Albright Family Papers
ca. 1915, 1967
Manuscript Collection #70
- Creator(s)
- Albright family; Albright, Augustus Garland
- Physical description
- 0.16 Cubic Feet, 1 archival box , photocopies and typescript
- Preferred Citation
- Albright Family Papers (#70), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Typescript of manuscript written by Augustus Garland Albright (ca. 1915) with updates by Claude Overman (1967).
Biographical/historical information
Augustus Garland Albright was born on March 21, 1875, in Hoxie, Arkansas. He married Annie Dowdy from Alabama on January 12, 1908, and the couple had at least three children together. In 1915, Albright began to study the lineage of the Albright Family, which traces back to the royal houses of Hapsburg and Lorraine in the Holy Roman Empire.
Written February 2024
Scope and arrangement
This collection, made up entirely by Mr. A. G. Albright's family genealogy book, Data on the Albright Family, traces the lineage of the Albright family from the early twentieth century back to the royal houses of Hapsburg and Lorraine in the Holy Roman Empire. From Germany, Albright traces the roots of his family to Pennsylvania and from there to North Carolina and elsewhere in the United States.
Administrative information
Custodial History
November 20, 1968, 90 pages, copy, history of Albright family. Gift of Miss Joy Albright, Mebane, N.C.
January 25, 2017(unprocessed addition), 0.05 cu. ft.; This is a typescript of the manuscript (updated ca. 1967) of Some Data on the Albright Family by Augustus Garland Albright. It is a ca. 110-page typescript with handwritten material, and includes clippings, programs, and other materials related to the family members. Four additional pages of family information are also included. Specifically covered, starting in 1725, are Albright family members descended from Hendrich Albrecht from Germany whose sons settled in New York and Pennsylvania. The children of Hendrich's son John settled in Guilford Courthouse and Orange Co., N.C. Gift of John Franklin Albright, Jr. via Alex Albright.
Source of acquisition
Gift of Miss Joy Albright
Gift of John Franklin Albright, Jr.
Processing information
Processed by M. Quintanilla, November 1986
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Key terms
Family Names
Albright family
Topical
German Americans--North Carolina--Genealogy
Container list
Box 1 Folder a
Typescript on the Albright Family, Undated
Box 1 Folder b
Original Manuscript, Undated