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This collection contains a journal (December 15, 1861-April 15, 1865) kept by Isaac Liscomb, Master (Commander) of the U.S. Brig Dragoon. Dragoon was a private merchant vessel (formerly called the Remington) leased or purchased by the Union Army for use in the Civil War. As part of General Burnside's fleet, the Dragoon was involved in the Battle of Roanoke Island. Liscomb kept detailed accounts of that battle and of the voyages the ship made during the Civil War to transport troops and supplies to ports including Port Royal and Folly Island (SC), Pensacola (FL), and Morehead City (NC).
Items from Jean Penn Walker Doss' education, professional, and personal life that were donated by her niece Susan Boyd.
Papers (1882-1954, undated [bulk 1882-1920]) of U. S. Navy surgeon, including correspondence, reports, and miscellany.
Papers (1736–2018) including correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, personal and family materials, printed materials, and photographic materials collected by E. Frank Stephenson Jr. relating to the Benjamin B. Winborne Family, the R. J. Gatling Family, E. Frank Stephenson Jr., and other people in North Carolina and Virginia, especially the Murfreesboro, North Carolina, area. The documents were collected by E. Frank Stephenson Jr. for research use while writing numerous historical publications and to make the items available for other researchers to utilize. Many of Mr. Stephenson's publications are also included in the collection.
In this oral history interview, Joseph Crutchfield, Jr. speaks about his childhood, his experiences as a student at East Carolina University, his career as a teacher, and his involvement in indigenous organizations.
Collection (1871-1970, undated) including correspondence, photographs, postcards, and printed material relating to the Stancill Family.
Papers (1944-1945) including correspondence, incoming and outgoing intelligence logbooks, financial reports, orders and a travel account and miscellany.
Papers (1911-1967) consisting of correspondence, magazine, scrapbooks, pamphlets, clippings and miscellaneous.
Oral history interview (4/11/2004) by A. Thomas Adams, her son, in Greenville, NC, pertaining to Faye B. Adams' life (1935-2004) in rural eastern North Carolina, East Carolina Teachers College, and as a teacher during the integration of the Greenville, NC city schools. 3 items. 6 p. 1 audio cassette (1 p.); 1 interview description dated 4/27/2004 (4 p. typescript), 1 oral history agreement dated 4/11/2004 (1 p.) Note: Oral history in fulfillment of Dr. LuAnn Jones' History 5135 (Spring 2004) class requirements. Oral History Agreement signed by Faye B. Adams and A. Thomas Adams, 4/12/2004. See also related Lu Ann Jones Collection #798.2.a.
Oral history interview (11/1/2003) by Joseph Kenneth Mayner, her nephew, in Clayton, Sampson County, NC, pertaining to Kathryn Mayner Harrifeld's life (1956-2003), education, church and religion, farm life, history of Autryville, N.C. 4 items. 15 p. 1 audio cassette (1 p.); 1 interview index (1 p.); 1 interview transcription, dated 11/1/2003 (12 p. typescript); 1 oral history agreement dated 11/1/2003 (1 p.) Note: Oral history in fulfillment of Dr. LuAnn Jones' History 5135 (Spring 2003) class requirements. Oral History Agreement signed by Kathryn Mayner Harrifeld and Joseph Kenneth Mayner, 11/1/2003. See also related LuAnn Jones Collection #798.4.f.
Included is a logbook/scrapbook kept by Henry A. Phelon (1831-1902) who served as an acting Master in the Union Navy (1862-1865) during the Civil War. Orders, holograph letters, dispatches, handwritten copies of documents, and newspaper clippings glued into this scrapbook chronicle his wartime service under Rear Admiral Samuel P. Lee with the Blockading Squadron off the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina on the U.S. Steamers Shawsheen, Monticello, and Daylight, and U.S. Ironclad Steamers Canonicus and Atlanta. Later clippings (through 1900) and documents pertain to his post-war years, most of which was spent in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
Papers (1943-1946), including diary entries, newsletters, programs, menus, and other materials reflecting service aboard the USS Wisconsin.
Papers (1859-1928) including correspondence, receipts, oath of allegiance, etc. relating primarily to the Civil War and local conditions.
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