Jessamine Shumate Collection

1953-2011
Manuscript Collection #1334
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Creator(s)
Hadden, Robert Lee, 1951-; Shumate, Jessamine, 1902-1990
Physical description
1.0 Cubic Feet, 2 boxes and an oversize folder, consisting of historical chronology maps and publications
Preferred Citation
Jessamine Shumate Collection (#1334), 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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Jessamine Shumate (1902-1990), a native of Henry County, Virginia, was an artist, historian, and cartographer. She died in Greenville, North Carolina, where her daughters were living.

Biographical/historical information

This collection includes works by her including three historical maps of Guilford County, NC, Henry County, VA, and of Virginia; a broadside Chronology of Henry County History and her book My Memoirs. Also included are two books written by Jessamine Shumate's grandson Robert Lee Hadden, Ada Jessamine Shumate (1902-1990): Her Life and Art: A Collection of Her Paintings, Prints and Accomplishments (2011) and The Shamrock and the Fleur De Lys: The Family Histories of the William James Hadden Family and the Whitney Shumate Family (1990).

Scope and arrangement

Box 1 consists of historical maps and histories of Guilford County and Pitt County on that have been printed on wood. The oversize folders contain historical maps of various counties in Virginia and North Carolina both painted and printed. Dates range from 1961-1962, undated.

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Custodial History

September 21, 2018, 2.5 cubic feet; Jessamine Shumate (1902-1990), a native of Henry County, Virginia, was an artist, historian, and cartographer. She died in Greenville, North Carolina, where her daughters were living. This collection includes works by her including three historical maps of Guilford County, NC, Henry County, VA, and of Virginia; a broadside Chronology of Henry County History and her book My Memoirs. Also included are two books written by Jessamine Shumate's grandson Robert Lee Hadden, Ada Jessamine Shumate (1902-1990): Her Life and Art: A Collection of Her Paintings, Prints and Accomplishments (2011) and The Shamrock and the Fleur De Lys: The Family Histories of the William James Hadden Family and the Whitney Shumate Family (1990). Gift of the Shumate Family c/o Robert Lee Hadden.

Source of acquisition

Gift of the Shumate Family c/o Robert Lee Hadden.

Processing information

Descriptions Updated 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
Personal Names
Shumate, Jessamine, 1902-1990
Topical
Women artists--Virginia--Henry County
Women cartographers--Virginia--Henry County
Women historians--Virginia--Henry County
Places
Guilford County (N.C.)--Maps
Henry County (Va.)--Maps
Pitt County (N.C.)--Maps
Container list
Box 1 Historical Map of Pitt County, Oversize Print on Wood, 1961
Box 1 Chronology of Pitt County History, Oversize Print on Wood, Undated
Box 1 Historical Map of Guilford County, Oversize Print on Wood, 1962
Box 1 Historical Map of Pitt county, Oversize Print on Wood, 1961
Box 1 Chronology of Pitt County History, Oversize Print on Wood, Undated
Oversize Folder 1 Chronology of Henry County History, 2 Copies, Printed Document, Undated
Oversize Folder 1 Historical Map of Virginia, painted, 1959
Oversize Folder 1 Historical Map of Guilford County, printed., 1962
Oversize Folder 1 Historical Map of Henry County, printed. 2 Copies., Undated
Oversize Folder 1 Historical Map of Guilford County, printed., 1962
Oversize Folder 1 Historical Map of Guilford County, painted., 1962
Oversize Folder 1 Historical Map of Pitt County, painted., 1961
Oversize Folder 1 Chronology of Pitt County History, printed., Undated
Oversize Folder 1 Historical Map of Pitt County, printed., 1961