Benjamin W. Daniels and Mabel A. Grant Daniels Papers

1917, 1993
Manuscript Collection #1342
Portions of this collection are digitized (4 items)
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Creator(s)
Casey, Eleanor Daniels
Physical description
0.04 Cubic Feet, 1 archival box, consisting of photographs, a publication, and downloads from a flash drive
Preferred Citation
Benjamin W. Daniels and Mabel A. Grant Daniels Papers (#1342), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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ECU Manuscript Collection
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Included are a copy of the Daniels-Murphrey Family History compiled and edited by Eleanor Daniels Casey in 1993, a photograph of the USS Nebraska that Benjamin Daniels of Wayne County, North Carolina, sailed to Europe on in WWI, and three photographs of Benjamin Daniels in his WWI US Navy uniform.

Biographical/historical information

Benjamin William Daniels was born on September 29, 1883 and died April 16, 1972. Benjamin married Mabel Adeline on December 24, 1919. Mabel Adeline was the daughter of Williams and Sallie Grant of the Caset's Chapel Community. The two had four children together, Benjamin William, Jr., Mabel Irene, James Norwood, and Eleanor Faye. Mabel died on October 14, 1951 and Benjamin remarried Hazel Howell on February 24, 1956.

Scope and arrangement

This collection contains two folders. The first folder include four photographs of Benjamin W. Daniels during his service in World War I. The second folder contains the history of the families Daniels-Murphrey. The genealogy report was compiled and edited by Eleanor Daniels Casey.

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Custodial History

February 18, 2019, 0.04 cubic feet; Included are a copy of the Daniels-Murphrey Family History compiled and edited by Eleanor Daniels Casey in 1993, a photograph of the USS Nebraska that Benjamin Daniels of Wayne County, North Carolina, sailed to Europe on in WWI, and three photographs of Benjamin Daniels in his WWI US Navy uniform. Gift of Jean Lusted.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Jean Lusted

Copyright notice

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

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Key terms
Personal Names
Daniels, Benjamin W.
Family Names
Daniels family
Murphy family
Corporate Names
Nebraska (Battleship)
United States. Navy
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Item 1 Benjamin W. Daniels., 1917-1919
Box 1 Folder a Item 2 Benjamin W. Daniels. Oct. 23, 1917., 1917-1919
Box 1 Folder a Item 3 Ben Daniels Sr., 1917-1919
Box 1 Folder a Item 4 U.S.S. Nebraska. WWI Ship that Ben Daniels Sr. was on as a sailor to Europe (Mabel Grant's diary ECTTS 1917-19)., 1917-1919
Box 1 Folder b Item 1 Daniels - Murphrey Family History. Compiled and Edited by Eleanor Daniels Casey., 1993
Box 1 Folder b Family History - Genealogy of Daniels-Murphrey