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Atkinson - Pitts Collection

(Manuscript Collection #1085)

Descriptive Summary

Title:	Atkinson - Pitts Collection
Repository:	ECU Manuscript Collection
Languages:	English
Extent:	6.48 Cubic feet, 1653 items .

Administrative Information

Accessions Information

October 26, 2006, (unprocessed) 1,535 items, 5.25 cubic feet; Collection (1821-1834, 1910-1953, 2004, undated) of papers relating to Alexander Morse Atkinson, a building contractor, mason, and U. S. Census official, who served as city councilman and mayor of Enfield, North Carolina and as State Representative for Halifax County, 1937-1939; his wife, Mary Gooch Pitts Atkinson, teacher and school principal, and garden club official; and related families and including manuscripts, photographic prints and negatives, architectural records, and printed materials. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives, Mr. James O. Brown & Mrs. James (Carolyn A.) Brown

October 26, 2006, (unprocessed addition 1) 118 items, 1.23 cubic feet; Collection (1908-1943, undated) of manuscripts, architectural drawings, land survey maps, and clippings, etc. relating to the education and career of Alexander Morse Atkinson, a land surveyor, architect, building contractor, and government official, etc., in Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives, Mr. James O. Brown & Mrs. James (Carolyn A.) Brown

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

Atkinson - Pitts Collection (#1085), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives
Gift of Mr. James O. Brown
Gift of Mrs. Carolyn A. Brown

Processing Information

Encoded by Mark Custer, December 31, 2007

Preliminary Inventory

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

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Series 1 Alexander Morse Atkinson Papers
Series 2 Jane Cary Atkinson Papers
Series 3 Mary Gooch Pitts Atkinson Papers
Series 4 Irene Pitts Papers
Series 5 Manuscript Volumes
Series 6 Printed Materials
Series 7 Oversized Materials: Architectural Drawings

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Series 1:

Alexander Morse Atkinson Papers

Box 1#1085.1
Subject Files, 1921-1946. 1 box. (1.0 cubic feet)
- Folder a#1085.1.a
  Acme Chevrolet (1931-1941) 4 items. 11 p.
- Folder b#1085.1.b
  A. M. Atkinson to Bank of Enfield, NC - Deed of Trust (1930-1931) 2 items. 5 p.
- Folder c#1085.1.c
  Bank of Enfield, NC Check Book (1938-1940) 1 item ca. 100 p.
- Folder d#1085.1.d
  Burnet Street Home, Enfield, NC purchase (1938-1939) ca. 15 items ca. 15 p.
- Folder e#1085.1.e
  Clippings (ca. 1938-1939, undated) ca. 15 items ca. 15 p.
- Folder f#1085.1.f
  Correspondence (undated) 4 items. 11 p.
- Folder g#1085.1.g
  Correspndence (1935) 1 item. 8 p.
- Folder h#1085.1.h
  Correspondence (1937) 4 items. 4 p.
- Folder i#1085.1.i
  Correspondence (1938) 3 items. 15 p.
- Folder j#1085.1.j
  Correspondence (1939) 20 items. 80 p.
- Folder k#1085.1.k
  Correspondence (1940) 51 items. 100 p.
- Folder l#1085.1.l
  Correspondence (1941) 17 items. 45 p.
- Folder m#1085.1.m
  Correspondence (1942) 24 items. 60 p.
- Folder n#1085.1.n
  Correspondence (1945) 1 item. 2 p.
- Folder o#1085.1.o
  Correspondence (1946) 1 item. 3 p.
- Folder p#1085.1.p
  Democratic Party & Election of 1940 (1940) ca. 15 items ca. 15 p.
- Folder q#1085.1.q
  Ephemera (undated) ca. 15 items ca. 15 p.
- Folder r#1085.1.r
  Farm Security Administration Files (1938-1942) ca. 22 items ca. 100 p
- Folder s#1085.1.s
  Alexander M. Atkinson Estate (1946-1947) 3 items. 10 p.
- Folder t#1085.1.t
  Financial Records (1940-1942, 1945) ca. 25 items ca. 75 p.
- Folder u#1085.1.u
  Financial Records (1940-1942) ca. 25 items ca. 75 p.
- Folder v#1085.1.v
  Financial Records (1924-1939) 20 items 35 p.
- Folder w#1085.1.w
  Grand Lodge of North Carolina [Masons] A. F. & A. M. Papers (1937-1940) ca. 25 items ca. 40 p.
- Folder x#1085.1.x
  Grand Lodge of North Carolina [Masons] A. F. & A. M. Papers (1921-1942) ca. 30 items ca. 50 p.
- Folder y#1085.1.y
  Halifax County, Town of Enfield, NC vs G. G. O'Neal et al (1939) 1 item. 4 p.
- Folder z#1085.1.z
  B. F. Hughes & Wife to R. C. Dunn - Deed of Trust (1922) 1 item 4 p.

Box 2#1085.2
Subject Files; Contractors Project Files 1912-1946
- Folder a#1085.2.a
  La Salle Extension University (1935, 1940) 2 items. 3 p.
- Folder b#1085.2.b
  LaFayette McDaniel & Wife to Ivey Watson - Deed of Trust (1927) 1 item. 4 p.
- Folder c#1085.2.c
  Mary Gooch Pitts - Letters received (ca. 1917-1918) 11 items ca. 30 p.
- Folder d#1085.2.d
  North Carolina General Assembly House of Representatives (D-Halifax County) Files (1936-1938) ca. 50 items ca. 65 p.
- Folder e#1085.2.e
  B. F. O'Neal & L. M. Wood - Deeds (1938-1939) 4 items. 12 p.
- Folder f#1085.2.f
  Photographic Negatives - Miscellaneous (ca. 1938-1940) ca. 150 items ca. 150 p.
- Folder g#1085.2.g
  Photographic prints (ca. 1917-1942, undated) ca. 50 items ca. 50 p.
- Folder h#1085.2.h
  Social Security (1938-1941) 2 items. 10 p.
- Folder i#1085.2.i
  Taxes (1932-1942) 17 items. 24 p.
- Folder j#1085.2.j
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (ca. 1912-1946, 2004) 9 items, ca. 20 p.
- Folder k#1085.2.k
  U. S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census (1939-1940, 1945) ca. 15 items ca. 30 p.
- Folder l#1085.2.l
  116 Foot Warehouse (undated) 3 items. 6 p.
- Folder m#1085.2.m
  A. M. Atkinson Residents (1940-1941) 150 items. 200 p.
- Folder n#1085.2.n
  Beal Residence (1939) ca. 15 items ca. 45 p.
- Folder o#1085.2.o
  Bellamy Garage (1935) 1 item. 1 p.
- Folder p#1085.2.p
  Brasco Moders Store-Front Construction (1941) Printed materials. 1 item. 28 p.
- Folder q#1085.2.q
  Britt Residence - Contract (1924) 1 item. 4 p.
- Folder r#1085.2.r
  Brown Residence (1939-1940) ca. 15 items. Ca. 15 p.
- Folder s#1085.2.s
  Garage Bids U. S. Department of Agriculture (1939) 3 items. 3 p.
- Folder t#1085.2.t
  Lawrence Residence (1939-1940) ca. 15 items ca. 30 p.
- Folder u#1085.2.u
  Pembroke Farms Project No. RI-NC-22, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Security Administration (1939) Specifications. 2 items. Ca. 30 p.
- Folder v#1085.2.v
  Pope Residence - Specifications (undated) 1 item. 10 p.
- Folder w#1085.2.w
  Roanoke Farms Project No. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Security Administration (1938) Contractors proposal. 1 item ca. 100 p.
- Folder x#1085.2.x
  Roanoke Farms Project No. RF-NC-10 U. S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Security Administration (1938) Farm Supply Warehouse Specifications. 1 item 18 p.
- Folder y#1085.2.y
  Roanoke Farms Project No. RF-NC-10 U. S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Security Administration (1938) Farmstead Units Specifications. 1 item ca. 50 p.
- Folder z#1085.2.z
  Tobacco Barn No. 4114:4 U. S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Security Administration (1939) Specifications Addendum. 1 item ca. 7 p.
- Folder za#1085.2.za
  Warehouse at Halifax (1939) 2 items. 4 p.

Box 4#1085.4
Letters from Alexander Morse Atkinson to his wife, Mary Gooch Pitts Atkinson, 1917-1942
- Folder a#1085.4.a
  Letters received (1917-1942) 300 items. 600 p.

Box 8#1085.8
Subject Files (1914-1939, undated) 1 box. (0.25 cubic feet)
- Folder a#1085.8.a
  American Builder and Building Age Magazine clippings (1929-1931) 3 items. 8 p.
- Folder b#1085.8.b
  R. T. Beal Residence, Enfield, NC specifications [1939] Carbon typescript. 1 item. 18 p.
- Folder c#1085.8.c
  Forrest Taylor and Wife, et. al. Vs William Glover and Wife, et. al. Nash County Superior Court report of commissioners (1929) Typescript & Holograph. 1 item. 19 p.
- Folder d#1085.8.d
  J. P. Tyree and L. P. Tyree vs John C. Williams, et. al. Halifax County Superior Court report of surveyor (1919) Typescript. 1 item. 2 p.
- Folder e#1085.8.e
  Miscellaneous (1914, undated) 2 items. 2 p.

Series 2:

Jane Cary Atkinson Papers

Box 3#1085.3
Jane Cary Akinson - Mary Gooch Pitts Atkinson - Irene Pitts Papers, 1917-1953
- Folder a#1085.3.a
  Correspondence (1940-1942) 6 items. 7 p.
- Folder b#1085.3.b
  School Papers - 2nd & 3rd grade (1938-1940)
- Folder c#1085.3.c
  School Papers - 8th grade (ca. 1945) 9 items ca. 64 p.
- Folder d#1085.3.d
  School Papers - 8th grade (ca. 1945) 2 items ca. 60 p.

Series 3:

Mary Gooch Pitts Atkinson Papers

Box 3#1085.3
Jane Cary Akinson - Mary Gooch Pitts Atkinson - Irene Pitts Papers, 1917-1953
- Folder e#1085.3.e
  Brogden Township Public Schools (1927) 2 items. 4 p.
- Folder f#1085.3.f
  Correspondence - Miscellaneous (1938-1941, undated) ca. 15 items. Ca. 30 p.
- Folder g#1085.3.g
  Correspondence - Miscellaneous (1927-1930.) 4 items. 10 p.
- Folder h#1085.3.h
  Correspondence (1939) 5 items. 6 p.
- Folder i#1085.3.i
  Correspondence (1940) 29 items ca. 75 p.
- Folder j#1085.3.j
  Correspondence (1941-1942) 13 items ca. 30 p.
- Folder k#1085.3.k
  Correspondence (1952) 6 items ca. 18 p.
- Folder l#1085.3.l
  Department of Agriculture. Crop Reporting Service. Cotton Enumeration (1953) ca. 15 items ca. 30 p.
- Folder m#1085.3.m
  Education & Teaching Files (ca. 1917-1919, undated) ca. 10 items ca. 150 p.
- Folder n#1085.3.n
  Garden Club of North Carolina files (ca. 1938-1941, undated) ca. 20 items ca. 40 p.
- Folder o#1085.3.o
  Garden Club of North Carolina files (ca. 1937-1941) ca. 20 items ca. 100 p.
- Folder p#1085.3.p
  Garden Club of North Carolina files (1932-1941) ca. 15 items ca. 75 p.
- Folder q#1085.3.q
  Halifax County Schools (1940) 1 item. 2 p.
- Folder r#1085.3.r
  Irish Free State Hospitals Sweepstakes (1935-1936) 12 items. 38 p.
- Folder s#1085.3.s
  North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Principal's Certificate (1920) 1 item. 1 p.
- Folder t#1085.3.t
  Peagram, Charles H.(& daughter, Joan Peagram) - Correspondence(1939-1942) 7 items. 21 p.
- Folder u#1085.3.u
  Peagram, Erma - Correspondence (1940) 3 items. 7 p.
- Folder v#1085.3.v
  Peagram, Sandra - Correspondence (1940-1941) 4 items. 7 p.
- Folder w#1085.3.w
  Photographs - Jane Cary Atkinson & Mary Gooch Pitts Atkinson (ca. 1932-1938) 18 items. 18 p.
- Folder x#1085.3.x
  Recipes (undated) 10 items. 11 p.
- Folder y#1085.3.y
  School Papers (1917-1919, undated) 9 items. 34 p.

Series 4:

Irene Pitts Papers

Box 3#1085.3
Jane Cary Akinson - Mary Gooch Pitts Atkinson - Irene Pitts Papers, 1917-1953
- Folder z#1085.3.z
  Wake Forest High School "Forest Leaves" Newsletter (1941, 1943) 2 items. 19 p.
- Folder za#1085.3.za
  Ireme Pitts Papers (1937-1948) 24 items ca. 80 p.

Series 5:

Manuscript Volumes

Box 5#1085.5
Manuscript Volumes
- Folder a#1085.5.a
  House Rules. Rep. A. M. Atkinson, Halifax County, Seat #62 (1937) 1 vol ca, 1,000 p.
- Folder b#1085.5.b
  Proceedings of Roanoke Council No. 1, of Royal and Select Masters of Masons, Halifax, NC; Organized 1821; Reorganized in 1910. (1821-1834, 1910-1935) 1 vol. 40 p. used out of 77 p.
- Folder c#1085.5.c
  Mary Gooch Pitts Atkinson School Notebook (ca. 1917-1919) 1 vol. 48 p.

Series 6:

Printed Materials

Box 6#1085.6

Alexander Morse Atkinson Printed Materials relating to Masons, Civil Defense, Contractors, & Ordinances of the Town of Whitakers, NC (1918, 1935-1942) 37 vols ca. 500 p.

Box 7#1085.7

Mary Good Pitts Atkinson Printed Materials relating to Trinity College, Durham, NC [Duke University] Inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson, Colonial Williamsburg, Historic New Bern, Settlement of Carolina, Granville County Court House Centennial, Auburn High School, Wake Forest College Little Theater, Phi Beta Kappa, NOrth Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women, & Prayer Book (1913-1953) 27 vols ca. 450 p.

Series 7:

Oversized Materials: Architectural Drawings

Oversize Folder 7os1#1085.7os1

Manuscript Architectural Drawings (1934-1940, undated) including blueprints, sketches, and tracings. 18 items. 44 p.

Oversize Folder 7os2#1085.7os2
Printed Maps, Forms, Newspapers, Etc. (1931-1941) 17 items. 34 p.

Oversize Folder 8os1#1085.8os1

E. L. Bellamy House, Enfield, NC blueprints (undated) 3 items. 12 p.

Oversize Folder 8os2#1085.8os2

W. T. Lawrence Residence, Battleboro, NC blueprints. Harry J. Harles, Architect (undated) 1 item. 4 p.

Oversize Folder 8os3#1085.8os3

R. T. Beal Residence, Enfield, NC blueprints. Harry J. Harles, Architect (8/7/1939) 3 items. 18 p.

Oversize Folder 8os4#1085.8os4

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Class drawings originals, tracings & blueprints (1908-1912) 5 items. 34 sheets. Note: Math, Mechanical Engineering, Caligraphy, & Architectural Drawings.

Oversize Folder 8os5#1085.8os5

North Carolina Counties maps printed. (undated) 2 items. 2 p. Note: Duplicates.

Oversize Folder 8os6#1085.8os6

Land Survey Maps originals, tracings & blueprints (1912-1919) 35 items. 47 p.

Oversize Folder 8os7#1085.8os7

Land Survey Maps originals, tracings & blueprints (1920-1929) 12 items. 24 p.

Oversize Folder 8os8#1085.8os8

Land Survey Maps originals, tracings & blueprints (1930-1939) 35 items. 39 p.

Oversize Folder 8os9#1085.8os9

Land Survey Maps tracings & blueprints (1940-1943) 3 items. 6 p.

Oversize Folder 8os10#1085.8os10

Land Survey Maps originals & tracings (undated) 11 items. 11 p.

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