Record #:

38279

Author(s):

Menconi, David

Abstract:

Brady C. Jefcoat’s Museum of Americana has items representing American culture from the distant and more recent past. Opened in 1997, it contains the half of Jefcoat’s collection that was not auctioned off and is especially known for its 264 vintage record players and the country's largest collection of butter churns and irons. Despite the Smithsonian being receptive to his request to donate his immense collection, he chose Murfreesboro because the town was willing to display the entirety of his 13,000 treasures.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 6, Nov 2012, p19-20, 22 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Record players; Phonographs; Antiques; Artifacts; Collectors and collecting; Collectors and collecting--Murfreesboro; North Carolina Office of Archives and History ; Smithsonian Museum (Washington DC); Jefcoat, Brady C. ; The Brady C. Jefcoat Museum of Americana (Murfreesboro)

Record #:

44176

Author(s):

Tomlin, Jimmy

Abstract:

"Some hobbies take up a corner of the garage. In Hertford County, an eclectic collection of Americana fills an entire high school." Brady Jefcoat collected nearly anything that struck his fancy. His collection of 17,000 plus items is on display at the Brady C. Jefcoat Museum of Americana in Murfreesboro. Jefcoat, who died in 2013, began the bulk of his collecting in the early 1970s.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 92 Issue 3, August 2024, p40-42, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Collecting; Museums--Hertford County; Museums--Murfreesboro; Murfreesboro--Description and travel; Jefcoat, Brady C.