Thomas Campbell Darst Collection

1915, 1939, 1944
Manuscript Collection #896
Portions of this collection are digitized (1 item)
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Creator(s)
Darst, Thomas C. (Thomas Campbell), 1875-1948
Physical description
0.012 Cubic Feet, 4 items
Preferred Citation
Thomas Campbell Darst Collection (#896), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
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Collection (1939) consisting of a pamphlet entitled Bishop[Thomas Campbell] Darst and East Carolina during the past twenty five years [1914-1939]. by Frederick Arthur Turner.

Biographical/historical information

Bishop Darst earned Doctor of Divinity degrees at the Virginia Seminary, The University of the South, Roanoke College, The University of North Carolina, and Duke University. Darst was a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina from 1915-1945. He took special interest supporting missions at military bases and Intracoastal Waterways. He married Florence Newton Wise of Alexandria and had three sons: George Wise, Thomas Campbell, and Meade Clark.

Scope and arrangement

The collection contains letters from Bishop Thomas Darst to Mr. Charles White and from Rev. John Bill regarding a churh position in Greenville, North Carolina. The collection also contains a pampphlet written by Frederick A. Turner about Bishop Darst's time at East carolina.

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Custodial History

December 20, 2002, 0.01 cubic feet, 22 pages; Collection (1939) consisting of a pamphlet entitled Bishop[Thomas Campbell] Darst and East Carolina during the past twenty five years [1914-1939]. by Frederick Arthur Turner. Donor: Egbert L. Nunn, Jr.

August 23, 2006, (addition 1), 2 items, 0.001 cubic feet; Letters (13 April & 26 April 1944) from Bishop Thomas Campbell Darst of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina, to Mr. Charles A. White, of White's Stores, Greenville, North Carolina and from Rev. John R. Bill, of Norwich, New York, regarding a church position in Greenville, NC. See preliminary inventory. Rec?d. 8/18/2006. Notes: Darst was Bishop of East Carolina, 1915-1945. See related Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina Records (#797). Donor: Mr. William E. "Mickey" Elmore.

June 11, 2010, ( addition 2), 1 items, 0.001 cubic feet; Certificate (6 January 1915) for the ordination and confirmation of Thomas Campbell Darst, D.D., to be Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina, by Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, Bishop of Missouri & Presiding Bishop, signed Wilmington, North Carolina. Parchment. 21.5" x 18" See preliminary inventory. Recd. 3/9/2010. Donor: Charles William Gee.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Egbert L. Nunn, Jr

Gift of William E. "Mickey" Elmore

Gift of Charles William Gee

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Encoded by Apex Data Services

Descriptions updated by Ashlyn Racine, August 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
Bill, John R.--Correspondence
Darst, Thomas C. (Thomas Campbell), 1875-1948
White, Charles A.--Correspondence
Corporate Names
Episcopal Church. Diocese of East Carolina--Clergy
Episcopal Church. Diocese of East Carolina--History