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Preliminary Inventory of the Mike Alford Collection
(Manuscript Collection #1094)



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Descriptive Summary
Title: Mike Alford Collection
Repository: J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Language: English

Administrative Information
Accessions Information
February 9, 2007 (unprocessed) 1,542 items, 4.0 cubic feet; Collection (1930s-1970s) of North Carolina Ferries manuals such as "Specifications, Pamlico Sound Ferry, Virginia Dare," "NC State Ferry Operations;" also a NC State Highway Commission manual; also NC State Ferries and NC Board of Transportation forms; and NC State Highway Commission ferry boat plans and contract plans. Donor: North Carolina Maritime Museum


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
Mike Alford Collection (#1094), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.


Acquisition Information
Gift of the North Carolina Maritime Museum, by Darlene Perry, Collections Manager
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.

Box 1 Ship Plan Drawings (Folded) (ca. 1930s-1970s) ca. 500 items ca. 800 p.
Box 2 Ship Plan Drawings and Maritime Publications (ca. 1930s-1970s) ca. 500 items ca. 800 p.
Box 3 Ship Plan Drawings and Maritime Publications (ca. 1930s-1970s) ca. 500 items ca. 800 p.
Oversize Folder os1 Landing Craft Utility Design Drawings (ca. 1987) 1 item. 50 p. Note: Drawings brittle. Need conservation.
Oversize Folder os2 Landing Craft Utility Design Drawings (ca. 1987) 1 item. 50 p. Note: Drawings brittle & glued together. Need conservation.
Oversize Folder os3 Maps (undated) 25 items. 25 p.
Oversize Folder os4 Miscellaneous drawings (undated) 15 items. 15 p.