Ralph Hardee Rives Collection

1852-2015
Manuscript Collection #24
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Creator(s)
Rives, Ralph Hardee
Physical description
30.15 Cubic Feet, 74 archival boxes and 5 oversize folders, correspondence, deeds, certificates, obituaries, minutes, notebooks, a report card, invitations, church rolls, photographs, clippings, programs, speeches, reports, etc.
Preferred Citation
Ralph Hardee Rives Collection (#24), 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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Collection (1852-2014) includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and other items compiled by retired East Carolina University English professor emeritus Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives (1930-2016) relating primarily to the Hardee - Rives and related families of North Carolina and the United Kingdom, the history of Eastern North Carolina (especially Halifax County and the town of Enfield), the United Methodist Church in Eastern North Carolina, state and local and national politics, and his charitable and philanthropic interests. The earliest original documents cover the period from 1852 through the Civil War and World War I.

Biographical/historical information

Ralph Hardee Rives was born November 24, 1930, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Ralph Cooper Rives and Lossie Day Hardee Rives. After his mother's early death, his father remarried to Lossie's sister Blanche Hardee. He grew up in Halifax County, North Carolina, and called Enfield home. He attended Hardrawee Elementary School, graduated from Enfield High School, and received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from East Carolina Teachers' College (now East Carolina University) which he attended from 1948 to 1953. After serving two years in the United States Army, Dr. Rives attended the University of Virginia and taught for three years while completing his Doctorate in Education in Rhetoric degree in 1960. After receiving his doctorate, he joined the faculty of the Department of English at his alma mater, then called East Carolina College, from which he retired in 1992. He also attended summer programmes at Oxford University and the University of London.

Dr. Rives acted with the East Carolina Players, the Wyvern Players, and the St. John Players (both of Georgia) and directed productions in North Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia.

He was also a noted speaker in the United States and Great Britain and was the founder and first president of the (eastern North Carolina) Colonial Branch of the English-Speaking Union. He was an active member (and often the founder) of many historical and cultural organizations as well as being the author of numerous publications. His wide-ranging interests and activities included the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, the Coastal Plains Development Commission, the Halifax County Historical Association, the Pitt County Historical Society, the Society of the War of 1812 in North Carolina, the North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, St. Andrew's Society of North Carolina, and many others.

The Hardee-Rives Award for Dramatic Arts given by the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association was endowed by Ralph Hardee Rives in memory of his family, and he made the award's inaugural presentation in 2009.

Dr. Rives was enthusiastic about genealogy and local history and donated materials in twenty-eight separate collections in the East Carolina Manuscript Collection to preserve the history of eastern North Carolina and specifically Halifax County and Enfield. Ralph Hardee Rives died in Enfield, North Carolina, on May 20, 2016, and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Enfield. In his will, he established an endowment to be used to ensure continued preservation of the manuscript collections he started and to further development of the East Carolina Manuscript Collection.

Additional sources:

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Information from retired ECU English Professor Lorraine Hale Robinson.

Scope and arrangement

Among the correspondence in this collection are three letters dealing with the Civil War years. A letter (1862) from William R. Cheek while stationed at Camp Arrington, Virginia, relates the strategy the commander of the Merrimack employed against Union ships near Old Point in April, 1862. Two other letters (1864, 1865) of interest are from Eliza M. Groner to Sergt. George W. Davis, a Confederate prisoner of war in Elmira, New York.

A letter (1918) from Pvt. George Wynne, a member of the American Expeditionary Force in France, tells of such Allied activities as breaking the Kaiser's Hindenburg Line and liberating French civilians from the Germans. The letter also relates that the Americans are in good spirits and confident of victory.

A letter (1923) from Margaret Hardee describes the reaction in Pinehurst, N.C., to President Harding's death. Also included is a letter (1954) from George Wills describing the conditions in Maryland during Hurricane Hazel and the peaceful transition that the people of Baltimore were making in enforcing desegregation in the public schools as a result of the 1954 Supreme Court desegregation decision.

Of particular interest is an extensive sketch book (1857) containing sermons by Dr. William Henry Wills and lists of members of the Bethesda Church Sunday School. Dr. Wills (1809-1889), a native of Tarboro, was a founder and principal contributor to Bethesda Church, which was built in 1853. He was one of North Carolina's most distinguished nineteenth century clergymen and educators.

Other items include minutes of the organizational meetings (1856) of the Bethesda Church Sunday School and a list of the Sunday School members; a report card (1860) of Lucy Cary Wills from Elba Female Seminary; two party invitations (1860, 1865); a deed (1852), conveying the Bethesda Church property; Bethesda Church Roll (1890); a Certificate of the Brotherhood of the N.C. Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church (1905); notes concerning the location of the Elba Female Seminary, written by Lula Hunter Skillman (1966); an obituary (undated) from The Henderson Gold Leaf on the death of the Reverend J.H. Page; pictures of the Reverend William Henry Wills; and miscellaneous items.

Administrative information
Custodial History

October 18, 1967, Collection of Ralph Hardee Rives, consisting of correspondence (1862-1954), a deed, a church certificate, an obituary, church minutes, notebooks, a report card, invitations, church rolls, and pictures. Loaned for copying, May 1967, by Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives, Department of English, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.

January 13, 1970, (unprocessed addition 1), 5 items; correspondence, photographs, and programs. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives

January 20, 1970, (unprocessed addition 2), 130 items; Files for East Carolina Playhouse (1960-1962) and N. C. District Debate Contest (1961-1963) and miscellaneous. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives

February 18, 1970, (unprocessed addition 3), ca. 450 items; correspondence, clippings, reports, speeches, programs, articles, and miscellaneous. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

April 24, 1970, (unprocessed addition 4), 5 items; teacher's report form; cotton market report; The Methodist Protestant May 16, 1928; Our Church Record, June 23, September 29, 1898. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

September 18, 1970, (unprocessed addition 5), 32 items. 1 vol.; Record of Board of Trustees of N. C. Annual Conference of Methodist Protestant Church (1893-1938), correspondence, speech, leaflet, miscellaneous. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

October 14, 1971, (unprocessed addition 6), 13 items; Correspondence, scrapbook, miscellaneous. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

March 23, 1972, (unprocessed addition 7), ca. 150 items; correspondence (1971-1972) of English Speaking Union. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

March 10, 1976, (unprocessed addition 8), ca. 100 items; Correspondence (1964-1973), clippings, etc. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives

April 27, 1977, (unprocessed addition 9), 1 cu. ft.; papers (1952-1977) including correspondence, clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous materials. included are files of the Greenville, N.C. chapter of the English Speaking Union (1976-1977) and the Coastal Plains Development Assoc. (1974-1976). Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

October 22, 1979, (unprocessed addition 10), 9 items; a map, The Pointer (1904), and the progress (1906). Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

April 7, 1982, (unprocessed addition 11), 120 items; records (1978-1982) of the N.C. Victorian Society and personal correspondence (1956-1982). Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

April 16, 1985, (unprocessed addition 12), 20 items; scrapbook (1903-1935) of Katie Pitt Davenport Hardee and correspondence (1952-1985), primarily pertaining to E.C.U., Dr. Louise Greer, and Dr. Dora J. Ashe. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

April 30, 1986, (unprocessed addition 13), (restricted), 160 items; correspondence, programs, clippings, newsletters, etc., primarily pertaining the inauguration of Richard M. Nixon (1969), and the Jeffrey MacDonald case. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

December 29, 1987, (unprocessed addition 14), ca. 100 items; papers (1960-1986), including correspondence, clippings, photographs, and a manuscript Halifax county, N.C. history. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

June 21, 1989, (unprocessed addition 15), ca. 200 items; files on George Eastman, J. E. O'hara, the Rupert Brooke Centenary Celebration, the Albert Schweitzer concerts at UNC-Wilmington, and miscellaneous topics. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

May 15, 2002, (unprocessed addition 16),Collection (1923-2002, undated material, bulk: 1989-2002) of correspondence; biographical, genealogical and historical writings; newspaper clippings, photographic prints, printed materials, speeches and other items compiled by retired East Carolina University English professor, relating primarily to the Hardee - Rives and related families, the history of Eastern North Carolina, and the United Methodist Church in Eastern North Carolina. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

May 30, 2003, (unprocessed addition 17), 149 items; Collection (1959-2003; bulk: 1995-2003) of correspondence; newspaper clippings, printed materials, and other items compiled by retired East Carolina University English professor, relating primarily to the Hardee - Rives and related families of North Carolina and the United Kingdom, Collection (1959-2003; bulk: 1995-2003) of correspondence; newspaper clippings, printed materials, and other items compiled by retired East Carolina University English professor, relating primarily to the Hardee - Rives and related families of North Carolina and the United Kingdom, the history of Eastern North Carolina, and the United Methodist Church in Eastern North Carolina, and Rives' charitable and philanthropic interests.the history of Eastern North Carolina, and the United Methodist Church in Eastern North Carolina, and Rives' charitable and philanthropic interests. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

May 30, 2003, (unprocessed addition 18), 1,384 items; Collection (1910-1996; bulk 1961-1996, undated) of correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and other items compiled by retired East Carolina University English professor, relating primarily to the Halifax County, NC, Halifax County Historical Association, Historical Halifax Restoration Association, Enfield, NC, Tarboro, NC, genealogy, local and state politics, etc. See Preliminary Inventory. Donor: Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives.

September 4, 2002, (unprocessed addition 19), 1 box, 282 items, 282 p., 0.25 cubic feet; Collection (1969-1980, undated [Bulk: 1969-1971]) of color slides illustrating Pitt County, Eastern North Carolina and Virginia scenes including people, buildings, cemeteries, churches, courthouses, gardens, homes, roadside markers, rivers, schools and universities, etc.See Preliminary Inventory. Rec'd. 9/4/2002. Donor: Ralph Hardee Rives.

October 19, 2004, (unprocessed addition 20), 1 item, 0.01 cubic feet; Diploma (5/21/1920) of Katie Pitt Davenport from Creswell High School, Creswell, North Carolina; with biographical notes on verso. Rec'd. 10/19/2003. Katie Pitt Davenport, a student at East Carolina University, ca. 1920-1924, married Z. Ashley Hardee, of Enfield, NC in 1925, and was Ralph Hardee Rives' aunt, 1930-1935. Donor: Suellyn Lathrop, University Archivist, ECU.

June 23, 2006, (unprocessed addtion 21), 4 boxes and 1 oversized folder, 805 items, 1307 p., ca. 1.69 cubic feet; Collection (1908, 1938-2006, n.d.) of clippings and correspondence, especially with Prof. Lorraine Robinson and relating to the establishment of the Ralph Hardee Rives endowed professorship in the English Department at East Carolina University; ephemera, speeches and writings, printed materials; and architectural drawings related to Ralph Hardee Rives, of Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina. See preliminary inventory. Recd. 6/23/2006. RESTRICTION to 7/6/2036: No access to Correspondence with Lorraine Robinson, 1991-2006, without written permission of the donor for 30 years from the date of this donation receipt. See #24.38.d - #24.38.e. Donor: Ralph Hardee Rives.

September 19, 2006, (unprocessed addition 22), 3 boxes and 1 oversized folder, 298 items, 883 p., 0.969 cubic feet; Collection (1890-2006, n.d.) of correspondence, clippings, ephemera, speeches and writings, printed and oversized materials related to Ralph Hardee Rives, of Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina and his family; Panacea Springs, Littleton, NC; the William Richard Davie 250th Anniversary celebration; and the Parkview Hospital, Rocky Mount, NC 90th Anniversary celebration, etc. See preliminary inventory. Recd. 9/19/2006. Donor: Ralph Hardee Rives.

December 31, 1980, (unprocessed addition 23), 20 items, 29 p., 0.01 cubic feet; Correspondence and clippings, etc. (1949-1970, n.d.) relating to the early history of East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina and the students and faculty of the English Department. See preliminary inventory. Includes material relating to Prof. Gloria H. Blanton, Mamie J. Chandler, Dr. Lucile Charles, Mrs. C. D. Coston, Blanche M. Forbes, Mary H. Greene, Lois Gigsby, Emma L. Hooper, Alice Ann Horne, President Leo W. Jenkins, President J. D. Messick, Prof. M. N. Posey, Susie Williams Webb, Dean Ruth A. White, Mrs. Ruth Garner, and Edith Zinn. Recd. 12/31/1980. Donor: Ralph Hardee Rives.

August 16, 2007, (unprocessed addition 24), 2 boxes, 503 items, 928 p., 0.50 cubic feet; Correspondence and clippings, etc. (1962-2007 [Bulk: 2006-2007]) relating to the history of Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina, Rives family history and genealogy. See preliminary inventory. Recd. 8/16/2007. Donor: Ralph Hardee Rives.

November 7, 2006, (unprocessed addition 25), 4 items, 7 p., 0.002 cubic feet; Letters received (2005-2006) by Prof. Lorraine Hale Robinson of the English Department at East Carolina University from Prof. (Emeritus) Ralph Hardee Rives, of Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina formerly of the ECU English Department. Recd. 11/7/2006. Donor: Lorraine Hale Robinson.

November 21, 2006, (unprocessed addition 26), 7 items, 10 p., 0.003 cubic feet; Correspondence (2005-2006) between Prof. Lorraine Hale Robinson of the English Department at East Carolina University and Prof. (Emeritus) Ralph Hardee Rives, of Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina formerly of the ECU English Department.Recd. 11/21/2006. Donor: Lorraine Hale Robinson.

August 16, 2007, (unprocessed addition 27), 3 boxes and 1 oversized folder, 234 items, 551 p., 1.00 cubic feet; Collection (1949, 2003-2006, n.d.) of correspondence, clippings, photographic prints, relating to the establishment of the Ralph Hardee Rives endowed professorship in the English Department at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. See preliminary inventory. Recd. 8/16/2007. RESTRICTION to 10/2/2037. No access without written permission of the donor for 30 years from the date of this donation receipt (10/2/2037). See also Ralph Hardee Rives Collection (Addition #21) #24.38.a-#24.41.os1. Donor: Ralph Hardee Rives.

September 2, 2009, (unprocessed addition 28), 1 box, 34 items, 75 p., 0.02 cubic feet; Correspondence (2006-2009) between Prof. Lorraine Hale Robinson of the English Department at East Carolina University and Prof. (Emeritus) Ralph Hardee Rives, of Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina formerly of the ECU English Department and copies of her letters to Prof. Rives. Originals and photocopies. See preliminary inventory. Recd. 9/2/2009. Donor: Lorraine Hale Robinson.

October 25, 2011, (unprocessed addition 29), 1 folder, 30 items, 0.02 cubic feet; Papers include correspondence (2009–2011) of which the majority is letters written to Prof. Lorraine Hale Robinson of the English Department at East Carolina University from Prof. (Emeritus) Ralph Hardee Rives, of Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina, formerly of the ECU English Department. Also included are a clipping and a photograph. Donor: Lorraine Hale Robinson.

September 11, 2012, (unprocessed addition 30), 2.70 cubic feet; Papers include correspondence and clippings for 1954 through 2011, photographs of Ralph H. Rives, his father Ralph C. Rives, and John Peter Wynn, speeches (and related material) made to the Halifax Day celebrations (2008, 2011) and the N.C. Bar Association's Senior Lawyers Division 2010 meeting, material related to the Victorian Society in America (1984-2001) and printed material (1977-2011) such as brochures, programs, church bulletins and newsletters. The correspondence is with friends, professional colleagues, museums and historic sites, institutions of higher learning and conservative political groups and candidates. Donor: Ralph Hardee Rives.

September 13, 2012, (unprocessed addition 31), 14 items, 0.02 cubic feet; Papers include correspondence (2009–2012) written to Prof. Lorraine Hale Robinson of the English Department at East Carolina University by Prof. (Emeritus) Ralph Hardee Rives, of Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina, formerly of the ECU English Department. Donor: Lorraine Hale Robinson.

August 6, 2015, (unprocessed addition 32), 6 items, 0.01 cubic feet; Papers include correspondence (2012) written to Prof. Lorraine Hale Robinson of the English Department at East Carolina University by Prof. (Emeritus) Ralph Hardee Rives, of Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina, formerly of the ECU English Department. Donor: Lorraine Hale Robinson.

August 6, 2015, (unprocessed addition 33), 12 items, 0.02 cubic feet; Papers include correspondence (June 2012-2014) written to retired Prof. Lorraine Hale Robinson formerly of the English Department at East Carolina University by Prof. (Emeritus) Ralph Hardee Rives, of Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina, also formerly of the ECU English Department. Donor: Lorraine Hale Robinson.

November 23, 2016, (unprocessed addition 34), 6.0 cubic feet; This addition includes materials belonging to Dr. Rives that were donated from his estate. Included are nine photograph albums; two have photographs dating from the late 1800s into the early 1900s (some are tintypes) and are largely of identified family members, one has photographs of Dr. Rives acting in plays, and six albums contain mostly unidentified photographs from early to mid-20th century. Loose photographs are identified as members of the Hardee and Rives families. Other items included are funeral books for his mother Blanche Hardee Rives, family Bibles, postcard album (early 20th century), Eden Methodist Protestant Church (Halifax Co.) membership roll, a scrapbook of get well cards sent to Dr. Rives when he had surgery in 1939 as a child, and children's books (1917-1937) belonging to Rives. Donor: Susan Fraser Dahl on behalf of the Ralph Hardee Rives estate.

September 18, 2018, (unprocessed addition 35), 0.15 cubic feet; Papers include correspondence (2015, undated) written to retired East Carolina University English Prof. Lorraine Hale Robinson by ECU English Prof. (Emeritus) Ralph Hardee Rives, of Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina. Also included are program and brochures related to the 1997 opening season at the reconstructed Globe Theatre, special issue of The Oxford Eagle (Oxford, Mississippi) related to William Faulkner (1976), and clippings (1980, 1989) and a section of the September 8, 1974, The Sunday Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) related to H. L. Mencken. Donor: Lorraine Hale Robinson.

December 19, 2022, (unprocessed accession 36), 0.25 cubic feet; Correspondence (1992-2003, undated) between Mary Boccaccio (Manuscript Curator, Academic Library Services, East Carolina University) and Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives, Professor Emeritus of English at East Carolina University. Transferred from Mary Boccaccio's office files as Manuscript Curator, Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University.

Source of acquisition

Loaned by Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives

Gift by Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives

Gift by Suellyn Lathrop, University Archivist, ECU

Gift by Lorraine Hale Robinson

Gift of Susan Fraser Dahl (for the Ralph Hardee Rives estate)

Transfer from Mary Boccaccio, Manuscript Curator, ECU

Processing information

Processed by D. Lennon

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Descriptions updated by Jennifer Overstreet, July 2020

Copyright notice

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

Related material

For Related Collections see:

Rives-Dalton Family Papers East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Blanche Hardee Rives Papers East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

James Redding Rives II Papers East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Gerda Nischan Papers East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Mamie Ella Pittman Hardee Collection East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

John Gaston Rives, Jr. Family Papers East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Key terms
Personal Names
Groner, Eliza M.--Correspondence
Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
Page, J. H.
Wills, William Henry
Wynne, George--Correspondence
Corporate Names
Bethesda Church (Halifax County, N.C.)
Elba Female Seminary (Halifax County, N.C.)
Merrimack (Frigate)
Methodist Protestant Church (U.S. : 1830-1939). North Carolina Conference
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
Topical
Hurricane Hazel, 1954
School integration--Maryland--Baltimore
Places
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Correspondence, 1971
Box 1 Folder b Correspondence, 1972
Box 1 Folder c Correspondence, 1973
Box 1 Folder d Correspondence, 1974
Box 1 Folder e Correspondence, 1975
Box 1 Folder f Correspondence, 1976
Box 2 Folder a Correspondence, 1977
Box 2 Folder b Correspondence, 1978-1985
Box 2 Folder c Correspondence, 1990-2002
Box 2 Folder d Booklets, Announcements and Reports, 1976-1978
Box 2 Folder e Correspondence, 1952-2010
Box 2 Folder f Booklets, 1967-1976
Box 2 Folder g Newspaper Clippings, 1962-1985
Box 3 Folder a Correspondence, 1962-1963
Box 3 Folder b Correspondence, 1960-1965
Box 3 Folder c Correspondence, 1973-1977
Box 3 Folder d Correspondence Concerning Dr. Kathleen Ollerenshaw's Lecture Tour, 1965
Box 3 Folder e Reports, Notes, and Publications, 1959-1997
Box 3 Folder f Newspaper Articles, 1962-1965
Box 3 Folder g Correspondence, 1980-1981
Box 3 Folder h Correspondence, 1981-1982
Box 4 Folder a Correspondence, 1984-2001
Box 4 Folder b Newspaper Clippings, 1980-1988
Box 4 Folder c Newspaper Articles, 1981-1985
Box 4 Folder d Pamphlets and Booklets, 1980-1986
Box 4 Folder e Correspondence, 1964-1967
Box 4 Folder f Correspondence, 1971
Box 4 Folder g National and North Carolina Society Sons of the American Revolution Correspondence, 1972
Box 4 Folder h Correspondence, 1976-2006
Box 4 Folder i Correspondence, undated
Box 4 Folder j Newspaper Clippings, 1969-1973
Box 5 Folder a Correspondence, 1973
Box 5 Folder b Correspondence, 1974
Box 5 Folder c Miscellaneous Items, 1926-1973
Box 5 Folder d Enfield Academy Correspondence, 1965-1980
Box 5 Folder e Sons of Confederate Veterans Correspondence, 1968-1986
Box 5 Folder f Roanoke Chowan Group Correspondence, 1966-1968
Box 5 Folder g Coastal Plains Development Association, INC Correspondence, 1974-1976
Box 5 Folder h United Daughters of the Confederacy Correspondence, 1941-1989
Box 5 Folder i United Daughters of the Confederacy Newspaper Clippings and Other Material, 1957-1971
Box 5 Folder j Order of the Stars and Bars Correspondence, 1969-1971
Box 5 Folder k The Society of the War of 1812 Correspondence, 1972-1989
Box 5 Folder l St. Andrew's Society of North Carolina INC, Correspondence and other Miscellaneous Material, 1977-1997
Box 6 Folder a St. Andrew's Society of North Carolina INC, Correspondence and other Miscellaneous Material, 1973-1977
Box 6 Folder b Newspaper Articles concerning the Historical Association and Halifax County, 1962-1993
Box 6 Folder c Correspondence and Other Halifax County Material, 1966-1976
Box 6 Folder d Historic Halifax Material, 1970-2008
Box 6 Folder e Newspaper Clippings, 1966-1998
Box 6 Folder f Halifax County and Eastern North Carolina Newspaper Clippings, 1961-1997
Box 6 Folder g Newspaper Clippings, 1993-1995
Box 6 Folder h Articles Concerning the Growth of Black Education in Halifax County, NC, 1927-1995
Box 6 Folder i Halifax County Genealogical Society Newsletter, 1990-1995
Box 7 Folder a Historical Data Concerning George Eastman and Eastman High School, Halifax, NC, 1930-1987
Box 7 Folder b Gone With The Wind Photo of George S. Prichard Jr, Littleton, NC, 1936-2000
Box 7 Folder c Bell - Sherrod House, Enfield, NC, 1995
Box 7 Folder d Enfield Academy Correspondence, 1963-1969
Box 7 Folder e George Bradburn Curtis Letters and Historical Sketch, 1959-1995
Box 7 Folder f Mary B. Sherod, Enfield, NC, 2000-2001
Box 7 Folder g Speeches Given by Dr. Ralph H. Rives at the Halifax Day Celebrations and Related Correspondence, 2008-2011
Box 7 Folder h Halifax County Historical Data, 1921-1996
Box 7 Folder i Enfield Lion/Lioness Club's Memorial Lists, 1991-2004
Box 7 Folder j Letter From J. L. Mischaux to J. E. Hunter, 1894
Box 7 Folder k Kaleidoscope: Halifax County library Library Newsletter, 1990-1997
Box 7 Folder l Madoc's Vinyard Correspondence and Clippings, 1971-1982
Box 7 Folder m Cromwell-Crowell Family Genealogy Correspondence, 1992-1993
Box 7 Folder n Scotland Neck Newspaper Article Concerning the Halifax Resolves, 1956
Box 7 Folder o N.C. Bar Association Senior Lawyers Division Meeting Booklets and Clippings, 2010
Box 7 Folder p Rural Electrification Program, Halifax County, 1939
Box 7 Folder q Halifax Garden Club Correspondence, 1997
Box 8 Folder a Speech Given by Ralph H. Rives to the N.C. Bar Association concerning the Halifax Resolves, 2010
Box 8 Folder b The Historical Halifax Restoration Association Correspondence and Other Material, 1970-2010
Box 8 Folder c Miscellaneous Historical Society Correspondence, 1963-2005
Box 8 Folder d Miscellaneous Historical Society Correspondence, 1967-2005
Box 8 Folder e Miscellaneous Historical Society Correspondence, 1958-1981
Box 8 Folder f Tryon Palace Correspondence, 1960-1971
Box 8 Folder h Pitt County Historical Society Correspondence, 1969-1990
Box 8 Folder i Northhampton Historical Society Correspondence, 1970-1976
Box 8 Folder j Society of the War of 1812 in North Carolina Material, 1972-1982
Box 8 Folder k The 1812 War Cry Newsletter, 2006-2010
Box 8 Folder l Pitt County Historical Society and Pitt County Newspaper Clipping, 1989-1990, undated
Box 9 Folder a The Secretary's Record of the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Branch, 1893-1938
Box 9 Folder b Methodist Church Programs and Articles, 1966-1996
Box 9 Folder c North Carolina Wesleyan College Correspondence, 1965-1988
Box 9 Folder d North Carolina Wesleyan College Correspondence and Material, 1877-2005
Box 9 Folder e Methodist Church and Organization Correspondence, 1936-1960
Box 9 Folder f Methodist Church and Organization Correspondence, 1960-1966
Box 9 Folder g Methodist Church and Organization Correspondence, 1967-1969
Box 10 Folder a Methodist Church Correspondence, 1970-1972
Box 10 Folder b Methodist Church and organization Correspondence, 1972-1974
Box 10 Folder c Methodist Church and Organzation Correspondence, 1974
Box 10 Folder d Methodist Church and Organzation Correspondence, 1975
Box 10 Folder e Methodist Church and Organization Correspondence, 1975-1977
Box 10 Folder f Methodist Church and organization Articles, Programs and Conference Reports, 1910-1975
Box 11 Folder a The United Methodist Church and Methodist Organization Correspondence, 1966-1999, undated
Box 11 Folder b United Methodist and Methodist Church Organization Correspondence, 1978-1979
Box 11 Folder c United Methodist and Methodist Church Organization Correspondence, 1980-1989
Box 11 Folder d United Methodist and Methodist Church Organization Correspondence, 1990-2005
Box 11 Folder e Methodist Church History Material, 1934-1974
Box 11 Folder f Methodist Church History Material, 1953, 1970
Box 12 Folder a Methodist Church Newspaper Clippings, 1912-1997
Box 12 Folder b Littleton United Methodist Church Correspondence and Material, 1908-2005
Box 12 Folder c Littleton Female College Newspaper Clipping, 1960-1995
Box 12 Folder d Correspondence with Flora MacDonalds College Publications, 1951-2003
Box 12 Folder e North Carolina Methodist Church Programs, News Articles and other Material, 1946-1998
Box 12 Folder f International Methodist Church Booklets and Historical Material, 1899-1981
Box 12 Folder g Newspaper Clippings Concerning the Methodist Church, 1910-2000
Box 12 Folder h Methodist Church Programs, Articles and Correspondence, 1899-2001
Box 12 Folder i World Methodist Church Pamphlets and Programs, 1975-1976
Box 12 Folder j Methodist Church Correspondence, 1998
Box 12 Folder k Church Programs and Material, 1971-2010
Box 13 Folder a Methodist Church and Organization Correspondence, 1976
Box 13 Folder b Methodist Minister Biographies, undated
Box 13 Folder c Methodist Minister Biograpahies, 1931, 1966, undated
Box 13 Folder d North Carolina Methodist Protestant Church Board of Trustees Meeting Reports, 1910-1936
Box 13 Folder e Methodist Church Programs, 1964-1982
Box 13 Folder f Methodist Church and Littleton College Newspaper Clippings, 1965-1992
Box 13 Folder g Whitakers Chapel Correspondence, 1978-1994
Box 13 Folder h Whitakers Chapel Programs and Newspaper Clippings, 1966-1996
Box 13 Folder i Lee's Chapel Historical Material, 1936-1970
Box 13 Folder j Newspaper Clippings, 1954-2011
Box 13 Folder k The Pointer, Enfield Grade School Publication, 1904-1905
Box 13 Folder l The Daily Herald, Roanoke Rapids Newspaper Clippings, 1963-1974
Box 13 Folder m Newspaper Clippings, 1962-1992
Box 13 Folder n Research Correspondence and primary Docuements Concerning Elba Seminary, 1852-1966
Box 13 Folder o , 1788
Box 14 Folder a Assorted Newspaper Clippings with Articles Written by Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives, 1958-1983
Box 14 Folder b Thad Stem Correspondence, 1964-1970
Box 14 Folder c James E. O'Hara Research Correspondence, 1970-1974
Box 14 Folder d Eastern N.C. Private Academy Newspaper Clippings, 1960-1982
Box 14 Folder e Roanoke Rapids Centennial, 1963-1997
Box 14 Folder f Panacea Springs Articles and NC Historical Review Correspondence, 1963-1965
Box 14 Folder g Panacea Springs Article Illustrations, 1890-1930
Box 14 Folder h Panacea Springs Article Clipppings, 1890-1996
Box 14 Folder i Panacea Springs, North Carolina and other Mineral Springs Newspaper Clippings, 1965-1998
Box 14 Folder j Panacea Springs Article Research Correspondence, 1894-1966
Box 15 Folder a Panacea Springs Article Research Notes, 1890-1965
Box 15 Folder b Park View Hospital, Rocky Mt. School of Nursing Alumnae Association 90th Anniversary Banquet, 2004-2006
Box 15 Folder c Tobacco Quota and Peanut Quota Buy Outs, 2001-2005
Box 15 Folder d Clippings of Various Women's Obituaries, 1962-2007
Box 15 Folder e N. C. Historical Bookletts, 1962-1996
0024-s9-b15-ff Various Historical Letters by Enfield Residents, 1888-1914
Box 15 Folder g Photographic Prints of Ralph H. Rives and Blanch H. Rives, 1930, 1962-1964
Box 15 Folder h Material Concerning Blanche H. Rives and J. W. Hardee, 1931-1981
Box 15 Folder i Correspondence Between Ralph H. Rives and Blanche H. Rives, and Correspondence Concerning the Pitt Family, 1915-1980
Box 15 Folder j Correspondence Between Ralph H. Rives and Blanche H. Rives, and Correspondence Concerning the Pitt Family, 1949-1952
Box 16 Folder a Correspondence Between Ralph H. Rives and Blanche H. Rives, 1953-1959
Box 16 Folder b Ralph H. Rives and Blanche H. Rives Family Letters
Box 16 Folder c Ralph H. Rives and Blanche H. Rives Family Letters
Box 16 Folder d Ralph H. Rives and Blanche H. Rives Family Letters
Box 17 Folder a Katie Pitt Davenport Hardee Family Letters, 1935-1974
Box 17 Folder b James Washington Hardee Family Letters, 1897-1933
Box 17 Folder c James Washington Hardee Family Letters, 1883-1942
Box 17 Folder d James Washington Hardee Account Books, Certificates, and Insurance Documents, 1893, 1906, 1921, undated
Box 17 Folder e Ralph Cooper Rives Family Letters, 1930-1968
Box 17 Folder f Margaret Hardee Kennedy Family Letters, 1920-1940
Box 17 Folder g Hardee Family Papers, 1878-1978
Box 18 Folder a Letters and Correspondence to and Concerning family Members, 1952-2011
Box 18 Folder b Correspondence with Distant Relatives, 1966-2004
Box 18 Folder c Photographs of Ralph H. Rives and Family Members, undated
Box 18 Folder d Biographical and Geneaological Clippings and Correspondence, 1960, 1972, 1974, 1986, 1991, undated
Box 18 Folder e Dixie Howell, Cousin of Ralph H. Rives, Biographical Material, 1911-1989
Box 18 Folder f Ralph H. Rives Biographical Material, 1954-2017
Box 18 Folder g Clippings Concerning Ralph H. Rives Family, 1890, 1961-1999, undated
Box 18 Folder h Membership Certificate of the Great Lodge of State for James Weashington Hardee, 1940
Box 18 Folder i Certificate of Recognition Issued to Ralph H. Rives by Secretary of Defence, 1998
Box 18 Folder j Ralph C. Rives's Ledger Book, 1949-1954
Box 19 Folder a Correspondence Concerning Ralph H. Rives Search for Government Employment, 1949-1977
Box 19 Folder b Ralph. H. Rives Correspondence with Government Agencies, 1951-1993
Box 19 Folder c Ralph H. Rives Political Correspondence, 1956-1989
Box 19 Folder d Ralph H. Rives Political Correspondence, 1969-1989
Box 19 Folder e Ralph H. Rives Political Correspondence, 1993-2006
Box 19 Folder f Material Concerning the 1969 Inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1969
Box 19 Folder g Political Correspondence and Material, 1971-1973
Box 19 Folder h Correspondence and Articles Concerning Chief Justice Parker, 1964-1981
Box 19 Folder i Newspaper Articles Concerning Republican Party, 1969-1974
Box 19 Folder j Invitation to Attend the 1969 Inauguration, 1969
Box 19 Folder k Newspaper Articles Concerning governor George Wallace, 1967, 1971, 1986, undated
Box 19 Folder l Ralph H. Rives Correspondence with the White House Concerning the Nixon Administration, 1969-1973
Box 19 Folder m Photo Prints of Senator Jesse Helms, undated
Box 20 Folder a Republican Senatorial Inner Circle, 2001
Box 20 Folder b Newspaper Clippings Concerning Death of Everett McKinley Dirksen, 1969
Box 20 Folder c Letter From Ronald Reagan to Ralph H. Rives, 1967
Box 20 Folder d Newspaper Articles Concerning Election of 1964, 1964-1989
Box 20 Folder e 25th Anniversary Commission of Accomplishment Certificate Awarded to Ralph H. Rives by the Republican Presidential Task Force, 2006
Box 20 Folder f Photo Prints of George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle, 1988
Box 20 Folder g Certificates and Correspondence Concerning Ralph H. Rives Honorable Discharge from the Military, 1961
Box 20 Folder h Assorted Correspondence and Material Concerning the Albert Schweitzer Concert, 1988
Box 20 Folder i East Carolina Playhouse Material, 1960-1968
Box 20 Folder j Theater and Drama Correspondence, 1951-1977
Box 20 Folder k Theater and Drama Correspondence, 1950-1965
Box 20 Folder l ECU Participationn in the Reconstruction of Shakespeares Globe Theatre in London, 1994
Box 20 Folder m Correspondence Concerning a Play Ralph H. Rives Edited for Tarun Roy, 1965-1968
Box 21 Folder a Copies of the Play "Nishachar", undated
Box 21 Folder b Theatre and Drama Correspondence, 1950-1997
Box 21 Folder c Assorted Correspondence Concerning Ralph H. Rives Speaking and Lecture History, 1956-1998
Box 21 Folder d Assorted Correspondence Concerning Ralph H. Rives Publications, 1961-1968
Box 21 Folder e Clippings Concerning Ralph H. Rives Speaking and Lecture History, 1961-1992
Box 21 Folder f Newspaper Articles Written by Ralph H. Rives, 1959-1969
Box 21 Folder g Assorted Correspondence Related to Ralph H. Rives Academic Activity, 1964-1969
Box 21 Folder h Clippings Concerning Ralph Hardee Rives Speaking, 1960-1961, 1964, 1971, 1983, undated
Box 21 Folder i Theatre and Drama Correspondence, 1966-2000
Box 22 Folder a Publications and Correspondence Concerning Publications by Ralph H. Rives, 1959-1997
Box 22 Folder b Publications and Correspondence Concerning Ralph H. Rives, 1958-1991
Box 22 Folder c Correspondence Concerning the University of London's Summer School, 1977
Box 22 Folder d Correspondence Concerning Ralph H. Rives Search for Jobs in Academia, 1951-1959
Box 22 Folder e Biographical and Autobiographical Sketches and related Correspondence, 1973-1980
Box 22 Folder f Correspondence Concerning Ralph H. Rives Search for Jobs in Academia, 1955-1973
Box 22 Folder g Correspondence and Material Concerning Ralph H. Rives Research on Woodrow Wilson, 1923-1965
Box 22 Folder h Cooperative Work in Agriculture and Home Economics State of North Carolina Correspondence, 1949-1963
Box 22 Folder i Literary Society Correspondence, 1961-1973
Box 22 Folder j Correspondence Concerning Andre M. Bayens, French Ambassador, Speaking tour in N. C., 1969
Box 22 Folder k Letters and Correspondence, 1945-1956
Box 23 Folder a Correspondence, 1950-1959
Box 23 Folder b Personal Letters to Ralph H. Rives, 1956-1964
Box 23 Folder c Correspondence, 1960-1966
Box 23 Folder d Letters and Correspondence, 1962-1967
Box 23 Folder e Letters and Correspondence, 1948-1969
Box 23 Folder f Correspondence, 1962-1969
Box 23 Folder g Correspondence, 1960-1969
Box 23 Folder h Correspondence, 1962-1969
Box 23 Folder i Correspondence, 1962-1969
Box 24 Folder a Correspondence, 1970-1971
Box 24 Folder b Correspondence, 1972
Box 24 Folder c Correspondence, 1973
Box 24 Folder d Correspondence, 1974
Box 24 Folder e Correspondence, 1975
Box 24 Folder f Correspondence, 1976
Box 24 Folder g Correspondence, 1977
Box 24 Folder h Correspondence, 1978
Box 24 Folder i Correspondence, 1979
Box 25 Folder a Correspondence, 1970-1976
Box 25 Folder b Correspondence, 1974-1975
Box 25 Folder c Correspondence, 1972-1977
Box 25 Folder d Correspondence, 1972-1979
Box 25 Folder e Correspondence, 1970-1980
Box 25 Folder f Correspondence, 1977-1989
Box 25 Folder g Correspondence, 1980
Box 25 Folder h Correspondence, 1980-1989
Box 25 Folder i Correspondence, 1980
Box 25 Folder j Richard Adams and Related Correspondence, 1986-1990
Box 25 Folder k Rupert Brooke Centenary Correspondence and Material, 1987
Box 25 Folder l Gone With the Wind 50th Anniversary Celebration, Jonesboro G. A. Correspondence and Material, 1986
Box 26 Folder a Correspondence, 1980
Box 26 Folder b Personal Correspondence, 1981
Box 26 Folder c Personal Correspondence, 1981-1982
Box 26 Folder d Correspondence, 1985-1989
Box 26 Folder e Correspondence, 1990-1998
Box 26 Folder f Correspondence, 1990-1997
Box 27 Folder a Correspondence, 1990-1992
Box 27 Folder b Correspondence, 1991-1997
Box 27 Folder c Personal Correspondence, 1990-1999
Box 27 Folder d Larry Wheeler, N. C. Museum of Art, Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 1995-2000
Box 27 Folder e Correspondence, 1993-2002
Box 27 Folder f Correspondence, 1990-1999
Box 28 Folder a Correspondence Concerning Tennessee Williams, 1993-1995
Box 28 Folder b Correspondence Concerning Tennessee Williams, 1996
Box 28 Folder c Correspondence Concerning Tennessee Williams, 1997-2011
Box 28 Folder d Correspondence, 2006
Box 28 Folder e William R. Davie Semiquincentenial Celebration Correspondence, Clippings and Research Material, 2005-2006
Box 28 Folder f Ephemera - Brochures, Flyers, Invitations, Programs, and other Miscellaneous, 2003-2006
Box 28 Folder g Periodicals, 2003-2006
Box 29 Folder a Letters to Lorraine Robinson, 2004-2006
Box 29 Folder b Frances W. Sanders Correspondence, 1993-2007
Box 29 Folder c Faringdon Free Church Cemetary Trust Correspondence, 1999-2007
Box 29 Folder d Correspondence, 2000-2002
Box 29 Folder e Correspondence, 2004
Box 29 Folder f Correspondence, 2005
Box 29 Folder g Correspondence, 2005
Box 30 Folder a Friends and Family Letters Received, 2004-2005
Box 30 Folder b Friends and Family Letters Received, 2003-2006
Box 30 Folder c Friends and Family Letters Received, 2004-2005
Box 30 Folder d Friends and Family Letters Received, 2004-2005
Box 31 Folder a Correspondence, 2006-2007
Box 31 Folder b Correspondence, 2007
Box 31 Folder c Correspondence, 2007
Box 31 Folder d Correspondence, 2008
Box 31 Folder e Correspondence, 2008
Box 31 Folder f Correspondence, 2009
Box 32 Folder a Correspondence, 2006
Box 32 Folder b Correspondence, 2007
Box 32 Folder c Correspondence, 2009
Box 32 Folder d Correspondence, 2010
Box 32 Folder e Correspondence, 2010
Box 32 Folder f Correspondence, 2010
Box 32 Folder g Correspondence, 2010-2011
Box 32 Folder h Correspondence, 1971-2006
Box 33 Folder a Correspondence, 2001-2011
Box 33 Folder b Correspondence, 2006-2007
Box 33 Folder c Correspondence, 2010
Box 33 Folder d Correspondence, 2011
Box 33 Folder e Correspondence, 2011
Box 33 Folder f Newsletters, 2003-2010
Box 34 Folder a Correspondence and Material Concerning the Hardee Rives Cup, 2007-2009
Box 34 Folder b Correspondence and Material Concerning the Hardee Rives Cup, 2009
Box 34 Folder c Boyd Family Memorial Newsletters, 2008-2010
Box 34 Folder d Material Concerning the Death of Franceine Rees (Former Student of Dr. Rives), 2009
Box 34 Folder e Dr. Lucille Turner Correspondence, 1949-1972
Box 34 Folder f Letters from Mr and Mrs. Boseman, 1951-1963
Box 34 Folder g Correspondence with Friends from New Zealand, 1958-1972
Box 35 Folder a Catherine Marshall Letters, 1954-1972
Box 35 Folder b Thornton Wilder Society Correspondence, 1967-2006
Box 35 Folder c East Carolina University Personnel Records and Correspondence, 1974-1993
Box 35 Folder d Correspondence, 2001-2003
Box 35 Folder e Newspaper Clippings, 2005-2006
Box 35 Folder f Bernice Kelly Correspondence, 1964-1973, undated