Minnie B. Parker Collection, 1839-1934
(Manuscript Collection #89)
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Minnie B. Parker Collection |
| Creator: | Parker, Minnie B. |
| Repository: | ECU Manuscript Collection |
| Languages: | English |
| Abstract: | Collection (1839-1934) including correspondence, scrapbook, receipts, legal papers, poems, military orders, list of patients etc. |
| Extent: | 0.69 Cubic feet, 34 items , including correspondence, ledgers, financial papers, legal papers, printed material and miscellaneous items. |
Administrative Information
Accessions Information
April 15, 1969, 34 items; Papers (1839-1934), including correspondence, a scrapbook, receipts, legal papers, and miscellaneous. Deposited by Miss Janice Winstead, Greenville, N.C.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Copyright Notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Preferred Citation
Minnie B. Parker Collection (#89), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Acquisition Information
- Gift of Miss Janice Winstead
Processing Information
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Processed by H. Huneycutt, May 1970
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Encoded by Apex Data Services
Biographical / Historical Note
The collection contains a scrapbook tracing the activities of Miss Minnie B. Parker as a nurse for the American Expeditionary Force in France, during World War I (1918-1920).
Description
It contains baggage tickets from the ADRIATIC, which was being used as a troopship; a letter from King George V thanking the American troops for their support; army forms of embarkation; permits to work in France; poems; military orders; list of patients; passes for travel in France and discharge; and many tokens from entertainment, such as parties and dances, given in the area for troop morale.
There is also a folder containing correspondence, receipts, and legal papers from 1839-1934. Antebellum papers include correspondence (1845) from George R. Bell in Alabama concerning settling of accounts in Nash County; a militia refreshment account and court martial records (1849) of the N.C. militia in Nash County; and miscellaneous deeds, promissory notes, and receipts for residents of Nash and Franklin counties. For the Civil War period there is a receipt for "tax-in-kind" (1863) and a letter (1865) from Confederate soldier Presley Griffin of Nash County to his wife, written from near Petersburg, Virginia. Griffin warns his wife of legislation aimed at taking slaves into the Confederate Army. Also of interest is a certificate of release of a prisoner of war and the oath of allegiance (1865) signed by Mr. Griffin.
Subject Headings
Personal/Family names
Corporate names
Topical terms
Card Catalog Entries
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Reading Room's card catalog. This system is no longer maintained, but it is left in place to help on-site researchers locate particular topics in the collection.
Geographic Entry :
- North Carolina, Nash County
Autograph Entry :
- King George V 1918
Subject Entries :
- BELL, GEORGE R.
- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT--Warrants(Law)
- IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION--Alabama
- MILITIA--Nash Co., N.C.
- SLAVERY--Civil War
- WAR--CIVIL--Loyalty Oaths
- WAR--CIVIL--Negroes
- WAR--WORLD WAR I--American Expeditionary Force
- WAR--WORLD WAR I--Nurses and Nursing
- WAR--WORLD WAR I--Ships and Shipping
- WAR--WORLD WAR I--Travel
- WAR--WORLD WAR I--Travel
Date Entries :
- 1840-1849
- 1918-1919
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