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This donation consists of 35 cubic feet of records (1993-2014) documenting the NCEast Alliance organization under its previous names of North Carolina's Eastern Region (2005-2014) and Global TransPark Development Commission (1993-2005). NCEast Alliance is a regional economic development agency serving the thirteen counties in eastern North Carolina that surround the Global TransPark at Kinston, North Carolina.

This collection contains material (1895-1936) related to Black minstrel shows that artist Mose McQuitty (who played baritone horn and string bass) toured with. Included are advertisements, photographs, and a route book listing the date, city, state, and lead show that the minstrel troupe toured with. Also included are extensive research files created by Alex Albright. These files chart McQuitty's movement state by state and show by show.

Papers (1928-1945, 1958) including correspondence, combat action reports, photographs, newspaper clipping, magazine article, etc.

Various unrelated items (1862-1865) concerning the Civil War including two 1862 letters, an 1865 oath of allegiance, Harper's Weekly lithographs (1862), an Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company 1862 statement, an 1862 $1000 Civil War bond from North Carolina;, and photocopies of a memoir written about fifty years after the war and transcribed in 1978, an 1862 letter and an 1863 circular.

Papers and medical ledgers of Dr. Joseph Everett Nobles.

Papers (1949-1965), including correspondence, clippings/ reviews, researches notes, historical articles, and miscellaneous.

Papers (1924-1948, undated) of a prominent Greenville, NC tobacconist, including correspondence, financial papers, programs, certificates, a bond, debt, letters, annual statements, etc.

Hometown Bethel was started in 2002 to help restore and revitalize Bethel, North Carolina. This collection contains five scrapbooks (2002-2016) of photographs, clippings, photocopies, and handwritten material documenting events taking place in Bethel such as Harvest Festivals, Easter celebrations, and Christmas Parades; Hurricane Irene's effects; and the history of Bethel. Also included are a few Whistle Worthy News newsletters put out by Hometown Bethel, and information concerning and a 2004 publication about Bethel veterans.

The collection includes scrapbooks, correspondence, program schedules, minutes, newsletters, handbooks, awards and certificates, and a gavel.

Papers (1917-1919) consisting of diary describing camp activities, letter, proposal.