James Evans Postcard Collection

Collection

Identifier: SC-MS-409

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collections contains 638 postcards documenting life in Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, Fort Fisher, and locations in Pender and Brunswick Counties. Imagery includes major attractions, institutions, streets, and scenes of daily life in these areas. Most postcards are undated, though in some cases, a circa date is used to identify when the postcard was postmarked. Additionally, this collection contains postcards that represent many eras in postcard history including the Undivided Back Period, the Divided Back Period, the White Boarder Period, the Linen Period, and the Photogchrom Period.

Dates

Creation: 1876-2005; bulk of material is postmarked between 1900-1970 or is undated.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Copyright Statement

Copyright 2023 University of North Carolina at Wilmington, all rights reserved (subject to exceptions). Certain items in this collection were conveyed to UNCW without the accompanying copyright. Where the donor did not convey copyright to UNCW, copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.