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Army Corps of Engineers Aerial Photos of NC Coast and Selected Coastal Areas
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-133
Scope and Contents
Aerial photographs of peat farming operations in coastal northeastern North Carolina, and Army Corps of Engineers aerial surveys of NC shoreline 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984, including First Colony Farms, NC shoreline, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, and Albemarle Peninsula.
Dates:
1976, 1978, 1981, 1984
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Ashe Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-320
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the biographical documents, familiy histories, diaries, works of poetry, genealogical lists, and photographs of the Ashe family of North Carolina. Most of the materials in this collection consist of photocopies or typed transcripts, but it does contain original diaries, letters, and photographs.The original diaries were written by Henrietta Perkins and Sarah Anne Ashe during the late 1840s and early 1850s. Sarah's diary focused on the tragedies of...
Dates:
1672-2003, undated; Majority of material found within 1852-1887
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Atkinson and Murchison Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-336
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of the Atkinson and Murchison families of Wilmington, North Carolina. A significant portion pertains to Reverend Thomas Atkinson and his son-in-law Reverend David Hillhouse Buel, both North Carolina leaders in the Episcopal church. Additional content relates to various members of the Atkinson and Murchison families, particularly Rev. Atkinson's son--Colonel John Wilder Atkinson, John Wilder's daughter--Loulie Atkinson Murchison, her husband Joel Williams...
Dates:
1816-1968
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
B. D. Schwartz Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-153
Scope and Contents
This collection contains twenty scrapbook albums documenting the life and career of Benjamin David (B.D.) Schwartz, his wife Sylvia, and their family beginning in 1918 and ending in 1993. Schwartz, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, moved to Wilmington as young child. He attended local schools, worked at his father’s furniture business, and assisted his family in establishing the B’nai Israel Synagogue. After graduating from UNC Chapel Hill, he returned to the port city and continued working...
Dates:
1918-1993
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
B. Frank Hall Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-164
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the personal papers of professor and pastor Dr. Benjamin Franklin "B. Frank" Hall. Content spans 1850-1984 and includes personal and business correspondence, financial documents, sermons, social essays, poetry, newspaper clippings, and advising material from Wilmington College and later UNCW, where Hall taught in the Philosophy and Religion department. Hall's writings focused on religion, human decency, and ethics, of which he shared at the pulpit and in his...
Dates:
1850-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1920-1980
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Bertha Boykin Todd Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-390
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Bertha Boykin Todd, a long-time New Hanover County educator and community leader. Content focuses on her work with the 1898 Centennial Foundation, biographical information and research for her memoir, "My Restless Journey," speeches and notes for events at which she spoke, recordings of her media appearances, and articles and correspondence related to her community engagement and work with the New Hanover County School system, highlighting her time as...
Dates:
1954-2020
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Block Shirt Co. Ledgers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-267
Scope and Contents
This collection contains accounting ledgers from the Block Shirt Company in Wilmington, NC from the early to mid-20th century.
Dates:
1925-1970
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Buffkin Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-277
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers documenting the political activities and business operations of Albert W. Buffkin (1855-1921), a white landowner, business operator, and farmer in Columbus County, North Carolina during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Types of materials include professional and personal correspondence, a 1782 land grant, deeds and indentures, court and legal documents, handwritten notes, political pamphlets, contracts, mortgage agreements, account books, and...
Dates:
1782-2005, bulk 1870-1930
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
C. A. Brown Lumber Company Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-287
Scope and Contents
The C.A. Brown Lumber Company papers include company records pertaining to its business operations. Materials include various agreements for truck leasing, boundary lines, and timber purchasing, as well as invoices and receipts for individual companies, and timber deeds and cutting agreements. Accounting and IRS documents, company and insurance records, policy books, driver daily logs, correspondence, and sales ledgers are also found in the collection. The papers range in date from 1904 to...
Dates:
1904-1984; Majority of material found within 1972-1984
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Cameron Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-194
Scope and Contents
The Cameron Family Letters contain the writings of the Cameron family over two generations, from 1910-2005, with the bulk between Bruce B. Cameron Sr. and Lottie Fales Cameron from 1912-1914. Most letters are photocopies of the originals, which are not included. Beginning with former Wilmington mayor Bruce B. Cameron’s letters to his wife Lottie Fales while they were dating, the letters show Bruce’s life in Wilmington compared to Lottie’s time studying at Meredith College in Raleigh. A few...
Dates:
1912-1914 (photocopies), 1944 (photocopies), 2002, 2005; Majority of material found within 1912-1914 (photocopies); Majority of material found within 1944 (photocopies)
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections