Doris Croom Outlaw Collection

circa 1934-2000, undated
Manuscript Collection #756
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Creator(s)
Croom family; Outlaw, Doris Croom; Outlaw, Nancy Sue
Physical description
9 Cubic Feet, 18 boxes
Preferred Citation
Doris Croom Outlaw Collection (#756), 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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Genealogical files (undated) pertaining to the Croom family, related families, and the Croom reunions in Sandy Bottom, Lenoir County, North Carolina, including correspondence, research notes, programs, family histories, genealogical charts, clippings, and miscellany. Also includes a school project created by Doris Croom Outlaw's daughter Nancy Sue Outlaw at age 14 in 1963 which includes information about her family history background and experiences in her home life and school life in Kinston, North Carolina, and contains photographs.

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February 20, 1998 (unprocessed), 4 cubic feet; Genealogical files pertaining to the Croom family, related families, and the Croom reunions, including correspondence, research notes, programs, family histories, genealogical charts, clippings, and miscellany. Donor: Descendants of Doris C. Outlaw.

August 24, 2000 (unprocessed addition 1),.4 cubic feet; Genealogical files, including correspondence, research notes, family histories, genealogical charts, clippings, and miscellany. Donor: William E. "Mickey" Elmore.

June 14, 2024 (unprocessed addition 2), 0.10 cubuc feet; A school project produced by Nancy Sue Outlaw of Kinston, North Carolina, in 1963 at the age of 14 titled "I Was Born An Outlaw." It is broken up into four sections titled My Heritage, My Memories, My Hopes, and My Heart (philosophy of life). She documents her father Alvin Outlaw's family history in Duplin County, North Carolina, and her mother Doris Eloise Croom Outlaw's Croom family history in Lenoir County, North Carolina. Included are many photographs of her grandparents, parents, siblings, friends, pets and herself as she relates very frankly all the important things that have happened in her life within her family setting and in her school setting. Donor: William E. "Mickey" Elmore.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Mr. William E. "Mickey" Elmore

Gift of Descendants of Doris Croom Outlaw

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

Key terms
Family Names
Croom family
Crump family
Container list
Box 1 Croom Reunion Papers
Box 2 Croom Family Book
Box 3 Gunn/Lykins Letters, Speeches
Box 4 Croom Family Records
Box 5 Outlaw Genealogy, Newspaper Articles, Business Letters
Box 6 Ledger, Book Sections, Outlaw Records
Box 7 Mailing Lists, Croom Descendants
Box 8 Research Guide, Pictures
Box 9 Croom Descendants
Box 10 Letters, Songs, Newspaper Articles, Charts
Box 11 Photocopies
Box 12 Croom Records, Gravestone Inscriptions
Box 13 Croom Letters, Hester Papers
Box 14 West Family, Charts and References, Partnership
Box 15 Croom Records
Box 16 Croom Family Supplement Pages
Box 17 Receipts
Box 18 Committee Directory, Silent Auction, Celebrity Servers. Genealogical files, including correspondence, research notes, family histories, genealogical charts, clippings. Also school project written by Nancy Sue Outlaw in 1963 concerning her family and school life in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, until age 14 and gives Croom and Outlaw family history information.