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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:
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:
Special Collections
The Burgwin Family Private Papers
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)
Found in:
Special Collections
The Camera Shop Records
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-293
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records from The Camera Shop, a business that operated at Front and Grace Street in Wilmington, N.C. for seventy-two years. Materials include personal, business, and supply correspondence, customer and supplier invoices, advertising correspondence and invoices, job applications, property paperwork, and mail solicitations from 1942-1957. Of note in this collection is correspondence between The Camera Shop and suppliers during World War II, at which time The Camera...
Dates:
1942-1957
Found in:
Special Collections
The Cantwell Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-109
Scope and Contents
The collection includes remarks of Alton A. Lennon of North Carolina in the U.S. Senate, requesting approval for an article from The Star News to be reprinted in The Congressional Record, Saturday, August 7, 1954. The article relates the origin of a salute to our flag with hand over heart first used by Wilmington-Wrightsville Beach resident Elizabeth Cantwell. Mrs. Cantwell describes how this idea germinated and its effect on others. Also included is a brief history of her husband's career...
Dates:
1954, 1968, undated
Found in:
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:
Special Collections
The Dame Catherine C. Carpender Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-185
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters, pictures, articles, and other memorabilia belonging to Dame Catherine C. Carpender. Born on July 9, 1915 in Virginia and raised in New Brunswick, NJ, Catherine Carpender moved to Wilmington, NC in 1948. For her charitable work with a clinic in Malta, she was made a member of the Order of Malta and was awarded the Cross of Merit. Dame Carpender spent a great deal of time traveling abroad, primarily in the Mediterranean region and India. Boxes number 9...
Dates:
1963-1991, undated
Found in:
Special Collections
The Ficklen Family Private Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-010
Abstract
This group of papers contains letters between Ficklen family members, primarily in Virginia, and documents of the Hamilton family of Kentucky. In addition, there is also an ad in the The Weekly Independent, Fredericksburg, VA placed by J.B. Ficklen & Sons of Fredericksburg, VA. Other items include indentures of sale of land and a will regarding the estate of John Hamilton, Sr. and a family tree compiled by Fitzhugh Ficklen in 1933 (with later additions...
Dates:
1803-1960
Found in:
Special Collections
The Hawk's Eye
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-110
Scope and Contents
The Hawk's Eye was a regular feature article in the Star News written by Carlton Rhodes, a student at Wilmington College. The article was subtitled "News of Wilmington College," and chronicled all the important events and people associated with the college at that time.
Dates:
circa late 1940s-1950s
Found in:
Special Collections
The Lee W. Weaver Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-225
Scope and Contents
This collection contains memorabilia from the European Front of World War II collected by Sgt. Weaver during his service overseas, including memorandums, Special Orders, certificates, photographs correspondence, and postcards.
Dates:
1937-1994; Majority of material found within 1941-1945
Found in:
Special Collections