NOTE: The numbers cited in parentheses, e.g. 1:5, refer the researcher to the Series#:Folder# in which that name/topic will be found.
INTRODUCTION
The Moseley Family Papers are divided into three groups: the Minnie Frank Hays Moseley, the Robert Moseley and the Moseley Family. The bulk is composed of items produced by or for members of these groups.
Researchers interested in literary works will find numerous writings by Minnie Frank Hays Moseley. Mrs. Moseley’s song lyrics, many of which she wrote in collaboration with her brother, Lee Hays are included in this collection. Lee Hays was a musician and song-writer who played in a 50s band, The Weavers, with Pete Seeger, who was also a song-writer and social activist. Mrs. Moseley’s correspondence includes a signed letter from Pete Seeger.
The papers of Robert Moseley include interesting correspondence pertaining to his work as an attorney for the Greensboro City Schools as well as his service of three terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives. There are numerous references to Mr. Moseley as the recipient of the Judge John J. Parker Award. The Parker Award—the highest award given by the North Carolina Bar Association—was awarded to Mr. Moseley in appreciation of his work on the General Statutes Commission.
The Moseley Family Group contains family photos, genealogical material, and family documents which include receipts for slaves.
Arrangement: The collection is arranged into three groups: the Minnie Frank Hays (I), the Robert Moseley (II) and the Moseley Family (III). The Minnie Frank Hays group is arranged into twelve series, and within each series folders are arranged alphabetically. The following are the twelve series: Artwork, Nd.; Awards and Certificates, 1955-57; Biographical — Lee Hays, Nd.; Correspondence, ca. 1935-64; Genealogy — Hays/Reinhardt Family, Nd.; Greensboro Writers (Organization), ca. 1956; Legal, 1972-74; Literary, Nd.; Miscellaneous, Nd.; Moseley, Robert F., Jr., Nd.; Musical Compositions, ca. 1957-75; and Printed, ca. 1939-65.
The Robert Moseley group is arranged into ten series, and within each series folders are arranged alphabetically. The following are the ten series: Biographical, ca. 1917-72; Correspondence, ca. 1942-72; Financial, ca. 1932-46; Funeral, 1972; Legal, 1929-72; Literary, 1917-44; Military Service Records, 1917-71; Parker Award, 1962; Photos, ca. 1900-70; and Printed, 1919-72.
The Moseley Family group is arranged into nine series, and within each series folders are arranged alphabetically. The following are the nine series: Family — Bible, 1843; Family — Birth/Death/Marriage Dates, Nd.; Family — Clippings, ?-1972; Family — Correspondence, ca. 1865-70; Family — Documents, 1845-65; Family — Genealogy, Nd.; Family– Miscellaneous, Nd.; Family–Moseley, William Dunn, Nd.; Family–Photos, ca. 1895-1970.
Provenance: This collection was donated by Isabel Morse Maresh from Morrill, Maine, in 1989. The accession number is 1989.108.001. Ms. Maresh acquired the papers at an estate sale.
Processing: This collection was organized and the finding aid prepared by Melissa Garrison, UNCG History Dept. Intern, in March 2000.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Robert Franklin Moseley was born in Sampson County, near Clinton, North Carolina on February 10, 1891 to Franklin Faison and Rowena Royall Moseley. After attending the public schools in Clinton, he went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed an A. B. degree there in 1919, after an interruption for service in the United States Army in World War I. Mr. Moseley also attended the university law school and was later licensed to practice in 1922. Before Mr. Moseley began his career as an attorney, he taught in the public schools of the state, including Rocky Mount High School, where he later became principal (1919-20). He was later named city superintendent of schools in Tarboro (1921-22).
Mr. Moseley relocated to Greensboro in 1922 where he later served as city attorney (1928-29). He married Minnie Frank Hays on September 19, 1929. They had one child, Robert F, Moseley, Jr., who was born on August 4, 1936. In 1930, Mr. Moseley served as chairman of the Guilford county board of elections. He also served as a member of the Greensboro school board from 1929 through 1941. In addition, Mr. Moseley represented Guilford County in the state house of representatives for the 1943, 1945 and 1947 sessions.
While in the State House, Mr. Moseley introduced legislation to create the General Statutes Commission in 1945. He served as chairman of the Commission from 1945 to 1961. His distinguished service was recognized when the North Carolina Bar Association awarded him the Judge John J. Parker Award in 1962. In the same year, the University of North Carolina awarded him an honorary LL.D degree. Mr. Moseley died on December 23, 1972.
Mr. Moseley’s wife, Minnie Frank (Fran) Hays, the other principal subject of this collection, was born in Batesville, Arkansas to the Reverend William Benjamin and Ellen William Reinhardt Hays. She had three brothers, Reuben, William, and Lee. Lee Hays was a short story and song-writer who sang with the Weavers, a 1950s band, with singer and social activist Pete Seeger. Mrs. Moseley was a writer of short stories, poetry, and songs. She won local awards for her work. Mrs. Moseley died on December 3, 1973.
Biographical Sources: There are two main biographical sources compiled by Robert Moseley himself that provide a rough sketch of his life—the personal reference sheet he supplied to the Greensboro Daily News in 1969 and the information sheet he prepared for his class reunion at UNC Chapel Hill in 1969 (II: 1:3). The memorial to Mr. Moseley, presented to the Greensboro Bar Association in 1973, also provides useful information (II: 1:2). Researchers will find, however, conflicting dates in some of the newspaper articles printed about Mr. Moseley (II: 1:1). For the purpose of compiling his biographical note, his personal biographical submissions were used.
Much less is known about Minnie Frank Moseley. Her biographical note was primarily compiled using an undated typewritten letter she planned to submit to a newspaper (I: 5:1).
SCOPE & CONTENT NOTE
Types of material in this collection primarily include artwork, correspondence, literary documents, photographs, awards and certificates and printed material.
The bulk of materials in the Minnie Frank Hays Moseley group (I) are her literary works. Much of her poetry and short story writing is fiction and covers a wide variety of topics (8). Mrs. Moseley did win local prizes for her work (2), but her writing was declined for publication in numerous magazines (8:19-22). Mrs. Moseley did, however, write the lyrics to the song “Seven Daffodils” with her brother, Lee Hays. The song was released by the 1950s band The Weavers—a group that included Lee Hays and song-writer and social activist Pete Seeger (11:2). Among Mrs. Moseley’s correspondence is a letter signed by Pete Seeger (4:21).
The primary materials included in the Robert Moseley’s group (II) are correspondence. Letters in this series include many topics, from personal to professional. The great majority of correspondence consists of congratulatory letters (2:56, 83, 149, 143) sent to Mr. Moseley in 1962 after he was awarded an honorary doctorate from UNC-Chapel Hill and the Judge John J. Parker award for his service on the General Statutes Commission. A highlight of this correspondence is letters regarding Mr. Moseley’s work during his terms as a legislator in the General Assembly to assist African-Americans and to improve public education (2:53, 87, 92, 126, 129).
Numerous references to Mr. Moseley’s public and political involvement are included in this collection (10). Certificates and awards, both educational and professional (10:2, 3), newspaper clippings (10:6-13), citations and resolutions (10:5), and political items (10:1, 22), all illustrate Mr. Moseley’s community involvement in a wide variety of areas.
The Moseley Family group (III) primarily contains genealogical materials. Family photos (9), a family Bible (1:1), and other old family documents, which include the selling of slaves (5:2), are included in the Moseley Family Group.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
I. Minnie Frank Hays Moseley
1. Artwork. 2 folders (16 items). Nd.
This series includes pencil, pen and ink drawings, and paintings by Fran Moseley (1:1). Her subjects include people, cats, the influenza club, sewing baskets, and flowers. Mrs. Moseley’s sketches of women’s fashion (1:2) feature long, flowing gowns and women’s hats.
2. Awards and Certificates. 1 folder (4 items). 1955-1957.
Certificates in this series include first place for poetry and third place for a children’s story in the Greensboro Writers Annual Contest in 1955. Mrs. Moseley also received 1st Honorable Mention for poetry in the Greensboro Writers Annual Contest in 1957. A certificate of merit won in 1956 for participation in the Writer’s Digest short story contest is included in this series.
3. Biographical—Lee Hays. 1 folder (1 item). Nd.
This series contains information regarding Fran Moseley’s brother, Lee Hays. Hays was a musician and song writer who played in a 1950s band, The Weavers, with Pete Seeger. The Weavers were blacklisted during the 1950s. The item in this series is an excerpt from the book, How Can I Keep Singing: Pete Seeger, by David King Dunaway. It includes a photo and a short biographical note on Lee Hays.
4. Correspondence. 24 folders (36 items). ca. 1935-1964.
Correspondence in this series includes a wide variety of topics, from personal to professional. There are incoming letters, as well as copies of Fran Moseley’s outgoing correspondence. The latter gives interesting insight into Mrs. Moseley’s thoughts and beliefs.
Personal letters from Mrs. Moseley to her brother, Lee Hays, and her son, Robert F. Moseley, Jr. can be found in folders 4:8; 13. In a letter to her son, Mrs. Moseley expresses missing the presence of her former maid, Maggie, an African-American woman who worked in their household for many years. She confesses that she is ashamed of paying Maggie such low wages and announces that her attitude toward the rights of men and women has changed (4:13). Those looking at Mrs. Moseley’s writings throughout this collection will brand her as racist, but this letter shows how her views changed over time.
An important highlight among the personal letters is a letter to Mrs. Moseley from Pete Seeger, the song-writer and social activist (4:21).
Letters of a political nature are included in folders 4:10; 17. These unfinished letters were written by Mrs. Moseley and directed to President Johnson and Attorney General Robert Kennedy regarding the assassination of John F. Kennedy (4:10). The letter included in folder 4:17 is addressed to Governor Terry Sanford. It includes Mrs. Moseley’s stance on the death penalty.
Numerous letters in this series were sent to magazines, such as Esquire, Good Housekeeping and the New Yorker, to inquire about Mrs. Moseley’s stories or copyright rules. In addition, a detailed evaluation of Mrs. Moseley’s health, conducted by Dr. R. H. McDonald at the Cleveland Clinic in 1939, is included in this series (4:2).
5. Genealogy—Hays/Reinhardt Family. 1 folder (4 items). Nd.
This series includes genealogical information on Mrs. Moseley. Her parents were William B. and Ellen William Reinhardt Hays who lived in Batesville, Arkansas. One item in this series is a family tree of the Reinhardt family. Also included is a pamphlet written by Mrs. Moseley’s father, who was a Methodist minister, entitled “A Life Story.” William Hays was a member of the North Arkansas Conference.
6. Greensboro Writers (Organization). 1 folder (4 items). ca. 1956.
These papers show contest entrants and judges for Greensboro Writers contests, one of which was held in 1956. Robie Macauley, Dr. Blackburn of Duke University, and Walter Spearman of the University of North Carolina, are judges whose opinions are included in this series. There is also a program for “An Afternoon of Poetry and Ballet” sponsored by the Greensboro Writers, with the assistance of the Greensboro Civic Ballet, in which Mrs. Moseley was a poetry reader.
7. Legal. 1 folder (9 items). 1972-1974.
Mrs. Moseley’s Last Will and Testament, and other papers pertaining to the control and distribution of her estate, are included in this series. The closing statement from the sale of her Greensboro residence, as well as a list of items sold within it, are included.
8. Literary. 37 folders (455 items). Nd.
This large artificial series contains seven major divisions: acceptance letters, anecdotes, early writing, notebooks, poetry, rejection letters and short stories. Duplicates of Mrs. Moseley’s writing have been kept, whenever possible, to show the stages and development of the writing process.
Acceptance letters from magazines, planning to include Mrs. Moseley’s writing, are included in 8:1. Anecdotes written by Mrs. Moseley are contained in 8:2-5. These stories pertaining to Greensboro, World War II and the Civil War and race have been filed separately within this folder group. Of special interest in this group is the mention of Greensboro’s hospitality and frustration with World War II soldiers (8:3).
Mrs. Moseley’s early writing, produced when she resided in Booneville, Arkansas, is included in folders 8:6-7. Notebooks that contain notes and ideas for Mrs. Moseley’s writing can be found in folders 8:8-9.
One of the largest divisions in this series is Mrs. Moseley’s poetry (8:10-18). The topics of her poetry include a wide variety of subjects from love, travel, explorers, and sailors. Poetry regarding flight (8:14), housewives (8:15), John F. Kennedy (8:16), and North Carolina (8:17) has been filed separately within this group of folders. Poetry that was printed by Mrs. Moseley at Chapman Press in Greensboro, as well as the Washington Evening Star, is included in 8:18.
Rejection letters from numerous magazines unwilling to print Mrs. Moseley’s work have been organized by date when possible. Some of the magazines include: Reader’s Digest, Saturday Evening Post, Mademoiselle, and Ladies’ Home Journal (8:19-22).
The bulk of this series includes Mrs. Moseley’s short stories (8:23-37). Numerous subjects are covered in her short stories. Those pertaining to her brother Lee Hays (8:34), race (8:35), soldiers (8:36), and a southern accent, or manner of speaking (8:37), have been filed separately within these folders.
9. Miscellaneous. 1 folder (11 items). Nd.
This series contains writings, as insignificant as Fran Moseley’s notes, regarding the amount of postage she spent sending her writing to magazines, to writings by unknown authors, tips on grammar, and a writing by De Broglie. An advertisement for a record of John F. Kennedy’s speeches can be found in this series as well.
10. Moseley, Robert F., Jr. 1 folder (1 item). Nd.
The item in this series was not written by Robert Moseley, Jr, but rather by his mother. Included in this series are the notes of Mrs. Moseley regarding the childhood sayings and antics of her son.
11. Musical Compositions. 2 folders (ca. 20 items). ca. 1957-1975.
Fran Moseley’s lyrics to musical compositions are contained in this series, many of which she wrote in collaboration with her brother, Lee Hays. Miscellaneous song lyrics (the majority of which are one page)—“He Remembered Spring,” “Don’t Marry A Mermaid,” “I’ll Dream No More of My True Love,” “Saturday Street,” Perhaps We’d Better Marry,” “Perhaps You’ll Call Me Darling,” “and “Blue Ridge Love Song”—are grouped in folder 11:1.
Information related to the song “Seven Daffodils,” a song that was released by The Weavers, can be found in folder 11:2. An album cover, lyrics, and the music to “Seven Daffodils,” as well as letters pertaining to the royalties received by Mrs. Moseley for the song, are included. The album cover shows a picture of the band The Lords and was used for demonstration purposes only by Columbia Records in Germany.
12. Printed. 2 folders (14 items). ca. 1939-1965.
This is a miscellaneous grouping of printed items, from newspaper clippings to pamphlets. Some of the newspaper clippings pertain to Fran Moseley’s work as chairman of the Girl Reserve Committee in Greensboro, others involve her writing awards, and a few articles are included that inspired Mrs. Moseley to write (12:1). The pamphlet is entitled “Bay Leaves” and includes prize poems from the Poetry Day contests in 1956-1957. Mrs. Moseley’s poem, “Gypsy Song,” is included in this pamphlet (12:2).
II. Robert F. Moseley
1. Biographical. 4 folders (ca. 30 items). ca. 1917-1972.
Items in this series range from newspaper clippings, to memorials, to printed materials that contain biographical information on Robert Moseley. The news clippings include a “Tar Heel Micro-Biography” of Mr. Moseley, articles pertaining to his work as an attorney for the Greater Greensboro School Board, and his obituary (1:1). Memorials to Mr. Moseley submitted by the Greensboro City Board of Education, the General Statutes Commission and the Greensboro Bar Association are grouped in folder 1:2 along with letters acknowledging memorial gifts made in Mr. Moseley’s honor to the Greensboro Historical Museum.
Biographical information, submitted by Mr. Moseley to the Greensboro Daily News and UNC-Chapel Hill, can be found in folder 1:3. Documents in this folder also verify the years in which Mr. Moseley served on the Greensboro City School Board and as a member of the General Statutes Commission.
This series also contains printed biographical material that includes a UNC-Chapel Hill directory for the class of 1919 and directories for members of the North Carolina Representatives and the Greensboro Bar. Also included are editions of the Greensboro Bar News and a page of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Alumni Review (1:4).
2. Correspondence. 152 folders (ca. 160 items). ca. 1942-1972.
The majority of the Robert Moseley collection/group consists of correspondence. Letters in this series include many topics, from personal to professional. There are incoming letters, as well as copies of Robert Moseley’s outgoing correspondence. The correspondence relating to Mr. Moseley’s legal and political work, spread throughout the series, gives interesting insight into Moseley’s thoughts and beliefs. One will not find, however, any personal correspondence to Mr. Moseley’s wife Fran or his son Robert Moseley, Jr.
The great majority of correspondence consists of congratulatory letters. These letters were sent to Moseley in 1962 after he was awarded an honorary doctorate from UNC-Chapel Hill and the Judge John J. Parker award—the highest award given by the North Carolina Bar Association—for his work on the General Statutes Commission.
Moseley received congratulatory letters from a wide variety of people. Greensboro attorneys, such as Beverly Moore (2:102) and James J. W. MacLamroc (2:83), as well as attorneys around the state sent their regards. Educators, such as law school professors, Frank Hanft (2:56) and Norman A. “Ed” Wiggins (2:149), and public school officials, P. J. Weaver (2:145) and Benjamin L. Smith (2:129) congratulated Moseley as well. Greensboro officials, such as Clerk of Superior Court Joseph P. Shore (2:127), County Manager J. Harry Weatherly (2:143), and Guilford County Attorney Forrest E. Campbell (2:24), sent congratulatory letters. Employees of Greensboro businesses and organizations, such as Mose Kiser, of Guilford Dairy Cooperative Association (2:78), McDaniel Lewis, of McDaniel Lewis & Co. (2:81), E. Frank Andrews, of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company (2:3), Ruth M. Clinard, of American National Red Cross (2:32), and Vicki Hamlin, of WFMY (2:55), also sent their congratulations. These letters demonstrate that Mr. Moseley was highly respected by many people in Greensboro and throughout the state.
In addition, this series contains correspondence pertaining to Mr. Moseley’s legal and political career. During Mr. Moseley’s service of three terms as a legislator in the General Assembly (1943, 1945 and 1947), as a practicing attorney, and as attorney for the Greensboro City Schools, he received numerous letters asking and thanking Mr. Moseley for his support. A letter from Governor J. Melville Broughton expressing happiness over Mr. Moseley’s renomination as a member of the House of Representatives is included in folder 2:18.
One highlight of this series is correspondence regarding Mr. Moseley’s work to assist African-Americans. In 1943, James E. Shepherd, President of the North Carolina College for Negroes, wrote to thank Moseley for his support (2:126). One year later, Rev. George F. Madkins of Trinity Chapel in Greensboro congratulated Mr. Moseley on his election to the State House of Representatives (2:92). Both Rev. Madkins and Rev. John T. Hairston applauded Mr. Moseley for the many things he had done to advance the African-American race (2:53; 92). R. E. Jones of A & T College wrote Moseley in 1946 to thank him making remarks emphasizing the need for equal employment opportunities for African-Americans (2:71).
Mr. Moseley also received numerous letters relating to public education. In 1943, Annie McDonald, a member of North Carolina Educational Association asked Mr. Moseley to consider voting for school measures called the “Bonus” and the “Ninth Month”(2:87). Virginia Fuller, President of the Classroom Teachers Association and Sara Leslie, President of the NCEA, congratulated Mr. Moseley in 1945 for his efforts to improve education (2:47). Ben L. Smith, Superintendent of the Greensboro Public Schools, also applauded Mr. Moseley’s efforts in promoting effective school legislation (2:129).
Mr. Moseley served as attorney for the Greensboro City Board of Education during the time of school integration. As a result, he received letters supporting his courageous efforts and decisions during this time of change (2:5). A letter from Thornton H. Brooks, a former member of the board, asserts that the public schools would not have made such a smooth transition to integration without Mr. Moseley’s counsel (2:16). Many community members expressed their regret upon his resignation as school board attorney in 1972 (2:57).
Mr. Moseley’s correspondence indicates his involvement in agricultural concerns as well as racial and educational matters. He served on the counsel for Dairymen, Inc., supported North Carolina milk producers and represented Southeast Milk Sales in court (2:2; 82). In 1945, North Carolina State College thanked Mr. Moseley for supporting appropriations made by the General Assembly made for the College and the Agricultural Extension Service (2:44).
3. Financial. 2 folders (4 items). ca. 1932-1946.
This series consists of a few items relating to the finances of Robert Moseley. There are stock records and receipts listing the buying and selling prices of Moseley’s stock from United Bank Building Company and the Guilford National Bank of Greensboro (3:2). Also included in this series is a blank check belonging to Mr. Moseley (3:1).
4. Funeral. 1 folder (2 items). 1972.
Mr. Moseley died on December 26, 1972, and he was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Greensboro. Included in this series is a funeral register, a list of those who sent flowers and a sympathy card sent to Robert Moseley, Jr. (4:1).
5. Legal. 5 folders (9 items). 1929-1972.
This series contains a variety of materials including Robert Moseley’s marriage registration and death certificate (5:4; 1). Items pertaining to the administration of Mr. Moseley’s estate, such as his inheritance and state tax return, can be found in folder 5:3. Miscellaneous items, including Mr. Moseley’s driver’s license, social security, and insurance cards, are grouped in folder 5:5.
6. Literary. 2 folders (6 items). 1917-1944.
Robert Moseley’s papers, both school related and professional, are contained in this series. Papers written during his attendance at UNC-Chapel Hill (1907-09; 1916-17; 1919), entitled “Can The Universe Be Explained?,” “Industrial Democracy,” “Might or Right?,” and “Capital, Labor, and A Concept of Justice,” are grouped in folder 6:2. The paper, “Can The Universe Be Explained?,” won the Philosophy department’s Worth Prize in 1917 and was printed (6:1). During Mr. Moseley’s professional career, his article entitled, “Continuous Statute Research and Revision in North Carolina,” was published by the North Carolina Law Review in 1944 (6:1).
7. Military Service Records. 5 folders (ca. 50 items). 1917-1971.
Robert Moseley enlisted in the army at Clinton, North Carolina in 1917. By 1918, he was appointed to first lieutenant of Infantry. Mr. Moseley was honorably discharged, in 1919, and saw no action in World War I (7:3). However, he won many awards during his short period of enlistment. These awards include graduation from Officers’ Training School, 81st Division, promotion to second and first lieutenant, and a Cross of Military Service presented by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (7:1). Moseley’s military correspondence and orders can be found in 7:2. Numerous receipts for kitchen property and supplies that Mr. Moseley requested, while stationed at Camp Pike, Arkansas, are grouped in folder 7:5. Miscellaneous items, relating to Mr. Moseley’s military service include his stripes, his enlistment records, and a newspaper clipping, from 1971, containing information on the 81st (Wildcat) Division of World War I (7:4).
8. Parker Award. 1 folder (1 item). 1962.
On June 23, 1962, Robert Moseley won the Judge John J. Parker award for his service on the General Statutes Commission. This series includes the original presentation address of Frank Winslow (8:1). The Parker Award is the highest award given by the North Carolina Bar Association.
9. Photos. 7 folders (ca. 50 items). ca. 1900-1970.
The photos of Robert Moseley in this series consist of group photos, individual portraits, and informal snapshots. Group photos include members of the American Legion in Greensboro in 1947 (9:1), the Dairy Co-op Attorneys in 1948 (9:2), the General Statutes Commission (1947-54) (9:3), and the Greensboro City School Board (?-1963) (9:4).
Mr. Moseley’s portraits include a childhood photo, his picture as a school principal in 1919, and studio portraits spanning many years of his life (9:6).
Mr. Moseley also has many photos that pertain to his association with UNC-Chapel Hill. His picture in the 1919 Yackety Yack and group pictures with the Golden Fleece, the Sampson County Club, and Tau Kappa Alpha reflect his early involvement as a student at UNC (9:7). In addition, photos of Mr. Moseley’s thirtieth college reunion and his acceptance of an honorary doctorate are grouped in 9:7.
10. Printed. 13 folders (ca. 55 items). 1919-1972.
This large artificial series contains five major divisions: broadsides, certificates and awards, citations and resolutions, clippings and programs. The broadsides announce Mr. Moseley’s candidacy, in 1940, for the State House of Representatives in the Democratic Primary (10:1).
Certificates and awards include items pertaining to Mr. Moseley’s educational and professional accomplishments. His BA degree and honorary LL.D degree from UNC-Chapel Hill (10:3) as well as his law license and the Parker Award (10:4) can be found in this grouping. Miscellaneous awards, such as Mr. Moseley’s lifetime membership to the agricultural foundation of North Carolina and his Certificate of Merit as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Greensboro Public Schools, are in folder 10:2.
Citations and Resolutions in honor of Robert Moseley are also included in this series. The Tarboro schools, UNC-Chapel Hill, the state of North Carolina, the Greensboro Bar Association, the City Council of Greensboro, and the Greensboro City Board of Education are among the groups who produced citations and resolutions in Mr. Moseley’s honor (10:5).
Clippings comprise the bulk of this series and cover a wide variety of topics. There are clippings on groups, such as the American Legion (10:6) and the Greensboro School Board (10:8). Articles also feature Mr. Moseley’s involvement in funding the Central Carolina Convalescent hospital (10:12). Clippings pertaining to Mr. Moseley’s political involvement, including his support of an amendment that would allow women to serve on juries, are included in folder 10:13. Mr. Moseley also was a subject in the news as a result of his honors and awards (10:9) and his legal work (10:10). Miscellaneous articles, that do not involve Mr. Moseley, are grouped in folder 10:11. Clippings regarding his death are also included in this series (10:7).
The programs included announcements of events in which Mr. Moseley participated, such as a memorial service for the Elks (10:23) and notes from the North Carolina Bar Association (10:23). A number of the programs pertain to events that occurred in Greensboro: an Armistice Day Program held by the American Legion, a play presented at the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, a dedication of Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial at Forest Lawn Cemetery, and a dedication of the Henry K. Burtner American Legion Post No. 53 (10:24). Other programs involve events at UNC-Chapel Hill, such as a senior banquet in 1919, commencement in 1962, and a class reunion in 1969 (10:25).
Printed materials, not discussed above, represent a wide variety of subjects. They include Mr. Moseley’s grades from UNC (10:16), a report of the General Statutes Commission (10:14), a pamphlet from the Greensboro Executives Club (10:17), newsletters from the Greensboro Public Schools (10:18), materials pertaining to the Golden Fleece (10:15), and Mr. Moseley’s law partnership announcement (10:21). Items of a political nature, such as Mr. Moseley’s campaign cards and pamphlets, as well as his “Roosevelt Nominator” card, are included in folder 10:22. Miscellaneous writings by Tennyson, Max Ehrmann, Vic Reinhardt, and anonymous writers are grouped in folder 10:20.
III. Moseley Family
1. Family — Bible. 1 folder (2 items). 1843.
This series includes the Moseley family Bible and photocopies of selected pages. Daniel Fanshaw printed the Bible in New York in 1843. Numerous family members have written prayers and presentations in the pages. Obituaries of relations are pasted in the Bible’s front cover.
2. Family — Birth/Death/Marriage Dates. 1 folder (7 items). 1831-1963.
Pages of an old family record, as well as more current typewritten notes, include the birth, death, and marriage dates of members of the Moseley family. The oldest date listed is the birth of Robert A. Moseley, Mr. Moseley’s grandfather, in 1831. The most recent date included is the marriage of Mr. Moseley’s son, Robert F. Moseley Jr., in 1963.
3. Family — Clippings. 1 folder (ca. 25 items). ?-1972.
These family clippings include the obituaries of A. P. Shuford, Captain Abner Alexander Moseley of the Confederate Army, Mary A. Moseley (Mr. Moseley’s grandmother), Frank Moseley (Mr. Moseley’s father) and Robert Moseley himself. Also included among the clippings is the launching of the W. D. Moseley, a ship named for Florida’s first governor, who was a native North Carolinian, and great-great uncle of Mr. Moseley.
4. Family — Correspondence. 8 folders (ca. 70 items). ca. 1865-1970.
The vast majority of this correspondence pertains to Mr. Moseley’s efforts to obtain genealogical records from widely dispersed family members. Mr. Moseley tracked down relatives in Ogunquit, Maine (4:1); Thomaston, Georgia (4:4); and Montgomery, Alabama (4:6), as well as relations in his home state of North Carolina and hometown of Clinton (4:3). In addition to searching for information on the Moseley lineage, he also sought information on the Royall family (his mother was Rowena Royall) (4:5). The majority of this correspondence includes attachments with family histories to assist Mr. Moseley in his efforts.
Mr. Moseley also assisted others in tracing his family lineage. In 1942, J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, founder of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill, wrote Mr. Moseley for information on Robert A. Moseley, a delegate to the Secession Convention of 1861 (4:3).
Two older letters can be found in 4:7; 8. The first is a letter signed by “Your mother,” which may have been written by Rowena Royall (Mr. Moseley’s mother) or his grandmother, Mary A. Moseley (4:7). The second letter was written by Robert A. Moseley (Mr. Moseley’s grandfather) in 1865 to encourage his children to serve God faithfully (4:8).
5. Family — Documents. 3 folders (15 items). 1848-65.
These family documents are divided into three groups: land receipts, slave receipts, and tax receipts. All of the documents originated from Baldwin County, Alabama, and a member of the Vaughn family signed all but one. The land receipts verify that Martha A. and B. F. Vaughn received land, in 1864 and 1865, from the executor of the Last Will and Testament of W. C. Vaughn (5:1).
The slave receipts are the most numerous. They verify the inheritance of slaves by members of the Vaughn family between the years 1858 and 1864. The great majority of slaves mentioned in these documents are children. Their valuation is included in the receipts (5:2).
There is only one tax receipt in 5:3. It confirms that the Treasurer’s Office in Montgomery, Alabama, received $27.78 from John W. Bates of Baldwin County in 1848.
6. Family — Genealogy. 5 folders (ca. 50 items). Nd.
All of these papers contain genealogical information on the Moseley and Royall families. Information on the immigration of the Moseley’s from England and Holland is located in 6:1 as well as a paper taken from the Southern Historical Collection on Edward Moseley, a colonial patriot and North Carolina statesman (?-1749). A brief biography of Robert A. Moseley (Mr. Moseley’s grandfather) is also included in this series (6:3). Information on the relatives of Mr. Moseley’s mother (Rowena Royall) is located throughout (6:4; 5).
7. Family — Miscellaneous. 2 folders (21 items). Nd.
The miscellaneous items include a paper on the naming of Guilford County (7:1) and notes torn from a notebook (7:2).
8. Family — Moseley, William Dunn. 1 folder (6 items). Nd.
William Dunn Moseley (1795-1863), Mr. Moseley’s great-great uncle, was a North Carolinian who was elected as the first Governor of Florida in 1845. Governor Moseley’s inaugural address, a biographical sketch, and an article that includes Moseley’s picture, are included in this series.
9. Family – Photos. 6 folders (ca. 85 items). ca. 1895-1970.
This series consists of three primary groups: photos of the Moseley extended family, pictures of Mr. Moseley’s immediate family, and photos of Mr. Moseley’s son, Robert Moseley Jr. These photographs and negatives include both formal and candid shots.
The photos of Mr. Moseley’s extended family include pictures of his grandparents (Robert A. and Mary Moseley), his uncle Frank Moseley, and much earlier portraits of unidentified relatives (9:1). One of the highlights of this group is a photo of Robert A. Moseley and his bird dogs taken on a store porch in Bessemer, Alabama in 1895. Robert Moseley was photographed with a store clerk and the driver of the store delivery wagon (9:1).
Among the pictures of Mr. Moseley’s immediate family, many involve his courtship and/or early years of marriage to Minnie Frank Hays Moseley. Photos capturing 1920s fashion and automobiles are included in these courtship pictures (9:2). Mr. Moseley’s golf attire is featured in another photo (9:2). There are also photos of the Moseley family home included in 9:2.
The subject of the majority of these family photos is Robert Moseley, Jr. These photos document the childhood of Robert Moseley, Jr., from outdoor baths as a baby to playing with animals and enjoying picnics as a young boy (9:3). The family maid often accompanied Robert Moseley, Jr. As a result, she is included in many of these photos. Of special interest are photos of Robert in “Myrtle Beach Jail” and watching the circus pass down the street (9:3).
Photos of Robert Moseley, Jr.’s birthday celebrations are in 9:4. Many of his toys are featured in these pictures as well: bikes, wagons, guns, stuffed animals, strollers, and wheelbarrows (9:6). His portraits, spanning from junior high school (1950) to adulthood, are grouped in 9:5.
FOLDER LISTING
| I. MINNIE FRANK HAYS MOSELEY | |||
| Series | Folder | Contents | |
| 1 | 1 | Artwork | -- Miscellaneous (n.d.) |
| 2 | -- Womens Fashion/Apparel (n.d.) | ||
| 2 | 1 | Awards & Certificates | -- Miscellaneous (1955-57) |
| 3 | 1 | Biographical | -- Hays, Lee (nd) |
| 4 | 1 | Correspondence | -- Christian Advocate (1939) |
| 2 | -- Cleveland Clinic (1939) | ||
| 3 | -- Esquire (1942) | ||
| 4 | -- Godfrey, Arthur (1956) | ||
| 5 | Correspondence | -- Good Housekeeping (1935) | |
| 6 | -- Greensboro Daily News (1956) | ||
| 7 | -- Hartman, Carl G. (1953) | ||
| 8 | -- Hays, Lee (n.d.) | ||
| 9 | Correspondence | -- Holly, Miss ? (1942) | |
| 10 | -- Kennedy, John F. (1964) (to LBJ and RFK re. assassination) | ||
| 11 | -- Ladies Home Journal (1935) | ||
| 12 | -- Miscellaneous (n.d.) | ||
| 13 | Correspondence | -- Moseley, Robert, Jr. (nd) | |
| 14 | -- New Yorker (1941) | ||
| 15 | -- P. Lorillard Company (1962) | ||
| 16 | -- Proctor, Robert and Nancy Z. (1962) | ||
| 17 | Correspondence | -- Sanford, Terry (1963) | |
| 18 | -- Santa Claus (n.d.) | ||
| 19 | -- Saturday Review (1956) | ||
| 20 | -- Schenck, David (1963) | ||
| 21 | Correspondence | -- Seeger, Peter (1956) | |
| 22 | -- St. Louis Post Dispatch (1955) | ||
| 23 | -- UNC Press (1954) | ||
| 24 | -- Whats My Line? (1962) | ||
| 5 | 1 | Genealogy | -- Hays/Reinhardt Family (n.d.) |
| 6 | 1 | Greensboro Writers (Organization) (1956) | |
| 7 | 1 | Legal (1972-74) | |
| 8 | 1 | Literary | -- Acceptance Letters (1943) |
| 2 | -- Anecdotes (1941-52) | ||
| 3 | -- Anecdotes -- Concerning Greensboro (1941-42) | ||
| 4 | -- Anecdotes -- Concerning Race (1941) | ||
| 5 | Literary | -- Anecdotes -- Concerning World War II/Civil War (1941-43) | |
| 6 | -- Early (n.d.) | ||
| 7 | -- Early (n.d.) -- Concerning Race | ||
| 8 | Literary | -- Notebooks | |
| 9 | -- Notebooks | ||
| 10 | -- Poetry | ||
| 11 | -- Poetry | ||
| 12 | Literary | -- Poetry | |
| 13 | -- Poetry | ||
| 14 | -- Poetry -- Concerning Flight (n.d.) | ||
| 15 | -- Poetry -- Concerning Housewives (n.d.) | ||
| 8 | 16 | Literary | -- Poetry -- Concerning Kennedy, John F. (1963) |
| 17 | -- Poetry -- Concerning North Carolina (n.d.) | ||
| 18 | -- Printed (1954-68) | ||
| 19 | -- Rejection Letters (1940s) | ||
| 20 | Literary | -- Rejection Letters (1950s) | |
| 21 | -- Rejection Letters (1960s) | ||
| 22 | -- Rejection Letters (n.d.) | ||
| 23 | -- Short Stories (n.d.) | ||
| 24 | Literary | -- Short Stories (n.d.) | |
| 25 | -- Short Stories (n.d.) | ||
| 26 | -- Short Stories (n.d.) | ||
| 27 | -- Short Stories (n.d.) | ||
| 8 | 28 | Literary | -- Short Stories (n.d.) |
| 29 | -- Short Stories (n.d.) | ||
| 30 | -- Short Stories (n.d.) | ||
| 31 | -- Short Stories (n.d.) | ||
| 32 | Literary | -- Short Stories (n.d.) | |
| 33 | -- Short Stories (n.d.) | ||
| 34 | -- Short Stories (n.d.) -- Concerning Hays, Lee | ||
| 35 | -- Short Stories (n.d.) -- Concerning Race | ||
| 36 | -- Short Stories (n.d.) -- Concerning Soldiers | ||
| 37 | -- Short Stories (n.d.) -- Concerning Southern Accent | ||
| 9 | 1 | Miscellaneous (nd) | |
| 10 | 1 | Moseley, Robert, Jr. (nd) | |
| 11 | 1 | Musical Compositions | -- Miscellaneous |
| 2 | -- "Seven Daffodils" (1957-75) | ||
| 12 | 1 | Printed | -- Clippings (1939-65) |
| 2 | -- Pamphlets (1956-57) | ||
| II. ROBERT F. MOSELEY | |||
| Series | Folder | Contents | |
| 1 | 1 | Biographical | -- Clippings (1970-72) |
| 2 | -- Memorials (1972-75) | ||
| 3 | -- Personal Data (1917-69) | ||
| 4 | -- Printed (1919-64) | ||
| 2 | 1 | Correspondence | -- Adams, William J., Jr. (1943-62) |
| 2 | -- Alagia, D. Paul, Jr. (1967-72) | ||
| 3 | -- Andrews, E. Frank (1946-62) | ||
| 4 | -- Andrews, Lucille S. (1944-45) | ||
| 5 | Correspondence | -- Ashby, Warren (1963) | |
| 6 | -- Austin, J. Allen (1943) | ||
| 7 | -- Austin, Ralph J., Jr. (1972) | ||
| 8 | -- Aycock, William B. (1962) | ||
| 9 | Correspondence | -- Ballentine, L. Y. (1943) | |
| 10 | -- Beckwith, Clifton (1952) | ||
| 11 | -- Bell, B. Tartt (1962) | ||
| 12 | -- Bennison, T. (1943) | ||
| 2 | 13 | Correspondence | -- Bowman, T. Grady (1945) |
| 14 | -- Brandis, Henry, Jr. (1962) | ||
| 15 | -- Breckenridge, M. S. (1962-63) | ||
| 16 | -- Brooks, Thornton H. (1960) | ||
| 17 | Correspondence | -- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (1940) | |
| 18 | -- Broughton, J. Melville (1944) | ||
| 19 | -- Browne, Lucille (1972) | ||
| 20 | -- Buchman, Henry (1959) | ||
| 21 | Correspondence | -- Burton, T. A. (1943) | |
| 22 | -- Cahoon, Robert (1947) | ||
| 23 | -- Caldwell, Harry B. (1971) | ||
| 24 | -- Campbell, Forrset E. (1962) | ||
| 25 | Correspondence | -- Carolina Inn (1962) | |
| 26 | -- Carroll, Charles F. (1948) | ||
| 27 | -- Cate, Vallie Sanders (1945) | ||
| 28 | -- Cherry, R. G. (1943) | ||
| 2 | 29 | Correspondence | -- Claiborne, Helen S. (n.d.) |
| 30 | -- Clark, Giles R. (1961) | ||
| 31 | -- Classroom Teachers Association of Winston-Salem (1945) | ||
| 32 | -- Clinard, Ruth M. (1962) | ||
| 33 | Correspondence | -- Coates, Albert (1962) | |
| 34 | -- Colhoun, Reid H. (1962) | ||
| 35 | -- Cooper, Annie E. (1943) | ||
| 36 | -- Cowan, J. C., Jr. (1959) | ||
| 37 | Correspondence | -- Cude, W. H. (1943) | |
| 38 | -- Dalton, Carter (1943) | ||
| 39 | -- Doggett, James and Mary (1961) | ||
| 40 | -- Eagles, Sidney S., Jr. (1967) | ||
| 41 | Correspondence | -- Erwin, Clyde A. (1945) | |
| 42 | -- Eure, Thad (1961) | ||
| 43 | -- Farnell, D. Newton (1943) | ||
| 44 | -- Floyd, E. Y. (1945) | ||
| 2 | 45 | Correspondence | -- Folk, William, Jr. (nd) |
| 46 | -- Frazier, Robert H. (1953) | ||
| 47 | -- Fuller, Virginia (1945-72) | ||
| 48 | -- Garrard, Robert L. (1962) | ||
| 49 | Correspondence | -- General Statutes Commission (1973) | |
| 50 | -- Greensboro Classroom Teachers Association (1945) | ||
| 51 | -- Greensboro Daily News (1948-62) | ||
| 52 | -- Guilford County Board of Elections (1942-46) | ||
| 53 | Correspondence | -- Hairston, J. T. (1945) | |
| 54 | -- Hall, B. A. (1946) | ||
| 55 | -- Hamlin, Vicki (1961) | ||
| 56 | -- Hanft, Frank W. (1961-72) | ||
| 57 | Correspondence | -- Hardy, John W. (1972) | |
| 58 | -- Harris, Margaret A. (1972) | ||
| 59 | -- Harris, R. Kennedy (1972) | ||
| 60 | -- Harris, Shearon (1943) | ||
| 2 | 61 | Correspondence | -- Hendricks, J. Wade (1962) |
| 62 | -- Hobson, J. P. (1956) | ||
| 63 | -- Holt, Bryce R. (1962-72) | ||
| 64 | -- House, W. J. (1972) | ||
| 65 | Correspondence | -- Howell, A. C. (1962) | |
| 66 | -- Hudgins, D. E. Ed (1955) | ||
| 67 | -- Humphries, Doris S. (1972) | ||
| 68 | -- Hutchinson, Doris (nd) | ||
| 2 | 69 | Correspondence | -- Ivey, Pete (1962) |
| 70 | -- Jones, Grover H. (1943) | ||
| 71 | -- Jones, R. E. (1946) | ||
| 72 | -- Joyner, Andrew, Jr. Pete (1948) | ||
| 73 | Correspondence | -- Kellenberger, J. A. (1962) | |
| 74 | -- Kelly, Clyde (1962) | ||
| 75 | -- Kendall, H. W. (1950) | ||
| 76 | -- Kerr, John, Jr. (1942-43) | ||
| 77 | Correspondence | -- Kirkman, D. Arthur, (1943) | |
| 78 | -- Kiser, Mose (1962) | ||
| 79 | -- LaBarr, Miss ? (1946) | ||
| 80 | -- Leonard, Colvin T. (1962) | ||
| 81 | Correspondence | -- Lewis, McDaniel (1962) | |
| 82 | -- Lytle, R. G. Bob (1953-61) | ||
| 83 | -- MacLamroc, James J. W. (1962) | ||
| 84 | -- McCall, Fred (1962-64) | ||
| 2 | 85 | Correspondence | -- McCrary, D. B. (1943) |
| 86 | -- McDermott, Malcolm M. (1954) | ||
| 87 | -- McDonald, Annie Laurie (1943) | ||
| 88 | -- McGalliard, Harry W. (1952) | ||
| 89 | Correspondence | -- McMullan, Harry (1943-52) | |
| 90 | -- McNairy, Carolyn (1972) | ||
| 91 | -- McNary, C. T. (1953) | ||
| 92 | -- Madkins, G. F. (1944) | ||
| 93 | Correspondence | -- Marshburn, W. J. (1943) | |
| 94 | -- Martin, J. T. (1943) | ||
| 95 | -- Maynard, S. Amos (1943) | ||
| 96 | -- Merrell, Herman S. (1961) | ||
| 97 | Correspondence | -- Merritt, R. A., Mrs. (1945) | |
| 98 | -- Midyette, Buxton (1961) | ||
| 99 | -- Millikan, Roy C. (1962) | ||
| 100 | -- Miscellaneous (nd) | ||
| 2 | 101 | Correspondence | -- Mooney, Naomi S. (1947) |
| 102 | -- Moore, Beverly (1962) | ||
| 103 | -- Moore, J. Campbell (1948) | ||
| 104 | -- Morgan, Ben F., Jr. (1971) | ||
| 105 | Correspondence | -- Moseley (Santa Claus) (n.d.) | |
| 106 | -- Nisbet, Lynn (1962) | ||
| 107 | -- Norman, George E., Jr. (1972) | ||
| 108 | -- Norman, Z. V. (1954) | ||
| 2 | 109 | Correspondence | -- N. C. Department of Attorney General (1952) |
| 110 | -- N. C. League of Municipalities (1943) | ||
| 111 | -- Page, R. G., Jr. (1952) | ||
| 112 | -- Parker, Madge C. (1969-72) | ||
| 113 | Correspondence | -- Perkins, Ethel (1943-45) | |
| 114 | -- Perrin, James R. (1964) | ||
| 115 | -- Phillips, C. W. (1945) | ||
| 116 | -- Poe, Clarence (1947) | ||
| 117 | Correspondence | -- Powell, W. T. (1943) | |
| 118 | -- Preyer, Richardson (1972) | ||
| 119 | -- Ramsey, Ralph H., Jr. (1949) | ||
| 120 | -- Reynolds, Rufus (1962) | ||
| 121 | Correspondence | -- Richardson, O. L. (1943-45) | |
| 122 | -- Rives, E. Earle (1943) | ||
| 123 | -- Saunders, J. Maryon (UNC Alumni Association) (1962-69) | ||
| 124 | -- Settan, Edith (1945) | ||
| 2 | 125 | Correspondence | -- Shaw, Eugene G. (1962) |
| 126 | -- Shepard, James E. (1943) | ||
| 127 | -- Shore, Joseph P. (1962) | ||
| 128 | -- Shuford, Forrest H. (1943) | ||
| 129 | Correspondence | -- Smith, Benjamin L. (1945-61) | |
| 130 | -- Smith, Douglas (1954) | ||
| 131 | -- Smith, McNeil (1962) | ||
| 132 | -- Smith, Pearl A. (1967) | ||
| 133 | Correspondence | -- Stationery (n.d.) | |
| 134 | -- Steadman (1950) | ||
| 135 | -- Storey, William M. (1971) | ||
| 136 | -- Strowd, Nell (1962) | ||
| 137 | Correspondence | -- Teague, Claude (1962) | |
| 138 | -- Thorpe (1971) | ||
| 139 | -- UNC Photo Lab (1962) | ||
| 140 | -- Wallace, F. E. (1943-45) | ||
| 141 | Correspondence | -- Ward, D. L. (1943-45) | |
| 142 | -- Watson, Margie Marsh (1945) | ||
| 143 | -- Weatherly, J. Harry (1943-62) | ||
| 144 | -- Weathers, Lee B. (1948) | ||
| 145 | Correspondence | -- Weaver, P. J. (1961-68) | |
| 146 | -- Weaver, Winston (1972) | ||
| 147 | -- Wettach, Robert H. (1962) | ||
| 148 | -- White, David J. (1962) | ||
| 149 | Correspondence | -- Wiggins, Norman A. Ed (1962) | |
| 150 | -- Winslow, Frank (1962) | ||
| 151 | -- Young, Thomas L. (1961) | ||
| 152 | -- Zeisberg, Elsa (1962) | ||
| 3 | 1 | Financial | -- Blank Check (nd) |
| 2 | -- Stock Records and Receipts | ||
| 4 | 1 | Funeral | -- Guest Register -- Moseley, Robert (1972) |
| 5 | 1 | Legal | -- Death Certificate (1972) |
| 2 | -- Estate Administration (1972-73) | ||
| 3 | -- Inheritance and Estate Tax Return (1973) | ||
| 4 | Legal | -- Marriage Registration (1929) | |
| 5 | -- Miscellaneous (n.d.) | ||
| 6 | 1 | Literary | -- Printed Articles (1917-44) |
| 2 | -- School Reports (1917-19) | ||
| 7 | 1 | Military Service Records | -- Certificates and Awards (1917-53) |
| 2 | -- Correspondence and Orders (1917-23) | ||
| 3 | -- Discharge (1918-19) | ||
| 4 | Military Service Records | -- Miscellaneous (?-1971) | |
| 5 | -- Receipts (1918) | ||
| 8 | 1 | Parker Award | -- Winslow, Frank (Parker Address) (1962) |
| 9 | 1 | Photos | -- Moseley, Robert F. -- American Legion (1947) |
| 2 | -- Moseley, Robert F -- Dairy Co-op Attorneys (1948) | ||
| 3 | -- Moseley, Robert F -- General Statutes Commission (1947-54) | ||
| 4 | -- Moseley, Robert F -- Greensboro City School Board (1963-?) | ||
| 5 | Photos | -- Moseley, Robert F -- Informal (n.d.) | |
| 6 | -- Moseley, Robert F -- Portraits (n.d.) | ||
| 7 | -- Moseley, Robert F -- UNC (1919-62) | ||
| 10 | 1 | Printed | -- Broadsides (1940) |
| 2 | -- Certificates and Awards (n.d.) | ||
| 3 | -- Certificates and Awards -- Educational (1919-62) | ||
| 4 | -- Certificates and Awards -- Professional (1922-65) | ||
| 5 | Printed | -- Citations and Resolutions (?-1973) | |
| 6 | -- Clippings -- American Legion (1939) | ||
| 7 | -- Clippings -- Death of Moseley, Robert (1972) | ||
| 8 | -- Clippings -- Greensboro School Board (1932-72) | ||
| 9 | Printed | -- Clippings -- Honors and Awards (1962) | |
| 10 | -- Clippings -- Legal Work of Moseley, Robert (?-1969) | ||
| 11 | -- Clippings -- Miscellaneous (1962-65) | ||
| 12 | -- Clippings -- Polio Hospital (1948-49) | ||
| 13 | Printed | -- Clippings -- Political (1945-49) | |
| 14 | -- General Statutes Commission (n.d.) | ||
| 15 | -- Golden Fleece (1919-53) | ||
| 16 | -- Grades (UNC) (1907-19) | ||
| 17 | Printed | -- Greensboro Executives Club (1949-50) | |
| 18 | -- Greensboro Public Schools Newsletters (n.d.) | ||
| 19 | -- Lewis and Hall Inc. (n.d.) | ||
| 20 | -- Miscellaneous (1910-?) | ||
| 10 | 21 | Printed | -- Moseley and Powell (n.d.) |
| 22 | -- Political (1942) | ||
| 23 | -- Programs (1925-62) | ||
| 24 | -- Programs -- Greensboro (1935-62) | ||
| 25 | Printed | -- Programs -- UNC (1919-70) | |
| III. MOSELEY FAMILY | |||
| Series | Folder | Contents | |
| 1 | 1 | Family | -- Bible (1843) |
| 2 | 1 | Family | -- Birth/Death/Marriage Dates (1831-1963) |
| 3 | 1 | Family | -- Clippings (?-1972) |
| 4 | 1 | Family | -- Correspondence (1908-70) |
| 2 | -- Correspondence (1908-70) | ||
| 3 | -- Correspondence (1939-47) | ||
| 4 | Family | -- Correspondence (1908-35) | |
| 5 | -- Correspondence (1905-55) | ||
| 6 | -- Correspondence (1947-63) | ||
| 7 | Family | -- Correspondence -- Miscellaneous (n.d.) | |
| 8 | -- Correspondence -- Moseley, Robert A. (1865) | ||
| 5 | 1 | Family | -- Documents -- Land Receipts (1864-65) |
| 2 | -- Documents -- Slave Receipts (1858-64) | ||
| 3 | -- Documents -- Tax Receipts (1848) | ||
| 6 | 1 | Family | -- Genealogy (ca. 1900) |
| 2 | -- Genealogy (ca. 1900) | ||
| 3 | -- Genealogy (ca. 1900) | ||
| 4 | Family | -- Genealogy (ca. 1900) | |
| 5 | -- Genealogy (ca. 1900) | ||
| 7 | 1 | Family | -- Miscellaneous -- Guilford County History |
| 2 | -- Miscellaneous -- Notes | ||
| 8 | 1 | Family | -- Moseley, William Dunn |
| 9 | 1 | Family | -- Photos -- Moseley Extended Family |
| 2 | -- Photos -- Moseley Family | ||
| 3 | -- Photos -- Moseley, Robert F., Jr. -- Childhood | ||
| 4 | Family | -- Photos -- Moseley, Robert F., Jr. -- Childhood -- Birthdays | |
| 5 | -- Photos -- Moseley, Robert F., Jr. -- Childhood -- Portraits | ||
| 6 | -- Photos -- Moseley, Robert F., Jr. -- Childhood -- Toys | ||
Index to the Moseley Family Papers (ca. 1890s-1972)
Note: The numbers following the name/subject entry – e.g. I: 1:1 – indicate in which Group#:Series#:Folder# (or, if no “:”, Series only) that name/topic can be found. Dates of the items are given in parentheses for an individual Group/Series/Folder or, if at the end, for the entire subject/name entry. The abbreviation GSO indicates a Greensboro association.
A & T College: II: 2:71 (1946)
Adams, William J., Jr.: II: 2:1 (1943-62)
African-Americans: I: 4:13 (n.d.), 8:3 (1941-42), 8:35 (n.d.); II: 2:5; 16; 53; 92; 71;126 (1943-72), III: 5:2 (1858-64)
Agricultural Extension Service: II: 2:44 (1945)
Agricultural Foundation of North Carolina: II: 10:2 (n.d.)
Alagia, D. Paul, Jr.: II: 2:2 (1967-72)
American Legion (GSO): II: 9:1 (1947), 10:6 (1939), 10:24 (1935-62)
Andrews, E. Frank: II: 2:3 (1946-62)
Andrews, Lucille S.: II: 2:4 (1944-45)
Armistice Day: II: 10:24 (1935)
Army: II: 7 (1917-1971)
Artwork: I: 1 (n.d.)
Ashby, Warren: II: 2:5 (1963)
Austin, J. Allen: II: 2:6 (1943)
Austin, Ralph J., Jr.: II: 2:7 (1972)
Aycock, William B.: II: 2:8 (1962)
Ballentine, L. Y.: II: 2:9 (1943)
Beckwith, Clifton: II: 2:10 (1952)
Bell, B. Tartt: II: 2:11 (1962)
Bennison, T.: II: 2:12 (1943)
Birthdays: III: 9:4 (n.d.)
Blackburn, Dr. ?: I: 6:1 (ca. 1956)
Bowman, T. Grady: II: 2:13 (1945)
Brandis, Henry, Jr.: II: 2:14 (1962)
Breckenridge, M. S.: II: 2:15 (1962-63)
Brooks, Thornton H.: II: 2:16 (1960)
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen: II: 2:17 (1940)
Broughton, J. Melville: II: 2:18 (1944)
Browne, Lucille: II: 2:19 (1972)
Buchman, Henry: II: 2:20 (1959)
Burton, T. A.: II: 2:21 (1943)
Cahoon, Robert: II: 2:22 (1947)
Caldwell, Harry B.: II: 2:23 (1971)
Campbell, Forrset E.: II: 2:24 (1962)
Camp Pike, Arkansas: II: 7:5 (1918)
Carolina Inn: II: 2:25 (1962)
Carroll, Charles F.: II: 2:26 (1948)
Cate, Vallie Sanders: II: 2:27 (1945)
Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital: II: 10:12 (1948-49)
Chapman Press (GSO): I: 8:18 (1954-68)
Cherry, R. G.: II: 2:28 (1943)
Christian Advocate: I: 4:1 (1939)
Civil War: I: 8:3 (1941-42); II: 10:20 (1910); III: 3 (1915), 4:3 (1942)
Claiborne, Helen S.: II: 2:29 (n.d.)
Clark, Giles R.: II: 2:30 (1961)
Classroom Teachers Association of Winston-Salem: II: 2:31 (1945)
Cleveland Clinic: I: 4:2 (1939)
Clinard, Ruth M.: II: 2:32 (1962)
Coates, Albert: II: 2:33 (1962)
Colhoun, Reid H.: II: 2:34 (1962)
Columbia Records: I: 11:2 (n.d.)
Cooper, Annie E.: II: 2:35 (1943)
Courtship: III: 9:2 (n.d.)
Cowan, J. C., Jr.: II: 2:36 (1959)
Cude, W. H.: II: 2:37 (1943)
Dairy Co-op Attorneys: II: 9:2 (1948)
Dairymen, Inc.: II: 2:2 (1967-72)
Dalton, Carter: II: 2:38 (1943)
DeBroglie: I: 9:1 (n.d.)
Democratic Primary: II: 10:1 (1940)
Doggett, James and Mary: II: 2:39 (1961)
Duke University: I: 6:1 (ca. 1956)
Eagles, Sidney S., Jr.: II: 2:40 (1967)
Education: I: 5:1 (n.d.); II: 2:5 (1963), 2:16 (1960), 2:47 (1945-72), 2:57 (1972), 2:87 (1943), 2:129 (1945-61); see also UNC-Chapel Hill
Ehrmann, Max: II: 10:20 (n.d.)
Eighty-first (Wildcat) Division: II: 7:4 (1971)
Elks: II: 10:23 (1925)
Erwin, Clyde A.: II: 2:41 (1945)
Esquire: I: 4:3 (1942)
Eure, Thad: II: 2:42 (1961)
Farnell, D. Newton: II: 2:43 (1943)
Fashion, Women’s: I. 1:2 (n.d.)
Forest Lawn Cemetery (GSO): II: 4:1 (1972), 10:24 (1938)
Flight: I: 8:14 (n.d.)
Floyd, E. Y.: II: 2:44 (1945)
Folk, William, Jr.: II: 2:45 (n.d.)
Frazier, Robert H.: II: 2:46 (1953)
Fuller, Virginia: II: 2:47 (1945-72)
Garrard, Robert L.: II: 2:48 (1962)
Girl Reserve Committee (GSO): I: 12:1 (1939)
General Statutes Commission: II: 2:49 (1973), 9:3 (1947-54), 10:5 (1961), 10:14 (n.d.)
Godfrey, Arthur: I: 4:4 (1956)
Golden Fleece: II: 9:7 (n.d.), 10:15 (1919-53)
Golf: III: 9:2 (n.d.)
Good Housekeeping: I: 4:5 (1935)
Greensboro Bar Association: II 10:5 (n.d.)
Greensboro City Council: II: 10:5 (1973)
Greensboro City Schools/School Board: II: 2:5; 16; 57; 129 (1945-72), 9:4 (?-1963), 10:2 (n.d.), 10:5 (1972), 10:6 (1932-72), 10:18 (n.d.)
Greensboro Civic Ballet: I: 6:1 (ca. 1956)
Greensboro Classroom Teachers Association: II: 2:50 (1945)
Greensboro Daily News: I: 4:6 (1956); II: 2:51 (1948-62)
Greensboro Executives Club: II: 10:17 (1949-50)
Greensboro Writers (Organization): I: 2:1 (1955-57), 6:1 (ca. 1956)
Guilford County: III: 7:1 (n.d.)
Guilford County Board of Elections: II: 2:52 (1942-46)
Guilford National Bank of Greensboro: II: 3:2 (ca. 1932-46)
Hairston, John T.: II: 2:53 (1945)
Hall, B. A.: II: 2:54 (1946)
Hamilton, J. G. de Roulhac: III: 4:3 (1942)
Hamlin, Vicki: II: 2:55 (1961)
Hanft, Frank W.: II: 2:56 (1961-72)
Hardy, John W.: II: 2:57 (1972)
Harris, Margaret A.: II: 2:58 (1972)
Harris, R. Kennedy: II: 2:59 (1972)
Harris, Shearon: II: 2:60 (1943)
Hartman, Carl G.: I: 4:7 (1953)
Hays, Ellen William Reinhardt: I: 5:1 (n.d.)
Hays, Lee: I: 3:1 (n.d.), 4:8 (n.d.), 8:34 (n.d.), 11:1; 2 (ca. 1957-75)
Hays, Reverend William B.: I: 5:1 (n.d.)
Hendricks, J. Wade: II: 2:61 (1962)
Hobson, J. P.: II: 2:62 (1956)
Holly, Miss ?: I: 4:9 (1942)
Holt, Bryce R.: II: 2:63 (1962-72)
House, W. J.: II: 2:64 (1972)
Housewives: I: 8:15 (n.d.)
Howell, A. C.: II: 2:65 (1962)
Hudgins, D. E. “Ed”: II: 2:66 (1955)
Humphries, Doris S.: II: 2:67 (1972)
Hutchinson, Doris: II: 2:68 (n.d.)
Influenza Club: I: 1:1 (n.d.)
Ivey, Pete: II: 2:69 (1962)
Jones, Grover H.: II: 2:70 (1943)
Jones, R. E.: II: 2:71 (1946)
Joyner, Andrew, Jr. “Pete”: II: 2:72 (1948)
Kellenberger, J. A.: II: 2:73 (1962)
Kelly, Clyde: II: 2:74 (1962)
Kendall, H. W.: II: 2:75 (1950)
Kennedy, John F.: I: 4:10 (1964), 8:16 (1963), 9:1 (n.d.)
Kerr, John, Jr.: II: 2:76 (1942-43)
Kirkman, D. Arthur: II: 2:77 (1943)
Kiser, Mose: II: 2:78 (1962)
LaBarr, Miss ?: II: 2:79 (1946)
Ladies’ Home Journal: I: 4:11 (1935)
Land: III: 5:1 (1864-65)
Leonard, Colvin T.: II: 2:80 (1962)
Lewis and Hall, Inc. (GSO): I: 10:19 (nd)
Lewis, McDaniel: II: 2:81 (1962)
Lords, The: I: 11:2 (n.d.)
Lytle, R. G. “Bob”: II: 2:82 (1953-61)
Macauley, Robie: I: 6:1 (ca. 1956)
MacLamroc, James J. W.: II: 2:83 (1962)
Madkins, George F.: II: 2:92 (1944)
Marriage: II: 5:4 (1929)
Marshburn, W. J.: II: 2:93 (1943)
Martin, J. T.: II: 2:94 (1943)
Maynard, S. Amos: II: 2:95 (1943)
McCall, Fred: II: 2:84 (1962-64)
McCrary, D. B.: II: 2:85 (1943)
McDermott, Malcolm M.: II: 2:86 (1954)
McDonald, Annie Laurie: II: 2:87 (1943)
McDonald, Dr. R. H.: I: 4:2 (1939)
McGalliard, Harry W.: II: 2:88 (1952)
McMullan, Harry: II: 2:89 (1943-52)
McNairy, Carolyn: II: 2:90 (1972)
McNary, C. T.: II: 2:91 (1953)
Memorial Day: II: 10:24 (1938)
Merrell, Herman S.: II: 2:96 (1961)
Merritt, R. A., Mrs.: II: 2:97 (1945)
Midyette, Buxton: II: 2:98 (1961)
Millikan, Roy C.: II: 2:99 (1962)
Mooney, Naomi S.: II: 2:101 (1947)
Moore, Beverly: II: 2:102 (1962)
Moore, J. Campbell: II: 2:103 (1948)
Morgan, Ben F., Jr.: II: 2:104 (1971)
Moseley (Santa Claus): II: 2:105 (n.d.)
Moseley, Edward: III: 6:1 (1899)
Moseley, Robert, Jr.: I: 4:13 (n.d.), 10:1 (n.d.); II: 4:1 (ca. 1972); III: 2 (1963), 9:3-6 (n.d.)
Moseley, William Dunn: III: 3 (n.d.), 8 (n.d.)
Musical Compositions: I: 11:1;2; (ca. 1957-75)
N. C. Department of Attorney General: II: 2:109 (1952)
N. C. League of Municipalities: II: 2:110 (1943)
New Yorker: I: 4:14 (1941)
Nisbet, Lynn: II: 2:106 (1962)
Norman, George E., Jr.: II: 2:107 (1972)
Norman, Z. V.: II: 2:108 (1954)
North Carolina: I: 8:17 (n.d.)
North Carolina Bar Association: II: 8:1 (1962), 10:23 (1962)
North Carolina College for Negroes: II: 2:126 (1943)
North Carolina Educational Association: II: 2:47; 87 (1943-45)
North Carolina General Assembly: II: 10:5 (1961)
North Carolina Law Review: II: 6:1 (1944)
North Carolina State College: II: 2:44 (1945)
P. Lorillard Company: I: 4:15 (1962)
Page, R. G., Jr.: II: 2:111 (1952)
Parker, Judge John J. Award: II: 8:1 (1962), 10:4 (1962)
Parker, Madge C.: II: 2:112 (1969-72)
Perkins, Ethel: II: 2:113 (1943-45)
Perrin, James R.: II: 2:114 (1964)
Phillips, C. W.: II: 2:115 (1945)
Poe, Clarence: II: 2:116 (1947)
Poetry: I: 6:1 (ca. 1956), 8:10-18 (n.d.), 12:2 (1956-57)
Polio: II: 10:12 (1948-49)
Politics: II: 10:1 (1940), 10:13 (1945-49), 10:22 (1942)
Powell, W. T.: II: 2:117 (1943)
Preyer, Richardson: II: 2:118 (1972)
Proctor, Robert and Nancy Z.: I: 4:16 (1962)
Ramsey, Ralph H., Jr.: II: 2:119 (1949)
Reinhardt, Vic: II: 10:20 (1910)
Reynolds, Rufus: II: 2:120 (1962)
Richardson, O. L.: II: 2:121 (1943-45)
Rives, E. Earle: II: 2:122 (1943)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: II: 10:22 (n.d.)
Sampson County Club: II: 9:7 (n.d.)
Sanford, Terry: I: 4:17 (1963)
Santa Claus: I: 4:18 (n.d.)
Saturday Review: I: 4:19 (1956)
Saunders, J. Maryon (UNC Alumni Association): II: 2:123 (1962-69)
Schenck, David: I: 4:20 (1963)
Seeger, Peter: I: 3:1 (n.d.); I: 4:21 (1956)
Settan, Edith: II: 2:124 (1945)
Seven Daffodils: I: 11:2 (1957-75)
Shaw, Eugene G.: II: 2:125 (1962)
Shepard, James E.: II: 2:126 (1943)
Shiloh: II: 10:20 (1910)
Shore, Joseph P.: II: 2:127 (1962)
Short Stories: I: 8:23-27 (n.d.)
Shuford, Forrest H.: II: 2:128 (1943)
Slavery: III: 5:2 (1858-64)
Smith, Benjamin L.: II: 2:129 (1945-61)
Smith, Douglas: II: 2:130 (1954)
Smith, McNeil: II: 2:131 (1962)
Smith, Pearl A.: II: 2:132 (1967)
Soldiers: I: 8:36 (n.d.)
Southeast Milk Sales: II: 2:2 (1967-72)
Southern accent: I: 8:37 (n.d.)
Spearman, Walter: I: 6:1 (ca. 1956)
St. Louis Post Dispatch: I: 4:22 (1955)
State House of Representatives: II: 10:1 (1940)
Steadman: II: 2:134 (1950)
Storey, William M.: II: 2:135 (1971)
Strowd, Nell: II: 2:136 (1962)
Tarboro Schools: II: 10:5 (n.d.)
Tau Kappa Alpha: II: 9:7 (1918)
Taxes: II: 5:3 (1973); III: 5:3 (1848)
Teague, Claude: II: 2:137 (1962)
Tennyson: II: 10:20 (n.d.)
Thorpe: II: 2:138 (1971)
Toys: III: 9:6 (n.d.)
Trinity Chapel (GSO): II: 2:92 (1944)
UNC-Chapel Hill: I: 6:1 (ca. 1956); II: 6:1;2 (1917-1944), 9:7 (1919-62), 10:3 (1919-62), 10:5 (1962), 10:16 (1907-19), 10:25 (1919-70), III: 4:3 (1942)
UNC Photo Lab: II: 2:139 (1962)
UNC Press: I: 4:23 (1954)
United Bank Building Company: II: 3:2 (ca.1932-46)
United Daughters of the Confederacy: II: 7:1 (1953)
Wallace, F. E.: II: 2:140 (1943-45)
Ward, D. L.: II: 2:141 (1943-45)
Washington Evening Star: I: 8:18 (1956)
Watson, Margie Marsh: II: 2:142 (1945)
Weatherly, J. Harry: II: 2:143 (1943-62)
Weathers, Lee B.: II: 2:144 (1948)
Weaver, P. J.: II: 2:145 (1961-68)
Weaver, Winston: II: 2:146 (1972)
Weavers, The: I: 3:1 (n.d.)
Wettach, Robert H.: II: 2:147 (1962)
What’s My Line?: I: 4:24 (1962)
White, David J.: II: 2:148 (1962)
Wiggins, Norman A. “Ed”: II: 2:149 (1962)
Winslow, Frank: II: 2:150 (1962); II: 8:1 (1962)
Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina: II: 10:24 (1935)
Women’s Rights: II: 10:13 (n.d.)
World War I: II: 7 (1917-1971)
World War II (GSO): I: 8:3 (1941-42)
Writer’s Digest: I: 2:1 (1956)
Young, Thomas L.: II: 2:151 (1961)
Zeisberg, Elsa: II: 2:152 (1962)
