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Sand Roots Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-093
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the photocopy of a corrected typescript of Ben Dixon MacNeill's (1889-1960) manuscript originally titled, By So Many Roots. Although this draft is dated "11:20 A.M., Monday, October 27, 1944, Buxton, Cape Hatteras" on the final page, Sand Roots, his first and only novel, was published posthumously in 1963. MacNeil did not show the manuscript to his publisher until ...
Dates:
1944 October 27
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Susan Taylor Block Collection
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
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
The Beachcomber's Handbook of Seafood Cookery Manuscript and Proofsheets
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
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
The Black Poet Manuscript
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
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
The Complete Book of Terrorism
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-118
Scope and Contents
An unpublished manuscript covering all aspects of terrorism, written by John Pynchon Holms and Thomas J. Burke.
The contents include the history, definition, objectives, and motivations of terrorism and terrorists, covering training, tactics and weapons of modern revolutionaries and criminals. Also outlined is a primer on making bombs and booby traps, "silent" weapons such as knives, and recipes for biological, chemical, and nuclear tactics. Mr. Burke does include chapters on discovery and...
Dates:
1993, undated
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Wilbur D. Jones, Jr. Papers
Collection — Container: Deselect 1
Identifier: SC-MS-204
Scope and Contents
This collection contains research material collected by author Wilbur D. Jones, Jr. for his novels, including interviews, newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, author notes, correspondence with publishers, and drafts of the manuscripts.
Dates:
Undetermined
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Will Inman Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-113
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence from Wilmington native Will Inman to Neal Thomas, as well as some of Inman's works and letters to additional recipients.
Dates:
1983-1993, undated
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
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