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Ethel Clements Sherrod Collection, 1890-1987

(Manuscript Collection #977)

Descriptive Summary

Title:	Ethel Clements Sherrod Collection
Creator:	Sherrod, Ethel Clements
Repository:	ECU Manuscript Collection
Languages:	English
Extent:	1.7 Cubic feet, 6 containers, 590 items .

Administrative Information

Accessions Information

November 14, 2003, (unprocessed) 590 items, 1.7 cubic feet; Collection (1890-1987) of correspondence, clippings, photographic prints, ephemera, printed materials, etc., relating to Ethel Clements Sherrod, of Enfield, NC, a graduate of the Park View Hospital School of Nursing, Rocky Mount, NC, 1928, and to her family, nursing career, travels, and biographical and genealogical interests. Donor: Ralph Hardee Rives

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

Ethel Clements Sherrod Collection (#977), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Ralph Hardee Rives

Processing Information

Encoded by Mark Custer, February 15, 2008

Preliminary Inventory

Below is material taken from a preliminary inventory and represents content from the collection that is unprocessed.

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Box 1#0977.1
Biographical Material
- Folder a#0977.1.a
  Biography. Material prepared by Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives, and church bulletins showing Ethel Sherrod's involvement in the church choir. 4 items, 12 pages; 1954-1969
- Folder b#0977.1.b
  Correspondence. (Legal) 16 items, 30 pages; 1973-1987
- Folder c#0977.1.c
  Clippings. 12 items, 19 pages; 1924; 1952; 1954; 1987
- Folder d#0977.1.d
  Clippings. Will Rogers. 7 items, 13 pages; 1935
- Folder e#0977.1.e
  Printed Pamphlets. NC Awards. 2 items, 12 pages; 1977; 1978
- Folder f#0977.1.f
  Photographs. 28 items, 28 pages; 1924-1966
- Folder g#0977.1.g
  Ephemera. 4 items, 6 pages; 1971-1975

Box 2#0977.2
Park View Hospital/ Nursing Profession
- Folder a#0977.2.a
  Correspondence, and clippings. 15 items, 15 pages; 1948
- Folder b#0977.2.b
  Nursing School Class Notes. 21 items, 433 pages; 1928
- Folder c#0977.2.c
  Ephemera. 16 items, 17 pages; 1928-1975
- Folder d#0977.2.d
  Photographs. 16 items, 16 pages; 1942
- Folder e#0977.2.e
  Printed Material. 5 items, 191 pages; 1948; 1955; 1956; 1959
- Folder f#0977.2.f
  Correspondence. 28 items, 41 pages; 1928-1942
- Folder g#0977.2.g
  Clippings. 14 items, 14 pages; 1968-1976
- Folder h#0977.2.h
  Golden Gate International Exposition and N.Y. World's Fair. 19 items, 19 pages; 1939

Box 3#0977.3
Travels
- Folder a#0977.3.a
  Photographs. 13 items, 13 pages; 1976; 1979
- Folder b#0977.3.b
  Correspondence. 22 items, 28 pages; 1954-1979
- Folder c#0977.3.c
  Clippings. 6 items, 6 pages; 1924-1954
- Folder d#0977.3.d
  Postcards. 77 items, 77 pages; undated
- Folder e#0977.3.e
  Printed Material. 40 items, 150 pages; undated
- Folder f#0977.3.f
  Ephemera. 33 items, 62 pages; undated

Box 4#0977.4
Miscellaneous Correspondence
- Folder a#0977.4.a
  Correspondence. 59 items, 87 pages; 1939-1982
- Folder b#0977.4.b
  Printed Material: church bulletins. 18 items, 18 pages; 1964-1977
- Folder c#0977.4.c
  Photographs. 3 items, 3 pages; 1910-1915
- Folder d#0977.4.d
  Clippings. 4 items, 6 pages; 5/29/1905
- Folder e#0977.4.e
  Correspondence from Ralph Hardee Rives. 2 items, 28 pages; 1958-1982
- Folder f#0977.4.f
  Tax Reports of Mamie T. Neville 5 items, 59 pages; 1958-1961
- Folder g#0977.4.g
  Calendar. 1 items, 13 pages; 1958
- Folder h#0977.4.h
  Address book. 1 items, 40 pages; undated

Box 5#0977.5
Descendants of John Shepherd
- Folder a#0977.5.a
  Personal correspondence. 5 items, 7 pages; 1970-1981
- Folder b#0977.5.b
  Correspondence from L. R. Shepherd, U.S. Navy. 1 items, 14 pages; 1923-1938
- Folder c#0977.5.c
  Photographs. 13 items, 13 pages; 1890-1954
- Folder d#0977.5.d
  Clippings. 9 items, 16 pages; 1923
- Folder e#0977.5.e
  Printed material. 2 items, 21 pages; 1953
- Folder f#0977.5.f
  Biographical material, 1777-1778. 4 items, 10 pages; undated

Box 6#0977.6
Music, Sherrod Family, and Hazel Odell Holt
- Folder a#0977.6.a
  Choral Music 22 items, 338 pages; 1901-1965
- Folder b#0977.6.b
  Sherrod Family- personal correspondence, photographs, and printed material. 24 items, 24 pages; 1948-1982
- Folder c#0977.6.c
  Hazel Odell Holt- correspondence and materials. 19 items, 23 pages; 1918-1972

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Ethel Clements Sherrod Collection (#0977)
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Preliminary Inventory

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