Freeman Family Papers

1878, 1885, 1915, 1959-1978, undated
The Country Doctor Museum Manuscript Collection, CD 01.21
Creator(s)
Freeman Family
Physical description
0.18 Cubic Feet
Preferred Citation
Freeman Family Papers (CD 01.21), The Country Doctor Museum, at The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
Laupus Library History Collections
Access
No restrictions

Papers include genealogical research, correspondence, photographs, and photocopies from 1885 Baptist Almanac.


Biographical/historical information

Howard Franklin Freeman was born 1849 February 24 in Wake County, North Carolina. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland, with his Doctor of Medicine in 1878. He married Sallie Williamson and had Addie (Morris), Fannie (Fulghum), Frank, Sallie (Cone), Janie, and Malthus. He died 1915 April 5.


Scope and arrangement

The Freeman Family Papers includes photos from 1878 and undated. The collection's genealogical material ranges between 1915 and 1969, with the bulk of information from 1959 to 1969. The family correspondence covers only between 1967 and 1968. Also included are copies of pages from an 1885 North Carolina Baptist Almanac.


Administrative information
Custodial History

1968 October 31: 1 large room of office building, 232 books. Gift of Jane Freeman.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Jane Freeman

Processing information

Processing revised by Ashley Williams, 2015

Copyright notice

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


Language of material

English

Related material

Malthus R. Freeman Papers (CD 01.88), The Country Doctor Museum, at The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.

Related books can be found by searching the Laupus Library catalog.


Container list
Box 1 Folder 1 Photos, 1878, undated
Box 1 Folder 2 Genealogical Material, 1915, 1959-1969, undated
Box 1 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1967-1978
Box 1 Folder 4 North Carolina Baptist Almanac, 1885