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The 2nd Field Artillery of the New York National Guard was called to the border with Mexico in 1916 as part of the Expedition to catch Pancho Villa. This panoramic photograph is of the unit while stationed at McAllen, Texas, and it was owned by Christopher Ballentine Fisher of Brooklyn, New York. He later fought in World War I.

Papers (1924-1959) of U.S. Navy officer, USNA class of 1927, including correspondence, photographs, clippings, newsletters, and a family history.

Complete World War I Map of Western Europe with attached index in pamphlet form

Topographic Map of the Langres, Southwest District, of France, including the Marne la Saone Canal, 77 to 99 N. and 318 - 350 L. (Encapsulated.)

Scrapbooks (1962-1969) and loose files of North Carolina journalist, including newspaper columns, clippings, correspondence, photographs and miscellany.

Shipping insurance ledger (1809-1812) for Philadelphia, PA company, showing date, vessel, owner, port, destination, master, etc.

Records (1934-1947) including journals, ledgers, accounts, time sheets, photographs, auction blotter, sales records, employee records, etc.

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.

City of Greenville, NC, with building, street, and subdivision index. (Encapsulated)

Smith Island (Photocopy)

Collection (1962-1965) of correspondence between Douglas Gorsline and Marcel Duchamp; transcripts of Duchamp – Gorsline interviews; notes on the interviews by Marie Gorsline.

Joseph Hewes, William Hooper, and John Penn signed the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776. All three men were delegates of North Carolina at varying times between 1774-1777. The collection spans 1925-1926 and includes two photographic prints and two letter correspondence. The strength of the collection are the photographic prints of two of the three North Carolina Declaration of Independence Signers and biographical notes.

Papers (1941-1970) of member of U. S. Naval Academy Class of 1941, including correspondence, orders, citations, an informal log of his naval service, 1941-1947, a photographs, and miscellany relating to his service aboard the destroyers USS LEA and the USS WADSWORTH during World War II and his postwar naval career.