William H. Rowland Papers

1861-2020
Manuscript Collection #876
Portions of this collection are digitized (3 items)
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Rowland, William H.
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15.10 Cubic Feet, 3.913 Gigabytes, 16 boxes and 32 oversize folders
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William H. Rowland Papers (#876), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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Papers (1861 - 2020, undated) documenting the archaeological excavations of the Confederate defensive fortifications, river obstructions and fish trap on the River Neuse below Kinston, NC, and the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Neuse, relating to Capt. Joseph H. Price, commander of the CSS Neuse, and relating to Lenoir County, N.C., history in general including correspondence, notes, photographic prints and negatives (black and white), and publications.

Biographical/historical information

William H. Rowland earned bachelor's degree in science education from East Carolina University. He lived in Kinston, NC with his wife and two children, Will and Candace.

Rowland was a Technical Engineer at DuPont Laboratories. He took part in research and development during his employment and helped with the textile components of the first man-made aorta and other medical devices.

Rowland was local historian and researcher. He played a key role in the identification, recovery, documentation, and preservation of the CSS Neuse. The CSS Neuse was a Confederate ironclad that was discovered in the Neuse River in Kinston, NC. He has written and collaborated with other authors on several books, his most famous book being Through the Eyes of Soldiers: The Battle of Wyse For, Kinston, North Carolina.

Scope and arrangement

The bulk of this collection are materials related to the CSS Neuse and the Civil War. Materials within this collection are primarily news clippings, correspondence, research notes, typed and transcribed letters, and photographs. The majority of these materials are photocopied, not original copies. There are 32 oversized folders that consist of maps, newspapers, and posters. Most of the maps were hand drawn by Rowland.

Administrative information
Custodial History

July 3, 2002, 42 items, 0.014 cubic feet; Papers (1861 - 1971, undated) documenting the archaeological excavations of the Confederate defensive fortifications, river obstructions and fish traps on the River Neuse below Kinston, NC; and relating to Capt. Joseph H. Price, commander of the Confederate ironclad ram CSS NEUSE, including correspondence, notes, photographic prints & negatives (black & white). See preliminary inventory attached. Donor: William H. Rowland.

August 6, 2002, (addition 1), 169 items, 0.47 cubic feet; Papers (1776 - 2002) relating to historic buildings and property in Kinston, NC, North Carolina currency, the ironclad ram CSS NEUSE, Contentnea Township tax receipts, Space lab - 1, Piedmont Air Lines, North Carolina Civil War Centennial Commission, CSS NEUSE historic site, antebellum property disputes along the Neuse River, including correspondence, brochures, museum objects, newsletters, photographic prints and negatives, paper currency, plat maps, and printed works. See preliminary inventory attached. Donor: William H. Rowland.

September 26, 2002, (addition 2), 8 containers, 3.5 cubic feet; Papers (1961 - 1965) relating to the Civil War, the Confederate ironclad ram CSS NEUSE, the CSS NEUSE historic site and archaeological project, the history of Kinston, NC, including correspondence, brochures, and drawings, manuscripts, newsletters and newspapers, historical notes and research, photographic prints and negatives, and printed works. See preliminary inventory attached. Donor: William H. Rowland.

December 2, 2002, (addition 3), 4 items, .002 cubic feet; Papers (6-20 October 2002, undated) including a manuscript entitled "A CSS NEUSE architectural documentary, 1958-1966" (3 p. holograph photocopy), newspaper clippings and photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the Civil War ironclad ram CSS NEUSE, the CSS NEUSE historic site and the threat to Civil War archaeological sites posed by a planned railroad bridge over the Neuse River near Kinston, NC. See preliminary inventory attached. Donor: William H. Rowland.

February 15, 2008, (addition 4), 1 item, 0.02 cubic feet; Through the Eyes of Soldiers: The Battle of Wyse Fork, Kinston, North Carolina: March 7-10, 1865, by Tom J. Edwards and William H. Rowland, edited by Ashleigh D. Brothers. (Kinston, NC: Lenoir County Historical Association © 2006 by Tom J. Edwards and William H. Rowland. Printed. Paperback. Donor: William H. Rowland.

August 15, 2008, (addition 5), 1,205 items, 7.50 cubic feet; Papers (1840-2008, undated) relating to Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina history, especially Civil War battles, archaeology, historic homes, businesses and individuals and including manuscript materals, photographic prints and negatives, printed materials, museum objects, and oversized materials, etc. See preliminary inventory attached. Note: Money Island, by Andrew J. Howell, Jr. (copyrighted 1908) transferred to the Rare Book Collection, 6/4/2009.

February 8, 2011, (addition 6), 0.101 cubic feet; Addition includes a print (not on photographic paper) of a 1925 photograph of the CSS Neuse in the Neuse River at Kinston, N.C., with GPS data added by William Rowland in 2003. This photograph is the oldest known photograph of the CSS Neuse. Also included are a CD of electronic drawings by Dunn & Dalton Architects of Kinston of Harmony Hall (also known as Peebles House and Lovick House), the oldest house in Kinston, and printouts of these drawings. They were drawn up as part of a 1963 project conducted by W. E. Friend of the School of Design, North Carolina State College (now University). [Note that Harmony Hall is called Herritage House in this project.] Also included are a 2009 satellite view of the area where the CSS Neuse was found, clippings, and documentation of Civil War projectiles recovered by Rowland from the 2 battles of Kinston. Donor: William H. Rowland.

October 30, 2012, (addition 7), 0.013 cubic feet; Addition includes a DVD containing a video oral history interview done with William H. Rowland by Wil King (with additional questions from Jane Phillips and Guy Smith and video provided by Philip Decker) on February 15, 2003. In the interview Mr. Rowland discusses his experiences with locating, documenting and preserving for posterity the CSS Ram NEUSE and other Civil War relics in the Kinston and Lenoir County area. Donor: William H. Rowland.

December 3, 2020 (addition 8), 4.5 cubic feet; This addition includes Rowland's recently completed (but not published) work entitled "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River Birth to Berth" which is a Documentary of CSS Neuse Recovery from Articles that Appeared in the Kinston Free Press October 28, 1961-March 10, 1965 with Addendum. Included with the work are typescripts of the newspaper clippings, photographs used with the clippings, negatives made by George Denmark, Jr. while working at the Free Press, additional photographs made by Rowland, additional archival material all found in 5 notebooks, 24 laminated pages (11" x 17"), 6 flash drives, 81 CDs and DVDs, and large rolled meticulous conceptual model drawings of the Reconstruction of the CSS Ram Neuse based on Rowland's measurements (updated in 2017) and drawings by William E. Geoghegan of the Smithsonian Institution in 1966. Donor: William H. Rowland.

Source of acquisition

Gift of William H. Rowland

Processing information

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Processed by Ashlyn Racine, December 2023

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Key terms
Personal Names
Price, Joseph H.
Rowland, William H.--Interviews
Corporate Names
Neuse (Ship)
Topical
Armored vessels--Confederate States of America
Armored vessels--United States
Excavations (Archaeology)--North Carolina--Kinston
Historic buildings--North Carolina--Kinston
Wise's Forks, Battle of, N.C., 1865
Places
Lenoir County (N.C.)--History
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Item 1 Joseph H. Price. Letter received (2/25/1861) from J. P. Powers, Deputy Collector, certifying that Price had been paid as a 2d Lt. In the U. S. Revenue Service, to 2/21/1861, at the Customs House, Port of Astoria; with an original linen envelope labeled "Harriet Lane", 1861
Box 1 Folder b Research - Ram Neuse Clippings, Notes, Periodicals, Letters 33 pages, 1961-1971
Box 1 Folder c Sketches - NEUSE Casemate & Possible location of NEUSE Cannons 9 pages, 1966
Box 1 Folder d Item 1 Wyse Fork Civil War Battleground Map (1964) Transparencies., 1964
Box 1 Folder d Item 2 Lenoir County Civil War Trails Map (undated) Photocopy Mss., undated
Box 1 Folder d Item 3 North Carolina Historic Sites. Donation Receipts, 2003
Box 1 Folder e Historical Boat Excursion on Neuse River at Kinston, NC 16 pages, 2005
Box 1 Folder f Wil Kings Restaurant Placemat. 4 pages, 1965-2003
Box 1 Folder g Kinston's Confederate Ram NEUSE, by Malcolm Raynor. 8 pages, 1961
Box 1 Folder h I "Loyal & Price Neuse, 1861-1865". 42 pages, 1964-1971
Box 1 Folder i II "Plans of CSS NEUSE" Rowland's Conception. 34 pages, 1964-1965
Box 1 Folder j III "Recovery Weather Report Nov & Dec. 1961". 22 pages, 1961-1976
Box 1 Folder k IV "Artifacts". Drawimngs - Tools. 38 pages, 1963-1967
Box 1 Folder l V "Ammunition". 10 pages, 1968
Box 1 Folder m VI Recovery. 5 pages, 1963-1964
Box 1 Folder n VII "Weighing and Removal to Caswell Park". 28 pages, 1964
Box 1 Folder o Planning Report: C. S. S. NEUSE Civil War Museum 18 pages, 2003-2005
Box 1 Folder p CSS NEUSE on Sandbar, by William H. Rowland undated. 5 pages, undated
Box 1 Folder q Making of the C.S.S. Brochure that accompanies Neuse Medal. 67 pages, 1964
Box 1 Folder r "Ram Neuse Goes Around the World" 73 pages, 1967
Box 1 Folder s "Ram Neuse Goes Around the World" 120 pages, 1967
Box 1 Folder t Item 1 "If Trio Succeeds, Civil War Relic Will Float by Monday", 1961
Box 1 Folder t Item 2 "Operation Rame Neuse" Draws Crows of Curious Observers", 1961
Box 1 Folder t Item 3 "Bid for County Funds to Aid Ram Neuse Project Rejected", 1961
Box 1 Folder t Item 4 "State Agencies Interested in 'Operation Rame Neuse'", 1961
Box 1 Folder t Item 5 "Special Equipment Rushed to Aid Ram Neuse Project", undated
Box 1 Folder t Item 6 "Rame Neuse Raising Expected to be Completed Next Week", 1961
Box 1 Folder t Item 7 "Jaycees Will Open Drive For Ram Neuse On Tuesday", 1961
Box 1 Folder t Item 8 "Ram Neuse Project Tackled With Sketchy Data on the Job", 1961
Box 1 Folder t Item 9 "Help Sought for Project", 1961
Box 1 Folder t Item 10 "Ram Built Under Hardships", 1961
Box 1 Folder t Item 11 Ram Neuse's Historical Value Cited; May Find Skeletons, 1961
Box 1 Folder t Item 12 "Solutiuon to Myster of Ram Neuse Wreck Site is Offered", 1961
Box 1 Folder t Item 13 "Lenior Heirs Claim Ram Neuse, Relics", 1962
Box 1 Folder t Item 14 "Confederate Flag Flies Proudly", 1962
Box 1 Folder t Item 15 "White Denies Candalism; Says Commission Working on Ram", 1962
Box 1 Folder t Item 16 "Salvage Crew Begins Drive to Rescue Ram from River", 1963
Box 1 Folder t Item 17 "After 100 Years, Ram Neuse Moves Out of Watery Grave", 1963
Box 1 Folder t Item 18 "Ram Neuse Will Be Moved To Site At Caswell Park", 1963
Box 1 Folder t Item 19 "City and County Officials Approve Ram Neuse Funds", 1963
Box 1 Folder t Item 20 "Operations Ram Neuse Appears 'On the Way'", 1963
Box 1 Folder t Item 21 "Ram Neuse Hits Road! First Section Moved", 1964
Box 1 Folder t Item 22 "Coins Arrive for Ram Neuse", 1964
Box 1 Folder t Item 23 "Ram Neuse Has Been Moved to Permanent Site at Park", 1964
Box 1 Folder t Item 24 "Neuse Campaign Underway", 1964
Box 1 Folder t Item 25 "October is Ram Neuse Month", 1964
Box 1 Folder t Item 26 "Many War Relics Are Found Here", 1964
Box 1 Folder t Item 27 "Foster's Troos Raided This Area More Than Century Ago", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 28 "Centennial Group To Hold March 10 Event in Kinston", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 29 "Lenior Sets Centennial Celebration", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 30 "CSS Neuse Appeared Junked Almost From The Beginning", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 31 "Yankess Rank Out Of Food, Into Rain On Way To Kinston", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 32 "Rebels Short on Medicines, Relied on 'Home Remedies'", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 33 "Civil War Episodes Here and Seven Springs Described", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 34 "Rebels Retreat, Yanks Move into Kinston; End in Sight", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 35 "Life Aboard CSS Neuse is Described by Crew Member", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 36 "Civil War Program Will Be Held Here On Tuesday Night", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 37 "Many Lenior County Military Units Formed To Wage Battle", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 38 "Union Soldier Tells of Hard Fighting in Wyse Fork Battle", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 39 "Mrs. Elizabeth Price", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 40 "Relics Presented to Center", 1965
Box 1 Folder t Item 41 "Is It Kinston's 'Magic Hole?'", 1966
Box 1 Folder t Item 42 "Ram Artifacts Are Recovered", 1966
Box 1 Folder t Item 43 "Skull and Iron Plates Dug Out of 'Magic Hole'", 1966
Box 1 Folder t Item 44 "Search Focuses on Neuse Cannon", 1966
Box 1 Folder t Item 45 "Where It Came From", 1966
Box 1 Folder t Item 46 "'Magic Hole' Digging Resumes", 1966
Box 1 Folder t Item 47 "Casemate Panel of Neuse Found", 1966
Box 1 Folder t Item 48 "Who Owns the Ram Neuse? This Poses Interesting Angles", 1961
Box 1 Folder t Item 49 "The Tecumseh's Trip: From the Mud of Mobile Bay to the Smithsonian", 1967
Box 1 Folder t Item 50 "Ram Neuse Replica Makes Trip", 1967
Box 1 Folder t Item 51 "$75,000 Is Ear-Marked For Ram Neuse Shelter", 1967
Box 1 Folder t Item 52 "Ram Neuse Museum Center Would be Tourist Attraction", 1967
Box 1 Folder t Item 53 "Toll Bell For Independence", 1967
Box 1 Folder t Item 54 "Plans for Ram Neuse Fund Drive Are Made", 1967
Box 1 Folder t Item 55 "County Backs Neuse Museum", 1968
Box 1 Folder t Item 56 "Hopes High For Museum, Funds: Work on Shelter Will Begin Soon", 1968
Box 1 Folder t Item 57 "British Coin, Musket Balls May Mark Site of Skirmish", 1968
Box 1 Folder t Item 58 "Livestock Buyers List Drawn", 1968
Box 1 Folder t Item 59 "Thad Stem Will Speak Here Sunday", 1969
Box 1 Folder t Item 60 "Plans for Center Museum Approved", 1969
Box 1 Folder t Item 61 "Rowland Displays Civil War pages", 1969
Box 1 Folder t Item 62 "3 Named to Caswell Park Unit", 1970
Box 1 Folder t Item 63 "Neuse Museum Center Is Nearing Completion", 1971
Box 1 Folder t Item 64 "S.C.V. Hears Ram Historian", 1979
Box 1 Folder t Item 65 "Rowland Donates Civil War Artifacts", 2001
Box 1 Folder t Item 66 "Not According to Plan: Building a model of the CSS Neuse may be worthy project, but builders should first check fine print on their blueprints", 2002
Box 1 Folder t Item 67 "Out of the Attic", 2002
Box 1 Folder t Item 68 "Taking Care of History", 2002
Box 1 Folder t Item 69 "CSS Neuse profile tours the world", 2002
Box 1 Folder t Item 70 "Out of the Attic", 2007
Box 1 Folder t Item 71 "Neuse Campaign Underway" undated, undated
Box 1 Folder t Item 72 Various Articles, undated, undated
Box 1 Folder t Item 73 "To Be Displayed at Mall: Big Cannon Ball Is Re-Assembled" undated, undated
Box 1 Folder t Item 74 "Ram Neuse Project Is Seen As A Long Process" undated, undated
Box 1 Folder t Item 75 New Berne Daily Times - Copy, undated
Box 1 Folder t Item 76 New Berne Daily Times - Copy, undated
Box 1 Folder t Item 77 "Out of the Attic" undated, undated
Box 1 Folder t Item 78 "Hatcher Began Collection With Gift From Grandmother" undated, undated
Box 1 Folder t Item 79 "Good intentions brought second doom for ironclad, 1981
Box 1 Folder t Item 80 "New Addition" undated, undated
Box 1 Folder t Item 81 "Historical association recognizes local researcher", 2008
Box 1 Folder t Item 82 "CSS Neuse", 2008
Box 1 Folder t Item 83 "Recording History: Archeologists gather data of CSS Neuse to create 3-D model of gunboat", 2008
Box 1 Folder t Item 84 CSS Neuse recognized by maritime council", 2008
Box 1 Folder t Item 85 "Rowland Donates Civil War Artifacts", 2001
Box 2 Folder a Correspondence. 8 pages, 1961-1962
Box 2 Folder b Correspondence. 19 pages, 1964
Box 2 Folder c Correspondence. 32 pages, 1965
Box 2 Folder d Correspondence. 37 pages, 1966
Box 2 Folder e Correspondence. 39 pages, 1967
Box 2 Folder f Correspondence. 14 pages, 1968
Box 2 Folder g Correspondence. 18 pages, 1969
Box 2 Folder h Correspondence. 23 pages, 1970
Box 2 Folder i Correspondence. 14 pages, 1971
Box 2 Folder j Correspondence. 9 pages, 1972
Box 2 Folder k Correspondence. 7 pages, 1973
Box 2 Folder l Correspondence. 2 pages, 1974
Box 2 Folder m Correspondence. 3 pages, 1975
Box 2 Folder n Correspondence. 8 pages, 1976
Box 2 Folder o Correspondence. 11 pages, 1977
Box 2 Folder p Correspondence. 9 pages, 1978
Box 2 Folder q Correspondence. 4 pages, 1979-1982
Box 2 Folder r Item 1 2016 letter from Rowland outlining his current work related to the CSS Ram Neuse accompanied by illustrations of ordnance used on the Neuse, artifact locations on the boat, and river soundings., 2016
Box 2 Folder s Correspondence. 3 pages, undated
Box 2 Folder t Notebook titled: "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River-Birth to Berth" by William Henry Rowland. Book 1. 29 pages, 1961-1963
Box 2 Folder u Notebook titled: "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River-Birth to Berth" by William Henry Rowland. Book 1 Pages 1-20. 30 pages, 1961-1963
Box 2 Folder v Notebook titled: "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River-Birth to Berth" by William Henry Rowland. Book 1 Pages 21-40. 27 pages, 1961-1963
Box 2 Folder w Notebook titled: "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River-Birth to Berth" by William Henry Rowland. Book 1 Pages 41-60. 30 pages, 1961-1963
Box 2 Folder x Notebook titled: "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River-Birth to Berth" by William Henry Rowland. Book 1 Pages 61-80. 32 pages, 1961-1963
Box 2 Folder y Notebook titled: "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River-Birth to Berth" by William Henry Rowland. Book 1 Pages 81-100. 22 pages, 1961-1963
Box 2 Folder z Notebook titled: "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River-Birth to Berth" by William Henry Rowland. Book 1 Pages 101-120. 22 pages, 1961-1963
Box 2 Folder za Notebook titled: "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River-Birth to Berth" by William Henry Rowland. Book 1 Pages 121-144. 31 pages, 1961-1963
Box 3 Folder a Notebook titled "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River" by William Henry Rowland. Book 2 Pages 1-20. 36 pages, 1963-1966
Box 3 Folder b Notebook titled "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River" by William Henry Rowland. Book 2 Pages 21-40. 24 pages, 1963-1966
Box 3 Folder c Notebook titled "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River" by William Henry Rowland. Book 2 Pages 41-60. 33 pages, 1963-1966
Box 3 Folder d Notebook titled "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River" by William Henry Rowland. Book 2 Pages 61-80. 32 pages, 1963-1966
Box 3 Folder e Notebook titled "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River" by William Henry Rowland. Book 2 Pages 81-100. 48 pages, 1963-1966
Box 3 Folder f Notebook titled "CSS Neuse: The Ram and River" by William Henry Rowland. Book 2 Pages 101-124. 83 pages, 1963-1966
Box 3 Folder g Notebook titled Part I of CSS Neuse: The Ram and River-Birth to Berth by William H. Rowland which includes brief histories of CSS Neuse and 1862 Battle of Kinston and Whitehall, construction contract and ship's war activities, sinking of Neuse and selling at auction, and soundings (1965) for the Neuse. 58 pages, 1965
Box 3 Folder h Notebook labeled 1961-1964 II [different from the part labelled Part II)] includes pictures from the Kinston Daily Free Press mixed in with typescripts of the articles plus relevant photographs from other sources and ones taken by Rowland. All photographs have credits. Pages 1-20. 98 pages, 1961-1964
Box 3 Folder i Notebook labeled 1961-1964 II [different from the part labelled Part II)] includes pictures from the Kinston Daily Free Press mixed in with typescripts of the articles plus relevant photographs from other sources and ones taken by Rowland. All photographs have credits. Pages 21-40. 99 pages, 1961-1964
Box 3 Folder j Notebook labeled 1961-1964 II [different from the part labelled Part II)] includes pictures from the Kinston Daily Free Press mixed in with typescripts of the articles plus relevant photographs from other sources and ones taken by Rowland. All photographs have credits. Pages 41-60. 109 pages, 1961-1964
Box 4 Folder a Notebook labeled 1961-1964 II [different from the part labelled Part II)] includes pictures from the Kinston Daily Free Press mixed in with typescripts of the articles plus relevant photographs from other sources and ones taken by Rowland. All photographs have credits. Pages 60-81. 118 pages, 1961-1964
Box 4 Folder b Notebook labeled 1961-1964 II [different from the part labelled Part II)] includes pictures from the Kinston Daily Free Press mixed in with typescripts of the articles plus relevant photographs from other sources and ones taken by Rowland. All photographs have credits. Pages 80-88. 28 pages, 1961-1964
Box 4 Folder c Notebook titled CSS Neuse Recovery January 26, 1965 - August 1966 and CSS Neuse Profile Tours the World January 2, 1967 and CSS Neuse Ordnance and CSS Neuse--A Historical Reflection. It is further titled Part III of CSS Neuse-The Ram and River Birth to Berth by William H. Rowland Kinston, NC. 141 pages, 1965-1967
Box 4 Folder d Civil War Site. Camp Pool, Kinston, NC. File (1964-1965) Photocopies of annotated photographic prints, Typescripts. 9 pages, 1964-1965
Box 4 Folder e Camp Pool Confederate Garrison and River Obstruction Research. 110 pages, undated
Box 4 Folder f Item 1 A letter from Bill to Tom regarding Camp Pool and his through about the blockade., undated
Box 4 Folder f Item 2 A letter from Tom to Bill about battle maps that include Camp Pool and Camp Southwest., undated
Box 4 Folder f Item 3 A letter from W. Keats Sparrow to William H. Rowland about reviewing materials related to the Neuse River fortification., undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 1 Field Map of Lieut. Koerner's military survey between Neuse and Tar Rivers, North Carolina July 28, 1863 Photocopy, undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 2 Field Map of Lieut. Koerner's military survey between Neuse and Tar Rivers, North Carolina July 28, 1863 Photocopy, undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 3 Camp S.D. Pool Civil War Naval Battle Site December 13, 1862 Drawn by Rowland, undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 4 Cannon Positions at Camp Pool. Drawn by Rowland, undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 5 Map including Camp Pool, Earth Works - 1865, Historic Property, Kelly's Pond and Battle Site, and Mass Grave Site. Photocopy, undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 6 Cannon Positions at Camp Pool. Drawn by Rowland, undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 7 Civil War Battleground Map. Drawn by Rowland, undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 8 Camp S.D. Pool Civil War Naval Battle Site December 13, 1862 Drawn by Rowland, undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 9 Field Notes by William H. Rowland River Obstruction-Fish Trap. Drawn by Rowland, undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 10 Field Notes by William H. Rowland Tower Hill Location. Drawn by Rowland, undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 11 Cannon Positions at Camp Pool. Drawn by Rowland, undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 12 Neuse River Blockade Drawn by Rowland, undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 13 Civil War Fish Trap. Drawn by Rowland, undated
Box 4 Folder g Item 14 Battlefield of Newberne, NC Photocopy, undated
Box 4 Folder h Item 1 Letter from Lyle Holland to John Goode about a blue notebook., 2003
Box 4 Folder h Item 2 Letter from Tom to Bill about papers that should be added into the appendix., 2006
Box 4 Folder h Item 3 Letter from Tom to Bill regarding the template of the appendix for the book., 2006
Box 4 Folder h Item 4 To Phil from Ashleigh Brothers regarding William Rowland's GPS pages, 2006
Box 4 Folder h Item 5 Letter from Tom to Bill about final copies and CDs for the book., 2006
Box 4 Folder h Item 6 Letter from Tom to Bill about the revisions done in the appendix., 2006
Box 4 Folder h Item 7 Letter from Tom to Bill regarding a CD with information on it relating to Camp Pool, 2006
Box 4 Folder h Item 8 Mudpuppy & Waterdog, Inc. Correspondence, 2004
Box 4 Folder i Through the Eyes of Soldiers: The Battle of Wyse Fork, Kinston, NC 1865 Research. 103 pages, 2000-2006
0876-s2-b4-fj-i1 Edited Proof & Final Edits with handwritten corrections and notes. 83 pages.
0876-s2-b4-fj-i2 Unpublished final proof, 2006

These are digital files. Access to original audiovisual and digital media is restricted. Please contact Special Collections at specialcollections@ecu.edu to request access copies.

Box 5 Folder a For Home and Right They Fell: The Civil War Battle of Wyse Fork 1865 Research. 229 pages, 2003
Box 5 Folder b For Home and Right They Fell: The Civil War Battle of Wyse Fork 1865 Research. 67 pages, undated
Box 5 Folder c Item 1 Letter from William H. Rowland about Civil War relics that were donated., 2005
Box 5 Folder c Item 2 Mudpuppy & Waterdog, Inc., 2004
Box 5 Folder c Item 3 Letter from William H. Rowland to Dr. Charles H. Classen in reference to an oil painting image release., 2006
Box 5 Folder c Item 4 Letter from Stephen McCall to William Rowland in reference to an oil painting image release., 2006
Box 5 Folder c Item 5 Letter from Lyle Holland to Dr. Classen about the Steve McCall oil painting, undated
Box 5 Folder c Item 6 Letter regardging the CSS Chickamauga., 2005
Box 5 Folder c Item 7 Letter from Tom to Bill regarding new research., 2005
Box 5 Folder c Item 8 Incoming Receipt to William H. Rowland, undated
Box 5 Folder c Item 9 Historic Sites, 2000
Box 5 Folder c Item 10 Historic Sites Deed of Gift, 2000
Box 5 Folder c Item 11 Letter thanking Donny Taylor for finding lost blue notebook., undated
Box 5 Folder c Item 12 Letter from William H. Rowland to Kinston Waterfront Developers in regards to the Historical Boat Excursion on the Neuse River, 2005
Box 5 Folder c Item 13 Letter to Lyle Holland from Bill Rowland about places of historic interest., 2007
Box 5 Folder c Item 14 Letter from Historic Sites about donations, 2003
Box 5 Folder c Item 15 Letter from Historic Sites about donations, 2003
Box 5 Folder d Typed Copies of Letters Lt. Col. John Wood 180th Ohio Vol. Infantry Letter From the Military Institute Carlisle, Penna. 19 pages, undated
Box 5 Folder e Typed Copy of Diary Kept by Frances McFarland 180th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 30 pages, undated
Box 5 Folder f Battle of Goldsborough, Fought 17th December, 1862 (ca. 1961-1965) Sepia print. 1 page. 1 p. Note: Reproduced from "Harper's Pictorial History of the War." 1 page, 1961-1965
Box 5 Folder g For My Children, by Harriet Cobb Lane (ca. 1876, 1989) Annotated transcription. 1 item 6 p. Note: Account of life during the Civil War by a woman who lived near Bentonville, NC. 6 pages, 1989
Box 5 Folder h How the U.D.C. Got Its Name. 6 pages, 1954
Box 5 Folder i Norman C. Larson, Executive Secretary, North Carolina Confederate Centennial Commission. Letter to William H. Rowland. Typescript letter signed. 1 page, 1965
Box 5 Folder j They Fought for the Union: A Complete Reference Work on the Federal Fighting Man, by Francis A. Lord; The Capture of the 15th Connecticut, by Wiley G. Hill & Donny Taylor; & Kirkland's Brigade at Wyse Forks (ca. 1989) Annotated typescripts & Photocopy clippings. 2 pages, 1989
Box 5 Folder k Exact Location of Selected Projectiles Found on the Battlefield. 2 pages, 2005
Box 5 Folder l Fort Fisher File 1865 (ca. 1962-1965) Clippings Ephemera & Printed materials. 32 pages, 1962-1965
Box 5 Folder m North Carolina Confederate Centennial Commission Newsletters, Vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 6, No. 4. 7 pages, 1960-1965
Box 5 Folder n Leadership? Braxton Bragg in North Carolina.14 pages, 2004
Box 5 Folder o Big Hotchkiss projectile drawing & notes. 2 pages, 1966-2004
Box 5 Folder p Letter from Lee Sherrill, Jr & Orders from General Bragg (2/24-3/10/1865, 10/18/2006) Holograph & Photocopy holograph. 7 pages, 2006
Box 5 Folder q Civil War Letters. Pvt. Francis Eshleman (died 1865, Lenoir Post Hospital) (5/21 & 5/31/1865, 11/9/2007) Photocopy holograph & TLS. 3 pages. 3 p. Note: Includes cover letter from Ms. Laura J. King, Kinston, NC regarding Eshleman's burial place. 3 pages, 2007
Box 5 Folder r Civil War Letters. Nathaniel Siewers to his Parents. (5/7/1864-9/19/1864) Photocopy typescript. Note: UNCC Manuscript Collection #11. 16 pages, 1964
Box 5 Folder s Diary of Charles A. Tournier. Correspondence relating to William S. Sharpe.27 pages, 1967
Box 5 Folder t Research into the Role of African - Americans from North Carolina in the Civil War (undated) Memo from Prof. [David] Long to Sita Redding. Typescript. 2 pages, undated
Box 5 Folder u CSS CHICKAMAUGA History. File Typescript. 7 pages, 2005
Box 5 Folder v 5th Annual Civil War Symposium. 5 pages, 2002-2007
Box 5 Folder w Civil War Trails (2006, undated) Partial Map, Clippings.3 pages, 2006
Box 5 Folder x Civil War Sites of Historic Interest by William H. Rowland. 12 pages Note: With GPS receiver data, 2003
Box 5 Folder y Civil War History Research (2006) 2 pages. 13 p, 2006
Box 5 Folder z Civil War Tourism is Economic Development. Summit Power Point presentations. 27 pages, 2002
Box 6 Folder a Civil War Mass Burial Site, Jones County. Notes. 1 page, 2007
Box 6 Folder b Locations of Civil War Objects found a Vause Place. Notes. 2 pages, undated
Box 6 Folder c The Civil War in Kinston - Lenoir County, NC. Pamphlet. 1 page Printed material., 2001-2008
Box 6 Folder d Civil War Portrait of Juno C. Crawford & Information about Confederate Participant in Battle of Wyse Fork (1865). 7 pages, undated
Box 6 Folder e P. B. Snead. Civil War letters to "Dear Bettie" Photocopy. 10 pages, undated
Box 6 Folder f James Turnage - Mrs. James Turnage. Civil War Envelopes & Notes (ca. 1861-1865, undated) Original envelopes. Donor's notes. Note: James Turnage, Company A, 3rd Regiment NC Troops (Cox's Brigade, Bode's Division) 4 pages, undated
Box 6 Folder g Item 1 Letter from Tom J. Edwards to Mr. Bill Rowland regarding three Thompson letters acquired from Duke and a typed transcript of it. 8/19/1968, 1968
Box 6 Folder g Item 2 Letter from William R. Erwin, Jr. to Ms. Carol Johnson regarding books that have information about Battle of Whitehall. 6/7/1976, 1976
Box 6 Folder g Item 3 Letter from Tom to Bill regarding USGS topographic maps of the Southwest Creek/Wise Forks areas., undated
Box 6 Folder h Item 1 Battle of Kinston, North Carolina - December 14, 1862 (ca. 1961-1965) Sepia print., 1961-1965
Box 6 Folder h Item 2 Battle of Kinston, North Carolina - March 8, 1965 (ca. 1961-1965) Sepia print., 1961-1965
Box 6 Folder i Battle of Kinston - The Battle of Wyse Fork Handrawn and Photocopied Maps. 70 pages, undated
Box 6 Folder j Civil War Military Correspondence (6/16/1862 - 8/7/1862) Typescripts. 4 pages, undated
Box 6 Folder k Expedition from New Berne to Goldsborough, NC Dec. 11-20, 1862: Reports from Capt. Geo. Cole and Gen. J. G. Foster (1862) Annotated typescripts. 6 pages, undated
Box 6 Folder l Dalrymple, Brenda W. Correspondence (2003-2004). 3 pages, 2003-2004
Box 6 Folder m Calling All children, by Sybil Hyatt. Pamphlet. (Self published, c. 1939). 32 pages, 1939
Box 6 Folder n Item 1 "To Be Displayed at Mall: Big Cannon Ball Is Re-Assembled" 12/1940, 1940
Box 6 Folder n Item 2 "Scuttled Confederate Ship Again Afloat on N.C. River" 12/18/1961, 1961
Box 6 Folder n Item 3 "Mrs. Miller Came Up River With Federals" 10/10/1964, 1964
Box 6 Folder n Item 4 "Kinstonians Showed Courage During Gen. Foster's Raid" 10/10/1964, 1964
Box 6 Folder n Item 5 "Civil War Buff and Relics" 10/3/1964, 1964
Box 6 Folder n Item 6 "Union Soldier Tells of Hard Fighting in Wyse Fork Battle" 3/13/1965, 1965
Box 6 Folder n Item 7 "Yank Infantryman Describes Wyse Fork Battle" 3/10/1965, 1965
Box 6 Folder n Item 8 "Rebels Retreat, Yanks Move into Kinston; End in Sight" 3/5/1965, 1965
Box 6 Folder n Item 9 "Civil War Episodes Here and Seven Springs Described" 3/3/1965, 1965
Box 6 Folder n Item 10 "Rebels Short on Medicines, Relied on 'Home Remedies'" 2/20/1965, 1965
Box 6 Folder n Item 11 "Yankess Rank Out Of Food, Into Rain On Way To Kinston" 2/13/1965, 1965
Box 6 Folder n Item 12 "Foster's Troos Raided This Area More Than Century Ago" 1/6/1965, 1965
Box 6 Folder n Item 13 The Corpse Reappears, by William H. Rowland. The State Magazine Clipping. 4/15/1967, 1967
Box 6 Folder n Item 14 "Humphrey House Holds Memories Of Long Ago War Between Sides" 6/21/1969, 1969
Box 6 Folder n Item 15 "Out of the Attic" 12/10/2004 Civil War Comes to Eastern North Carolina, 2004
Box 6 Folder n Item 16 "Golden Leaf grant funds battlefield preservation plan" 10/21/2005, 2005
Box 6 Folder n Item 17 "Wyse Fork battle in spolight" 3/16/2007, 2007
Box 6 Folder n Item 18 "Sharing sacred soil, through the eyes and hearts of Civil War soldiers" 12/9/2007, 2007
Box 6 Folder n Item 19 "Collaboration gives glimpse of Civil War battle" 12/10/2007, 2007
Box 6 Folder n Item 20 Fort Branch Hamilton, NC Empty Envelope undated, undated
Box 6 Folder n Item 21 "Gunboats Engaged By Calvalry Unit On River in 1862" undated, undated
Box 6 Folder n Item 22 "Ghosts of the Past" undated (About Dr. John Cobb House 1865), undated
Box 6 Folder o Thomas Box - Richard Caswell Deeds 1757-1853 (undated). 6 pages, undated
Box 6 Folder p Alvin Koonce. Ex-convict riverboat builder (1967) Clippings & Notes. 3 pages, 1967
Box 6 Folder q Norwood Worthem, Adkin High School Graduate, Kinston, NC. (1963, 2005) Clippings. 4 pages, 1963-2005
Box 6 Folder r Cannon Recoil Wheel Hub Sketch - picture. 3 pages, 1968
Box 6 Folder s Biblical history, undated. 16 pages, undated
Box 6 Folder t Wars between white and Indigenous Native Americans in the Carolinas File (undated) Annotated photocopy typescript. 4 pages, undated
Box 6 Folder u Historical ship exhibits in the United States (Preliminary Draft). 36 pages, 1966
Box 6 Folder v The battle of Bentonville: We are here to honor valor," Speech by Ralph W. Yarborough, United States Senator from Texas, at Bentonville, NC at the dedication of a visitors' center and museum. Mimeograph typescript. 21 pages, 1965
Box 6 Folder w Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington, VA. File Photocopy typescript. 4 pages, 2004
Box 6 Folder x Charles F. Pate Murder / Frank Davis Trial. File (1903) Transcripts of clippings. 9 pages Note: From Kinston Free Press, 1903
Box 6 Folder y "Hobos". File (ca. 1991, undated) Photocopy typescript. 20 pages, 1991
Box 6 Folder z Nov. 10, 1898 Wilmington Massacre. Gun Identification. 2 pages, 1952
Box 6 Folder za Virginia Distilling Corp., Richmond, VA. Research correspondence TLS. 2 pages, 1964
Box 6 Folder zb Notes on the Illustrated Tue Book of American Railroad, by Robert N. Webb (2003) Annotated Photocopy Typescript. 1 page Note: See printed material for volume, 2003
Box 6 Folder zc Item 1 "Southern Accent", 1966
Box 6 Folder zc Item 2 "Cameron Bridge Replacement Won't Come Minute Too Soon", 1967
Box 6 Folder zc Item 3 Sam Stapleford Photograph of Mehegan's Boys Band, 1932-2003
Box 6 Folder zc Item 4 Dr. Joseph Katz Family, Kinston, NC, 1928-2003
Box 6 Folder zd Neuse River Civil War obstruction & Fish Trap Archaeological excavation sketch maps. Pencil on paper. No scale. 2 pages, 1968
Box 6 Folder ze Map of Fort Hills also Hills Point Battlefield, Washington, NC (1967) Sketch. 1 page, 1967
Box 6 Folder zf Pughs Mill Possible Location, Kinston, NC (1945, 2007) Typescript, Aerial Photograph, Map. 2 pages, 1945-2007
Box 6 Folder zg Map of Roads and Creeks in Vicinity of Newberne (ca. 1862-1864) Scale: 1" = 1 mile. Photocopy. 1 page, undated
Box 6 Folder zh Candace Rowland Pate. File Clipping. 1 page. Note: Daughter of William H. Rowland, 1991
Box 6 Folder zi Material re William Rowland's involvement with ECU as a student (when it was ECC), an alumnus, and a donor. 11 pages, 1952-2017
Box 6 Folder zj Joyner Library Correspondence. 5 pages, 2002
Box 6 Folder zk Joyner Library. Correspondence. 20 pages, 2002
Box 6 Folder zl Joyner Library. Donation Receipt with Preliminary Inventory. 5 pages, 2002
Box 6 Folder zm Pirates Treasure, East Carolina University, Special Collections Newsletter Periodical. 6 pages, 2006
Box 6 Folder zn Queen Anne's Revenge. Dedication of Shipwreck Conservation Laboratory. Invitation, Ribbon, Letter. 8 pages, 2004
Box 6 Folder zo Rowland, William H. Boxing at East Carolina University & Instructing Children to Roller Skate Clipping & Photocopies. 2 pages, 1952
Box 6 Folder zp Joyner Library. Correspondence TLS, Typescript & Photographic print. 6 pages, 2008
Box 6 Folder zq East Carolina University. Correspondence TLS, Printed materials, Photocopy typescript. 8 pages, 2002
Box 6 Folder zr ECU Team Finds Sunken Ship Typescript. 1 item. 3 p. Note: USS OTSEGO, in Roanoke River, near Jamesville, NC. 3 pages, 2005
Box 6 Folder zs Phi Sigma Tau, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. File Photocopy mss. 2 pages, 2003
Box 6 Folder zt East Carolina University. File TLS & Clipping. 2 pages, 2002-2003
Box 6 Folder zu Tim Runyan. Correspondence. 3 pages, 2002-2003
Box 7 Folder a Early Homes of Lenoir County, by Kinston Arts Council, Kinston, NC Photocopies & Clippings. 18 pages, undated
Box 7 Folder b Lenoir Memorial Foundation 2004 Donor Report, Etc. Printed materials & Ephemera. 14 pages, 2004-2005
Box 7 Folder c Lenoir County Memorial Hospital. Centennial Celebration. File. 7 pages, 2005-2006
Box 7 Folder d Kinston - Lenoir County Hall of Fame. Induction Program, Tickets, Etc. Printed, Clipping. 31 p, 2004
Box 7 Folder e Lenoir County's last Confederate soldier. 10 pages, 1969
Box 7 Folder f Lenoir County Memorial Hospital. Centennial Celebration. Letter & Card 37 pages, 2005-2006
Box 7 Folder g Lenoir County Historical Association, Kinston, NC. File (2006) TLS. 2 pages, 2006
Box 7 Folder h Lenoir County Tourism Summit Power Point Presentation. 2 pages, 2003
Box 7 Folder i History of Lenoir County Clippings, Correspondence and Notes. 16 pages, 1951-1972
Box 7 Folder j A Historical Prelude to the Lenoir County Historical Association, 1961-1971," by William H. Rowland. Photocopy typescript. Bound. 51 pages, 1984
Box 7 Folder k Records of Methodist Churches of Lenoir County, NC 1791-1972 Abstracted from the Lenoir County Deed Registry by Commission of Archives & History, Joseph W. Watson, Research. Photocopy typescript. 14 pages, 1979
Box 7 Folder l Act of Incorporation of Kinston, NC (1851) Photocopy. 4 pages, undated
Box 7 Folder m Lenoir County Historical Association. Formation Information Clippings, Correspondence, Printed materials. 58 pages, 1965-1972
Box 7 Folder n American Red Cross, Kinston, NC. File TLS. 4 pages, 2003
Box 7 Folder o Kinston-Lenoir County. Visitors and Information Center Brochures. 38 pages, 1966-1967
Box 7 Folder p Lenoir Community College Library. Bibliography of Local History Mimeographed. 35 pages., 1969
Box 7 Folder q Travis King's Receipt for Taxes Paid, Contentnea Neck Township, Lenoir County, NC. 1 page, 1891
Box 7 Folder r C. E. (Buddy) Rayner Home, 211 East Caswell Street, Kinston, NC Notes. 1 page, 1965-2003
Box 7 Folder s Kinston - Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce. Letter received TLS. 2 pages, 2005
Box 7 Folder t Kinston Rotary Club. Paul Harris Fellow Award to William H. Rowland Typescripts. 8 pages. Note: Includes biographical information on Rowland, 2005
Box 7 Folder u Joseph Carlyle Sitterson Day, Kinston, NC. Program Photocopy. 1 page, 1964
Box 7 Folder v Sugar Hill, South Queen Street Area, Kinston, NC Research Paper, by F. J. Sandy Green, Sociology 513E, Fall Semester 1978, Dr. R. Moxley, N. C. State University & Cover Letter Annotated Typescript & Holograph. 26 pages, 1978-1979
Box 7 Folder w Wil King Memorial, Kinston, NC. Program & Clipping. Typescript & Clipping. 4 pages, 2003
Box 7 Folder x Wil King Antebellum Ball, Kinston, NC Brochures, Clippings, Etc. 6 pages, 2004-2007
Box 7 Folder y Postcard and National Geographic Magazine. 325 pages, 1986
Box 7 Folder z Gov. Richard Caswell Home, 111 East Bright Street, Kinston, NC Notes & Clippings. 2 pages, 1964-2003
Box 7 Folder za N. J. Rouse House, 113 East Caswell Street, Kinston, NC Clippings. 2 pages, 2003
Box 7 Folder zb Jones Draw Bridge, Neuse River, Kinston, NC Clipping.1 page, undated
Box 7 Folder zc Independent Odd Fellows Quarters Clipping. 1 page, 2003
Box 8 Folder a George Washington House, 411 North East Street, Kinston, NC Clipping. 1 page, 2003
Box 8 Folder b Westminster Methodist Church, Carey Road & Westminster Lane, Kinston, NC Clippings, News Releases & Newsletter. 8 pages, 1966-1972
Box 8 Folder c Historic Kinston North Carolina: History of Kinston Capital of Hospitality. By Kinston Chamber of Commerce through the cooperation of the A. M. Waddell Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Brochure Photocopy. 4 pages, undated
Box 8 Folder d Kinston - Lenoir County 2007 Hall of Fame : Class of 2007 Banquet and Induction Ceremony. Printed program, Name Tag, Clipping. 24 pages, 2007
Box 8 Folder e Confederate Soldier Monument, Southeast Corner of Queen & Highland Streets, Kinston, NC Notes. 4 pages, 1965-2007
Box 8 Folder f Caswell Hotel, Queen Street, Kinston, NC Clippings. 2 pages, 1967
Box 8 Folder g A.A.U [Amateur Athletic Union] National Baseball Championships 13 & Under Kinston, NC Program. 34 pages, 2003
Box 8 Folder h Reproductions of newspaper articles re George Denmark, Jr., donating his negatives from his years as a Kinston Free Press photographer to the Lenoir Community College Foundation to be displayed at Heritage Place. 4pages, 2012-2013
Box 8 Folder i Lenoir County Memorial Hospital. Centennial Celebration Bookmark (June 2007) Ephemera. 2 pages., 2007
Box 8 Folder j Harmony Hall Open House, Kinston, NC Program. 1 page, 2004
Box 8 Folder k Grainger High School Red Devils, Kinston, NC. Yearbook 1937-1970. Printed. 85 pages, 1970
Box 8 Folder l Kinston - Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce 2004-2005 Membership Directory Printed. 55 pages, 2004-2005
Box 8 Folder m Kinston City Schools, 1892-1992. Pamphlet & Photocopy typescript. 12 pages, 1992
Box 8 Folder n Kinston Lenoir County Bicentennial Commission. Correspondence.13 pages, 1973-1976
Box 8 Folder o Jackson - Vause House, Kinston, NC (ca. 1900, 2002) Typescript. 9 pages, undated
Box 8 Folder p General Hoke's Headquarters, ca 1865, US 70 East, Kinston, NC. Floor Plan Original sketch & Photocopy. 2 pages., 1967
Box 8 Folder q Carl Long / William H. Rowland Gun Permit File. 7 pages. Note: First handgun permit signed by the first Black deputy, Kinston, Lenoir County, NC, 1967-2003
Box 8 Folder r Oldest Land Grants at Kinston, NC. Map [of Stringer Land Grant] by Holloman Photocopy. 2 pages., undated
Box 8 Folder s Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad Freight Depot, Kinston, NC. Drawing Mss. 1 page, 2004
Box 8 Folder t History of Troop No. 1 Boy Scouts of America, Kinston. 17 pages, 1916-1917
Box 8 Folder u Richard Caswell Property Preservation. File Mss Notes. 2 pages, 2003
Box 8 Folder v Dr. John Cobb House, US 70 East at Cobb Road. File Clipping. 1 page, 2003
Box 8 Folder w J. Carlyle Sitterson Day. Correspondence. 19 pages., 1966
Box 8 Folder x Bicentennial of American Independence. 1 page, 1976
Box 8 Folder y Charles R. Holloman Letter TLS. 2 pages, 1968
Box 8 Folder z Dr. John Cobb House, North side of U. S. 70 East & Cobb Road (Rural Route 1903), Kinston, NC Notes & Clippings. 4 pages, 1966
Box 8 Folder za First Baptist Church, Northwest corner of Bright & McLewean Streets, Kinston, NC Clipping. 1 page, 2003
Box 8 Folder zb Ordinances & Quarterly Statements, City of Kinston, NC (Jan. - May 1876) Photocopy Mss. 2 pages, undated
Box 8 Folder zc DuPont Company, Kinston, NC. File Clippings & Printed material. 3 pages., 1960-1966
Box 8 Folder zd First Baptist Church, Kinston, NC. Kindergarten Class (1947-2004) Clippings, Photographic prints, Correspondence, Etc. 13 pages. W. Keats Sparrow, Dean of Arts & Sciences, East Carolina University, was a class member, 1947-2004
Box 8 Folder ze Seal of Kinston Proposal. 12 pages., undated
Box 8 Folder zf Kinston Arts Council. Historic Sites Committee File Clippings, Reports, Notes & Printed materials. 39 pages, 1967-1968
Box 8 Folder zg Methodist Churches, Kinston, NC. File Photocopy typescript & Clippings. 16 pages, 1939-1979
Box 8 Folder zh Kinston Bi-Centennial, Kinston, NC. File Typescript; Photographic print; Clipping & Notes. 6 pages, 2004
Box 8 Folder zi Sons of Confederate Veterans, Kinston, NC. File. TLS, Newsletter. 2 pages, 2006-2004
Box 8 Folder zj Deed of property (8/13/1886) at 419 North Heritage Street, East Side, in Kinston, of J. C. & Julia Washington to Harry Potter. 3 pages, 1886
Box 8 Folder zk Item 1 "Kinston Girls to Play", 1912
Box 8 Folder zk Item 2 "Kinston Girls to Win", 1912
Box 8 Folder zk Item 3 "Letter From Kinston Woman Describes Fosters Raid", 1964
Box 8 Folder zk Item 4 "Many Lenior County Military Units Formed To Wage Battle", 1965
Box 8 Folder zk Item 5 "Harper Recalls Industry's Start", 1965
Box 8 Folder zk Item 6 "Civil War Display", 1968
Box 8 Folder zk Item 7 "Wealth of Lenoir County History Surrounds Taylor House", 1971
Box 8 Folder zk Item 8 "Not According to Plan: Building a model of the CSS Neuse may be worthy project, but builders should first check fine print on their blueprints", 2002
Box 8 Folder zk Item 9 "Out of the Attic" D.V. Dixon Home, 2002
Box 8 Folder zk Item 10 "Historic Harmony Hall looking for its stories", 2005
Box 8 Folder zk Item 11 "Out of the Attic" Kinston High School Basketball Team, 2005
Box 9 Folder a Lenoir County Confederate Centennial Commission, Kinston, NC. File Printed material. 1 page, 1964-1965
Box 9 Folder b Map of Indigenous Campsite - First Land Grant at Stoney Creek, Lenoir County Sketch. 1 page, 1967
Box 9 Folder c Howard House: Headquarters for Generals Bragg, Hoke, Hill, Kinston, NC Photographic prints photocopies. 3 pages, 1965
Box 9 Folder d Headquarters of Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, 114 E. Blount Street, Kinston (NC) during the Civil War. Maps, Notes, and Clippings. 13 pages, 1969-2003
Box 9 Folder e Sitterson Day News Clippings. Photocopies. 6 pages, 1966
Box 9 Folder f Governor Richard Caswell Memorial. State Historic Site, Kinston, NC 16 pages., 1980-2005
Box 9 Folder g American Red Cross. Thank you card. 1 page, 2004
Box 9 Folder h Rowland, William H. Biographical sketchTypescript. 51 pages, 2003
Box 9 Folder i Gunboat on the Sandbar, by William H. Rowland Mss, Clipping & Photocopy. 3 pagesNote: From Kinston Free Press, p. A7, 2003
Box 9 Folder j A Guide & Brief History of Fort Macon, by State of North Carolina Department of Conservation, Division of State Parks (ca. 1970) Annotated Pamphlet with autograph notes on embedded projectiles discovered by William H. Rowland. 5 pages, 1970-2002
Box 9 Folder k Clippings - William H. Rowland Family 1 page, 1968-2003
Box 9 Folder l William H. Rowland. Resume. Photocopy typescript. 1 page, undated
Box 9 Folder m Rindercella [by William H. Rowland: A Fractured Fable] Typescript. 1 page, undated
Box 9 Folder n William H. Rowland. Movie & TV Appearances. File Clippings.2 pages, 1994-1995
Box 9 Folder o H. Lyle H. Thank you note. 2 pages, 2004
Box 9 Folder p Historical Association Recognizes Local Researcher [William H. Rowland]. Clipping & Bill Rowland Resume. 7 pages, 2008
Box 9 Folder q Rowland, William H. Congratulations; Greeting Cards 8 pages, 2008
Box 9 Folder r Papers documenting Rowland's career as an extra in movies and television shows. 7 pages, 1993-1996
Box 9 Folder s William Rowland's biographical sketch accompanied by papers documenting his interests and awards. 15 pages, 1962-2018
Box 9 Folder t Award. 1 page, 1979
Box 9 Folder u Original manuscripts written by William H. Rowland for the Kinston Daily Free Press. 76 pages, 1965
Box 9 Folder v Various articles written by William H. Rowland which were printed in the Kinston Daily Free Press, etc. 22 pages, 1967-1981
Box 9 Folder w U. S. Veterans Administration. William H. Rowland File Printed form. 1 page, 1957
Box 9 Folder x Kiwanis Club of Greenville Golden K. Certificate of Appreciation Printed form. 1 page, 1982
Box 9 Folder y Letters of Thanks from Kinston School Children for Class Presentations Holograph. 31 pages, 1977
Box 9 Folder z Edwards, Tom. Correspondence & Notes. 10 pages. Note: Edwards co-authored "Through the Eyes of Soldiers" with Rowland, 2007
Box 9 Folder za Local Historian to Speak at Historical Dinner Meeting [William H. Rowland] Clipping. 1 page, 2007
Box 9 Folder zb Two Wake County Cousins Are In Same Jap Prison [Cpl. Creston H. Rowland, Jr. & Pfc. Thomas Rowland] Photocopied Clippings. 1 page. Note: Men captured in Philippines in 1942. Photo in clipping shows Creston H. Rowland with William H. Rowland in 1946, 1942-1946
Box 9 Folder zc U. S. A. Project Supporters. Thank You Letter. 1 page, 2004
Box 9 Folder zd Taking Care of History: Construction of Railroad Bridge Threatens Artifacts, by William Rowland. 1 page. Note: From Kinston Free Press, 2002
Box 9 Folder ze Benson High School, Benson, NC. File Printed material. 2 pages, 1954
Box 9 Folder zf STS-9- Owen Garrott W5LFL. Letter sent Photocopy TLS. 1 page. Note: Concerns amateur "ham" radio hobby, 1984
Box 9 Folder zg Grainger High School Northeastern Conference Football Champions clippings & typescripts. 2 pages, 1949-2004
Box 9 Folder zh Needham Broughton High School, Raleigh, NC. File Printed material. 16 pages, 1967
Box 9 Folder zi South Atlantic Historical Society. First Annual Conference Minutes & Printed materials. 62 pages, 1966
0876-b9-fzj-i1 Oral History Interview, Southern Historical Collection, UNC Chapel Hill. File TLS & Printed form. 3 pages, 2004, 2004
0876-s7-b9-fzj-i2 William Rowland Video Oral History Interview, February 15, 2003

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Box 9 Folder zk Neuseway Planetarium, Health & Science Museum. Certificate of Appreciation Printed form. 1 page, 2002
Box 9 Folder zl Flight of Columbia STS-9 / Spacelab-1. First Amateur Radio Station in Space: W5LFL Souvenir Card. 1 page, 1983
Box 9 Folder zm Item 1 54th Massachusetts Regiment's Assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, July 18, 1863: Soldier William H. Carney, c. 1864 [Illustration] Brochure (undated) Photocopy., undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 2 Celebration of Gov. Richard Caswell: Release of Richard Caswell Biography "The First of Patriots and Best of Men" Reception, Kinston Community Council for the Arts. Leaflet Photocopy., 2007
Box 9 Folder zm Item 3 In Virginia's Shenandoah Valley: Thunderbird Museum and Archaeological Park, Front Royal, Virginia: The Site of Early Man. Brochure. Printed by Monport Advertising, Fairfax, VA. Printed., 1971-1975
Box 9 Folder zm Item 4 Neuse Commemorative Medal: CSS NEUSE. Brochure, 1961-1965
Box 9 Folder zm Item 5 These Are Your Flags. Fly Them Proudly, Compiled and edited by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration [ARBA]; Designed and Printed by People Life Insurance Company, Washington, DC. Brochure., 1975
Box 9 Folder zm Item 6 Treasures in Our Community Tourism Conference September 14, 2006, Sponsored by Kinston-Lenoir County Convention & Visitors Bureau & Lenoir Community College. Brochure., 2006
Box 9 Folder zm Item 7 The Battle of Wyse Fork Kinston, NC History and Driving Tour, undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 8 CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center, undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 9 The C S S Ram Neuse, undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 10 C. S. S. NEUSE State Historic Site. Brochure Photocopy., 2005
Box 9 Folder zm Item 11 Neuse Development Association. Brochure Printed materials., 1966
Box 9 Folder zm Item 12 State Historic Site C.S.S. 'Neuse' Kinston, North Carolina, undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 13 Richard Caswell Memorial First Governor of the Independent State of North Carolina and the Ram Neuse, undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 14 Kinston and Lenior County North Carolina, undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 15 Historic Halifax, undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 16 Historic Halifax, undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 17 Historic Richmond Virginia, undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 18 Halifax Day 189th Anniversary of Halifax Resolves, undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 19 Virigina Civil War Centennial Center, undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 20 Fort Fisher State Historic Site, undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 21 Blockade Running, undated
Box 9 Folder zm Item 22 Halifax Day 192nd Anniversary of Halifax Resolves, undated
Box 9 Folder zn Item 1 Amateur Radio Emergency Services Certificate ID, undated
Box 9 Folder zn Item 2 The W.L.I, Beach Club, undated
Box 9 Folder zn Item 3 Lenoir County Committee of the N.C. Confederte Centennial Commission Envelop, undated
Box 9 Folder zn Item 4 Stamped used 1864 Note: original moved to valut, 1984
Box 9 Folder zn Item 5 Want a Nice Place to Stop When at Dover NC? Try Hills, undated
Box 9 Folder zn Item 6 Blockade Runner Motor Hotel Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina Post Card, undated
Box 9 Folder zn Item 7 An Indigenous Game Ball / Marble Found in the Bow of the CSS NEUSE & Explanatory Notes Museum Object & Notes., 1963
Box 9 Folder zn Item 8 N. Carolina Currency No. 5301. Half A Dollar By Authority of Congress at Halifax, April 2, 1776. [Engraving] N. American Bear. [Signed] Maynard & M. McW. Item moved to valut, 1776
Box 9 Folder zn Item 9 N. Carolina Currency No. 1187. One Fourth of a Dollar, By Authority of Congress at Halifax, April 2, 1776. [Signed] M. McWilliams. Item moved to vault, 1776
Box 9 Folder zn Item 10 North Carolina Currency. Twenty Five Dollars No. 3091. Agreeable to an Act of Assembly passed at Newbern, the 10 Day of May 1780. "Death to Counterfeit," and "Justitia addit Fiduciam," [Signed] J. Mason & Jas. Coore. Item moved to vault, 1780
Box 9 Folder zn Item 11 Rope Sample for the CSS NEUSE, taken by William H. Rowland. Cotton., 1964
Box 9 Folder zo Museum Objects: CSS NEUSE Medal & brochure & envelope. 8 pages, 1964
Box 10 Folder a Item 1 Confederate Navels in War of Rebeliion, Series I vol. 9 462. See also N.C. Regements vol. V page 86. Joseph Price, Commander "Neuse", undated
Box 10 Folder a Item 2 William H. Rowland, Jim Bardon, Leslie Bright. C.S.S. Neuse, 1978
Box 10 Folder a Item 3 Ammunition from C.S.S. Neuse, undated
Box 10 Folder a Item 4 Recovery of C.S.S. Neuse, undated
Box 10 Folder a Item 5 Ram Neuse Returns Home, undated
Box 10 Folder a Item 6 Ram Neuse Returns Home, undated
Box 10 Folder a Item 7 Joesph Price (Capt. C.S.S. Neuse), 1976-2002
Box 10 Folder b Item 1 Wreath Laying Ceremony on 100th Anniversary of Sinking of CSS NEUSE., 1965
Box 10 Folder b Item 2 Wreath Laying Ceremony on 100th Anniversary of Sinking of CSS NEUSE., 1965
Box 10 Folder b Item 3 Sgt. Frank A Cramplitt, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 4 C.S.S. Neuse as Displayed, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 5 C.S.S. Neuse Cosmate Recovered, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 6 C.S.S. Neuse Recovery, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 7 Recovery Ram Neuse, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 8 Recovery Ram Neuse, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 9 Ram Neuse Recovery, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 10 Neuse Displayed, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 11 Neuse Displayed, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 12 Recovery Ram Neuse, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 13 Recovery Ram Neuse, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 14 Left to Right: McDaniel Lewis, William H. Rowlan (Holding Wreath), William C. Hatcher (Holding Wreath), Daniel T. Lilley Wreath Laying Ceremony 100th Anniversary of C.S.S. Neuse Sinking, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 15 Wreath Laying Ceremony 100th anniversary of CSS Neuse Sinking Kinston NC Left to Right William C. Htacher, William H. Rowland, 1965
Box 10 Folder b Item 16 Sgt. Frank A Cramplitt 27 Nov., 1961
Box 10 Folder b Item 17 Neuse shell's unloaded in a special area at Cherry Point, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 18 "Houston & Carlyle", undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 19 Greg H. York watch Capt. Keary L. Lane place fuse in shell. This shell did not have fuse in place when found. It was in the bow of Neuse., 1961
Box 10 Folder b Item 20 Greg H. York holds shell and discusses it's weight with Capt. Keary L. Lance, 1961
Box 10 Folder b Item 21 Neuse from air photo, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 22 Bow View and Stern View of Neuse, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 23 Leslie Bright and William H. Rowland. Stern Section of CSS Neuse, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 24 William H. Rowland (5th from right) Neuse profile returned home), undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 25 "Rame Neuse Around the World", undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 26 Plaque, undated
Box 10 Folder b Item 27 Historical Boat Excursion on Neuse River at Kinston NC, undated
Box 10 Folder c Item 1 Civil War Obstacles Visible During Low Water on Neuse River, Kinston, NC (undated), undated
Box 10 Folder c Item 2 Camp Pool Confederate Garrison & River Obstruction, undated
Box 10 Folder c Item 3 Neuse Civil War Obstruction & Fish Trap. Rock pile - rock obstruction, 1968
Box 10 Folder c Item 4 Camp Pool Confederate Garrison & River Obstruction, undated
Box 10 Folder c Item 5 Neuse River Civil War Obstruction & Fish Trap. Part of rock obstruction (Aug. 1968) Civil War projectiles found (Sept. 1968) Foster's Raid Historic Marker (undated), 1968
Box 10 Folder c Item 6 Camp Pool Confederate Garrison & River Obstruction, undated
Box 10 Folder c Item 7 Camp Pool Confederate Garrison & River Obstruction, undated
Box 10 Folder c Item 8 Rock Obstruction: Seems to be a sucken raft with rocks. River 1.5ft at Kinston - Note outline of fish trap on far right corner., 1968
Box 10 Folder c Item 9 Fish trap at obstruction. River 1.5 ft at Kinston. Since destroyed, 1968
Box 10 Folder c Item 10 Camp Pool Confederate Garrison and River Obstruction: pages Collected, undated
Box 10 Folder c Item 11 Neuse Civil War Obstruction & Fish Trap, undated
Box 10 Folder c Item 12 Camp Pool Confederate Garrison and River Obstruction, undated
Box 10 Folder d Item 1 Common Recoil Wheel, 1968
Box 10 Folder d Item 2 Cross section of tar coated rope like material, undated
Box 10 Folder d Item 3 "Collection Pot", undated
Box 10 Folder d Item 4 U.S.S. Monitor Turret, undated
Box 10 Folder d Item 5 Pillow block, undated
Box 10 Folder d Item 6 Pillow block, undated
Box 10 Folder d Item 7 Bayonett, undated
Box 10 Folder d Item 8 Bayonett - sword with part of sheath. Letter E on blade, undated
Box 10 Folder d Item 9 Tongue and groove board, undated
Box 10 Folder d Item 10 pages found at Confederate Camp, undated
Box 10 Folder d Item 11 pages found at Confederate Camp, 2003
Box 10 Folder d Item 12 Rowland Children with largest canonball fired in combat during Civil War, undated
Box 10 Folder d Item 13 Civil War Projectiles Embedded in Wood Plank, undated
Box 10 Folder d Item 14 "Artifacts", 1963-1967
Box 10 Folder e For Home and Right They Fell: The Civil War Battle of Wyse Fork 1865 1/2, undated
Box 10 Folder f Item 1 Charred wood from two cook out locations, teeth, cast iron cooking pot, undated
Box 10 Folder f Item 2 Projectile fragments, undated
Box 10 Folder f Item 3 Tree at blue banks on Neuse River, undated
Box 10 Folder f Item 4 Dr. John Cobb's House union soldier's names appear on 3rd floor, 1964
Box 10 Folder f Item 5 A Otis Chamberlin Co. K 23rd MassVol.,Enick Co.B 8th Vt. T Griffin Co. C 23 Mass Vol.John Bell Co. E 137 NJ,James Tooley 15th Conn Vol., undated
Box 10 Folder f Item 6 Unnamed Photos, undated
Box 10 Folder f Item 7 Unnamed Photos, undated
Box 10 Folder f Item 8 Canister shots, undated
Box 10 Folder f Item 9 Metal detector, shovel, collection bag, hatchet, shoes, bullets, relics, undated
Box 10 Folder f Item 10 Spence Waldron, William H. Rowland, Clare Arthur Bass, undated
Box 10 Folder f Item 11 Projectile fragments, undated
Box 10 Folder f Item 12 Friction primer and cannon ball, undated
Box 10 Folder f Item 13 pages not named, undated
Box 10 Folder g Item 1 Edwards Home (Sarahurst), 1201 North Queen Street, Kinston, NC, 1965
Box 10 Folder g Item 2 Charles L. Ellington House, 218 Blount Street, Kinston, NC, 1965-2003
Box 10 Folder g Item 3 F. R. Brooks and Son Feed and Seed Store, Southeast corner of Herritage and Blount Streets, Kinston, NC, 1964-2002
Box 10 Folder g Item 4 Gov. Richard Caswell Home, 111 East Bright Street, Kinston, NC, 1964-2002
Box 10 Folder g Item 5 Smith Douglas Fertilizer Plant [Under Construction], NC 11 & NC 55 (Greenville Highway), 1966
Box 10 Folder g Item 6 Tower Hill, Governor Arthur Dobbs Home, 311 Tower Hill Road, Lenoir County, NC, 1978
Box 10 Folder g Item 7 Various Houses & Businesses in Kinston, NC: Parrott Brothers Feed, Seed & Hardware; Southwest Corner of Herritage & North Streets; Southwest Corner of Queen & Caswell Streets; Jesse G. Brown Home, 114 E. Lenoir Avenue, 2003
Box 10 Folder g Item 8 Kinston Tobacco Auction (Tobacco waiting for Auction to Open), Queen Street at Slough Bridge, Kinston, NC, 1967-2002
Box 10 Folder g Item 9 J. R. Phillips Home, Behind Gray and Oglesby Company, Wholesale Grocery, 317 North McLewean Street, Kinston, NC, 1965
Box 10 Folder g Item 10 Meriweather Lewis Home, 119 East Caswell Street, Kinston, NC, 1965-2003
Box 10 Folder g Item 11 Confederate Soldier Monument, Southeast Corner of Queen & Highland Streets, Kinston, NC, 1965-2007
Box 10 Folder g Item 12 Caswell Hotel, Queen Street, Kinston, NC, 1967
Box 10 Folder g Item 13 Midyette Hardware Co., 111 North Queen Street, Kinston, NC, 1964-2002
Box 10 Folder g Item 14 Luther P. Tapp Home, Southeast Corner of West Lenoir & Mitchell Streets, Kinston, NC, 1967
Box 10 Folder g Item 15 Dr. Henry Tull's Office & Residence, 108 & 110 East Caswell Street, Kinston, NC, 1906-2007
Box 10 Folder g Item 16 Second Methodist Church, Southeast Corner of Independence & Caswell Streets, Kinston, NC, 1966-2003
Box 10 Folder g Item 17 John W. Goodson Home, 214 West Washington Avenue, Kinston, NC, 1967
Box 10 Folder g Item 18 Robert Lee Blalock Home, 300 South McLewean Street, Kinston, NC, 1924
Box 10 Folder g Item 19 John Davidson Home, 611 North Queen Street, Kinston, NC Note: Possibly also Felix Harvey Home, 1969
Box 10 Folder g Item 20 Faulkner Home, 200 East King Street, Kinston, NC (undated) Note: J. W. Collins Home, ca. 1882, undated
Box 10 Folder g Item 21 Vernon Avenue, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad & 459 East Vernon Avenue, Kinston, NC, 1967-2003
Box 10 Folder g Item 22 Vernon Park Mall [Site], Wade Avenue & Vernon Avenue, Kinston, NC, 1966
Box 10 Folder h Item 1 Westminster Methodist Church, Carey Road & Westminster Lane, Kinston, NC, 1966-1972
Box 10 Folder h Item 2 Queen Street Inn, Southwest Corner of Queen & Blount Streets, Kinston, NC, 1965-2002
Box 10 Folder h Item 3 Dan Quinerly House, 608 North Queen Street, Kinston, NC, 1969-2003
Box 10 Folder h Item 4 Tull Building, Northeast Corner of Queen & Caswell Streets, Kinston, NC, 1965-2002
Box 10 Folder h Item 5 John F. Wooten House, Eastern End of King Street at East Street, Kinston, NC, 1966-2003
Box 10 Folder h Item 6 Cadillac Motel, 208 East New Bern Road, Kinston, NC, 1967-2002
Box 10 Folder h Item 7 C. M. Brerson Home, Kinston, NC, undated
Box 10 Folder h Item 8 1001 North Queen Street (Corner of Queen & Capitola Streets), Kinston, NC, 1966
Box 10 Folder h Item 9 210 & 212 East King Street, Kinston, NC, 1965
Box 10 Folder h Item 10 The Cedars, P. A. Hooker Home, Herritage Street & Airport Road, Kinston, NC, 1967-2002
Box 10 Folder h Item 11 Kelly's Pond (Jackson's Mill) Note: Includes scene of William H. Rowland & Thelma "Tee" Loftin at the pond; 2 prints stuck together, conservation needed, 1968-2004
Box 10 Folder h Item 12 Lenoir County Courthouse, Kinston, NC, 1967
Box 10 Folder h Item 13 Cemetery, undated
Box 10 Folder h Item 14 Moseley Hall photograph, undated
Box 10 Folder h Item 15 Headquarters of Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, 114 E. Blount Street, Kinston (NC) during the Civil War., 1966-2002
Box 10 Folder h Item 16 Headquarters of Generals Braxton Bragg & R. F. Hoke, during the Battle of Kinston (NC), 1964-2002
Box 10 Folder h Item 17 General R.H. Hoke Headquarters during Battle of Kinston, 1967
Box 10 Folder h Item 18 Williams Bowden - Anna Jane Cherry [Grandparents of S. Allen Bowden, Kinston, NC] marriage contract, 10/21/1854, 1987
Box 10 Folder h Item 19 Bicentinnial Window Display Kinston, NC, 1976
Box 10 Folder h Item 20 Jackson - Vause House, Kinston, NC, 2002
Box 11 Folder a Item 1 Kinston Mall Sign (Future Home), Kinston, NC, 1966
Box 11 Folder a Item 2 DuPont Kinston Plan; Buildings at Intersection of Herritage & North Streets; Buildings at Intersection of Lenoir & McLewean Streets, Kinston, NC, 2003
Box 11 Folder a Item 3 W. H. Jones Motors, Southeast Corner of Herritage & Blount Streets, Kinston, NC, 1966
Box 11 Folder a Item 4 Peebles House - Lovic House - Woman's Club, 109 East King Street, Kinston, NC, 1965-1966
Box 11 Folder a Item 5 James Hugh Parham House, 207 Peyton Avenue, Kinston, NC, 1965-2003
Box 11 Folder a Item 6 Norfolk-Southern Railroad Track Aerial View Postcard, Kinston, NC, undated
Box 11 Folder a Item 7 Dr. D. R. Miller House, Caswell & McLewean Streets, Kinston, NC, undated
Box 11 Folder a Item 8 C. E. (Buddy) Rayner Home, 211 East Caswell Street, Kinston, NC, 1965-2003
Box 11 Folder a Item 9 Dr. John Cobb House, North side of U. S. 70 East & Cobb Road (Rural Route 1903), Kinston, NC, 1966-2003
Box 11 Folder a Item 10 Residence, Southwest Corner of East King & East Streets, Kinston, NC, 1964
Box 11 Folder a Item 11 D. V. Dixon Home, Northwest Corner Blount & McLewean Streets, Kinston, NC, 1965-2002
Box 11 Folder a Item 12 Robert Ernst Copeland Home, 107 West Vernon Avenue, Kinston, NC, 1964-1966
Box 11 Folder a Item 13 Thomas Harvey Home, 101 East Vernon Avenue, Kinston, NC, 1966
Box 11 Folder a Item 14 Imperial Tobacco Company, Peyton Avenue, Kinston, NC Note: Queen Street United Methodist Church, Spears Sporting Goods, May Electric also seen, 1965-2002
Box 11 Folder a Item 15 Kinston Plaza (Under Construction), Kinston, NC, 1966
Box 11 Folder a Item 16 Clarence Howard House Barn, undated
Box 11 Folder b Item 1 Taylor Family Cemetery, near Cadillac Motel, Lenoir County, NC, 1966-1967
Box 11 Folder b Item 2 Hines Brothers Lumber Company, Kinston, NC. File, undated
Box 11 Folder b Item 3 Kinston Rotary Club. Paul Harris Fellow Award to William H. Rowland, 2005
Box 11 Folder b Item 4 DuPont Company. Dacron Research Laboratory, Kinston, NC. File, 1954
Box 11 Folder b Item 5 Adkins High School, Kinston NC. Filoe, 1952-2004
Box 11 Folder b Item 6 208 E. Gordon Street, Kinston, NC. Dr. James Marion Parrott Home., 1971-2002
Box 11 Folder b Item 7 B. W. Canady and Son Gift Store, 203 North Queen & Gordon Streets; Canady Home, 600 North Queen Street, Kinston, NC, 1965-2002
Box 11 Folder b Item 8 William Best Harvey Home, 100 West Washington Avenue, Kinston, NC, 1965
Box 11 Folder b Item 9 F. T. Baynor Home, 701 North Queen Street, Kinston, NC, undated
Box 11 Folder b Item 10 Edgar B. Marston - Blueher Taylor - Unidentified Woman - Booth Marston at Marston's Drug Store, Kinston, NC, 1947-2007
Box 11 Folder b Item 11 Kinston Fire Department Dredge, 800 Yards East of Queen Street Bridge Note: Used to pump sand from Neuse River to create flood prevention & sewer treatment dam, 1964-1967
Box 11 Folder b Item 12 John Jackson, II Plantation Home (Robert Bond Vause House & Feed Barn), Bill Smith Road, Kinston, NC, 1995-2004
Box 11 Folder b Item 13 John Jackson, II Plantation Home (Robert Bond Vause House & Feed Barn), Bill Smith Road, Kinston, NC, 1995-2004
Box 11 Folder b Item 14 John Jackson, II Plantation Home (Robert Bond Vause House & Feed Barn), Bill Smith Road, Kinston, NC, 1995-2004
Box 11 Folder b Item 15 Howard House, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 1 First Baptist Church, Kinston, NC. Kindergarten Class, 1947-2004
Box 11 Folder c Item 2 Joseph Price's Promotion to First Lieutenant, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 3 John Edwards Corporal Company K 14th South Carolina Battle Re-enactments, 1964
Box 11 Folder c Item 4 Piedmont Air Lines Terminal at inauguration of Kinston - New York service., 1967
Box 11 Folder c Item 5 Tintype of Tom J. Edwards in Civil War "homespun" uniform, 1964
Box 11 Folder c Item 6 Joseph H. Price Residence, 514 Market Street, Wilmington, NC, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 7 Wilmington Light Infantry Naval Reserve Battalion veterans,, 1898
Box 11 Folder c Item 8 Civil War, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 9 Will Rowland. Son of Mr. & Mrs. William H. Rowland, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 10 William H. Rowland. Movie & TV Appearances., 1994-1996
Box 11 Folder c Item 11 Certificate of Participation in Festival '76 Negative, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 12 Pastor at Pulpit, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 13 Keels, Taylor, Bremer, Shepherd, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 14 Eaerett, Bremer, Shepherd, Pearl Mckeech, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 15 Eaerett, Bremer, Shepherd,, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 16 Keels & Shepherd, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 17 Kinston Mayor Guy Elliot, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 18 Kinston Boys and Girls Basketball Teams, Kinston, NC, 1912-1913
Box 11 Folder c Item 19 Drawings to be approved, 1966
Box 11 Folder c Item 20 Last Passenger Train Across Neuse River Railroad Bridge Note: Steam Locomotive #4501, 1975
Box 11 Folder c Item 21 "albemarle" taken from "The photographic History of the Civil War" vol. 6 page 87, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 22 Needham Broughton High School, Raleigh, NC. File, 1967
Box 11 Folder c Item 23 Howard House: Headquarters for Generals Bragg, Hoke, Hill, Kinston, NC, 1865
Box 11 Folder c Item 24 William H. Rowland and Captain Slade D. Cutter, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 25 Toreador, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 26 The Exchanger Magazine & Photographic prints used in the magazine, 1967
Box 11 Folder c Item 27 Grainger High School Northeastern Conference Football Champions, 1949-2004
Box 11 Folder c Item 28 Unidentified Rural Residence, Kinston, NC, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 29 Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell / Paul Jones, Kinston, NC. Note: Maxwell was born in Kinston, NC (1955); he attended UNC Charlotte & played on the Boston Celtics, 1977-1988; Paul Jones attended ECU, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 30 Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell / Paul Jones, Kinston, NC. Note: Maxwell was born in Kinston, NC (1955); he attended UNC Charlotte & played on the Boston Celtics, 1977-1988; Paul Jones attended ECU, undated
Box 11 Folder c Item 31 Wilmington Light Infantry Naval Reserve Battalion veterans, 1898
Box 11 Folder d Negatives & Inventory
Box 11 Folder e Negatives & Inventory
Box 11 Folder f Negatives
Box 11 Folder g Negatives
Box 12 Folder a Cape Fear Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, NC: Civil War - Reconstruction, Vol. 5, 50 p., 3/7/1976
Box 12 Folder b News and Observer, Raleigh, NC: 1865-1965 North Carolina's Incredible Century, Vol. 200, No. 136, 336 p., 5/16/1976
Box 13 Folder a 4 renditions of CSS Neuse with GPS coordinates in the Neuse River at Kinston, N.C. (photographs and renditions by Rowland in 2005 and graphics by Jimmy D. Taylor at Lenoir Community College in 2014).
Box 13 Folder b Item 1 "Past as prologue?" 1/3/2012
Box 13 Folder b Item 2 "50 years later" 10/23/2011
Box 13 Folder b Item 3 "50 years later" continued… 10/23/2011
Box 13 Folder b Item 4 "50 years later" continued… 10/23/2011
Box 13 Folder b Item 5 "50 years later" continued… 10/23/2011
Box 13 Folder b Item 6 C.S.S. Neuse in Neuse River at Kinston, NC 1925 GPS Data by W. H. Rowland 2003
Box 13 Folder b Item 7 C.S.S. Bow View December 15, 1965
Box 13 Folder b Item 8 C.S.S. Stern View December 15, 1965
Box 13 Folder b Item 9 Joseph H. Price October 26, 1835 - May 15, 1895
Box 13 Folder b Item 10 "Auction Sale W.L. Poalk Auctioneer and Commission" copied by William H. Rowland in 2004
Box 13 Folder b Item 11 Copy of CSS Neuse Construction Contract Hull - White Hall, NC
Box 13 Folder b Item 12 Builders of The CSS Neuse
Box 13 Folder b Item 13 Sounding For CSS Neuse In Neuse River at Kinston, North Carolina
Box 13 Folder b Item 14 CSS Neuse Artifact Location
Box 13 Folder b Item 15 Unidentified image
Box 13 Folder b Item 16 The USS Underwriter
Box 13 Folder b Item 17 The USS Underwriter
Box 13 Folder b Item 18 CSS Neuse profile tours the world 10/20/2002
Box 13 Folder b Item 19 First Brochure For Visitors to CSS Neuse State Historic Site 1964
Box 13 Folder b Item 20 Recovery Operations November 1961
Box 13 Folder b Item 21 CSS Neuse - A History by William H. Rowland, 1965
Box 13 Folder b Item 22 Historical Civil War Projectiles
Box 13 Folder b Item 23 Civil War Battle at Whitehall and CSS Neuse - Hull Construction Site
Box 13 Folder b Item 24 CSS Neuse An Architectural Documentary
Box 13 Folder b Item 25 CSS Neuse A Historical Reflection
Box 14 Telescoping box containing rolled-up drawings including original 52 1/2 " x 17" hand drawn map (by Rowland) with illustrative segments pasted-on based on CSS Neuse Reconstruction Plan Measurements taken during the Ship's Recovery by William H. Rowland and Reconstruction Plan Drawings by William E. Geoghegan of the Smithsonian Institution for Rowland in 1966. The other drawing included is a 21" x 60" laminated Update Gun Deck and Casemate (2005 and updated 2017 by Rowland) of the aforementioned original drawing prepared for the Conceptual Model of the CSS Neuse to appear as it looked at the time of March 9-11, 1865.
Box 15 Telescoping box containing rolled-up drawings including a 52 1/2" x 18 1/4" laminated copy in 2 sheets of the drawing for the CSS Neuse Reconstruction Plan by Rowland and William E. Geoghegan of the Smithsonian Institution in 1966 updated in June 2012 by Rowland. Also included is a 23 3/4" x 60 1/2" paper copy reproduction of the drawing for the Conceptual Model of the CSS Neuse based on Rowland's measurements and Geoghegan's drawing, updated by Rowland in 2017. The drawing shows the gun deck and casemate, pilot house and casemate, and side view waterline up among other views.
Box 16 Telescoping box containing rolled-up drawings including a 52 1/2" x 18 1/4" CSS Neuse Reconstruction Plan by Rowland and William E. Geoghegan of the Smithsonian Institution in 1966 updated in June 2012 by Rowland (exterior drawing from side and above, and interior drawing from side and floor); and 33 3/4" x 22" CSS Neuse A Historical Documentary using GIS Mapping by William Rowland (2003, rev. 2014) and Mapping by C. Wayland Humphrey (2014).
Folder os1 Plats of land along the Neuse River disputed by Samuel Howard (plaintiff) and Chauncey Gray (defendant), 9 February 1858. Photocopy by State Dept. of Archives and History for William Rowland who described the provenance of the plats on the verso of one duplicate. 2 items (1 November 1965, 4 November 1965) | Plats of land along the Neuse River disputed by William C. Loften (plaintiff) and Richard G. Cobb (defendant), surveyed 13 September 1850. Photocopy by State Dept. of Archives and History for William Rowland. 1 item, 2 p. (1 November 1965, 4 November 1965)
Folder os2 Copy Transactions subsequent to registry, for transmission to Chief Registrar of Shipping. 5 items
Folder os3 Copy of The Daily Review; Newspaper of Wilmington, N.C., 2
Folder os4 Blueprint of a Chart of Wrecks of Vessels sunk or captured near Wilmington, N.C., around 1861-1865. There is a partial list of vessels known to have been engaged in running the blockade. 1 items, March–September 1962; rev
Folder os5 Prints of ink sketches in CSS Neuse Visitors Center, 1965
Folder os6 Sketches of the Preliminary Reconstruction Plan of the CSS Neuse, drawn by W. H. Rowland and W. E. Geoghegan. 1965
Folder os7 Drawings of the Heritage House in Kinston, N.C. 13 items, 2
Folder os9 Sketches of CSS Neuse—Ironclad Ram and Gunboat, 1966
Folder os10 Sketches of CSS Neuse—Ironclad Ram and Gunboat, 1966
Folder os11 Preliminary Sketches of CSS Neuse by W. E. Geoghegan and W. H. Rowland. 4 items,
Folder os12 1882 Map of the town of Kinston, Lenoir County, N.C. Photocopy by State Dept. of Archives and History for William Rowland. 1 item
Folder os13 Copy of Kinston Daily Free Press: Sections A-J.
Folder os14 Map drawn of Kinston, Lenoir County, N.C. (undated)
Folder os15 Map of Eastern North Carolina (undated)
Folder os16 Sketches of an original design of a baby cradle by W.H. Rowland (undated)
Folder os17 Plan drawing of CSS Neuse
Folder os18 Plan drawing of CSS Albemarle
Folder os19 Oversize material
Folder os20 "Carolinas Campaign End of the War" Civil War battle sites map
Folder os21 X-Ray of William H. Rowland's Right Ankle (1989) Photographic negative. 1 item. 2 p
Folder os22 J. F. Shaffner, Kinston, N.C. Letter to [ ? ] Fries, dated 18 March 1862, regarding the Yankee attack on New Berne, etc. and cover letter from Lee Sherrill to Bill Rowland (6 March 2002) explaining the 1862 letter. TLS & Photocopy Mss. 2 items. 4 p
Folder os23 Place Mats: Wil Kings Restaurant (1961–1965) 6 items. 6 p
Folder os24 Newsletters (1976–2004) 9 items. 25 p
Folder os25 Posters (1968–2004), 2015 posters re Proposed National Register of Historic Places for Wyse Fork Battlefield Historic District in Lenoir County (American Revolution and Civil War) 5 items. 5 p
Folder os26 Maps: Civil War in Kinston (1882–1967, undated) 57 items. 57 p
Folder os27 Brochures (1949–1978, undated) 5 items. 6 p
Folder os28 Clippings (1968–2005, undated) 4 items. 6 p
Folder os29 Newspapers: Kinston Daily Free Press (23 November 1957) 75th anniversary edition. 9 items. 77 p
Folder os30 Newspapers: Kinston The Free Press [Partial] (2003–2006) 7 items. 53 p
Folder os31 Newspaper: Miscellaneous (1951–2005) 4 items. 19 p
Folder os32 2009 satellite view of the area where the CSS Neuse was found; drawings by Dunn & Dalton Architects of Kinston in 1963 of Harmony Hall (referred to in these plans as Heritage House), the oldest house in Kinston, as part of a project conducted by W. E. Friend of the School of Design at NCSU