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Lockey Family Collection (1891 - 2002, undated) relating to the Lockey Family, early settlers of the Pamlico River valley, including the Will of Joseph Lockey, 30 January 1746, copied from the NC Historical Commission, NC Wills, Vol. XVIII, p. 54-56 (Mss typescript); "In Memoriam of J. P. [John Peyton] Lockey (1805-1891) (Photocopy); Letter from Mrs. Donald A. Philbrick, 21 Oakhurst Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME, undated to "Dear Cousin Peyton" regarding Lockey family genealogy (Photocopy typescript); Letter from "Daddy," Tallahassee, FL, 7 September 1953, to "Dear Hope," regarding John Peyton Lockey (Photocopy typescript); and Letter from Jon Guy Diffenbaugh, Greenville, NC 3 May 2002, "To whom it may concern," transmitting the collection.

Woodington Universalist Church in Woodington, North Carolina predates the Civil War. This collection spans 1860-1866, 1946, 2006-2007 and contains correspondences, photographs, and documents relating to Woodington Universalist. There are photographs, excerpts from Reverend Hope Bain's Diary, a photo scanned copy of a deed, and a newspaper article.

[Various Surveys of Property in Green Swamp on the Waggamaw River] (Photocopy)

Documents pertaining to World War II activities of a squadron designated at various times as Bombing Squadron 106 (1943-1944), Patrol Bombing Squadron 106 (1944-1945), and Patrol Squadron 106 (1945-1946), including historical summaries, action reports, war diaries, interviews operational orders, articles, rosters, etc.

A New Description of Carolina sold by Thos: Basset in Fleet Street and Ric: Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard (Photocopy)

Blueblack Chart of Coastal Waters between Cape Fear and Cape Hatteras, NC, with insets depicting the Cape Fear River, Beaufort Harbor, Cape Fear, Cape Lookout, Cape Hatteras, and Ocracoke

Records (1910-1956) including correspondence, financial records, minutes, legal papers, estate records, World War I and II, pamphlets, and miscellaneous.

Major WIlliam David Gattling Sr. Was born in 1922 in Murfreesboro, North Carolina. He served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II. This collection is from 1997 and includes the book "Critical Points" written by Gattling.

Lower Cape Fear River and its Vicinity from the Frying Pan Shoals to Wilmington Engraved for Joshua Potts (Photocopy)

This ca. 1942 map drawn by Berliner Lokalanzeiger and published in Berlin, Germany, documents the Pacific Theater during World War II. Noted are the regions controlled by the British, United States, and Japanese armed forces, the regions attacked by the Japanese, and distances within the Pacific Theater.

Papers of Naval officer, U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Class of 1941, including autobiographical sketch, correspondence, global strategy conference file, orders, reports, flight records, speeches, registers, and data files.

Papers (1777-1945) of Futrell and Lassiter families of Northampton County, NC, including land records, receipts, promissory notes, estate papers, and miscellany; a memoir of Naval Reserve Aviator during World War II; a brief account of World War II experiences by Naval Reserve officers; copies of World War II photographs.

Genealogical research notes (undated, 1896-1980) bible notes, bible information, correspondence, court records and reports, compiled by Elizabeth Moore, Frances Brian Broadfoot, Miss Margaret S. Broadfoot, Frances B. Claypoole, and Frances Bryan Broadfoot Claypoole.