Winslow-Towe Family Papers

1886-2003, undated
Manuscript Collection #1131
Portions of this collection are digitized (1 item)
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Creator(s)
Winslow family; Towe family
Physical description
1 Cubic Feet, 167 items
Preferred Citation
Winslow-Towe Family Papers (#1131), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
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This collection contains hand written letters, typed printed materials, scrapbooks, genealogical research materials, and photographs relating to the Winslow and Towe families.

Biographical/historical information

Half of the collection focuses on letter sent back and forth to Robert Leslie Towe, a cashier at the First National Bank and his wife Sallie J. Winslow, a student at the East Carolina Teachers Training School. The other half is about the Winslow family and Towe family genealogy. The Winslow family was from Winfall, North Carolina and the Towe family was from Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.

Scope and arrangement

This collection is separated into 4 series, (1) correspondence, (2) photographic prints, (3) scrapbooks & genealogical research material, (4) printed material. The bulk of the collection are letters from Miss Sallie Winslow and Robert Towe.

Administrative information
Custodial History

September 9, 2008, 167 items, 1.0 cubic feet; Papers (1886–2003, undated) of the Winslow family of Winfall, North Carolina and the Towe family of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., including correspondence, photographic prints, scrapbook and genealogical research materials, and printed materials. Also includes correspondence of Sallie J. Winslow while a student at East Carolina Teachers Training School, Greenville, N.C., with her future husband, Robert Leslie Towe, an assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Roanoke Rapids, ca. 1915–1918. See preliminary inventory attached. Note: Papers were found in the home of Mrs. George (Sara Crawford) Wood; they were inherited by the donor, who is Mrs. Wood's daughter, following her death in 2007; and they were received through the courtesy of the donor's cousin, Dr. Dan Winslow and Mrs. Winslow, in Townsville, N.C. Donor: Mrs. Millicent Nash

Source of acquisition

Gift of Mrs. Millicent Nash

Processing information

Encoded by Jonathan Dembo, September 09, 2008

Processed by Ashlyn Racine, August 2023

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Key terms
Personal Names
Coltrane, E. J.--Correspondence
MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908
MacDowell, Marian, 1857-1956
Towe, Robert Leslie--Correspondence
Winslow, Sallie J.--Correspondence
Family Names
Towe family
Winslow family
Corporate Names
Perquimans County Historical Society--Periodicals
Topical
School superintendents--North Carolina--Roanoke Rapids
Places
Roanoke Rapids (N.C.)--History
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Correspondence, Essays & Printed Materials, Etc. (1932-1956, undated) relating to American composer Edward MacDowell and his wife, Marian. 27 items. Note: Probably compiled by Sallie J. Towe (Mrs. Robert Leslie) for presentation to the Study Club, Roanoke Rapids, NC. 121 pages
Box 1 Folder c Winslow, A. R. (Mrs.) "Mamma", Winfall, NC. Letters received (1917, undated) 3 items. Note: All from Sallie J. Winslow, various locations. 6 pages
Box 1 Folder d Winslow, Sallie J. (Miss), Winfall, NC. Letters received (July - November 1917) 18 items. Note: Most from Robert Leslie Towe, Roanoke Rapids, NC. 51 pages
Box 1 Folder e Winslow, Sallie J. (Miss), Winfall, NC. Letters received (April - June 1917) 12 items. Note: Most from Robert Leslie Towe, Roanoke Rapids, NC. 41 pages
Box 1 Folder f Winslow, Sallie J. (Miss), Winfall, NC. Letters received (January - August 1915) 13 items. Note: Most from Robert Leslie Towe, Roanoke Rapids, NC. 43 pages
Box 2 Folder a Winslow, Sallie J. (Miss), East Carolina Teachers Training School, Greenville, NC. Letters received (September - December 1914) 24 items. Note: Most from Robert Leslie Towe, Roanoke Rapids, NC. 66 pages
Box 2 Folder b Roanoke Rapids Public School Superintendent E. J. Coltrane. Letters sent to Building Committee Chairman S. F. Patterson & Historical Clippings (1920-2003). Originals, photocopies & digital reproductions. 7 items. 13 pages
Box 2 Folder c Christmas Cards & Calling Cards (undated) 3 items. 3 pages
Box 2 Folder d Postcards (Blank) of Main Street, Scotland Neck & Dickerson Avenue, Greenville, NC (ca. 1914-1917) 3 items. 3 pages
Box 2 Folder e Photographic Prints (1894-1914, undated) Black & white. Originals & digital reproductions. 4 items. 4 pages
Box 2 Folder f Towe Family Scrapbook Material (1886-1918) including William Tow & Robert Leslie Towe teaching certificates & Selective Service letters, etc. Originals & photocopies. 20 items. 22 pages
Box 2 Folder g Towe - Winslow Family Historical & Genealogical Research Material [1790-1997] (1997) compiled by Sara Crawford Towe Wood, Roanoke Rapids, NC. Photocopy typescript. 8 items. 46 pages
Box 2 Folder h Perquimans County Historical Society (1968-1975) correspondence & yearbooks. Manuscript & Printed Works. 5 items. Note: 4 yearbooks. 89 pages
Box 2 Folder i Roanoke Rapids, N.C.: A Brief History of its Foundation and Growth As of July 1947 (1947) by Roanoke Rapids Chamber of Commerce. Mimeographed typescript. 1 item. Note: Autographed "Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Towe." 11 pages
Box 2 Folder j Program Twenty Third Annual Kiwanis Minstrel, Roanoke Rapids, NC (1953) Pamphlet. 2 copies. 2 items. 44 pages