1.65 cubic feet; Collection (1830-1926) including correspondence, ephemera, photographic prints, manuscript volumes & oversized materials, relating to the McDaniel, Harvey, and related families of Kinston and Trenton in Jones & Lenoir Counties, North Carolina, including materials related to the family's real estate holdings, business and social life, church activities, and children's educations.
This collection (c. 1880-2001) contains the papers of three generations of U.S. Navy officers whose service covered the years 1891 through 1963. Correspondence, orders, reports, photographs, certificates, publications, a diary, ships histories, clippings and reminiscences document their careers and that of Waldron McLellon's uncle who served in the U.S. Navy from 1934 through 1952. Waldron M. McLellon graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1941 and copious material relates to the lives of the USNA Class of 1941 members through 2001. Other papers concern the genealogy of Waldron McLellon's family.
This collection has genealogical research papers written by East Carolina University English 1100 and 1200 Students in Freshman Composition and 3880 Writing for Business and Industry classes tracing the students' ancestry as far as their great-grandparents' generations. Included are a variety of formats including typescripts, genealogical charts, photographs, computer discs and audiocassettes. Also includes records (1990) of the Chancellor's Forum entitled "Economic and Environmental Enhancement: The Delicate Balance in Eastern North Carolina."