Wilmington, North Carolina Historic Buildings Survey

Collection

Identifier: SC-MS-029

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Junior League of Wilmington began a survey of Wilmington’s historic buildings in 1974. The league extracted data from courthouse records and the Sanford Insurance maps and wrote on-site descriptions. This research was the basis of "Old Wilmington Guidebook," which the Junior League published in 1978.

The papers are filed in 249 folders, each folder labeled with the street name and number and, if appropriate, the name of the building or item. Folders contain some or all of the following: survey forms, deed abstracts, sketches, letters, excerpts from books, magazines and newspapers, and miscellaneous brochures.

Dates

Creation: 1974-1978

Creator

Junior League of Wilmington (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Copyright Statement

These papers are in the public domain.

Extent

4 Containers (Contains 4 document boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition Information

This collection was presented to the New Hanover County Public Library. In December 1978, Randall Library was given permission to photocopy the original research by the Junior League of Wilmington.

Processing Information

Originally processed by Judith H. Davis. In 2014, this manuscript collection was re-foldered and re-housed with current archival standard materials by Kate Edwards.