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Collection (1902-2003) of genealogical and historical research files compiled by John Henry Oden III. Also includes the R. C. Chadwick Mercantile Records, Claude F. Pilley Papers, and the Windley Family Papers. Consists mostly of copies of wills, tax records, letters, deeds, newspapers, birth certificates, family trees, and photographs related to families in Beaufort, Washington, Hyde, and Halifax counties, N.C.
Papers (1824-1918, undated) including correspondence, financial records, legal materials, clippings, and miscellaneous.
This collection consists of a framed Evans & Cogswell lithograph facsimile [c. 1860] of the South Carolina Secession from the United States document and the framed front page of the February 28, 1863, issue of the Opelousas Courier [Louisiana] newspaper printed on wallpaper.
Papers (1862-1871) of a New Bern (NC) merchant, including letters and an account of property damages.
Papers (1861-1878, 1892) consisting of correspondence, specifically special orders, general orders, circulars, and telegrams. Collection also includes a scrapbook and the Howard Family Tree.
Photographs and images, primarily oversized, found in Laupus Library history collection that did not correspond to a specific collection.
Ledger (1846-1847) of accounts of individuals and organizations doing business with a leading Natick, MA, shoe manufacturer Henry Wilson. Wilson was also a newspaper publisher, Whig – Free Soil – Republican Party politician who served as Massachusetts State Representative, 1840- 1842; Massachusetts State Senator, 1843-1845, 1850; United States Senator, 1855-1872; and Vice President of the United States, 1872-1875, under President U. S. Grant. Ledger only relates to business dealings and personal accounts, not to political dealings.
Correspondence (1868-1869), written from Japan by fellow U.S. naval officers Samuel P. Carter and Earl English.
Joseph K. Taussig Jr. Was born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1920. He was Served aboard the USS Nevada at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The collection spans 1996 and 2005 and includes the booklet "The Day I Lost My Foot in the Pentagon and Other Literary Jewels" written by Taussig. The strength of the collection is the assorted published articles about Taussigs experiences in the Navy and Pentagon.
Papers (1830-1931) including correspondence, speeches, property records, deeds, appointments, clippings, financial records, etc. of a Quaker farmer and business leader in Belvedere (NC).
Survey (1941-1945) including correspondence, problems and recommendations, surveys, appendix with charts and lists with text, etc.
Included are five ca. 1950 black and white photographs of the exterior of Black Jack Free Will Baptist Church in Pitt County, North Carolina. The photographs show people standing outside the front and side of the building. Also included is a clipping about member Mrs. Ella Hudson's ninety-third birthday celebration.
Papers (1846-1883) consisting of correspondence with personal matters, records of enslaved people, letters, reports, etc.
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