated February 9. 1940, and written
by the donor, F. F. Latta, 2104 B Street, Bakersfield, California.
Ann Robertson : An Unsung Tennessee Heroine, by Samuel C.
Williams, 8 pages. Brief account of a Wake County girl at Fort
Caswell in 1776, and of her later life as pioneer teacher, wife,
and mother at site of Nashville, Tenn. Given by Samuel C.
Williams, Johnson City, Tenn.
Caswell County Fair, Second Annual Premium Catalog. Sep-tember
29-October 4, (1941?), 44 pages. Contains also, on pages
22-36, a brief history of the county. Given by J. B. Blaylock,
Yanceyville.
Catholic, Jew, Ku Klux Klan, Chicago, 1924, 64 pages. Given
by Miss Gertrude Gunter, 117 South McDowell Street, Raleigh.
D.A.R. Manual for Citizenship, Washington, D. C, compiled by
Elizabeth C. Barney Buel, 63 pages. Twentieth revised edition
(November, 1942) of a text for use in classes for the foreign born.
Given by Mrs. J. A. Harris, Wake Forest.
Iniaugural Address of Governor R. Gregg Cherry to the General
Assembly of North Carolina, January If, 19.'i.j. 29 pages. Given by
Christopher Crittenden, 1537 Caswell Street, Raleigh.
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"Statement in Behalf of the State of North Carolina in Support
of (U. S.) Senate Joint Resolution 48 and House Joint Resolution
225, before the Judiciary Committee of the Senate of the United
States of America," 13 pages, mimeographed. Undated, but relates
to the 1945-46 controversy over oil rights, treating the subject of
state vs. federal jurisdiction over lands beneath tidewaters and
lands beneath navigable waters within the boundaries of the
state. Two copies given by the Attorney General, Raleigh.
North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati, List of Unexercised
Memhershij) Rights, lOJ/.'f. Contains names of officers of North
Carolina regimental organizations of the Continental Army en-titled
to representation in the Society but not represented up to
December 1, 1944, 8 pages. Given by Bryan G. Dancy, Owings
Mills, Maryland.
Phases of Southwest Territory History, by Samuel C. Williams,
26 pages, Johnson City, Tenn. Treats early history of Washing-ton,
Sullivan, Greene, and Hawkins counties, in Tennessee. Given
by Samuel C. Williams, Johnson City, Tenn.
Proudly We Hail. Salute to the University of North Carolina
on Its Sesquicentennial, by William B. Umstead, January 15, 1945,
5 pages. Given by Christopher Crittenden, 1537 Caswell Street,
Raleigh.
"The Story of Early Raleigh, Its Capitol and Its First Rail-road,"
17 mimeographed pages, dated May, 1940. Given by the
author, Charles M. Heck, State College, Raleigh.
Recollections and Observations of the Reconstruction Era, by
Haywood Parker, 16 pages. Printed text of paper read before the
Pen and Plate Club, Asheville, June 19, 1930. Given by Christo-pher
Crittenden, 1537 Caswell Street, Raleigh.
"Robeson County Contested Election Case, Report of the Select
Committee on," 39 mimeographed pages, dated at Lumberton,
August 15, 1944, reproducing printed original now in the Library
of the University of North Carolina. Concerns the election of
delegates to the constitutional convention of 1875. Given by J.
B. McLeod, Carolina Inn Apartments, Chapel Hill.
The Story of "Oxford 26," 16 pages telling of the development
of a strain of tobacco resistant to "Granville wilt." Reprint of
script read over Station WPTF by W. E. Debnam. Given by M. W.
Darden, Smith-Douglas Company, Inc., Norfolk, Va.
World War I Collection. A group of 192 pamphlets relating
to the First World War. Given by Miss Katharine C. Ricks,
Librarian, Guilford College.
World War I Collection, "List of Federal World War
Agencies, 1914-20," 43 mimeographed pages, dated December,
1941. Given by the National Archives, Washington, D. C.
Maps :
Map of Florida from Le Moyne, Brevis narratio. 1591. Original
print, 914" X 71/2", from early history. Purchased from the Library
of Congress.
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"America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde
both people and manner of buildings. Discribed and inlarged
by I. S. Ano. 1626." Abraham Goos Amscelodamdusis Sculpsit.
Photocopy, 22" x 17", purchased from the Library of Congress.
"A New Description of Carolina. Sold by Tho: Basset in Fleet
Street, and Ric: Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard." Francis
Lamb Sculp. No date appears. Photocopy, 24%"xl7"; scale
approximately 1" to 25 miles. Purchased from the Library of
Congress.
"Field Sketching of the Swiss Colony in Carolina Started in
October 1710 by Christopher von Graffenried and Franz
Michele." Blueprint from tracing taken from original map,
18" by I9V2". Given by Christopher Crittenden, 1537 Caswell
Street, Raleigh.
"A Plan of the Town of Newbern in Craven County, North
Carolina." Surveyed and drawn in 1769 by C. J. Sauthier.
Photocopy, 24" x 18", of original now in the possession of the
donor, the William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Map lacking date and title but showing Albemarle Sound,
"Pamticoe Sound," and environs. Photocopy, 24" x 24", of
original now in possession of the donor, the William L. Clements
Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
"Battle of Guilford. Fought on the 15 of March 1781."
Photocopy, 14" X 15%", of original map now in the possession
of the donor, the William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor,
Michigan.
"Colton's North Carolina," prepared by G. W. and C. R.
Colton and Co., New York City, 1873. Printed map, 17" x
13%"; scale approximately 1" to 30 miles. Given by Grover C.
Glenn, ;ll South Wilmington Street, Raleigh.
Wake Forest, North Carolina, September 193 7, by Arrington
and Arrington. Surveyors. Revised to December, 1944.
Printed map, 11" x 17"; scale 1" to 200'. Given by the Library
of Wake Forest College.
"North Carolina Primary Highway System, 1945-46." Blue-print,
411/2" X 100%"; scale 1" to 5 miles. Purchased from the
State Highway and Public Works Commission, Raleigh.
World War I Collection. "What Germany Wants, Her claims
as set forth by leaders of German thought," map 44" x 30",
Roberts & Leete, London, undated. Given by Miss Katharine
C. Ricks, Librarian, Guilford College.
8. Genealogical:
"The Aydelott Bulletin," no. 40, 6 pages; no, 41, 6 pages; and
no. 43,8 pages. Mimeographed. Given by G. C. Aydelott, Suite
4609, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City.
"The Descendants of Peter Beghtol," 23 pages, multicopied.
Given by Miss Virginia Ingles Maes, Rushville, 111.
A Genealogy of the Blakey Family and Descendants, with
George, Whitsitt, Haden, Anthony, Stockton, Gibson and many
State Department of Archives and History 21
other related antecedents. Printed at Caldwell, Idaho. 1942,
96 pages. Compiled and edited by the donor, Miss Lue Adams
Kress, Box 526. Caldwell Idaho.
Material Relating to the Braly Family, 3 typed pages, com-piled
by Miss Elizabeth Madison Braly, Pasadena, Cal. Given
by Mrs. William Shaw West, 316 East Edenton Street, Raleigh.
The Bynum family Bible, 6 typed pages of vital records
copied from volume owned by John Gray Bynum and his wife
Mary Louisa McDowell Bynum-Pearson. Given by Mrs. George
G. Allen, Kannapolis.
Daniel Croom of Virginia, His Descendants in North Caro-lina,
44 typed pages. Compiled and presented by Mrs. Ernest
H. Wood, New Bern.
The Daniel Family, 12 typed pages of miscellaneous notes
collected by the donor, Hugh B. Johnston, McLean, Va.
Descendants of John Granbery, Jr., and Abigail Langley.
chart presented by J. H. Granbery, 33 West 3 9th Street, New
York IS, N. Y.
"Record of the Descendants of Samuel Hooker," 2 pages, mul-ticoped.
Given by Miss Virginia Ingles Maes, Rushville, 111.
"The Descendants of Barlett Haley Ingles and Margaret
Allison," 2 7 pages, multicopied. Given by Miss Virginia Ingles
Maes, Rushville, 111.
Jesse Johnson, Pioneer from North Carolina, 5 typed pages
compiled by the donor, Hugh B. Johnston, McLean, Va.
"The Descendants of John Frederick Langford," 27 pages,
multicopied. Given by Miss Virginia Ingles Maes, Rushville, 111.
Compilation of Descendants of Colonial Ancestors—the Rev-erend
John LaPierre, Benjamin Fordham, 44 typed pages. Com-piled
and presented by Mrs. Ernest H. Wood, New Bern.
The Lewis Graveyard, With Mention of Some Early Settlers
Along Fifth Creek, Iredell County, N. C, 5 typed pages. (Also
same material printed in 1944, 11 pages.) Compiled and pre-sented
by Miss Mary E. Lazenby, 515 West Bell Street, States-ville.
Littlejohn Family Circle, a chart drawn b.v Roger Pleasants
Atkinson. Original circular genealogical diagram showing
descendants of William Littlejohn. Given by Charles Phillips
Sturges, 241 Young Avenue, Henderson.
Descent from John Long, 5 typed pages concerning the
descendants of a Revolutionary soldier who was a resident of
Sussex County, Virginia, and later of Edgecombe County, North
Carolina. Compiled by the donor, Hugh B. Johnston, McLean,
Va.
The Murphy family Bible, 5 typed pages of vital records
copied from original volume now in the possession of Miss Verna
Walton, Morganton. Given by Mrs. George G. Allen, Kan-napolis.
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Nunn genealogy, 25 typed pages with related clippings from
newspapers. Given by Miss Sybil Hyatt, Kinston.
A Genealogical Tree of the Polk Family, photocopy of original
by the donor, L. Polk Denmark, Raleigh.
The Simms family Bible, one typed page of vital records con-cerning
a Wilson County family, copied from a Bible now owned
by Philip B. Simms, Wilson. Given by Hugh B. Johnston, Mc-
Lean, Va.
Vital Statistics from the Tarhoro Press, 6 typed pages of ex-cerpts
taken by the donor, Hugh B. Johnston, McLean, Va.
Some Records Prior to 1100 of WHITE of Bedfordshire, Buck-inghamshire,
Hertfordshire and a few Other English Shires tvith
Incidental Records of More than SO Other Families. 41 printed
pages. Philadelphia, Pa. Given by the author, William White,
Suite 1919, 1528 Walnut Street, Philadelphia 2, Pa.
9. Speeches and addresses
:
"Capitol Square Monuments," 8 typed pages of script read
over Station WRAL, July 30, 1944, by the donor, W. C. Hend-ricks,
of Radio Station WRAL, Raleigh.
"A Citizens Share in the Movement to Restore Trxon's
Palace," 6 typed pages, read before the North Carolina Society
for the Preservation of Antiquities, at Raleigh, December 6, 1944,
by the donor, Mrs. J. E. Latham. 30 6 Parkway, Greensboro.
"The Part of the Department of Conservation and Develop-ment
in the Movement to Restore Tryon's Palace," 3 typed pages,
read before the North Carolina Society for the Preservation of
Antiquities, at Raleigh, December 6, 1944, by the donor, Paul
Kelly, Department of Conservation and Development, Raleigh.
"The Effect of the War on Renaissance and Baroque Art," 12
typed pages, an address by Dr. Rensselaer W. Lee before the
North Carolina State Art Society, at Raleigh, December 6, 1944.
Given by Miss Katherine Morris, State Art Society, Raleigh.
Presentation of the Mayflower Society Cup to Miss Adelaide
L. Fries, December 7, 1944; 4 typed pages; speech made by and
received from M. R. Dunnagan, War Manpower Commission,
Raleigh.
"Prospects for Peace," 2 typed pages of notes for address to
State Literary and Historical Association, at Raleigh, December
J, 1944, by the donor, Senator J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas.
"White unto Harvest," 15 typed pages, an address delivered
before the State Literary and Historical Association, at Raleigh,
December 7, 1944, by the donor, Hubert M. Poteat, Wake
Forest.
10. Radio recordings:
During the biennium many sound discs, chiefly recordings
taken on special public occasions but with numerous political
speeches included also, were received. Unless otherwise noted,
State Department of Archives and History 23
each item listed consists of one 16" platter, with the title siven
recorded on one side only.
Bailey, Senator Josiah W., speech at the Sir Walter Hotel,
Raleigh. Given by Station WPTF, Raleigh.
Broadhurst, E. D., speech delivered May 26, 1944, on Mc-
Donald-for-Governor program, 2 sides. Given by Station
WPTF, Raleigh.
Broughton, Governor J. Melville, speeches delivered: Febru-ary
22, 1943; April 10, 1943; July 16, 1943; July 17, 1943, be-fore
the North Carolina Press Association (3 sides); September
8, 1943, on Third War Loan; address on tobacco markets (2
sides) ; June 6, 1944, address to the people of North Carolina
with reference to the Normandy invasion; November 11, 19 44,
before the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association; December
30, 1944 (2 sides), speech regarding salvaging drive. All given
by Station WPTF, Raleigh.
Burgess, Cale K., political speech delivered May 17, 1944.
Given by Station WPTF, Raleigh.
Chamberlain, Neville, speech delivered at the time of declara-tion
of war, September 3, 193 9. Given by Station WPTF,
Raleigh.
Cherry, Governor R. Gregg, speeches delivered: May 25,
1944 (2 sides); May 26, 1944; January 4, 1945, inaugural
address (5 sides); March 27, 1945 (2 sides); May 8, 1945; May
28, 1945; August 14, 1945, V-J Day Address; August 20, 1945,
at launching of LSM 400, Charleston Navy Yard. All given by
Station WPTF, Raleigh.
Craven, Mrs. Walter, campaign speech delivered May 10,
1944, in support of R. Gregg Cherry. Given by Station WPTF,
Raleigh.
Daniels, Josephus, speech delivered on V-E Day, May 8, 1945.
Given by Station WPTF, Raleigh.
Ehringhaus, J. C. B., campaign speech delivered May 12,
1944, in support of Charles M. Johnson. Given by Station
WPTF, Raleigh.
George VI, King of England, speech at declaration of war,
September 3, 1939. Given by Station WPTF, Raleigh.
Graham, A. H., campaign speech delivered May 19, 1944. Given
by Station WPTF, Raleigh.
Hoey, Clyde R., campaign speech delivered May 26, 1944.
Given by Station WPTF, Raleigh.
McDonald, Ralph, campaign speeches delivered: May 11,
1944; May 24, 1944, at Mecklenburg County Courthouse (2
sides); May 25, 19 44 (2 sides). All given by Station WPTF,
Raleigh.
McKee, Gertrude D., campaign speech delivered May 19, 1944,
in support of Charles M. Johnson. Given by Station WPTF,
Raleigh.
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Ramsey, D. Hiden, campaign speech delivered May 22, 1944,
in support of R. Gregg Cherry (2 sides). Given by Station
WPTF, Raleigh.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. excerpts from speeches delivered
1933-1945, two albums of 12" disks. Given by Station WPTF,
Raleigh.
Roosevelt, Franklin D., speeches delivered: September 3,
1939, "America's Attitude Toward the European War"; Decem-ber
8, 1941; November 10, 1944, return to Washington; March
1, 1945, on return from Yalta (5 sides). All given by Station
WPTF, Raleigh.
Roosevelt, Franklin D., description of funeral, April 14, 1945,
with special music (3 sides); description of burial service,
April 15, 194 5 (2 sides). All given by Station WPTF, Raleigh.
Rozelle, C. E., campaign speech delivered May 26, 1944, in
support of R. Gregg Cherry. Given by Station WBIG, Greens-boro.
Siler, Walter D., campaign speech in support of R. Gregg
Cherry. Given by Station WPTF, Raleigh.
Simms, R. N., Charles Rose, and Lee Gravely, campaign
speeches delivered May 25, 1944, in support of Ralph McDonald.
Given by Station WBIG, Greensboro.
Taylor, H. P., campaign speech delivered April 29, 1944, in
support of R. Gregg Cherry. Given by Station WPTF, Raleigh.
Truman, Harry S., speeches delivered: August 9, 1945 (2
sides); April 16, 1945, address to Congress as President of the
United States (2 sides); September 1, 1945, after the signing
of the Japanese surrender documents; October 23, 1945 (2
sides) ; October 27, 1945 (2 sides). All given by Station WPTF,
Raleigh.
Umstead, William B., campaign speech delivered May 26,
1944, in support of R. Gregg Cherry. Given by Station WBIG,
Greensboro.
University of North Carolina, exercises at the 150th anni-versity
of founding, 1946 (12 sides). Given by Station WBIG,
Greensboro.
Wainwright, Gen. Jonathan, reception, September 13, 1945,
(3 sides). Given by Station WPTF, Raleigh.
11. Microfilms:
For a discussion of the accessioning and use of microfilms
of county records and of federal census returns in the Depart-ment
see the section headed "Records on Microfilm" (pages 30-31,
below). In addition to the materials there discussed, the
Department purchased two small lots of filmed records, as
follows
:
Bond collection, 1 reel of genealogical materials regarding
the Bond family and allied families, 1755-1905. Purchased
from the Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana.
State Department of Archives and History 25
The Rudolph-Ney manuscripts in the Draper Collection,
volumes I-X; 3 reels. Purchased from the Wisconsin State
Historical Society, 816 State Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
12. Miscellaneous:
"Additional Names of Soldiers Who Fought at the Battle of
Guilford Court House, March 15, 1781," 2 typed pages. Given
by Mrs. Nellie Rowe Jones, Librarian, Greensboro Public
Library, Greensboro.
Account books of A. & C. Watkins, Henderson; 15 volumes,
1875-1890. Purchased from J. E. Parrish, Henderson.
"Betsey Long-Tooth," 5 typed pages telling an old English
folk-tale rediscovered in Wilson County. Given by the narrator,
Hugh B. Johnston, McLean, Va.
"North Carolina Music," 10 typed pages, by Mrs. Hugh M.
MacAllister, treating folklore materials. Given by Mrs. W. F.
Scarborough, 20 5 East 17th Street, Lumberton.
Legislative papers, 1777; 11 items. Given by Capt. Alex-ander
Macomb, U. S. N., Room L-1006, Navy Department, Office
of Naval Intelligence, Washington 25, D. C.
Autograph album of Stanley M. Riggsbee, class of 1864,
University of North Carolina, containing comments of students
as well as autographs; reflects war sentiment. Given by Mrs.
Ina Faust Smith, Fayetteville.
Newspaper clippings regarding North Carolina, with dates
ranging from 1838 to 1920; one envelope containing 12 as-sorted
items. Given by the Charles L. Coon High School
Library, Wilson.
"Preliminary Report for the Use of the Archaelogical Project
at the Site of Tryon's Palace in New Bern, North Carolina," by
A. T. Dill; 94 typed pages, dated June 1, 1940. Given by the
North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities.
"Tryon's Palace, the Handsomest Building in Colonial
America," 19 typed pages presented by the author, Mrs. J. E.
Latham, 306 Parkway, Greensboro.
"State Capitol of North Carolina, Town & Davis Architects,
1831," 2 negative photocopies of sketch plans and one negative
photocopy of related manuscript notes. Purchased from the
owner of the originals, the New-York Historical Society, 170
Central Park West, New York 24, N. Y.
Additional Notes and Entries Relating to the "List of the
Papeles Procedentes," 37 typed pages, by Albert C. Manucy,
Historical Technician, Castillo de San Marcos National Monu-ment,
St. Augustine, Florida. These relate to a part of the
collection of photocopies taken from Cuban originals and now
in the custody of the North Carolina Department of Archives
and History. Given by the National Park Service, Southeastern
National Monuments, St. Augustine, Florida.
Wheeley's Primitive Baptist Church, Person County, N. C,
1790-1898, 279 typed pages, with index, bound; compiled by
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the donor. A transcription of the first two minute books (17 90-
1846 and 1846-1898) of the church later called Upper South
Hico Church and now known as Wheeler's Church. Given by
John Burch Blaylock, Yanceyville.
"Colonial Robeson and Its Contribution to the Revolutionary
"War," by Mrs. Furman K. Biggs, including a history of Lumber-ton
by the same author. Total of 70 typed pages In loose-leaf
binder. Given by Mrs. W. F. Scarborough, 20 5 East 17th
Street, Lumberton.
Newspaper clippings of prayer offered by Rev. Dr. Deems at
opening of the convention of North Carolina on the day the
ordinance of secession was signed. Given by Thomas Miller,
Salisbury.
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Johnston-Pettigrew
Chapter, Memory Book, 1944. Given by the Johnston-Petti-grew
Chapter, Raleigh.
Certificate for two shares in Hillsborough Coal Mining and
Transportation Company, issued to D. F. Caldwell, November
15, 1853. Given by Mrs. Nellie Rowe Jones, Greensboro.
Blueprint plans for stack equipment installed in Education
Building, Raleigh, for the Department of Archives and History,
193 9, 142 items. Transferred from office of the director of the
•Department.
II. New Collections.
1. Personal Papers:
Elizabeth Avery Colton Papers. One 6 page manuscript,
"Address to High School Students on Standard Colleges"; one
2 page letter and 3 postal cards, dated 1915. Given by Miss
Daisy B. Waitt, Raleigh.
Mrs. Ada Ehrman Collection. Three letters, 1853 and 1863.
Given by Mrs. Ada Ehrman, 310 North Person Street, Raleigh.
Marcelle Frebault Collection. Three miscellaneous items,
1864, 1865. Given by Miss Marcelle Frebault, Public Library
of Newark, 5 Washington Street, Newark 2, New Jersey.
W. R. Freeman Collection. Letters, newspapers, and business
papers, 1812-1874; 116 items. Given by Meredith and J.
Reginald Freeman, Flat Rock, through Mrs. P. F. Patton,
Hendersonville.
J. G. Greenleaf Papers. Manuscript volume, "Diary State
Line Survey bet N. C. & Va. 1886 & 7"; 82 pages. Lent by E.
R. Outlaw, Jr., Elizabeth City.
James B. Jones Papers. Letter written by James B. Jones
from Camp Irvington, near Norfolk, 1862, describing battle
between Merrimac and Federal fleet in Hampton Roads. Typed
copy, 3 pages. Given by Martin Jones, R. F. D., Wake Forest.
B. W. Kilgore Papers, 1895-1821. Nineteen letter boxes.
Given by James D. Kilgore, 2512 Canterbury Road, Raleigh.
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Alexander Sidney Lanier Papers. Two commissions, one as
assistant attorney of the Bureau of Justice, 1906, and another
to the Corte Suinema of the Philippine Islands, 1906. Given by
Miss Florence G. Miller, executrix. The Westmoreland. Wash-ington,
D. C.
Priestly H. Mangum Papers. Commencement address de-livered
at Chapel Hill, June, 1815, on need for a North Caro-lina
state penitentiary. Eight pages of original manuscript, and
a typed copy, also eight pages. Given by Priestly Mangum. R. P.
D., Wake Forest.
John A Park Collection. Letters received by John A. Park,
1919 to 1938, 36 items. Also pages 5-6 and 7-8 of New York
Daily Tribune for August 13, 1861. Given by John A. Park, 2051
White Oak Road, Raleigh.
Zollicoffer Papers. Family letters, county records, and 4
printed volumes. (Condition bad; withdrawn for repair.)
Given by Mrs. C. W. Bradshaw, 90 2 West Johnson Street,
Raleigh.
REPAIR
During much of the biennium the restorer of manuscripts
was engaged in arranging manuscript materials rather than
in her particular and specialized activities, but pressure
from the bulk of manuscripts needing repair shifted em-phasis
back to the restoration of worn papers, for many use-ful
items had deteriorated to a point where withdrawal from
search room use became unavoidable. A portion of these
records was restored to such condition as again permitted
their general use. A total of 156 manuscripts was crepelined
and most of them were restored to their former places in
volumes, while 30 volumes received minor repairs to worn
pages. Manuscripts which had become stuck together with
glue, 307 in all, were washed and pressed, while 150 volumes,
consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, and printed materials,
were prepared for shipment to the bindery.
BINDING
With the war exerting pressure for both manpower and
materials, such a detail as providing bindings for old volumes
could scarcely hope to gain a high priority, and inevitably this
phase of the repair program fell behind during the two-year
period. Wear and tear became but slightly lessened during
the war, for search room use of record materials continued
heavy. Before the end of the biennium many of the older and
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most generally useful volumes had reached a state where con-tinued
use would have meant destruction of irreplaceable
originals. With no binding whatever being done, this de-velopment
was inevitable. There came pressing need for a
revived binding program sufficiently expanded to care for the
backlog already accumulated and at the same time to keep
abreast of current deterioration. It was hoped that the re-turn
of skilled workers and the availability of suitable mate-rials
would shortly make possible redoubled activity at the
bindery. If the losses of the war years were to be regained
and the Department's collections again placed in substantial
condition, much binding would need to be done during the
coming two years.
During the biennium the following materials were bound:
Printed volumes:
Dmighters of the American Revolution, nth Report of the
National Society of, 1913-1914.
Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North
Carolina in the Great War, 1860-G5. Walter Clark, editor, vols. I
and V.
Manual of North Carolina, 1913, R. D. W. Connor, editor.
North Carolina Historical Review, vol. XX (1943), 15 copies.
Private Laws of North Carolina, 2 vols., 1899 and 1905.
War of the Rebellion : A Conrpilation of the Official Reco7-ds of
the Union and Confederate A7-7nies, Ainsworth and Kirkley, Index
(1 vol.)
Typescrij)t volumes:
Calendar of vols. I-V, Walter Clark Manuscripts, 1783-1913, 1
vol.
Calendars: of Spotswood Letters, vol. I, 1710-1712; and of the
Bryan Grimes Papers, vols. I-IV, 1844-1912. Two calendars bound
in 1 vol.
Calendars: of the W. H. S. Burgwyn Papers, vols. MI, 1861-
1913; of the Robert J. Miller Papers, vol. I, 1799-1831; of the
Richard Hugg King Papers, vol. I, 1816-1830; and of North Caro-lina
items from the Virginia Gazette, 1771-1776. Four calendars
bound in 1 vol.
Marriage and Death Notices from Early North Carolina News-papers,
typed copies of excerpts, 5 vols., 1764-1819.
RECORDS ON MICROFILM
After microfilm was developed as a practical tool for re-search,
the Bureau of the Census at Washington photo-graphed
the older returns from its files and made microcopies
State Department of Archives and History 29
available on reels of film. The Department purchased 43 of
these reels, covering five of the census enumerations for
North Carolina: 1830 (8 reels); 1840 (6 reels); 1850
(8 reels) ; 1860 (9 reels) ; and 1870 (12 reels). These were
in use daily with the microfilm reader in the search room.
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Microfilms of county records, of which most of the originals are in tlie county
courthouses
Certain of these returns, on the original paper, had pre-viously
come to the Department from the office of the Secre-tary
of State, the original sheets having been retained at that
office and official copies sent on to Washington. These
originals had suffered during the years and were mutilated
and incomplete ; they had proved so useful and popular that
constant search room handling threatened to destroy them.
The substitution for reference use of the compact and yet
more inclusive reels of film made possible the withdrawal and
preservation of the originals.
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Even more valuable and more generally used than the
census films was the increasing collection of film microcopies
of county records. Filming of records in North Carolina had
begun on a modest scale in 1941 and developed steadily in
pace and quality until wartime restrictions interfered with
the program. During the greater part of the biennium, con-tinuation
of this work was made impossible by shortages of
essential technicians and materials. The Genealogical So-ciety
of Utah, which cooperates with the State Department of
Archives and History in carrying this project forward, had
succeeded in covering several counties before suspending, and
toward the end of the two-year period, with the fighting over,
it became possible to resume microfilming in the county
oflfices. As the biennium ended, it was expected that grad-ually
the program could be pushed to completion.
Not all the films on the shelves had been checked and given
their final labels, but every reel could be located easily and all
were held available for general use. Their value for research
had been demonstrated by increasing use as scholars and
genealogists had become aware of their existence and had
grown familiar with the operation of the microfilm reader.
These films of county records were expected to become
even more useful after it had become possible to inspect them
carefully and to list them accurately on finding mediums.
They reflected those idiosyncrasies which every investigator
has learned to anticipate among the older files of outlying
offices, and they added to these certain peculiarities inherent
in microcopies. Despite numerous minor obstacles, finding
desired items on the reels had become reasonably simple.
Only complete and detailed checking would make possible
the exact listing of the contents of these reels, but a rough
statement as to what they contained served to show the
wealth of material on the shelves. Since county records
themselves are not entirely uniform, obviously these micro-copies
could net be described in general terms with complete
accuracy. With the allowances made necessary by individual
differences among the counties, however, the reels of county
records covered the following materials
:
Wills, at least to 1920 and in most counties to the date of filming.
Records of Estates (inventories, settlements, divisions, etc. >, al!
volumes to 1850 and in some counties all volumes to 1S60.
State Department of Archives and History 31
Bonds (administrators', guardians'), to 1850, and in some counties
to 1868.
Land Records (deeds, grants, and entries), at least to 1825, and
in many counties as late as 1850.
Court Records, minute books to 1868, and in some counties dockets
also.
In addition, tax lists, marriage license registers, and other
types of records, especially bound records of value in gene-alogical
research, had been filmed in many counties. At the
end of the biennium the reels of microcopies of county records
at hand numbered 738 and included
:
Anson 28 reels
Beaufort 7 reels
Bertie —. 33 reels
Bladen 26 reels
Cabarrus -. 2 reels
Carteret 15 reels
Chowan 64 reels
Craven — —. 45 reels
Cumberland _._- 47 reels
Currituck —- 19 reels
Edgecombe 29 reels
Franklin 34 reels
Granville - 53 reels
Guilford .-. 27 reels
Halifax 37 reels
Mecklenburg 15 reels
Nash 24 reels
New Hanover 38 reels
Onslow 6 reels
Pasquotank — 24 reels
Perquimans 31 reels
Rowan _... 73 reels
Warren 37 reels
USE OF RECORDS
Removal of travel restrictions at the end of the fighting in
1945 resulted in the coming of investigators in increased
numbers to the search room. Attendance failed to match
the record of 1940-1942, when there were 4,253 visits, but it
reached 3,341, an increase of 44% over the record for the
previous biennium. Of these visits, 2,842 were made by
residents of North Carolina, while the other 499 represented
31 states and the District of Columbia. This total for out-of-
state investigators almost doubled the 1942-1944 figure of
251.
State by state, the statistics ran as follows
:
Alabama 23
Arkansas — 13
California - - 10
Colorado 2
Connecticut --- — — 6
District of Columbia 29
Florida -- 11
Georgia - 38
Illinois 4
Indiana 30
Iowa 1
Kansas 1
Kentucky 5
Louisiana — 12
Maine -. _. 2
Maryland 6
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Massachusetts 6 South Carolina 27
Michigan 2 Tennessee 27
Mississippi 23 Texas 13
Missouri - -. 22 Utah _.
'. 3
Nebraska —
-
6 Vermont i 7
New Hampshire ___. - 1 Virginia : - 20
New York — 20 West Virginia 1
North Carolina 2,842
Ohio .- 12 Total 3,341
Pennsylvania 16
When compared with attendance figures of previous years,
the statistics for this biennium showed clearly that with the
return of normal travel conditions visits to the search room
had again reached prewar volume. Figures for such visits
during each biennium since 1926 ran as follows
:
1926-1928 1,987 1936-1938 3,423
1928-1930 2,859 1938-1940 3,918
1930-1932 -. -- 3,259 1940-1942 - 4,253
1932-1934 2,666 1942-1944 2,318
1934-1936 -- 2,999 1944-1946 3,341
Total 31,023
A considerable portion of the search room attendant's
time had been occupied in seeking correct answers to in-quiries
reaching the Department through the mails. As
usual, no long or involved searches were undertaken, but
simple routine investigations had been handled in increasing
numbers. Beginning with August 6, 1945, statistics were
kept regarding searches of this type; during slightly less
than eleven months, answers were sought in reply to 274
mail inquiries, 215 of these having originated outside North
Carolina in 32 states and the District of Columbia. In
addition, 27 inquiries were answered by telephone.
Search room activities continued to consist primarily of
genealogical research, but during this biennium 56 miscel-laneous
inquiries had been received, and there had been 409
visits by persons classed as "students" and "historians."
These figures showed a growth of fifty per cent for non-gene-alogical
investigators over the number for the 1942-1944
period, making obvious the fact that with peace scholarly in-vestigations
had been increasing in number. Scholars had
arrived from many institutions. The colleges and univer-
State Department of Archives and History 33
sities from which investigators had come to the search room
during the 1944-46 biennium were
:
Columbia University
Duke University
Guilford College
Harvard University
Lafayette College
Louisiana State University
Meredith College
North Carolina College for
Negroes
North Carolina State College
Ohio State University
Randolph-Macon Woman's
College
St. Augustine's College
St. Joseph's, Washington, D. C
Shaw University
State School for the Blind
University of Kentucky
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina
University of Pennsylvania
Wake Forest College
Subjects under investigation by the non-genealogical re-searchers
had shown great diversity. They were too num-erous
to be listed completely, but a selected list serves to
illustrate the type of investigation which had been con-ducted
:
Biography
:
Patrick Henry
Andrew Jackson
Nathaniel Macon
Archibald D. Murphey
David L. Swain ,
Social and economic history:
A Special Study of a Rural Community
Documentary History of Education in the South
History of the Bright Tobacco Industry
Waterways in North Carolina
Railroads Leading West from Raleigh
Local and specialized histories:
Fort Bragg
Camden County
The Cape Fear Section
University of North Carolina
Early Methodism in America
Negroes and race prohlems
:
James Boon, Free Negro Artisan
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
Reenslavement of Negroes in North Carolina
Negro Postmasters during Republican Administi^ations
The Negro in Fusion Politics in North Carolina, 1895-1901
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Political and governmental activities:
Southern Loyalists
Enemy Aliens during the War of 1812
Free Suffrage
Contested Elections
Selective Service
Many investigators had taken advantage of the arrange-ment
whereby the Department furnishes photographic copies
of materials in its files, and during the biennium 1,791 in-dividual
sheets of photocopy of record materials had been se-cured
and delivered, chiefly by mail. Of these, 1,338 sheets
were sent to North Carolina addresses, while the others went
to 25 states and the District of Columbia. This nearly
tripled the 1942-1944 figure of 602. State by state the
statistics ran as follows
:
Alabama 44 Missouri _..._ 6
Arizona 15 Montana 1
Arkansas 2 Nebraska 1
California 36 New Jersey 6
District of Columbia 11 New York _. -- 39
Florida .-^ 16 North Carolina 1,338
Georgia 22 ' Oklahoma - 1
Illinois 11 Pennsylvania 22
Indiana 18 South Carolina .— 4
Iowa — 1 Tennessee -— — 79
Kentucky - 2 Texas -- 17
Louisiana —
-
— 17 Utah 2
Maryland - 9 Virginia - - 24
Mississippi - 47
Total.. -. .1,791
Certified copies of excerpts from records on file with the
Department were furnished when requested. These were
frequently needed, particularly by candidates for member-ship
in patriotic societies. During the two-year period, 274
such certificates had been prepared and sent, a slight decline
from the 1942-1944 total of 300. Persons to whom such
certificates were furnished gave addresses in 29 states and
the District of Columbia:
State Department of Archives and History 35
Nebraska 1
Nevada __ 1
New York „.. 1
North Carolina ,_. 107
Ohio • 1
Oklahoma —_ __.. 1
Oregon 1
Pennsylvania 3
South Carolina 7
Tennessee 30
Texas 26
Utah '. 1
Virginia 9
West Virginia 1
Montana 1 Wyoming __ 1
Alabama - -
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DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS
D. L. CORBITT, Chief
From the beginning one of the most important activities
of the Department has been its publication program. The
Department, created in 1903, had published by June 30, 1944,
a total of 237 case-bound volumes, pamphlets, leaflets, charts,
and numbers of The North Carolina Historical Review.
World War II necessarily slowed down the publication pro-gram,
and during the biennium the Department published
only four pamphlets and eight numbers of the Review.
Several leaflets were also reprinted. As of June 30, 1946,
the Department had published a total of 249 volumes,
pamphlets, leaflets, charts, and numbers of the Revieiv.
Because of the war and its aftermath no case-bound
volumes came from the press during the biennium. The
Department published the pamphlets listed below:
Thomas Jordan Jarvis, by Joye E. Jordan, 1945, pp. 10, illustrated.
The Wildcat Division, by Joye E. Jordan, 1945, pp. 12, illustrated.
Tryon's Palace. North Carolina's First State Capitol, by Gertrude
S. Carraway, 1945, pp. 20, illustrated.
The Bulletin, volume II (March, 1946), number 3. (This is the
official bulletin of the North Carolina Council for Social
Studies. This particular issue was written by members of the
staff of the State Department of Archives and History and it
deals with the program and activities of the Department.)
Several of the pamphlets previously printed by the Depart-ment
were reprinted during the biennium, as follows
:
Tar Heel Tales, by Mattie Erma Parker:
No. 2, The Carolina Pirates. 1945, pp. 4.
No. 3, The Moravian Doctor. 1945, pp. 4.
No. 4, The Sons of Liberty and the Stamp Act, 1945, pp. 4.
No. 5, The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, 1945, pp. 4.
No. 6, Lafayette's Visit to North Carolina, 1945, pp. 4.
No. 7, Old Charley, 1945, pp. 4.
Money Problems of Early Tar Heels, by Mattie Erma Parker,
second edition, 1945, pp. 14, illustrated.
Chart Showing Origin of North Carolina Counties, by D. L. Cor-bitt
and L. Polk Denmark, 1945, p. 1.
The North Carolina Historical Review, volume XXI, numbers 3-4
(July-October, 1944); volume XXII, numbers 1-4 (January-
October, 1945); volume XXIII, numbers 1-2 (January-April,
1946).
State Department of Archives and History 37
At the end of the biennium the following were in the hands
of the printers
:
The Records of the Moravians iti North Carolina, edited by
Adelaide L. Fries, volume VII.
Documentary volumes published by the State Department of Archives and History
38 Twenty-First Biennial Report
Explorations, Discoveries, and Attemj)tecl Settlements in Carolina,
1584-1590, edited by D. L. Corbitt, illustrated.
The Early Silversmiths of North Carolina, by George B. Cutten,
illustrated.
The North Carolina State Flag, by W. R. Edmonds, revised by
D. L. Corbitt, second edition.
Tar Heel Tales, by Mattie Erma Parker, revised. (Tar Heel Tales
were previously printed as eight separate leaflets, but they
are now being printed as a pamphlet.)
Even though the Department was not able to pubHsh any
source materials during the war, at the end of the biennium
several scholars were editing materials for publication. Dr.
Frontis W. Johnston of Davidson College was editing the
letters and papers of Zebulon B. Vance ; Dr. Henry T. Shanks
of Birmingham Southern College was editing the letters of
Willie P. Mangum ; Miss Beth Crabtree of Raleigh, formerly
a member of the staff of the Department of Archives and
History, was editing the Civil War diary of Mrs. Patrick
Muir Edmondston of Halifax County; and Dr. Adelaide L.
Fries, Archivist of the Moravian Church in America,
Southern Province, was translating and editing the Records
of the Moravians in North Carolina, volume VIII.
In addition to the official publications of the Department,
members of the staff wrote or edited various publications in
the field of archives and history, as follows
:
During the first part of the biennium Miss Beth Crabtree
continued the series entitled "Tar Heel Educators" for The
North Carolina Public School Bulleti^i, published by the
State Department of Public Instruction, with the following
articles
:
"William Peace and Peace Institute" (September, 1944).
"The Smedeses and Saint Mary's" (October, 1944).
Mr. D. L. Corbitt contributed the following to North
Carolina Education
:
"Department of Archives and History makes Announcement
to Teachers," vol. XII (February, 1946), no. 6.
Mr. Corbitt also reviewed the First Report of the Public
Records Commission to the General Assembly of Vermont,
September 1, 1944, in the American Archivist, vol. VIII
(April, 1945), no. 2.
State Department of Archives and History 39
Christopher Crittenden wrote or edited the following (in-cluding
one item omitted from the previous biennial report) :
Articles
:
"The Old North State in the War for Southern Independence,"
The United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazine, May, 1944,
pp. 28-29.
"The State Archivist Loolis to the Future," The American
Archivist, July, 1945, pp. 185-193.
"The North Carolina State Department of Archives and History
and Its Manuscript Collections," National Genealogical Society
Quarterly, vol. XXXIV (March, 1946), pp. 1-3.
"History as a Living Force," Michigan History Magazine, vol.
XXX (1946), pp. 263-276. Reprint of an article in The Social
Studies, vol. XXXV (1944), pp. 3-8.
Book Rei'ieivs:
American Historical Societies, 1790-1860. By Leslie W. Dunlap.
(Madison, Wisconsin: Privately printed. 1944. Pp. ix, 238.)
Reviewed in the American Historical Review, January, 1945.
Walter Clark, Fighting Judge. By Aubrey Lee Brooks. (Chapel
Hill: University of North Carolina Press, c. 1944. Pp. x, 278.)
Reviewed in the Journal of Southern History, vol. X (Aug. 1944),
no. 3.
Album of American History: Colonial Period. Edited by James
Truslow Adams and others. (New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons. 1944. Pp. [xiv], 411.) Reviewed in Neiv York History,
July, 1944.
Album of American History, vol. II, 1783-1853. Edited by
James Truslow Adams and others. (New York: Charles Scrib-ner's
Sons, 1945. Pp. xii, 418.) Reviewed in Neiv York History,
April, 1946.
Edited Publications {excluding publications of the State Department
of Archives and History)
:
"How to Organize a Local Historical Society," by Bertha L.
Heilbron. Bulletins of the American Association for State and
Local History, vol. I, no. 9 (November, 1944).
"Church Archives and History," by Thomas H. Spence, Jr.,
Virgil V. Peterson, and Thomas F. O'Connor, with an introduction
by Herbert O. Brayer. Bulletins of the American Association for
State and Local History, vol. I, no. 10 (April, 1946).
Christopher Crittenden and Doris Godard compiled and
edited
:
Historical Societies in the United States and Canada: A Hand-book
(Washington: The American Association for State and
Local History, 1944).
40 Twenty-First Biennial Report
Christopher Crittenden and Nell Hines wrote
:
"The Disposal of Useless State Archives," The American
Archiinst, July, 1944.
The Sunday newspaper column written by Mrs. Ellen M.
Rollins and Christopher Crittenden, in an effort to present
the historical background of current events and problems,
was continued through February 4, 1945. No complete
record is available as to what papers published the column
on each date, but it was carried with more or less regularity
by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Raleigh Neivs and Ob-server,
Durham Herald-Sun, High Point Enterprise,
Charlotte Observer, Asheville Citizen-Times, Spartanburg
Heraid-Journal, and Columbia State. Titles of the articles,
together with their release dates, were as follows
:
19J,/,:
July 2 .-_- -..-Independence Day
July 9 - Historical Societies in the United
States and Canada
July 16 ....Bull Run
July 23 -.Epidemics
July 30 Wartime Presidential Elections
August 6 . New York and the Presidency
August 13 Boxer Rebellion
August 20 - Hitler and Napoleon
August 27 - Oil
September 3— ..Labor Day
September 10 Peace Movements
September 17 Amendments to the Constitution
September 24 Russia and the Balkans
October 1 Women and the Vote
October 8 The First Presidential Campaign
October 15 Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
October 22 Wartime Election of 1864
October 27 . Navy Day
October 29 , Back to Normalcy
November 5.. Landslides
November 12 The Yellow Peril
November 19 ..< ...Gettysburg Address
November 26. 1-^:-, :.....Communications
December 3 ...Monroe Doctrine
December 10 Wilson and the Peace
December 17 The Wright Flight
December 24 Anglo-American Peace
December 31 Seven War Years
State Department of Archives and History 41
19/f5:
January 7 The Battle of New Orleans
January 14 The Oldest State University
January 21 ..The State School for the Blind and
the Deaf, A Century of Growth
January 28 Cuba
February 4 The Treaty of Guadlupe-Hidalgo
In August, 1945, the State Department of Archives and
History was reorganized and the Division of Publications was
set up. At that time D. L. Corbitt was placed in charge of
the Division of Publications and a new system was estab-lished
for keeping the records of these publications, includ-ing
those mailed out. Prior to that time no detailed statistics
were kept relative to the number of publications mailed each
month, and the following information covers the mailing of
publications only since September, 1945. The number of
pamphlets, volumes, leaflets, and charts mailed out was as
follows
:
September, 1945 1,638
October, 1945 __.. .... 7,658
November, 1945 2,543
December, 1945 1,444
January, 1946 2,484
February, 1946 7,675
March, 1946 2,510
April, 1946 4,785
May, 1946 ... 623
June, 1946 ..... 319
Total.. 31,677
This total does not include the quarterly mailing of The
North Carolina Historical Review. It does, however, in-clude
the case-bound volumes of which 254 were mailed
during the period, or an average of 25 volumes per month.
It should be remembered that these were volumes previously
published, and were not new volumes just from the press.
This is encouraging evidence of a continuing demand by
scholars, students, and libraries for the Department's docu-mentary
volumes.
From October 1, 1945, through June 30, 1946, the Division
of Publications wrote a total of 525 letters, or an average of
58 letters per month.
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October, 1945 -. 118
November, 1945 62
December, 1945 - - -- 32
January, 1946 86
February, 1946 40
March, 1946 39
April, 1946 —- 39
May, 1946 .__ 33
June, 1946 76
Total 525
During the period from November 1, 1945, through June
30, 1946, the Division received 310 subscriptions, either new
or renewal, to The North Carolina Historical Review, or an
average of 38 subscriptions per month, divided according to
the months as follows
:
November, 1945 112
December, 1945 83
January, 1946 29
February, 1946 -- 15
March, 1946 8
April, 1946 27
May, 1946 - .- 22
June, 1946 .._ 14
Total 310
During the months of March, April, and May, 1946, the
Department mailed 195 postal cards, or an average of 65 per
month, in response to inquiries by school children through-out
the state for the Department's pamphlets and leaflets.
During the biennium the Department mailed the following
numbers of The North Carolina Historical Revieiv:
July, 1944 441
October, 1944 441
January, 1945 461
April, 1945 -...- 454
July, 1945 -- 412
October, 1945 413
January, 1946 .- - 440
April, 1946 472
Total for biennium 3,534
The Department receives numerous requests for back
numbers of the Revieiv, and these requests are included in
the total of pamphlets, leaflets, etc., given above.
State Department of Archives and History 43
During the same period there were pubhshed in The
North Carolina Historical Review twenty-five articles deal-ing
with North Carolina, five articles dealing with areas other
than North Carolina, and two articles dealing with North
Carolina and North Carolinians in other states. Nine sec-tions
of documentary materials and thirty-two book reviews
were published. Of the books reviewed, seven concerned
Mailing The North Carolina Historical Review
North Carolina directly or indirectly. Twelve books were
reviewed during the biennium by North Carolinians, and
nine books, the reviews of which were published in the
Review, were written by resident North Carolinians.
The following are the articles (with their dates of publica-tion)
which appeared in The North Carolina Historical Re-view
during the biennium
:
"Public Printing in North Carolina, 1749-1815." by Mary-
Lindsay Thorntou (July, 1944).
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"The Correspondence of Thomas Hughes Concerning his Tennes-see
Rugby," by Marguerite B. Hamer (July, 1944).
"The North Carolina Department of Revenue," by Allen Jay
Maxwell and William Oran Suiter (October, 1944).
"W. W. Holden and the Election of 1858," by Edgar Estes Folk
(October, 1944).
"The Negro Population of Guilford County, North Carolina,
before the Civil War," by William Edv^^ard Farrison (Oc-tober,
1944).
"Eighteenth Century New Bern. A History of the Town and
Craven County, 1700-1800," by Alonzo Thomas Dill, Jr.
Part I, "Colonization of the Neuse" (January, 1945); Part
n, "The Founding of New Bern" (April, 1945); Part III,
"Rebellion and Indian Warfare" (July, 1945); Part IV,
"Years of Slow Development" (October, 1945); Part V,
"Political and Commercial Rise of New Bern" (January,
1946); Part VI, "New Bern as Colonial Capital" (April,
1946).
"Pemboke State College for Indians: Historical Sketch," by
Clifton Oxendine (January, 1945).
"Naming Carolina," by William Patterson Cumming (January,
1945).
"North Carolinians in Mississippi History," by James Wesley
Silver (January, 1945).
"Utility Regulation in North Carolina, 1891-1941; Fifty Years
of History and Progress," by Annie Sabra Ramsey (April,
1945).
"The South Carolina Dispensary System," by Ellen Alexander
Hendricks, Part I (April, 1945), Part II (July, 1945).
"North Carolina Bibliography, 1943-1944," by Mary Lindsay
Thornton (April, 1945).
"White Unto Harvest," by Hubert McNeill Poteat (July, 1945).
"The History of the Eastern Carolina Industrial Training
School for Boys, Rocky Mount, N. C," by Samuel Edwin
Leonard (July, 1945).
"The Salt Supply of North Carolina during the American Rev-olution"
by R. L. Hilldrup (October, 1945).
"North Carolinians in Illinois History," by Jay Monaghan
(October, 1945).
"The Ebb of the Great Revival," by Clement Eaton (January,
1946).
"The Training of Richard Caswell," by C. B. Alexander (Jan-uary,
1946).
"A Footnote to Social History," by Henry McGilbert Wagstaff
(January, 1946).
"Richard Caswell: Versatile Leader of the Revolution," by
C. B. Alexander (April, 1946).
"The Progressive Movement in the South, 1870-1914," by
Arthur S. Link (April, 1946).
State Department of Archives and History 45
"Papers from the Forty-Fifth Annual Session of the State
Literary and Historical Association, Raleigh, December 14,
1945 (April, 1946).
"Introduction," by Christopher Crittenden.
"America in a World Democracy," by Aubrey L. Brooks.
"Edwin A. Alderman—Liberal of the New South," by Clement
Eaton.
"Iowa, North Carolina, and the Humanities," by Norman
Foerster.
"North Carolina Books and Authors of the Year: A Review,"
by Charlotte Hilton Green.
"North Carolina Bibliography, 1944-1945," by Mary Lindsay
Thornton (April, 1946).
The following are the documentary sections which ap-peared
in the Review during the biennium:
"Poet, Painter, and Inventor: Some Letters by James
Mathewes Legare. 1823-1859," edited by Curtis Carroll
Davis (July, 1944).
"Reconstruction Letters from North Carolina, Part XI. Letters
to Salmon Portland Chase; Part XII, Other Letters: Letters
to Lyman Trumbull; a Letter to Thaddeus Stevens; Three
Letters to Edward McPherson; and a Letter to Benjamin
Franklin Wade," by James A. Padgett (July, 1944).
"Report of the Brethren Abraham Steiner and Friedrich
Christian von Schweintz of their Journey to the Cherokee
Nation and in the Cumberland Settlements in the State of
Tennessee, from 28th October to 28th December, 1799,"
by Adelaide Lisetta Fries (October, 1944).
"The Life of Alfred Mordecai as Related by Himself," edited by
James A. Padgett (January, 1945).
"Life of Alfred Mordecai in Mexico in 1865-1866, as Told in His
Letters to His Family," edited by James A. Padgett (April.
July, and October, 1945, and January, 1946).
"Alfred Mordecai's Notes on Mexico, 1866," edited by James A
Padgett (April, 1946).
DIVISION OF PUBLIC DISPLAYS
Mrs. Joye E. Jordan, Chief
During the biennium the Hall of History sought in various
ways to expand and improve its program. Not only was the
usual routine work continued of receiving, classifying, and
cataloging materials, changing and arranging new exhibits,
conducting research, and carrying on the necessary general
office work, but several undertakings of a more far-reaching
nature were begun.
46 Twenty-First Biennial Report
The practice of keeping the Hall of History open on Satur-day
and Sunday afternoons had previously been initiated as
a war measure, primarily as a recreational feature for the
thousands of service men and women who visited the city on
week ends. The general public, however, became so ac-customed
to these hours that it seemed advisable to continue
this service. The number of visitors from the camps de-creased
sharply after the end of the war, but on the other
hand the number of other visitors increased so rapidly that
the total number remained practically at the same level as
during the war years. Indeed, almost the entire time of one
person was required to act as guide for the thousands of
school children visiting Raleigh during the spring months,
especially in April and May.
The Division cooperated in various historical and civic
projects throughout the state. One way in which this wa^
done was by conducting a limited amount of research on a
number of subjects and by furnishing illustrations for vari-ous
publications. The Division cooperated with the Girl
Scouts of America by giving members of this group the op-portunity
to gain credit on week ends for the number of civic
duty hours required for a Civic Duty Badge. These girls,
who thus received credit for a total of 980 hours, assisted by
distributing leaflets, giving information, and acting as guides
when asked to do so.
At the request of the governor, the Division cooperated
both in restoring protraits of past governors which are now
in the Governor's Ofiice and Governor's Mansion and also in
securing portraits of governors which the state does not
possess. In the latter connection, plans were made to write
to the families of the various governors of whom the state
does not now have portraits, suggesting that such portraits
be painted and presented to the state. For repair and
restoration, a skilled portrait restorer was employed by the
state, and the Hall of History provided a room for him to use
as a studio. At the end of the biennium the restoration
program had been completed, but the project of filling in
gaps in the series of governors' portraits was still under way.
Several special ceremonies were conducted and several
lectures were given in the Hall of History during the two-
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year period. The Eighty-First or Wildcat Division consigned
to the Hall of History several tons of Japanese guns and am-munition
cases, shipped directly from Anguar and Pelelieu
islands where they had been captured. When this collection
was opened to the public, special ceremonies were conducted.
Similarly, when a portrait of Governor Thomas Jordan
Jarvis was presented to the state by Mrs. Nina L. Cleve, an
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field. He loaned to the Hall of History a collection of early-
American silver which was placed on display. Largely as a
result of having given these lectures and of having loaned
this collection to the Hall of History, Dr. Cutten wrote an
article on early North Carolina silversmiths which, as the bi-ennium
ended, the Department had scheduled for publication.
In December the head of the Division visited leading
museums in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, in
A. S. T. C. students cleaning Japanese war trophies captured by the Eighty-First
(Wildcat) Division during World War II. They are on display in the Hall of History.
order to study at first hand the methods used in dealing with
various problems faced by museums. In May she attended
the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums.
Both of these trips were stimulating and worth while, and a
great deal was learned of value in seeking to solve the prob-lems
of the Hall of History.
Major projects undertaken during the biennium involved
the revision of the entire catalog of the Hall of History, the
reclassifying of many materials, and the provision of new
and better storage facilities. These projects, which will
State Department of Archives and History 49
require a good deal of time to complete, are expected to raise
the efficiency of the Hall of History and to improve its
service.
During the biennium the estimated number of visitors to
the Hall of History was as follows
:
July 1, 1944-June 30, 1945 29.456
July 1. 1945-June 30, 1946 - 30,334
59,790
Accessions during the biennium were as follows
:
Ai'ms and Armor:
Collection of guns. Ronald C. Gyles, Slier City.
Bullet mold. Museum collection.
The sword of Colonel Edward Graham Haywood. Given by
Mrs. Ella Field Simpson, Chevy Chase, Mar.vland.
Badges:
Badge worn at the unveiling of the Confederate monument
at the State Capitol. Given by H. H. Brimley, Raleigh.
ClothiJKj
:
Ann Lane Crittenden's baby cap, made in 19 38. Given by
Mrs. Christopher Crittenden, Raleigh.
One green beaded bag and one Indian beaded bag. Given by
Mrs. Leon Anderson, Halifax.
Three dresses, one linen chemise, and one undergarment.
Loaned by Mrs. David I. Fort, Raleigh, and Mrs. R. O. Everett,
Durham.
Metal bottom of boot or shoe. Lent by Ersie Matthews,
Angier.
Crocheted gloves, handmade in China. Museum collection.
Two blouses, formerly owned by Miss Flora Edwards of
Raleigh. Given by Amber Yancey, Raleigh.
Parasol Mrs. L. C. Alexander used in the decade, 1880-1890.
Given by Mrs. Hugh McLeod, Sr., Raleigh.
Coins and Currency
:
Three-dollar Confederate note. Museum collection.
Two-dollar Confederate note. Museum collection.
Twenty-five cent Confederate note. Given by Mrs. Sidney
Welles Thompson, Owego, New York.
French currency. Given by Miss Nell Hines, Raleigh.
Confederate currency from Stokes County. Transferred from
Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
German mark. Museum Collection.
Ten dollar Confederate note. Given by James Searles, Ra-leigh.
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French francs. Given by Charles J. De Marchy, Cleveland,
Ohio.
Tripolitania currency. Given by William J. Koephe, Mani-towoc,
Wisconsin.
Confederate currency. Given by Mrs. Buoy Griffin, Nash-ville.
German currency. Loaned by William Banks, Raleigh.
German, French, and Belgian coins. Given by James C. Kirk,
Raleigh.
North Carolina currency. Given by Mrs. D. M. Pearsall,
Rocky Mount.
German currency. Loaned by Oliver Austin Thomas, Jr.,
Raleigh.
English note for forty shillings. Transferred from Division
of Archives and Manuscripts.
Flags :
North Carolina state flag. Purchased from Louis E. Stilz and
Bro. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional
Womens Clubs banner. Loaned by Mrs. Mollie H. Harrell, Raleigh.
Indians
:
Model of Indian village. Purchased from Larry Richardson,
Westerlo, New York.
Cherokee Indian artifacts. Given by James P. Dodge, Ra-leigh.
Jeicelry:
Friendship ring. Museum collection.
Miscellaneous:
Model of Boeing B-29 superfortress. Given by Women's
Division, North Carolina War Finance Committee, Raleigh.
Handmade tacks. Museum collection.
Sheet of music, "Federal March," by Alexander Reinagle.
Composed for the Philadelphia celebration of the ratification of
the Constitution, July 4, 1788. Museum collection.
Aunt Sarah's recipes. Museum collection.
Embroidery on white wool material. Museum collection.
Tobacco box lid. Museum collection.
Champagne bottle and box it was contained in used by Mrs.
R. Gregg Cherry to christen the Liberty Ship, John Hammond,
at Brunswick, Georgia. Presented by Mrs. R. Gregg Cherry,
Raleigh.
Piece of crepe which may have been taken from the coffin of
President Jefferson Davis. Museum collection.
Shoe pegs from store five and one-half miles southwest of
Siler City owned by James M. Jordan from 1837 until 1940.
Given by D. L. Corbitt, Raleigh.
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Six silver spoons formerly owned by Ezekiel and Polly Slo-cumb.
Loaned by Mrs. R. D. Colliers, Linden.
One clover leaf pike excavated in Georgia. Lent by T. B.
Eason, Raleigh.
Sand shaker which belonged to Jerry Pearsall of Duplin
County in 1790. Given by Mrs. D. M. Pearsall, Rocky Mount.
Bunch of cherries used in R. Gregg Cherry's campaign for
governor. Museum collection.
Two sterling spoons (early American silver). Given by
George Barton Cutten, Chapel Hill.
Two bedspreads of the Revolutionary period. Given by Mrs.
James P. Moore, Salisbury.
Two offset printings of the William R. Davie bookplate.
Given by Arthur L. Stearns, Washington, D. C.
Spectacles and pipe with head of Confederate soldier on
bowl. Given b.v Mrs. W. B. Morgan, Raleigh.
An iron patented in 1876. Given by Miss Thelma Miron,
Raleigh.
Pictures:
Picture of first airplane flight. Given by S. W. Worthington,
Wilson.
Photograph of the S. S. Donald W. Bain. Liberty Ship. Given
by Miss Adelaide V. Bain, Raleigh.
Photograph of Porta Nigra, Treves, Germany. Given by
William E. Hawkins, Raleigh.
Picture of delegates to conference to make settlement at con-clusion
of Boer War. Given by H. H. Brimley, Raleigh.
Picture of Governor R. Gregg Cherry. Given by Governor's
Office, Raleigh.
Picture of Tryon's Palace, New Bern, and a picture of the
Episcopal Church, Bath. Given by J. D. Paulson, Raleigh.
Picture of the University of North Carolina. Given by Ray-mond
Adams, Chapel Hill.
Picture of Confederate monument at Capitol, photographed
by Wharton. Raleigh. Museum collection.
Copy of the portrait of John Burgwyn which hangs in the
Hall of History. Museum collection.
Picture of Peter Hale and wife. Museum collection.
Picture of the birthplace of Zebulon B. Vance. Museum col-lection.
Picture of a little boy and a little girl. Museum collection.
Picture of two college girls on campus. Museum collection.
Pictures of the world's first hangar, the first airplane at
Kitty Hawk, the capture of De Graffenreid and Lawson by the
Indians, landing of the English on Roanoke Island, July 4,
1584, and the Edenton tea party. Given by S. W. Worthington,
Wilson.
Picture of Mayflower Society Cup. Purchased from Albert
Barden, Raleigh.
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Picture of Confederate general. Given by A. B. Andrews,
Raleigh.
Picture of a scene from one of the gubernatorial campaigns
of Zebulon B. Vance. Purchased from Albert Barden, Raleigh.
Pictures of Edward Graham and David F. Caldwell. Pur-chased
from Albert Barden, Raleigh.
Plate for picture of Mrs. May Davis Highsmith, murdered
April 1, 1945, Raleigh. Given by The Raleigh Times.
Photographs of the Governor's Mansion and Thomas Jordan
Jarvis's watch. Purchased from Albert Barden, Raleigh.
Picture of Governor Thomas Jordan Jarvis. Given by Mrs.
Nina L. Cleve, New York, N. Y.
Picture of Willie Jones. Purchased from Storr Engraving
Co., Raleigh.
Photograph of William D. Moseley. Given by R. D. W.
Connor, Chapel Hill.
Photographs of old scenes in North Carolina. Given by Miss
Pauline Hill, Raleigh.
Pictures of costumes in Hall of History. Negatives from Miss
Nell Hines, Raleigh.
County courthouse pictures. Purchased from Haynes Studio,
Raleigh. Negatives from State News Bureau, Raleigh.
Photographs by Amelia M. Watson. Museum collection.
Picture of nurses in World War I. Museum collection.
Printed Materials:
The United War Fund Campaign News. Raleigh and Wake
County. Museum collection.
Navy Day posters. Museum collection.
Clipping from The Daily Advance concerning the Harvey
family, Elizabeth City. Transferred from Division of Archives
and Manuscripts.
Pamphlet, General Zachary Taylor. Museum collection.
Fashions from The Daily Industrial Neivs, Sunday, October 11,
1908. Given by Miss Sophie D. Busbee, Raleigh.
Two handbills of H. H. Drawghon, hawk and turkey caller,
Mingo, Sampson County. Museum collection.
Excerpt from The Wor-ks of Anne Bradstreet. Museum col-lection.
Poster, "Careless Talk." Museum collection.
Chart of the United Nations as proposed at Dumbarton Oaks.
Museum collection.
Good will poster, "Canada." Museum collection.
Pamphlet on posters for defense. Museum collection.
United States Nurse Cadet Corps poster. Museum collection.
Posters—"The First Railroads in North Carolina," "Mountains
and Ocean Joined," and "Present Day Railroads in North Caro-lina."
Museum collection.
Three pages from Life magazine, October 9, 1944, on invasion
money. Museum collection.
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Sir Walter Raleigh's Hi-sion/ of the World, volumes I and II.
First edition, 1614. Lent by Mrs. Annie Cheshire Tucker,
Raleigh.
I'rofpams:
Program of presentation of portrait of Governor Locke
Craig to the state, October 16, 1944. Museum collection.
Program of an address delivered before William G. Hill Lodge
No. 218. Raleigh, April 26, 1926. Museum collection.
Civil War theatrical programs. Museum collection.
Stamps. EnveloiJes, and Cachets:
Russian stamps. Presented by Harry T. Davis, Raleigh.
First flight air mail cover via United Air Lines from
the Northeast Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Given
by John A. Park, Raleigh.
First flight air mail cover via United Air Lines from the
Northeast Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Given by the
president of North American Companies. Philadelphia, Pennsyl-vania.
Yugoslavian stamps. Museum collection.
First flight air mail cover from Elizabeth City. Given by
John A. Park, Raleigh.
War Relics:
Japanese articles. Given by Mrs. L. B. Altman, Raleigh.
German naval insignia. Given by Harry T. Davis. Raleigh.
Camouflage dyed silk. Given by Mrs. G. L. Massengill, Ra-leigh.
Japanese battle helmet and gas mask taken on Iwo Jima.
Given by Alfred Williams, Raleigh.
Bullet. Given by Harry Matthews, Raleigh.
Items from Guadalcanal and Hawaii. Museum collection.
German insignia captured during Normandy invasion by Teddy
Baroer. Lent by Leon Baker, Raleigh.
Civil War period decoration. Museum collection.
Civilian defense arm bands and parking card for Control
Center staff. Given by Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Corbitt, Raleigh.
Propaganda leaflet dropped over Kiska Island. Museum col-lection.
Shells collected in the Pacific theatre of war. Lent by Mrs.
Faye Branca, Raleigh.
Gray epaulet. Museum collection.
Military insignia. Museum collection.
Items collected in North African Theatre. Lent by Miss
Frances Bane, Raleigh.
Japanese articles. Given by K. Ballentine, Erwin.
Volunteer worker's kit, United War Fund of Raleigh and
Wake County, 1943. Museum collection.
Japanese guns and ammunition cases. Lent by the Eighty-
First Division, United States Army.
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Nazi l)anner. Loaned b.v Miss Bonner Whitley, Raleigh.
Handkerchiefs made from camouflaged parachute used on
D-Day. Given by James C. Kirk, Raleigh.
Fifty-caliber bullets and thirty-caliber bullets. Given by
John O. Lassiter, Raleigh.
Modern War Hooni, Hall of Histor.v, emphasizing the Japanese war trophlt
b.v the Eight.v-First (Wildcat) Division during World War II.
•aptured
United States Army blouse. Given by John O. Lassiter, Raleigh.
United States Nurse Cadet Corps winter uniform. Given by
Miss Lucile Petry, Washington, D. C.
Sash of Colonel Edward Graham Haywood. Given by Mrs.
Ella Field Simpson, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
K rations: breakfast, dinner, and supper. Given by Miss Nell
Hines, Raleigh.