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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
Austin Joseph Holliday Private Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-052
Scope and Contents
This collection of three articles chronicles Austin Joseph Holliday’s attempts to receive service-connected total and permanent disability from the Veterans’ Administration for an illness that occurred during World War I. The plaintiff Holliday, a black WWI veteran, based his prayer for compensation under U.S. Judicial Code, Section 145, March 3, 1887, c—359, 1, 24 Stat. 505 and the World War Veterans Act 1924 in pursuant to Part I of Veterans Regulations Number I, as amended in the Economy...
Dates:
1949-1950
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 B. Frank Hall's writings and religious sermons, including from his work as a pastor at Pearsall Memorial Presbyterian and while a professor and head of the Philosophy and Religion department when UNCW first formed as Wilmington College. Material is from the 1930s-1950s, though a majority is undated.
Dates:
1939-1953, undated
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Back in the U.S.S.R., Travels of Sondra Claudine Langtry
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-134
Scope and Contents
In September 1976, Sondra Claudine Langtry had the opportunity to travel for a month in the former Soviet Union, visiting with her father's Russian relatives. This collection contains postcards, travel observations, and personal ephemera from her visit there, as well as to other international destinations, such as Egypt and Finland. Also included is Langtry's thesis on Soviet views of the Middle East.
Dates:
1962-1979
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Barden Family Private Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-127
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of the Barden family, who were planters in Sampson and Duplin Counties during the 19th century. Contained within are mercantile records, receipts for the purchase of enslaved persons, land indentures, correspondence, photographs and other documents that illustrate the economic activities of the family. All items are photocopies of originals authorized by the donor of the materials.
Dates:
1790-1922 (photocopies/reprints)
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
BEAT Magazine Archive
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-239
Dates:
Undertermined
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Bellamy Mansion Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-MS-406
Scope and Contents
This collection contains historical records from the 1800s--such as letters, bank receipts and deposits, advertisements, property indentures, architectural plans, and other documents--of the Bellamy family related to their life and home in the Bellamy Mansion on Market Street in Historic Downtown Wilmington. Modern research and information is also included, mainly as photocopies or printouts.
Dates:
1800s
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Ben Long Sketch
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-129
Scope and Contents
This crayon sketch on paper [9"x 11 3/4"] is of three images of male heads: a profile and back side view of an adult and a profile of an adolescent. It is initialed by the artist; the date is on a corner which has been broken off and may be 1968 or 1969. The word "studies" has been penciled at the bottom of the paper.
Dates:
circa 1968
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
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