Zora Ashley Hardee Papers

1890-2000, undated
Manuscript Collection #919
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2.45 Cubic Feet, 4 containers
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Zora Ashley Hardee Papers (#919), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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June 13, 2003 (unprocessed) 267 items, 1.0 cubic feet; Papers (1904-1963, undated) of a wealthy tobacco, cotton, peanut planter, who was also a businessman & justice of the peace Pinecrest Farm, Enfield, North Carolina including manuscripts, photographic prints, printed forms, and printed materials, etc. relating to his family, including J. W. Hardee and Katie Davenport; his education & military service during World War I; his farming & commercial activities; & his religious and fraternal associations, etc. Donor: Ralph Hardee Rives

October 14, 2006 (unprocessed addition 1) 459 items, 1.45 cubic feet; Papers (1890-2000, undated) of a wealthy tobacco, cotton and peanut planter from Pinecrest Farm, Enfield, NC, who served in World War I, as a justice of the peace, and as a member of the Historic Eden Methodist Protestant Church and of the Farmers Union, and including materials relating to his family, friends, education, social life, marriages, business, military, and farming activities, and including manuscripts, photographic prints, printed forms, and printed materials, etc. Donor: Ralph Hardee Rives

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Gift of Ralph Hardee Rives

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Encoded by Mark Custer, January 3, 2008

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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
Personal Names
Davenport, Katie
Hardee, J. W.
Hardee, Zora Ashley, 1890-1978
Topical
Businesspeople--North Carolina--Enfield
Farmers--North Carolina--Enfield
Justices of the peace--North Carolina
World War, 1914-1918
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Bank of Enfield, North Carolina files (1921-1928) 5 items. 18 p
Box 1 Folder b Buies Creek Academy files (1912-1914) including correspondence, photographs, grade cards & printed materials, etc. 28 items. 91 p
Box 1 Folder c Buies Creek Academy files (1912-1914) spelling notebooks. 3 items. 91 p
Box 1 Folder d Commercial and Farmers Bank, Enfield, North Carolina records (1911-1917) including checks cashed, deposit slips & statements, etc. 33 items. 200 p
Box 1 Folder e Commercial and Farmers Bank, Enfield, North Carolina records (1918-1919) including checks cashed, deposit slips, statements & agricultural lien & loan, etc. 22 items. 164 p
Box 1 Folder f Commercial and Farmers Bank, Enfield, North Carolina records (1920-1921) including checks cashed, deposit slips & statements, etc. 23 items. 151 p
Box 1 Folder g Commercial and Farmers Bank, Enfield, North Carolina records (1922-1924) including checks cashed, deposit slips & statements, etc. 24 items. 174 p
Box 1 Folder h Cotton & Peanut sales receipts, agreements, etc. (1922-1958, undated) 5 items. 49 p
Box 1 Folder i Ephemera (1923-1958, undated) 5 items. 5 p
Box 1 Folder j Z. A. Hardee - J. W. Morris contracts (1918 & 1921) for farming purposes. 2 items. 3 p. Note: sharecropping agreements. 1921 agreement unsigned
Box 1 Folder k Hardware receipts (1911-1927) 6 items. 12 p
Box 1 Folder l Hartford Fire Insurance Company policy (1922) insuring tobacco sheds. 1 item. 5 p
Box 1 Folder m Hartford Fire Insurance Company policy (1925-1926) insuring retail general store and contents. 1 item. 5 p
Box 1 Folder n Justice of the Peace, Halifax County, North Carolina commission (1921) printed form & envelope. 1 item. 2 p. Note: Signed by Governor Cameron Morrison & Secretary of State J. Bryan Grimes
Box 1 Folder o Leaf Tobacco sales receipts (1912-1923, undated) 7 items. 40 p
Box 1 Folder p Medical bills (1912-1923, undated) 5 items. 11 p
Box 1 Folder q Miscellaneous bills & receipts (1917-1958, undated) 19 items. 27 p
Box 1 Folder r Motor Vehicle license information (1919-1927) 6 items. 23 p
Box 1 Folder s New York Life Insurance Company loan (1924) 1 item. 3 p
Box 1 Folder t New York Life Insurance Company policy file (1912-1923) 12 items. 72 p
Box 1 Folder u Portriat of Z. A. Hardee (1920) in protective folder. Photographic print. 1 item. 3 p
Box 1 Folder v Programs (1920, undated) of Bear Swamp School commencement & performance of "The Womanless Wedding" sponsored by the Ladies' Aid Society of the M. P. and Baptist Churches, Enfield, NC. Printed. 2 items. 3 p
Box 1 Folder w Tax Receipts (1915-1921) Enfield Township, Halifax County, North Carolina. Printed forms. 12 items. 12 p. Note: Includes Special Poll Tax & Special Road Tax
Box 1 Folder x William Rufus Walker letter & obituary clipping (9/30/1963) to Mr. & Mrs. Z. A. Hardee. 2 items. 4 p. Note: Comments on teaching in North Carolina prisons & execution of Eden Mills
Box 1 Folder y War Risk Insurance correspondence (1920-1924) with U. S. Treasury Department including payment receipts & printed materials. 16 items. 97 p
Box 1 Folder z Weaver Fertilizer Company files (1945, 1956) 4 items. 12 p
Box 1 Folder za World War I files (1918-1941, undated) including clippings, correspondence & military service records, etc. 8 items. 13 p. Note: Zora Ashley Hardee served in the Quartermaster Corps
Box 1 Folder zb J.W. Hardee S. E. Ledger (1904) containing accounts for Dock Davis, Thad Davis, Enfield Farmers Warehouse Co., Handy Brown & Alonzo Willey. 1 item. 24 p. used out of 174 p. Note: Single Entry Ledger
Box 1 Folder zc J. W. Hardee - Z. A. Hardee Day Book (1923-1926) for sawmill accounts. 1 item. 20 p. used out of 60 p
Box 1 Folder zd Historic Views of Gettysburg: Illustrations in Half-Tone of all the Important Views and Historical Places on the Gettysburg Battlefield, by Robert C. Miller. (Gettysburg, PA: Jennie Wade Museum, J. I. Mumper, Custodian, c [1912]) Pamphlet & Mailing envelope. 11.75" x 9.25" 2 items. 27 p. Note: envelope torn
Box 1 Folder ze Pamphlets & Brochures, etc. (1912-1918, undated) Printed. 7 items. 36 p. Note: Religious and agricultural subjects
Box 1 Folder zf Methodist Protestant Church Hymnal, The: Containing also the Ritual and Selections from Scripture for Responsive Reading. Baltimore * Pittsburgh: Board of Publication of the Methodist Protestant Church, 1919) Book. 1 item. 225 p. Note: Inscribed: "Property of Eden Church Please leave at seat."
Box 2 Folder a Salle B._____, Mt. Olive, NC. Letters (1919-1920) 2 items. 10 p
Box 2 Folder b Annie B. Belle, Enfield, NC. Letters (1912-1913) 6 items. 18 p
Box 2 Folder c Katie Bennett, Enfield, NC. Letters (1911) 1 item. 2 p
Box 2 Folder d Rom T. Daniel, Heathsville, NC. Letters (1912) 2 items. 12 p
Box 2 Folder e Commercial and Farmers Bank, Enfield, NC. File (1913) including checks cashed, deposit slips & statements, etc. 6 items. 31 p
Box 2 Folder f Jennie Lewis Cousins, Enfield, NC. Letters & Postcards (1910-1912) 21 items. 73 p. Note: Jennie Lewis (Mrs. Newbill W. Cousins, born 6/12/1890 - died 7/29/1979
Box 2 Folder g Jennie Lewis Cousins, Enfield, NC. Letters, Postcards & Photographic prints (1913-1914) 19 items. 88 p. Note: Jennie Lewis (Mrs. Newbill W. Cousins, born 6/12/1890 - died 7/29/1979
Box 2 Folder h Davenport Family. Correspondence & Clippings (1933-1997) 9 items. 42 p. Note: Includes Mary Davenport Murray will
Box 2 Folder i Harvey Chester Durham, Enfield, NC. Wedding invitation (1923) 1 item. 4 p
Box 2 Folder j Ephemera (undated) 2 items. 2 p
Box 2 Folder k Juanita Hammer, High Point, NC. Letters (1922) 1 item. 3 p
Box 2 Folder l Mr. & Mrs. Asa Hardee, Henderson, NC. Letters (1913) 1 item. 2 p
Box 2 Folder m Cecil Exum Hardee, Pinehurst, NC. Letters, Photographic prints, Financial papers, etc. (1911-1964, undated); also materials relating to his widow, Margaret Hardee Kennerly. 35 items. 101 p. Note: C. E. Hardee was Zora Ashley Hardee's brother. He was born 2/9/1886, died 1/15/1919 of influenza. His widow later married H. C. Kennerly (See H. C. Kennerly Papers #109)
Box 2 Folder n James Washington Hardee, Enfield, NC. Clippings (1909-1942) 3 items. 3 p. Photocopies. Note: J. W. Hardee was Zora Ashley Hardee's father. He was born 7/17/1858m died 1/7/1942. These items were found in Zora Ashley Hardee's trunk after his death
Box 2 Folder p James Washington Hardee, Enfield, NC. Financial papers, etc.(1900-1942, undated) 22 items. 102 p. Note: J. W. Hardee was Zora Ashley Hardee's father. He was born 7/17/1858 and died 1/7/1942. These items were found in Zora Ashley Hardee's trunk after his death
Box 3 Folder a James Washington Hardee, Enfield, NC. Letters, etc. (1907-1993) 27 items. 141 p. Note: J. W. Hardee was Zora Ashley Hardee's father. He was born 7/17/1858m died 1/7/1942. These items were found in Zora Ashley Hardee's trunk after his death
Box 3 Folder b James Washington Hardee, Enfield, NC. Photographic prints (ca 1890s-1930s) 15 items. 15 p. Note: J. W. Hardee was Zora Ashley Hardee's father. He was born 7/17/1858m died 1/7/1942. These items were found in Zora Ashley Hardee's trunk after his death
Box 3 Folder c Junius Hardee. Lease of the Boone Place to Z. A. Hardee (5/12/1915) 1 item. 1 p. Note: For $50 per year. Junius was the brother of James Washington Hardee. The lease was witnessed by R. E. Hardee and Lonnie A. Williams
Box 3 Folder d Katie Davenport Hardee. Death and Funeral file (9/5 - 9/9/1935) including correspondence, etc. 24 items. 61 p. Note: Katie Davenport Hardee (1903-1935) was Mrs. Zora Ashley Hardee. The files consists mainly of sympathy cards & letters addressed to Zora Ashley Hardee and family
Box 3 Folder e Katie Davenport Hardee. Death and Funeral file (9/10 - 10/16/1935, 5/9/1965) including correspondence, etc. 24 items. 55 p. Note: Katie Davenport Hardee (1903-1935) was Mrs. Zora Ashley Hardee. The files consists mainly of sympathy cards & letters addressed to Zora Ashley Hardee and family
Box 3 Folder f Katie Davenport Hardee. Death and Funeral file (9/5 - 9/9/1935) including clippings & photographic prints. 7 items. 7 p. Note: Katie Davenport Hardee (1903-1935) was Mrs. Zora Ashley Hardee
Box 3 Folder g Katie Davenport Hardee. Engagement & Marriage file (1925-1935) including correspondence, etc. 27 items. 84 p. Note: Katie Davenport Hardee (1903-1935) was Mrs. Zora Ashley Hardee. File includes photographic prints & wedding announcements
Box 3 Folder h Mary E. Partin Hardee. Lease of Ned Gunter Farm to Z. A. Hardee (7/7/1919) 1 item. 1 p. Note: $75 per year. Witnessed by Annie B. Bennett. Mary E. Partin Hardee was the widow of Junius Hardee
Box 3 Folder i Paul Hardee, Enfield, NC. Letters (1935) 1 item. 3 p
Box 3 Folder j R. E. Hardee, Enfield, NC. Letters (1914) 1 item. 1 p
Box 3 Folder k Thelma W. Boyd Hardee, Enfield, NC. (ca 1930s-2000) including Photographic prints, obituary clippings & postcard.. 14 items. 14 p. Note: Thelma W. Boyd Hardee (1904-1999) was Zora Ashley Hardee's second wife. She graduated from ECTC in 1929
Box 3 Folder m Zora Ashley Hardee, Enfield, NC. (1965, 1978) appreciation & obituary. Ephemera. 2 items. 6 p
Box 3 Folder o T. J. High, Wilmington, NC. Letters (1913-1914) 2 items. 2 p. Note: Buies Creek Academy school friend
Box 4 Folder a Leola Salene Kivette, High Point, NC. Letters (1915-1920, undated) 6 items. 32 p. Note: includes 2 photographic prints & invitation to her wedding
Box 4 Folder b Marvin Kivette, High Point, NC. Letters (1912) 2 items. 5 p. Note: Buies Creek Academy school friend
Box 4 Folder c Lady Bug, Greensboro, NC. Letters & postcards (1912) 4 items. 15 p. Note: contains views of State Normal & Industrial College, Greensboro, NC
Box 4 Folder d Susia Locke, Enfield, NC. Letters & postcards (1911-1912) 4 items. 4 p
Box 4 Folder e Gary Walter Lloyd, Kenbridge, VA. Wedding invitation (1921) 1 item. 4 p
Box 4 Folder f Miscellaneous correspondence (1913-1918) 3 items. 14 p
Box 4 Folder g Miscellaneous postcards (1911-1913, undated) 19 items. 19 p
Box 4 Folder h Leola Motley, Littleton, NC. Postcards (1912) 3 items. 3 p
Box 4 Folder i rev. A. P. Mustain, Wake Forest, NC. Postcards (1912) 3 items. 3 p. Notes: Baptist clergyman, serving at Antioch Baptist Church, Enfield, NC
Box 4 Folder j W. W. Peek, Durham, NC. Letter (8/21/1912) Typed letter signed. 1 item. 2 p. Notes: Letter from headmaster of Trinity Park School responding to Z. A. Hardee's request for information. Peele later became a bishop
Box 4 Folder k Public High School is Better than Private High School, The (undated) by Z. A. Hardee. Holograph. 1 item. 1 p. Notes: school essay
Box 4 Folder l Raynor, _______, Enfield, NC. Letters & postcards (1912-1913) 5 items. 17 p
Box 4 Folder m Lossie Hardee Rives, Enfield, NC. Letters, clippings, photographic prints, etc. (1910-1930, undated) 19 items. 81 p. Notes: Zora Ashley Hardee's sister
Box 4 Folder o Annie Mae Sledge, Greensboro, NC, etc. Letters (1912-1923) 16 items. 24 p. Notes: Annie M. Sledge was Z. A. Hardee's fiance, ca. 1915-1919. File contains photographic prints of Pinecrest Farm, Enfield, NC
Box 4 Folder p Mary Inez [Surles], Proctorville, NC. Letters (1912-1914, undated) 18 items. 67 p
Box 4 Folder q Lonnie A. Williams, Raleigh, NC. Letters (1914) 1 item. 3 p. Notes: Lonnie A. Williams was Z. A. Hardee's foster brother
Box 4 Folder r Regulations for the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1911) 1 item. 70 p. Notes: inscribed: "Z. A. Hardee, B. C. A."
Folder os2 Z. A. Hardee - Kate Porenfort Marriage Certificate(6/28/1925) in the Methodist Protestant Church. Printed form. 1 item. 1 p. Notes: Singed by Pster R. L. Hitchcox, Criswell, NC; witnessed by C. N. Porenfort, Matilda Alexander & Mary Colan Jackson
Folder os1 Good Roads Proclamation by the Governor (9/27/1913) Broadside. 9.25" x 15.75" 1 item. 1 p. Signed by Governor Locke Craid & Jno. B. Kerr, Private Secretary. | Katie Davenport diploma (3/29/1916) from Washington County, North Carolina Public Schools, Grammar School Department. Printed form. 16.75" x 14" 1 item. 1 p. Note: Katie Davenport (10/29/1903-9/4/1935) married Zora Ashley "Dawsey" Hardee, of Pinecrest Farm, on 28 June 1925. | Masonic apron, for Enfield Lodge No. 447, A. F. & A. M., Enfield, North Carolina (1920) belonging to Z. A. Hardee. Leather with cotton string belt & protective flap. 14" x 11.75" 1 item. 2 p