Administrative information
Custodial History
January 20, 2004, (unprocessed) 18 items, 0.91 cubic feet; Photographic prints (1969-1970) taken by the donor of Melrose (Murfree) Plantation, Broad Street, Wynn Cemetery, Gatling Plantation Cemetery, Old Town Cemetery, Vaughan Cemetery, Riverside Basket Mill (Georgia-Pacific Company) Hertford Academy, Vann's Cotton Gin, and Worrell's Mill buildings and Worell's Mill Pond, in the vicinity of Murfreesboro, North Carolina; and subsequently mounted and displayed to promote the establishment of the Murfreesboro Historical Society, Murfreesboro Historic Week, The Lafayette Ball, and historic preservation projects in Murfreesboro. See preliminary inventory. Donor: Colbert P. Howell
Source of acquisition
Gift of Colbert P. Howell
Processing information
Encoded by Mark Custer, March 10, 2008
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Container list
Box 1 Item P1010017
Melrose (Murfree) Plantation house on Broad Street in Murfreesboro, NC restored by Mr. & Mrs. R. T. Vann. 1 item 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010018
Old houses in historical area north of Broad Street, Murfreesboro, NC. 1 item 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010021
Wynn Cemetery, adjacent to Hertford Academy, Broad Street, Murfreesboro, NC. 1 item 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010032
Iron entrance gate and monument honoring Richard J. Gatling, inventor of the gatling gun, in the Gatling Plantation Cemetery, a few miles northeast of Murfreesboro, NC. 1 item. 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010035
Gatling Plantation Cemetery with Gatling family house in distance. 1 item. 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010036
Vaughan Cemetery located on outskirts of Murfreesboro, NC. 1 item. 1 p. 1969-1970 Note: also P1010037
Box 1 Item P1010039
Lumber stacks at Riverside Basket Mill (Georgia-Pacific Company), Murfreesboro, NC. 1 item. 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010040
Hertford Academy with the Murfreesboro, NC water tank silhouetted in background. 1 item. 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010041
Bales of cotton, ginned and stacked, at Vann's Cotton Gin on outskirts of Murfreesboro, NC. 1 item. 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010042
Worrell's Mill, located on the dam of Worrell's Mill Pond, east of Murfreesboro, NC on Highway 158. 1 item. 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010043
Winter view of unknown men fishing for carp or catfish on Worrell's Mill Pond, east of Murfreesboro, NC on Highway 158. 1 item. 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010044
Winter view of Worrell's Mill Pond with cyress trees on far side of pond, east of Murfreesboro, NC on Highway 158. 1 item. 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010045
Cypress knees under the Worrell's Mill building, east of Murfreesboro, NC on Highway 158. 1 item. 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010046
Cypress knees on edge of Worrell's Mill Pond, east of Murfreesboro, NC on Highway 158. 1 item. 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010047
Cypress knees on edge of Worrell's Mill Pond, east of Murfreesboro, NC on Highway 158. 1 item. 1 p, 1969-1970
Box 1 Item P1010048
Winter view of Worrell's Mill Pond, east of Murfreesboro, NC on Highway 158. 1 item. 1 p, 1969-1970