Sallie Joyner Davis Collection
1754-1780, 1861-1866, 1916
Manuscript Collection #133- Creator(s)
- Davis, Sallie Joyner, 1871-1954
- Physical description
- 0.073 Cubic Feet, 20 items , letter, and currency
- Preferred Citation
- Sallie Joyner Davis Collection (#133), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Collection (1954-1780, 1861-1866, 1916) consisting of letters, Revolutionary War currency and Civil War money.
Biographical/historical information
Miss Sallie Joyner Davis (1871-1954) was a charter member of the faculty of East Carolina Teachers Training School. A native of Wayne County, she was a niece of Dr. J. Y. Joyner and a descendant of colonial printer James Davis. Miss Davis graduated from University of North Carolina at Greensboro and pursued graduate study at the University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, and the University of California. She taught history at East Carolina University from 1909 to 1945. (During this time period the university was known as East Carolina Teachers Training School and East Carolina Teachers College).
Scope and arrangement
The collection contains a letter (1916) from Colonel Fred A. Olds of the North Carolina Historical Commission to Miss Davis in which he proposes that East Carolina develop a historical collection. In order to encourage the collection, Colonel Olds enclosed a quantity of currency, including colonial proclamation money (1754, 1768, 1771), Revolutionary War currency (1780), and a variety of Civil War money. The letter describes the type of shelving needed for storing documents and provides commentary on the history of the currency.
Administrative information
Custodial History
Source of acquisition
Gift of Business Manager's Office, East Carolina University.
Processing information
Processed by D. Lennon, August 1975
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.
Metadata Rights Declaration
Key terms
Personal Names
Davis, Sallie Joyner, 1871-1954Olds, Fred A.--Correspondence
Corporate Names
East Carolina Teachers College--FacultyEast Carolina Teachers Training School--Faculty
East Carolina University--History
North Carolina Historical Commission
Topical
Paper money--United States--HistoryPlaces
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military currencyUnited States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Military currency
Wayne County (N.C.)
Container list
- Confederate fifty cent bill
- Confederate fifty cent bill
- Confederate five dollar bill
- Confederate one dollar bill
- Confederate ten dollar bill
- Confederate ten dollar bill
- Confederate ten dollar bill
- Confederate ten dollar bill
- Confederate twenty dollar bill
- Confederate twenty dollar bill
- Fifty dollars
- Five pounds
- One dollar
- One dollar
- Ten Shillings
- Twenty shillings
- Twenty shillings
- Twenty-five dollars
- Two hundred and fifty dollars