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Papers (1864-1944) consisting of correspondence, financial papers, an account book, nine scrapbooks, and miscellaneous.

This photograph album documents mission trips in the 1920s to Mozambique, Zambia, to Pretoria, Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, and Portugal.

The collection includes letters (July 1918-March 1919) written by family members and friends in Jamesville, Martin County, North Carolina, to Asa J. Hardison while he was in World War I service with a medical detachment at Camp Greenleaf at Fort Oglethorpe in Chickamauga Park in Georgia and then at Camp Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. Also included are two letters (1909-1910) written by Maggie Roberson (Martha Ann Whitley Roberson) of Jamesville to her brother.

Contained in the collection are notebooks, pamphlets, photographs and negatives from Boice's time at the University of Pennsylvania and his career afterwards.

Collection (1954-1780, 1861-1866, 1916) consisting of letters, Revolutionary War currency and Civil War money.

Papers (1914) consisting of carbon copies, letters, position of stock, law, legislation.

Diary (Sept. 1943-Dec. 1944) of Joseph John Valinsky, a sailor aboard the USS Monterey, kept during World War II duty in the Pacific, along with correspondence, certificates, and military service identification cards.

Regni Mexicani seu Nova Hispania, Ludovicianae, N. Anglia. . . (ca. 1759). 18 by 21-3/4 image size. 2-1/2 to 3 inch matting. 27 by 30-1/4 inch frame. Included on this map is the location of Quivira, one of the lost "Seven Cities of Gold" sought by Spanish explorers in the 16th Century. Engravings of natives and ships in margins. Smudge of color in Native American image. Small dark mark in Central America area. Folds at center. Hand-colored. Contains a fleur watermark and a countermark. Location: Vault.

Regni Mexicani seu Nova Hispania, Ludovicianae, N. Anglia. . . (ca. 1759). 18 by 21-3/4 image size. 2-1/2 to 3 inch matting. 27 by 30-1/4 inch frame. Included on this map is the location of Quivira, one of the lost "Seven Cities of Gold" sought by Spanish explorers in the 16th Century. Engravings of natives and ships in margins. Smudge of color in Native American image. Small dark mark in Central America area. Folds at center. Hand-colored. Contains a fleur watermark and a countermark. Location: Vault.

Papers (1870-1981, undated) compiled by Mary Lee Pittman Post, concerning her family, education at Greenville High School and East Carolina Teachers College, and her teaching career at Currituck Elementary School, including photographic prints, correspondence, financial records, printed forms and printed materials relating to the Pittman, Coffield and related families of Currituck, Greenville, Scotland Neck, and Tillery, in Currituck, Pitt, and Halifax counties, North Carolina.

Files (1717-1957) of Murfreesboro, N.C. lawyers and Hertford County, N.C. officals, including correspondence, legal files, reports, financial records, etc. of B.B. Winborne, Attorney at Law, Winborne & Lawrence, Winborne and Winborne, Lemuel R. Jernigan and James L. Anderson.

This collection contains materials that date from Dowell's time as a student at East Carolina Teachers Training school and her subsequent teaching career. It contains awards received from both civic and professional organizations, clippings, personal artifacts, and scholarly works including her Masters Thesis.

Includes Dr. Hunt's military records.

This collection contains correspondence (1928-2013) between Hattie Lou Cannon Schneider in Tampa, Florida, and her mother and sister and other family members in Pitt County, N.C. The earliest letters were written by Hattie Lou as a child living in Pitt County and a few letters were written to her before and right after her marriage to Charles Leland Schneider, Sr., in 1945 when she was stationed as a WAVE at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. Also included are photocopies of two photographs, family history charts, and an autograph book which belonged to Hattie Lou Cannon when she was a member of the 1935 Senior Class at Winterville High School in Pitt County, N.C.

The Phoenix Historical Society: African American History of Edgecombe County was founded in 2001 to recover, record, and promote the unique history of Edgecombe County (North Carolina) as experienced by members of its African American community. This collection contains the society's official records, brochures, event programs, and publications related to research, community events and sponsored projects.