Outland and Copeland Family Papers

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1929-1947, undated

Manuscript Collection #1254

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Physical description: 0.5 Cubic Feet, 1 archival box, consisting of correspondence, genealogical notes, and photographs
Preferred Citation: Outland and Copeland Family Papers (#1254), 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 includes various photographs, letters, and genealogical information related to several families from North Carolina and Virginia. Most of the collection consists of family photographs from the late 1800s and early 1900s, including pictures of unknown members of the included families and some buildings.

Biographical/historical information

Outland Family: The Outland family originally came from Holland. The name in the Va. Records is given as: Oudelaut, Oudlaut, Outeland, Outlaud.

Rogerson Family: The Rogerson's family can be trace back to John Rogerson, a vicar of Noningham Norfolk, England in 1592.

Copeland Family: The Copeland's came from England in 1657. There were three brothers, John, William, and Thomas.

More information can be found about the families in the genealogy notes and correspondence folder (folder i)

Scope and arrangement

This collection consists of photocopies of 3 letters (1929, 1933, 1947) from and to members of the Leake family; genealogical information (1935, undated) on the Outland family of Virginia and the Copeland, Leake, Smith, and Rogerson families of North Carolina; and many original family photographs from the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Administrative information

Custodial History

June 26, 2015, 0.5 cubic feet; This collection consists of photocopies of 3 letters (1929, 1933, 1947); genealogical information on the Outland family of Virginia and the Copeland, Leake, Smith and Rogerson families of North Carolina; and a large number of original family photographs from the late 1800s and early 1900s. The material had originally belonged to Mary Olive Leake Askew of Rich Square, N.C., and was found in the attic of the donor's father in Goldsboro, N.C. Gift of Donald B. Strickland, Jr.