Box MS 17113.01

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The folder includes the biographies of John Ashe, Sr. and John Ashe of Freshford. Also included is a photocopy of John Ashe, Sr.'s original will and a transcript that is typed. The will was written in 1672, which is a year before Ashe passed away in 1673. In the will, he gives his land to his wife Elizabeth and plans to leave money for his son John Ashe, Jr. John Ashe, Sr. was the son of John Ashe of Freshford, who was a member of parliament in England.

Scope and Contents The folder includes a photocopy of Fannie Waddell's original diary, a full transcript of the diary, and two partial transcripts, one of the opening pages and one describing the siege of Petersburg, and a biography of Fannie Waddell and Rosa Ashe Hill and how they are related as half-sisters. In her diary, Fannie talked about living with her family and wrote from January 2, 1856 to December 31, 1865. She began most of her entries discussing how she kept sleeping in during the...

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Contains materials related to Gayle Tustin's involvement in a project commissioned by Vicky and Mike Russell. It includes preliminary design studies of tulips.

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This series contains artwork by Gayle Tustin throughout the early 1980s to the early 2000s. It includes a number of preliminary sketches, designs, and final projects. Gayle Tustin utilizes various mediums such as charcoal, pastels, oil paints, watercolors, pen, pencil, and markers.

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Contains newspaper articles featuring Gayle Tustin's art work, announcing her exhibits, and future plans.

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Contains newspaper articles from Wilmington, N.C. Encore: The Cape Fear Coasts' Guide to Arts and Entertainment. The articles includes features on Gayle Tustin, her life and career, and her upcoming projects.

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The Clifford Collection of African (Ghana, Cameroon, Zaire, Liberia, Angola, Guinea), Pre-Columbian and early Mayan art includes figures, craft work, utensils, bowls, weapons, paintings, drawings, textiles, religious icons and photos of individual art pieces noting origin, composition, and approximate age, and appraised value.

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This folder contains newspaper clippings and photocopies of newspaper articles pertaining to the military and related events, such as the end of WWII.

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This folder contains original copies of The Wildcat, the New Hanover High School newspaper.

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This folder contains Phelps's high school diploma when he graduated from New Hanover High School in 1952.