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"From Our Hearts to Yours" Records
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-386
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records created by the "From Our Hearts to Yours" health initiative, a program created to promote heart disease awareness among Black women. Materials include a poster, two vinyl banners, brochures and booklets, promotional fliers, event programs, correspondence, a historical report, newspaper clippings, a magazine article, and photographs.
Dates:
1994-2021, bulk 2005-2019
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Gayle Tustin Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-221
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers and media related to the career of local Wilmington artist Gayle Tustin. The collection includes sketchbooks, preliminary plans, interviews, magazine articles, applications, records, artists' biography, consignment forms, material lists, photographs, postcards, and brochures that map Tustin's artistic career from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. The collection ranges in terms of the size and scope of projects, including local commissions and plans for...
Dates:
1981-2006
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
General William MacRae and Colonel Walker Taylor Biographies
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-039
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the biographies of two prominent Wilmingtonians, General William MacRae and Colonel Walker Taylor. Both items are photocopies of the original. MacRae served with the Confederacy in the Civil War and worked as a civil engineer for the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. Taylor served as a community and civic leader, and in 1913, President Woodrow Wilson named him the U.S. Collector of Customs for the Wilmington Port.
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Gillespie Family Genealogical Record
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-025
Scope and Contents
This family genealogy begins with David Gillespie, Sr., and his wife, Miss Borthick. Their son, David Jr., had three sons, James, Archibald and Borthick, who emigrated to New Bern, North Carolina. Borthick returned to Ireland while Archibald and James remained. James purchased land near Kenansville and named his home Golden Grove. This record lists James’ descendants, sometimes as far as the ninth generation-James being the third. This record is 41 pages long and is a photocopy; the original is...
Dates:
1977, Undated (photocopies)
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Gore Cooper Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-005
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of some of William Bryant Cooper’s public papers. Included is a statement of his campaign expenses in 1920 and a letter and accompanying voucher for $6.00 for Cooper’s last day of service as President of the North Carolina State Senate Session of 1925. Cooper, a Democrat from New Hanover County, served as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1921-1925. As such, he presided over the State Senate for the two regular and two special sessions.
Dates:
1895-1925 (photocopies)
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Governor John W. Ellis Proclamation
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-041
Scope and Contents
A copy of a rare broadside calling the North Carolina legislature into special session was issued by Gov. John W. Ellis on April 17, 1861. The session was called as a result of Abraham Lincoln's call to arms "for the invasion of the peaceful homes of the South....." Only one original is known to exist (according to the donor) from which this copy was made.
Dates:
1861 April 17 (photocopy)
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Harry Lee Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-125
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Wilmington artist Harry Lee Davis, including newspaper articles, correspondence, business agreements, publicity materials, and prints of his work.
Dates:
1984-2008
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Henry (Harry) Bacon Private Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-003
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence from Henry (Harry) Bacon to his family. Most of the letters are addressed to his mother, but some are to his older sister Katherine and his younger brother Carl. Many are illustrated with humorous sketches portraying various predicaments of daily life. The post-college letters in this group came from scattered times of his life and contain frequent though modest allusions to his professional achievements. These letters are photocopies of letters lent to...
Dates:
1881-1921 (photocopies), 1969, 1994; Majority of material found within 1885
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Hester Donnelly Prints
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-301
Scope and Contents
This collection contains original artwork created by local Wilmington artist, Hester Claire Donnelly (1904-1992). Included are a series of informal sketches and finished works, ranging in topics. Most of the artwork was created on rough or semi-tooth drawing paper using watercolor paints, pencils, colored pencils, and markers.
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
High Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-048
Scope and Contents
Thirteen xerographic copies of letters sent to James and Elizabeth Gore High of Whiteville, North Carolina are contained in this collection. The letters were sent to them by their sons Daniel Pinckney High (known as D.P. or Pink), John H. High, and William J. High during the Civil War. James High also received letters from family friends, William H. Best and William R. Richardson, both of Whiteville.
Dates:
1861-1865 (photocopies)
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
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