Papers (ca. 1857-1962) of the Barnhill and Roebuck families of Robersonville, Martin County, N.C., including correspondence and scrapbooks related to school life at Davenport College in Lenoir, N.C., and St. Mary's School in Raleigh, N.C., and Fairfax Hall in Basic, Va., in the 1910s and 1920s, and college life (1929-1930) at East Carolina Teachers' College (now East Carolina University) in Greenville, N.C. Also included are financial records and land records (especially for the Roebuck family for the 1870s through the 1920s), photographs and ECTC annuals.
Administrative information
Custodial History
January 14, 2012, (unprocessed) 3.5 cubic feet; Papers (ca. 1857-1962) of the Barnhill and Roebuck families of Robersonville, Martin County, N.C., including correspondence (related to the school lives of Maybelle and Marjorie Barnhill while at Davenport College in Lenoir and St. Mary's School in Raleigh, N.C., and Fairfax Hall in Basic, Va., in the 1910s and 1920s, and to Marjorie Roebuck's life including her college years at East Carolina Teachers' College), financial records and land records (especially for the Roebuck family for the 1870s through the 1920s), photographs, three Tecoans (ECTC annuals) and scrapbooks. The scrapbooks relate to student life at ECTC and at Davenport College. Donor: Nancy Barnhill Aycock
Source of acquisition
Gift of Nancy Barnhill Aycock
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Container list
1182
Digitized Material
Box 1
Letters to Maybelle Barnhill, 1916-1927, undated. Letters to Majorie Barnhill, 1911-1917, undated., 1911-1927
Box 2
Letters to Marjorie Barnhill, 1918-1962, undated. Letters to and from the Barnhill parents, family, and friends, 1916-1962, undated., 1916-1962
Box 3 Folder a
Family Genealogy
Box 3 Folder b
Miscellaneous Ephemera: Includes Mother's Day cards, graduation and recital programs, report cards, meeting minutes of the Kehukee Primitive Baptist Association, and materials related to the American Red Cross, specifically the campaign against tuberculosis. 1917-1990, undated
Box 3 Folder c
Family Financial Memo Books. The book marked just "Memorandum" on the cover contains a note on the second to last page: "James A. Robuck and Maggie Leggett was marryed Febuary 9th 1896." 1893-1916, undated
Box 3 Folder d
Farm Ledgers, 1959-1960
Box 4
ECTC "Tecoan" Yearbooks, 1926, 1929, 1930. New York Memory Book belonging to Majorie Barnhill, 1920. Newspapers and clippings, 1967., 1920-1967
Box 5 Folder a
Post Cards from around the United States, primarily North Carolina and Virginia, and some from abroad. 1906-1966
Box 5 Folder c
Barnhill-Roebuck Family Friends and Miscellaneous Photographs: Includes two photographs of the Rainbow Gun Club in Hamilton, NC. ca. 1920s-1930s
Box 5 Folder d
Photographs of Unknown Identification: Includes a tintype of a young woman and 4 tobacco-related photographs. ca. 1860s-1930s
Box 5 Folder e
Tintype Photo Album (Subjects Unknown): Tintype and Black & White photographs removed from a photo album. ca. 1860s-1900
Box 5 Folder f
18 Black & White Photographs and associated negatives, ca. 1920s
Box 6 Folder b
Photograph of unknown young woman
Box 7
Photograph albums.
Box 8
Scrapbook.
Box 9
Postcard and letter from 1930, miscellaneous photographs and 1 photograph album.
Box 10
Maybelle Barnhill's Scrapbook (unbound), pages Title-69., 1919-1921
Box 11 Folder a
Barnhill-Roebuck Family Deeds, 1858-1921
Box 11 Folder b
Barnhill-Roebuck Family Financial Documents, 1888-1956
Box 11 Folder c
Barnhill-Roebuck Family Legal Documents, 1883-1943
Box 11 Folder d
Barnhill-Roebuck Family Wills, 1891, 1922
Box 11 Folder e
Rainbow Gun Club Incorporated Correspondence, 1956-1958
Box 12 Folder a
Letters from Maybelle's Friends, Other Correspondence, and Ephemera: Papers are from time spent at Anderson College, SC, primarily play and recital programs. Also includes some information on the Lanier Literary Society. 1922-1923
Box 12 Folder b
Post Cards, Party Invitations, and Misc. Ephemera related to Maybelle Barnhill while at Anderson College, SC. early 1920s
Box 12 Folder c
Holiday Post Cards and Greeting Cards to Maybelle Barnhill, ca. early 1920s
Box 13
Contents of Maybelle's Thought Box: Mostly composed of loose ephemera that was intended for a scrapbook. Includes name cards, event tickets, and other material related to events Maybelle attended, including notes from the Lanier Literary Society. 1921-1923
Oversize Folder os1
Items include: a handwritten legal document detailing a case between M.A. Roberson, H.L. Wynn, and Joseph D. Wynn, dated February 27, 1890; a black and white photograph of the Robersonville High School Party at Washington, D.C., dated May 1928 [?]; and a diploma for Marjorie Ellen Roebuck from East Carolina Teachers College, June 2, 1930.