(Manuscript Collection #906)
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Descriptive Summary
| Title: | S. S. ZamZam Collection |
| Repository: | J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Collection (1941-1942) consisting of a photograph album of the S.S. ZamZam, an Egyptian-owned ship, its crew and passengers, including 120 American missionaries (from 21 different denominations), tobacco buyers and other passengers traveling from New York to Alexandria, Egypt, via Capetown, South Africa, who survived sinking by the German raider Tamesis 17 April 1941, including newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, periodicals, correspondence, and photocopies of an autobiographical account. |
Administrative Information
Accessions Information
March 11, 2003 (unprocessed), 1 container, 0.21 cubic feet, 78 pages, 1 volume; Collection (1941-1942) consisting of a photograph album
of the S.S. ZAMZAM, an Egyptian-owned ship, its crew and passengers, including 120 American missionaries (from 21 different denominations),
tobacco buyers and other passengers traveling from New York to Alexandria, Egypt, via Capetown, South Africa, who survived
sinking by the German raider Tamesis 17 April 1941, including newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, periodicals,
correspondence, and photocopies of an autobiographical account. Donor: Mary Hester Powell.
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
S. S. ZamZam Collection (#906), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville,
North Carolina, USA.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mary Hester Powell
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 | |
| Item | Introduction from the collaborator of the scrapbook to readers (7/3/1941). Scrapbook page 2. |
| Item | Inscription and photograph of Rev. J. Carlyle Powell (n.d.). Scrapbook page 4. |
| Item | Inscription and photograph of Mrs. Rosa Powell (n.d.). Scrapbook page 5. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The NY Times (3/20/1941). Scrapbook page 6. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The Duplin Times (n.d.). Scrapbook pages 6-7. |
| Item | Newspaper clippings. Listed as Newspaper Unknown. Contains newspaper clipping from: The New York Daily News, The New York Times, The Duplin Herald, The New York Post, and The News and Observer (n.d.). Scrapbook pages 6-7. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The News and Observer (5/24/1941). Scrapbook pages 6-7. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The News and Observer (6/27/1941). Scrapbook pages 6-7. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The News and Observer (5/20/1941). Scrapbook pages 6-7. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The Duplin Times (6/26/1941). Scrapbook pages 6-7. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily News (5/19/1941). Scrapbook pages 6-7. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Times (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 8. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Herald (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 9. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The Brooklyn Eagle (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 10. |
| Folder b | |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Journal American (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 11. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Journal American (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 12. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Journal American (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 13. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Journal American (n.d.). Scrapbook page 14. |
| Item | Newspaper clippings. Newspaper unknown (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 14. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York World Telegram (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 15 |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown (n.d.). Scrapbook page 16 |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown (n.d.). Scrapbook page 17 |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 18. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Post (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 19. |
| Folder c | |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Post (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 20. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Post (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 21. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Sun (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 22-23. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Sun (5/19/1941). Scrapbook page 24. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily News (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 25. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily News (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 26. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily News (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 27. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily News (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 28. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily Mirror (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 29. |
| Folder d | |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily Mirror (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 30. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily Mirror (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 31. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily Mirror (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 32. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Herald (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 33. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Herald (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 34. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Herald (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 35. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Herald (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 36. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Times PM Edition (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 37. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Post (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 38. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The Brooklyn Eagle (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 39. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Post (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 39. |
| Folder e | |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 40. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Journal American (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 40. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Sun PM Edition (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 41. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Sun (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 42. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown (n.d.). Scrapbook page 43. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York World Telegram (5/20/1941). Scrapbook page 43. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily News (5/21/1941). Scrapbook page 44. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily News (5/21/1941). Scrapbook page 45. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown (5/21/1941). Scrapbook page 45. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Times (5/21/1941). Scrapbook page 46. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily Telegraph (5/21/1941). Scrapbook page 47. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Times (5/21/1941). Scrapbook page 47. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Sun (5/21/1941). Scrapbook page 47. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily Telegraph (5/21/1941). Scrapbook page 47. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily Journal (5/21/1941). Scrapbook page 48. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Pos (5/21/1941). Scrapbook page 48-49. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Post PM Edition (5/21/1941). Scrapbook page 48-49. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily Mirror (5/21/1941). Scrapbook page 48-49. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown. Newspaper listed are: The New York Post, The New York Journal American, and The New York Times (5/21/1941 - 5/22/1941). Scrapbook page 48-49. |
| Folder f | |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Times (5/22/1941). Scrapbook page 50. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Sun (5/22/1941). Scrapbook page 50. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York World Telegram (5/22/1941). Scrapbook page 50. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper Unknown (5/22/1941). Scrapbook page 50. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Sun (5/23/1941). Scrapbook page 51. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily Mirror (5/23/1941). Scrapbook page 51. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Tribune (5/23/1941). Scrapbook page 51. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Journal American (5/23/1941). Scrapbook page 51. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown (5/23/1941). Scrapbook page 51. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily Mirror (5/24/1941). Scrapbook pages 52-53. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Post (5/24/1941). Scrapbook pages 52-53. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown. Newspaper listed are: The New York Daily News, The New York Sun, and The New York Times (5/24/1941). Scrapbook pages 52-53. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper Unknown (5/25/1941). Scrapbook page 54. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Sun PM Edition (5/25/1941). Scrapbook page 54. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily Mirror (5/25/1941). Scrapbook pages 54. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown (5/25/1941). Scrapbook pages 54-55. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily Mirror (5/26/1941). Scrapbook page 55. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily News (5/25/2941). Scrapbook page 55. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Sun PM Edition (5/26/1941). Scrapbook page 56. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Sun (5/26/1941). Scrapbook page 56. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown (5/26/1941). Scrapbook page 56. |
| Item | Newspaper clippings. Newspaper unknown. Newspapers listed: The New York Times AM and PM, The New York Journal, The New York Telegram, The New York Sun, and The New York Daily Mirror 5/26/1941 - 5/27/1941. Scrapbook pages 56-57. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Telegram (5/27/1941). Scrapbook page 57. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown (5/27/1941). Scrapbook page 57. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Telegram (5/31/1941). Scrapbook page 58. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown. Newspaper Listed: The New York Post, The New York Daily News, and The New York Telegram (5/31/1941). Scrapbook page 58. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Times (6/1/1941). Scrapbook page 59. |
| Folder g | |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Sun (6/6/1941). Scrapbook page 60. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Sun (6/7/1941). Scrapbook page 60. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Times (6/4/1941). Scrapbook pages 60-61. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Times (6/10/1941). Scrapbook pages 60-61. |
| Item | Newspaper clippings. Newspaper unknown (6/7/1941). Scrapbook pages 60-61. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown (n.d.). Scrapbook page 61. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Daily Mirror (6/14/1941). Scrapbook page 62. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Herald Tribune (6/18/1941). Scrapbook page 63. |
| Item | Western Union telegram (6/21/1941. Scrapbook page 64. |
| Item | Personal Inscription (n.d.). Scrapbook page 64. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Tribune (6/19/1941). Scrapbook pages 64-65. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. Newspaper unknown. Newspaper listed: The New York Tribune and The New York Times (6/19/1941 - 6/21/1941). Scrapbook pages 64-65. |
| Folder h | |
| Item | Periodical. Life Magazine (6/23/1941). Vol 10 Num 25. Pages 21-27, 70-74, 77-79. Scrapbook pages 67-74. |
| Folder i | |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Tribune (6/24/1941). Scrapbook page 75. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Times (6/24/1941). Scrapbook page 75. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Tribune (6/25/1941). Scrapbook page 75. |
| Item | Newspaper clippings. Newspaper unknown. Newspapers listed: The New York Times, The New York Tribune, The New York Daily Mirror, and The New York Daily Telegram (6/25/1941, 7/11/1941, 7/25/1941, 8/10/1941). Scrapbook pages 76-77. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Telegram (9/11/1941). Scrapbook page 77. |
| Item | Newspaper clipping. The New York Post (9/27/1941). Scrapbook page 78. |
| Box 2 | |
| Folder a | |
| Item | Personal Letters (A.L.S.) (3/22/1941, 3/28/1941, 4/7/1941, 6/5/1941, 6/15/1941, 7/8/1941, 7/15/1941, 7/29/1941, 8/19/1941, n.d.). Scrapbook no page. |
| Folder b | |
| Item | Foreign Mission Letters (5/27/1941, 6/5/1941, 6/9/1941, 6/12/1941, 6/14/1941, 6/19/1941). Scrapbook no page. |
| Folder c | |
| Item | Western Union telegrams (3/3/1941, 5/19 - 5/21/1941, 5/23 - 5/24/1941, 6/10/1941, 6/21/1941, 9/10/1941, n.d.). Scrapbook no page. |
| Folder d | |
| Item | Misc. Items (n.d.): Transfer slips, bank notes, and Hotel Bills. Scrapbook no page. |
| Folder e | |
| Item | Periodical. The Presbyterian Survey. (n.d.) Vol, #?. Pages 416-420. |
| Item | Periodical. Periodical unknown. (n.d.) Pages 10-11. Scrapbook no page. |
| Item | Periodical. The Pentecostal Evangel. (7/19/1941) Number 1419. Pages 1 and 11. Scrapbook no page. |
| Item | Periodical. The Commission. (9/1/1941) Vol 4, Num 9. Pages 233-234. Scrapbook no page. |
| Item | Periodical. Life Magazine (ca. 1941). Scrapbook no page. |
| Folder f | |
| Item | Photographs (n.d.). Scrapbook pages 5-6. |
| Item | The Story of the Strange Fate of the ZamZam and the Miraculous Rescue of the One Hundred and Twenty Missionaries (copyright 1942) by Slyvia M. Oiness. Osterous Publishing Company, MN. Scrapbook no page. |
| Folder g | |
| Item | Photocopy (n.d.) of the passenger and personnel list of the SS ZamZam. Scrapbook no page. |
| Item | Detailed passenger list (n.d.) photocopied, of the SS ZamZam. Contains names, birthdates, occupation, and state or nationality of residence. Scrapbook no page. |
| Folder h | |
| Item | Whole Newspapers The Ashville Times (5/20/1941). Oversized items |
| Item | Whole Newspapers. The Duplin Times. (9/17/1936) Scrapbook no page. |
| Box 3 | |
| Oversize Folder os1 | |
| Item | Periodical. Life Magazine. June 23, 1941. Vol 10 Num 25. Oversized items |
| Item | Periodical. Life Magazine. (ca. 1941). Oversized items |
| Item | Cover of scrapbook (ca. 1941) Oversized items |
| Item | Page 1- personal inscription (n.d.) Oversized items |