Bruce Wilson Crabtree Memoir
ca. 1905-1945
Manuscript Collection #1409- Creator(s)
- Crabtree, Bruce Wilson
- Physical description
- 0.10 Cubic Feet, 1 half document case, consisting of memoir and an obituary
- Preferred Citation
- Bruce Wilson Crabtree Memoir (#1409), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions.
Memoir "Precious Memories. . .in My Life" by Wilson Crabtree (2006) about life experienced by the Crabtree and Oakley families in Rougemont, North Carolina, in Durham, Person, and Orange counties during the first half of the 20th Century. Family history and scanned photographs for the two families are given as well as documenting life in small diversified farms with tobacco as the cash crop. Accompanying the memoir is Mr. Crabtree's obituary.
Biographical/historical information
Bruce Wilson Crabtree was born on June 30, 1923, in Person County, North Carolina. He was the son of Joseph Lee Crabtree and Myrtle Wilson Crabtree. He married Frances Crabtree on October 8. 1949 and they had two children together; Rebecca Crabtree and Eugene Crabtree. After his first wife passed away from cancer in 1965, he remarried to Clara Jenkins on June 30, 1967. With her help, Bruce Crabtree would write his memoir, Precious Memories in my Life.
Arrangement
This collection includes a personal memoir written by Bruce Wilson Crabtree. Included are photocopied family photographs, a list of ancestors, his childhood home and chores, life on the farm, education, entertainment, church, community, and family. It is an unbound account that includes over 150 pages of information on his life.
Administrative information
Custodial History
July 15, 2022, (unprocessed), 0.10 cubic feet; Memoir "Precious Memories. . .in My Life" by Wilson Crabtree (2006) about life experienced by the Crabtree and Oakley families in Rougemont, North Carolina, in Durham, Person, and Orange counties during the first half of the 20th Century. Family history and scanned photographs for the two families are given as well as documenting life in small diversified farms with tobacco as the cash crop. Accompanying the memoir is Mr. Crabtree's obituary. Transferred from Joyner Library Administration via Ralph Scott.
Source of acquisition
Transferred from Joyner Library Administration via Ralph Scott
Copyright notice
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