Luther G. Williams Collection, 1862-1864, 1929-2007

(Manuscript Collection #915)

Title:	Luther G. Williams Collection
Creator:	Williams, Luther G.
Repository:	ECU Manuscript Collection
Languages:	English
Extent:	1.8488 Cubic feet.

Accessions Information

June 9, 2003 (unprocessed) 1 item, 0.01 cubic feet; Composite map (May 21, 1862, July 28-30th, 1864) of the Petersburg, VA campaign during the Civil War consisting of PLATE LXIV from Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865. Julius Bien & Co. Lith. N.Y. 18-1/2" x 29-3/8" (44 cm x 71 cm). Donor: Luther G. Williams

June 9, 2003 (unprocessed addition 1) 17 items, 0.603 cubic feet; Collection (1974 - 1991) of printed maps, pamphlets, newsletters, newspapers, and a calendar relating to the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991 (Operation Desert Storm / Desert Shield). Donor: Luther G. Williams

July 17, 2003 (unprocessed addition 2) 2 items, 0.0358 cubic feet; Videotapes (1990 - 1991) filmed by the donor while in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm / Desert Shield). 2 VHS T-120 videotape cassettes. VHS #123 - A: Kuwait (Original): The film, one of 6 filmed by Williams, includes following scenes: (1) Agent describing where they are going; minefield south of Kuwait City; (2) Six-Ring Road at a Kuwaiti car dearlership destroyed supposedly by Iraqis; (3) Mutla Pass just west of Kuwait City, the "Highway of Death." Notes: Voice over and film by Capt. Luther G. Williams on temporary duty with an intelligence unit driving Arabic interpreters to their homes in Kuwait. 12 mins. running time. VHS #456 - B: Saudi Arabia: 312th Evacuation Hospital (U.S. Army), Saudi Arabia, 60 miles west of Hatar al Batin, includes scenes of unit in action during Desert Storm. Notes: 312th Evacuation Hospital is a reserve unit headquartered in Greensboro and includes a Greenville medical unit. Parts shot by others added at Fort Bragg, NC to segments filmed by Williams. 60 mins. running time. Donor: Luther G. Williams

August 15, 2003 (unprocessed addition 3) 24 items, 0.126 cubic feet; Collection (1969-1986) of manuscripts, clippings, maps, periodicals, printed forms, broadsides, framed photographs, etc. relating to the donor's education at Rocky Mount (NC) High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, his career as a pharmacist and boy scout leader, and his travels in Great Britain, Switzerland, Israel, and Thailand. Donor: Luther G. Williams

September 8, 2003 (unprocessed addition 4) 24 items, 0.126 cubic feet; Collection (1943-1952) including donor's "Baby Book" of his early life in Fayetteville, NC, compiled by his mother, Gladys Earline Crisp Williams, and his son, including inventory of donation, notes by his mother and son, photographic prints, lock of his hair; photographic prints taken by his father, Luther George Williams, Sr., on Kwajalein Island in the Pacific Ocean; his father Notice of Separation form U. S. Naval Service, dated 4/29/1946; and memorabilia, including bronzed baby shoes, silver cup, two bells, one with teething ring attached, three zinc 1943 pennies, Steamer Put-in-Bay medal, and life-boat tag No. 191, Station 101 Raft, Boat 5, Atlantic Coast Line 25 years service button. Donor: Luther G. Williams

October 3, 2003 (unprocessed addition 5) 75 items, 0.25 cubic feet; Collection (1938-1986) of manuscripts, photographic prints, printed materials, medals, and ephemera, relating to the donor's childhood, education, and family in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina including Braswell, elementary school and R. M. Wilson Junior High School records; Cub Scout and Boy Scout badges, medals, and photographs; American Legion football team photograph and medal; First Baptist Church programs; Federal and State tax returns, property and insurance records. Donor: Luther G. Williams

November 7, 2003 (unprocessed addition 6) 2 items, 0.1 cubic feet; Baby Book #2 (1943-1952), a scrapbook compiled by the donor's mother, consisting of manuscripts and photographic prints, with biographical and genealogical information about the donor's childhood, education, and family in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina including First Presbyterian Church School Kindergarten and Braswell School, Rocky Mount, NC; and a 12 page printed transcription of the Baby Book, by the donor. Donor: Luther G. Williams

March 4, 2004 (unprocessed addition 7) 3 items, 0.07 cubic feet; Medals (1991, 1993) received by Luther George Williams, Jr., including the Southwest Asia Service Medal, with two battle stars; Liberation of Kuwait Medal with bar, in presentation container, given by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for his service in the Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991; also a copy of a Department of Defense certificate accompanying the medals. Donor: Luther G. Williams

May 24, 2007 (unprocessed addition 8) 7 items, 0.25 cubic feet; Collection (2007) of digital and typescript materials relating to the publication of A Place for Theodore: The Murder of Dr. Theodore Parkman, Ph.D., Massachusetts & North Carolina: A Lesson in Culture, A True Story of the Civil War, 1861-1865, by Luther George Williams, published in 1997 and revised in 2001 (ISBN 0-9656484-0-0) including information sheet, inventory of the illustrations, and thumbnail prints of 273 slides, on 3 compact discs, used as illustrations in the book. Donor: Luther G. Williams

September 26, 2007 (unprocessed addition 9) 1 item, 0.011 cubic feet; Map (1929) of Munich, Germany entitled München und Umgebung Kleine Ausgabe. Greiben Reiseführer Band 179: 1929. 37. Auflage Mit 3 Karten. Berlin Greieben-Verlag, Albert Goldschmidt, 1929; including pocket map. See preliminary inventory attached. Pamphlet. German language. Donor: Luther G. Williams

January 15, 2008 (unprocessed addition 10) 16 items, 0.01 cubic feet; Collection (ca. 1960-1961, 1993, 2007, undated) including an after action report by Jeffrey Miller Moore, who was in the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 2001 attack, compact disk of the report & photograph of Moore holding his report; 6 postcards of Rocky Mount, North Carolina; Poem "A Beatnick's Look at Santa Clause" by Tommy Basden and illustrated by George Williams with inventory; Elizabeth A. D. Blocker letters explaining where her mother said the Yankee soldiers were buried after the Battle of White Hall, 16 December 1862, in Wayne County, NC with transcript & compact disk. Donor: Luther G. Williams

March 9, 2009 (unprocessed addition 11) 3 items, 0.003 cubic feet; Collection (1861-1988) of maps including of World War II world situation in 1939; 1939 New York World's Fair; and plat map of White Hall, N.C., 1912. See preliminary inventory attached. Donor: Luthur G. Williams

May 12, 2009 (unprocessed addition 12) 2 items, 0.004 cubic feet; Collection (1985, 1990) of maps used during the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991, including Hafar Al Batin, Saudi Arabia: Provisional Edition Map 1985; also: Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia: Joint Operations Graphic (Air Map 1990. Printed. See preliminary inventory attached. 1 oversized folder. Joint Operations Map annotated in Arabic script. Donor: Luther G. Williams

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

Luther G. Williams Collection (#915), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.

Acquisition Information

• Gift of Luther G. Williams

Processing Information

• Encoded by Mark Custer, December 17, 2007