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CoUection: NORDEN , ERIC, COLLECTION
1735 (1892-1949) 1957, 1967
vc 1378.1-1378.41
Physical Description: C. 15 linear feet plus 1 map drawer consisting
of correspondence, abstracts of titles, maps, deeds, wills, land
grants, publications, photographs, reports, diaries-day books
and miscellaneous.
Acquisition: Accessioned, May 31, 1968. Given by Mrs. Wallace
Schorr, VVHflPMHHb/ Wilmington, North Carolina. (Mrs.
Schorr is the widow of Eric Norden) .
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Description: Eric Norden was born in Sweden in 1869. He migrated
to America in 1888, first to the midwest and later to Wilmington,
North Carolina. He lived and worked in the Wilmington area until
his death .in 1946 .
Norden was a civil engineer specializing in land surveying
and title researching. From his papers it would appear that his
two major sources of employment were various lumber and pulpwood
interests and the State Department of Public Instruction. The
main timber interest was the Cooper River Timber Company, a North
Carolina branch of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. Many
of the records in this collection were created as a result, direct
or indirect, of Norden's employment with this company. A large
section of records in the collection was created through Norden's
employment as Engineer in Land Matters for the State Department of
Public Instruction. In this employment Norden located and per¬
fected the title of land, usually swamp land, owned by the Depart¬
ment. . This land, located mainly in the eastern third of the state,
had been acquired by the State Literary Fund in the 19th century
and was now being disposed of in various ways. There are other
records in this collection relating to land owned by estates or
private individuals. Also in the collection is a small amount of
material dealing with railroads, evidently created during World
War I when Norden was employed by the United States Railroad
Administration as a land appraiser along the right-of-way of the
Atlantic Coast Line.
A small collection of maps is included with the collection.
In some cases, the maps pertained to a particular abstract or sur¬
vey that Norden was completing; ' and if possible, the map was filed
with. the abstract or survey. The majority of Norden's maps were
given to the Department of Archives and History by Mrs. Norden in
