(Manuscript Collection #784)
 East Carolina Manuscript Collection Special Collections Joyner Library East Carolina University East Fifth Street Greenville, NC 27858-4353 USA Phone: 252.328.6671 Fax: 252.328.0268 Email: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/Reference/email.cfm |
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Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Taft Family Papers |
| Repository: | J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Papers of Greenville, NC family (ca. 1860s - 1890s) including civil war era photographs, daguerreotypes, a tintype, family histories, an autograph album, a marriage certificate, a school song, and a clipping. (0.25 cf) |
Administrative Information
Accessions Information
August 10, 1999 (unprocessed), 24 items; Papers of Greenville, NC family, including photographs, daguerreotypes, a tintype, family histories,
an autograph album, a marriage certificate, a school song, and a clipping. Donor: Mrs. Frances Taft Palmer.
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
Taft Family Papers (#784), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North
Carolina, USA.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Frances Taft Palmer
Processing Information
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Preliminary Inventory
Below is material taken from a preliminary inventory and represents content from the collection that is unprocessed.
| Box 1 | |
| Folder a | Ambrotype of J.T.B. Hoover age 17 in Confederate Uniform; note on back says "His mother [can?] not wait for him to help the South." [1860s]. Photo split. Photo #784/1 |
| Folder b | Photo of Godfrey Taft and wife Alice Hoover Taft; on folder: "bears 2 cent US Revenue Stamp (so before August 1, 1866)". Photo #784/2 |
| Folder c | Photo of Allen Halston Taft and Adelaide Hoover Taft; on envelope: "Revenue stamps were required on photos from Sept. 1, 1864 to Aug. 1, 1866. They weren't needed in NC until the occupation of course. Any photo selling for 25 cents for less required a 2 cent stamp." Photo #784/3 |
| Folder d | Photo of Adelaide Taft as a toddler. Photo #784/4 |
| Folder e | Photo of Edmond Taft and Allen Taft in front of J.C. Cherry General Store; on folder: "L-Edmond Hoover Taft b.1867; R-Allen Holston Taft b.1870." Photo #784/5 |
| Folder f | Photo of Granddaddy and Grandmother. Photo #784/6 |
| Folder g | Photo of Adelaide Taft as a baby. Photo #784/7 |
| Folder h | Photo of Winstead [male]. Photo #784/8 |
| Folder i | Photo of Winstead [male]. Photo #784/9 |
| Folder j | Photo of unidentified male; [photo on silver, case opens/shuts but hinges broken] on folder: "nothing written inside case. Still sealed." Photo #784/10 |
| Folder k | Photo of unidentified female. Photo #784/11 |
| Folder l | Photo of Alice Hoover Taft with friends. Photo #784/12 |
| Folder m | Photo of Joe Taft, Florence Blount, Frances Taft-Palmer, Louise Taft; [modern photograph taken in last 20 years or so]. Photo #784/13 |
| Folder n | Photo of unidentified male; [photo on silver, case opens/shuts but hinges broken]. Photo #784/14 |
| Folder o | Metal photograph frames |
| Folder p | Autograph book of Mary Alice Hoover; note inside: "Presented to Mary Alice Hoover by her aunt, Mrs. R.H. Hoover, 1880". Wedding invitation inside book for Mary Alice Hoover to A.H. Taft. [book falling apart at seams] |
| Folder q | Photo of Frances Taft as baby. Photo #784/15 |
| Folder r | Photo of Adelaide Taft Sigmon, Alice Hoover Taft, Mellessa Hoover, Brice Sigmon; on folder: "Standing: Adelaide Taft Sigmon; Seated Left: Alice Hoover Taft; Seated Right: Mellessa Hoover; Baby: Brice Sigmon. Photo #784/16 |
| Folder s | Photo of Captain Randolph Smith, daughter Jessica, and J.T.B. Hoover; on back: "left to right: Captain Randolph Smith, his daughter Jessica, and J.T.B. Hoover" [also information about Smith designing the Stars and Bars]. Photo #784/17 |
| Folder t | Photo of two seated women; photo badly bent and ripped. Photo #784/18 |
| Folder u | 1) Marriage Certificate (1866) for Allen Taft and Elizabeth Hoover; and 2) Page with Senior Song written by Adelaide Taft (n.d.) |
| Folder v | Taft family history written by Adelaide Taft (n.d.); Proceedings of Taft Family Meeting, 1874. |
| Folder w | Newspaper clipping of Taft-Hoover nuptials |