Oscar High Business Papers and Memorabilia
Scope and Contents
The collection contains business receipts, letters, and advertisements from three businesses operated by Oscar High of Whiteville, North Carolina, spanning more than forty years from 1916 thru the 1960s, with special emphasis on the period between 1920's through 1950's. The personal letters of Mr. High's Waccamaw cottage rental business are of particular interest, as this covers both the Great Depression and World War II years and demonstrates his highly regarded business ethics and eagerness to aid his clients. Also of interest are the numerous business advertisements from southeastern United States referencing pecan production, and both the furniture and building industries.
Dates
- Creation: Undetermined
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is unprocessed. Contact staff at the Center for Southeast North Carolina Archives and History (csencah@uncw.edu) for information on access to this collection.
Copyright Statement
Copyright retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Extent
63 Containers (Contains 14 document boxes and 49 bankers boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Topical
- Title
- Oscar High Business papers and Memorabilia
- Status
- Partially Processed
- Author
- John M. Robinson II
- Date
- 12/03/2000
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository