Carolyn Patterson Collection

ca. 1887-2007
Manuscript Collection #1089
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Creator(s)
Patterson, Carolyn
Physical description
0.01 Cubic Feet, 14 items
Preferred Citation
Carolyn Patterson Collection (#1089), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
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This collection contains letters, clippings, photographs, and historical information about Vanceboro, North Carolina.

Biographical/historical information

The town of Vanceboro has had three names: Durgantown, Swift Creek, and then Vanceboro. Vanceboro was named after Vance in 1877 when he ran for Governor and won. Vanceboro is in Craven County and now operates in the Mayor-Council form of government. The Vanceboro Farm Life Elementary School serves PK-5th grade in the Vanceboro area.

Scope and arrangement

This bulk of this collection are information about students in Vanceboro. This includes news clippings, images of their houses, and class photos. Other information is about Vanceboro history and letters.

Administrative information
Custodial History

December 11, 2006, 14 items, 0.01 cubic feet; Collection (ca. 1887-2007) of clippings, photographs, letters & historical accounts of Vanceboro, North Carolina. Photocopies, digital reproductions & typecripts. See preliminary inventory attached. Donor: Ms. Carolyn Patterson

Source of acquisition

Gift of Ms. Carolyn Patterson

Processing information

Encoded by Lindsay Flood, April 1, 2008

Processed by Ashlyn Racine, August 2023

Copyright notice

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

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Key terms
Places
Vanceboro (N.C.)--History
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Vanceboro, NC, by Helen McLawhorn (undated) transcribed by the Ms. Carolyn Patterson, 10/21/2006, covering the early history ca. 1791-1918. Typescript. 1 item. 2 p. Note: Helen McLawhorn was owner of the house that is now The Victorian Inn
Box 1 Folder b History of Vanceboro, by Ruth McLawhorn Wetherington (undated) transcribed by the Ms. Carolyn Patterson, 10/21/2006, covering the early history ca. 1791-1983. Typescript. 1 item. 7 p. Note: Ruth McLawhorn Wetherington was the mother of Janis Cameron
Box 1 Folder c Vanceboro School Portrait & list of students shown (1910, 1986). Photographic print & Typescript. Black & white. List of students (2006) who attended Vanceboro School, located on Farm Life Avenue, where the Medical Center & Wilkerson's are located, ca. 11/4/2006, and who appear in the photographic print. Note: Information received from Jannis Cannon by Cora White
Box 1 Folder d List of Vanceboro family homes (2006) that appear in the photographic print print filed oversized: #1089.1.os2 Typescript. 1 item. 3 p. Note: Photographic print was mailed to Vanceboro Library in 1986. Information received from Janis Wetherington Cannon
Box 1 Folder e Vanceboro School 1916 West Craven Highlights (12/11/1986), p. 12, clipping, showing students posed in front of the school with list of students' names. Photocopy. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder f Portrait & list of students who attended Vanceboro School 1916, reproduced from West Craven Highlights (12/11/1986), p. 12, clipping, showing students posed in front of the school with list of students' names. Photocopy. 2 items. 4 p. Note: Picture contributed by Mrs. Grarce Elks; Identification by Miss Cora White
Box 1 Folder g Vanceboro Wa: Craven Town was once Dugantown and Swift Creek; George Washington Stopped there for Lunch while en route to New Bern, (undated) by Mrs. H. E. Barrow, covering the history of Vanceboro, ca. 1791-1923. Photocopy. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder h Description and text (9/26/2006) of a Letter from Lydia Tingle, Belles Ferry, North Carolina dated 4/24/1887 or 1889, to "Uncle Kelly" pertaining to meeting her and Essie at Cowpen Landing; transcribed by Carolyn Patterson. Typescript. 1 item. 1 p. Note: Original letter owned by Elmer Ruth Willis Mills
Box 1 Folder i Vanceboro from the Air! (1944) including 2 aerial photographs & a list of homeowners that appear in the photographic print. Note: Photographic print was mailed to Vanceboro Library in 1986. Information received from Janis Wetherington Cannon