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Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-236
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the records of the N.C. 4th of July Festival, an Independence Day celebration held every year in Southport, North Carolina. These records contain the administrative planning and financial documents, meeting minutes, and correspondence of the Festival board and its various committees from the 1960s to the early 2000s. These records serve to show the many steps and working pieces involved in the success of the Festival, including but not limited to budgetary...
Dates:
1960-2003; Majority of material found within 1970-1999
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-024
Scope and Contents
This collection contains various souvenir books, programs, brochures, magazines, newspaper clippings and other ephemera related to the North Carolina Azalea Festival from 1948-2004. The Azalea Festival began in 1948 at the instigation of Dr. Houston Moore of Wilmington, NC. The first president was Hugh Morton, and Queen Azalea I was Jacqueline White, a movie actress with RKO Studios. Throughout the years, the Festival has filled three to four days with art and craft shows, a parade,...
Dates:
1949-2004
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-313
Abstract
The North Carolina Coastal Federation is a non-profit organization that focuses exclusively on protecting and restoring the state's coast through education, advocacy and habitat preservation and restoration. These records reflect the activities of the organization from its formation in 1982 through 2004. The collection is arranged in six series and includes a wide range of materials.
Dates:
1987- 2018
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-120
Scope and Contents
This collection contains over a hundred years worth of North Carolina land indentures, mortgage deeds, and warranty deeds, mostly in Brunswick County. Three documents refer specifically to lots of land in the city of Wilmington, and another refers to land in the State of New York.
Dates:
Other: 1799-1928
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-149
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a variety of materials related to the planning, administration, and celebrations for the North Carolina Living Treasure awards.
Dates:
1987-2009, undated
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-352
Scope and Contents
This collections contains materials related to the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, a shipyard in Wilmington, North Carolina that was created as part of the U.S. Government's Emergency Shipbuilding Program during World War II. Included in the collection is a typed manuscript documenting the history of the company, a photocopied map of the Maffit Village neighborhood, and 19 photographs and 2 printing plates illustrating the company's grounds, workers and shipbuilding activities.
Dates:
1941-1946, undated
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-395
Scope and Contents
The North Carolina Visual Arts and Artists (NCVAA) Collection, begun by Wilmington artist and former head of the UNCW art department Claude Howell, is a unique collection of newspaper clippings, posters, brochures, exhibit programs, and other ephemera about North Carolina arts and artists. Most of the material relates to art exhibits held in North Carolina at various museums, galleries, and campuses, but there is some limited biographical information, as well as a few photographs....
Dates:
1796-1996
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-224
Scope and Contents
This collection primarily contains Onslow County land deeds dating from 1785 to 1918. Also included are documents pertaining to the will and estate of Elisha Walton and information regarding school attendence in the 5th district of Onslow County in 1853.
Dates:
1785-1918
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-231
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-178
Scope and Contents
The collection contains business receipts, letters, and advertisements from three businesses operated by Oscar High of Whiteville, North Carolina, spanning more than forty years from 1916 thru the 1960s, with special emphasis on the period between 1920's through 1950's. The personal letters of Mr. High's Waccamaw cottage rental business are of particular interest, as this covers both the Great Depression and World War II years and demonstrates his highly regarded business ethics and...
Dates:
Undetermined