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11 !ii THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA THE COLLECTION OF NORTH CAROLINLANA C9O6 N87h 23-28 I9U8-6O UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILL 00033953614 ^ This book must' not be token from the Library building. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Ensuring Democracy through Digital Access (NC-LSTA) http://www.archive.org/details/biennialreportof195052nort TWEM- FOURTH BlE\i\IlL REPORT of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History JULY 1, 1950 TO JUNE 30, 1952 Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY 1952 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY B. F. Brown, Chairman, Raleigh Gertrude S. Carraway, New Bern Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City W. T. Laprade, Durham McDaniel Lewis, Greensboro Mrs. p. F. Patton, Hendersonville Mrs. B. T. Williams, Stedman Christopher Crittenden, Director, Raleigh f ^ 6^/^ CONTENTS Page General Program 5 Historical Marker Program 18 Division of Archives and Manuscripts 22 Division of Museums 34 Division of Publications 46 Appendixes : I Positions and Salary Ranges, June 30, 1952____ 56 II Number of Employees, 1908-1952 56 III List of Employees, Showing Titles, Names, and Periods of Service 56 IV Appropriations and Expenditures, 1950-1952- 58 V Appropriations and Expenditures, 1930-1952 _ 59 VI Publications of Members of the Staff 59 VII Historical Markers Approved During the Biennium 61 VIII Archives and Manuscripts Accessioned 64 IX Number of Visits to Search Room by State and Country, 1950-1953 76 X Number of All Visits to Search Room, 1928-1952 77 XI Colleges and Universities Represented in Visits to Search Room 77 XII State Records Microfilmed, August 1951-June 1952 78 XIII State Agencies and Institutions, Counties, and Municipalities Served in Handling Their Records Problems 78 XIV Registration of Visitors at the Hall of History by State and Foreign Country, 1950-1952__-. 79 XV Museum Items Accessioned 80 XVI Volumes, Pamphlets, Leaflets, and Charts Mailed by Month 92 XVII Copies of The North Carolina Historical Re-view Mailed per Issue 92 XVIII Back issues of the Revieiv Mailed per Month____ 93 XIX Paid-up Subscriptions Received for the Review, per Month 93 XX Articles Published in the Revieiv 94 XXI Documentary Materials Published in the Review 95 CO BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY July 1, 1950, to June 30, 1952i General Program As originally conceived and conducted, the program of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History, successor to the North Carolina Historical Commission (1903-1945), emphasized two primary functions: (1) to collect and preserve valuable official archives and private manuscripts and to make these materials available for research, and (2) to publish and distribute significant series of official records and unofficial papers. Undoubtedly this work deserved to be undertaken, for these basic source mate-rials for the history of the state had not been properly cared for and they needed by all means to be preserved. Other functions were authorized by law, but these two received top priority. Throughout its history the Department has continued to emphasize these two functions. Large and significant bodies of official records and private manuscripts have been placed in the archives and made available for use, and an expand-ing program of publication of both documentary volumes and the scholarly North Carolina Historical Review has been conducted. Broader Field As the years passed, when these phases of the work seemed to be well in hand, it became evident that other phases of a historical and archival program for the state needed more attention. The Department is maintained by appropriations from taxes paid by more than four million citizens, and it has come to be felt that it ought to serve the four million directly as well as indirectly. There are now ^This report has been prepared and is submitted to the Governor in accordance with 19Jf5 Session Laws and Resolutions, chap. 55, sec. 1. State Departmext of Archives and History 7 almost one million school children in North Carolina. Should not the Department seek to serve them directly as far as practicable? In every one of the state's 100 counties are numbers of persons interested in their local history. Should not the Department undertake to encourage and assist them in local historical activities? Thousands of members of patriotic organizations need aid and guidance. Is not the Department justified in assisting them? The various state agencies and institutions, the different county and municipal officials, need advice and assistance in solving their records problems. Is it outside the Department's sphere to render such assistance? Acting on the belief that the Department is justified in conducting a broad program within the general historical and archival field, and indeed ought to conduct such a program in order to serve the people of the state as effect-ively as possible, it has expanded its services and from time to time has taken on new duties and responsibilities, among which are the following : Popular Puhlications Almost from the beginning the Department has published pamphlets, leaflets, and other materials for popular distri-bution. Within recent years larger numbers of such pub-lications have been issued and they have been given wide distribution, especially for use in the schools. Historical Museum The Hall of History, or state historical museum, which had its beginnings many years earlier, was taken over in 1914. To it were brought tens of thousands of historical relics from all parts of the state and it was visited by large numbers of persons. Within recent years the Hall of History has broadened its program and now renders direct service to a considerable portion of the state's citizens. County Histories In the nineteen twenties the Department led a movement for the appointment of county historians and the writing of county histories, and a number of such histories were sub-sequently prepared and published. S TWEXTY-FOURTH BlENXlAL REPORT Historical Markers The erection of historical markers along the highways, a program begun in 1935 and conducted jointly by the Archives, Conservation, and Highway departments, has brought to the attention of the public hundreds of historic sites in every part of the state. The program has done much to arouse local historical interest. Preservation of Historic Sites While the Department does not follow the policy of acquir-ing title to and maintaining such sites, it cooperates with other state agencies and with private societies and individ-uals in conducting research for such purposes, in making necessary contacts, and in other ways. Today the people of the state show greater interest and activity in this field than ever before. Modern Records Administration Within the past five years the Department has gone act-ively into this field, acting upon the conviction that the problem of records is one and the same from their creation, through their filing and the period of their frequent use, through the period of their infrequent use, and eventually to their disposal or preservation. A phase of modern records administration is a microfilming program, and in several states projects have been set up for this purpose, separate and distinct from the state archives. In North Carolina the Department of Archives and History has maintained (a) that such a program ought to be conducted and (b) that it ought to be planned and administered by this Department. This point has been made good, the program has been launched, and already it has proved its value. Cooperation ivith the State Literary and Historical Association The Department from the beginning has cooperated close-ly with this organization, and the director of one has served as secretary of the other. Recently the Association has launched a program to serve more effectively and more broadly the people of the state. It is believed that such a State Departjiext of Archives and History 9 program can do much to strengthen and arouse interest in the program of the Department, which therefore has assist-ed actively. Cooperation fvifh Local Historical Groups In the belief that one of the primary ways in which the Department can serve the people of the state is to encourage historical activity at the grass roots, it has made a special effort to aid local groups, assisting them in forming his-torical societies, advising them regarding suitable programs of action, and in other ways. Cleay^ing House The Department has served as the clearing house for historical activities in the state. It has cooperated with various other organizations not listed above, has answered inquiries on a wide variety of topics, has assisted in the production of "The Lost Colony" and other historical dramas, and in general has sought to promote and facilitate his-torical activities throughout the state. Broader Policy Successful This broader policy has paid off in many ways. Not only has the Department rendered more and broader services than formerly to the people of North Carolina, with no lowering of standards, but the Department itself has been greatly strengthened. It is now better known than ever before by the people of the state and its program is very tangibly supported through the people's representatives by much larger appropriations than a few years ago. Instead of weakening the over-all program, it appears that every part of the broader activity strengthens and bolsters up that program. Obviously the Department ought not to venture outside its general field, as defined by law, but within that field it ought to render, and is seeking to render, as broad services as practicable. Two Fruitful Years The latest biennium was a period of growth and progress along many lines. More employees, additional space, a larger appropriation, more visitors, more publications, more ("liristojiher Crittenden, Director Mrs. Blanche M. Johnson, Stenographer-Clerk III, Budget Officer, Secretary to the Director. State Department of Archives and History 11 services rendered, more public contacts, and a more aggres-sive effort to sell North Carolina history to the people of the state—these were some of the major developments. Nearly everything about the Department is on a much larger scale than was the case only a few years ago, when it was staffed by a very few persons, housed in a small number of rooms, maintained by a very limited appropriation, and little known to the general public. Progress was made in quality as well as in quantity. Professional qualifications of the staff were raised, proced-ures for handling archives and manuscripts were made more efficient, exhibits in the museum were improved, bet-ter publications were issued, and standards in general were raised. The Department tended more and more to become a professional organization rendering professional services to the people of the state. The Executive Board On March 10, 1950, Governor W. Kerr Scott had appointed Dean B. F. Brown of Raleigh to the Executive Board to fill the unexpired term of Dr. R, D. W. Connor of Chapel Hill, who had died on February 25, 1950. On August 22, 1950, the Board elected Dean Brown as chairman, succeeding Dr. Connor in that position. On April 24, 1951, Governor Scott appointed Mr. Clarence W. Griffin of Forest City a member of the Board for a term ending March 31, 1957, succeeding Mr. J. Allan Dunn of Salisbury, whose term had expired. Mr. Griffin had pre-viously served as a member from 1938 to 1949. On April 24, 1951, Governor Scott also reappointed Mrs. P. F. Patton of Hendersonville for a term to end on March 31, 1957. The Staff One of the most significant developments for a long time was the Personnel Department's reclassification of the staff, effective March 1, 1951. For many years previously the Department had been handicapped by a pay scale that was entirely too low, with the result that it was difficult to employ competent personnel in the first place or to hold 12 TWEXTY-FOURTH BlEXNIAL REPORT such personnel after they had been employed. Now, on the other hand, professional standards were raised, with a minimum requirement for a new employee of graduation from a standard four-year college with a major in history or another of the social studies, and the salary brackets of all the professional personnel were substantially raised. In addition, the 1951 General Assembly provided for merit salary increments for state workers, and all the Depart-ment's staff except the director was eligible for these. Still further, the same General Assembly provided a flat $180- a-year cost-of-living increase for all state employees. The result of all this was highly beneficial for the Department. Staff morale was bettered, it was possible to compete in the national market for qualified personnel, and there was less danger of losing the most competent employees because of offers of higher pay elsewhere.^ Appropriatio7is The Department's available funds in its regular budget were $104,997 for 1950-1951 and $102,050 for 1951-1952. These figures compared with such funds of $64,073 for 1948-1949 and $84,851 for 1949-1950.- In addition, $10,000 was available each year of the biennium for historical markers ; certain other funds were likewise available ; and the Department was provided electric current, water, heat, telephone, and certain other facilities and services that were not included in its budget. IJefore the business depression of the 1930's the agency's appropriation had climbed steadily, reaching a maximum of $30,865 in 1930-1931. During the lean years it was drastically reduced, touching in 1934-1935 its lowest point of $11,315, only a little more than one-third the pre-depres-sion maximum and less than one-ninth the latest figures. Later, as business improved, the appropriations were in-creased, reaching their highest point to date in the latest biennium.2 ^For the positions and salary ranges; the number of employees, 1908-19^2; and a list of personnel employed during the latest biennium, see below. Appendixes I-III, pp. 5E-58. ^For the detailed budget, 1950-1951 and 1951-1952, see below, Appendix IV p. 58. 'For appropriatioi}s and expenditures, 1930-1952, see below, Appent'ix V, p. 59. State Department of Archives and History 13 Campaign for New Building In the early part of 1950, before the beginning of the biennium under review, Governor W. Kerr Scott had ap-pointed a committee to have plans drawn for a new building to house the Departm.ent of Archives and History, State Art Gallery, and State Museum. The director of the De-partment was appointed chairman, and the heads of the other two agencies, together with the head of the Depart-ment's Hall of History and the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, served as the other members. Gov-ernor Scott was particularly interested in bringing the three agencies together under one roof so that groups of school children and other visitors would not have to trudge from one building to another in order to visit the different museums. After holding several meetings and interviewing several candidates, the committee recommended the employment of Mr. William Henley Deitrick of Raleigh as the architect and he was employed for that purpose by the Board of Public Buildings and Grounds. The committee and the architect consulted leading authorities in the field, studied the plans of many of the best buildings of this general type, and visited such structures in Richmond, Washington, and New York. A loan of $92,000 for drawing the plans was obtained from the United States government, and this amount was paid to the architect, who completed the plans early in 1951. The plans called for a steel, concrete, and stone structure, 230 by 200 feet, containing 272,328 square feet and costing $3,996,264. A public campaign in support of the new building was conducted by a state-wide Committee of One Thousand, which at private expense published 5,000 copies of an illus-trated bulletin, A Museum and Archives Center for North Carolina, and this was widely distributed. The director and other members of the Department's staff visited more than 60 counties in all sections of the state, interviewing individ-uals and meeting with groups in support of the building. In the 1951 General Assembly events took an unexpected turn. Early in the session it became known that the Kress 14 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Foundation had made an offer of paintings worth $1,000,000 provided the state would appropriate a like amount for the purchase of works of art. An appropriation of $1,000,000 to the State Art Society for art purchases had been made by the 1947 General Assembly provided at least the same amount should be obtained from other sources, and this appropria-tion yet remained available upon those terms. In view of this prior claim of the Art Society and in view of the expressed opposition of many members of the 1951 General Assembly to appropriations for new buildings except in cases of press-ing need, it was decided to give the green light to an effort to save the $1,000,000 for art and at the same time to sidetrack the movement for the new building until the appropriation for art purchases had been made. That appropriation was voted, indeed, but only at the very end of the session, when it was too late to do anything further regarding the museum-archives structure. A great deal of popular sentiment in favor of such a building had been developed, however, and it v/as believed that this might well prove advantageous to the Department in its efforts to secure larger and better-designed quarters in the future. Additional Space and New Equipment If the Department did not secure an entire new building, it did at least obtain most of the first floor and part of the ground floor of the addition to the Education Building that was completed in the summer of 1951. With this new space available, a reassignment of rooms within the Department was made possible. The Researcher was moved into an office in the addition. The Division of Publications moved out of two offices in the old part of the building into five offices in the new part, and was allotted also a storage room on the ground floor. The Division of Archives and Manuscripts took over rooms vacated by other Divi-sions in the old part, and was also given space in the new part. The Hall of History gave up certain rooms in the old part but was assigned a great deal of display, work, and storage space in the new part. As a result the Depart-ment, which formerly had been cramped in its activities, could function more efficiently and expand its services to the public. State Department of Archives and History 15 Various pieces of new equipment were purchased to meet special needs. Among the chief items were a lami-nating machine, fumigating vault, planetary microfilm camera, and Photostating machine for the Division of Archives and Manuscripts; display cases (including a specially designed safe-case for the Carolina charter of 1663) and additional sound recording equipment for the Hall of History; an Addressograph for the Division of Publications ; and darkroom photographic developing equip-ment for joint use. These items speeded up the work, improved its quality, and made possible the rendering of new services. Interneship Course The interneship course offered by the Department for senior history majors at Meredith College, begun in 1948, was given each year of the biennium. From the beginning the course has run for 150 hours, 30 each in the Division of Museums and the Division of Publications and 90 in the Division of Archives and Manuscripts. A number of the young women who have taken it have obtained positions in this Department and in similar agencies in North Caro-lina and elsewhere. Selling History to the People Probably more than ever before, the Department has sought to inform the people of the state regarding their history and to promote interest and activity in this field. Members of the staff have travelled throughout North Carolina more than in the past, meeting with local histor-ical groups, unveiling historical markers, delivering ad-dresses on historical topics, and taking part in other cere-monies. They have written, edited, and compiled articles and book reviews for a variety of publications.^ The Hall of History has been visited by larger numbers of persons than ever before, totalling some 100,000 annually. During the first year of the biennium, when funds were available, the Department sent a traveling museum to all parts of the state. A number of popular historical publications were 'For a list of publications of members of the staff, see below, Appendix VI, pp. 59-61. 16 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report issued. Active cooperation was given to many persons and organizations in the preservation of historic sites, and the Department aided materially in the broader program of the State Literary and Historical Association. Outside the state, members of the staff attended the sessions and par-ticipated in the programs of various organizations, includ-ing the American Association for State and Local History, American Association of Museums, American Historical Association, National Council for Historic Sites and Build-ings, Society of American Archivists, and Southern His-torical Association. The Future Looking to the future, it is believed that the Department should continue to expand and develop its present program without radical change. Certain points that will probably need special attention within the next few years are: (1) A new building. Though the assignment of rooms in the addition to the Education Building has eased the space problem, the Department can function most effi-ciently only in a structure that is specially designed for its needs. Several of the states of the Union have provided such structures, and there is no reason why North Carolina, with its long and significant history and with its active historical program, should not do likewise. (2) A larger staff. Though at the end of the biennium the Department's staff of twenty was larger than ever before, there was a pressing need for more workers to do certain phases of the job at hand. (3) Modern records administration. The program in this field, actively undertaken only very recently, will need to be expanded and developed in a number of ways. In particular, the microfilm project, which has been so well received, will need to be enlarged until it can render the services that are needed by the various state agencies, first catching up with the backlog and later keeping the job on a current basis. (4) Publication program. With a large backlog of documentary materials on hand or in preparation, the rate of publication of such materials should be accelerated. In State Department of Archives and History 17 addition, the Department should issue an increased number of popular historical publications, in large editions and for large-scale distribution. (5) Hall of History. This Division is especially in need of more suitable space, a larger staff, and specialized equipment, and should be provided with the necessary facil-ities to conduct an extension service for the people at large. Reports of the Divisions In the pages that follow will be found the reports for the Historical Marker Program and for the three divisions. Though for purposes of effective organization these re-ports are separately presented, actually many of the accom-plishments listed were the result of the cooperative effort that overlapped division classifications. Some of the ex-hibits in the Hall of History, for example, consist of docu-ments borrowed from the Division of Archives and Manu-scripts. Many of the publications include materials from the Archives, Research for the Historical Marker Pro-gram is conducted to a large degree in the Archives—and so it goes with most of the Department's activities. While the functions of every division and of every staff member are clearly defined, there is not now, and it is hoped that there never will be, airtight compartmentalization. For efficient operation there needs to be a certain flexibility, a certain readiness to overstep organizational lines, with each part assisting in the total effort to make the machine operate smoothly. This fortunately is the situation in the Department of Archives and History. HISTORICAL MARKER PROGRAM Edwin A. Miles, Researcher The General Assembly of 1935, recognizing that "the State of North Carolina is rich in points of historic in-terest" and acknowledging that a group of historians had agreed to serve on an Advisory Committee in order "to designate such points of historic interest in the order of their importance, and to provide appropriate wording for their marking," authorized the Historical Marker Program, to be conducted jointly by the State Historical Commission, the Department of Conservation and Development, and the Highway and Public Works Commission. The last named of these agencies was authorized to appropriate not over $5,000 annually for this purpose from the Highway Fund,^ and this appropriation was later made. In 1951 the Gen-eral Assembly raised the limit to $10,000, and this larger amount was likewise appropriated.- In May, 1952, the contract for the manufacture of the aluminum markers was renewed with Sewah Studios, of Marietta, Ohio, calling for an increase of 10 per cent over the previous cost, or, at the new rate, $85.52 per marker and 10-foot post and $81.68 per marker and 7-foot post. During the biennium the following historians served on the Advisory Committee: Frontis W. Johnston of Davidson College ; William B. Hamilton and Robert H. Woody of Duke University; Elisha P. Douglass of Elon College; Luther W. Earnhardt of State College ; Cecil Johnson, Hugh T. Lefler, James W. Patton, and William S. Powell (after December 10, 1951) of the University of North Carolina; and Forrest W. Clonts of Wake Forest College. Christopher Crittenden served as chairman, and the researcher regu-larly met with the committee. William S. Powell resigned as Researcher, effective December 10, 1951, to accept a position with the University of North Carolina Library, and he was succeeded as the Department's Researcher, ^Public Laws and Resolutions passed by the General Assembly at Its Session of 19S5, chap. 197. 195! Session Imws and Resolutions, rhap. 766. State Department of Archives and History 19 IIKI RICHMOND PEARSON Congressman. 1895-1901. US. Minister to Persia. 1902-07 and to Greece and Montenegro, 1907- 09. His home. "Richmond _ Hill. " is 2 miles north. Edwin A. Miles, Researcher, is holding one of the new state historical marli^ers approved during the biennium. effective January 2, 1952, by Mr. Edwin A. Miles, formerly a graduate student in history at the University of North Carolina. From the beginning of the program a total of 678 his-torical markers have been erected throughout the state. Of these, 83 were approved during the latest biennium. ^For a list, see below. Appendix VII, pp. 61-64. 20 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Unveilings of Markers Several ceremonies were arranged for the unveiling of historical markers, and members of the staff participated in most of these. On August 11, 1950, a marker was un-veiled in Macon County to commemorate the site of a clay pit from which a representative of Josiah Wedgwood, the famous English potter, obtained clay in 1767 for some of the earliest fine jasper medallions. On May 7, 1951, near Wake Forest, a marker was unveiled to honor the site of the original "Mangum Terrace," an early and widely copied erosion-checking device initiated by farmer Priestley H. Mangum about 1885. On September 27, 1951, in cere-monies at Rich Square, a marker was unveiled to Colonel George V. Holloman, United States Air Force pilot during World War II, a pioneer in developing automatic devices for airplane control. On April 4, 1952, at Fayetteville, an elaborate ceremony was arranged for the unveiling of a marker near the site of Babe Ruth's first home run in professional baseball. For the occasion many sports celebrities came to Fayetteville, in which town George Herman Ruth first acquired the nick-name Babe. Among the visitors were Mrs. Ruth, who un-veiled the marker, Connie Mack, and many of Ruth's former teammates. On April 19, 1952, near Tryon, ceremonies were held for the unveiling of a historical marker near the site of the Block House which marked the western terminus of the 1772 boundary survey between North Carolina and South Caro-lina. The ceremonies preceded the annual Block House Hunt Races, which are held on a course surrounding the site of the landmark commemorated by the marker. Among the guests for the occasion were Governor W. Kerr Scott, members of the Executive Board of the Department of Archives and History, members of the Advisory Committee on Historical Markers, and representatives of the Depart-ment of Conservation and Development and of the Highway and Public Works Commission. President Austin L. Ven-able of the Historical Commission of South Carolina repre-sented Governor James F. Byrnes. State Department of Akchives and History 21 Picture File In June, 1952, Mr. Clarence W. Griffin of Forest City pre-sented the Department with 130 photographic negatives of historical markers, increasing to 469 the total number of markers for which negative prints are on file. The file also includes many photographs of the points of historic interest for which the markers were erected. The Future While a great deal has been accomplished under the marker program, certain improvements can yet be made: (1) At the close of the biennium three counties still had no markers, and this deficiency needed to be remedied. (2) Though it is a truism that the markers have to be erected where history was made, probably it will be well to distribute them throughout the state as much as possible rather than to concentrate them to so large a degree in the Capitol City and a few other localities. (3) It might be well to place less emphasis on political and military subjects and more on economic, social, and cultural matters. DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS W. Frank Burton, State Archivist One of the duties of the Department, as prescribed by law, is "to preserve and administer such public archives as shall be transferred to its custody, and to collect, preserve, and administer private and unofficial historical records and relics relating to the history of North Carolina and the ter-ritory included therein from the earliest times. "^ Acting under this mandate, the Department has emphasized this program from the beginning and has brought together a vast quantity of materials, totalling many million items, on the history of the state. These include colonial and state archives, older records from some three-fourths of the state's 100 counties, a few town archives, some United States rec-ords relating to North Carolina, copies of large numbers of foreign archives (especially British and Spanish) relating to North Carolina, personal and unofficial collections, maps, newspapers, pamphlets, and other materials. These vast quantities of materials, essential in the history of the state, have been made available to state and local officials, historians and other researchers, patriotic and historical organizations, genealogists, and the general pub-lic. Based in whole or in part on these materials, hundreds of volumes and articles in the field of North Carolina his-tory have been published, correcting former errors, pre-senting factual and well-balanced accounts, and making the state's past better known than ever before, both to the citizens of North Carolina and to the nation at large. This fundamental program was continued during the biennium under review, and progress was made along many lines. Quantities of official records and unofficial manu-scripts were acquired, they were made available for use, along with such materials already acquired they were used by nearly 6,000 visitors, and many studies based on them were published or were in preparation. In addition, the program of modern records management, begun earlier, was expanded and carried forward. ^1945 Session Laws and Resolutions, chap. 55, sec. 1. State Department of Archives and History 23 W. Frank Burton, State Archivist. Collection, Preservation, Control, and Use of Records A few of the significant bodies of official records and private manuscripts that were acquired are : Official Records Attorney-General. Correspondence, 1930-1938. 15 cubic feet. State Highway and Public Works Commission Minutes of the Proceedings of the Commissioners for the Erection of a Penitentiary, 1869-1880. 1 vol. Minutes of the Directors of the Penitentiary, 1871- 1878. 1 vol. Rutherford County Court Minutes, 1845-1850. 1 vol. Wayne County Court Minutes, 1788-1831. 2 vols. ^0m Mrs. Doris H. Harris, Archivist 1, microfilms records in the custody of the Department. Mrs. Prances H. Whitley, Archivist II, is shown rehabilitating a document in the laminating machine. State Department of Archives axd History 25 Private Manuscripts Diary of J. C. McBride, 1850. 1 vol. H. H. Brimley Papers, 1896-1910. 8 pieces. J. Y. Joyner Papers. Personal correspondence, 1901- 1913. Calvin H. Wiley Papers. 25 letters, 1853-1865.1 Microfilm It will be recalled from earlier reports that the Genea-logical Society of Utah microfilmed will books, deed books, and estate records to 1865 for many of the state's counties. During the biennium it was discovered that certain of the counties created before the terminal date had not been covered in this program, and the head of the Division visited ten counties in order to obtain the necessary per-mission, which was granted in all cases. As a result, by the end of the biennium this work had almost been com-pleted and the Department had in its archives microfilms of many of the older records of more than 60 of the 100 counties. Prese7'vation It was pointed out in the previous Biennial Report that, "due to the lack of modern equipment, it was impossible to carry out the desired program of repair and restora-tion."- Now it is gratifying to report that in 1950 a lami-nator and other equipment for a records repair shop were installed and that 12,534 pages were restored, including Legislative Papers and records from the Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and 12 counties. Also a program of re-binding restored volumes was begun and thirteen volumes were rebound. A fumigating vault was installed and was used primarily to fumigate newly received materials, and the air conditioning equipment, previously installed, was regularly checked and needed adjustments were made im-mediately. ^For a complete list of accessions, see below, Appendix VIII, pp. 64-76. ''Page 40. 26 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Conti^ol The Department's policy of bringing all newly acquired materials under control and of tightening controls on materials already in hand was continued. All newly received materials were accessioned and checklists and inventories were prepared of various new materials, including those of the Lions International of North Carolina, the World War Veteran's Loan Fund, the North Carolina Railroad, the A. G. Cox Manufacturing Company, and the Department of the Attorney-General. Materials acquired earlier that were thus brought under control included the collection of sound recordings, Governors' Papers, papers of Reginald A. Fes-senden, records of the State Auditor and State Treasurer, and records of Bertie, Caswell, and Forsyth counties. Use The Department continued to serve many researchers in the Search Room, through the mails, and by telephone. Of the 5,749 visits to the Search Room, 4,627 were made by resi-dents of North Carolina and the other 1,122 represented 37 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Hawaii, and Ger-many.^ From a depression low of 2,666 in 1932-1934, the number of such visits increased to a high of 4,253 in 1940- 1942, declined to 2,318 during the war years 1942-1944, and increased to a postwar high of 6,042 in 1948-1950.- The Division received 2,429 mail enquiries and every effort was made in this connection to render the maximum of service consistent with limitation of staff and with a suit-able policy of restricting staff research for private purposes. Of the total number of such enquiries, 2,047 originated out-side North Carolina, in 46 states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Canada, Great Britain, and the Union of South Africa. There were 129 enquiries by telephone. In addi-tion, the Division wrote 612 letters regarding such profes-sional matters as the intake of records, the purchase of equipment, and service to state agencies and the counties. Of the visits to the Search Room, 1,058 were made by per-sons classified as "students," "historians," and "legal search- ^For detailed statistics, see below, Appendix IX, pp. 76-77. 'See below, Appendix X, p. 77. State Department of Archives and History 29 ers." These researchers represented 39 colleges and univer-sities in all parts of the country, but the larger number came from nearby institutions, especially the University of North Carolina and Duke University.^ The wide variety of subjects under investigation is illustrated by the following selected list : Topics of Research Biography Charles B. Aycock John C. Calhoun William R. Davie Charles D. Mclver Social, economic, and cultural history The Ante-bellum Professional Theater in Raleigh Arts and Crafts of the Cherokee Indians in North Caro-lina The Development of Banking in North Carolina since 1865 Education in Chowan County since 1800 Local and specialized history History of Durham History of Granville County History of Mecklenburg County Restoration of Tryon's Palace Political and governmental activities (all in North Caro-lina) Administration of Justice Early County Courts Political History of the State Reconstruction Religion History of the First Baptist Church of Albemarle History of Moravians in Winston-Salem Henry Evans, Methodist Preacher 'See below, Appendix XI, p. 77. 30 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Equipment for Use and Duplication of Records In order to make its records more readily available to the public, the Department installed several pieces of equipment. Included were a Recordak Model D camera, two additional 35 mm. microfilm readers, and a Photostat machine, which was placed in one of the two rooms assigned to the Division in the new wing of the building. A photographic laboratory with modern equipment was set up in an adjoining room, so that the Division could now make the highest quality of microfilm, process film strips, and make Photostats and other facsimiles. Copies Supplied There was an immediate demand for the services thus offered. A total of 2,965 Photostats was furnished for a total cost of $1,218.50 ; also 276 other facsimiles (made from microfilm) for $138.00 ; and 372 certified copies for $295.50. Modern Records Management The last previous Bienyiial Report pointed out that the problem of dealing with the increasing bulk of modern rec-ords had become acute and recommended a three-point pro-gram to meet this situation: (1) the provision of space to house the accumulation of records, (2) the passage of a bill giving microcopies of state records the same force in court as the originals, and (3) the establishment of a central microfilming project for the state, within the Department of Archives and History.^ During the most recent biennium a great deal was accom-plished under each of these points : (1) the contract was let for a warehouse, at the corner of Jones and Harrington streets in Raleigh, the second floor of which would be a record center; (2) the General Assembly of 1951 passed the desired bill; and (3) a microfilm project was established within the Department, under the Division of Archives and Manuscripts, when the Council of State in July, 1951, allot-ted from the Contingency and Emergency Fund to the De-partment $14,333 to operate the project for 1951-1952. A iPp. 28 ff. State Department of Archives and History 31 microfilm unit was rented and three additional staff mem-bers were employed for the project. During the eleven months of the fiscal year 3,092,244 documents in 729 file drawers were filmed on 429 reels of film.i The records filmed were then disposed of, which meant that records that had previously required 1,086 square feet of space now on film required only 6 square feet of space—a saving of more than 99 per cent. The cost of filing cabinets to provide for these records would have been $10,800 and the cost of constructing space for the purpose would have been $5,176—a total cost of $15,976. That is, in addition to the more efficient handling of the records, there was a net saving to the state of $1,643, as follows : Gross saving to state.„ ,—.$15,976 Less cost of microfilm project 14,333 Net saving to state $ 1,643 At the end of the biennium the success and advantages of the program were so obvious that the Council of State allotted to the Department $25,204 to continue the project in 1952-1953 on an expanded basis, with two units instead of one operating and with the staff expanded from three to five. In addition to this microfilm service, the Department aided a total of 32 state agencies in solving their records problems, especially in the systematic retirement of records. In some cases disposal was authorized, in others schedules were worked out, and in still others records were trans-ferred to the Archives. A similar service was rendered to 30 counties and 3 municipalities. In each case the head of the Division paid a visit and studied the records, helping to work out pro-grams of preservation, disposal, and scheduling. An in-creasing number of counties requested advice in initiating programs of photographic duplication.- 'See below, Appendix XII, p. 78. For a list of state agencies and institutions, counties, and municipalities served, see Vjelow, Appendix VIII, pp. 78-79. 32 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report .(<i WE the People of ihcUnitca States m orlerlo foMii a more ivrlclt UntOT, clUWifh Jjibce, inliur dnmtil^i; 'XfinqJility, provide lor ihc cumii.on DclLticc, promote the ^enci^l Wcl-t\ r- .ina fecure the Bl'-lun?> ot Liberty ti .-.Tklvcs Jnd o,ir Hollcntv.'do rra.ni an.i c,:.,Mul, .l,.,L-,,Nsrl.L.>osl.rthcU„,lcd :t.it-i of AiytlicJ. ARTICLE I LL It-iflaiivc powers hcrcm granted (hi'l -•A'f:: tft jf :,; lin.v.l ; -1 ration fha'l be rit f cil m.tting ot the . iJ »illi«, emy fubfe .h roinncr as they Ihall -ipr.ku TivtslTiall not ^ ,„ _ . ' ilmi^ tnouLnd, but eai.h tlate (liall have at leat^ or.c tepjefen'atnc , and untd fuch enumeration SaU be made, the Rate of New HampOnre (hall be entitled to thj'c three, MalTachufcn. eiftht, Rh«le llUral and I'rcviJenee Pl«nt»li'>li. one, Connec-tkul live, New.York fix, Nc«-J«fev four, I'cnnfylvi. " niaeigM, DeU»ire,oa^ Ifar7ggl l'«. Virginia lea. jadt^ment in ca ts o^ np^nchment Hia'! no* ette" ! further than to rt. nj/3l frji 1 ^ic< and d ,ndji ati n to h „d and enj ,y any o«i.c t ' i 1 ( r '"' unl rlh- United s ,••>, lui i Aill no^nlrl r i,e liaSk and I i' , irul, >, „ 1 • u .cr ol holdinr , ftall b^ |>rc- I J ,crcoi Init the t_ jij^ t i may at an\ iiniL b, law m ik^ or alter fuch regulaiions, except ai to the piacei. ot chuliuj, Senator*. Iht tongrefi (hall airein>ilt at Icalt once in rttry tear and lavb meeting l^ill be on the hili M mdav m Ue iibcr^ ui Uf» lhe> ftiail by law appoint a ditfcrcnt fhA\ he com. State Department of Archives and History 33 Long-Range Program The Division has achieved a great deal v^ithin recent years, but conditions will change and new problems will arise, so that the program will need to be modified from time to time. Some of the matters that will need considera-tion within the next few years are : (1) The work of repair and restoration needs to be expanded, so as to catch up with the backlog. At least two additional staff members will be needed for this pur-pose. (2) Records in the Archives need to be brought under tighter control, so that they can be serviced more quickly and more effectively. (3) The modern records program should be expanded, including the working out of flo-schedules for the various state agencies, the enlargement of the microfilm project to take care of the enormous backlog, and the expansion of services to the counties. (4) A more aggressive campaign of collecting private manuscripts should be conducted. This program will prob-ably be stimulated by the appointment by the State Literary and Historical Association of a Committee on Historical Materials, of which the head of the Division has been desig-nated as chairman. DIVISION OF MUSEUMS Mrs. Joye E. Jordan, Museum Administrator It is provided by law that one of the duties of the Depart-ment is ''to maintain a historical museum, to collect and preserve therein artifacts, curios, relics, and any other ob-jects whatsoever which are of historical significance to North Carolina, and when feasible to display such objects. The museum shall be free to all visitors at reasonable times to be determined by the department."^ The Hall of History, or state historical museum, became a part of the Depart-ment in 1914 when new quarters were made available in what is now known as the Library Building. Since August 1, 1945, when the Department was reorganized, it has been in the Division of Museums. The Hall of History has come a long way within recent years. For a long time—until very recently, indeed�� the exhibit space was restricted, the storage space was inade-quate, little modern equipment was available, the displays were rarely changed, few modern museum techniques were employed, and there was no extension program. The visitor came, saw a few limited exhibits—largely the same, year after year—and went away, having gained no adequate conception of the history of the state. That was all. Today, while still accomplishing by no means all that could be done, the Hall of History has expanded in many ways and is carrying on a much broader program. More exhibit space has been added, storage room has been in-creased, equipment for various purposes has been installed, the special exhibits are changed frequently, approved tech-niques are used, visual aid programs are presented, lectures are given, and a limited extension program is conducted. The fact that this expanded program has proved popular is proved by attendance figures for the latest biennium, when visitors came from every state of the Union, the Dis- ^19^5 Session Laws and Resolutions, chap. 55, sec. 1. State Department of Archives and History 35 Mrs. Joye E. Jordan, Museum Administrator. trict of Columbia, and 37 foreign countries. The total num-ber was approximately 195,000, a gain of 11 per cent over the preceding biennium and the largest since attendance records have been kept.^ Space and Equipment No museum can function effectively without adequate space and equipment. Ever since its establishment the Hall of History had been handicapped for lack of both, but during the latest biennuim some progress was made in making up both these deficiencies. When after many delays the addition to the Education Building was completed in the summer of 1951, the Hall of History was allotted exhibit space on the first floor and also storage and other space on the ground floor. This made possible the expansion of the display and demionstration program and the launching of arts and crafts work, and in other ways eased to some extent ^For attendance statistics, see below. Appendix XIV, pp. 79-80. State Department of Auchives and History 37 the pressure for room. At the end of the biennium, how-ever, the Hall of History was still far behind many similar institutions in other states in the total amouit of space available for its activities. Equipment The purchase of a disc recorder made possible the begin-ning of a collection of folk songs and folk tales ; the acquisi-tion of a camera for the reproduction of black and white glossy prints made it possible to render a service in that field ; and the installation of darkroom equipment (also used by the Division of Archives and Manuscripts) furthered the program in photography. A number of fences, platforms, and other items of equipment for display were made by the staff in cooperation with the Board of Public Buildings and Grounds and installed in the new part of the building. A specially designed safe case was purchased for the Carolina charter, that would permit it to be seen at close range by the public but at the same time would provide protection from theft, vandalism, fire, moisture, and excessive light. In the storage rooms equipment was installed (either made there or transferred from the old part of the build-ing) , thus helping to solve the problem of preservation. Racks and shelves were built for arms, ammunition cases, and other relics, and a rack was made for costumes. Por-traits not on display were hung on wire racks that had been previously constructed, in a room where light could be con-trolled. At the end of the biennium provision had not yet been made for the adequate storage of such items as flags, prints, and engravings, which require special care and pro-tection. Acquisitions Nearly a thousand items were added to the collections of the Hall of History during the biennium. Although a great many unsolicited contributions were received, a special effort was made to collect items to round out collections which were to be used for new displays or for the Demon-stration Room. These collections included some 50 items added to the collection of early kitchen utensils, over 100 38 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report early tools, materials for a rather extensive exhibit on spin-ning and weaving (looms, patterns, flax, cotton and wool spinning wheels, hatchels, cards, and various other small items) , a number of guns, early toys to be used in the annual Christmas display, and a collection of models of farm imple-ments and tools. One of the most valuable collections being made consisted of the Kodachrome transparencies of his-torical subjects to be used in school extension service.^ Exhibits The allotment of additional space and the installation of new equipment made possible the relocation of certain old exhibits and the installation of a number of new ones. This was a major task and would require a considerable period of time to complete, but already at the end of the biennium a good deal had been done. Permanent Exhibits The Fred A. Olds Memorial Exhibit on transportation was moved to the new wing of the building. The space thus vacated became the Assembly Room. Displays in the Reconstruction-and-After Room were moved to the new wing and the space thus made available became the Demonstration Room. A World War I Recruiting Office, combining war mate-rial, 1917-1918, and also office equipment of the period, was set up in the new part. An exhibit of Colonial North Carolina Documents was placed in the Colonial and Revolutionary Room. The great-est attraction in this exhibit is the Carolina charter of 1663, which was purchased in 1949 and presented to the Department by a group of patriotic citizens and one organ-ization. An exhibit of Early Tools, including those used by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century carpenters, coopers, and cobblers was placed in the new wing. A Portrait Gallery featuring North Carolina Confederate leaders was installed in the new wing. These portraits will be changed from time to time. 'For a complete list of afcessions, see below, Appendix XV, pp. 80-91. State Department of Archives and History 39 Special Exhibits Exhibits of this class are displayed for varying periods of time, usually from one month to one year, depending on the type of exhibit. A Wedgwood China Exhibit, including about 100 pieces, dating from 1790 to the 1930's, was arranged when a his-torical marker was unveiled in Macon County near the spot where, in 1767, an agent of Josiah Wedgwood secured a special white clay used in making jasperware pottery. School Exhibits were placed on display by the fifth grade of the Garner School and an eighth grade section of Need-ham Broughton High School in Raleigh. The latter group planned and arranged their exhibit of various relics and replicas and held open house on March 25, 1952, when the exhibit was opened. Special Day Exhibits included those for both Christmas and Saint Valentine's Day. The former, each year, includ-ed an old-fashioned Christmas tree, and the latter consisted of Valentines dating as early as 1807. Exhibit of the Month This feature, begun during the previous biennium, was discontinued because of lack of an adequate staff to plan and prepare it. Subjects covered from July, 1950, through May, 1951, were: Secretaries of the Navy from North Carolina Joseph Gales Early New Bern Nathaniel Macon The Raleigh Register Lamination The State Board of Health The Battle of Guilford Courthouse The North Carolina Bill of Rights North Carolina and the Cotton Gin North Carolina and the Declaration of Independence Demonstrations A special room in the old wing was set aside for demon-strations. An early loom was reconditioned and put into The click reel, flax wheel, hackles, and flax break comprise only a small part of the equipment now in the Demonstration Room, where special demonstrations in spinning, weaving, and quilting are given to school groups. Marvin K. Rogers, Janitor-Messenger, painting a new platform in the Demonstration Room of the Hall of History. State Departmext of Archives and History 41 operation, A member of the staff found and interpreted twenty-three original early North Carolina weaving pat-terns, and samples of several of these were worked out on a small loom and placed on display. Other items added to the Demonstration Room were : Cotton, wool, and flax spinning wheels Cotton and wool cards Flax brake and flax hackles Quilting frames containing a quilt in the making Fifty models of items that are disappearing rapidly in rural North Carolina, such as a brickkiln, wattled fence, rope walk, forge, turpentine still, cider press, and log cabin. Educational Program Slide Programs and Lectures Such programs were facilitated by the new Assembly Room, seating about 100 persons, which was made available in 1951. A ten-minute recorded lecture on the Hall of His-tory, illustrated with slides, was shown to those school groups requesting it—as nearly all of them did. Other programs that were made available covered Early Tools, North Carolina Pottery, Early Homes of North Carolina, Fort Macon, "The Lost Colony," and "Unto These Hills." Publications The Division prepared and the Department published "Let's Visit the Hall of History," a small folder designed for teachers of school groups planning a visit to the Capital City. A mimeographed booklet, "Guide to the Hall of History," was prepared and distributed to school children upon re-quest. Extension Program Even though large numbers of persons visit the Hall of History, the total for any given year to date has been only a small fraction of the state's total population—in 1951- 1952 less than one-fortieth. Acting upon the belief that a definite effort should be made to serve directly the other 42 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report "Steps to Independence," the story of North Carolina's part in the Revolution, is told by the documents on this board, one of six in the Colonial and Revolutionary Room. thirty-nine fortieths of the population, the Hall of History has sought insofar as possible, as a part of the over-all pro-gram of the Department, to carry its program to the people. Traveling Museum From January, 1950 (six months before the beginning of the biennium under review), through July, 1951, the De-partment kept a traveling museum on tour through the state in order to exhibit representative items from the gifts sent to the people of North Carolina on the French Gratitude Train. This museum visited 523 schools in 57 counties, with a total attendance of 233,494, (more than the attendance at the Hall of History during the same period) , before the tour was discontinued for lack of funds. The exhibit gave many North Carolinians their first opportunity to see a "sample" of a museum. State Departmext of Archives and History 43 Photographs and Photography Requests for prints from the Hall of History's picture file of several thousand items were received and met at an increasing rate, averaging at the end of the biennium three or four every v^^eek. This service was rendered to authors, publishers, newspapers, mapmakers, and individual collect-ors. Several hundred color transparencies were made to serve as the basis for slide collections. Publicity As a part of the Department's over-all program, the Hall of History, realizing that effective publicity is essential to the growing museum, sought to inform the people of the state regarding the history of North Carolina and specifi-cally about the part the Hall of History is playing in that field. One of the best devices seemed to consist of feature stories based on items on display or in study collections, and a single exhibit was often good for a spot news story. Patriotic holidays such as Confederate Memorial Day and the Fourth of July and sentimental holidays such as Christ-mas and Saint Valentine's Day were found especially suit-able for this purpose. News releases on the Exhibit of the Month were carried by the newspapers. Cooperation with Other Organizations The Division gave a great deal of time to aiding organiza-tions and individuals, both within the state and elsewhere, engaged in allied work. Assistance in planning and arrang-ing exhibits was given to the Fort Macon State Park Mu-seum, Greensboro Historical Museum, Pettigrew State Park, and Salisbury Public Library. The Division supervised the maintenance of the Andrew Johnson Birthplace, which is owned by the City of Raleigh. Confederate items were loaned to the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences for display during the Confederate reunion held in that city in May, 1951, and an exhibit was prepared and sent to Phila-delphia for a display by Gimbel Brothers in commemoration of the one-hundred-seventy-fifth anniversary of the Declara-tion of Independence. 44 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report This new exhibit, part of whicli is sliown here, illustrates the pro-gress made in towns, schools, transportation, and manufacturing in the state during the past half century. Travel and Talks The museum administrator did a great deal of traveling in North Carolina and elsewhere, collecting items for the Hall of History, addressing book clubs, civic organizations, and the like, and in general seeking to promote the program of the Department. She served as co-chairman of the His-tory Section of the annual convention of the American Asso- State Department ob^ Archives and History 45 ciation of Museums at Minneapolis, May, 1952, where the topic for discussion was "The Museum's Responsibility to Its Public." The Future Though the Hall of History has made marked progress within recent years, much remains to be done. Phases of the work that may well be developed include the launching of a junior historian program, putting the traveling museum in the field again, more demonstration and study collections, increased facilities to accommodate school groups and other visitors, and the maintenance of a school extension service. In order to conduct such a broader program, certain addi-tional specialized equipment will be required, but the most pressing needs are two : (1) Staff. The present staff has so many duties to per-form and receives so many requests for service that it is not in a position to undertake additional activities without sac-rificing some part of the present work. Several new em-ployees are needed. (2) Space. The present quarters, while better than those of the past, are in a building designed for offices and are not entirely suited for museum purposes. This will continue to be a handicap until the Department is located in a build-ing that has been planned to meet its special needs. DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS D. L. CORBITT, Editor One of the duties of the Department, as prescribed by law, is '*to have materials on the history of North Carolina properly edited, published as other State printing, and dis-tributed under the direction of the department."^ Carrying out this mandate, the agency since its establishment in 1903 has published pamphlets, leaflets, charts, and issues of Carolina Comments, mostly of a popular nature, together with more scholarly documentary volumes and issues of The North Carolina Historical Review—a grand total of 292 items. During the biennium the Division of Publications showed a healthy growth. The number of requests for service in-creased and the public expressed in no uncertain terms approval of the services rendered. A special effort was made to distribute the Department's publications to public and school libraries and to college and public school teachers. Altogether 26,813 volumes, pamphlets, leaflets, and charts were mailed.- New quarters, new equipment, and an increase in the per-manent staff from three to four made possible an expanded program and enhanced the Division's capacity to serve the public. In July, 1951, the unit moved into new rooms in the recently completed addition to the Education Building. An Addressograph, a metal stencil cutter, and other new equip-ment streamlined and expedited the mailing of publications. During the two-year period the Division received the sum of $3,888.04, of which $1,264.00 was for membership dues in the State Literary and Historical Association and $2,- 624.04 was for the state. This latter sum was collected for subscriptions to the Review and for mailing the Depart-ment's publications. The Editor of the Division, who was appointed chairman of the State Literary and Historical Association's Commit- 1945 Session Laws and Resolutions, chap. 55 sec. 1. For a breakdown of the number of publications mailed, see below, Appendix XVI, p. 92. State Department of Archives and History 47 tee on Local Historical Societies, assisted in organizing such societies in several counties. The partial or complete or-ganization of such groups in Bertie, Gaston, Hertford, Pitt, Stanly, and Warren counties gave heartening evidence of growing interest and activity in local and state history. Publications A total of seventeen items was published—volumes, num-bers of The North Carolina Historical Review, one number of a new bimonthly newsletter, pamphlets, and leaflets. Documentary and Other Volumes One documentary volume was published. In addition, a compilation was published and a facsimile of a rare old publication was reproduced. These publications are as follows : The Papers of Willie Person Mangum, edited by Henry Thomas Shanks. Volume I, 1807-1832, 1950, pp. xH, 614, illustrated. The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663- 19A3, by David Leroy Corbitt, 1950, pp. xix, 324, il-lustrated. Lemuel Sawyer's Blackbeard, a facsimile edition. In-troduction by Richard Walser. 1952, pp. xxxiv, 66, illustrated. Governor's Papers The letter books of Governors Ehringhaus and Cherry were published by the Council of State. These volumes are not official publications of the Department, but they were edited by the Editor of the Division of Publications and their publication and mailing were supervised by that Divi-sion. They are listed as follows: Addresses, Letters ayid Papers of John Christoph Blu-cher Ehringhaus, Governor of North Carolina, 1933- 1937, edited by David Leroy Corbitt, 1950, pp. xxxiii, 509, illustrated. Public Addresses and Papers of Robert Gregg Cherry, Goveryior of North Carolina, 19-^5-19^9, edited by David Leroy Corbitt, 1951, pp. Ixiii, 1058, illustrated. 48 TWENTY-FOUKTH BlEXMAL REPORT D. L. Corbitt, Editor of the Division of Publications, examines a typescript. The North Carolina Historical Review Eight issues of The North Carolina Historical Review were published (1,000 copies of each issue) and 5,538 copies were mailed, including 832 copies of back issues.^ The total cost of printing this journal was $7,016.32, an average of $877.04 per issue. Paid-up subscriptions, either new or renewal, totalling 917 were received, an average of 38 per month.- Subscribers are located in 34 states, the District of Columbia, and 2 foreign countries; the publication is mailed on exchange to institutions or organizations in 32 states, the District of Columbia and 2 foreign countries; and during the biennium back issues were mailed to pur-chasers in 24 states, the District of Columbia, and 3 foreign countries. The Review included 42 articles on North Carolina and 6 articles on other states and individuals.'' Eight install- •See below, Appendixes XVII and XVIII, pp. 92-93. ^See below, Appendix XIX, p. P3. 'See below, Appendix XX, pp. f4-95. State Departjiext of Archives and History 49 ments or collections of documents were carried.^ Books re-viewed totalled 101—29 on North Carolina, 41 on other states and on individuals, and 31 on general subjects. Of the reviews, 61 were written by North Carolinians and 40 by persons in other states. The State Literary a7id Historical Association and the Review The State Literary and Historical Association has long been interested in the Department—was, indeed, the first to sponsor the establishment of the agency. In 1924, when the Department began publishing the Review, members of the Association were allowed a special subscription rate. At the Association's 1951 annual meeting the dues were in-creased so that all members would receive the Review. In this way, by the end of 1952 all members will have become subscribers—a gain of approximately 125. Also, at the end of the biennium the Association was about to launch an aggressive membership campaign that was expected to add several hundred additional subscribers. Carolina Commeyits In May, 1952, the Department began publishing a news-letter, Carolina Comments, issued bimonthly and mailed to public libraries in the state, subscribers to the Review, members of the State Literary and Historical Association, and other interested individuals. This new periodical was designed to keep the public informed regarding literary and historical developments and activities throughout North Carolina. Pamphlets and Leaflets The Department published the following pamphlets and leaflets : Tiventy-Third Biennial Report of the North Carolina Department of Archives ayid History, 19^8-1950, 1950, pp. 90, illustrated. Let's Visit the Hall of Histo7^y, 1951, pp. 7, illustrated. See below, Appendix XXI, pp. 95. 50 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report The State Literary and Historical Association, 1952, pp. 5, illustrated. The Department prepared, saw through the press, and distributed : A Museum and Archives Center for North Carolina,. 1950, pp. 17, illustrated. The Department reprinted the following : Money Problems of Early Tar Heels, by Mattie Erma Parker, third edition, 1951, pp. 14, illustrated. The History of the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina, by J. Bryan Grimes, fifth edition, 1951, pp. 40, illustrated. A Program for the Future In accordance with a policy adopted several years ago, the Department has arranged with a number of competent scholars to edit documentary materials in sufficient quantity to continue the publication of such volumes for many years to come. As a result, the copy for several volumes is now in hand and materials for others are in preparation, to be published as funds become available for the purpose. The present appropriation permits the issuance of one such vol-ume a year, but it is hoped that this rate can be accelerated. William A. Graham Papers At the end of the biennium there was on hand sufficient copy for four or five volumes of the papers of William A. Graham, United States Senator, Governor, Secretary of the Navy, and Confederate States Senator. These papers were being edited by Dr. Joseph G. de Roulhac Hamilton of the University of North Carolina under the sponsorship of Mr. John W. Clark of Greensboro, a grandson of Governor Graham. Zebulon B. Vance Papers Dr. Frontis W. Johnston of Davidson College continued his work on the papers of Zebulon B. Vance, Governor and United States Senator, and it was hoped that the first volume Mrs. May Davis Hill, Editorial Assistant, prepares copy tor printer. 1 Beth G. Crabtree, Stenographer-Clerk 11, operates the Depart-ment's new Addressograph. 52 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Eva J. Lawrence, Editorial Assistant, operating tlie mimeograph machine. would be ready for the printer within the near future. Dur-ing the biennium the Division copied approximately 3,000 items for this series. Records of the Moravians Dr. Douglas L. Rights of Winston-Salem, Acting Archiv-ist of the Moravian Church in America, Southern Province, continued his work of compiling and editing the Records of the Moraviayis in North Caroliyia, volume VIII, and hoped to complete this task before the end of the summer. He indi-cated that there probably is enough interesting material to carry the series to the Civil War period, in which case there will be a ninth volume. Blount Papers At the end of the biennium the first volume of the papers of the Blount family, prominent in the colonial, revolution-ary, and early national periods in North Carolina and Ten- BLACKBEARD. ^ ©omttriv in iFottr ^cls. FOUNDED ON FACT. BY LEMUEL SAWYER. WASHINGTON: PRINTED BV DAVIS AND FORCE (fRANKLIn's IIEAD) PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. 1824. Title page of Lemuel Sawyer's Blackbeard, which was published in facsimile by the Department during the biennium. 54 Twenty-Fourth Biexxial Report nessee, was in page proof. The series, edited by Dr. Alice B. Keith of Meredith College, was expected to run to at least four volumes. Willie P. Mangiim Pampers At the end of the period the second volume of the papers of Willie P. Mangum, United States Senator, edited by Dr. Henry T. Shanks of Birmingham-Southern College, was in page proof. Dr. Shanks hoped to have the third and fourth volumes ready for the printer by the end of the calendar year 1952, and it was expected that there would be five volumes in the series. Pettigreiv Papers Dr. Bennett H. Wall of the University of Kentucky, who had previously agreed to edit the papers of the Pettigrew family, prominent in eastern North Carolina a century and more ago, found opportunity to do little on the series during the biennium, so that it was indefinite when copy for the first volume would be ready. W. Kerr Scott Papers Mr. Corbitt, Editor of the Division, did some work on the public addresses and messages of Governor W. Kerr Scott to the General Assembly. After the completion of Governor Scott's term in January, 1953, his official papers will be turned over to the Department for preservation, and Mr. Corbitt will select, edit, and prepare the material for the printer. The Governor's series is not one of the Depart-ment's official publications, but Mr. Corbitt has edited the volumes for all the Governors since 1921. Catherine Ann Edmondston Diary Miss Beth Crabtree, of the Division's staff, took up again the editing of the Catherine Ann Edmondston diary, on which she had begun to work when an employee of the De-partment several years ago. Mrs. Edmondston was the wife of a Halifax County planter and her diary, sprightly and entertaining, covers the entire period of the Civil War. State Depaktment of Archives and History 55 Pamphlets Two pamphlets were in the course of preparation. Mrs. May Davis Hill of the Division staff was working on a com-pilation of the lives of the governors of North Carolina from 1585 to the present, and Mr. William S. Powell, formerly the Department's Researcher and now on the staff of the University of North Carolina Library, was preparing a study of the Carolina charter of 1663, which was presented to the Department in 1949. APPENDIX I Positions and Salary Ranges, June 30, 1952 ArcJiives and History Series Director $ 6,780 State Archivist - 5,124—6,132 Archivist II --- 3,372—4,128 Archivist I. .- - -- 2,880—3,552 Museum Administrator 4,764—5,604 Museum Curator II 3,372—4,128 Museum Curator I 2,880—3,552 Editor 4,980—5,820 Editorial Assistant -- 2,880—3,552 Researcher 8,780—4,620 Clerical Series Stenographer Clerk III 2,688—3,360 Stenographer Clerk II ...- -- 2,340—2,928 Custodial and Housekeeping Series Janitor-Messenger 1,620—2,040 APPENDIX II Number of Employees as of June 30 of Each Year Listed, 1908-1952 1908 - 3 1932. 10 1 9 10 -- 3 1934-.... 8 1912 3 1936 .- 8 1914 5 1938 -- 9 1916 8 1940. 9 1918 9 1942._.__ 11 1920 9 1944 11 1922 9 1946 13 1 9 24 11 194 8 - 16 1926 11 1950-._._ 18 1928 .-..- 10 1952 20 1930 -10 APPENDIX III List of Employees, Showing Title, Name, and Period of Service (If Less Than Full Biennium) Permanent Etnployees Director: Christopher Crittenden Chief, Division of Archives and Manuscripts: W. Frank Burton, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 State Archivist: W. Frank Burton, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 State Departjiext of Archives and History 57 Chief, Division of Publications: D. L. Corbitt, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Editor: D. L. Corbitt, Marcli 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Chief, Division of Public Displays: Mrs. Joye E. Jordan, July 1, 1950- February 28, 1951 Museum Administrator: Mrs. Joye E. Jordan, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Researcher: William S. Powell, July 1, 1950-December 9, 1951 Researcher: Edwin A. Miles, January 1, 1952-June 30, 1952 Senior Stenographer Clerk: Mrs. Blanche M. Johnson, July 1, 1950- February 28, 1951 Stenographer Clerk III: Mrs. Blanche M. Johnson, March 1, 1951-May 21, 1951; June 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Senior General Clerk: Mrs. Eloise Fisher Sarvis, July 1, 1950-Febru-ary 28, 1951 Stenographer Clerk II: Mrs. Eloise Fisher Sarvis, March 1, 1951-May 29, 1951 Stenographer Clerk II: Beth G. Crabtree, June 15, 1951-June 30, 1952 Senior General Clerk: Eva J. Lawrence, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Editorial Assistant: Eva J. Lawrence, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Editorial Assistant: Mrs. May Davis Hill, June 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Junior Museum Assistant: Manora Mewborn, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Museum Curator I: Manora Mewborn, March 1, 1951-April 21, 1951 (married and became Mrs. Manora Mewborn Nunn, April 14, 1951) Museum Curator I: M. Ann Beal, May 7, 1951-June 30, 1952 Junior Museum Assistant: Dorothy D. Reynolds, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Museum Curator II: Dorothy D. Reynolds, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 (married and became Mrs. Dorothy Reynolds Phillips, June 16, 1951) Junior Archivist: Gwendolyn R. Woodard, July 1, 1950-December 31, 1950 Junior Archivist: Mrs. Frances Harmon Whitley, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Archivist II: Mrs. Frances Harmon Whitley, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Junior Archivist: Nancy Eschholz, January 1, 1951-February 28, 1951 Archivist I: Nancy Eschholz, March 1, 1951-March 31, 1951 Archivist I: Mrs. Doris H. Harris, June 11, 1951-June 30, 1952 Senior Archivist: Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahey, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Archivist II: Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahey, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Senior Archivist: Mrs. Mary Jeffreys Rogers, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Archivist II: Mrs. Mary Jeffreys Rogers, March 1, 1951June 30, 1952 Archivist I: Mrs. Bettie Y. Holland, August 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Archivist I: Mrs. Julia B. Jordan, August 6, 1951-June 30, 1952 Archivist II: Herbert R. Paschal, Jr., August 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 58 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Janitor-Messenger: Edward Freeman, July 1, 1950-September 30, 1950 Junior Mail Clerk: Marvin K. Rogers, July 1, 1950-February 28. 1951 Janitor-Messenger: Marvin K. Rogers, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Messenger-Clerk: Henry G. Perry, October 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Janitor-Messenger: Henry G. Perry, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Temiiorary Employees Senior General Clerk: Mrs. May Davis Hill, July 1, 1950-August 31, 1950; November 13, 1950-February 28, 1951 Editorial Assistant: Mrs. May Davis Hill, March 1, 1951-May 31, 1951 Traveling Museum Curator: Charles Lawrence Jones, July 1, 1950- August 18, 1950 Traveling Museum Curator: Robert J. Chaffin, September 1, 1950-No-vember 6, 1950 Traveling Museum Curator: Guy A. Weatherly, November 13, 1950-June 30, 1951 Stenographer Clerk III: Mrs. Lael Sellers, April 1, 1951-June 15, 1951 APPENDIX IV Appropriations and Expenditures, 1950-1952 1950-1951 1951-1952 Appro- Expendi- Aj)pro- Expendi-priation tiires priation tures Salaries and Wages $ 47,149.00 $ 47,148.03 $ 69,638.00 $ 67,786.68 Supplies and Materials „,.. 1,660.00 1,659.99 5,990.00 5,981.32 Postage, Telephone, Tele-graph and Express 1,150.00 1,149.56 782.00 781.90 Travel Expense 3,104.00 3,103.95 3,282.00 3,276.07 Printing and Binding, 14,888.00 14,883.15 12,882.00 12,813.62 Repairs and Alterations... 275.00 274.45 600.00 599.80 General Expense 126.00 95.91 990.00 976.89 Equipment 18,481.00 18,480.99 6,800.00 6,789.91 Manuscripts 400.00 380.93 626.00 626.00 Cherry Letter Book 11,883.00 11,881.92 260.00 259.99 Ehringhaus Letter Book.... 5,881.00 5,880.31 Flag Square Rostrum 200.00 200.00 Total Requirements ... 104,997.00 104,939.19 102,050.00 100,092.18 Less: Estimated Receipts: Miscellaneous Receipts 1,081.00 1,117.59 2,382.00 2,434.09 Transfer from 1949-1950 10,193.00 10,193.00 Total Receipts and Transfer 11,274.00 11,310.59 2,382.00 2,434.09 Appropriation 93,723.00 93.628.60 99.668.00 97,658.09 State Department of Archives and History 59 APPENDIX V Appropriations and Expenditures, 1930-1952 Year Apiiropriation Expenditures 1930-1931 $30,865.00 $23,565.03 1931-1932 24,865.00 18,338.51 1932-1933 20,065.00 13,286.15 1933-1934 12,826.00 11,223.13 1934-1935 11,315.00 11,298.23 1935-1936 19,364.00 16,156.51 1936-1937 20,294.00 19,985.59 1937-1938 21,843.00 20,478.17 1938-1939 __... 22,443.00 22,088.38 1939-1940 21,160.00 20,593.68 1940-1941 ..__. 21,160.00 20,669.09 1941-1942 23,300.00 21,252.63 1942-1943 24,514.00 23,843.29 1943-1944 28,707.00 27,973.03 1944-1945 28,212.00 26,940.64 1945-1946 45,290.00 30,650.90 1946-1947 54,827.00 51,387.83 1947-1948 68,391.00 66,642.09 1948-1949 64,073.00 63,799.70 1949-1950 84,850.51 83,957.68 1950-1951 93,723.00 93,628.60 1951-1952 99,668.00 97,658.09 APPENDIX VI Publications of Members of the St.\ff Mr. W. F. Burton reviewed Virginia Gazette Index, 1736-1780, by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff (The North Carolina Historical Review, April, 1951) and wrote "Microfilm Records in the State De-partment of Archives and History, Raleigh, N. C," in National Genea-logical Society Q^iarterly (June, 1951). Mr. D. L. Corbitt served as managing editor of The North Carolina Historical Revietv. He also edited or compiled the following: Addresses, Letters and Papers of John Christoph Blucher Ehring-haus, Governor of North Carolina, 1933-1937 (Raleigh: Council of State, 1950) Public Addresses and Papers of Robert Gregg Cherry, Governor of North Carolina, 1945-19Jf9 (Raleigh: Council of State, 1951) The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-19Jf3 (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1950) 60 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Mrs. May Davis Hill reviewed The People's General: The Personal Story of Lafayette, by David Loth {The North Carolina Historical Re-view, April, 1952). Mrs. Joye E. Jordan reviewed The Colonial Craftsman, by Carl Bri-denbaugh {The North Carolina Historical Review, January, 1951). Mr. Edwin A. Miles wrote "Franklin E. Plummer: Piney Woods Spokesman of the Jackson Era," in Journal of Mississipin History (January, 1952). He also served as editor of a bimonthly historical newsletter, Carolina Comments, published by the Department and sent to members of the State Literary and Historical Association and others. Volume I, number 1 (May, 1952), appeared during the bien-nium. Mr. William S. Powell wrote Frontiersmen : Makers of America (Charlotte: Charlotte Zone Buick Dealers, 1951, pp. 16) and "Who's Who among Historical Characters" in The Lost Colony [Souvenir Pro-gram], 1951. He reviewed Jolui Wesley Jarvis, Americaii Painter, 1780-18J,0, by Harold E. Dickson {The North Carolina Historical Re-view, January, 1951). Mr. Powell served as editor of History Neics. the monthly news-letter of the American Association for State and Local History, vol. V, no. 9 (July, 1950) -vol. VH, no. 2 (December, 1951). He also contrib-uted the "History News" column to American Heritage, a quarterly sponsored by the American Association for State and Local History, vol. II, no. 1 (autumn, 1950)-vol. Ill, no. 2 (winter, 1952) and wrote a column entitled "North Carolina Church History" which appeared in The North Carolina Churchman, vol. XLI, no. 1 (September, 1951)- vol. XLI, no. 4 (December, 1951). Dr. Christopher Crittenden served as editor of The North Carolina Historical Review. He also wrote the following articles and book reviews: Articles "Furniture Through the Ages," Think, vol. XVI, no. 10 (October, 1950). "The North Carolina Railroad," Ties, June, 1951. "North Carolina and the Winning of American Independence," Tlie Picket Post, July, 1951. (Address delivered at Valley Forge on the celebration of North Carolina Day, 1951). "Museum on Wheels" (the story of the North Carolina trailer mu-seum). Trailer Topics Magazine, October, 1951. "Graveyard of the Atlantic," Think, vol. XVII, no. 11 (November, 1951). "Culture Week," The State, December 1, 1951. "Tour in the Sky" (a description of the Blue Ridge Parkway), Motor Neivs, March, 1952. "Unto These Hills," The Orange Disc, vol. X, no. 6 (May-June, 1952). State Departmext of Archives and History 61 "First Colonizer" (Sir Walter Raleigh), in souvenir program of "The Lost Colony" symphonic drama, 1952. Edwin A. Miles, co-author. "Frontiersman's Victory—the Battle of Kings Mountain," in sou-venir program of "Horn in the West" historical drama, 1952. Book Revieics: Report of the Puhlic Archives for the Year 19 'i9. Dominion of Can-ada. By Wm. Kaye Lamb. (Ottawa. Edmond Cloutier, 1950. Pp. xxxiv, 462.) Reviewed in The American Archivist, vol. XIII, no. 4 (October, 1950). Jefferson: The Scene of Europe, llS'f to 1789. By Marie Kimball. (New York: Coward-McCann. 1950. Pp. ix, 357.) Reviewed in The American Historical Review, vol. LVI, no. 2 (October, 1950). Federal Records of World War II, vol. I, Civilian Agencies, vol. II, Military Agencies. National Archives Publications 51-7 and 51-8. (Washington: Government Printing Office. 1950, 1951. Pp. xii, 1073; iii, 1061.) Reviewed in The American Historical Review, vol. LVII, no. 2 (October, 1951). Jefferson and His Time. vol. II, Jefferson and the Rights of Man. By Dumas Malone. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1951. Pp. xxix, 523.) Reviewed in The American Historical Review, vol. LVII, no. 4 (April, 1952). APPENDIX VII New Historical Markers Approved During the Biexxium District A: Bertie. Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties: Lemuel Sawyer (grave), Camden County J. C. B. Ehringhaus (birthplace), Pasquotank County Stephen B. Weeks (site of birthplace), Pasquotank County William Blount (site of birthplace), Bertie County District B: Beaufort, Dare, Hyde. Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington counties: Matthew Rowan (site of home), Beaufort County Henry C. DeMille (birthplace), Beaufort County Charles Pettigrew (home), Washington County District C: Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, and Pamlico counties: F. M. Simmons (home), Craven County Edward B. Dudley (site of birthplace), Onslow County District D: Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender coun-ties: Edwin A. Alderman (birthplace). New Hanover County James Gibbons (church), New Hanover County 62 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report William W. Loring (site of birthplace), New Hanover County John A. Winslow (site of birthplace), New Hanover County Temple of Israel, New Hanover County William Hooper (site of home), New Hanover County Edward Moseley (site of home), Pender County Charles Town, Brunswick County Thalian Hall, City Hall, Library, New Hanover County Henry Bacon (home). New Hanover County District E: Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, and Warren counties: George V. Holloman (home), Northampton County W. W. Kitchin (grave), Halifax County Gallberry, Halifax County Whitmel Hill (grave), Halifax County Claude Kitchin (home), Halifax County Trinity Church, Halifax County District F: Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne, and Wilson counties: Peacock's Bridge, Wilson County District G: Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person^ and Vance counties; North Carolina College at Durham, Durham County Alexander Mebane (site of home), Alamance County Alexander Wilson (home and grave), Alamance County Nath'l Rochester (site of home), Granville County James E. Shepherd (grave), Durham County District H: Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, and Wake counties: Josiah Bailey (home), Wake County Yarborough House, Wake County Hermon Husband (site of farm), Chatham County Campbell College, Harnett County District I: Bladen, Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson, and Scot-land counties: Charles W. Chesnutt (site of school), Cumberland County Babe Ruth (site of baseball park), Cumberland County Elliott Daingerfield (home), Cumberland County Richard Clinton (site of home), Sampson County Marion Butler (birthplace), Sampson County Thomas O. Moore (site of birthplace), Sampson County District J: Forsyth, Guilford, Rockingham, and Stokes counties: Alamance Church, Guilford County Buffalo Church, Guilford County Edgeworth Female Seminary, Guilford County Guilford College, Guilford County Oak Ridge Institute, Guilford County State Department of Archives and History 63 District K : Anson. Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, and Rich-mond counties: John H. Mills (grave), Davidson County Edmund DeBerry (grave), Montgomery County Samarcand, Moore County John W. Thomas (home), Davidson County District L: Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union counties: Andrew Jackson (site of law office), Rowan County D. A. Tompkins (grave), Mecklenburg County Stonewall Jackson Training School, Cabarrus County W. R. Odell (home), Cabarrus County Fight at Colson's, Stanly County District M: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Davie, Iredell, Surry, Wilkes, and Yadkin counties: Centre Church, Iredell County Clio's Nui'sery, Iredell County James Hall ( grave ) , Iredell County Vance House, Iredell County Pilot Mountain, Surry County District N: Avery, Burke. Caldwell, McDowell. Mitchell, Watauga, and Yancey counties: Collett Leventhorpe (grave), Caldwell County Elliott Daingerfield (home), Watauga County Yancey Collegiate Institute, Yancey County District O: Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln. Polk, and Rutherford counties: Tryon's March, Polk County Tryon's March, Rutherford County Brittain Church, Rutherford County Joshua Forman (grave), Rutherford County The Block House, Polk County Oak Grove, Gaston County Confederate Laboratory, Lincoln County U. D. C. Memorial Hall. Lincoln County District P: Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, and Transyl-vania counties: Vance-Carson Duel, Henderson County Gun Shop & Forge, Henderson County Lee's School, Buncombe County Forster A. Sondley (home), Buncombe County St. John in the Wilderness, Henderson County Jeter C. Pritchard (home and grave), Buncombe County Francis Asbury (site of residence), Buncombe County 64 TWENTY-FOUUTH BlENMAL RePOKT Mars Hill College, Madison County Dr. L. B. McBrayer (site of birthplace), Buncombe County Richmond Pearson (home). Buncombe County District Q: Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, and Swaiit counties: Baptist Mission, Cherokee County Horace Kephart (grave), Swain County APPENDIX VIII Archives and ManuscPvIpts Accessioned I. Additions to Collections. 1. State Agencies: Archives and History. Plans for the proposed Museum and Archives building. 2 packages. Mr. William Henley Deitrick, Architect. Raleigh. Attorney General. Correspondence, 1930-38. 15 cu. ft. Trans-ferred from the office of the Attorney General. Governor's Papers. Sesquicentennial Commission, certificate of appreciation to Governor W. Kerr Scott, August 18, 1950. 1 piece. Notaries public. May, 1947-July, 1949. 1 volume. Minutes of Council of State, 1937-41, 1941-45. 1 volume. Requisitions, 1946- 49. 1 volume. Appointments, 1929-37. 1 volume. Court assign-ments (in lieu), 1942-49. 1 volume. Card index to extraditions and requisitions, Governor Broughton, 1941-45, and Governor Cherry, 1945-49. 2 E boxes. 3 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, May-November, 1951. Transferred from the Governor's Office. Governors' Papers. Manuscripts concerning Nullification, the tariff law, lotteries, the Constitution, conscripts and volunteers, and reports, 1832-64. 44 items. Purchased from the Bookery, Inc., Denver, Colorado. Colonial Governors' Papers. Part of a form for appointing a militia by Governor William Tryon. Photocopy. Original in the National Archives, Washington, D. C. Given by Dr. Robert W. Linker, Chapel Hill. State Highway and Public Works Commission. Minutes of Proceedings of the Commissioners for the Erection of a Peni-tentiary, 1869-80, volume I; and minutes of the Directors of the State Penitentiary, 1871-78, volume II. Transferred from the State Highway and Public Works Commission, Raleigh. Treasurer. Certificates of stock in Bank of North Carolina ta Wm. J. Lougee, May 22, 1862. Given by the State Library. Treasurer. Miscellaneous records, approximately 1 cu. ft. Trans-ferred from the Treasurer's Office. State Departmext of Archives a>'d History 65 2. Counties: Bertie County. Miscellaneous. 33 cu. ft. Transferred from Bertie County. Caswell County. 3 deeds. Given by Mr. J. B. Blaylock, Yan-ceyville. Carteret County. Payrolls and time sheets for work on Harlowe and Clubfoot Canal, 1S22-23. 6 sheets. Given by Miss Marybelle Delamar, Raleigh. Duplin County. Deeds and bill of sale. 3 pieces. Photocopies. Originals in possession of Mr. Joshua James, Raleigh. Johnston County. Quit claim of Sarah Bagwell, August 14, 1839, and a deed of gift, Nathan Bagwell to Bryan Bagwell, Aug-ust 4, 1835. 2 pages photocopied. Original in possession of Mrs. James Hugh Ward, Sr., Raleigh. Loaned through courtesy of Miss Christine Bagwell, Raleigh. Montgomery County. 2 land grants of Daniel McLester, 1790, and Daniel McLuster, 1810. Given by Mrs. H. B. Green, Raleigh. Plat of Montgomery County. Undated. Transferred from the office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Rockingham. New Hanover County. Contract for labor, January 15, 1868; bill of sale for slaves, March, 1843; and quit claim, November 17, 1820. Given by Mr. Louis T. Moore, Wilmington. New Hanover County. Photocopy of will of Isaac James, May, 1813. 3 pieces. Original in possession of Mr. Joshua James, Raleigh. Onslow County. 3 deeds. Photocopies. Originals in posses-sion of Mr. Joshua James, Raleigh. Orange County. Proceedings of Wardens of the Poor, 1832-56. Transferred from the office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Hills-boro, through Mr. S. H. Hobbs, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Rutherford County. Court minutes, 1845-50. 1 volume. Given by Mr. Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City. Stokes County. Deeds, 1780 and 1795. 2 pieces. Mutilated. Transferred by Mr. Hope Marshall, Deputy Clerk of Superior Court, Winston-Salem. Wake County. Indenture between Berry Bagwell and Brient Bagwell, May 4, 1833. 2 pages photocopied. Original in posses-sion of Mrs. James Hugh Ward, Sr., Raleigh. Loaned through the courtesy of Miss Christine Bagwell, Raleigh. Wayne County. Court minutes, 2 vols., 1788-1831, and 2 dockets, 1802-21. Given by Mr. J. A. Bowman, Wadesboro. 3. Diaries: "The Diary of J. C. McBride who left McBrides Mills, N. C, for California when Eighteen Years of Age. May 9th, 1850." Copied from original by Claude Maer. 9 typed pages. Given by Mr. Claude Maer, Fort Worth, Texas. 66 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report 4. Personal Collections : J. W. Atkins Collection. Letter, 1838, receipts and accounts, 7 pieces, and a copy of Due-West Telescope, 1856. Given by Mr. James W. Atkins, Gastonia. H. H. Brimley Papers. Bills and receipts. 8 pieces. Given by Mr. Harry T. Davis, Raleigh. H. H. Brimley Papers. Letters, accounts, and other personal papers, 1861-1910. 2 B boxes. Given by Mrs. N. F. Fonville, Raleigh. Clarence W. Griffin Papers. North Carolina Press material, 1948-50, 1950-51. 2 B boxes. Given by Mr. Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City. J. Y. Joyner Papers. Personal correspondence, 1901-13. 2 B boxes. Transferred from the Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Andrew Johnson Papers. Letter from Jonathan Worth, Gov-ernor of North Carolina, to Andrew Jackson, January 10, 1866. Purchased from Mr. King V. Hostick, Chicago. Calvin H. Wiley Papers. 25 letters, parts of addresses, and 2 newspapers. Given by Miss Mary C. Wiley, Winston-Salem. 5. Neivspapers : "The Semi-Weekly News." J. M. L. Harrington, Editor. $4 per annum. Volume 1, no. 1, Harrington, N. C, July 19th, 1860. 4 pages manuscript; and "The Nation." Volume 1, no. 15, Buffalo Springs, July 28, 1858. 4 pages manuscript. Loaned by Mr. J. H. Monger, Sanford. 6. Pamphlets: An Ephermeris, or, Almanack for the year of our Lord, 1663. ... By John Swan. . . . (Cambridge: Printed by John Field, Printer to the Universitie, 1663.) Mutilated. Loaned by Mr. James A. Taylor and Mrs. Ethel G. Smith, Poplar Branch. Appointment of Samuel Scarborough as Postmaster at Mt. Gilead, July 8, 1847. 1 page. Photostat. Original loaned by Col. Jeffrey F. Stanback, Mt. Gilead. A Story of Union County and the History of Pleasant Grove Carap Ground. By George T. Winchester. Published July, 1937. Pp. 104. Purchased from the author. Mineral Springs. The Confederate Souvenir. "The Days of 1861." 21 pages. Given by Mr. J. L. Jackson, Raleigh. A Perpetual Calendar, for finding dates and the Dominical Let-ter for each year of our Lord 1 to the Year .'/OOO. inclusive, . . . 1 page. Given by Miss Geraldine Oaksmith, Morehead City. 7. Genealogical: The Aydelott Family Association Bulletins 55, 56. Mimeo-graphed. Given by Mr. George C. Aydelott, New York. State Department of Archres and History 67 "The Badham Family of Chowan County, N. C." Microfilm. Original in possession of Judge Richard Dillard Dixon. Edenton. Pollock Family Bible records, 1717-1S80. 15 pages. Given by Rev. E. L. Skiles, Pensacola, Florida. Coleman family and others. 15 typed pages. Given by Miss Sybil Hyatt, Kinston. "Origin of some North Carolina Families." By Hugh B. John-ston, Wilson. 6 typed pages. Given by the author. "From Yadkin Valley to Pigeon River." Smathers-Agner Fam-ilies. By Sadie S. Patton. 56 typed pages. Given by the author, Hendersonville. iSoIdiers and Patriots of the American Revolution. A List Compiled from Baptist Periodicals at the Shirk Library Franklin College by Elizabeth Hayward, Ridgewood, N. J. 1947. 8 pages. Given by Mrs. Sumner Hayward, Ridgewood. "The Coke Family." 31 typed pages. Given by Mrs. James L. Coke, Honolulu. T. H. Bible records taken from the John Speight family Bible, 1736- 51. 1 page. Given by Mrs. Kirby Thompson, Prentiss, Mississippi. "Supplement to Captain Benjamin Merrill and the Merrill Fam-ily of North Carolina." By William Ernest Merrill, 1951. Multi-copied. Given by the author. Marriage bond of Aaron Camp and Sally Suttle, April 2, 1817. [Rutherford County.] Photostat; and The Caynp Bulletin. Aug-ust, 1932, August, 1933, August, 1934. Nos. 17, 18, 19. Given by Mrs. Clyde W. Fisher, Palm Beach, Florida. Gaither Genealogy. 1 page manuscript. Given by Mrs. J. T. Davis, Winston-Salem. "Genealogy of Shadrack Barnes of Rowan County, North Caro-lina who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War." Compiled in 1951 by Col. Pinckney G. McElwee, Washington, D. C. 50 mimeo-graphed pages. Given by Mrs. Hal. W. Blackstock, Winston- Salem. England Family. 1 mimeographed page. Given by Miss Flora England, Marion, Alabama. "Some Hunt Families of Anson Co. N. C. and Old Cheraw Dis-trict, S. C." 4 typed pages. Given by Mrs. Orson Haynie, Los Angeles, California. Family records copied from Bible of Charity Moore Estes, now owned by and in possession of Mrs. M. G. Shearer, Lenoir. 7 typed pages. Given by Mrs. Julius R. Blair and Mrs. Vann B. String-field, Thomasville. "Miscellaneous Genealogical and Cemetery Records of Several Southern Families." 286 typed pages. Collected and copied by Miss Roberta P. Wakefield, Washington, D. C. Given by the col-lector. Lineage Book of Past and Present Members of the Society of So7is of the American Revolution. Published by the Society. 1951. 68 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Repokt Pp. vi, 322. Purchased through Mr. F. L. Morris, Genealogist of the Society, Raleigh. Bible records of the Barber and allied families, and picture of — tombstone of Elizabeth Barber. 3 pieces. Photocopies. Original loaned by Mr. A. N. Parrish, Jacksonville, Florida. Bible records taken from the Partin and allied families Bible. Photocopies. 22 pieces. Original in possession of Miss Manda Partin, Willow Springs. Loaned through the courtesy of Mrs. Marshal Barber, Raleigh. 8. Maps : "Alamance County Supplement Fifth Division." North Caro-lina State Highway and Public Works Commission. 1944. 15" x 20 % "• Given by Mr. R. 0. Crow, Graham. "McDuffie's Map of Cumberland County, North Carolina. 1884." 2 pieces. 18" x 20". Photostat. Original loaned by Mr. J. C. Pittman, Sanford. "Durham County, Fifth Division. 1949." 13%" x 27". Given by the State Highway and Public Works Commission, Raleigk. "McDuffie's Map of Moore County, North Carolina." By Jno. Mc.Duffie. Fayett-ville, N. C. J. L. Currie, Assistant. . . . 1886. 21%" x 18". Photocopy. Original loaned by Col. Jeffrey F. Stan-back, Mt. Gilead. "Map of the Town of Asheboro." 1930. 18"x21%". Given by Mr. A. R. Winningham, Asheboro. "Asheville North Carolina." Printed and distributed by Cham-ber of Commerce. No date. 22" x 32 1/^ ". Given by Mrs. Margaret Simmons, Asheville. "Map of Atlantic Beach near Morehead City Carteret County, N. C." Original by J. W. Pugh, Engraver. Additions by Geo. J. Brooks, Engraver. 1934. 21 Vz" x 43". Given by Miss Etta L. Willis, Atlantic Beach. "Town of Beulaville, Beulaville, N. C." Made by R. W. Craft. 1947. 201/4" X 231/^". Blueprint. Given by Mr. I. J. Sandlin, Jr., Beulaville. "Zone Map for the Town of Biltmore Forest North Carolina." No date. 10" x 14". Given by Mr. Thomas W. Raoul, Biltmore Forest. "Map of the town of Brevard, N. C." Drawing by E. K. DeLong. 1944. 16" X 19". Blueprint. Given by Mr. T. H. Barker, Brevard. "Brookford, N. C." No date. 261/^" x 31". Blueprint. Given by Mr. Tom Gadd, Brookford. "Black Mountain Buncombe County, North Carolina." Carter- Bearden, Engineers. No date. 36i/^"x36%" Given by Mr. Willis W. Dean, Black Mountain. "Map City of Burlington N. C." Engineering Dept. 1947.181/4" X 21 1/4 ". Given by Mr. Rainey P. Pope, Burlington. State Department of Archives and History 69 "Map of Canton, N. C." Compiled by W. H. Terrell, C. E. 1944. 23" X 24 1/^". Given by Mr. E. M. Geier, Canton. "Zoning Map adopted by Town of Carolina Beach, N. C." 1950. 13" X 301/4". Given by Mrs. Alice Strickland, Carolina Beach. "Town of Chapel Hill, N. C. 1950." John R. Gove, Engineer, Chapel Hill. Revised in 1951. 22" x 37%". Given by Mrs. Louise W. Talbot, Chapel Hill. "Official Map of Charlotte, N. C." H. A. Yancey, City Manager and Lloyd McC. Ross, City Engineer. 1948. 44" x 64". Given by Mrs. Lillian R. Hoffman, Charlotte. "Map of China-Grove, N. C." G. H. Ehringer, Registered En-gineer. 1937. 16"x20%". Blueprint. Given by Mr. H. A. Lentz, China Grove. "Map of the Town of Clinton, N. C." L. C. Kerr, Jr., City Engi-neer. Courtesy of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, 1948. 11" X 14". Given by Mr. N. H. Larkins, Clinton. "Draper, N. C' Map by J. S. Trogdon & Son. 1947. 15%" x 141/4". Given by Mrs. Fannie Pruitt, Draper. "Durham, North Carolina." Department of Public Works. 1948. 12" X 14". Given by Mrs. Elsie N. Jones, Durham. "Map of the Town of Edenton, North Carolina." 1948. 12^4" X 161/^". Given by Mr. Wesley Chesson, Jr., Edenton. "Map of Elizabeth City, N. C." William C. Olsen, Consulting Engineer. Traced by W. M. Smith. 1946. 16" x 19" Given by Mr. H. K. Houtz, Elizabeth City. "Fair Bluff Columbus Co. N. C." Surveyed by R. W. Norris, Fair Bluff, N. C. 1950. 36" x 431/4". Blueprint. Given by Mrs. D. E. Parrish, Fair Bluff. "Map of Water Works System Fairmont, N. C." Roberts & Matthews, Engineers, Lumberton, N. C. 1949. 28" x 36i/4". Blue-print. Given by Mr. George H. Cole, Fairmont. "Official Map of Fayetteville, N. C." Willis W. Baker. City Engineer. Drawn by W. R. McFadyen. 1941. 17"xl8i/^". Given by Miss S. W. Tomlinson, Fayetteville. "City of Fayetteville North Carolina." Revised. Willis W. Baker, City Engineer. 1948. 24" x 31". Given by Miss S. W. Tomlinson, Fayetteville. "Forest City, N. C. Drawn by Clyde C. Sorrell (SVR.) 1950. 25" X 26 % ". Blueprint. Given by Mr. J. E. Caldwell, Forest City. "Town of Fremont, N. C." 1950. 8%" x 14". Given by Gela F. Musgrave, Fremont. [Map of Garland.] Mrs. A. N. Johnson, Clerk, Garland, N. C. No date. 19" x 20". Pencil sketch. Given by Mrs. A. N. John-son, Garland. "Map of the City of Gastonia, N. C." Office of Wm. P. Piatt, Eng., Durham, N. C. 1949. Il%"x21%". "Tax Assessment Map Gibsonville, N. C." No date. 29 1/^" x 35". Blueprint. Given by Mr. M. O. Wyrick, Gibsonville. 70 Twenty-Fourth Biexxial Report "City of Goldsboro, Wayne Co. N. C." C. Beems, Reg. Surveyor. 17" X 171/^". 1944. Given by Mr. J. G. Spence, Goldsboro. "Map of City of Greensboro North Carolina and Environs." Issued by Department of Public Works, Greensboro. 1941. 30" X 44". Given by Mr. H. L. Medford, Greensboro. "Map of the City of Greenville, N. C." Drawn by L. S. Taylor. Published by Chamber of Commerce. [1949.] Il"xl3y2". Given by Mr. J. 0. Duval, Greenville. "Hamlet, N. C." J. Utter, Registered Engr. 1927. 20%" x 24". Blueprint. Given by Mr. H. B. Long, Hamlet. "City of Hickory North Carolina." 1941. 23" x 351/2". Given by Mr. H. L. Burdette, Hickory. "Reproduction of the original Robinson Brown Paper Map of Hickory, N. C." Surveyed and platted by W. P. Ivey between the years of 1865 and 1870. Reproduced by C. M. Sawyer and W. W. Hampton, Raleigh. 1931. 36 1/^" x 61". Blueprint. Given by Mr. H. L. Burdette, Hickory. "City of High Point, North Carolina." Zone map. Morris Knowles Inc., Engineers. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1946. 21 1/^" X 25 % ". Given by Mrs. Lois W. Smith, High Point. "Map Huntersville, N. C." Dickson & Stillwell, Inc., Engrs. Charlotte. 1947. SV2" x 11". Blueprint. Given by Mr. Wade H. Nance, Huntersville. "Map of Kinston, North Carolina." Drawn by W. E. West. 1948. 18%" X 22". Blueprint. Given by Mr. T. W. Heath, Kin-ston. "Map of Lawrenceville, Montgomery County." Lockey Sim-mons, Surveyor. Surveyed May 16, 1836. 13" x 171/2". Photo-copy. Original in possession of Miss Carrie Lilly, Mt. Gilead. [Map of Leaksville and suburbs.] No date. "This map is copyrighted by J. S. Trogdon, Leaksville, N. C." SVz" x 151/2". Given by Mr. J. S. Kemp, Leaksville. "City of Lenoir Caldwell County, North Carolina." Prepared by Southern Mapping & Engineering Co., Greensboro, N. C. No date. 19" x 28". Blueprint. Given by Mr. E. A. Poe, Jr., Lenoir. "Map of Lincolnton, N. Car." W. K. Dickson, C.E., Charlotte, N. C. 1940. 171/2" X 18%". Blueprint. Given by Mr. L. A. Heavner, Lincolnton. "Town of Longview North Carolina." L. R. Rink, Engineer. 1935. 18" x 2114". Blueprint. Given by Mrs. Edna Frye, Long-view. "Lumberton, N. C." P. A. Roberts, Eng. 17i/^"x22". No date. Given by Miss Ruth S. Atkinson, Lumberton. "McAdenville, N. C." June, 1951. 20" x 36". Blueprint. Given by Mr. W. H. Pharr, McAdenville. State Departmext of Archives and History 71 "Map City of Mount Airy North Carolina." City Engineering Dept. F. G. Doggett, City Engineer, I. L. Gentry, Draughtsman. 1114" X 18%". No date. Given by Mr. J. C. Hill, Mount Airy. "Map of the City of New Bern, N. C." Including various sub-divisions and additions. Compiled by B. M. Potter, C.E., New Bern, N. C. 18 V2" x 27". 1945. Given by Mr. C. T. Hellinger, New Bern. "Plan of Plymouth, N. C. It's Fortifications and Environs." Lieut. F. Vinay, 85th R.N.Y. Vols. 19 1^" x 24". Included are 8 auxiliary maps. Purchased from Mr. Stanley M. Gifford, Syra-cuse, N. Y. "Map of The City of Raleigh." Prepared in Department of Public Works. 22" x 34". 1948. Given by Mr. Palmer Edwards, Raleigh. "Town of Robbins North Carolina." Wm. F. Freeman, Engi-neers, Inc., High Point, N. C. 1941. 30" x 42". Blueprint. Given by Mrs. Marjorie Turbeville, Robbins. "Map of Town of Rockingham." From map by James Stewart, March 20, 1939. Edw. R. Tull. 1943. 12" x 15". Blueprint. Given by Mr. Zebulon Gibson, Rockingham. "Map of Rocky Mount North Carolina." Prepared by Chamber of Commerce. 1948. 12" x 18". Given by Mr. L. B. Aycock, Rocky Mount. "Map showing Rose Hill, North Carolina and Vicinity." 1940. 51/^" x 8". Given by Mrs. Martha M. Scott, Rose Hill. "Map of Roxboro, N. C." 17" x 30". 1947. Given by Mr. J. W. Green, Roxboro. "City of Salisbury, N. C." Department of Public Works. H. C. Holmes, City Manager, J. A. English, City Engraver. 1948. STV2" X 47". Blueprint. Given by Miss Elizabeth L. Massey, Salisbury. "Map of Siler City North Carolina." 1948. The Lineberg En-gineers, Burlington, N. C. 8^/^" x 13%". Given by Mr. W. O. Mann, Siler City. "Map City of Smithfield North Carolina." The Lineberg En-gineers, Burlington, N. C. 1947. 81/^" X 13". Given by Mr. N. G. Edgerton, Smithfield. "Visitor's Map Southern Pines, N. C." The Jellison Press, Southern Pines. No date. 15%" x 21 1/^". Given by Mr. H. F. Burns, Southern Pines. "A Map of Spencer, N. C." Drawn by Claude O. Wilson, Jr. 1942. 131/2" X 22". Given by Mr. W. J. Burton, Spencer. "Map of the City of Statesville." 1941. Copyright by R. D. Stout, Eng. Prepared by Southern Mapping and Engineering Co., Greensboro, N. C. 16 V2" x 19". Given by Mr. A. E. Guy, States-ville. 72 TWEXTY-FOURTH BlENXIAL REPORT "Tarboro North Carolina." The Graphic Press, Inc., Raleigh, N. C. No date. I514" x 18". Given by Mr. T. 0. Mayo, Tarboro. "Thomasville, N. C. Zone Map." Morris Knowles, Inc., Engi-neers. Pittsburgh, Pa. 1930. 24" x 37%". Given by Mrs. Eva Jones, Thomasville. "Official Tax Map Town of Wallace North Carolina." B. A. Waldemaier, civil engineer. 1930. 22" x 24". Given by Mr. W. N. Rose, Wallace. "Map of City of Washington North Carolina." William F. Freeman, Engineer, High Point, N. C. No date. 13%" x liy^". Blueprint. Given by Mr. James W. Bowen, Washington. "Map of Waynesville and Hazelwood North Carolina." Com-piled and drawn by J. W. Taylor. Copyright 1945. 9" x 16". Given by Mrs. Hedwig A. Love, Waynesville. "Map showing corporate limits and streets of the Town of Whitakers Nash and Edgecombe counties. North Carolina." By W. F. Beal, Nashville, 1949. 30" x 34%". Blueprint. Given by Mr. Robert D. Massey, Whitakers. "Wilmington North Carolina." 1948. 34" x 51%". Given by Mrs. Mary B. Southerland, Wilmington. "Map of the Town of Wilson North Carolina." Published by the town of Wilson and the Chamber of Commerce. 1948. leys" X 26". Given by Mr. T. T. Lynn, Wilson. The State of North Carolina. [1850.] Climatic and Economic sheet taken from what appears to have been an atlas. 1 page. Purchased from the Maddan Shop, Ridgefield, Connecticut. "North and South Carolina." Published by James T. Patter-son. 18%" X 23%". Printed in color. Given by the Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania. "Transcript of a Map of Fourth Creek Congregation." By Wil-liam Sharpe, Esq. 1773. 271/2" x 351/2". Given by Mr. H. H. Wooten, Washington, D. C. Museum Prospectus for Kill Devil Hill National Memorial (February 1952), and Preliminary Plans for Wright Brothers Memorial Museum. Given by the National Park Service, Rich-mond, Virginia. 9. Sound Recordings: Senatorial campaign of Frank P. Graham, 1950. 25 recordings. Given by Radio Station WPTF, Raleigh. Pullen Memorial Church Dedication, Dr. Harry Emerson Fos-dick, speaker, October 29, 1950. 2 discs. Given by Mr. Sandy Terrill, Tar Heel Transcriptions, Inc., Raleigh. "Consecration—Bishop Baker." The Church of the Good Shep-herd, January 25, 1951. 5 discs. Given by Radio Station WPTF, Raleigh. State Department of Archives and History 73 "Bi-ennial visit of the Governor and State Legislature of N. C. to Camp Lejeune, N. C, March 7, 1951." 2 discs. Given by Mr. Fred Fletcher, Radio Station WRAL, Raleigh. 10. Microfilm: St. James Parish records 1811-52. 1 roll. Original loaned by Rev. Mortimer Glover, Wilmington. Civil War Diary. Anonymous. Originals loaned by Mr. W. N. Hilliard, Raleigh. Confederate Record Books. Originals loaned by Mrs. Sarah Sutherland, Brooklyn, N. Y. Minutes of French Broad Baptist Church, Mills River, 1835-62. 1 volume, and Mills River Church Record, 1862-1924. 1 volume. Originals loaned by Mrs. Sadie S. Patton, Hendersonville. Records of Merchants Bank of New Bern, 1835-69. Original loaned by New Bern Garden Club, New Bern. Diary of Rev. Nehemiah Bonham, Haywood County, N. C, 1829-39. Original loaned by Mr. Harmon Moore, Canton. A Centenary Sermon, Bluff Church, October 18, 1858; and Cen-tenary Address, Buffalo Church, 1879. Originals loaned by Mr. J. H. Monger, Sanford. Minutes of Board of Directors of the North Carolina Railroad Company, July 3, 1904-January 10, 1952; and Cash Book, 1897- 1951. Transferred from North Carolina Railroad Company, Ral-eigh. Hyde County deeds and wills. 19 reels, and Jones County deeds, wills, and Marriage Register. 9 reels. Given by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City. Virginia Gazette 1736-80. 6 reels. Purchased from Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia. A Guide to the Microfilm Collection of Early State Records. Prepared by the Library of Congress in association with the Uni-versity of North Carolina. Collected and compiled under the direction of William Sumner Jenkins. Edited by Lillian A. Ham-rick. Photoduplication service. The Library of Congress, 1950. Purchased from the Library of Congress. 11. WaroflS12: Power of Attorney to William Welborn, August 10, 1815. Given by Mrs. John Scott Welborn, High Point. 12. War for Southern Independence : Bill of sale for a mule to L. H. Sanders, Johnston County, Octo-ber 10, 1865, from the office of the Assistant Quartermaster. Given by Mr. Thomas H. Woodard, Wilson. Two documents relating to War for Southern Independence taxes. Photocopies. Given by Mr. W. E. Hennessee, Salisbury. 74 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Appointment of E. H. Scarborough for the transportation of the Confederate States Mails to Cartilage and Norwood, April 14, 1863. 1 page photostat. Original loaned by Col. Jeffrey F. Stanback, Mt. Gilead. List of Officers and Men of the 27th Regiment of North Caro-lina Infantry surrendered by General Robert E. Lee at Appo-mattox Courthouse, Virginia April 9, 1865. 1 typed page. Given by Mr. Joe E. Webb, Madisonville, Texas. Letter from Jas. A. King, Yorktown. Va., June 27, 1861, to liis father, H. R. King, giving a description of a battle. 4 pages. Given by Mr. Henry Haywood King and Mrs. Flora King Wor-rock, Durham. 13. \Vo7-ld Wa7- 1 Collection: World War Veterans Loan Fund. 53 cu. ft. Transferred from the World War Veterans Loan Fund, Raleigh. Letter from Captain R. Gregg Cherry to Mrs. A. A. McLean, Gastonia, December 15, 1918. 25 typed pages. 3 copies. Given by Mr. John Harden, Greensboro. General Orders. No. '>i), December 25, 1918; and Operations Re-port of the 81st Division, January 16, 1919. Mimeographed. Given by Mr. Carl W. Mengel, Raleigh. "Memories of Ambulance Company 321," by Charles H. White. 6 typed pages. Given by the author. Four letters from James W. Alston and J. W. Cheshire, 1918. Given by Mr. Harry T. Davis, Raleigh. 14. World War II Collection: American War Mothers. Applications for membership, 121. Given by Mrs. Leonard Brown, Concord. Service Record, World War II. Yanceyinlle and Community. Sponsored by the V.F.W. Post No. 7316. Given by Mr. J. B. Blay-lock, Yanceyville. United War Fund folder and tags, and 4 letters to R. D. Bul-lock, Rocky Mount, from C. R. Evans. 1944, 1945. Given by Mr. Reading D. Bullock, Rocky Mount. Material relating to the British War Relief Society. Given by Mrs. Z. P. Metcalf, Raleigh. 15. MisceUaneotis: Day Book of Dr. Henry Truesdale Trantham, 1875-80. Given by Mrs. O. L. Briggs, McLean, Virginia. Charter of the Sons of the American Revolution. 1928. Given by Mr. W. H. Bason, Raleigh. A. G. Cox Manufacturing Company. Correspondence, patents, and 13 volumes of account books. Given by the A. G. Cox Manu-facturing Company, Winterville. State Department of Archives and History 7 5 15. Miscellaneous: The Old Testament printed in Cherokee language. (New York: American Bible Society, instituted in the year MDCCCXVI. 1860. 408 pp.) Given by Mrs. William Edward Twining, Essex Con-necticut, through Miss Katherine D. Hamilton, Tryon. North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati. Return of Conti-nental soldiers in 1779 under General Jethro Sumner, and a letter from Jethro Sumner to General George Washington, April 18, 1784. Photocopies. Given by Mr. Joseph B. Cheshire, Raleigh. English Records. Report on North Carolina manuscript mate-rial in Great Britain. 6 typed pages. Prepared by Dr. Robert D. Meade, Lynchburg, Virginia. "Miss Sue," typed copy of manuscript by Mildred Edmundson. 96 pages. Given by Mrs. H. Clifford Green, Goldsboro. Columbus Day Proclamation, 1892, by Governor Thomas M. Holt; and Thanksgiving Day Proclamations, 1893, 1894, 1895, and 1896, by Governor Elias Carr. Given by Mrs. Dolores C. Renze. Denver, Colorado. "Thomas Griffiths Journal of a visit to the Cherokees, 1767." By William S. Powell. 11 mimeographed pages. Given by Mr. William S. Powell, Chapel Hill. Lions International Collection. General correspondence, 1933- 49; Records of Locals, 1934-49. 8 cu. ft. Given by Lions Inter-national, District 31A, Boone. Legislative Bulletins, Session 1941. Mimeographed. 1 B box. Given by the Institute of Government. Chapel Hill. Campaign material of Mr. Willis Smith for United States Sena-tor, 1950. Photocopies. Anonymous donor. American Association of Social Workers, North Carolina Chap-ter. 4 B boxes. Given by Miss Lily E. Mitchell, Chairman, Raleigh. Registry for North Carolina, 1939-40, New York World's Fair; and "North Carolina Variety Vacationland." 16 mm. film. Trans-ferred from the State Advertising Division, Department of Con-servation and Development, Raleigh. Roanoke Island Historical Association. Certificate of Incorpo-ration, and Bill of the Association. Typed copies. Loaned by Dr. Sylvester Green, Chapel Hill. State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Treasurers Reports, 1946-49, 1949-50; Secretarys Report and An-nual Report Book, 1949-50; Membership Reports, Receipts, Bank statements. National, Elsie Riddick Fund, 1949-50; Annual Report Book, 1950-51; and Secretary's Minutes. Loaned by Mrs. Mollie Harrell, Custodian of Records, Raleigh. "Foundation Stones of Madison County." By Sadie Smathers Patton. 103 typed pages. Given by the author. 76 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Index to the History of Edgecombe County North Carolina. 29 typed pages. Compiled by Mr. Hugh Buckner Johnston. Given by the compiler. Letter from Rev. Robert Southgate, Raleigh, N. C, December 13, 1836, to Mr. Charles Dana, Jr., "Woodstock, Vermont, relating to the rebuilding of the State Capitol. 4 pages. Purchased from Symmachus Trading Company, Boston, Massachusetts. Rural Hall Bank and Trust Company Daybook from October 29, 1929-February 22, 1936, and General Ledger from May 14, 1938 to February 22, 1936. Transferred from the office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Winston-Salem. II. New Collections: 1. Personal Collections Mary Mack Papers. "Casket of Mementoes, 1869-90," containing autographed sentiments of friends and classmates of Salem, Ral-eigh, and many other places. Purchased from Mr. Fred Lockley, Portland, Oregon. Louis T. Moore Collection. The London Chronicle, March 18, 1776, volume XIX, no. 1443. 8 pages, and a photocopy of "View of Wilmington, . . ." from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. 1 page. Loaned by Mr. Louis T. Moore, Wilmington. Horace Mann Paper. Letter from J. B. Newby. Fayetteville, N. C, October 1, 1846, to Horace Mann asking for information concerning Normal Schools. Photostat. Given by Dr. W. Amos Abrams, Raleigh. APPENDIX IX Visits to the Search Room by State and Foreign Country, 1950-1952 Alabama — - 30 Maryland - - — . 56 Arizona. 50 Massachusetts 7 Arkansas - — 5 Michigan 18 California 35 Minnesota — 2 Colorado 3 Mississippi _. 21 Connecticut 1 Missouri _. 14 District of Columbia. 88 Nebraska 4 Florida — 96 New Hampshire ..— 3 Georgia 92 New Jersey 10 Idaho - 57 New York 36 Illinois - 18 North Carolina 4,627 Indiana 58 Ohio 18 Iowa 10 Oklahoma . .-. _.— 14 Kansas 1 Pennsylvania — 17 Kentucky _ 17 South Carolina 36 Louisiana _.... 16 Tennessee 97 State Department of Archives and History 77 Texas 90 Utah „. 10 Virginia 71 Washington 1 West Virginia 5 Wisconsin 6 Wyoming 3 Canada 2 Germany 1 Hawaii 3 Total 5,749 APPENDIX X Number of Visits to Search Room FOR Each Biennium, 1928-1952 1928-1930 2,859 1930-1932.. 3,259 1932-193 4 _-..2, 6 66 1 9 34-1936- 2,999 193 6-1938 3,423 1938-1940 3,918 1940-1942 _-_.4,253 1942-1944 2,318 1944-19 46. 3,341 1946-1948 5,105 1948-1950 6,042 1950-1952 5,749 APPENDIX XI Colleges and Universities Represented in Visits to Search Room University of Arkansas Birmingham-Southern College Bowman Gray School of Medicine University of California University of Chicago University of Cincinnati Columbia University Dartmouth College Davidson College Duke University East Carolina College Emory University Fayetteville State Teachers College University of Florida George Peabody College for Teachers University of Georgia Howard University University of Illinois Indiana Central College University of Kentucky Lycoming College Meredith College New York University North Carolina College North Carolina State College University of North Carolina University of Pennsylvania University of Rochester Salem College Shaw University University of Southern California Stanford University University of Tennessee University of Texas Wake Forest College Warren Wilson College Wayne University Western Carolina Teachers Col lege Universitv of Wisconsin 78 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report APPENDIX XII State Records Microfilmed, August, 1951-June, 1952 Number of Number of documents filmed file drawers Auditor 854,144 150 Education, Board of 943,168 175 Personnel, Department of 284,147 132 Public Instruction, Department of 221,785 138 Treasurer 789,000 130 Total -- --.3,092,244 725 Number of reels 73 92 103 77 429 APPENDIX XIII State Agencies and Institutions, Counties, and Municipalities Served IN Handling Their Record Problems State Agencies and Institutions Agriculture, Department of Alcoholic Board of Control Blind and Deaf, State School for the Blind, Commission for the Budget Bureau Conservation and Development, Department of Cosmetic Art Examiners, State Board of Education, State Board of Employment Security Commis-sion Governor's Office Highway and Public Works Com-mission Industrial Commission Insurance Department Investigation, Bureau of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of Library, University of North Cai'olina Local Government Commissioa Motor Vehicles, Department of North Carolina Railroad Com-pany Personnel Department Prison Department Probation Commission Public Health, Department of Public Instruction, Depart-ment of Public Welfare, Department of Retirement System, Teachers and State Employees Revenue, Department of State College State Hospital Treasurer's Office Wildlife Resources Commission State Departmext of Archives axd History 79 Alamance Bertie Camden Caswell Cleveland Davidson Edgecombe Forsyth Harnett Hertford •Greensboro Counties Hyde Johnston Jones Lincoln McDowell Mecklenburg Montgomery Moore Nash Pasquotank Municipalities Shelby Person Pitt Randolph Richmond Rockingham Surry Wake Wayne Wilkes Walstonburg APPENDIX XIV Registration at the Hall of History by State AND Foreign Country. 1950-1952 From the Alabama 84 Arizona 9 Arkansas 43 California 154 Colorado 29 Connecticut 44 Delaware 16 Florida 261 Georgia 170 Idaho 16 Illinois _12 6 Indiana 100 Iowa 55 Kansas - 39 Kentucky 83 Louisiana — 65 Maine 12 Maryland 90 Massachusetts 134 Michigan 109 Minnesota 33 Missouri 104 Mississippi 47 Montana 9 Nebraska __.. 15 United States Nevada 9 New Hampshire 14 New Jersey 109 New Mexico 9 New York — 405 North Carolina .73,625 North Dakota -- — 7 Ohio 165 Oklahoma 49 Oregon ..- 24 Pennsylvania 263 Rhode Island ...- 20 South Carolina _ 294 South Dakota 9 Tennessee 135 Texas 172 Utah 22 Vermont 10 Virginia 555 Washington 22 West Virginia 56 Wisconsin 35 Wyoming 4 District of Columbia 104 Total 77,964 80 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report From United States Territories and Foreign Countries Alaska - 8 Iraq 1 Argentina — 3 Ireland _ 3 Australia — -- 1 Japan 8 Austria 3 Mexico 3 Bavaria 1 Netherlands 4 Brazil 4 Newfoundland __. — . 1 Canada - 37 Norway .._ — 1 Chile 1 Pakistan 1 China 2 Panama 3 Colombia 4 Peru 2 Costa Rica 1 Philippines 1 Cuba 7 Puerto Rico 1 Egypt 1 Scotland ___ -. _. 1 England .___ 18 South Africa — . 4 France 6 Spain - — - 1 Germany 24 Venezuela „ 2 Greece 2 Yugoslavia 2 Hawaii 3 Hungary 1 Total 169 India „ .- 3 Grand Total _..._ 78,133 Since actual count indicates that only 40 per cent of the visitors register, the total attendance for the biennium is estimated at 195,000. APPENDIX XV Museum Items Acces.sioned Books: Notebook for the General Staff Officer (Paris, Imprimerie de Vau-girard, 1918. 135 pp.) which belonged to Col. Sidney Minor. Donor: Mrs. Roberta H. Minor, Danville, Va. Costumes: Children's: Aqua and orange knitted baby mitts; light blue baby cotton stock-ings; two pairs of white baby cotton stockings; three white baby bon-nets; and a white and blue baby's ci'ocheted shawl, all from the Pal-myra Plantation, near Lenoir. Donor: Mrs. Charlotte H. Dosier, Boul-der, Colo. Plaid dress, 1868; white cotton dress, 1862; and a cotton petticoat, 1862. Donor: Mrs. Crissie Luther, Pisgah. Men's : Silver-headed cane presented to Capt. James I. Waddell by Henry Driver, U. S. Consul, Dunedin, N. Z. Donor: Miss Anne Waddell Igle-hart, Annapolis, Md. Statk Dkpartmext of Archives and History 81 Old shoe found under the State Capitol, Raleigh. Donor: Mr. George B. Cherry, Raleigh. Vest worn by Samuel Harrill. early 1800's. Donor: Mrs. 0. Max Gardner, Shelby. Women's: Black-beaded silk cape; two white wool capes; dark brown fringed shawl; and a pair of white silk stockings, all from Palmyra Plantation, near Lenoir. Donor: Mrs. Charlotte H. Dosier, Boulder, Colo. Cotton cape, about 1750; white cotton bonnet, 1750; and a white cotton cap, 1750. Donor: Mrs. Crissie Luther, Pisgah. Part of a lace and net sleeve, 1840's; embroidered handkerchief of Sarah Lee Haywood; and a lace cap of Sarah Lee Haywood, about 1840. Donor: Miss Elizabeth Dortch, Raleigh. Dress and slip worn by Mrs. O. Max Gardner when her husband was inaugurated Governor of North Carolina, 1929. Donor: Mrs. O. Max Gardner, Shelby. Two brown silk handkerchiefs, one embroidered with the French flag and one with the flags of the Allies of World War I. Donor: Mrs. Roberta H. Minor, Danville, Va. House cap made of brown hair. Donor: Mrs. R. C. Hooker, Rich-mond, Va. Pair of wedding slippers, 1819. Donor: Miss Elizabeth Lewis Whit-aker, Littleton. Five pairs of shoes, used between 1890 and 1922. Donor: Mrs. J. LeRoy Allen, Raleigh. One pair of blue suede and calf shoes, early 1930's. Donor: Dr. Chris-topher Crittenden, Raleigh. Eleven pairs of shoes, early 1900's. Purchase. Dishes: Clay from the pit in Macon County from which Wedgwood Potteries, England, used several tons of clay in 1767; and a salt dish. Museum Collection. Whiskey bottle, reproduction of a Poland water bottle. Donor: Mr. F. J. Reeves, Raleigh. Early Jugtown potter jug, 1919, turned by Charlie Teague. Donor: Mr. Alexander Crane, Barnstable, Mass. Documents: Colonial period: Photograph of the first page of the charter of 1663. Museum Col-lection. Revolutionary period: Photograph of Halifax Resolves, and photograph of account of sale of the furniture from the Governor's Palace, 1777. Museum Collection. 82 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Middle period: Newspaper, the "Carolina Baptist," Nov. 8, 1854. Donor: Mrs. Cliar-lotte Hayes Dosier, Boulder, Colo. Harper's Neiv Monthly Magazine, 1862. Purchase. Civil War: New Harper's Monthly Magazine, 1862. Purchase. Recent: 27 greeting cards for different anniversaries and holidays. Donor: Mr. William S. Powell, Chapel Hill. Two paper valentines, about 1875. Donor: Mrs. Crissie E.
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Title | Biennial report of the North Carolina State Department of Archives and History |
Other Title | Biennial report. |
Creator | North Carolina. |
Date | 1950; 1951; 1952 |
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North Carolina--History--Sources--Periodicals North Carolina--Antiquities--Periodicals Genealogy Arts Children Education |
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Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States North Carolina, United States |
Time Period |
(1945-1989) Post War/Cold War period |
Description | Issues for 1942/1944-1970/1972 have title: Biennial report of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History;Issues for 1972/1974- have title: Biennial report of the North Carolina Divison of Archives and History; Report year ends June 30. |
Publisher | Raleigh :The Dept.,1944-1972. |
Agency-Current | North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources |
Rights | State Document see http://digital.ncdcr.gov/u?/p249901coll22,63754 |
Physical Characteristics | 15 v. :ill. ;23 cm. |
Collection | Health Sciences Library. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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English |
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Reports Periodicals |
Digital Characteristics-A | 5403 KB; 116 p. |
Series | Publications of the State Department of Archives and History.; Publications of the State Department of Archives and History. |
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Ensuring Democracy through Digital Access, a North Carolina LSTA-funded grant project North Carolina Digital State Documents Collection |
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Title Replaced By | North Carolina. Division of Archives and History..Biennial report of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History |
Title Replaces | North Carolina. Historical Commission..Biennial report of the North Carolina Historical Commission |
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Full Text | 11 !ii THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA THE COLLECTION OF NORTH CAROLINLANA C9O6 N87h 23-28 I9U8-6O UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILL 00033953614 ^ This book must' not be token from the Library building. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Ensuring Democracy through Digital Access (NC-LSTA) http://www.archive.org/details/biennialreportof195052nort TWEM- FOURTH BlE\i\IlL REPORT of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History JULY 1, 1950 TO JUNE 30, 1952 Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY 1952 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY B. F. Brown, Chairman, Raleigh Gertrude S. Carraway, New Bern Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City W. T. Laprade, Durham McDaniel Lewis, Greensboro Mrs. p. F. Patton, Hendersonville Mrs. B. T. Williams, Stedman Christopher Crittenden, Director, Raleigh f ^ 6^/^ CONTENTS Page General Program 5 Historical Marker Program 18 Division of Archives and Manuscripts 22 Division of Museums 34 Division of Publications 46 Appendixes : I Positions and Salary Ranges, June 30, 1952____ 56 II Number of Employees, 1908-1952 56 III List of Employees, Showing Titles, Names, and Periods of Service 56 IV Appropriations and Expenditures, 1950-1952- 58 V Appropriations and Expenditures, 1930-1952 _ 59 VI Publications of Members of the Staff 59 VII Historical Markers Approved During the Biennium 61 VIII Archives and Manuscripts Accessioned 64 IX Number of Visits to Search Room by State and Country, 1950-1953 76 X Number of All Visits to Search Room, 1928-1952 77 XI Colleges and Universities Represented in Visits to Search Room 77 XII State Records Microfilmed, August 1951-June 1952 78 XIII State Agencies and Institutions, Counties, and Municipalities Served in Handling Their Records Problems 78 XIV Registration of Visitors at the Hall of History by State and Foreign Country, 1950-1952__-. 79 XV Museum Items Accessioned 80 XVI Volumes, Pamphlets, Leaflets, and Charts Mailed by Month 92 XVII Copies of The North Carolina Historical Re-view Mailed per Issue 92 XVIII Back issues of the Revieiv Mailed per Month____ 93 XIX Paid-up Subscriptions Received for the Review, per Month 93 XX Articles Published in the Revieiv 94 XXI Documentary Materials Published in the Review 95 CO BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY July 1, 1950, to June 30, 1952i General Program As originally conceived and conducted, the program of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History, successor to the North Carolina Historical Commission (1903-1945), emphasized two primary functions: (1) to collect and preserve valuable official archives and private manuscripts and to make these materials available for research, and (2) to publish and distribute significant series of official records and unofficial papers. Undoubtedly this work deserved to be undertaken, for these basic source mate-rials for the history of the state had not been properly cared for and they needed by all means to be preserved. Other functions were authorized by law, but these two received top priority. Throughout its history the Department has continued to emphasize these two functions. Large and significant bodies of official records and private manuscripts have been placed in the archives and made available for use, and an expand-ing program of publication of both documentary volumes and the scholarly North Carolina Historical Review has been conducted. Broader Field As the years passed, when these phases of the work seemed to be well in hand, it became evident that other phases of a historical and archival program for the state needed more attention. The Department is maintained by appropriations from taxes paid by more than four million citizens, and it has come to be felt that it ought to serve the four million directly as well as indirectly. There are now ^This report has been prepared and is submitted to the Governor in accordance with 19Jf5 Session Laws and Resolutions, chap. 55, sec. 1. State Departmext of Archives and History 7 almost one million school children in North Carolina. Should not the Department seek to serve them directly as far as practicable? In every one of the state's 100 counties are numbers of persons interested in their local history. Should not the Department undertake to encourage and assist them in local historical activities? Thousands of members of patriotic organizations need aid and guidance. Is not the Department justified in assisting them? The various state agencies and institutions, the different county and municipal officials, need advice and assistance in solving their records problems. Is it outside the Department's sphere to render such assistance? Acting on the belief that the Department is justified in conducting a broad program within the general historical and archival field, and indeed ought to conduct such a program in order to serve the people of the state as effect-ively as possible, it has expanded its services and from time to time has taken on new duties and responsibilities, among which are the following : Popular Puhlications Almost from the beginning the Department has published pamphlets, leaflets, and other materials for popular distri-bution. Within recent years larger numbers of such pub-lications have been issued and they have been given wide distribution, especially for use in the schools. Historical Museum The Hall of History, or state historical museum, which had its beginnings many years earlier, was taken over in 1914. To it were brought tens of thousands of historical relics from all parts of the state and it was visited by large numbers of persons. Within recent years the Hall of History has broadened its program and now renders direct service to a considerable portion of the state's citizens. County Histories In the nineteen twenties the Department led a movement for the appointment of county historians and the writing of county histories, and a number of such histories were sub-sequently prepared and published. S TWEXTY-FOURTH BlENXlAL REPORT Historical Markers The erection of historical markers along the highways, a program begun in 1935 and conducted jointly by the Archives, Conservation, and Highway departments, has brought to the attention of the public hundreds of historic sites in every part of the state. The program has done much to arouse local historical interest. Preservation of Historic Sites While the Department does not follow the policy of acquir-ing title to and maintaining such sites, it cooperates with other state agencies and with private societies and individ-uals in conducting research for such purposes, in making necessary contacts, and in other ways. Today the people of the state show greater interest and activity in this field than ever before. Modern Records Administration Within the past five years the Department has gone act-ively into this field, acting upon the conviction that the problem of records is one and the same from their creation, through their filing and the period of their frequent use, through the period of their infrequent use, and eventually to their disposal or preservation. A phase of modern records administration is a microfilming program, and in several states projects have been set up for this purpose, separate and distinct from the state archives. In North Carolina the Department of Archives and History has maintained (a) that such a program ought to be conducted and (b) that it ought to be planned and administered by this Department. This point has been made good, the program has been launched, and already it has proved its value. Cooperation ivith the State Literary and Historical Association The Department from the beginning has cooperated close-ly with this organization, and the director of one has served as secretary of the other. Recently the Association has launched a program to serve more effectively and more broadly the people of the state. It is believed that such a State Departjiext of Archives and History 9 program can do much to strengthen and arouse interest in the program of the Department, which therefore has assist-ed actively. Cooperation fvifh Local Historical Groups In the belief that one of the primary ways in which the Department can serve the people of the state is to encourage historical activity at the grass roots, it has made a special effort to aid local groups, assisting them in forming his-torical societies, advising them regarding suitable programs of action, and in other ways. Cleay^ing House The Department has served as the clearing house for historical activities in the state. It has cooperated with various other organizations not listed above, has answered inquiries on a wide variety of topics, has assisted in the production of "The Lost Colony" and other historical dramas, and in general has sought to promote and facilitate his-torical activities throughout the state. Broader Policy Successful This broader policy has paid off in many ways. Not only has the Department rendered more and broader services than formerly to the people of North Carolina, with no lowering of standards, but the Department itself has been greatly strengthened. It is now better known than ever before by the people of the state and its program is very tangibly supported through the people's representatives by much larger appropriations than a few years ago. Instead of weakening the over-all program, it appears that every part of the broader activity strengthens and bolsters up that program. Obviously the Department ought not to venture outside its general field, as defined by law, but within that field it ought to render, and is seeking to render, as broad services as practicable. Two Fruitful Years The latest biennium was a period of growth and progress along many lines. More employees, additional space, a larger appropriation, more visitors, more publications, more ("liristojiher Crittenden, Director Mrs. Blanche M. Johnson, Stenographer-Clerk III, Budget Officer, Secretary to the Director. State Department of Archives and History 11 services rendered, more public contacts, and a more aggres-sive effort to sell North Carolina history to the people of the state—these were some of the major developments. Nearly everything about the Department is on a much larger scale than was the case only a few years ago, when it was staffed by a very few persons, housed in a small number of rooms, maintained by a very limited appropriation, and little known to the general public. Progress was made in quality as well as in quantity. Professional qualifications of the staff were raised, proced-ures for handling archives and manuscripts were made more efficient, exhibits in the museum were improved, bet-ter publications were issued, and standards in general were raised. The Department tended more and more to become a professional organization rendering professional services to the people of the state. The Executive Board On March 10, 1950, Governor W. Kerr Scott had appointed Dean B. F. Brown of Raleigh to the Executive Board to fill the unexpired term of Dr. R, D. W. Connor of Chapel Hill, who had died on February 25, 1950. On August 22, 1950, the Board elected Dean Brown as chairman, succeeding Dr. Connor in that position. On April 24, 1951, Governor Scott appointed Mr. Clarence W. Griffin of Forest City a member of the Board for a term ending March 31, 1957, succeeding Mr. J. Allan Dunn of Salisbury, whose term had expired. Mr. Griffin had pre-viously served as a member from 1938 to 1949. On April 24, 1951, Governor Scott also reappointed Mrs. P. F. Patton of Hendersonville for a term to end on March 31, 1957. The Staff One of the most significant developments for a long time was the Personnel Department's reclassification of the staff, effective March 1, 1951. For many years previously the Department had been handicapped by a pay scale that was entirely too low, with the result that it was difficult to employ competent personnel in the first place or to hold 12 TWEXTY-FOURTH BlEXNIAL REPORT such personnel after they had been employed. Now, on the other hand, professional standards were raised, with a minimum requirement for a new employee of graduation from a standard four-year college with a major in history or another of the social studies, and the salary brackets of all the professional personnel were substantially raised. In addition, the 1951 General Assembly provided for merit salary increments for state workers, and all the Depart-ment's staff except the director was eligible for these. Still further, the same General Assembly provided a flat $180- a-year cost-of-living increase for all state employees. The result of all this was highly beneficial for the Department. Staff morale was bettered, it was possible to compete in the national market for qualified personnel, and there was less danger of losing the most competent employees because of offers of higher pay elsewhere.^ Appropriatio7is The Department's available funds in its regular budget were $104,997 for 1950-1951 and $102,050 for 1951-1952. These figures compared with such funds of $64,073 for 1948-1949 and $84,851 for 1949-1950.- In addition, $10,000 was available each year of the biennium for historical markers ; certain other funds were likewise available ; and the Department was provided electric current, water, heat, telephone, and certain other facilities and services that were not included in its budget. IJefore the business depression of the 1930's the agency's appropriation had climbed steadily, reaching a maximum of $30,865 in 1930-1931. During the lean years it was drastically reduced, touching in 1934-1935 its lowest point of $11,315, only a little more than one-third the pre-depres-sion maximum and less than one-ninth the latest figures. Later, as business improved, the appropriations were in-creased, reaching their highest point to date in the latest biennium.2 ^For the positions and salary ranges; the number of employees, 1908-19^2; and a list of personnel employed during the latest biennium, see below. Appendixes I-III, pp. 5E-58. ^For the detailed budget, 1950-1951 and 1951-1952, see below, Appendix IV p. 58. 'For appropriatioi}s and expenditures, 1930-1952, see below, Appent'ix V, p. 59. State Department of Archives and History 13 Campaign for New Building In the early part of 1950, before the beginning of the biennium under review, Governor W. Kerr Scott had ap-pointed a committee to have plans drawn for a new building to house the Departm.ent of Archives and History, State Art Gallery, and State Museum. The director of the De-partment was appointed chairman, and the heads of the other two agencies, together with the head of the Depart-ment's Hall of History and the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, served as the other members. Gov-ernor Scott was particularly interested in bringing the three agencies together under one roof so that groups of school children and other visitors would not have to trudge from one building to another in order to visit the different museums. After holding several meetings and interviewing several candidates, the committee recommended the employment of Mr. William Henley Deitrick of Raleigh as the architect and he was employed for that purpose by the Board of Public Buildings and Grounds. The committee and the architect consulted leading authorities in the field, studied the plans of many of the best buildings of this general type, and visited such structures in Richmond, Washington, and New York. A loan of $92,000 for drawing the plans was obtained from the United States government, and this amount was paid to the architect, who completed the plans early in 1951. The plans called for a steel, concrete, and stone structure, 230 by 200 feet, containing 272,328 square feet and costing $3,996,264. A public campaign in support of the new building was conducted by a state-wide Committee of One Thousand, which at private expense published 5,000 copies of an illus-trated bulletin, A Museum and Archives Center for North Carolina, and this was widely distributed. The director and other members of the Department's staff visited more than 60 counties in all sections of the state, interviewing individ-uals and meeting with groups in support of the building. In the 1951 General Assembly events took an unexpected turn. Early in the session it became known that the Kress 14 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Foundation had made an offer of paintings worth $1,000,000 provided the state would appropriate a like amount for the purchase of works of art. An appropriation of $1,000,000 to the State Art Society for art purchases had been made by the 1947 General Assembly provided at least the same amount should be obtained from other sources, and this appropria-tion yet remained available upon those terms. In view of this prior claim of the Art Society and in view of the expressed opposition of many members of the 1951 General Assembly to appropriations for new buildings except in cases of press-ing need, it was decided to give the green light to an effort to save the $1,000,000 for art and at the same time to sidetrack the movement for the new building until the appropriation for art purchases had been made. That appropriation was voted, indeed, but only at the very end of the session, when it was too late to do anything further regarding the museum-archives structure. A great deal of popular sentiment in favor of such a building had been developed, however, and it v/as believed that this might well prove advantageous to the Department in its efforts to secure larger and better-designed quarters in the future. Additional Space and New Equipment If the Department did not secure an entire new building, it did at least obtain most of the first floor and part of the ground floor of the addition to the Education Building that was completed in the summer of 1951. With this new space available, a reassignment of rooms within the Department was made possible. The Researcher was moved into an office in the addition. The Division of Publications moved out of two offices in the old part of the building into five offices in the new part, and was allotted also a storage room on the ground floor. The Division of Archives and Manuscripts took over rooms vacated by other Divi-sions in the old part, and was also given space in the new part. The Hall of History gave up certain rooms in the old part but was assigned a great deal of display, work, and storage space in the new part. As a result the Depart-ment, which formerly had been cramped in its activities, could function more efficiently and expand its services to the public. State Department of Archives and History 15 Various pieces of new equipment were purchased to meet special needs. Among the chief items were a lami-nating machine, fumigating vault, planetary microfilm camera, and Photostating machine for the Division of Archives and Manuscripts; display cases (including a specially designed safe-case for the Carolina charter of 1663) and additional sound recording equipment for the Hall of History; an Addressograph for the Division of Publications ; and darkroom photographic developing equip-ment for joint use. These items speeded up the work, improved its quality, and made possible the rendering of new services. Interneship Course The interneship course offered by the Department for senior history majors at Meredith College, begun in 1948, was given each year of the biennium. From the beginning the course has run for 150 hours, 30 each in the Division of Museums and the Division of Publications and 90 in the Division of Archives and Manuscripts. A number of the young women who have taken it have obtained positions in this Department and in similar agencies in North Caro-lina and elsewhere. Selling History to the People Probably more than ever before, the Department has sought to inform the people of the state regarding their history and to promote interest and activity in this field. Members of the staff have travelled throughout North Carolina more than in the past, meeting with local histor-ical groups, unveiling historical markers, delivering ad-dresses on historical topics, and taking part in other cere-monies. They have written, edited, and compiled articles and book reviews for a variety of publications.^ The Hall of History has been visited by larger numbers of persons than ever before, totalling some 100,000 annually. During the first year of the biennium, when funds were available, the Department sent a traveling museum to all parts of the state. A number of popular historical publications were 'For a list of publications of members of the staff, see below, Appendix VI, pp. 59-61. 16 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report issued. Active cooperation was given to many persons and organizations in the preservation of historic sites, and the Department aided materially in the broader program of the State Literary and Historical Association. Outside the state, members of the staff attended the sessions and par-ticipated in the programs of various organizations, includ-ing the American Association for State and Local History, American Association of Museums, American Historical Association, National Council for Historic Sites and Build-ings, Society of American Archivists, and Southern His-torical Association. The Future Looking to the future, it is believed that the Department should continue to expand and develop its present program without radical change. Certain points that will probably need special attention within the next few years are: (1) A new building. Though the assignment of rooms in the addition to the Education Building has eased the space problem, the Department can function most effi-ciently only in a structure that is specially designed for its needs. Several of the states of the Union have provided such structures, and there is no reason why North Carolina, with its long and significant history and with its active historical program, should not do likewise. (2) A larger staff. Though at the end of the biennium the Department's staff of twenty was larger than ever before, there was a pressing need for more workers to do certain phases of the job at hand. (3) Modern records administration. The program in this field, actively undertaken only very recently, will need to be expanded and developed in a number of ways. In particular, the microfilm project, which has been so well received, will need to be enlarged until it can render the services that are needed by the various state agencies, first catching up with the backlog and later keeping the job on a current basis. (4) Publication program. With a large backlog of documentary materials on hand or in preparation, the rate of publication of such materials should be accelerated. In State Department of Archives and History 17 addition, the Department should issue an increased number of popular historical publications, in large editions and for large-scale distribution. (5) Hall of History. This Division is especially in need of more suitable space, a larger staff, and specialized equipment, and should be provided with the necessary facil-ities to conduct an extension service for the people at large. Reports of the Divisions In the pages that follow will be found the reports for the Historical Marker Program and for the three divisions. Though for purposes of effective organization these re-ports are separately presented, actually many of the accom-plishments listed were the result of the cooperative effort that overlapped division classifications. Some of the ex-hibits in the Hall of History, for example, consist of docu-ments borrowed from the Division of Archives and Manu-scripts. Many of the publications include materials from the Archives, Research for the Historical Marker Pro-gram is conducted to a large degree in the Archives—and so it goes with most of the Department's activities. While the functions of every division and of every staff member are clearly defined, there is not now, and it is hoped that there never will be, airtight compartmentalization. For efficient operation there needs to be a certain flexibility, a certain readiness to overstep organizational lines, with each part assisting in the total effort to make the machine operate smoothly. This fortunately is the situation in the Department of Archives and History. HISTORICAL MARKER PROGRAM Edwin A. Miles, Researcher The General Assembly of 1935, recognizing that "the State of North Carolina is rich in points of historic in-terest" and acknowledging that a group of historians had agreed to serve on an Advisory Committee in order "to designate such points of historic interest in the order of their importance, and to provide appropriate wording for their marking," authorized the Historical Marker Program, to be conducted jointly by the State Historical Commission, the Department of Conservation and Development, and the Highway and Public Works Commission. The last named of these agencies was authorized to appropriate not over $5,000 annually for this purpose from the Highway Fund,^ and this appropriation was later made. In 1951 the Gen-eral Assembly raised the limit to $10,000, and this larger amount was likewise appropriated.- In May, 1952, the contract for the manufacture of the aluminum markers was renewed with Sewah Studios, of Marietta, Ohio, calling for an increase of 10 per cent over the previous cost, or, at the new rate, $85.52 per marker and 10-foot post and $81.68 per marker and 7-foot post. During the biennium the following historians served on the Advisory Committee: Frontis W. Johnston of Davidson College ; William B. Hamilton and Robert H. Woody of Duke University; Elisha P. Douglass of Elon College; Luther W. Earnhardt of State College ; Cecil Johnson, Hugh T. Lefler, James W. Patton, and William S. Powell (after December 10, 1951) of the University of North Carolina; and Forrest W. Clonts of Wake Forest College. Christopher Crittenden served as chairman, and the researcher regu-larly met with the committee. William S. Powell resigned as Researcher, effective December 10, 1951, to accept a position with the University of North Carolina Library, and he was succeeded as the Department's Researcher, ^Public Laws and Resolutions passed by the General Assembly at Its Session of 19S5, chap. 197. 195! Session Imws and Resolutions, rhap. 766. State Department of Archives and History 19 IIKI RICHMOND PEARSON Congressman. 1895-1901. US. Minister to Persia. 1902-07 and to Greece and Montenegro, 1907- 09. His home. "Richmond _ Hill. " is 2 miles north. Edwin A. Miles, Researcher, is holding one of the new state historical marli^ers approved during the biennium. effective January 2, 1952, by Mr. Edwin A. Miles, formerly a graduate student in history at the University of North Carolina. From the beginning of the program a total of 678 his-torical markers have been erected throughout the state. Of these, 83 were approved during the latest biennium. ^For a list, see below. Appendix VII, pp. 61-64. 20 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Unveilings of Markers Several ceremonies were arranged for the unveiling of historical markers, and members of the staff participated in most of these. On August 11, 1950, a marker was un-veiled in Macon County to commemorate the site of a clay pit from which a representative of Josiah Wedgwood, the famous English potter, obtained clay in 1767 for some of the earliest fine jasper medallions. On May 7, 1951, near Wake Forest, a marker was unveiled to honor the site of the original "Mangum Terrace," an early and widely copied erosion-checking device initiated by farmer Priestley H. Mangum about 1885. On September 27, 1951, in cere-monies at Rich Square, a marker was unveiled to Colonel George V. Holloman, United States Air Force pilot during World War II, a pioneer in developing automatic devices for airplane control. On April 4, 1952, at Fayetteville, an elaborate ceremony was arranged for the unveiling of a marker near the site of Babe Ruth's first home run in professional baseball. For the occasion many sports celebrities came to Fayetteville, in which town George Herman Ruth first acquired the nick-name Babe. Among the visitors were Mrs. Ruth, who un-veiled the marker, Connie Mack, and many of Ruth's former teammates. On April 19, 1952, near Tryon, ceremonies were held for the unveiling of a historical marker near the site of the Block House which marked the western terminus of the 1772 boundary survey between North Carolina and South Caro-lina. The ceremonies preceded the annual Block House Hunt Races, which are held on a course surrounding the site of the landmark commemorated by the marker. Among the guests for the occasion were Governor W. Kerr Scott, members of the Executive Board of the Department of Archives and History, members of the Advisory Committee on Historical Markers, and representatives of the Depart-ment of Conservation and Development and of the Highway and Public Works Commission. President Austin L. Ven-able of the Historical Commission of South Carolina repre-sented Governor James F. Byrnes. State Department of Akchives and History 21 Picture File In June, 1952, Mr. Clarence W. Griffin of Forest City pre-sented the Department with 130 photographic negatives of historical markers, increasing to 469 the total number of markers for which negative prints are on file. The file also includes many photographs of the points of historic interest for which the markers were erected. The Future While a great deal has been accomplished under the marker program, certain improvements can yet be made: (1) At the close of the biennium three counties still had no markers, and this deficiency needed to be remedied. (2) Though it is a truism that the markers have to be erected where history was made, probably it will be well to distribute them throughout the state as much as possible rather than to concentrate them to so large a degree in the Capitol City and a few other localities. (3) It might be well to place less emphasis on political and military subjects and more on economic, social, and cultural matters. DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS W. Frank Burton, State Archivist One of the duties of the Department, as prescribed by law, is "to preserve and administer such public archives as shall be transferred to its custody, and to collect, preserve, and administer private and unofficial historical records and relics relating to the history of North Carolina and the ter-ritory included therein from the earliest times. "^ Acting under this mandate, the Department has emphasized this program from the beginning and has brought together a vast quantity of materials, totalling many million items, on the history of the state. These include colonial and state archives, older records from some three-fourths of the state's 100 counties, a few town archives, some United States rec-ords relating to North Carolina, copies of large numbers of foreign archives (especially British and Spanish) relating to North Carolina, personal and unofficial collections, maps, newspapers, pamphlets, and other materials. These vast quantities of materials, essential in the history of the state, have been made available to state and local officials, historians and other researchers, patriotic and historical organizations, genealogists, and the general pub-lic. Based in whole or in part on these materials, hundreds of volumes and articles in the field of North Carolina his-tory have been published, correcting former errors, pre-senting factual and well-balanced accounts, and making the state's past better known than ever before, both to the citizens of North Carolina and to the nation at large. This fundamental program was continued during the biennium under review, and progress was made along many lines. Quantities of official records and unofficial manu-scripts were acquired, they were made available for use, along with such materials already acquired they were used by nearly 6,000 visitors, and many studies based on them were published or were in preparation. In addition, the program of modern records management, begun earlier, was expanded and carried forward. ^1945 Session Laws and Resolutions, chap. 55, sec. 1. State Department of Archives and History 23 W. Frank Burton, State Archivist. Collection, Preservation, Control, and Use of Records A few of the significant bodies of official records and private manuscripts that were acquired are : Official Records Attorney-General. Correspondence, 1930-1938. 15 cubic feet. State Highway and Public Works Commission Minutes of the Proceedings of the Commissioners for the Erection of a Penitentiary, 1869-1880. 1 vol. Minutes of the Directors of the Penitentiary, 1871- 1878. 1 vol. Rutherford County Court Minutes, 1845-1850. 1 vol. Wayne County Court Minutes, 1788-1831. 2 vols. ^0m Mrs. Doris H. Harris, Archivist 1, microfilms records in the custody of the Department. Mrs. Prances H. Whitley, Archivist II, is shown rehabilitating a document in the laminating machine. State Department of Archives axd History 25 Private Manuscripts Diary of J. C. McBride, 1850. 1 vol. H. H. Brimley Papers, 1896-1910. 8 pieces. J. Y. Joyner Papers. Personal correspondence, 1901- 1913. Calvin H. Wiley Papers. 25 letters, 1853-1865.1 Microfilm It will be recalled from earlier reports that the Genea-logical Society of Utah microfilmed will books, deed books, and estate records to 1865 for many of the state's counties. During the biennium it was discovered that certain of the counties created before the terminal date had not been covered in this program, and the head of the Division visited ten counties in order to obtain the necessary per-mission, which was granted in all cases. As a result, by the end of the biennium this work had almost been com-pleted and the Department had in its archives microfilms of many of the older records of more than 60 of the 100 counties. Prese7'vation It was pointed out in the previous Biennial Report that, "due to the lack of modern equipment, it was impossible to carry out the desired program of repair and restora-tion."- Now it is gratifying to report that in 1950 a lami-nator and other equipment for a records repair shop were installed and that 12,534 pages were restored, including Legislative Papers and records from the Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and 12 counties. Also a program of re-binding restored volumes was begun and thirteen volumes were rebound. A fumigating vault was installed and was used primarily to fumigate newly received materials, and the air conditioning equipment, previously installed, was regularly checked and needed adjustments were made im-mediately. ^For a complete list of accessions, see below, Appendix VIII, pp. 64-76. ''Page 40. 26 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Conti^ol The Department's policy of bringing all newly acquired materials under control and of tightening controls on materials already in hand was continued. All newly received materials were accessioned and checklists and inventories were prepared of various new materials, including those of the Lions International of North Carolina, the World War Veteran's Loan Fund, the North Carolina Railroad, the A. G. Cox Manufacturing Company, and the Department of the Attorney-General. Materials acquired earlier that were thus brought under control included the collection of sound recordings, Governors' Papers, papers of Reginald A. Fes-senden, records of the State Auditor and State Treasurer, and records of Bertie, Caswell, and Forsyth counties. Use The Department continued to serve many researchers in the Search Room, through the mails, and by telephone. Of the 5,749 visits to the Search Room, 4,627 were made by resi-dents of North Carolina and the other 1,122 represented 37 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Hawaii, and Ger-many.^ From a depression low of 2,666 in 1932-1934, the number of such visits increased to a high of 4,253 in 1940- 1942, declined to 2,318 during the war years 1942-1944, and increased to a postwar high of 6,042 in 1948-1950.- The Division received 2,429 mail enquiries and every effort was made in this connection to render the maximum of service consistent with limitation of staff and with a suit-able policy of restricting staff research for private purposes. Of the total number of such enquiries, 2,047 originated out-side North Carolina, in 46 states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Canada, Great Britain, and the Union of South Africa. There were 129 enquiries by telephone. In addi-tion, the Division wrote 612 letters regarding such profes-sional matters as the intake of records, the purchase of equipment, and service to state agencies and the counties. Of the visits to the Search Room, 1,058 were made by per-sons classified as "students," "historians," and "legal search- ^For detailed statistics, see below, Appendix IX, pp. 76-77. 'See below, Appendix X, p. 77. State Department of Archives and History 29 ers." These researchers represented 39 colleges and univer-sities in all parts of the country, but the larger number came from nearby institutions, especially the University of North Carolina and Duke University.^ The wide variety of subjects under investigation is illustrated by the following selected list : Topics of Research Biography Charles B. Aycock John C. Calhoun William R. Davie Charles D. Mclver Social, economic, and cultural history The Ante-bellum Professional Theater in Raleigh Arts and Crafts of the Cherokee Indians in North Caro-lina The Development of Banking in North Carolina since 1865 Education in Chowan County since 1800 Local and specialized history History of Durham History of Granville County History of Mecklenburg County Restoration of Tryon's Palace Political and governmental activities (all in North Caro-lina) Administration of Justice Early County Courts Political History of the State Reconstruction Religion History of the First Baptist Church of Albemarle History of Moravians in Winston-Salem Henry Evans, Methodist Preacher 'See below, Appendix XI, p. 77. 30 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Equipment for Use and Duplication of Records In order to make its records more readily available to the public, the Department installed several pieces of equipment. Included were a Recordak Model D camera, two additional 35 mm. microfilm readers, and a Photostat machine, which was placed in one of the two rooms assigned to the Division in the new wing of the building. A photographic laboratory with modern equipment was set up in an adjoining room, so that the Division could now make the highest quality of microfilm, process film strips, and make Photostats and other facsimiles. Copies Supplied There was an immediate demand for the services thus offered. A total of 2,965 Photostats was furnished for a total cost of $1,218.50 ; also 276 other facsimiles (made from microfilm) for $138.00 ; and 372 certified copies for $295.50. Modern Records Management The last previous Bienyiial Report pointed out that the problem of dealing with the increasing bulk of modern rec-ords had become acute and recommended a three-point pro-gram to meet this situation: (1) the provision of space to house the accumulation of records, (2) the passage of a bill giving microcopies of state records the same force in court as the originals, and (3) the establishment of a central microfilming project for the state, within the Department of Archives and History.^ During the most recent biennium a great deal was accom-plished under each of these points : (1) the contract was let for a warehouse, at the corner of Jones and Harrington streets in Raleigh, the second floor of which would be a record center; (2) the General Assembly of 1951 passed the desired bill; and (3) a microfilm project was established within the Department, under the Division of Archives and Manuscripts, when the Council of State in July, 1951, allot-ted from the Contingency and Emergency Fund to the De-partment $14,333 to operate the project for 1951-1952. A iPp. 28 ff. State Department of Archives and History 31 microfilm unit was rented and three additional staff mem-bers were employed for the project. During the eleven months of the fiscal year 3,092,244 documents in 729 file drawers were filmed on 429 reels of film.i The records filmed were then disposed of, which meant that records that had previously required 1,086 square feet of space now on film required only 6 square feet of space—a saving of more than 99 per cent. The cost of filing cabinets to provide for these records would have been $10,800 and the cost of constructing space for the purpose would have been $5,176—a total cost of $15,976. That is, in addition to the more efficient handling of the records, there was a net saving to the state of $1,643, as follows : Gross saving to state.„ ,—.$15,976 Less cost of microfilm project 14,333 Net saving to state $ 1,643 At the end of the biennium the success and advantages of the program were so obvious that the Council of State allotted to the Department $25,204 to continue the project in 1952-1953 on an expanded basis, with two units instead of one operating and with the staff expanded from three to five. In addition to this microfilm service, the Department aided a total of 32 state agencies in solving their records problems, especially in the systematic retirement of records. In some cases disposal was authorized, in others schedules were worked out, and in still others records were trans-ferred to the Archives. A similar service was rendered to 30 counties and 3 municipalities. In each case the head of the Division paid a visit and studied the records, helping to work out pro-grams of preservation, disposal, and scheduling. An in-creasing number of counties requested advice in initiating programs of photographic duplication.- 'See below, Appendix XII, p. 78. For a list of state agencies and institutions, counties, and municipalities served, see Vjelow, Appendix VIII, pp. 78-79. 32 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report .( ot Liberty ti .-.Tklvcs Jnd o,ir Hollcntv.'do rra.ni an.i c,:.,Mul, .l,.,L-,,Nsrl.L.>osl.rthcU„,lcd :t.it-i of AiytlicJ. ARTICLE I LL It-iflaiivc powers hcrcm granted (hi'l -•A'f:: tft jf :,; lin.v.l ; -1 ration fha'l be rit f cil m.tting ot the . iJ »illi«, emy fubfe .h roinncr as they Ihall -ipr.ku TivtslTiall not ^ ,„ _ . ' ilmi^ tnouLnd, but eai.h tlate (liall have at leat^ or.c tepjefen'atnc , and untd fuch enumeration SaU be made, the Rate of New HampOnre (hall be entitled to thj'c three, MalTachufcn. eiftht, Rh«le llUral and I'rcviJenee Pl«nt»li'>li. one, Connec-tkul live, New.York fix, Nc«-J«fev four, I'cnnfylvi. " niaeigM, DeU»ire,oa^ Ifar7ggl l'«. Virginia lea. jadt^ment in ca ts o^ np^nchment Hia'! no* ette" ! further than to rt. nj/3l frji 1 ^ic< and d ,ndji ati n to h „d and enj ,y any o«i.c t ' i 1 ( r '"' unl rlh- United s ,••>, lui i Aill no^nlrl r i,e liaSk and I i' , irul, >, „ 1 • u .cr ol holdinr , ftall b^ |>rc- I J ,crcoi Init the t_ jij^ t i may at an\ iiniL b, law m ik^ or alter fuch regulaiions, except ai to the piacei. ot chuliuj, Senator*. Iht tongrefi (hall airein>ilt at Icalt once in rttry tear and lavb meeting l^ill be on the hili M mdav m Ue iibcr^ ui Uf» lhe> ftiail by law appoint a ditfcrcnt fhA\ he com. State Department of Archives and History 33 Long-Range Program The Division has achieved a great deal v^ithin recent years, but conditions will change and new problems will arise, so that the program will need to be modified from time to time. Some of the matters that will need considera-tion within the next few years are : (1) The work of repair and restoration needs to be expanded, so as to catch up with the backlog. At least two additional staff members will be needed for this pur-pose. (2) Records in the Archives need to be brought under tighter control, so that they can be serviced more quickly and more effectively. (3) The modern records program should be expanded, including the working out of flo-schedules for the various state agencies, the enlargement of the microfilm project to take care of the enormous backlog, and the expansion of services to the counties. (4) A more aggressive campaign of collecting private manuscripts should be conducted. This program will prob-ably be stimulated by the appointment by the State Literary and Historical Association of a Committee on Historical Materials, of which the head of the Division has been desig-nated as chairman. DIVISION OF MUSEUMS Mrs. Joye E. Jordan, Museum Administrator It is provided by law that one of the duties of the Depart-ment is ''to maintain a historical museum, to collect and preserve therein artifacts, curios, relics, and any other ob-jects whatsoever which are of historical significance to North Carolina, and when feasible to display such objects. The museum shall be free to all visitors at reasonable times to be determined by the department."^ The Hall of History, or state historical museum, became a part of the Depart-ment in 1914 when new quarters were made available in what is now known as the Library Building. Since August 1, 1945, when the Department was reorganized, it has been in the Division of Museums. The Hall of History has come a long way within recent years. For a long time—until very recently, indeed�� the exhibit space was restricted, the storage space was inade-quate, little modern equipment was available, the displays were rarely changed, few modern museum techniques were employed, and there was no extension program. The visitor came, saw a few limited exhibits—largely the same, year after year—and went away, having gained no adequate conception of the history of the state. That was all. Today, while still accomplishing by no means all that could be done, the Hall of History has expanded in many ways and is carrying on a much broader program. More exhibit space has been added, storage room has been in-creased, equipment for various purposes has been installed, the special exhibits are changed frequently, approved tech-niques are used, visual aid programs are presented, lectures are given, and a limited extension program is conducted. The fact that this expanded program has proved popular is proved by attendance figures for the latest biennium, when visitors came from every state of the Union, the Dis- ^19^5 Session Laws and Resolutions, chap. 55, sec. 1. State Department of Archives and History 35 Mrs. Joye E. Jordan, Museum Administrator. trict of Columbia, and 37 foreign countries. The total num-ber was approximately 195,000, a gain of 11 per cent over the preceding biennium and the largest since attendance records have been kept.^ Space and Equipment No museum can function effectively without adequate space and equipment. Ever since its establishment the Hall of History had been handicapped for lack of both, but during the latest biennuim some progress was made in making up both these deficiencies. When after many delays the addition to the Education Building was completed in the summer of 1951, the Hall of History was allotted exhibit space on the first floor and also storage and other space on the ground floor. This made possible the expansion of the display and demionstration program and the launching of arts and crafts work, and in other ways eased to some extent ^For attendance statistics, see below. Appendix XIV, pp. 79-80. State Department of Auchives and History 37 the pressure for room. At the end of the biennium, how-ever, the Hall of History was still far behind many similar institutions in other states in the total amouit of space available for its activities. Equipment The purchase of a disc recorder made possible the begin-ning of a collection of folk songs and folk tales ; the acquisi-tion of a camera for the reproduction of black and white glossy prints made it possible to render a service in that field ; and the installation of darkroom equipment (also used by the Division of Archives and Manuscripts) furthered the program in photography. A number of fences, platforms, and other items of equipment for display were made by the staff in cooperation with the Board of Public Buildings and Grounds and installed in the new part of the building. A specially designed safe case was purchased for the Carolina charter, that would permit it to be seen at close range by the public but at the same time would provide protection from theft, vandalism, fire, moisture, and excessive light. In the storage rooms equipment was installed (either made there or transferred from the old part of the build-ing) , thus helping to solve the problem of preservation. Racks and shelves were built for arms, ammunition cases, and other relics, and a rack was made for costumes. Por-traits not on display were hung on wire racks that had been previously constructed, in a room where light could be con-trolled. At the end of the biennium provision had not yet been made for the adequate storage of such items as flags, prints, and engravings, which require special care and pro-tection. Acquisitions Nearly a thousand items were added to the collections of the Hall of History during the biennium. Although a great many unsolicited contributions were received, a special effort was made to collect items to round out collections which were to be used for new displays or for the Demon-stration Room. These collections included some 50 items added to the collection of early kitchen utensils, over 100 38 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report early tools, materials for a rather extensive exhibit on spin-ning and weaving (looms, patterns, flax, cotton and wool spinning wheels, hatchels, cards, and various other small items) , a number of guns, early toys to be used in the annual Christmas display, and a collection of models of farm imple-ments and tools. One of the most valuable collections being made consisted of the Kodachrome transparencies of his-torical subjects to be used in school extension service.^ Exhibits The allotment of additional space and the installation of new equipment made possible the relocation of certain old exhibits and the installation of a number of new ones. This was a major task and would require a considerable period of time to complete, but already at the end of the biennium a good deal had been done. Permanent Exhibits The Fred A. Olds Memorial Exhibit on transportation was moved to the new wing of the building. The space thus vacated became the Assembly Room. Displays in the Reconstruction-and-After Room were moved to the new wing and the space thus made available became the Demonstration Room. A World War I Recruiting Office, combining war mate-rial, 1917-1918, and also office equipment of the period, was set up in the new part. An exhibit of Colonial North Carolina Documents was placed in the Colonial and Revolutionary Room. The great-est attraction in this exhibit is the Carolina charter of 1663, which was purchased in 1949 and presented to the Department by a group of patriotic citizens and one organ-ization. An exhibit of Early Tools, including those used by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century carpenters, coopers, and cobblers was placed in the new wing. A Portrait Gallery featuring North Carolina Confederate leaders was installed in the new wing. These portraits will be changed from time to time. 'For a complete list of afcessions, see below, Appendix XV, pp. 80-91. State Department of Archives and History 39 Special Exhibits Exhibits of this class are displayed for varying periods of time, usually from one month to one year, depending on the type of exhibit. A Wedgwood China Exhibit, including about 100 pieces, dating from 1790 to the 1930's, was arranged when a his-torical marker was unveiled in Macon County near the spot where, in 1767, an agent of Josiah Wedgwood secured a special white clay used in making jasperware pottery. School Exhibits were placed on display by the fifth grade of the Garner School and an eighth grade section of Need-ham Broughton High School in Raleigh. The latter group planned and arranged their exhibit of various relics and replicas and held open house on March 25, 1952, when the exhibit was opened. Special Day Exhibits included those for both Christmas and Saint Valentine's Day. The former, each year, includ-ed an old-fashioned Christmas tree, and the latter consisted of Valentines dating as early as 1807. Exhibit of the Month This feature, begun during the previous biennium, was discontinued because of lack of an adequate staff to plan and prepare it. Subjects covered from July, 1950, through May, 1951, were: Secretaries of the Navy from North Carolina Joseph Gales Early New Bern Nathaniel Macon The Raleigh Register Lamination The State Board of Health The Battle of Guilford Courthouse The North Carolina Bill of Rights North Carolina and the Cotton Gin North Carolina and the Declaration of Independence Demonstrations A special room in the old wing was set aside for demon-strations. An early loom was reconditioned and put into The click reel, flax wheel, hackles, and flax break comprise only a small part of the equipment now in the Demonstration Room, where special demonstrations in spinning, weaving, and quilting are given to school groups. Marvin K. Rogers, Janitor-Messenger, painting a new platform in the Demonstration Room of the Hall of History. State Departmext of Archives and History 41 operation, A member of the staff found and interpreted twenty-three original early North Carolina weaving pat-terns, and samples of several of these were worked out on a small loom and placed on display. Other items added to the Demonstration Room were : Cotton, wool, and flax spinning wheels Cotton and wool cards Flax brake and flax hackles Quilting frames containing a quilt in the making Fifty models of items that are disappearing rapidly in rural North Carolina, such as a brickkiln, wattled fence, rope walk, forge, turpentine still, cider press, and log cabin. Educational Program Slide Programs and Lectures Such programs were facilitated by the new Assembly Room, seating about 100 persons, which was made available in 1951. A ten-minute recorded lecture on the Hall of His-tory, illustrated with slides, was shown to those school groups requesting it—as nearly all of them did. Other programs that were made available covered Early Tools, North Carolina Pottery, Early Homes of North Carolina, Fort Macon, "The Lost Colony," and "Unto These Hills." Publications The Division prepared and the Department published "Let's Visit the Hall of History," a small folder designed for teachers of school groups planning a visit to the Capital City. A mimeographed booklet, "Guide to the Hall of History," was prepared and distributed to school children upon re-quest. Extension Program Even though large numbers of persons visit the Hall of History, the total for any given year to date has been only a small fraction of the state's total population—in 1951- 1952 less than one-fortieth. Acting upon the belief that a definite effort should be made to serve directly the other 42 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report "Steps to Independence," the story of North Carolina's part in the Revolution, is told by the documents on this board, one of six in the Colonial and Revolutionary Room. thirty-nine fortieths of the population, the Hall of History has sought insofar as possible, as a part of the over-all pro-gram of the Department, to carry its program to the people. Traveling Museum From January, 1950 (six months before the beginning of the biennium under review), through July, 1951, the De-partment kept a traveling museum on tour through the state in order to exhibit representative items from the gifts sent to the people of North Carolina on the French Gratitude Train. This museum visited 523 schools in 57 counties, with a total attendance of 233,494, (more than the attendance at the Hall of History during the same period) , before the tour was discontinued for lack of funds. The exhibit gave many North Carolinians their first opportunity to see a "sample" of a museum. State Departmext of Archives and History 43 Photographs and Photography Requests for prints from the Hall of History's picture file of several thousand items were received and met at an increasing rate, averaging at the end of the biennium three or four every v^^eek. This service was rendered to authors, publishers, newspapers, mapmakers, and individual collect-ors. Several hundred color transparencies were made to serve as the basis for slide collections. Publicity As a part of the Department's over-all program, the Hall of History, realizing that effective publicity is essential to the growing museum, sought to inform the people of the state regarding the history of North Carolina and specifi-cally about the part the Hall of History is playing in that field. One of the best devices seemed to consist of feature stories based on items on display or in study collections, and a single exhibit was often good for a spot news story. Patriotic holidays such as Confederate Memorial Day and the Fourth of July and sentimental holidays such as Christ-mas and Saint Valentine's Day were found especially suit-able for this purpose. News releases on the Exhibit of the Month were carried by the newspapers. Cooperation with Other Organizations The Division gave a great deal of time to aiding organiza-tions and individuals, both within the state and elsewhere, engaged in allied work. Assistance in planning and arrang-ing exhibits was given to the Fort Macon State Park Mu-seum, Greensboro Historical Museum, Pettigrew State Park, and Salisbury Public Library. The Division supervised the maintenance of the Andrew Johnson Birthplace, which is owned by the City of Raleigh. Confederate items were loaned to the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences for display during the Confederate reunion held in that city in May, 1951, and an exhibit was prepared and sent to Phila-delphia for a display by Gimbel Brothers in commemoration of the one-hundred-seventy-fifth anniversary of the Declara-tion of Independence. 44 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report This new exhibit, part of whicli is sliown here, illustrates the pro-gress made in towns, schools, transportation, and manufacturing in the state during the past half century. Travel and Talks The museum administrator did a great deal of traveling in North Carolina and elsewhere, collecting items for the Hall of History, addressing book clubs, civic organizations, and the like, and in general seeking to promote the program of the Department. She served as co-chairman of the His-tory Section of the annual convention of the American Asso- State Department ob^ Archives and History 45 ciation of Museums at Minneapolis, May, 1952, where the topic for discussion was "The Museum's Responsibility to Its Public." The Future Though the Hall of History has made marked progress within recent years, much remains to be done. Phases of the work that may well be developed include the launching of a junior historian program, putting the traveling museum in the field again, more demonstration and study collections, increased facilities to accommodate school groups and other visitors, and the maintenance of a school extension service. In order to conduct such a broader program, certain addi-tional specialized equipment will be required, but the most pressing needs are two : (1) Staff. The present staff has so many duties to per-form and receives so many requests for service that it is not in a position to undertake additional activities without sac-rificing some part of the present work. Several new em-ployees are needed. (2) Space. The present quarters, while better than those of the past, are in a building designed for offices and are not entirely suited for museum purposes. This will continue to be a handicap until the Department is located in a build-ing that has been planned to meet its special needs. DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS D. L. CORBITT, Editor One of the duties of the Department, as prescribed by law, is '*to have materials on the history of North Carolina properly edited, published as other State printing, and dis-tributed under the direction of the department."^ Carrying out this mandate, the agency since its establishment in 1903 has published pamphlets, leaflets, charts, and issues of Carolina Comments, mostly of a popular nature, together with more scholarly documentary volumes and issues of The North Carolina Historical Review—a grand total of 292 items. During the biennium the Division of Publications showed a healthy growth. The number of requests for service in-creased and the public expressed in no uncertain terms approval of the services rendered. A special effort was made to distribute the Department's publications to public and school libraries and to college and public school teachers. Altogether 26,813 volumes, pamphlets, leaflets, and charts were mailed.- New quarters, new equipment, and an increase in the per-manent staff from three to four made possible an expanded program and enhanced the Division's capacity to serve the public. In July, 1951, the unit moved into new rooms in the recently completed addition to the Education Building. An Addressograph, a metal stencil cutter, and other new equip-ment streamlined and expedited the mailing of publications. During the two-year period the Division received the sum of $3,888.04, of which $1,264.00 was for membership dues in the State Literary and Historical Association and $2,- 624.04 was for the state. This latter sum was collected for subscriptions to the Review and for mailing the Depart-ment's publications. The Editor of the Division, who was appointed chairman of the State Literary and Historical Association's Commit- 1945 Session Laws and Resolutions, chap. 55 sec. 1. For a breakdown of the number of publications mailed, see below, Appendix XVI, p. 92. State Department of Archives and History 47 tee on Local Historical Societies, assisted in organizing such societies in several counties. The partial or complete or-ganization of such groups in Bertie, Gaston, Hertford, Pitt, Stanly, and Warren counties gave heartening evidence of growing interest and activity in local and state history. Publications A total of seventeen items was published—volumes, num-bers of The North Carolina Historical Review, one number of a new bimonthly newsletter, pamphlets, and leaflets. Documentary and Other Volumes One documentary volume was published. In addition, a compilation was published and a facsimile of a rare old publication was reproduced. These publications are as follows : The Papers of Willie Person Mangum, edited by Henry Thomas Shanks. Volume I, 1807-1832, 1950, pp. xH, 614, illustrated. The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663- 19A3, by David Leroy Corbitt, 1950, pp. xix, 324, il-lustrated. Lemuel Sawyer's Blackbeard, a facsimile edition. In-troduction by Richard Walser. 1952, pp. xxxiv, 66, illustrated. Governor's Papers The letter books of Governors Ehringhaus and Cherry were published by the Council of State. These volumes are not official publications of the Department, but they were edited by the Editor of the Division of Publications and their publication and mailing were supervised by that Divi-sion. They are listed as follows: Addresses, Letters ayid Papers of John Christoph Blu-cher Ehringhaus, Governor of North Carolina, 1933- 1937, edited by David Leroy Corbitt, 1950, pp. xxxiii, 509, illustrated. Public Addresses and Papers of Robert Gregg Cherry, Goveryior of North Carolina, 19-^5-19^9, edited by David Leroy Corbitt, 1951, pp. Ixiii, 1058, illustrated. 48 TWENTY-FOUKTH BlEXMAL REPORT D. L. Corbitt, Editor of the Division of Publications, examines a typescript. The North Carolina Historical Review Eight issues of The North Carolina Historical Review were published (1,000 copies of each issue) and 5,538 copies were mailed, including 832 copies of back issues.^ The total cost of printing this journal was $7,016.32, an average of $877.04 per issue. Paid-up subscriptions, either new or renewal, totalling 917 were received, an average of 38 per month.- Subscribers are located in 34 states, the District of Columbia, and 2 foreign countries; the publication is mailed on exchange to institutions or organizations in 32 states, the District of Columbia and 2 foreign countries; and during the biennium back issues were mailed to pur-chasers in 24 states, the District of Columbia, and 3 foreign countries. The Review included 42 articles on North Carolina and 6 articles on other states and individuals.'' Eight install- •See below, Appendixes XVII and XVIII, pp. 92-93. ^See below, Appendix XIX, p. P3. 'See below, Appendix XX, pp. f4-95. State Departjiext of Archives and History 49 ments or collections of documents were carried.^ Books re-viewed totalled 101—29 on North Carolina, 41 on other states and on individuals, and 31 on general subjects. Of the reviews, 61 were written by North Carolinians and 40 by persons in other states. The State Literary a7id Historical Association and the Review The State Literary and Historical Association has long been interested in the Department—was, indeed, the first to sponsor the establishment of the agency. In 1924, when the Department began publishing the Review, members of the Association were allowed a special subscription rate. At the Association's 1951 annual meeting the dues were in-creased so that all members would receive the Review. In this way, by the end of 1952 all members will have become subscribers—a gain of approximately 125. Also, at the end of the biennium the Association was about to launch an aggressive membership campaign that was expected to add several hundred additional subscribers. Carolina Commeyits In May, 1952, the Department began publishing a news-letter, Carolina Comments, issued bimonthly and mailed to public libraries in the state, subscribers to the Review, members of the State Literary and Historical Association, and other interested individuals. This new periodical was designed to keep the public informed regarding literary and historical developments and activities throughout North Carolina. Pamphlets and Leaflets The Department published the following pamphlets and leaflets : Tiventy-Third Biennial Report of the North Carolina Department of Archives ayid History, 19^8-1950, 1950, pp. 90, illustrated. Let's Visit the Hall of Histo7^y, 1951, pp. 7, illustrated. See below, Appendix XXI, pp. 95. 50 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report The State Literary and Historical Association, 1952, pp. 5, illustrated. The Department prepared, saw through the press, and distributed : A Museum and Archives Center for North Carolina,. 1950, pp. 17, illustrated. The Department reprinted the following : Money Problems of Early Tar Heels, by Mattie Erma Parker, third edition, 1951, pp. 14, illustrated. The History of the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina, by J. Bryan Grimes, fifth edition, 1951, pp. 40, illustrated. A Program for the Future In accordance with a policy adopted several years ago, the Department has arranged with a number of competent scholars to edit documentary materials in sufficient quantity to continue the publication of such volumes for many years to come. As a result, the copy for several volumes is now in hand and materials for others are in preparation, to be published as funds become available for the purpose. The present appropriation permits the issuance of one such vol-ume a year, but it is hoped that this rate can be accelerated. William A. Graham Papers At the end of the biennium there was on hand sufficient copy for four or five volumes of the papers of William A. Graham, United States Senator, Governor, Secretary of the Navy, and Confederate States Senator. These papers were being edited by Dr. Joseph G. de Roulhac Hamilton of the University of North Carolina under the sponsorship of Mr. John W. Clark of Greensboro, a grandson of Governor Graham. Zebulon B. Vance Papers Dr. Frontis W. Johnston of Davidson College continued his work on the papers of Zebulon B. Vance, Governor and United States Senator, and it was hoped that the first volume Mrs. May Davis Hill, Editorial Assistant, prepares copy tor printer. 1 Beth G. Crabtree, Stenographer-Clerk 11, operates the Depart-ment's new Addressograph. 52 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Eva J. Lawrence, Editorial Assistant, operating tlie mimeograph machine. would be ready for the printer within the near future. Dur-ing the biennium the Division copied approximately 3,000 items for this series. Records of the Moravians Dr. Douglas L. Rights of Winston-Salem, Acting Archiv-ist of the Moravian Church in America, Southern Province, continued his work of compiling and editing the Records of the Moraviayis in North Caroliyia, volume VIII, and hoped to complete this task before the end of the summer. He indi-cated that there probably is enough interesting material to carry the series to the Civil War period, in which case there will be a ninth volume. Blount Papers At the end of the biennium the first volume of the papers of the Blount family, prominent in the colonial, revolution-ary, and early national periods in North Carolina and Ten- BLACKBEARD. ^ ©omttriv in iFottr ^cls. FOUNDED ON FACT. BY LEMUEL SAWYER. WASHINGTON: PRINTED BV DAVIS AND FORCE (fRANKLIn's IIEAD) PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. 1824. Title page of Lemuel Sawyer's Blackbeard, which was published in facsimile by the Department during the biennium. 54 Twenty-Fourth Biexxial Report nessee, was in page proof. The series, edited by Dr. Alice B. Keith of Meredith College, was expected to run to at least four volumes. Willie P. Mangiim Pampers At the end of the period the second volume of the papers of Willie P. Mangum, United States Senator, edited by Dr. Henry T. Shanks of Birmingham-Southern College, was in page proof. Dr. Shanks hoped to have the third and fourth volumes ready for the printer by the end of the calendar year 1952, and it was expected that there would be five volumes in the series. Pettigreiv Papers Dr. Bennett H. Wall of the University of Kentucky, who had previously agreed to edit the papers of the Pettigrew family, prominent in eastern North Carolina a century and more ago, found opportunity to do little on the series during the biennium, so that it was indefinite when copy for the first volume would be ready. W. Kerr Scott Papers Mr. Corbitt, Editor of the Division, did some work on the public addresses and messages of Governor W. Kerr Scott to the General Assembly. After the completion of Governor Scott's term in January, 1953, his official papers will be turned over to the Department for preservation, and Mr. Corbitt will select, edit, and prepare the material for the printer. The Governor's series is not one of the Depart-ment's official publications, but Mr. Corbitt has edited the volumes for all the Governors since 1921. Catherine Ann Edmondston Diary Miss Beth Crabtree, of the Division's staff, took up again the editing of the Catherine Ann Edmondston diary, on which she had begun to work when an employee of the De-partment several years ago. Mrs. Edmondston was the wife of a Halifax County planter and her diary, sprightly and entertaining, covers the entire period of the Civil War. State Depaktment of Archives and History 55 Pamphlets Two pamphlets were in the course of preparation. Mrs. May Davis Hill of the Division staff was working on a com-pilation of the lives of the governors of North Carolina from 1585 to the present, and Mr. William S. Powell, formerly the Department's Researcher and now on the staff of the University of North Carolina Library, was preparing a study of the Carolina charter of 1663, which was presented to the Department in 1949. APPENDIX I Positions and Salary Ranges, June 30, 1952 ArcJiives and History Series Director $ 6,780 State Archivist - 5,124—6,132 Archivist II --- 3,372—4,128 Archivist I. .- - -- 2,880—3,552 Museum Administrator 4,764—5,604 Museum Curator II 3,372—4,128 Museum Curator I 2,880—3,552 Editor 4,980—5,820 Editorial Assistant -- 2,880—3,552 Researcher 8,780—4,620 Clerical Series Stenographer Clerk III 2,688—3,360 Stenographer Clerk II ...- -- 2,340—2,928 Custodial and Housekeeping Series Janitor-Messenger 1,620—2,040 APPENDIX II Number of Employees as of June 30 of Each Year Listed, 1908-1952 1908 - 3 1932. 10 1 9 10 -- 3 1934-.... 8 1912 3 1936 .- 8 1914 5 1938 -- 9 1916 8 1940. 9 1918 9 1942._.__ 11 1920 9 1944 11 1922 9 1946 13 1 9 24 11 194 8 - 16 1926 11 1950-._._ 18 1928 .-..- 10 1952 20 1930 -10 APPENDIX III List of Employees, Showing Title, Name, and Period of Service (If Less Than Full Biennium) Permanent Etnployees Director: Christopher Crittenden Chief, Division of Archives and Manuscripts: W. Frank Burton, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 State Archivist: W. Frank Burton, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 State Departjiext of Archives and History 57 Chief, Division of Publications: D. L. Corbitt, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Editor: D. L. Corbitt, Marcli 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Chief, Division of Public Displays: Mrs. Joye E. Jordan, July 1, 1950- February 28, 1951 Museum Administrator: Mrs. Joye E. Jordan, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Researcher: William S. Powell, July 1, 1950-December 9, 1951 Researcher: Edwin A. Miles, January 1, 1952-June 30, 1952 Senior Stenographer Clerk: Mrs. Blanche M. Johnson, July 1, 1950- February 28, 1951 Stenographer Clerk III: Mrs. Blanche M. Johnson, March 1, 1951-May 21, 1951; June 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Senior General Clerk: Mrs. Eloise Fisher Sarvis, July 1, 1950-Febru-ary 28, 1951 Stenographer Clerk II: Mrs. Eloise Fisher Sarvis, March 1, 1951-May 29, 1951 Stenographer Clerk II: Beth G. Crabtree, June 15, 1951-June 30, 1952 Senior General Clerk: Eva J. Lawrence, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Editorial Assistant: Eva J. Lawrence, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Editorial Assistant: Mrs. May Davis Hill, June 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Junior Museum Assistant: Manora Mewborn, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Museum Curator I: Manora Mewborn, March 1, 1951-April 21, 1951 (married and became Mrs. Manora Mewborn Nunn, April 14, 1951) Museum Curator I: M. Ann Beal, May 7, 1951-June 30, 1952 Junior Museum Assistant: Dorothy D. Reynolds, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Museum Curator II: Dorothy D. Reynolds, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 (married and became Mrs. Dorothy Reynolds Phillips, June 16, 1951) Junior Archivist: Gwendolyn R. Woodard, July 1, 1950-December 31, 1950 Junior Archivist: Mrs. Frances Harmon Whitley, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Archivist II: Mrs. Frances Harmon Whitley, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Junior Archivist: Nancy Eschholz, January 1, 1951-February 28, 1951 Archivist I: Nancy Eschholz, March 1, 1951-March 31, 1951 Archivist I: Mrs. Doris H. Harris, June 11, 1951-June 30, 1952 Senior Archivist: Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahey, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Archivist II: Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahey, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Senior Archivist: Mrs. Mary Jeffreys Rogers, July 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Archivist II: Mrs. Mary Jeffreys Rogers, March 1, 1951June 30, 1952 Archivist I: Mrs. Bettie Y. Holland, August 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Archivist I: Mrs. Julia B. Jordan, August 6, 1951-June 30, 1952 Archivist II: Herbert R. Paschal, Jr., August 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 58 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Janitor-Messenger: Edward Freeman, July 1, 1950-September 30, 1950 Junior Mail Clerk: Marvin K. Rogers, July 1, 1950-February 28. 1951 Janitor-Messenger: Marvin K. Rogers, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Messenger-Clerk: Henry G. Perry, October 1, 1950-February 28, 1951 Janitor-Messenger: Henry G. Perry, March 1, 1951-June 30, 1952 Temiiorary Employees Senior General Clerk: Mrs. May Davis Hill, July 1, 1950-August 31, 1950; November 13, 1950-February 28, 1951 Editorial Assistant: Mrs. May Davis Hill, March 1, 1951-May 31, 1951 Traveling Museum Curator: Charles Lawrence Jones, July 1, 1950- August 18, 1950 Traveling Museum Curator: Robert J. Chaffin, September 1, 1950-No-vember 6, 1950 Traveling Museum Curator: Guy A. Weatherly, November 13, 1950-June 30, 1951 Stenographer Clerk III: Mrs. Lael Sellers, April 1, 1951-June 15, 1951 APPENDIX IV Appropriations and Expenditures, 1950-1952 1950-1951 1951-1952 Appro- Expendi- Aj)pro- Expendi-priation tiires priation tures Salaries and Wages $ 47,149.00 $ 47,148.03 $ 69,638.00 $ 67,786.68 Supplies and Materials „,.. 1,660.00 1,659.99 5,990.00 5,981.32 Postage, Telephone, Tele-graph and Express 1,150.00 1,149.56 782.00 781.90 Travel Expense 3,104.00 3,103.95 3,282.00 3,276.07 Printing and Binding, 14,888.00 14,883.15 12,882.00 12,813.62 Repairs and Alterations... 275.00 274.45 600.00 599.80 General Expense 126.00 95.91 990.00 976.89 Equipment 18,481.00 18,480.99 6,800.00 6,789.91 Manuscripts 400.00 380.93 626.00 626.00 Cherry Letter Book 11,883.00 11,881.92 260.00 259.99 Ehringhaus Letter Book.... 5,881.00 5,880.31 Flag Square Rostrum 200.00 200.00 Total Requirements ... 104,997.00 104,939.19 102,050.00 100,092.18 Less: Estimated Receipts: Miscellaneous Receipts 1,081.00 1,117.59 2,382.00 2,434.09 Transfer from 1949-1950 10,193.00 10,193.00 Total Receipts and Transfer 11,274.00 11,310.59 2,382.00 2,434.09 Appropriation 93,723.00 93.628.60 99.668.00 97,658.09 State Department of Archives and History 59 APPENDIX V Appropriations and Expenditures, 1930-1952 Year Apiiropriation Expenditures 1930-1931 $30,865.00 $23,565.03 1931-1932 24,865.00 18,338.51 1932-1933 20,065.00 13,286.15 1933-1934 12,826.00 11,223.13 1934-1935 11,315.00 11,298.23 1935-1936 19,364.00 16,156.51 1936-1937 20,294.00 19,985.59 1937-1938 21,843.00 20,478.17 1938-1939 __... 22,443.00 22,088.38 1939-1940 21,160.00 20,593.68 1940-1941 ..__. 21,160.00 20,669.09 1941-1942 23,300.00 21,252.63 1942-1943 24,514.00 23,843.29 1943-1944 28,707.00 27,973.03 1944-1945 28,212.00 26,940.64 1945-1946 45,290.00 30,650.90 1946-1947 54,827.00 51,387.83 1947-1948 68,391.00 66,642.09 1948-1949 64,073.00 63,799.70 1949-1950 84,850.51 83,957.68 1950-1951 93,723.00 93,628.60 1951-1952 99,668.00 97,658.09 APPENDIX VI Publications of Members of the St.\ff Mr. W. F. Burton reviewed Virginia Gazette Index, 1736-1780, by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff (The North Carolina Historical Review, April, 1951) and wrote "Microfilm Records in the State De-partment of Archives and History, Raleigh, N. C," in National Genea-logical Society Q^iarterly (June, 1951). Mr. D. L. Corbitt served as managing editor of The North Carolina Historical Revietv. He also edited or compiled the following: Addresses, Letters and Papers of John Christoph Blucher Ehring-haus, Governor of North Carolina, 1933-1937 (Raleigh: Council of State, 1950) Public Addresses and Papers of Robert Gregg Cherry, Governor of North Carolina, 1945-19Jf9 (Raleigh: Council of State, 1951) The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-19Jf3 (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1950) 60 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Mrs. May Davis Hill reviewed The People's General: The Personal Story of Lafayette, by David Loth {The North Carolina Historical Re-view, April, 1952). Mrs. Joye E. Jordan reviewed The Colonial Craftsman, by Carl Bri-denbaugh {The North Carolina Historical Review, January, 1951). Mr. Edwin A. Miles wrote "Franklin E. Plummer: Piney Woods Spokesman of the Jackson Era," in Journal of Mississipin History (January, 1952). He also served as editor of a bimonthly historical newsletter, Carolina Comments, published by the Department and sent to members of the State Literary and Historical Association and others. Volume I, number 1 (May, 1952), appeared during the bien-nium. Mr. William S. Powell wrote Frontiersmen : Makers of America (Charlotte: Charlotte Zone Buick Dealers, 1951, pp. 16) and "Who's Who among Historical Characters" in The Lost Colony [Souvenir Pro-gram], 1951. He reviewed Jolui Wesley Jarvis, Americaii Painter, 1780-18J,0, by Harold E. Dickson {The North Carolina Historical Re-view, January, 1951). Mr. Powell served as editor of History Neics. the monthly news-letter of the American Association for State and Local History, vol. V, no. 9 (July, 1950) -vol. VH, no. 2 (December, 1951). He also contrib-uted the "History News" column to American Heritage, a quarterly sponsored by the American Association for State and Local History, vol. II, no. 1 (autumn, 1950)-vol. Ill, no. 2 (winter, 1952) and wrote a column entitled "North Carolina Church History" which appeared in The North Carolina Churchman, vol. XLI, no. 1 (September, 1951)- vol. XLI, no. 4 (December, 1951). Dr. Christopher Crittenden served as editor of The North Carolina Historical Review. He also wrote the following articles and book reviews: Articles "Furniture Through the Ages," Think, vol. XVI, no. 10 (October, 1950). "The North Carolina Railroad," Ties, June, 1951. "North Carolina and the Winning of American Independence," Tlie Picket Post, July, 1951. (Address delivered at Valley Forge on the celebration of North Carolina Day, 1951). "Museum on Wheels" (the story of the North Carolina trailer mu-seum). Trailer Topics Magazine, October, 1951. "Graveyard of the Atlantic," Think, vol. XVII, no. 11 (November, 1951). "Culture Week," The State, December 1, 1951. "Tour in the Sky" (a description of the Blue Ridge Parkway), Motor Neivs, March, 1952. "Unto These Hills," The Orange Disc, vol. X, no. 6 (May-June, 1952). State Departmext of Archives and History 61 "First Colonizer" (Sir Walter Raleigh), in souvenir program of "The Lost Colony" symphonic drama, 1952. Edwin A. Miles, co-author. "Frontiersman's Victory—the Battle of Kings Mountain," in sou-venir program of "Horn in the West" historical drama, 1952. Book Revieics: Report of the Puhlic Archives for the Year 19 'i9. Dominion of Can-ada. By Wm. Kaye Lamb. (Ottawa. Edmond Cloutier, 1950. Pp. xxxiv, 462.) Reviewed in The American Archivist, vol. XIII, no. 4 (October, 1950). Jefferson: The Scene of Europe, llS'f to 1789. By Marie Kimball. (New York: Coward-McCann. 1950. Pp. ix, 357.) Reviewed in The American Historical Review, vol. LVI, no. 2 (October, 1950). Federal Records of World War II, vol. I, Civilian Agencies, vol. II, Military Agencies. National Archives Publications 51-7 and 51-8. (Washington: Government Printing Office. 1950, 1951. Pp. xii, 1073; iii, 1061.) Reviewed in The American Historical Review, vol. LVII, no. 2 (October, 1951). Jefferson and His Time. vol. II, Jefferson and the Rights of Man. By Dumas Malone. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1951. Pp. xxix, 523.) Reviewed in The American Historical Review, vol. LVII, no. 4 (April, 1952). APPENDIX VII New Historical Markers Approved During the Biexxium District A: Bertie. Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties: Lemuel Sawyer (grave), Camden County J. C. B. Ehringhaus (birthplace), Pasquotank County Stephen B. Weeks (site of birthplace), Pasquotank County William Blount (site of birthplace), Bertie County District B: Beaufort, Dare, Hyde. Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington counties: Matthew Rowan (site of home), Beaufort County Henry C. DeMille (birthplace), Beaufort County Charles Pettigrew (home), Washington County District C: Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, and Pamlico counties: F. M. Simmons (home), Craven County Edward B. Dudley (site of birthplace), Onslow County District D: Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender coun-ties: Edwin A. Alderman (birthplace). New Hanover County James Gibbons (church), New Hanover County 62 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report William W. Loring (site of birthplace), New Hanover County John A. Winslow (site of birthplace), New Hanover County Temple of Israel, New Hanover County William Hooper (site of home), New Hanover County Edward Moseley (site of home), Pender County Charles Town, Brunswick County Thalian Hall, City Hall, Library, New Hanover County Henry Bacon (home). New Hanover County District E: Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, and Warren counties: George V. Holloman (home), Northampton County W. W. Kitchin (grave), Halifax County Gallberry, Halifax County Whitmel Hill (grave), Halifax County Claude Kitchin (home), Halifax County Trinity Church, Halifax County District F: Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne, and Wilson counties: Peacock's Bridge, Wilson County District G: Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person^ and Vance counties; North Carolina College at Durham, Durham County Alexander Mebane (site of home), Alamance County Alexander Wilson (home and grave), Alamance County Nath'l Rochester (site of home), Granville County James E. Shepherd (grave), Durham County District H: Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, and Wake counties: Josiah Bailey (home), Wake County Yarborough House, Wake County Hermon Husband (site of farm), Chatham County Campbell College, Harnett County District I: Bladen, Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson, and Scot-land counties: Charles W. Chesnutt (site of school), Cumberland County Babe Ruth (site of baseball park), Cumberland County Elliott Daingerfield (home), Cumberland County Richard Clinton (site of home), Sampson County Marion Butler (birthplace), Sampson County Thomas O. Moore (site of birthplace), Sampson County District J: Forsyth, Guilford, Rockingham, and Stokes counties: Alamance Church, Guilford County Buffalo Church, Guilford County Edgeworth Female Seminary, Guilford County Guilford College, Guilford County Oak Ridge Institute, Guilford County State Department of Archives and History 63 District K : Anson. Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, and Rich-mond counties: John H. Mills (grave), Davidson County Edmund DeBerry (grave), Montgomery County Samarcand, Moore County John W. Thomas (home), Davidson County District L: Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union counties: Andrew Jackson (site of law office), Rowan County D. A. Tompkins (grave), Mecklenburg County Stonewall Jackson Training School, Cabarrus County W. R. Odell (home), Cabarrus County Fight at Colson's, Stanly County District M: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Davie, Iredell, Surry, Wilkes, and Yadkin counties: Centre Church, Iredell County Clio's Nui'sery, Iredell County James Hall ( grave ) , Iredell County Vance House, Iredell County Pilot Mountain, Surry County District N: Avery, Burke. Caldwell, McDowell. Mitchell, Watauga, and Yancey counties: Collett Leventhorpe (grave), Caldwell County Elliott Daingerfield (home), Watauga County Yancey Collegiate Institute, Yancey County District O: Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln. Polk, and Rutherford counties: Tryon's March, Polk County Tryon's March, Rutherford County Brittain Church, Rutherford County Joshua Forman (grave), Rutherford County The Block House, Polk County Oak Grove, Gaston County Confederate Laboratory, Lincoln County U. D. C. Memorial Hall. Lincoln County District P: Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, and Transyl-vania counties: Vance-Carson Duel, Henderson County Gun Shop & Forge, Henderson County Lee's School, Buncombe County Forster A. Sondley (home), Buncombe County St. John in the Wilderness, Henderson County Jeter C. Pritchard (home and grave), Buncombe County Francis Asbury (site of residence), Buncombe County 64 TWENTY-FOUUTH BlENMAL RePOKT Mars Hill College, Madison County Dr. L. B. McBrayer (site of birthplace), Buncombe County Richmond Pearson (home). Buncombe County District Q: Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, and Swaiit counties: Baptist Mission, Cherokee County Horace Kephart (grave), Swain County APPENDIX VIII Archives and ManuscPvIpts Accessioned I. Additions to Collections. 1. State Agencies: Archives and History. Plans for the proposed Museum and Archives building. 2 packages. Mr. William Henley Deitrick, Architect. Raleigh. Attorney General. Correspondence, 1930-38. 15 cu. ft. Trans-ferred from the office of the Attorney General. Governor's Papers. Sesquicentennial Commission, certificate of appreciation to Governor W. Kerr Scott, August 18, 1950. 1 piece. Notaries public. May, 1947-July, 1949. 1 volume. Minutes of Council of State, 1937-41, 1941-45. 1 volume. Requisitions, 1946- 49. 1 volume. Appointments, 1929-37. 1 volume. Court assign-ments (in lieu), 1942-49. 1 volume. Card index to extraditions and requisitions, Governor Broughton, 1941-45, and Governor Cherry, 1945-49. 2 E boxes. 3 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, May-November, 1951. Transferred from the Governor's Office. Governors' Papers. Manuscripts concerning Nullification, the tariff law, lotteries, the Constitution, conscripts and volunteers, and reports, 1832-64. 44 items. Purchased from the Bookery, Inc., Denver, Colorado. Colonial Governors' Papers. Part of a form for appointing a militia by Governor William Tryon. Photocopy. Original in the National Archives, Washington, D. C. Given by Dr. Robert W. Linker, Chapel Hill. State Highway and Public Works Commission. Minutes of Proceedings of the Commissioners for the Erection of a Peni-tentiary, 1869-80, volume I; and minutes of the Directors of the State Penitentiary, 1871-78, volume II. Transferred from the State Highway and Public Works Commission, Raleigh. Treasurer. Certificates of stock in Bank of North Carolina ta Wm. J. Lougee, May 22, 1862. Given by the State Library. Treasurer. Miscellaneous records, approximately 1 cu. ft. Trans-ferred from the Treasurer's Office. State Departmext of Archives a>'d History 65 2. Counties: Bertie County. Miscellaneous. 33 cu. ft. Transferred from Bertie County. Caswell County. 3 deeds. Given by Mr. J. B. Blaylock, Yan-ceyville. Carteret County. Payrolls and time sheets for work on Harlowe and Clubfoot Canal, 1S22-23. 6 sheets. Given by Miss Marybelle Delamar, Raleigh. Duplin County. Deeds and bill of sale. 3 pieces. Photocopies. Originals in possession of Mr. Joshua James, Raleigh. Johnston County. Quit claim of Sarah Bagwell, August 14, 1839, and a deed of gift, Nathan Bagwell to Bryan Bagwell, Aug-ust 4, 1835. 2 pages photocopied. Original in possession of Mrs. James Hugh Ward, Sr., Raleigh. Loaned through courtesy of Miss Christine Bagwell, Raleigh. Montgomery County. 2 land grants of Daniel McLester, 1790, and Daniel McLuster, 1810. Given by Mrs. H. B. Green, Raleigh. Plat of Montgomery County. Undated. Transferred from the office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Rockingham. New Hanover County. Contract for labor, January 15, 1868; bill of sale for slaves, March, 1843; and quit claim, November 17, 1820. Given by Mr. Louis T. Moore, Wilmington. New Hanover County. Photocopy of will of Isaac James, May, 1813. 3 pieces. Original in possession of Mr. Joshua James, Raleigh. Onslow County. 3 deeds. Photocopies. Originals in posses-sion of Mr. Joshua James, Raleigh. Orange County. Proceedings of Wardens of the Poor, 1832-56. Transferred from the office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Hills-boro, through Mr. S. H. Hobbs, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Rutherford County. Court minutes, 1845-50. 1 volume. Given by Mr. Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City. Stokes County. Deeds, 1780 and 1795. 2 pieces. Mutilated. Transferred by Mr. Hope Marshall, Deputy Clerk of Superior Court, Winston-Salem. Wake County. Indenture between Berry Bagwell and Brient Bagwell, May 4, 1833. 2 pages photocopied. Original in posses-sion of Mrs. James Hugh Ward, Sr., Raleigh. Loaned through the courtesy of Miss Christine Bagwell, Raleigh. Wayne County. Court minutes, 2 vols., 1788-1831, and 2 dockets, 1802-21. Given by Mr. J. A. Bowman, Wadesboro. 3. Diaries: "The Diary of J. C. McBride who left McBrides Mills, N. C, for California when Eighteen Years of Age. May 9th, 1850." Copied from original by Claude Maer. 9 typed pages. Given by Mr. Claude Maer, Fort Worth, Texas. 66 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report 4. Personal Collections : J. W. Atkins Collection. Letter, 1838, receipts and accounts, 7 pieces, and a copy of Due-West Telescope, 1856. Given by Mr. James W. Atkins, Gastonia. H. H. Brimley Papers. Bills and receipts. 8 pieces. Given by Mr. Harry T. Davis, Raleigh. H. H. Brimley Papers. Letters, accounts, and other personal papers, 1861-1910. 2 B boxes. Given by Mrs. N. F. Fonville, Raleigh. Clarence W. Griffin Papers. North Carolina Press material, 1948-50, 1950-51. 2 B boxes. Given by Mr. Clarence W. Griffin, Forest City. J. Y. Joyner Papers. Personal correspondence, 1901-13. 2 B boxes. Transferred from the Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Andrew Johnson Papers. Letter from Jonathan Worth, Gov-ernor of North Carolina, to Andrew Jackson, January 10, 1866. Purchased from Mr. King V. Hostick, Chicago. Calvin H. Wiley Papers. 25 letters, parts of addresses, and 2 newspapers. Given by Miss Mary C. Wiley, Winston-Salem. 5. Neivspapers : "The Semi-Weekly News." J. M. L. Harrington, Editor. $4 per annum. Volume 1, no. 1, Harrington, N. C, July 19th, 1860. 4 pages manuscript; and "The Nation." Volume 1, no. 15, Buffalo Springs, July 28, 1858. 4 pages manuscript. Loaned by Mr. J. H. Monger, Sanford. 6. Pamphlets: An Ephermeris, or, Almanack for the year of our Lord, 1663. ... By John Swan. . . . (Cambridge: Printed by John Field, Printer to the Universitie, 1663.) Mutilated. Loaned by Mr. James A. Taylor and Mrs. Ethel G. Smith, Poplar Branch. Appointment of Samuel Scarborough as Postmaster at Mt. Gilead, July 8, 1847. 1 page. Photostat. Original loaned by Col. Jeffrey F. Stanback, Mt. Gilead. A Story of Union County and the History of Pleasant Grove Carap Ground. By George T. Winchester. Published July, 1937. Pp. 104. Purchased from the author. Mineral Springs. The Confederate Souvenir. "The Days of 1861." 21 pages. Given by Mr. J. L. Jackson, Raleigh. A Perpetual Calendar, for finding dates and the Dominical Let-ter for each year of our Lord 1 to the Year .'/OOO. inclusive, . . . 1 page. Given by Miss Geraldine Oaksmith, Morehead City. 7. Genealogical: The Aydelott Family Association Bulletins 55, 56. Mimeo-graphed. Given by Mr. George C. Aydelott, New York. State Department of Archres and History 67 "The Badham Family of Chowan County, N. C." Microfilm. Original in possession of Judge Richard Dillard Dixon. Edenton. Pollock Family Bible records, 1717-1S80. 15 pages. Given by Rev. E. L. Skiles, Pensacola, Florida. Coleman family and others. 15 typed pages. Given by Miss Sybil Hyatt, Kinston. "Origin of some North Carolina Families." By Hugh B. John-ston, Wilson. 6 typed pages. Given by the author. "From Yadkin Valley to Pigeon River." Smathers-Agner Fam-ilies. By Sadie S. Patton. 56 typed pages. Given by the author, Hendersonville. iSoIdiers and Patriots of the American Revolution. A List Compiled from Baptist Periodicals at the Shirk Library Franklin College by Elizabeth Hayward, Ridgewood, N. J. 1947. 8 pages. Given by Mrs. Sumner Hayward, Ridgewood. "The Coke Family." 31 typed pages. Given by Mrs. James L. Coke, Honolulu. T. H. Bible records taken from the John Speight family Bible, 1736- 51. 1 page. Given by Mrs. Kirby Thompson, Prentiss, Mississippi. "Supplement to Captain Benjamin Merrill and the Merrill Fam-ily of North Carolina." By William Ernest Merrill, 1951. Multi-copied. Given by the author. Marriage bond of Aaron Camp and Sally Suttle, April 2, 1817. [Rutherford County.] Photostat; and The Caynp Bulletin. Aug-ust, 1932, August, 1933, August, 1934. Nos. 17, 18, 19. Given by Mrs. Clyde W. Fisher, Palm Beach, Florida. Gaither Genealogy. 1 page manuscript. Given by Mrs. J. T. Davis, Winston-Salem. "Genealogy of Shadrack Barnes of Rowan County, North Caro-lina who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War." Compiled in 1951 by Col. Pinckney G. McElwee, Washington, D. C. 50 mimeo-graphed pages. Given by Mrs. Hal. W. Blackstock, Winston- Salem. England Family. 1 mimeographed page. Given by Miss Flora England, Marion, Alabama. "Some Hunt Families of Anson Co. N. C. and Old Cheraw Dis-trict, S. C." 4 typed pages. Given by Mrs. Orson Haynie, Los Angeles, California. Family records copied from Bible of Charity Moore Estes, now owned by and in possession of Mrs. M. G. Shearer, Lenoir. 7 typed pages. Given by Mrs. Julius R. Blair and Mrs. Vann B. String-field, Thomasville. "Miscellaneous Genealogical and Cemetery Records of Several Southern Families." 286 typed pages. Collected and copied by Miss Roberta P. Wakefield, Washington, D. C. Given by the col-lector. Lineage Book of Past and Present Members of the Society of So7is of the American Revolution. Published by the Society. 1951. 68 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Repokt Pp. vi, 322. Purchased through Mr. F. L. Morris, Genealogist of the Society, Raleigh. Bible records of the Barber and allied families, and picture of — tombstone of Elizabeth Barber. 3 pieces. Photocopies. Original loaned by Mr. A. N. Parrish, Jacksonville, Florida. Bible records taken from the Partin and allied families Bible. Photocopies. 22 pieces. Original in possession of Miss Manda Partin, Willow Springs. Loaned through the courtesy of Mrs. Marshal Barber, Raleigh. 8. Maps : "Alamance County Supplement Fifth Division." North Caro-lina State Highway and Public Works Commission. 1944. 15" x 20 % "• Given by Mr. R. 0. Crow, Graham. "McDuffie's Map of Cumberland County, North Carolina. 1884." 2 pieces. 18" x 20". Photostat. Original loaned by Mr. J. C. Pittman, Sanford. "Durham County, Fifth Division. 1949." 13%" x 27". Given by the State Highway and Public Works Commission, Raleigk. "McDuffie's Map of Moore County, North Carolina." By Jno. Mc.Duffie. Fayett-ville, N. C. J. L. Currie, Assistant. . . . 1886. 21%" x 18". Photocopy. Original loaned by Col. Jeffrey F. Stan-back, Mt. Gilead. "Map of the Town of Asheboro." 1930. 18"x21%". Given by Mr. A. R. Winningham, Asheboro. "Asheville North Carolina." Printed and distributed by Cham-ber of Commerce. No date. 22" x 32 1/^ ". Given by Mrs. Margaret Simmons, Asheville. "Map of Atlantic Beach near Morehead City Carteret County, N. C." Original by J. W. Pugh, Engraver. Additions by Geo. J. Brooks, Engraver. 1934. 21 Vz" x 43". Given by Miss Etta L. Willis, Atlantic Beach. "Town of Beulaville, Beulaville, N. C." Made by R. W. Craft. 1947. 201/4" X 231/^". Blueprint. Given by Mr. I. J. Sandlin, Jr., Beulaville. "Zone Map for the Town of Biltmore Forest North Carolina." No date. 10" x 14". Given by Mr. Thomas W. Raoul, Biltmore Forest. "Map of the town of Brevard, N. C." Drawing by E. K. DeLong. 1944. 16" X 19". Blueprint. Given by Mr. T. H. Barker, Brevard. "Brookford, N. C." No date. 261/^" x 31". Blueprint. Given by Mr. Tom Gadd, Brookford. "Black Mountain Buncombe County, North Carolina." Carter- Bearden, Engineers. No date. 36i/^"x36%" Given by Mr. Willis W. Dean, Black Mountain. "Map City of Burlington N. C." Engineering Dept. 1947.181/4" X 21 1/4 ". Given by Mr. Rainey P. Pope, Burlington. State Department of Archives and History 69 "Map of Canton, N. C." Compiled by W. H. Terrell, C. E. 1944. 23" X 24 1/^". Given by Mr. E. M. Geier, Canton. "Zoning Map adopted by Town of Carolina Beach, N. C." 1950. 13" X 301/4". Given by Mrs. Alice Strickland, Carolina Beach. "Town of Chapel Hill, N. C. 1950." John R. Gove, Engineer, Chapel Hill. Revised in 1951. 22" x 37%". Given by Mrs. Louise W. Talbot, Chapel Hill. "Official Map of Charlotte, N. C." H. A. Yancey, City Manager and Lloyd McC. Ross, City Engineer. 1948. 44" x 64". Given by Mrs. Lillian R. Hoffman, Charlotte. "Map of China-Grove, N. C." G. H. Ehringer, Registered En-gineer. 1937. 16"x20%". Blueprint. Given by Mr. H. A. Lentz, China Grove. "Map of the Town of Clinton, N. C." L. C. Kerr, Jr., City Engi-neer. Courtesy of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, 1948. 11" X 14". Given by Mr. N. H. Larkins, Clinton. "Draper, N. C' Map by J. S. Trogdon & Son. 1947. 15%" x 141/4". Given by Mrs. Fannie Pruitt, Draper. "Durham, North Carolina." Department of Public Works. 1948. 12" X 14". Given by Mrs. Elsie N. Jones, Durham. "Map of the Town of Edenton, North Carolina." 1948. 12^4" X 161/^". Given by Mr. Wesley Chesson, Jr., Edenton. "Map of Elizabeth City, N. C." William C. Olsen, Consulting Engineer. Traced by W. M. Smith. 1946. 16" x 19" Given by Mr. H. K. Houtz, Elizabeth City. "Fair Bluff Columbus Co. N. C." Surveyed by R. W. Norris, Fair Bluff, N. C. 1950. 36" x 431/4". Blueprint. Given by Mrs. D. E. Parrish, Fair Bluff. "Map of Water Works System Fairmont, N. C." Roberts & Matthews, Engineers, Lumberton, N. C. 1949. 28" x 36i/4". Blue-print. Given by Mr. George H. Cole, Fairmont. "Official Map of Fayetteville, N. C." Willis W. Baker. City Engineer. Drawn by W. R. McFadyen. 1941. 17"xl8i/^". Given by Miss S. W. Tomlinson, Fayetteville. "City of Fayetteville North Carolina." Revised. Willis W. Baker, City Engineer. 1948. 24" x 31". Given by Miss S. W. Tomlinson, Fayetteville. "Forest City, N. C. Drawn by Clyde C. Sorrell (SVR.) 1950. 25" X 26 % ". Blueprint. Given by Mr. J. E. Caldwell, Forest City. "Town of Fremont, N. C." 1950. 8%" x 14". Given by Gela F. Musgrave, Fremont. [Map of Garland.] Mrs. A. N. Johnson, Clerk, Garland, N. C. No date. 19" x 20". Pencil sketch. Given by Mrs. A. N. John-son, Garland. "Map of the City of Gastonia, N. C." Office of Wm. P. Piatt, Eng., Durham, N. C. 1949. Il%"x21%". "Tax Assessment Map Gibsonville, N. C." No date. 29 1/^" x 35". Blueprint. Given by Mr. M. O. Wyrick, Gibsonville. 70 Twenty-Fourth Biexxial Report "City of Goldsboro, Wayne Co. N. C." C. Beems, Reg. Surveyor. 17" X 171/^". 1944. Given by Mr. J. G. Spence, Goldsboro. "Map of City of Greensboro North Carolina and Environs." Issued by Department of Public Works, Greensboro. 1941. 30" X 44". Given by Mr. H. L. Medford, Greensboro. "Map of the City of Greenville, N. C." Drawn by L. S. Taylor. Published by Chamber of Commerce. [1949.] Il"xl3y2". Given by Mr. J. 0. Duval, Greenville. "Hamlet, N. C." J. Utter, Registered Engr. 1927. 20%" x 24". Blueprint. Given by Mr. H. B. Long, Hamlet. "City of Hickory North Carolina." 1941. 23" x 351/2". Given by Mr. H. L. Burdette, Hickory. "Reproduction of the original Robinson Brown Paper Map of Hickory, N. C." Surveyed and platted by W. P. Ivey between the years of 1865 and 1870. Reproduced by C. M. Sawyer and W. W. Hampton, Raleigh. 1931. 36 1/^" x 61". Blueprint. Given by Mr. H. L. Burdette, Hickory. "City of High Point, North Carolina." Zone map. Morris Knowles Inc., Engineers. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1946. 21 1/^" X 25 % ". Given by Mrs. Lois W. Smith, High Point. "Map Huntersville, N. C." Dickson & Stillwell, Inc., Engrs. Charlotte. 1947. SV2" x 11". Blueprint. Given by Mr. Wade H. Nance, Huntersville. "Map of Kinston, North Carolina." Drawn by W. E. West. 1948. 18%" X 22". Blueprint. Given by Mr. T. W. Heath, Kin-ston. "Map of Lawrenceville, Montgomery County." Lockey Sim-mons, Surveyor. Surveyed May 16, 1836. 13" x 171/2". Photo-copy. Original in possession of Miss Carrie Lilly, Mt. Gilead. [Map of Leaksville and suburbs.] No date. "This map is copyrighted by J. S. Trogdon, Leaksville, N. C." SVz" x 151/2". Given by Mr. J. S. Kemp, Leaksville. "City of Lenoir Caldwell County, North Carolina." Prepared by Southern Mapping & Engineering Co., Greensboro, N. C. No date. 19" x 28". Blueprint. Given by Mr. E. A. Poe, Jr., Lenoir. "Map of Lincolnton, N. Car." W. K. Dickson, C.E., Charlotte, N. C. 1940. 171/2" X 18%". Blueprint. Given by Mr. L. A. Heavner, Lincolnton. "Town of Longview North Carolina." L. R. Rink, Engineer. 1935. 18" x 2114". Blueprint. Given by Mrs. Edna Frye, Long-view. "Lumberton, N. C." P. A. Roberts, Eng. 17i/^"x22". No date. Given by Miss Ruth S. Atkinson, Lumberton. "McAdenville, N. C." June, 1951. 20" x 36". Blueprint. Given by Mr. W. H. Pharr, McAdenville. State Departmext of Archives and History 71 "Map City of Mount Airy North Carolina." City Engineering Dept. F. G. Doggett, City Engineer, I. L. Gentry, Draughtsman. 1114" X 18%". No date. Given by Mr. J. C. Hill, Mount Airy. "Map of the City of New Bern, N. C." Including various sub-divisions and additions. Compiled by B. M. Potter, C.E., New Bern, N. C. 18 V2" x 27". 1945. Given by Mr. C. T. Hellinger, New Bern. "Plan of Plymouth, N. C. It's Fortifications and Environs." Lieut. F. Vinay, 85th R.N.Y. Vols. 19 1^" x 24". Included are 8 auxiliary maps. Purchased from Mr. Stanley M. Gifford, Syra-cuse, N. Y. "Map of The City of Raleigh." Prepared in Department of Public Works. 22" x 34". 1948. Given by Mr. Palmer Edwards, Raleigh. "Town of Robbins North Carolina." Wm. F. Freeman, Engi-neers, Inc., High Point, N. C. 1941. 30" x 42". Blueprint. Given by Mrs. Marjorie Turbeville, Robbins. "Map of Town of Rockingham." From map by James Stewart, March 20, 1939. Edw. R. Tull. 1943. 12" x 15". Blueprint. Given by Mr. Zebulon Gibson, Rockingham. "Map of Rocky Mount North Carolina." Prepared by Chamber of Commerce. 1948. 12" x 18". Given by Mr. L. B. Aycock, Rocky Mount. "Map showing Rose Hill, North Carolina and Vicinity." 1940. 51/^" x 8". Given by Mrs. Martha M. Scott, Rose Hill. "Map of Roxboro, N. C." 17" x 30". 1947. Given by Mr. J. W. Green, Roxboro. "City of Salisbury, N. C." Department of Public Works. H. C. Holmes, City Manager, J. A. English, City Engraver. 1948. STV2" X 47". Blueprint. Given by Miss Elizabeth L. Massey, Salisbury. "Map of Siler City North Carolina." 1948. The Lineberg En-gineers, Burlington, N. C. 8^/^" x 13%". Given by Mr. W. O. Mann, Siler City. "Map City of Smithfield North Carolina." The Lineberg En-gineers, Burlington, N. C. 1947. 81/^" X 13". Given by Mr. N. G. Edgerton, Smithfield. "Visitor's Map Southern Pines, N. C." The Jellison Press, Southern Pines. No date. 15%" x 21 1/^". Given by Mr. H. F. Burns, Southern Pines. "A Map of Spencer, N. C." Drawn by Claude O. Wilson, Jr. 1942. 131/2" X 22". Given by Mr. W. J. Burton, Spencer. "Map of the City of Statesville." 1941. Copyright by R. D. Stout, Eng. Prepared by Southern Mapping and Engineering Co., Greensboro, N. C. 16 V2" x 19". Given by Mr. A. E. Guy, States-ville. 72 TWEXTY-FOURTH BlENXIAL REPORT "Tarboro North Carolina." The Graphic Press, Inc., Raleigh, N. C. No date. I514" x 18". Given by Mr. T. 0. Mayo, Tarboro. "Thomasville, N. C. Zone Map." Morris Knowles, Inc., Engi-neers. Pittsburgh, Pa. 1930. 24" x 37%". Given by Mrs. Eva Jones, Thomasville. "Official Tax Map Town of Wallace North Carolina." B. A. Waldemaier, civil engineer. 1930. 22" x 24". Given by Mr. W. N. Rose, Wallace. "Map of City of Washington North Carolina." William F. Freeman, Engineer, High Point, N. C. No date. 13%" x liy^". Blueprint. Given by Mr. James W. Bowen, Washington. "Map of Waynesville and Hazelwood North Carolina." Com-piled and drawn by J. W. Taylor. Copyright 1945. 9" x 16". Given by Mrs. Hedwig A. Love, Waynesville. "Map showing corporate limits and streets of the Town of Whitakers Nash and Edgecombe counties. North Carolina." By W. F. Beal, Nashville, 1949. 30" x 34%". Blueprint. Given by Mr. Robert D. Massey, Whitakers. "Wilmington North Carolina." 1948. 34" x 51%". Given by Mrs. Mary B. Southerland, Wilmington. "Map of the Town of Wilson North Carolina." Published by the town of Wilson and the Chamber of Commerce. 1948. leys" X 26". Given by Mr. T. T. Lynn, Wilson. The State of North Carolina. [1850.] Climatic and Economic sheet taken from what appears to have been an atlas. 1 page. Purchased from the Maddan Shop, Ridgefield, Connecticut. "North and South Carolina." Published by James T. Patter-son. 18%" X 23%". Printed in color. Given by the Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania. "Transcript of a Map of Fourth Creek Congregation." By Wil-liam Sharpe, Esq. 1773. 271/2" x 351/2". Given by Mr. H. H. Wooten, Washington, D. C. Museum Prospectus for Kill Devil Hill National Memorial (February 1952), and Preliminary Plans for Wright Brothers Memorial Museum. Given by the National Park Service, Rich-mond, Virginia. 9. Sound Recordings: Senatorial campaign of Frank P. Graham, 1950. 25 recordings. Given by Radio Station WPTF, Raleigh. Pullen Memorial Church Dedication, Dr. Harry Emerson Fos-dick, speaker, October 29, 1950. 2 discs. Given by Mr. Sandy Terrill, Tar Heel Transcriptions, Inc., Raleigh. "Consecration—Bishop Baker." The Church of the Good Shep-herd, January 25, 1951. 5 discs. Given by Radio Station WPTF, Raleigh. State Department of Archives and History 73 "Bi-ennial visit of the Governor and State Legislature of N. C. to Camp Lejeune, N. C, March 7, 1951." 2 discs. Given by Mr. Fred Fletcher, Radio Station WRAL, Raleigh. 10. Microfilm: St. James Parish records 1811-52. 1 roll. Original loaned by Rev. Mortimer Glover, Wilmington. Civil War Diary. Anonymous. Originals loaned by Mr. W. N. Hilliard, Raleigh. Confederate Record Books. Originals loaned by Mrs. Sarah Sutherland, Brooklyn, N. Y. Minutes of French Broad Baptist Church, Mills River, 1835-62. 1 volume, and Mills River Church Record, 1862-1924. 1 volume. Originals loaned by Mrs. Sadie S. Patton, Hendersonville. Records of Merchants Bank of New Bern, 1835-69. Original loaned by New Bern Garden Club, New Bern. Diary of Rev. Nehemiah Bonham, Haywood County, N. C, 1829-39. Original loaned by Mr. Harmon Moore, Canton. A Centenary Sermon, Bluff Church, October 18, 1858; and Cen-tenary Address, Buffalo Church, 1879. Originals loaned by Mr. J. H. Monger, Sanford. Minutes of Board of Directors of the North Carolina Railroad Company, July 3, 1904-January 10, 1952; and Cash Book, 1897- 1951. Transferred from North Carolina Railroad Company, Ral-eigh. Hyde County deeds and wills. 19 reels, and Jones County deeds, wills, and Marriage Register. 9 reels. Given by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City. Virginia Gazette 1736-80. 6 reels. Purchased from Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia. A Guide to the Microfilm Collection of Early State Records. Prepared by the Library of Congress in association with the Uni-versity of North Carolina. Collected and compiled under the direction of William Sumner Jenkins. Edited by Lillian A. Ham-rick. Photoduplication service. The Library of Congress, 1950. Purchased from the Library of Congress. 11. WaroflS12: Power of Attorney to William Welborn, August 10, 1815. Given by Mrs. John Scott Welborn, High Point. 12. War for Southern Independence : Bill of sale for a mule to L. H. Sanders, Johnston County, Octo-ber 10, 1865, from the office of the Assistant Quartermaster. Given by Mr. Thomas H. Woodard, Wilson. Two documents relating to War for Southern Independence taxes. Photocopies. Given by Mr. W. E. Hennessee, Salisbury. 74 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Appointment of E. H. Scarborough for the transportation of the Confederate States Mails to Cartilage and Norwood, April 14, 1863. 1 page photostat. Original loaned by Col. Jeffrey F. Stanback, Mt. Gilead. List of Officers and Men of the 27th Regiment of North Caro-lina Infantry surrendered by General Robert E. Lee at Appo-mattox Courthouse, Virginia April 9, 1865. 1 typed page. Given by Mr. Joe E. Webb, Madisonville, Texas. Letter from Jas. A. King, Yorktown. Va., June 27, 1861, to liis father, H. R. King, giving a description of a battle. 4 pages. Given by Mr. Henry Haywood King and Mrs. Flora King Wor-rock, Durham. 13. \Vo7-ld Wa7- 1 Collection: World War Veterans Loan Fund. 53 cu. ft. Transferred from the World War Veterans Loan Fund, Raleigh. Letter from Captain R. Gregg Cherry to Mrs. A. A. McLean, Gastonia, December 15, 1918. 25 typed pages. 3 copies. Given by Mr. John Harden, Greensboro. General Orders. No. '>i), December 25, 1918; and Operations Re-port of the 81st Division, January 16, 1919. Mimeographed. Given by Mr. Carl W. Mengel, Raleigh. "Memories of Ambulance Company 321," by Charles H. White. 6 typed pages. Given by the author. Four letters from James W. Alston and J. W. Cheshire, 1918. Given by Mr. Harry T. Davis, Raleigh. 14. World War II Collection: American War Mothers. Applications for membership, 121. Given by Mrs. Leonard Brown, Concord. Service Record, World War II. Yanceyinlle and Community. Sponsored by the V.F.W. Post No. 7316. Given by Mr. J. B. Blay-lock, Yanceyville. United War Fund folder and tags, and 4 letters to R. D. Bul-lock, Rocky Mount, from C. R. Evans. 1944, 1945. Given by Mr. Reading D. Bullock, Rocky Mount. Material relating to the British War Relief Society. Given by Mrs. Z. P. Metcalf, Raleigh. 15. MisceUaneotis: Day Book of Dr. Henry Truesdale Trantham, 1875-80. Given by Mrs. O. L. Briggs, McLean, Virginia. Charter of the Sons of the American Revolution. 1928. Given by Mr. W. H. Bason, Raleigh. A. G. Cox Manufacturing Company. Correspondence, patents, and 13 volumes of account books. Given by the A. G. Cox Manu-facturing Company, Winterville. State Department of Archives and History 7 5 15. Miscellaneous: The Old Testament printed in Cherokee language. (New York: American Bible Society, instituted in the year MDCCCXVI. 1860. 408 pp.) Given by Mrs. William Edward Twining, Essex Con-necticut, through Miss Katherine D. Hamilton, Tryon. North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati. Return of Conti-nental soldiers in 1779 under General Jethro Sumner, and a letter from Jethro Sumner to General George Washington, April 18, 1784. Photocopies. Given by Mr. Joseph B. Cheshire, Raleigh. English Records. Report on North Carolina manuscript mate-rial in Great Britain. 6 typed pages. Prepared by Dr. Robert D. Meade, Lynchburg, Virginia. "Miss Sue," typed copy of manuscript by Mildred Edmundson. 96 pages. Given by Mrs. H. Clifford Green, Goldsboro. Columbus Day Proclamation, 1892, by Governor Thomas M. Holt; and Thanksgiving Day Proclamations, 1893, 1894, 1895, and 1896, by Governor Elias Carr. Given by Mrs. Dolores C. Renze. Denver, Colorado. "Thomas Griffiths Journal of a visit to the Cherokees, 1767." By William S. Powell. 11 mimeographed pages. Given by Mr. William S. Powell, Chapel Hill. Lions International Collection. General correspondence, 1933- 49; Records of Locals, 1934-49. 8 cu. ft. Given by Lions Inter-national, District 31A, Boone. Legislative Bulletins, Session 1941. Mimeographed. 1 B box. Given by the Institute of Government. Chapel Hill. Campaign material of Mr. Willis Smith for United States Sena-tor, 1950. Photocopies. Anonymous donor. American Association of Social Workers, North Carolina Chap-ter. 4 B boxes. Given by Miss Lily E. Mitchell, Chairman, Raleigh. Registry for North Carolina, 1939-40, New York World's Fair; and "North Carolina Variety Vacationland." 16 mm. film. Trans-ferred from the State Advertising Division, Department of Con-servation and Development, Raleigh. Roanoke Island Historical Association. Certificate of Incorpo-ration, and Bill of the Association. Typed copies. Loaned by Dr. Sylvester Green, Chapel Hill. State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Treasurers Reports, 1946-49, 1949-50; Secretarys Report and An-nual Report Book, 1949-50; Membership Reports, Receipts, Bank statements. National, Elsie Riddick Fund, 1949-50; Annual Report Book, 1950-51; and Secretary's Minutes. Loaned by Mrs. Mollie Harrell, Custodian of Records, Raleigh. "Foundation Stones of Madison County." By Sadie Smathers Patton. 103 typed pages. Given by the author. 76 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Index to the History of Edgecombe County North Carolina. 29 typed pages. Compiled by Mr. Hugh Buckner Johnston. Given by the compiler. Letter from Rev. Robert Southgate, Raleigh, N. C, December 13, 1836, to Mr. Charles Dana, Jr., "Woodstock, Vermont, relating to the rebuilding of the State Capitol. 4 pages. Purchased from Symmachus Trading Company, Boston, Massachusetts. Rural Hall Bank and Trust Company Daybook from October 29, 1929-February 22, 1936, and General Ledger from May 14, 1938 to February 22, 1936. Transferred from the office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Winston-Salem. II. New Collections: 1. Personal Collections Mary Mack Papers. "Casket of Mementoes, 1869-90," containing autographed sentiments of friends and classmates of Salem, Ral-eigh, and many other places. Purchased from Mr. Fred Lockley, Portland, Oregon. Louis T. Moore Collection. The London Chronicle, March 18, 1776, volume XIX, no. 1443. 8 pages, and a photocopy of "View of Wilmington, . . ." from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. 1 page. Loaned by Mr. Louis T. Moore, Wilmington. Horace Mann Paper. Letter from J. B. Newby. Fayetteville, N. C, October 1, 1846, to Horace Mann asking for information concerning Normal Schools. Photostat. Given by Dr. W. Amos Abrams, Raleigh. APPENDIX IX Visits to the Search Room by State and Foreign Country, 1950-1952 Alabama — - 30 Maryland - - — . 56 Arizona. 50 Massachusetts 7 Arkansas - — 5 Michigan 18 California 35 Minnesota — 2 Colorado 3 Mississippi _. 21 Connecticut 1 Missouri _. 14 District of Columbia. 88 Nebraska 4 Florida — 96 New Hampshire ..— 3 Georgia 92 New Jersey 10 Idaho - 57 New York 36 Illinois - 18 North Carolina 4,627 Indiana 58 Ohio 18 Iowa 10 Oklahoma . .-. _.— 14 Kansas 1 Pennsylvania — 17 Kentucky _ 17 South Carolina 36 Louisiana _.... 16 Tennessee 97 State Department of Archives and History 77 Texas 90 Utah „. 10 Virginia 71 Washington 1 West Virginia 5 Wisconsin 6 Wyoming 3 Canada 2 Germany 1 Hawaii 3 Total 5,749 APPENDIX X Number of Visits to Search Room FOR Each Biennium, 1928-1952 1928-1930 2,859 1930-1932.. 3,259 1932-193 4 _-..2, 6 66 1 9 34-1936- 2,999 193 6-1938 3,423 1938-1940 3,918 1940-1942 _-_.4,253 1942-1944 2,318 1944-19 46. 3,341 1946-1948 5,105 1948-1950 6,042 1950-1952 5,749 APPENDIX XI Colleges and Universities Represented in Visits to Search Room University of Arkansas Birmingham-Southern College Bowman Gray School of Medicine University of California University of Chicago University of Cincinnati Columbia University Dartmouth College Davidson College Duke University East Carolina College Emory University Fayetteville State Teachers College University of Florida George Peabody College for Teachers University of Georgia Howard University University of Illinois Indiana Central College University of Kentucky Lycoming College Meredith College New York University North Carolina College North Carolina State College University of North Carolina University of Pennsylvania University of Rochester Salem College Shaw University University of Southern California Stanford University University of Tennessee University of Texas Wake Forest College Warren Wilson College Wayne University Western Carolina Teachers Col lege Universitv of Wisconsin 78 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report APPENDIX XII State Records Microfilmed, August, 1951-June, 1952 Number of Number of documents filmed file drawers Auditor 854,144 150 Education, Board of 943,168 175 Personnel, Department of 284,147 132 Public Instruction, Department of 221,785 138 Treasurer 789,000 130 Total -- --.3,092,244 725 Number of reels 73 92 103 77 429 APPENDIX XIII State Agencies and Institutions, Counties, and Municipalities Served IN Handling Their Record Problems State Agencies and Institutions Agriculture, Department of Alcoholic Board of Control Blind and Deaf, State School for the Blind, Commission for the Budget Bureau Conservation and Development, Department of Cosmetic Art Examiners, State Board of Education, State Board of Employment Security Commis-sion Governor's Office Highway and Public Works Com-mission Industrial Commission Insurance Department Investigation, Bureau of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of Library, University of North Cai'olina Local Government Commissioa Motor Vehicles, Department of North Carolina Railroad Com-pany Personnel Department Prison Department Probation Commission Public Health, Department of Public Instruction, Depart-ment of Public Welfare, Department of Retirement System, Teachers and State Employees Revenue, Department of State College State Hospital Treasurer's Office Wildlife Resources Commission State Departmext of Archives axd History 79 Alamance Bertie Camden Caswell Cleveland Davidson Edgecombe Forsyth Harnett Hertford •Greensboro Counties Hyde Johnston Jones Lincoln McDowell Mecklenburg Montgomery Moore Nash Pasquotank Municipalities Shelby Person Pitt Randolph Richmond Rockingham Surry Wake Wayne Wilkes Walstonburg APPENDIX XIV Registration at the Hall of History by State AND Foreign Country. 1950-1952 From the Alabama 84 Arizona 9 Arkansas 43 California 154 Colorado 29 Connecticut 44 Delaware 16 Florida 261 Georgia 170 Idaho 16 Illinois _12 6 Indiana 100 Iowa 55 Kansas - 39 Kentucky 83 Louisiana — 65 Maine 12 Maryland 90 Massachusetts 134 Michigan 109 Minnesota 33 Missouri 104 Mississippi 47 Montana 9 Nebraska __.. 15 United States Nevada 9 New Hampshire 14 New Jersey 109 New Mexico 9 New York — 405 North Carolina .73,625 North Dakota -- — 7 Ohio 165 Oklahoma 49 Oregon ..- 24 Pennsylvania 263 Rhode Island ...- 20 South Carolina _ 294 South Dakota 9 Tennessee 135 Texas 172 Utah 22 Vermont 10 Virginia 555 Washington 22 West Virginia 56 Wisconsin 35 Wyoming 4 District of Columbia 104 Total 77,964 80 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report From United States Territories and Foreign Countries Alaska - 8 Iraq 1 Argentina — 3 Ireland _ 3 Australia — -- 1 Japan 8 Austria 3 Mexico 3 Bavaria 1 Netherlands 4 Brazil 4 Newfoundland __. — . 1 Canada - 37 Norway .._ — 1 Chile 1 Pakistan 1 China 2 Panama 3 Colombia 4 Peru 2 Costa Rica 1 Philippines 1 Cuba 7 Puerto Rico 1 Egypt 1 Scotland ___ -. _. 1 England .___ 18 South Africa — . 4 France 6 Spain - — - 1 Germany 24 Venezuela „ 2 Greece 2 Yugoslavia 2 Hawaii 3 Hungary 1 Total 169 India „ .- 3 Grand Total _..._ 78,133 Since actual count indicates that only 40 per cent of the visitors register, the total attendance for the biennium is estimated at 195,000. APPENDIX XV Museum Items Acces.sioned Books: Notebook for the General Staff Officer (Paris, Imprimerie de Vau-girard, 1918. 135 pp.) which belonged to Col. Sidney Minor. Donor: Mrs. Roberta H. Minor, Danville, Va. Costumes: Children's: Aqua and orange knitted baby mitts; light blue baby cotton stock-ings; two pairs of white baby cotton stockings; three white baby bon-nets; and a white and blue baby's ci'ocheted shawl, all from the Pal-myra Plantation, near Lenoir. Donor: Mrs. Charlotte H. Dosier, Boul-der, Colo. Plaid dress, 1868; white cotton dress, 1862; and a cotton petticoat, 1862. Donor: Mrs. Crissie Luther, Pisgah. Men's : Silver-headed cane presented to Capt. James I. Waddell by Henry Driver, U. S. Consul, Dunedin, N. Z. Donor: Miss Anne Waddell Igle-hart, Annapolis, Md. Statk Dkpartmext of Archives and History 81 Old shoe found under the State Capitol, Raleigh. Donor: Mr. George B. Cherry, Raleigh. Vest worn by Samuel Harrill. early 1800's. Donor: Mrs. 0. Max Gardner, Shelby. Women's: Black-beaded silk cape; two white wool capes; dark brown fringed shawl; and a pair of white silk stockings, all from Palmyra Plantation, near Lenoir. Donor: Mrs. Charlotte H. Dosier, Boulder, Colo. Cotton cape, about 1750; white cotton bonnet, 1750; and a white cotton cap, 1750. Donor: Mrs. Crissie Luther, Pisgah. Part of a lace and net sleeve, 1840's; embroidered handkerchief of Sarah Lee Haywood; and a lace cap of Sarah Lee Haywood, about 1840. Donor: Miss Elizabeth Dortch, Raleigh. Dress and slip worn by Mrs. O. Max Gardner when her husband was inaugurated Governor of North Carolina, 1929. Donor: Mrs. O. Max Gardner, Shelby. Two brown silk handkerchiefs, one embroidered with the French flag and one with the flags of the Allies of World War I. Donor: Mrs. Roberta H. Minor, Danville, Va. House cap made of brown hair. Donor: Mrs. R. C. Hooker, Rich-mond, Va. Pair of wedding slippers, 1819. Donor: Miss Elizabeth Lewis Whit-aker, Littleton. Five pairs of shoes, used between 1890 and 1922. Donor: Mrs. J. LeRoy Allen, Raleigh. One pair of blue suede and calf shoes, early 1930's. Donor: Dr. Chris-topher Crittenden, Raleigh. Eleven pairs of shoes, early 1900's. Purchase. Dishes: Clay from the pit in Macon County from which Wedgwood Potteries, England, used several tons of clay in 1767; and a salt dish. Museum Collection. Whiskey bottle, reproduction of a Poland water bottle. Donor: Mr. F. J. Reeves, Raleigh. Early Jugtown potter jug, 1919, turned by Charlie Teague. Donor: Mr. Alexander Crane, Barnstable, Mass. Documents: Colonial period: Photograph of the first page of the charter of 1663. Museum Col-lection. Revolutionary period: Photograph of Halifax Resolves, and photograph of account of sale of the furniture from the Governor's Palace, 1777. Museum Collection. 82 Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report Middle period: Newspaper, the "Carolina Baptist," Nov. 8, 1854. Donor: Mrs. Cliar-lotte Hayes Dosier, Boulder, Colo. Harper's Neiv Monthly Magazine, 1862. Purchase. Civil War: New Harper's Monthly Magazine, 1862. Purchase. Recent: 27 greeting cards for different anniversaries and holidays. Donor: Mr. William S. Powell, Chapel Hill. Two paper valentines, about 1875. Donor: Mrs. Crissie E. |
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