Moore Family Papers
1870-1950
Manuscript Collection #275- Creator(s)
- Moore family
- Physical description
- 1.09 Cubic Feet, 545 items, 1 volume , consisting of correspondence, land records, legal records, pamphlets, report, programs, essay, poem, speeches, tracts, clippings, picture post cards, photographs, receipts, ledger book, and miscellaneous.
- Preferred Citation
- Moore Family Papers (#275), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Papers (1870-1950, undated) of clerk of Pitt County Superior Court and his sons, consisting of correspondence, land records, legal records, pamphlets, reports, essay, poems, receipts, speeches, ledger books, and miscellaneous.
Biographical/historical information
David C. Moore resided in Greenville, N.C., and served as clerk of superior court. His sons, David, Jr., Allen Thurman, Andrew J., and Thomas, attended the University of North Carolina after which they lived in Greenville.
Scope and arrangement
Much of the correspondence (1871-1920) concerns local and family matters. A prominent topic is the University of North Carolina. Letters describe a late-night torch procession through Chapel Hill (May 24, 1905), and life at UNC (May 11, 1913). Other letters (1911) solicit contributions for the Tau Chapter House Fund for the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Topics relating to education include discussion of a planned school in Tarboro (July, 1872), and a letter recommending entrance without examination into UNC of a graduate of the Greenville Male Academy (1901).
Letters from Primitive Baptist elder Sylvester Hassell and others comment on a yearly meeting of the Flat Swamp Church (Sept. 13, 1873), the purchase of a Bible and hymnal for the Great Swamp Church (March, 1910), and other matters relating to the Primitive Baptist Church (Nov., 1920).
World War I letters comment on the physical examination for military inductees, military life (April, 1917), and opine that the U.S. Army was good despite complaints of some officers and enlisted men (June, 1919).
Other topics of interest include hard times in Bethel (1873), an account of train travel from Greenville to Salem, N.C., with comments on a "stage" ride from High Point to Salem, and a description of Salem (1871); the resort of Seven Springs near Goldsboro (1912); and precautions to be taken against the influenza epidemic of 1918, local deaths from the disease, and the conditions in Wilmington.
A file of Greenville Cotton Mills records includes tabulations of yarn sales (1916) and yarn orders (1918); a letter pertaining to the estate of a Moore family member controlled by the Mill (1917); a trial balance for August, 1917; and a "winder's sheet sheet" for the week ending May 11, 1918.
Land records consist of seven deeds for Pitt County land (1870-1920). Legal records consist of land rental contracts (1895, 1896, 1897); steam saw rental contracts (1895); a timber contract (1897); a contract between Bethel Manufacturing Company and Boyle Manufacturing Company of Martin County for the rental of a "whoop" saw (1896); and an inventory of the personal estate of D.C. Moore (1914).
Records pertaining to elections include a pamphlet, Senator Simmons for Locke Craig, (1908); lists of Pitt County delegates to the state and congressional conventions (1912); a speech urging the selection of Oscar N. Underwood as presidential nominee (1912); a tabulation of the Pitt County precincts for candidates in the June 2, 1934, Democratic primary; a flyer, "Gubernatorial Bulletin," showing notes in state conventions for candidates Craig, Kitchen, and Horne (undated); and various undated ballots.
Material pertaining to the University of North Carolina includes a student handbook (1904), a term report (1906), a class bulletin and dance cards (1915), and a Glee Club program (1928).
A nineteenth century essay argues the necessity of wearing woolen clothes the year round. Accompanying the essay is a recipe for black walnut stain and a furniture polish (undated). A sheet (undated) contains poems entitled "Prayer and Potatoes," and "The Child and the Rill."
Speeches (1942, undated) consist of radio talks on the history and 35th anniversary for the Kiwanis Clubs.
A tract, "Are you Guilty? A Murderer's Last Words," (undated) cites the evils of alcohol and need for prohibition. A brochure (1918) states the program of the Veterans of World War I, and a 1964 pamphlet, Dan Moore, pertains to his governor's race.
A picture post card collection contains scenes from Chapel Hill and UNC, Charlotte, Goldsboro, Greensboro, Greenville, Lumberton, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Seven Springs, Wilmington, Wilson and other North Carolina cities; the Jamestown Exposition of 1907; New York City, Pennsylvania; and Virginia. Photographs and photograph albums primarily pertain to the Moore Family.
Miscellaneous materials of interest include D. C. Moore's records (1904) as Greenville Clerk of Superior Court, 1905 season scores for a Greenville sports team, a typescript account of a trip to Raleigh to see UNC game (1912), and a memorial tribute to Mary E. Ward [1932].
Administrative information
Custodial History
Source of acquisition
Gift of Mr. Charles Wilkerson
Processing information
Processed by D. Lawson, May 1979
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Metadata Rights Declaration
Key terms
Family Names
Moore familyCorporate Names
Pi Kappa AlphaUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Alumni and alumnae
Topical
Cotton manufacture--North Carolina--GreenvilleLand use--North Carolina--Pitt County
Political campaigns--North Carolina--Pitt County
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives
Container list
- B. E. Parham's Warehouse
- Court Square, Greenville, N.C. View
- Courthouse and Confederate Monument, Greenville, N.C. View
- Dining Hall, E.C.T.T. School, Greenville, N.C.
- Entrance to the East Carolina Teacher's College, Greenville, N.C., postcard
- Evans Street, Looking South
- Frank Wilson, king clothier store, Greenville, N.C.
- Graded School Greenville, N.C. View
- Hotel Proctor, Greenville, N.C. View
- Memorial Library, Greenville, N.C. View
- National Bank Building, Greenville, N.C.
- World War I Draft Notice
- Bridge across Tar River, Greenville, N.C.
- County Bridge, Greenville, N.C.
- Court House Square, Greenville, N.C.
- Court Square, Greenville, N.C.
- Eagle, Greenville, N.C.
- Entrance to East Carolina Teachers' College, Greenville, N.C.
- Evans Street, looking North, Greenville, N.C.
- Evans Street, looking North, Greenville, N.C.
- Evans Street, looking North, Greenville, N.C.
- Fifth Street, Greenville, N.C.
- Graded school, Greenville, N.C.
- Greenville graded school, Greenville, N.C.
- Greenville, N.C. The old academy
- Interior of store, Frank Wilson, King Clothier
- Jarvis Memorial Church, Greenville, N.C.
- Jarvis Memorial M.E. Church, Greenville, N.C.
- Main Street, Greenville, N.C.
- Masonic Temple and court house, Greenville, N.C.
- Masonic Temple, Greenville, N.C.
- National Bank Building, Greenville, N.C.
- Pitt County court house
- Pitt County court house, Greenville, N.C.
- U.S. post office, Greenville, N.C.
- Seven Springs Hotel, Seven Springs, N.C., north wing, near Goldsboro
- Seven Springs Hotel, Seven Springs, N.C., south wing, near Goldsboro
- Seven Springs near Goldsboro, N.C.
- Spring House and pavilion, Seven Springs, N.C., near Goldsboro
- Spring House, Seven Springs near Goldsboro, N.C.
- Union Depot, Goldsboro, N.C.
- Walk at Seven Springs, North Carolina, near Goldsboro
- Walk at Seven Springs, North Carolina, near Goldsboro
- Walk Seven Springs, near Goldsboro, N.C.
- Bank of Lumberton, Lumberton, N.C.
- Baptist Church, Lumberton, N.C.
- Confederate monument, Lumberton, N.C.
- Dresden Cotton Mills, Lumberton, N.C.
- Dresden Cotton Mills, Lumberton, N.C.
- First National Bank Building, Lumberton, N.C.
- Lumberton Cotton Mills, Lumberton, N.C.
- Main Street (business section), Lumberton, N.C.
- Main Street, looking north, Lumberton, N.C.
- Main Street, looking north, Lumberton, N.C.
- National Cotton Mills, Lumberton, N.C.
- New Bridge, Lumberton, N.C.
- Robeson County court house, Lumberton, N.C.
- Robeson Institute, Lumberton, N.C.
- View on Lumber River, Lumberton, N.C.
- Carriage Drive, C.F.B. Institute, Murfreesboro, N.C.
- Court house, Kinston, N.C.
- Interstate Cooperage Co., Belhaven, N.C.
- Interstate Cooperage Co., Belhaven, N.C.
- J.W. Braxton's residence, N. Queen St., Kinston, N.Car.
- Main Street looking north, Maxton, N.C.
- New St., New Bern, N.C.
- Oceanic Hotel, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
- Sanitary Fish Market and Restaurant, Morehead City, North Carolina
- Southern Presbyterian College & Conservatory of Music, Red Springs, N.C.
- View of Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
- Banking room, Murchison National Bank, Wilmington, N.C.
- Boys brigade armory, Wilmington, N.C.
- Catholic cathedral, Fifth and Ann Sts., Wilmington, N.C.
- General offices of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., Wilmington, N.C.
- George Davis monument, corner 3rd and Market Street, Wilmington, N.C.
- Hanover County court house, Wilmington, N.C.
- Interior of Lumina Dancing Pavilion at night, Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington, N.C.
- James Walker Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, N.C.
- Market Street looking East, by night, Wilmington, N.C.
- Market Street looking East, from Front Street, Wilmington, N.C.
- Murchison National Bank building, Wilmington, N.C.
- Third Street, South from Ann Street, Wilmington, N.C.
- Twelve inch rifle, Fort Caswell, near Wilmington, N.C.
- Watching a rough surf from steel pier, Seashore Hotel, Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington, N.C.