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Guide to the George B. Singletary Chapter U.D.C. Papers, 1920-1953
(Manuscript Collection #108)



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Descriptive Summary
Title: George B. Singletary Chapter U.D.C. Papers
Creator: George B. Singletary
Repository: J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Language: English
Abstract: Papers (1920-1953) including correspondence, membership lists, financial records, meetings, essay, newspapers, magazines, clippings, scrapbook, reports, Lee Jackson Day celebration, etc.
Extent: 0.870 cubic feet, 531 items, consisting of correspondence, secretary's minutes, financial records, membership lists, scrapbooks, clippings, essays, reports, and miscellaneous.

Administrative Information
Accessions Information
January 17, 1970, ca. 250 items; Papers (1920-1957), including secretary's books, correspondence, membership lists, financial records, scrapbooks, U.D.C. histories, biographical sketches, pamphlets, clippings, and miscellaneous.

March 24, 1971, ca. 125 items; Papers, including minutes, programs, leaflets, clippings, etc.

July 6, 1983, ca. 100 items; Papers, including clippings, programs, membership lists, and miscellaneous materials. Gift of Mrs. J. G. Lautares, 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
George B. Singletary Chapter U.D.C. Papers (#108), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.


Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. J. G. Lautares
Processing Information
Processed by G. Newbold; M. Quintanilla, November 1986
Encoded by Apex Data Services


Biographical/Historical Note
The George B. Singletary Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was organized June 19, 1899, in Greenville, N.C., by Mrs. T. J. Jarvis who served as its first president. Owing to the failure of several members to pay back dues, the charter was lost but a reorganization of the chapter restored the charter April 1, 1920. The Greenville chapter was named in honor of Colonel George B. Singletary, Commander of the 44th Regiment N.C. Troops. Colonel Singletary was killed in action June 5, 1862, about eight miles above Washington, N.C., in an engagement with federal forces.


Description
Correspondence in the collection is of a general nature and is primarily from the National Headquarters and the N.C. Division Headquarters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Of interest is a letter (September 1937) from a Confederate veteran who had been "adopted" by the Singletary Chapter. The letter concerns the veteran's involvement in the war and describes the capture of Fort Fisher (Wilmington).

The collection also includes minutes of the monthly meeting taken by the secretary in the years 1920-1953. Financial records for the chapter are available for the years 1928-1953. Essays and reports presented at the meeting deal with the Civil War and Southern heritage.

Extensive newspaper and magazine clippings included in the collection relate to the Old South and Southern tradition as well as activities of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.Two scrapbooks kept by the Singletary Chapter in the years 1942-1953 are of a similar nature as they deal also with the preservation of Southern traditions and U.D.C. activities, as well as give information on Confederate leaders and memorials to the Confederacy.

Miscellaneous material includes programs from Lee-Jackson Day celebrations; pamphlets, general bulletins, and programs from the state, national, and local organizations; as well as two souvenir booklets concerning Fort Fisher; and popular sheet music and lyrics of the Confederate States.


Online Catalog Headings
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog.

Geographic Entry
North Carolina, Pitt County

Subject Entries
MUSIC--Civil War
ORGANIZATIONS--United Daughters of the Confederacy
SOUTH, THE--General Description and History
WAR--CIVIL
WAR--CIVIL--Battles--Fort Fisher, 1865
WAR--CIVIL--Forts--Fort Fisher
WAR--CIVIL--Music

Pamphlet Entries

Author Entries
Green, Ernest M.
     Says Ashe Stirs Pride in State 
Hicks, Georgia.
     Interesting Facts Concerning North Carolina  (1925)
Salley, Marion.
     Errors and Omissions in Textbooks on American History (1929)

Title Entries
Unveiling of the Bust and Tablet for Sidney Lanier  (1946)


Images below are listed alphabetically by subject. This list reflects only those portions of the collection for which negatives have been prepared.

BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE--Stratford Hall
Location: Westmoreland Co., VA
Date: 1937
Call Number: p-#108/?


Container List
Box 1 Minutes and Financial Records
Box 2 Correspondence, U.D.C. Papers, Historical Material
Box 3 Scrapbooks and Clippings
Box 4 Scrapbooks and Clippings
Box 5 Programs and Miscellaneous