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Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-122
Scope and Contents
This collection contains various articles and letters written by Susan Taylor Block, as well as photographs, of local and historical events of importance in the Lower Cape Fear.
Dates:
1901-2008
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-121
Scope and Contents
This collection contains information regarding the second iteration of Van Eeden farm colony in the 1940s, gathered as research material by local author Susan Taylor Block for her 1995 publication, Van Eeden. The first series of the collection features photocopies of original material from the Alvin Johnson Economic Papers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This mainly includes correspondence between Alvin Johnson, the founder of the new colony, and the...
Dates:
1938-1995
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-090
Abstract
This collection contains the personal papers of Thomas T. Hamilton, first President of Wilmington College and long time Principal of New Hanover High School. With inclusive dates of 1948-1989, the collection includes Hamilton's curriculum vitae, newspaper articles, photographs, a letter, and a typed report. These papers focus on Hamilton's career change in 1949 and his involvement with Wilmington College.
Dates:
1948-1989
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-288
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, receipts, telegrams, and invoices between Mr. Walter P. Sprunt and various businessmen regarding the renovations and construction that were done on his house, Tannahill, in 1914. This collection also contains some personal family papers, including a Sprunt family tree.
Businesses and businessmen that corresponded with Mr. Sprunt regarding construction on his home included: American Column Company; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company;...
Dates:
1914-1964, undated; Majority of material found within 1914
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-202
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers, cassette tapes, VHS tapes, photographs, and slides related to the operations of Tapestry Theatre Company, primarily dating from the 1980s-1990s.
Dates:
Other: Undetermined
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-283
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of press kits owned by Terry Theodore, professor in the Theatre department at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Kits include printed and digital promotional material for approximately 200 films.
Dates:
1998-2004
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-305
Scope and Contents
The Thalian Association is an amateur theatre company located in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Association has long had an important presence in the region and considers its founding date to be 1788. The present iteration of the Thalian Association was formed in 1929 and continues to operate today. The papers in this collection are representative of the organization’s history, operations, productions, and involvement in the local community. Dating from 1929 to 2018, this collection...
Dates:
1929-2019
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-095
Scope and Contents
Hugh Zachery wrote and Claude Howell illustrated The Beachcomber's Handbook of Seafood Cookery in 1969. This collection contains the proof sheets and a photocopy of a corrected typescript of the book, neither of which is a final draft. An autographed copy of the final publication is available in Randall Library Special Collections. The sketches for the manuscript were retained by the author.
Dates:
1969
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-094
Scope and Contents
The Black Poet was the 1865 annouced title of a work to be published that was to contain "a concise history of the life" of George Moses Horton, bard and recently freed enslaved individual. Richard Walser used the 1865 title for his 1996 work on Horton, since no evidence exists that the 1865 book was ever written. Walser wrote his "concise history" during part of a year he spent on a Guggenheim Fellowship. Claude Howell created the drawings for the book. This collection contains the...
Dates:
1966
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-013
Scope and Contents
These papers are photocopied typescripts of New Hanover County, NC Deed Book and Will Book records and private letters, copied by Elizabeth McKoy of Wilmington, NC. The deed abstracts are occasionally accompanied by sketches of the area described in the deed. Some of this research material was in Elizabeth McKoy’s book, Early New Hanover County Records, published in 1973.These deeds describe land that eventually evolved into the Hermitage and Castle Haynes...
Dates:
1734-1967 (photocopies)
