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Thomas Mann was born in 1718 in Hertford County, NC. He owned almost 4,000 acres of land in Edgecombe County at the time of his death in 1792. The collection spans 1745, 1752, and 1910 including a land grant to Thomas Mann from George II, a plat map of a servey of Nann's property, State Fair entry flags, and various fragmented documents. The strength of the collection is Thomas Mann's legacy.

Bible records (1787-1883) of Malachi and Fanny Waterfield, Knotts Island, Currituck County, NC

Genealogical charts, typescripts of records, two publications "Joshua's 'folks" and "Tucker Farms" about the Tuckers of Pitt County, North Carolina, written by Walter Tucker, and "A Little History of the Brooks Family" about Tuckers and Brooks written by Rachel Hord.

This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records (ca. 1830s-1870s, especially 1850s-1860s) related to Bladen County, North Carolina. Most of material is addressed to William Hendon White, who was Hugh A. Clark's great grandfather. W. H. White was sheriff of Bladen County during the early Reconstruction years (definitely 1866-1867 and perhaps longer) and there are communications with the 2nd Military District for this period. A lot of the correspondence is between W. H. White and his brother George Montgomery White (1828-1860) during the early 1850s while George was working on his 1853 A. B. degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Papers (1922-[1937]1954, undated) including business and personal correspondence, financial papers, photographs, and miscellaneous material.

Papers (1945-1974) consisting of business and personal correspondence, financial papers, medical correspondence and miscellaneous.

Collection contains material related to the Smiley family history in North Carolina collected by Joan and Ralph Smiley, photocopies of material related to the life and death of country music musician Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley, Jr. of Asheville, NC, who had toured with Don Reno and the Tennessee Cut-Ups, and clippings from the Raleigh News and Observer related to Klan violence in Eastern NC in 1967. Other material related to Immanuel Baptist Church in Greenville, to Agnes Wadlington Barrett, and to the Putnam Family have been moved to other collections.

Papers (1768-1909) including deeds, a land survey, a petition, correspondence, legal documents, mortgages, seizure of property, bond issue, debts, and taxes concerning the Meeks, Randolph, and Whitfield families of Pitt County, North Carolina.

Papers (1853-1946, 1962) consisting of correspondence, legal records, financial records, business memos, receipts, reports, photographs, clippings and miscellaneous related to a family of tobacconists living in Lynchburg, Virginia, and then settling in Greenville, North Carolina.

Memoir (1825-1970) including correspondence, certificates, letters, family records, picture, and a family tree with notes.

Letters and letter fragments (1862 - 1865) of George H. Brown family, written primarily from Washington, Greenville, Tarboro and the surrounding area.