Edward Crawford Williams Album, 1950-2004 (bulk 1950)

Manuscript Collection #606

  • Descriptive Summary
     
    Title: Edward Crawford Williams Album
    Creator:
    Repository: ECU Manuscript Collection
    Language: English
    Abstract: Photograph Album and other files (ca. 1950 - 2004) relating to historic houses in Chowan, Perquimans, Bertie, Gates, and Washington counties in the Albemarle region of North Carolina, including photographic prints, postcard, floor plan sketches, maps, and correspondence.
    Extent: 0.023 Cubic feet, 1 box, 0.39 cubic feet, 79 items. 201 pages,
  • Description
     

    This collection consists primarily of the Edward Crawford Williams Album, containing photographs, postcards, hand-sketched floor plans, and miscellaneous notes all dating from circa 1950. The photographs and postcards are of houses and buildings in Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Perquimans, and Washington counties located in the Albemarle region of eastern North Carolina. During processing the album contents were removed from the album and arranged in their original order on archival boards and held in place by archival corners.

    Also included in this collection is correspondence between Marguerite Evans Williams Devlin and Stanley Little concerning the donation of the collection to East Carolina University, as well as correspondence concerning the submission of the album to the North Carolina State Archives.

    Additionally, the collection includes maps marking the locations of many of the buildings featured in the album, as well as information and floor plan sketches for many of the homes. Newspaper clippings from the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot (c.a. 1951) and the Raleigh News & Observer (c.a. 1949) concerning the preservation of historic homes in the Edenton, NC area are also included.

    As an aid to research, the processors have produced a partial geographical index of the images in the album. The index is arranged by county and includes the ECU Manuscript Reference numbers for each image.

    Bertie

    P-606/088: Mulberry Hill House; owned by Frank Gilliam; located in Gregory Crossroads vicinity.

    P-606/090: Black Rock House; located in the Gregory Crossroads vicinity.

    P-606/091: The Hermitage; located in the Merry Hill vicinity.

    P-606/111: Hope Plantation; located in the Windsor vicinity.

    P-606/112: Bond-Gilliam House (destroyed); located in the Grabtown vicinity.

    P-606/113: Liberty Hall; located in the Grabtown vicinity.

    Chowan

    P-606/048: Albania House; located in Edenton.

    P-606/054: Sycamore House (moved, no longer on original site); located in the Edenton vicinity.

    P-606/057: Montpelier (destroyed); located in Edenton vicinity.

    P-606/059: Sandy Point; located in Edenton vicinity.

    P-606/063: Frederick Luten House (destroyed), built ca. 1795; located near Yeopim vicinity.

    P-606/065: Drummond’s Point (dismantled and relocated to Hillsborough, Orange County, NC); originally located in Somer vicinity.

    P-606/075: Hardle House; located in the Center Hill vicinity.

    P-606/084: Ferry Road Farm (Cullen Jones House); located in the Rocky Hock vicinity.

    P-606/003: Thomas Cochrane Jr. House (built in stages: 1842/1851/late 1860s); located in the Cisco vicinity.

    P-606/087: Briols House; located in the Hancock vicinity.

    P-606/089: Edwin Evins House, built ca. 1837; located in the Hancock vicinity.

    P-606/092: Elmwood House; located in the Merry Hill Vicinity.

    PC-606/001: Cupola House; located in Edenton.

    P-606/001: Muth House; located W. Eden Street, Edenton.

    P-606/002: Norcom House, built prior to 1769; located Eden Alley, Edenton.

    P-606/003: Unnamed. Owned by David Warren; located W. Eden Street, Edenton.

    P-606/009: The Bush House, built prior to 1880; located Queen Street, Edenton (near Granville).

    P-606/035: The “Layden House” – now the “Burton House.” Located on the road from Edenton to Sound Bridge.

    P-606/037: The “Uncle Lewis House.” Located on the road leading from Rt. 17 to Sound Bridge. Only observed example of fanlight in collection.

    P-606/061: Thomas Cochrane Jr. House; located in the Cisco vicinity.

    P-606/062: The “Manly Pearce House.” Located 6 miles from Edenton on Virginia Highway.

    Gates

    P-606/094: Warner Hudgins House (destroyed ca. 1950); located in the Willow vicinity

    Perquimans

    P-606/079: Mitchell-Ward House; located in the Belvidere vicinity.

    P-606/105: William Jones House; located in the Hertford vicinity.

    P-606/106: Cove Grove; located in the Hertford vicinity.

    P-606/107: Fletcher-Skinner House; located in the Hertford vicinity.

    P-606/109: Land’s End (Leigh House); located in the New Hope vicinity.

    P-606/053: Judge Ward House; located between Belvidere and Ryland.

  • Biographical / Historical Note
     

    Edward Crawford "Ted" Williams (May 3, 1911- Oct. 16, 1961) was born in Cloquet, Minnesota. He first attended graduate school at Yale, but eventually decided to pursue seminary training at Princeton University. He married Marguerite Etta Evans, born in Chowan County, North Carolina (Sept. 1, 1921-May 2, 2001) in 1945.

    Marguerite Evans Williams received her Master’s in Musicology from Westminster Choir College prior to her marriage. The couple’s research on historic homes in the Albemarle region of North Carolina began as a vacation hobby, but in later years, Ted and Marguerite began taking photographs and drawing floor plan sketches. Many of the houses in the album are no longer standing. Following Ted’s death, Marguerite remarried Philip Devlin Jr. in 1971. In 1986, she began the process of submitting the album to the North Carolina State Archives and the ECU Manuscript Collection.

  • Administrative Information
     
    Accessions Information

    June 26, 1990 1 volume; Photographic album of houses in Albemarle region of North Carolina, along with floorplan sketches, etc. Made available through the staff of the Eastern Branch, N. C. Division of Archives and History. Donor: Mrs. Marguerite Evans Williams Devlin.

    July 29, 2004 (addition 1), 6 items, 0.003 cubic feet; Collection (2001-2004) of letters and emails from Stan Little to Martha Elmore and Tom Butchko and from Katherine “Kitty” Williams to Stan William. Donor: Stanley L. Little.

    July 29, 2004 (addition 2), 46 items, 0.02 cubic feet; Photographic prints (2004) in the Edward Crawford Williams Album with additional information attached. Donor: Stanley L. Little.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Mrs. Marguerite Evans Williams Devlin
    Gift of Stanley L. Little

    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

    Edward Crawford Williams Album (#606), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.

    Processing Information

    Encoded by Apex Data Services Processing, inventory & finding aid by Sarah Burke, 9 May 2014; Revised by Jonathan Dembo, 30 May 2014

Container List

  • Box 1
     
    Correspondence between Marguerite Evans Williams Devlin and Stanley Little concerning the albums (1986 - 2004) also including maps, drawings, and newspaper clippings related to photographed houses in the album; also includes 4 kodak slides of the Mitchell Ward House and Freidrick Luten House, both in Chowan County, NC; and an envelope with caption clippings from the original photo album. 22 items. 59 p.
    Edward Crawford Williams Album reproductions (undated) including N.C. State Archives negative numbers of original album pages in their original order. Photocopies. 1 item. 25 p.
    Correspondence (2001 - 2004) between Stanley Little, Martha Elmore, Tom Butchko, and Katherine Williams concerning the biographies of Edward Crawford Williams and Marguerite Williams Devlin. 6 items. 8 p. Note: Edward Crawford Williams Album (Addition #1)
    Edward Crawford Williams Album reproductions (2004) with additional information from North Carolina State Archives attached; also includes reproductions of four photographs from the mini Tillery House photo album found in #606.a.; and loose prints from album that were not mounted. Photocopies. B & W. 46 items. 51 p. Note: Edward Crawford Williams Album (Addition #2)

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Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection, without the consent of those individuals, may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which East Carolina University assumes no responsibility.

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Container List

  • Box 1
     
    Correspondence between Marguerite Evans Williams Devlin and Stanley Little concerning the albums (1986 - 2004) also including maps, drawings, and newspaper clippings related to photographed houses in the album; also includes 4 kodak slides of the Mitchell Ward House and Freidrick Luten House, both in Chowan County, NC; and an envelope with caption clippings from the original photo album. 22 items. 59 p.
    Edward Crawford Williams Album reproductions (undated) including N.C. State Archives negative numbers of original album pages in their original order. Photocopies. 1 item. 25 p.
    Correspondence (2001 - 2004) between Stanley Little, Martha Elmore, Tom Butchko, and Katherine Williams concerning the biographies of Edward Crawford Williams and Marguerite Williams Devlin. 6 items. 8 p. Note: Edward Crawford Williams Album (Addition #1)
    Edward Crawford Williams Album reproductions (2004) with additional information from North Carolina State Archives attached; also includes reproductions of four photographs from the mini Tillery House photo album found in #606.a.; and loose prints from album that were not mounted. Photocopies. B & W. 46 items. 51 p. Note: Edward Crawford Williams Album (Addition #2)


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