Burroughs Wellcome Genealogy Club Collection

ca. 1995-1996
Manuscript Collection #1106
Creator(s)
Physical description
0.25 Cubic Feet, 1 item
Preferred Citation
Burroughs Wellcome Genealogy Club Collection (#1106), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
No restrictions

This collection contains materials compiled and published by the Burroughs Wellcome Genealogy Club of Greenville, NC. The club, founded by Jean Marie Duff, was associated with the Burroughs Wellcome Fund in Triangle Park, NC. Included in the collection are family Bible records from 23 families in the eastern states.


Biographical/historical information

The Burroughs Wellcome Genealogy Club was a genealogy club located in Greenville, NC. The club collected records of various families in the eastern states, including Bible records from families of Pitt County, NC. The club was founded by Jean Marie Duff (1926-2017). The club was associated with the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, a non-profit organization in Research Triangle Park, NC, that provides funding for scientific research, education, and advancement.

Written 2023


Scope and arrangement

This collection consists of a manuscript compiled and published by the Burroughs Wellcome Genealogy Club. The manuscript includes a Table of Contents, information copied, and type scripted from 23 family bibles and an index of names.


Administrative information
Custodial History

August 21, 2007 (unprocessed) 1 item, 0.25 cubic feet; Bible Records from Eastern States (ca. 1995-1996), the manuscript of a book compiled and published by the Burroughs Wellcome Genealogy Club, Greenville, North Carolina ©1997, using information copied from family bibles. Table of Contents & Index. Photocopy. Typescript & Facsimile. Donor: Linda I. Tyndall

Source of acquisition

Gift of Linda I. Tyndall

Processing information

Encoded by Mark Custer, January 3, 2008

Copyright notice

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


Key terms
Topical
Bible records--United States