Murfreesboro Historical Association Collection: Barnes Family Papers

1875-1985
Manuscript Collection #0691-008
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Barnes Family
Physical description
2.5 Cubic Feet, 6 document cases
Preferred Citation
Murfreesboro Historical Association Collection: Barnes Family Papers (#0691-008), 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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This collection contains papers and ephemera (1875-1985) pertaining to the Barnes Family of Murfreesboro, North Carolina, and the surrounding area. Included are correspondence, land records, photographs, genealogy notes, wills, obituaries, programs, autograph book (1884), report cards from Wesleyan Female College and UNC Chapel Hill, poetry, and accounts.

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Custodial History

August 21, 2023, (unprocessed), 2.5 cubic feet; This collection contains papers and ephemera (1875-1985) pertaining to the Barnes Family of Murfreesboro, North Carolina, and the surrounding area. Included are correspondence, land records, photographs, genealogy notes, wills, obituaries, programs, autograph book (1884), report cards from Wesleyan Female College and UNC Chapel Hill, poetry, and accounts. The material pertains to David Alexander Barnes (born 1819, died 1892) and his wife Bettie Vaughan, and their children Bessie Vaughan, David Collin Sr. (and wife Irene A. Smith), Sarah Louisa, and Annie Rosa Caroline, and to three grandchildren David Collin Barnes, Jr., Helen Augusta Barnes (Chambliss), and Alexander Hall Barnes. Gift of Murfreesboro Historical Association via President James E. Moore.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Murfreesboro Historical Association

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Related material

For Related Collections see: David A. Barnes Papers #3484 Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

David Collin Barnes Papers #4750 Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Container list
Box 1 Correspondence with David C. Barnes Sr. and his wife Irene A. Smith Barnes, 1891-1980s
Box 2 Photographs, family record book, baby book, legal transactions, land and financial records, wills, ephemera, play programs, 1898-1983
Box 3 Correspondence, photographs, pocket notebook, obituaries and name card, 1875-1908
Box 3 Autograph book, correspondence, poetry, and convocation program, 1884-1958
Box 3 Correspondence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student grades, and business correspondence, 1893-1894, 1931-1954
Box 4 Correspondence, 1930s-1962
Box 5 Correspondence, 1962-1985; and photographs
Box 6 1969 appraisal (with photographs) of Uriah Vaughan's Heirs Property in Murfreesboro, North Carolina; certificates, clippings, programs, and catalog
Box 6 Correspondence, report cards from Wesleyan Female College (Murfreesboro, North Carolina), photograph and ephemera, 1887-1949
Box 6 Correspondence and photographs, 1936-1965