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

This collection primarily documents Anne Parham’s time as a student at the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina (later the University of North Carolina at Greensboro), her career in Guilford County government, and her civic activities. Also included are materials relating to her great grandmother, Sally Duty Hays, and Greensboro Female College. Researchers interested in Greensboro Female College, the Woman’s College, Greensboro/Guilford County, or the activities of working women after World War II will find useful material in this collection.

Arrangement: This collection is organized into five series by document type and subject. The series are: Correspondence, 1958-2005; Greensboro Female College, 1856-1895; Miscellaneous, 1955-1977; Printed Material, ca. 1942-2001; and Woman’s College, 1908-1942.

Provenance: This bulk of this collection was donated in 2015 by Brenda Fox, who inherited it from Anne Parham. It was assigned accession number 2014.47.2. The materials relating to Greensboro Female College and First Presbyterian Church were donated by Brenda Fox in July 2016 and assigned accession number 2016.52.1.

Processing: This collection was organized by Archivist Elise Allison in 2015, and the finding aid was prepared by intern Della Owens in May 2016. The 2016 addition was incorporated into the collection and the finding aid was updated by Archivist Elise Allison in October 2016.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Anne Furman Parham (1921-2014) was born to a family that had lived in Oxford, North Carolina, for several generations, but whose women had often attended college in Greensboro. Her great grandmother, Sally Duty (1835-1902), graduated from Greensboro Female College (later Greensboro College) in 1853, taught guitar there for a few years, and married John Willis Hays in 1859. Born to their daughter Lucy Hays and Henry Otis Furman, Annie Winston Furman (1886-1950) attended the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College (later the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina) in Greensboro from 1907 to 1909. She taught in the public schools of Oxford, Salisbury, Henderson, and New Bern, before marrying William A. Parham in 1919.

Anne Furman Parham was born in Oxford, North Carolina, on June 12, 1921. After graduating from the Woman’s College with a Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Administration in 1942, she was hired as the secretary to Guilford County Board of Commissioners Chairman George Stansbury. She worked for the county for forty-nine years, serving as clerk to the Board of Commissioners for much of that time and ending her career as Assistant to the County Manager in 1991. Changes in county government led her to retire one year shy of fifty years of service. She was a long-time member of First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro and sang in its choir. Other memberships included the Pilot Club of Greensboro, an organization for professional women, and the International City Managers’ Association. Anne Parham died in Greensboro on May 1, 2014.

Biographical Sources: The biographical information about Anne Parham was obtained from the article, “County Veteran Retires-Recent Changes Cited as Reason,” by Cathy Gant (Greensboro News & Record, March 11, 1991) and her obituary (News & Record, May 4, 2014). Information about the organizations with which she was associated was found in the collection. The biographical details about Anne Parham’s great grandmother and her mother were gathered from materials in the collection, Ancestry.com, CemeteryCensus.com, and her mother’s obituary (Greensboro Daily News, September 30, 1950).

SCOPE & CONTENT NOTE

The types of materials found in this collection include primarily correspondence, printed material, and a scrapbook.

The bulk of the collection focuses on the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina between 1938 and 1942. Items include a student handbook (5:9), commencement programs (5:4-5), three yearbooks (1909, 1941, 1942; 5:15-17) and a scrapbook (5:12). The scrapbook may be of particular interest as it sheds light on student life during this era, showing what kind of entertainment, clubs, and social activities were available on campus.

Other noteworthy material relates to the early years of Greensboro Female College. The 1856-57 catalog provides a glimpse of the course of study and student life at the time, and one letter provides an overview of college history in the decades after the Civil War. Additional material relates to the Alumnae address that Sally Duty Hays gave in 1895.

Also included in this collection are a few items pertaining to Anne Parham’s professional life, particularly the “Boss of the Year” award that she received in 1977 (3:2, 4:8) and her service as a Notary Public (4:11). Additionally, some materials provide information about local organizations in which she held memberships, such as Beta Sigma Phi (4:1), the Pilot Club of Greensboro (1:10) and First Presbyterian Church (4:4-6).

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

1. Correspondence. 12 folders (ca. 25 items).  1958-2005.

This series contains personal letters to Anne Parham, some with enclosed newspaper clippings or certificates. Most letters congratulate her upon receipt of the “Boss of the Year” award in 1977. Some relate to her membership in organizations such as the Lou-Celia Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association (1:1), the Insurance Advisory Committee (IAC; 1:7), the Pilot Club of Greensboro (1:10), and UNCG’s Alumni Association (1:11). Materials that relate specifically to Guilford Country and North Carolina are a Greensboro Daily News article (1:12) about Parham’s view of Guilford County’s growth and a 1964 letter from Governor Terry Sanford (1:9) about the Economic Opportunities (Anti-Poverty) Bill.

2. Greensboro Female College.  6 folders (11 items).  1856-1895.

This series consists primarily of materials relating to the Alumnae address given by Sally Duty Hays during commencement week in 1895. Correspondence from President Dred Peacock invites her to give the address and provides an overview of college history since the Civil War (2:4). The address itself is contained in full in a handwritten draft (2:5) and the first half in a proof of the September 1895 issue of The College Message (2:2). Also included are programs from the 1861 and 1895 commencements (2:3). The college’s early years are reflected in the 1856-57 catalog (2:1), which lists all graduates since 1848, current students and faculty, and the course of study, as well as discussing discipline, costs, and other details of student life.

3. Miscellaneous. 3 folders (4 items).  1955-1977.

The miscellaneous items include a Greensboro Water Department Receipt (3:1), Parham’s 1977-1978 “Boss of the Year” plaque (3:2), and a speech she gave at the dedication of the Whitsett Fire Station in 1973 (3:3).

4. Printed Material. 13 folders (ca. 65 items).  ca. 1942-2001.

The printed material includes certificates, newspapers, newspaper clippings, programs and pamphlets. Materials that relate directly to Anne Parham include her 1942 National Clerical Ability Test (4:2) and certificates from her service as a Notary Public (4:11). Items from First Presbyterian Church include two sermons given by Dr. John A. Redhead Jr. (4:6), worship bulletins from the 1940s, and materials relating to the Letourneau Organ dedicated in 2001 (4:4). Parham’s interest in local history is reflected in pamphlets about Tannenbaum Park (4:13), College Hill, Fowler House, and the Troy-Bumpass Inn (4:3), and “Millstream” in McLeansville (4:7). Miscellaneous newspapers and newspaper clippings include one about the oldest part of the Greensboro Historical Museum building turning 100 years old (4:9).

5. Woman’s College. 18 folders (ca. 35 items).  1908-1942.

The highlight of this collection is its material relating to the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina. Anne Parham graduated from the college in 1942, the year it celebrated its 50th anniversary. Materials relating to the anniversary include a mailing from Dean of Administration W.C. Jackson detailing celebratory events (5:1), the April 1942 issue of The Alumnae News (5:2), the program for the 50th Anniversary play entitled We, the Women, and the program for the Alumnae Homecoming (5:5).

Items from the State Normal and Industrial College acquired by Parham’s mother include a 1908 commencement program (5:4), a schedule of devotional services at the Y.W.C.A. in January and February 1909 (5:18), and the 1909 yearbook entitled The Carolinian (5:15). The series also contains two yearbooks belonging to Parham herself and entitled The Pine Needles (1941 and 1942; 5:16-17). Additional items she kept from her college years include a student handbook (5:9) and the constitution, by-laws and regulations of the Student Government Association (5:13).

The most interesting item in this collection is probably Anne Parham’s scrapbook chronicling her final year at Oxford High School through her graduation from the Woman’s College (5:12). Arranged by date, it consists primarily of printed material but also contains some handwritten items. Included are programs from Woman’s College organizations, the majority relating to the Civic Music Association, the Play-Likers, and the College Choir. Invitations and tickets to formals and dances include some that provided opportunities for students to interact with soldiers, such as the “Soja Dances” and a “musical concert of soldier talent” entitled “Meet the Boys from Bragg.” Numerous newspaper clippings and pamphlets depict life at the college during this time. Some articles of interest may include “Students Compose Campus Dictionary,” “Renovated Hall Claims Interest of Whole College,” “Famed Violinist Will Give First Concert of Year,” or “Students Accept Reports of War without Hysteria.”

FOLDER LISTING

NOTE:  The numbers cited in parentheses, e.g. 1:5, refer the researcher to the Series#:Folder# in which that name or topic will be found.

INTRODUCTION

This collection consists primarily of materials collected by Anne Parham during her nearly-fifty-year employment with Guilford County. Items include three newspaper scrapbooks, a plaque, photographs, and loose newspaper clippings. Researchers will find numerous photographs of Guilford County facilities, services, officials and employees. The scrapbooks and loose newspaper clippings highlight newsworthy events pertaining to the county, while four booklets describe the various departments and functions of Guilford County government.

Arrangement: This collection is arranged into five series by document type. The series are: Minutes, 1973; Miscellaneous, 1919-1991; Photographs, 1950-1973; Printed Material, 1951-1989; and Scrapbooks, ca. 1942-ca. 1951.

Provenance: The bulk of this collection was donated by Brenda Fox, who inherited it from Anne Parham. The majority of these materials were received in November 2014 and assigned accession number 2014.47.1. The minutes, revenue anticipation notes, and select printed materials were donated by Marcia S. Regan, daughter of former county commissioner Percy Sears, and assigned accession number 2015.23.1. Some additional printed materials were incorporated from the N.C. Vertical File at UNCG Libraries and other donors, including a booklet entitled “A Look at Guilford County” that was assigned accession number 2018.5.3.

Processing: This collection was organized by volunteer Kim Lanham, and the finding aid was completed in May 2015.

HISTORICAL NOTE

Born and raised in Oxford, North Carolina, Anne Furman Parham graduated from the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina in 1942. In June of that year, she was hired as the secretary to Guilford County Board of Commissioners Chairman George Stansbury. She worked for the county for forty-nine years, serving as clerk to the Board of Commissioners for much of that time and ending her career as Assistant to the County Manager. Percy Sears served on the Guilford County Board of Commissioners in the 1960s and 1970s.

Anne Parham joined county government during a time of great change. A movement began in 1937 to reduce taxes and spending within the county. By 1942, big changes came with the appointment of a full-time professional manager and newly-voted-in Board of Commissioners. Surveys conducted during the 1940s and 1950s evaluated Guilford County’s government operations. The public’s disappointment in and replacement of the commissioners that occurred in the 1940s happened again the 1960s. Then in the years Dale Montgomery served as chairman of the Board of Commissioners, 1962-1972, great progress and professionalization began to take place. During his tenure, Guilford County consolidated the school building program, extended water and sewer lines, built the City/County Governmental Center, opened two Evergreen nursing facilities, and opened a juvenile detention center.

Historical Sources: The biographical details about Anne Parham were found in the article, “County Veteran Retires-Recent Changes Cited as Reason,” by Cathy Gant (Greensboro News & Record, March 11, 1991) and her obituary (News & Record, May 4, 2014). The broader historical information about Guilford County government was gleaned from the book, The History of Guilford County, North Carolina, USA to 1980, AD: Volume One, Guilford County’s First 150 Years, by Blackwell P. Robinson and Alexander R. Stoesen (Guilford County Bicentennial Commission, 1971).

SCOPE & CONTENT NOTE

The types of materials in this collection include service awards, newspaper clippings, photographs, printed materials, and items related to the printed materials (i.e. graphics and metal engraving plates). The majority of the collection consists of newspaper clippings and photographs.

The newspaper clippings, found in the scrapbooks (5:1) and printed material (4:7-8), cover news relating to Guilford County and the Board of Commissioners, such as funding concerns, official appointments, and building projects. The photographs show various county facilities, services, officials, and employees. The 1918 Guilford County Courthouse (3:18-22), the City/County Governmental Center (3:5-7), and the County Commissioners and clerk (3:10) are featured prominently. In addition, many photos show activities sponsored by the Department of Agriculture (3:14), services provided by the Health Department (3:23-26), and school facilities from the elementary to post-secondary levels (3:36-40). Also included are photos of City of Greensboro and High Point facilities, particularly public libraries (3:34) and schools (3:36-39).

This collection also contains two service awards, one a plaque and the other a certificate, presented to Anne Parham (2:5-6), as well as graphics used in county printed materials (2:2 and 2:4), a checking account statement and cancelled checks (2:3), and printed graphics of the courthouse and governmental building (2:2 and 4:2).

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

1.  Minutes.  1 folder (3 items).  1973.

This series contains photocopies of the minutes from three Guilford County Commissioner meetings: July 16, August 6, and August 20, 1973.

2.  Miscellaneous.  8 folders (46 items).  1919-1991.

The miscellaneous items include service awards presented to Anne Parham (2:5-6), Greensboro Loan and Trust checks (2:3), and Revenue Anticipation Notes from the Great Depression era (2:8). A folder of graphics consists of charts most likely used internally, a colored county seal, and a print of the old Guilford County Courthouse (2:2).

3.  Photographs.  43 folders (ca. 765 items).  1950-1973.

The photographs provide a glimpse into various county facilities and services, and also show some of the personnel who served the county. The first two folders contain contact sheets of photographs taken for the county (3:1-2), while the remaining folders hold photographic prints. Most of the images in the two “Guilford County Government in Action” booklets and “Your Guilford County Government” (4:5) are included in this series.

Many photos show city and county buildings, including the airport (3:3), the old jail (3:8), and the City/County Governmental Center (3:5-7). Images of the old Guilford County Courthouse (built 1918-1920) show commissioner meetings (3:18), court in progress (3:19), and members of the public waiting in the lobby (3:22). The county commissioners from 1966-1967 and clerk Anne Parham are featured heavily in another group of photos (3:10). Persons of note are P.H. Sears, W.E. Davis, D.C. Montgomery, R.N. Linville, J.E. Walters, and Judge Gentry.

More images of facilities and services are filed under the related county department or division: voting booths under the Board of Elections (3:4); the Guilford County Agricultural Center under the Department of Agriculture (3:14); and the Guilford County Home for the Aged & Infirm under Social Services (3:42). Photographs relating to the Health Department show health screenings (3:26), a mobile dentistry unit (3:24), and the Kendall Center (3:25). Also pictured is the 1950 Board of the Health (3:23), which was the first board to serve the entire county.

This series also include photographs of Greensboro and High Point facilities, particularly public libraries and schools. The images of public libraries include the Greensboro Public Library on N. Greene St. and the Greensboro Public Library Bookmobile (3:34). The photographs of schools in the two cities and Guilford County are grouped by grade-level: elementary (3:37), junior high (3:38), and senior high (3:39), as well as the Guilford Technical Institute (3:40). They primarily show the exteriors of school buildings but also include classroom and playground scenes at elementary schools and class scenes at Guilford Technical Institute.

The miscellaneous folder (3:31) contains a photograph of food and other provisions needed if the Civil Evacuation Plan went into effect. Additional images show the city garbage dump and the Old Mill of Guilford, as well as the Burlington Industries headquarters and Dixie Apartments at the intersection of Eugene and Bellemeade streets.

4. Printed Material.  9 folders (ca. 35 items).  1951-1989.

The printed material includes Guilford County’s 1972 annual report (4:1) and a booklet about the new City/County Governmental Center (4:3). Many of the images in the booklets describing the various departments and functions of Guilford County government (4:5) can be found in the Photographs series. The brochures include one about rezoning and an annual report for the Welfare Department (4:2), while the planning reports examine the county’s current cultural facilities and public buildings with an eye to future needs (4:9). The folder for County Yearbooks (4:4) contains photocopies of the Guilford County pages in the 1965-1970 yearbooks and the complete 1972-1973 yearbook, which covered the opening of the City/County Governmental Center. Two folders contain newspaper clippings, some that became separated from the scrapbooks and others apparently too large for the scrapbooks (4:7-8).

5.  Scrapbooks.  1 folder (3 items).  ca. 1942-ca. 1951.

These three scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, arranged chronologically, with news about Guilford County during the 1940s. Subjects of note include policy changes, the misuse of funds, voting, budgets, building projects, official appointments, and agricultural developments.

FOLDER LISTING

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 Frank Shaw Family Papers consist of photographs and printed materials relating to Frank D. Shaw, his brother Paul B. Shaw, and the Greensboro Fire Department. Frank Shaw became Greensboro’s first paid fire chief in 1926, and Paul Shaw became the first paid assistant fire chief in 1929. The brothers helped bring the department into the modern era with more standardized training and more efficient technology. While the collection holds little biographical information about them, the photos provide insight into the Fire Department’s evolution over time.

Arrangement: This collection is organized into two series and arranged within series by subject. The series are: Photographs, ca. 1900s-ca. 1950; and Printed Material, 1923-1980.

Provenance: This collection was donated by Cheryl Smith, who inherited the materials from her paternal grandfather, Victor Shaw, and his brothers, Frank D. Shaw and Paul B. Shaw. It was received in 2014 and assigned the accession number 2014.41.1.

Processing: This collection was organized by Archivist Elise Allison in early 2015. The finding aid was begun by intern Graeme Roberts in June 2015 and completed by Elise Allison in July 2015.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Born to Ada and Milton Shaw in the Alamance community, Frank Dick Shaw (1887-1946) became a driver for Southside Hose Company on January 1, 1906, and was later promoted to captain. In 1926, he became the first paid chief of the Greensboro Fire Department and served in that position until his death. Shaw married Nellie C. Phillips in 1922, and he was a member of the North Carolina State Firemen’s Association (NCSFA), the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the Masonic Lodge, and the First Reformed Church.

His older brother, Paul B. Shaw (1881-1964), served as a firefighter from August 1, 1907, until 1950. He became Greensboro’s first paid assistant fire chief in 1929 and was the first recipient of funds from the Greensboro Firemen’s Supplementary Retirement Fund in 1954. Paul Shaw was a member of the NCSFA and the North Carolina Fraternal Insurance Association.

Note: Frank Shaw’s initial obituary in the Greensboro Daily News states that he was born on October 13, 1882, and was 63 when he died in 1946. However, a subsequent article about him and his gravestone show that he was born in 1887. Census records and his death certificate confirm this birth year.

Biographical Sources: The sources used to compile this biographical note include the Guilford County Register of Deeds, the U.S. Census, www.findagrave.com, Frank Shaw’s obituary (Greensboro Daily News, August 14, 1946), and Paul Shaw’s obituary (Greensboro Daily News, March 29, 1964). Additional information was obtained from Greensboro Fire Department, 1806-1984, edited by B.C. Cox (Greensboro, NC: The Dept., 1984?) and Greensboro Fire Department, 1926-2001, edited by C.W. Whitworth (Greensboro, NC: Greensboro Fire Department, 2001).

SCOPE & CONTENT NOTE

The types of material included in this collection are photographs and printed material.

The majority of the collection consists of photographs of Frank Shaw (1:4), Paul Shaw (1:5), Greensboro fire stations, and fire equipment. Included are photos of horse-drawn vehicles, particularly from the Southside Hose Company (1:6), and images of the early motorized fire engines (1:1). Also of interest are a photo of the First Reformed Church (1:2) and a postcard of a boarding house run by John and Lula Short (1:3).

The printed material consists largely of newspaper clippings that provide insight into the later years of both Shaw brothers. One article presents anecdotes related by Frank Shaw about his experiences as a fireman from an interview given during his 35th year of service (2:2). Another clipping shows Paul Shaw’s acceptance of the first funds from the Greensboro Firemen’s Supplementary Retirement Fund (2:2).

Few materials will inform researchers about the personal lives of the Shaw brothers. Instead, the strength of the collection is its photographs of the Greensboro Fire Department and firemen, which provide insight into the history of the department and the leadership of the Shaw brothers.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

1. Photographs.  6 folders (30 items).  ca. 1890s-1946.

This series contains photos of Frank Shaw during his years as fire chief (1:4), Paul Shaw (1:5), Greensboro fire stations, and fire equipment. Multiple photos show horse-drawn vehicles from the Southside Hose Company (1:6) on Asheboro Street, later Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. One photo features firemen standing around engines bedecked in American flags, perhaps for 4th of July festivities (1:2). A panorama shows the Central Fire Station on North Greene Street with fire engines parked from end to end (1:1). Also of interest is a photo of a group gathered in front of the First Reformed Church on West Lee Street (later West Gate City Boulevard; 1:2). A photographic postcard features people in front of a boarding house run by John and Lula Short at 218 East Washington Street (1:3).

2. Printed Material.  3 folders (13 items).  1923-1980.

The printed material consists primarily of newspaper clippings about the Shaw brothers, as well as Frank Shaw’s successor, Chief Calvin W. “Moon” Wyrick (2:2). One article recounts an interview with Frank Shaw in which he recalls some of his experiences as a fireman (2:2). Others mark when Paul Shaw became the first firefighter to receive funds from the Greensboro Firemen’s Supplementary Retirement Fund and discuss the possibility of demolishing the Southside Hose Company, or Old Station No. 4, for a new road (2:2). The miscellaneous folder contains a blank voting ballot from 1929, part of a program from a meeting of the NCSFA, and a program from the 1931 centennial of the Brick Reformed Church in Whitsett (2:1).

FOLDER LISTING

Index to the Frank Shaw Family Papers (ca. 1900s-1980)

Note: the numbers following the name/subject entry – e.g. 1:1 – indicate in which Series:Folder that name/topic can be found.

Brick Reformed Church (Whitsett): 2:1

Central Fire Station: 1:1, 1:5, 2:2

First Reformed Church: 1:2

Greensboro Firemen’s Supplementary Retirement Fund: 2:2

Shaw, Frank D.: 1:1, 1:3, 1:4, 2:2
Shaw, Paul B.: 1:1, 1:5, 2:2
Short Boarding House: 1:3
Southside Hose Company: 1:6, 2:2

Wyrick, Calvin W. “Moon”: 2:2

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

This collection consists primarily of materials relating to Jean Payne Rabie’s nursing education at St. Leo’s Hospital and her nursing career in Greensboro and across the country. Researchers interested in the St. Leo’s nursing school and Greensboro’s polio hospital will find this collection particularly useful. Included are newspaper clippings regarding polio patients and treatments, and printed items and photographs relating to St. Leo’s nursing school and its students. Additional materials include political campaign flyers from Rabie’s brother Odell Payne, and photographs of their great aunt Sarah Jane Zimmerman.

Arrangement: This collection is organized into three series by person and arranged within series by document type or subject. The series are: Payne, Odell, ca. 1968-2007; Rabie, Jean, 1943-1991; Zimmerman, Sarah Jane, ca. 1951.

Provenance: This collection was donated by Jean Payne Rabie in September 2013 and assigned the accession number 2013.43.1.

Processing: This collection was organized by volunteer Alice Bailey in 2014, and the finding aid was prepared by volunteer Kimberly Oliver in May 2016.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Born to Blanche Pritchett and Robert S. Payne, Lois Jean Payne (1929- ) graduated from McLeansville High School in 1947 and from St. Leo’s Hospital nursing school in 1950, receiving certification as a registered nurse from the North Carolina Board of Nurse Examiners that same year. She participated in the treatment of polio victims during the Greensboro polio epidemic and then worked for the Red Cross in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Children’s Polio in Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Defense Blood Center in Shreveport, Louisiana; and the Red Cross Blood Program in Charlotte, North Carolina. A Presbyterian, she married Diab Jeries Rabie (1922-2010) and had two sons, Ziad and Diab Jeries Jr.

Jean Rabie’s younger brother, Robert Odell Payne (1934- ), received a B.A. in Business Administration from Elon College and a Master of Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After teaching for over a decade, he served three terms as a Republican in the North Carolina General Assembly from 1969 to 1974 and lost a bid for lieutenant governor in 1976. He was a member of the North Carolina Mental Health Study Commission from 1972 to 1977, a member of the North Carolina Health Coordinating Council 1977 to 1978, and a Guilford County Commissioner from 1980 to 1985. During this time, he was also president of Waydell Associates, Inc., and was a member of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, the Masons, McLeansville Lions Club, and Greensboro Elks Club. He and his wife Linda had two sons, Lyle and Chad.

Sarah Jane Zimmerman (1861-1955), the great aunt of Jean Rabie and Odell Payne, was the great aunt of Jean Rabie and Odell Payne on their mother’s side. A lifelong resident of Guilford County, she lived with the Payne family in McLeansville in her later years. She and Rabie both slept in a spool bed from Rockingham County that is now held by the museum’s Collections Department. Zimmerman was a member of Apple’s Christian Chapel and died on August 31, 1955.

St. Leo’s Hospital opened in 1906 as the first full service hospital in Greensboro. It was run by the Sisters of Charity as a Catholic hospital, which ignited conflict with the primarily Protestant community. St. Leo’s accepted all patients regardless of religion or ability to pay and was the first white hospital in the state to accept non-white patients. It was known for its advanced medical procedures. The hospital housed the only nursing school in the area, which was also run by the Sisters of Charity and graduated almost 600 nurses. After the hospital closed in 1954, the building was used as a high school before being demolished in 1969.

Biographical Sources: Most of the biographical sources are contained in this collection. The information about Jean Rabie’s husband and children was found in Diab Jeries Rabie’s obituary (Charlotte Observer, July 15, 2010). Additional details about Odell Payne were obtained from the Guilford County Register of Deeds database and “Government’s role divides candidates” (Greensboro News & Record, October 25, 1992). Some details about Sarah Jane Zimmerman were found in her obituary, “Miss Sarah Zimmerman dies at niece’s home” (Greensboro Daily News, September 1, 1955). The historical information about St. Leo’s Hospital was found in “St. Leo’s: A hospital of firsts” (Greensboro News & Record, September 23, 1992) and “Alumni fondly remember St. Leo’s, a city hospital and nursing school” (News & Record, April 23, 2006).

SCOPE & CONTENT NOTE

Types of materials in this collection include newspaper clippings, photographs, and assorted printed materials. The newspaper clippings cover accounts of patients of the Greensboro polio epidemic and St. Leo’s Hospital students and nurses (2:1-2). The photographs are mainly of a personal nature but also include classes of St. Leo’s and exteriors of the Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital (better known as the Polio Hospital). Several photos show Rabie in her uniform or socializing with other St. Leo’s nurses (2:8). Printed materials take on various forms, including political campaign flyers, information about polio treatments, and materials regarding St. Leo’s students and Nursing Board Examinations.

The bulk of materials in this collection provide information about nurses from St. Leo’s Hospital and the treatment of Greensboro’s polio patients. Rabie’s personal story illustrates a nursing career from that period, including medical responses to the polio epidemic. The lack of substantive information about Odell Payne and Sarah Jane Zimmerman is a major weakness of the collection.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

1. Payne, Odell.  2 folders (9 items).  ca. 1968-2007.

Focusing on Odell Payne’s political career, this series consists mainly of political flyers from his campaigns for the North Carolina General Assembly, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, and the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. Many of these items include outlines of his stances on various political issues.

2. Rabie, Jean.  14 folders (128 items).  1943-1991, undated.

This series centers around Rabie’s education at St. Leo’s Hospital and her subsequent nursing career. It consists of three subseries: Newspaper Clippings, Photographs, and Printed Materials.

The subseries Newspaper Clippings includes clippings with images of various graduating St. Leo’s Hospital nursing classes and the 1948 student officers (2:2). It also contains accounts and pictures of recovering polio patients, mainly children (2:1).

The subseries Photographs consists primarily of formal portraits and informal photographs of Jean Rabie during her time as a student at St. Leo’s and as a nurse at the Greensboro polio hospital. Some of these photos show the St. Leo’s Nurses’ Home (2:8), the graduating class of 1950 (2:9), and the exterior of the Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital (2:5). Also included are photos of Jean Rabie at her graduation from McLeansville High School (2:6), with the North Carolina State Nurses Association at Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis (2:7), and working for the American Red Cross (2:4).

The subseries Printed Materials includes information on caring for polio patients and period treatments for the illness (2:14). Of particular note relating to Jean Rabie’s education at St. Leo’s are three nursing textbooks (2:17), copies of the student handbook and the Alumnae Association Constitution and Bylaws (2:15), and her diploma and tassel (2:16). Also included are her R.N. certificate from the North Carolina Board of Nurse Examiners (2:11), her American Red Cross card (2:10), and her 1991 North Carolina nursing license (2:13).

3. Zimmerman, Sarah Jane.  1 folder (16 items).  ca. 1951.

This series is almost exclusively composed of photographs of Sarah Jane Zimmerman on her own and with little information. Of note are a newspaper clipping about Zimmerman’s 90th birthday and a photo showing her with four other women: Lola and Annie Faucette, and Ruth and Blanche Payne.

FOLDER LISTING

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 Ned Harrison Collection consists of materials gathered from war veterans and civilians for a newspaper column commemorating the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement in World War II. Harrison invited people to submit their recollections of events and experiences from 1943 to 1945 to be published in the Greensboro News & Record. His column ran from January 1993 to January 1996. Materials range from letters written by soldiers about their experiences and newspaper articles to project notes and maps. Researchers interested in many aspects of World War II will find this collection useful. Research areas include: the home front, Battle of the Bulge, the South Pacific and the war with Japan, dropping of the atom bomb, concentration camps, D-Day, V-J Day, the armed services and the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Researchers may also want to consult tape recordings from The Ned Harrison Show, a call-in radio program in which Harrison interviewed veterans about their experiences. The show ran from October 1996 to March 1997. The collection is filed separately under GHM Tapes #30-53. (See Appendix for full listing.)

Arrangement: The Ned Harrison Collection is organized by subject and arranged alphabetically by personal name. The series are: Ned Harrison Notes, 1944-1994; General Letters, 1993-1996; D-Day Experiences, 1993-1995; Battle of the Bulge Experiences, 1994-1995; South Pacific Experiences, 1993-1995; and V-J Day Experiences, August 1995.

Provenance: This collection was donated by Ned Harrison in August 1997 and assigned the accession number is 1997.95.1.

Processing: This collection was processed by Archivist Stephen Catlett, and the finding aid was updated and completed by Christine Dumoulin, Archives Assistant, in 2004.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Ned Harrison was born on October 30, 1924, in Worchester, Massachusetts. He attended High School in Worcester, graduating in 1942. From April 1943 to October, 1945, Harrison served with the 15th Air Force, 454th Bomb Group, 304th Bomb Wing and flew 22 combat missions. During his service, he attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant and was awarded several commendations, including four Battle Stars, two Oak Leaf Clusters, and a Purple Heart.

Upon completing his military duty, Harrison worked in sales and marketing, retiring as the Vice President of Marketing for Jackson Corporation in New York. After his retirement, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study military history. He then began teaching courses on World War II at Guilford College, Alamance Community College, and Guilford Technical Community College. As part of the approaching 50th anniversary, Harrison wrote a column for the Greensboro News & Record on World War II from 1993 to 1996. He invited local Guilford County vets and civilians to contact the News & Record with their wartime experiences. Harrison also had a weekly call-in radio program about World War II on WKEW in Greensboro from 1994 to 1997.

On a personal level, Harrison was married with three children and two grandchildren, and he was a member of Temple Emanuel in Greensboro. He died on April 30, 2014.

Biographical Sources: The biographical information was gathered from a copy of Ned Harrison’s résumé.

SCOPE & CONTENT NOTE

The materials in this collection consist of correspondence, project notes, newspaper clippings, maps, and copies of photographs. Most of the materials relate to the experiences of local Greensboro/Guilford County residents who participated in World War II as soldiers and civilians. The first series contains notes, drafts of articles, contact information, and correspondence that Harrison compiled as he worked on the project. There are also notes relating to D-Day, including an article titled “Scenes from the Battle of Normandy” (1:2), copies from a D-Day encyclopedia (1:1), and maps of the Ardennes, including notes from the Battle of the Bulge (1:4).

Series 2 consists of correspondence detailing wartime experiences relating to topics not covered in the other series, including women on the home front and German concentration camps. Jennie MacKenzie recalls the dropping of the atom bomb on Japan while her husband was in the South Pacific (2:127). As a soldier in Europe, Carlton Raper discusses the horror and sadness felt when they arrived to liberate the Jews in Dachau (2:178). On V-E Day, Louise Keever recalls hearing the news while working as a telephone operator for Hickory Telephone Company (2:108).

Series 3 contains letters, articles, and maps relating to D-Day and the American invasion of Normandy. A letter from Archie Coleman discusses the flying gliders that landed on the beaches of Normandy armed with anti-tank guns (3:8). There are also materials, such as newsletters, correspondence, announcements and letters, planning events in the United States and Europe to commemorate the landing at Normandy. Included was a scheduled re-enactment to take place in France (3:44). A particularly interesting account comes from a French High School girl in Bordeaux, who was riding the train when she heard of the invasion (3:24).

Series 4 recounts events and experiences during the Battle of the Bulge and contains correspondence, newsletters, and copies of newspaper articles. A letter submitted by Robert Manness describes the misery of fighting on the front lines and the emotional traumas soldiers were faced with (4:28). Veteran Robert Cook, a combat engineer attached with General Patton’s 3rd Army, recalls bombing raids while working to clear the roads (4:8). An article with maps details the Battle of Luxembourg (4:2).

The war fought in the South Pacific is chronicled in series 5. There are letters soldiers and civilians, copies of articles, maps, and newsletters. An article discusses the first amphibious assault on Japan called Operation Olympic (5:48) and a pilot describes when his plane was hit by a Kamikaze fighter (5:90). A particularly interesting article details the Japanese surrender at Ryukyus, including copies of the signed surrender documents and an account of all the events of the day (5:46)

Series 6, V-J Day, contains mostly letters and copies of newspaper articles discussing reactions towards the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II. Materials relate accounts from both veterans and civilians. Dermont Everhart tells of being with the first group of men who landed at Tokyo Bay. When they arrived, they saw “Killroy was Here” written on the sea wall; the paint was still running (6:12). A videotape of Ramsay Potts shares experiences with the 8th Air Force (6:46). A copy of the Air Daily from September 3, 1945, gives a brief account of the various ceremonies that were held commemorating V-J Day (6:4).

Also of interest is a series of recordings from The Ned Harrison Show, a weekly radio program where Harrison interviewed veterans and took listener calls. N.C. Representative John Cocklereece tells of his experiences with the Graves Registration Unit, who was responsible for gathering bodies and preparing them for burial (GHM Tape #34). There are also interviews with John Beamon, an expert in German Luftwaffe aircraft (GHM Tape #38) and Craig Kabatchnick, an attorney who specializes in veteran’s affairs and veteran’s rights (GHM Tape #52).

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

1. Ned Harrison Notes.  5 folders (ca. 130 items).  1944-1994.

This series contains correspondence, notes, copies of articles (both drafts and published pieces), miscellaneous commemorative materials, and copies of World War II maps. All of these items pertain to Harrison’s Greensboro News & Record project in which he asked people to submit their personal accounts of experiences during World War II for a series of columns he was writing for the 50th anniversary of the war.

2. General Letters.  247 folders (ca. 500 items).  1993-1996.

The bulk of correspondence in this series pertains to the project mentioned in the first series. Many of these letters contain subject matter that relates to topics not covered in series 3 thru 6. In particular, home front experiences will provide material of interest to researchers. For a sampling of civilian experiences in Greensboro, see Miriam Caviness’s piece on working in a supply depot (2:32) or Diane G. Faucette’s brief history of the Y-Matrons Club at the YWCA in Greensboro (2:58).

3. D-Day Experiences.  49 folders (ca. 150 items).  1993-1995.

This series contains letters, copies of photographs, copies of newspaper articles, and a newsletter titled Beachhead (3:7). All correspondents wrote, in response to Ned Harrison’s request for material on D-Day experiences. The bulk of the letters are from soldiers. Interesting items include Ed Black’s description of his experiences aboard the U.S.S. Rich (3:3); Gerald Clough’s description of the action above the beaches that day (3:7); a letter from Al Corry recounting his experience as a bombardier (3:9); and John Thaxton describing the events of the day from the perspective of someone in the first assault wave (3:44).

4. Battle of the Bulge Experiences.  46 folders (ca. 120 items).  1994-1995.

This series contains letters, copies of newspaper articles, newsletters, and photographs submitted to Ned Harrison from local and regional World War II veterans as well as their family members and friends. All correspondents in this series submitted material related to experiences in the Battle of the Bulge.

Noteworthy items include descriptions of being a prisoner of war by Junius Beaver (4:3); a recounting of experiences of a machine gunner, as described by Ed Brinkley (4:5); and the story related by Sidney LeBrun of his near-death experience and the two soldiers who risked their lives to save him (4:25). Folder 4:45 contains numerous articles examining and discussing war-related issues that may be of interest to some researchers.

5. South Pacific Experiences.  112 folders (ca. 150 items).  1993-1995.

This series contains letters, copies of newspaper articles, newsletters, photographs, and a silk, waterproof map of Nagasaki (5:9). These materials were submitted to Ned Harrison in response to his request that people send in reminiscences of their experiences in the South Pacific during the invasion of Japan. The letters are primarily from soldiers, with a small number coming from family members and friends.

Several letters relate disappointment from soldiers, many of whom had been transferred after May 1945 from the European Theater to the South Pacific, when they learned they would be assigned to fight in Japan. Most veterans in this series, however, express gratitude for President Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb because they felt it saved American and Japanese lives. For example, see the letters from Hugh Cazel (5:25), John Dewan (5:37), and Homer Wall (5:104). Also of note is the Okinawa diary kept by Robert Pope (5:85).

6. V-J Day Experiences.  51 folders (60 items).  August 1995.

This series contains letters, photographs, and copies of newspaper articles from local and regional World War II veterans and civilians. All materials were submitted in response to Ned Harrison’s request for information on what people were doing and thinking on 2 September 1945, the date President Harry Truman declared the official end of World War II.

The bulk of the letters describe a wide range of experiences and emotions felt on that day of celebration. For example, George Anderson writes about how he ran away from home that night (6:3); and Mary Deskins relates how she was in the middle of a blood transfusion when a nurse came in screaming that “the war is over”(6:10). Most correspondents express great joy in remembering this date, but Frances Grogan (6:20) recalls great sadness — because victory would not bring her brother home alive.

A few of the letters relate to events in Greensboro. Corrine Fagg was living in the county, off Rankin Mill Road, and remembers a fog horn sounding, which brought tears of joy (6:13); John R. Lowe Jr. was at the hospital awaiting the birth of his first child (6:29); and Joseph Garrison had just arrived in Greensboro that day to start his ministry (6:17).

The issue of the atomic bomb is addressed, with several people giving very positive opinions with regard to its use. For example, see letters from Darrel Brittsan (6:7), Joseph Guill (6:21), Bill Howell (6:24), Stephen Millikin (6:31), and Raeford Turner (6:42). There is also a video of Ramsay Potts that chronicles his experiences with the 8th Force (6:46). The tape was removed and is now housed with the GHM video collection.

FOLDER LISTING

Index to the Ned Harrison Collection (ca. 1944-1998)

Note: The numbers following the name/subject entry — e.g.1:1 — indicate in which Series#:Folder# (or, if no “:”, Series only) that name/topic can be found.

Abbott, Juanita: 4:1
Adams, Wesley: 3:1, 6:1
Adelman, R.A.: 2:1
Adkins, Alvis: 2:2
Agapion, Bill : 2:3, 5:1
Alden, Roger: 5;2
Allen, B. Smith: 2:4
Allred, Howard: 2:5, 6:2
Altvater, Mark: 2:6
Anderson, George: 6:3
Andrew, H.C.: 5:4
Andrew, Van: 5:3
Andrews, Bruce: 2:7
Anonymous: 2:8
Apple, Lawrence: 2:9
Atanasio, John: 2:10
Atkins, Mrs. J. R.: 2:11
Atom bomb: 2:127, 5:12, 5:15
Auman, Leonard: 2:12
Avery, R.C.: 5:5
Aydelette, Bernard (Navy): 2:13

Bailess, Oliver: 4:2
Bailey, Charles: 6:4
Banegas, Steve: 2:14
Barmett. Lloyd: 5:6
Barrow, H.D.: 5:7
Barvir, Joseph: 5:8
Battle, Henry: 2:15
Battle of Luxembourg: 4:2
Battleship Iowa: 2:240
Bauguss., Claude: 5:9
Beachhead (newsletter): 3:7
Bean, Fleta: 5:10
Beane, Charles: 6:5
Beaver, Junius: 4:3
Beerman, Bill: 2:16
Benbow, Bob: 3:2
Bennett, D.L.: 5:11
Bennett, O.L.: 2:17
Bennett, Rodga: 5:12
Black, Ed: 2:18, 3:3
Black, Thomas: 5:13
Blackburn, Gary: 3:4
Blackman, Dewey: 5:14
Blue, Walter: 5:15
Blum, Jack: 2:19
Bodle, Robert L: 2:20
Bolton. H.H.: 5:16
Bos, Gerald: 4:4
Boseman, Helen: 6:6
Bossieux, Al: 2:21, 5:17
Bowman, John: 5:18
Bowman, William: 3:5
Bradner, John: 2:22
Brande, Gilmer: 2:23, 5:19
Bray, Lawrence: 2:24
Brim, J.E.: 5:20
Brinkley, Ed: 4:5
Bristow, Warren: 5:21
Britt, Julian: 3:6
Brittsan, Darrel: 6:7
Brown, Alex: 2:25, 5:22
Brown, Nick: 4:6
Bumgartner, John: 5:23
Bunge, Fred: 5:24
Burroughs, Harvey: 2:26, 4:7
Butler, Leonard: 2:27
Butts, Bennie: 2:28

Capps, George: 2:29
Carlini, Rose: 2:30
Carson, Edward: 2:31
Carter, James: 6:8
Caviness, Miriam: 2:32
Cazel, Hugh: 5:25
Clanton, Mel: 2:33
Clapp, Harry : 5;26
Clark, C.W.:2:34
Clark, Frank: 5:27
Clark, James: 5:28
Clement, Hugh: 2:35
Clough, Gerald: 2:36, 3:7
Clymer, David: 2:37
Coble, George: 5:29
Cocklereece, John: 2:38
Coleman, Archie: 3:8
Coleman, C.A.: 2:39
Coleman, Shirley: 2:40, 5:30
Collins, Myrtle: 2:41
Comer, Pete: 2:42
Concentration Camps:
Dachau (Germany): 2:178, 2:234
Conrad, Don: 2:43, 6:9
Cook, Robert: 4:8
Cooper, Oliver: 5:31
Copley, Ray: 2:44
Cornet, John: 5:32
Courembis, John: 4:9
Cox, James: 5:33
Craver, Robert: 2:45
Cronham, Chuck: 2:46

Dachau (Germany): 2:178, 2:234
Daniel, Opal: 2:47
Davis, A.V.: 5:34
Davis, Clarence: 3:9
Davis, Curtis: 2:48
Davis, Wilson: 2:49
De Long, Frank: 3:10
Deaton, Lynwood: 2:50
Deskins, Mary: 6:10
Deter. Paul: 5:35
DeVane, F.L.: 5:36
Devaney, F.L.: 2:51
DeWan, John: 5:37
Dickerson, Doug: 2:52, 3:12, 4:10
Ditto, William: 2:53
Donati, David: 3;13
Donnell, D.L.: 5:38
Doss, C.D.: 2:54
Driver, J.E.: 6:11

Earhart, Amelia: 2:188
Earnheart, Robert: 5:39
Eighth Air Force: 6:46
Eisenhower, Dwight: 3:14
Ellington, Frank: 3:15
Elms, John: 2:55
Evans, Malcolm: 5:40
Evans, Red: 2:56
Everhard, Bill: 2:57
Everhart, Dermont: 6:12

Fagg, Corrine: 6:13
Faucette, Diane: 2:58
Fields, Fred: 5:41
Fisher, John: 2:59
Flake, Blondell: 2:60
Ford, John: 2:61, 4:11, 6:14
Frame, Glenn: 2:62, 5:42
Frank, Jack: 5:43
Frazier, Edith: 6:15
Fredrickson, Robert: 2:63

Gailey, James: 2:64, 6:16
Gallagher, Thomas: 5:44
Gammon, Hunter: 2:65
Garrett. M.C.: 2:66
Garrison, Joseph: 6:17
Garvin, Noel: 2:67
Gaspar, William: 2:68
Gerringer, Colon: 5:45
Gilbert, William: 3:16
Gingher, Clair: 2:69
Glud, Aage: 5:46
Goldberg, Herbert: 5:47
Goldsmith, Barbra: 6:18
Gooch, Rocky: 2:70
Gorrell, L.I.: 5:48
Graham, Reece: 3:17
Grave, Perry: 2:71
Gray, Al: 2:72
Gray, L.H.: 4:12
Greeson, Albert: 2:73, 3:18, 6:19
Gretzinger, James: 5:49
Grogan, Frances: 6:20
Grogan, Margaret: 2:74
Guill, Joseph: 3:19, 6:21
Gunn, J.A.: 2:75

Hackney, Worth: 5:50
Hagan, Charles: 5:51
Hall, Raymond: 2:76
Ham. Robert: 5:52
Hamil, John: 5:53
Handley, Albert: 5:54
Hannah, Walter: 2:77
Harpe, L.C.: 6:22
Harris, Shirley: 2:78
Harris, Wingate: 4:13
Harris, William: 2:79
Harrison, Ned: 1:1-1:5
Hartley, Stewart: 2:80
Harvell, Charlie: 2:83
Harvell, James: 2:81
Harvell, Perry: 2:82
Hatcher, Melvin: 5:55
Hatchett, Russell: 3:20
Havener, Jack: 2:84
Heath, Sam: 5:56
Heineman, Philip: 2:85
Hicks, Ralph: 2:86
Highsmith, Charles: 5:57
Hill, Thomas: 2:87, 4:14
Hines, Mary: 2:88
Hites, Robert: 2:89
Hodge, Alfred: 3:21
Holden, John: 4:15
Holliday, Paul: 2:90
Holmes, George: 3:22
Hood, George: 2:91
Hooks, Thearon: 6:23
Hornyak, Paul: 2:92
Horton, Geraldine: 2:93
Howard, Paul: 5:58
Howell, Bill: 6:24
Hubert. Tom: 2:94
Huffman, Weddie: 3:23, 5:59
Huffman, Diane: 2:95
Hughes, Reid: 5:60
Hunt, Jack: 2:96
Hunter, Elmer: 5:61
Hutchins, Van: 5:62
Hutton, Iredell: 2:97
Hutton, Max: 2:98

Ingold, Murphy: 4:16
Ingold, Raymond: 5:63
Ivey, Cornelia: 2:99
Ivey, Dick: 5:64

Jackson, James: 2:100
Japan: 2:202
Iwo Jima: 2:79, 2:112, 2:215
Nagasaki (map): 5:9
Okinawa: 2:53, 2:145, 5:46, 5:85 (diary)
Prisoners of War: 2:85, 5:23
Surrender of the Ryukyus: 5:46
Jarmon, James: 2:101
Jarrell, Mary: 2:102
Johnson, Albert: 4:17
Johnson, Robert: 6:25
Johnson, Wade: 4:18
Jones, Charles: 2:103
Jones, Charles: 4:19
Jones, Elmer: 2:104
Jones, George: 4:20
Jones, Joseph: 2:105
Jones, Joseph: 4:21
Jones, Spencer: 5:65
Jung, John: 2:106
Justice, Robert: 4:22

Kahn, Ernest: 2:107
Keever, Louise: 2:108
Kenerly, George: 2:109
Kepreades, Monique: 3:24
Kimbro, Lee: 5:66
King, Caleb: 2:110
Klein, Min: 2:111
Klingele, Emerson: 2:112
Kueppers, Ed: 2:113

Lamarr, Ianthia: 2:114
Lane, David: 5:67
Latham, John: 2:115
Latham, John: 3:25
Law, William: 5:68
Lawrence, Wade: 4:24
Lawson, Hugh: 2:116
LeBrun, Sydney: 4:25
Ledbetter, Ruby: 6:26
Lester, James: 2:117
Levy, Bertram: 5:69
Lewis, Hal: 2:118
Lewis, James: 6:27
Lewis, Kenneth: 5:70
Lineberry, Carol: 2:120
Livingston, Glenn: 2:121
Lloyd, Harold: 2:122
Lloyd, Katherine: 3:26
Loman, Amy and Carl: 6:28
London, Robert: 2:123
Longdon, Evelyn: 2:124
Lowe, Daniel: 5:71
Lowe, John: 6:29
Loy, William: 4:26
Lucas, Helen: 2:125
Luther, James: 5:72
Lytton, Jane: 3:27
Lytton, Kenneth: 2:126, 4:27

Mack, Edgar: 5:73
MacKenzie, Jennie: 2:127
Maclin, Henry: 5:74
Madaris, Henry: 2:128
Mail for Our Military: 2:129
Malloy, John: 2:130
Maness, Fred: 3:28
Maness, Robert: 4:28
Manzi, Claude: 2:131
Marks, Faye: 2:132
Marley, Eli: 4:29
Marsh, Earl: 5:75
Marsh, John: 2:133
Martin, Elvin: 2:134
Mathis, Donnie H. Russell: 5:76
Matthews, Charles: 2:135
McAlister, John: 2:136
McDaniel, Paul: 5:77
McDonald, Leroy: 2:137, 5:78
McIver, James: 3:29
McLaurin, Milton: 5:79
McLean, Ernest: 2:138
McLendon, Brantley: 2:139
McMann, Margaret: 2:140
McNeal, Keith: 2:141
Meadows, Raymond: 5:80
Meadows, Robert: 5:81
Mercer, Edward: 2:142
Michaud, Nancy: 6:30
Millar, Ian: 2:143
Millikin, Stephen: 6:31
Mitchell, Harold: 2:144
Monnett, Harold: 2:145
Moore, Ethel: 4:30
Moore, Robert: 2:146
Morris, Jack: 2:147
Morris, Joyce : 2:148
Murray, Garland: 2:149
Murray, Garland: 3:30
Myers, Ralph: 2:150
Myles, Mary: 3:31

Nagasaki (Japan): 5:9 (Map)
Nash, Michael: 2:151
Naval Ships:
Battleship Iowa: 2:240
SS Henry Bacon: 2:142
U.S.S. Electra: 2:122
U.S.S. Elyson: 2:173
U.S.S. Lamor: 2:122
U.S.S. Lexington: 2:243
U.S.S. Mackinac: 2:207
U.S.S. Remey: 5:102
U.S.S. Rich: 3:3
U.S.S. Thadeus Parker: 2:119
U.S.S. Ticonderoga: 2:62
U.S.S. Wyoming: 5:67
Nealeans, Vann: 3:32
Nestor, Helen: 2:152
Newberry, Alyce: 2:153
Newman, Phil: 2:154
Newman, Phil: 3:33
Nice, Richard: 6:32
Noah, Joe: 2:155

O.Henry Kiwanis Club: 4:23
Okinawa (Japan): 2:53, 2:145, 5:46, 5:85
Oliver, Edward: 2:156
Operation Olympic: 5:48
Osborne, Guy: 2:157
Owens, Robert: 2:158

P.T. Boats, Inc.: 2:176
Pack, Randall: 4:31
Paine, Marshall: 2:159
Parker, C.: 4:32
Parker, H.R.: 2:160
Partin, Emmett: 5:82
Passerella, Tony: 2:161
Patterson, Alton: 4:33
Paul, Vincent: 2:162
Peace, Robert: 6:33
Peacock, Robert: 2:163
Peele, Faye: 2:164
Peoples, Phil: 3:34
Pequigney, Frank: 3:35
Pettee, Robert: 2:165
Pettigrew, John: 2:166
Phelan, Don: 2:167
Phillips, Henry: 2:168
Phillips, Howard: 5:83
Phillips, Robert: 2:169
Pickett, John: 2:170
Pitcher, James: 2:171
Poetry: 2:15, 2:102
Poff, Cecil: 2:172
Polio: 2:216
Poole, Russell: 5:84
Pope, Robert: 5:85
Potts, Ramsay: 6:46
Power, Jack: 2:173
Preteska, Joe: 2:174
Preteska, Joe: 3:36
Price, Albert: 3:37
Price, John: 2:175
Price, John: 5:86
Primm, Gerald: 3:38
Prisoners of War (P.O.W.’s): 2:29, 2:31, 2:48, 2:75, 2:121
Pritchett, Esther: 3:39

Raine, Russell: 2:177
Raines, Hubert: 6:34
Raper, Carlton: 2:178
Rauch, Al: 5:87
Rauch, Al: 6:35
Rayle, Ralph: 2:179
Reagam. Bob: 2:180
Reep, Lawrence: 2:181
Reese, Herbert: 2:182
Renville, Duane: 2:183
Rice, Jupp: 2:184
Riffey, Fletcher: 2:185
Robertson, Virginia: 6:36
Rodenbough, Jean: 5:88
Rothrock, Robert: 5:89
Roueche, James: 4:34
Routh, B.Z.: 2:186
Routh, Glenn: 2:187
Rudd, Earl: 3:40
Rudiger, Jess: 5:90
Russell, Larry: 2:188

Sappenfield, Jack: 4:35
Scherff, Mary Anne: 2:189
Schwartz, Jack: 2:190
Search, Warren: 2:191
Senn, Ann: 2:192
Senn, Robert: 2:193
Sewell, Elizabeth: 2:194
Sexton, William: 2:195
Shaley, Sheila: 2:207
Shepherd’s Center: 2:196
Shroger, Ann: 2:197
Siler, Wesley: 2:198
Simmons, James: 4:36
Small, James: 5:91
Smith, Casper: 4:37
Smith, Jonnye: 2:199
Smith, Margaret: 2:200
Smith, William: 6:37
Snell, Raymond: 4:38
Solomon, Marshall: 2:201
Southworth, John: 2:202
Spach, Jule: 2:203
Sparks, John: 2:204
Spencer, Charles: 2:205
Sprague, Gene: 2:206
Squires, Daniel: 5:92
Staley, Fay: 3:41
Stanley, Geneva: 2:08
Steele, Stuart: 2:209
Stephanz, Paul: 2:210
Stock, Carl: 2:211
Strader, A.J.: 5:93
Strader, Herbert: 5:94
Strandberg, Charles: 6:38
Strauss., Ralph: 2:212
Strickland, Robert: 4:39
Stroyer, Ann: 3:42
Styers, Thomas: 2:213
Surrender of the Ryukyus (Japan): 5:46
Swanson, Irv: 5:95
Sykes, Pat: 3:43
Sykes, William: 2:214
Symmes, Andrew: 2:215

Tagert, Sarah: 2:216
Taylor, Dib: 2:217
Tennant, William: 6:39
Thaxton, John: 3:44
The Octopuss: 5:75 (newsletter)
Thomas, Francis: 2:218
Thompson, William: 2:219
Thore, John: 2:220
Thornton, Bill: 2:221
Tipton, William: 6:40
Tothill, Frank: 5:96
Traynham, W.H.: 2:222
Trott, Robert: 2:223
Troxler, Albert: 5:97
Troxler, Henry: 4:40
Troy, Guy: 2:224
Troy, Louise: 2:225
Tucker, Jane: 5:98
Tufts, Peter: 6:41
Tuggle, Clayton: 5:99
Tulley, Mary: 2:226
Turner, Jeff: 2:227
Turner, Raeford: 6:42

Ulosevich, Steven: 3:45
Underwood, Brooks: 5:100
Underwood, Gerald: 5:101
United States Army Air Forces:
8th Air Force; 96th Bomb Group: 2:241
389th Bomber Group: 2:209
U.S.S. Electra: 2:122
U.S.S. Elyson: 2:173
U.S.S. Lamor: 2:122
U.S.S. Lexington: 2:243
U.S.S. Mackinac: 2:207
U.S.S. Remey: 5:102
U.S.S. Rich: 3:3
U.S.S. Thadeus Parker: 2:119
U.S.S. Ticonderoga: 2:62
U.S.S. Wyoming: 5:67

Van Schaick, Jennie: 6:43
Vaughan, Mrs. Clyde: 2:228
Vestal, Robert: 6:44
Veterans of Foreign Wars: 2:229
Voss, Ned: 2:230, 5:103

Waechter, Richard: 2:231
Wall, Homer: 5:104
Wall, James: 3:46
Ward, Tom: 4:42
Ward. Richard: 4:41
Ware, Joseph: 2:232, 6:45
Weaver. Llewellyn: 2:233
Webb, Lewis: 2:234
Weissner, Charles: 5:105
Wells, Harold: 3:47
Wentz, C.S.: 5:106
White, Bob: 2:235
White, John: 2:236
Wicker, Zeb: 4:43, 4:45
Wilder, Leona: 4:44
Wilkerson, Robert: 5:107
Wilkinson, James: 2:237
Williams, Callie: 6:46
Williams, D.C.: 5:108
Williams, Harrell: 2:238
Williams, James: 5:109
Williams, John: 2:239
Williams, Oakley: 2:240
Williams, Robert: 6:47
Williams, Vernon: 6:48
Williamson, J.E.: 5:110
Wilson, B.H.: 2:241
Wilson, Robert: 2:242
Wittemann, Marianne: 6:49
Wood, Lyle: 2:243
Woody, Sonny: 2:244
Wray, Lucille: 3:48
Wright, Walter: 2:245
Wyant, Vernon: 4:46
Wylie, Wade: 6:50

Yelverton, George: 5:111
Young Women’s Christian Association: 2:58 (Y-Matron’s Club)

Zane, Edward: 6:51
Zerlin, Leonard: 2:246
Zoebelein, Arthur: 2:247
Zuydwegt, John: 5:112
Zuydwest, John: 3:49

Appendix: Audio Tapes – Ned Harrison Show
World War II Reminiscences
GHM Tapes – Recordings #30-57

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

This collection represents the fruits of many years of collecting on the part of A. Earl Weatherly, a noted Confederate States of America philatelic expert. Contained herein is material that informs various aspects of Southern history, particularly those associated with Piedmont North Carolina. Researchers interested in social and cultural history will find many items that reveal a sampling of Southerners’ worldviews, financial dealings, and experiences during different periods of the 19th century. Also included are a number of items from the 20th century, most notably those chronicling Weatherly’s career as a philatelist and correspondence relating to Ethel Stephens Arnett’s publication of Greensboro, North Carolina: The County Seat of Guilford. Aside from the material pertaining to Weatherly’s career as a philatelist, few items in the collection relate to his life or family.

Arrangement: This collection is arranged into nine series, and within each series the folders are arranged alphabetically. The series are: Correspondence, ca. 1830s-1960s; Reminiscences, ca. 1860s; Printed Material, ca. 1860s-1960s; Financial/Legal Documents, ca. 1820s-1880s; Photographs, ca. 1880s-1950s; Literary Productions, ca. 1950s; Scrapbooks, undated; Newspapers; and Miscellaneous, ca. 1850s-1900s.

Provenance: The bulk of this collection appears to have been donated by A. Earl Weatherly in 1975. Many items listed in the inventory of accession number 1975.92.1-3 are contained in this collection.

Processing:  It is not known who organized this collection nor who wrote the series descriptions. Francis D. Pitts III wrote the introduction and notes in March 1997.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Andrew Earl Weatherly (1895-1981) was born in Rockingham County as the son of Mary Elizabeth Payne (1860-1929) and Andrew Weatherly Jr. (1851-1910), and he grew up in Greensboro. After serving in the Navy during World War I, he worked as a druggist and by 1924 established Stratford-Weatherly Drugstore with his friend, Parke Stratford. Weatherly was president of the drugstore until it ceased operations in the mid-1930s. He then worked for Gem Dandy in Madison, North Carolina, where he was vice-president when he retired. He married Frances Rankin in 1927.

Internationally known as a collector of and authority on Confederate States of America stamps and postal history, Weatherly won numerous awards for his stamp exhibitions in national and international philatelic competitions. He was a former president and chairman of the board of trustees of the Greensboro Historical Museum (approximately 1956-1969), and he made a number of donations to museum collections during a long association with the institution.[1] As a collector, Weatherly had a special interest in material relating to Guilford County and adjacent regions. He was the author of The First Hundred Years of Historic Guilford, 1771-1871, a postal history of the county as revealed through documents and graphics he collected. In addition, he collected numerous other items germane to the history of the South.

Biographical Sources: The chief source of information on A. Earl Weatherly’s life is his book, The First Hundred Years of Historic Guilford, 1771-1871 (Greensboro, NC: Greensboro Printing Co., 1972), pp. 6-10. Additional information for this biographical note was obtained from his obituary (Greensboro Daily News, December 2, 1981) and a tribute published in the GHM Journal (March 1982), copies of which are filed in the folder at the beginning of the collection. The Greensboro city directories, the Guilford County Register of Deeds database, and Ancestry.com were also consulted. A number of newspaper clippings in the vertical files of the archives provide information about Weatherly’s activities in Greensboro.

SCOPE & CONTENT NOTE

Types of materials in this collection include correspondence, financial and legal documents, literary productions, newspapers, photographs, postal covers, printed material, reminiscences, and scrapbooks.

The bulk of the material in the collection relates to the history of North Carolina during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Researchers interested in Greensboro, Guilford County, and people and subjects associated with that area will find the collection especially useful. Of particular note is the material relating to the Civil War (see series 1-7), the North Carolina Railroad (1:4; 3:9; 4:12-13,16), Ethel Stephens Arnett (1:1), and A. Earl Weatherly’s career as a philatelist (see series 1, 3, and 7 in particular). Also of interest are antebellum newspapers (filed separately) and carte de visites of Civil War personages. Other than the material on Weatherly’s career as a philatelist, few items relate to his life or the Weatherly family.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

1.  Correspondence.  49 folders.  1830s-1960s.

This series contains a miscellany of correspondence from both known and unknown figures. A significant number of postal covers and cachets are also included, the vast majority without their original contents. Many items have a Guilford County connection. Items worthy of note include a biographical sketch of Ethel S. Arnett (1:1); controversy over the Jackson/Arnett authorship of Greensboro, North Carolina: The County Seat of Guilford (1:1); numerous Civil War letters (1:3, 1:7-8, 1:16, 1:22-23, 1:38); a Jonathan Worth ALS (1:4) about the legislative in action; a Zebulon Vance ALS about Internal Revenue law (1884; 1:4); a banquet ticket for the completion of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad (1884; 1:4); an R.J. Reynolds ALS about the sale of North Carolina Railroad stock (1889; 1:4); a letter from Greensboro re: Theory of Epidemic, Teaching School and Buying Dress Fabric (1852; 1:8); a Lord Cornwallis ALS to Banister Tarleton re: his inability to accompany Cornwallis to England (1:9); a J.D. Cox ALS re: Results Proposed South Carolina Succession and Political Repercussions of Election of 1860 (1860; 1:10); the letters of Solomon Frazier, a Quaker imprisoned during the Civil War for pacifism (1:16); a letter from Greensboro describing the town and mentioning copper mines (1860; 1:28); a letter from W.L. Scott to his brother Levi about the ride to Richmond on baggage cars before the Battle of Manassas, which mentions Dr. Weir, Capt. Gilmer, Lieut. Rankin, and officers’ servants (July 2, 1861; 1:38); a J.H. Tarpley ALS that mentions the gun shop (1:39); a Zachary Taylor ALS (1847; 1:40); several filigree covers (without contents; 1:28); and a letter from a woman in Greensboro exhorting her husband to convert to Christianity (September 12, 1864; 1:28).

Local cachets include: Greensboro Furnace Company; W.H. Wakefield Company; North Carolina Handle Works; Ed L. Regan; Richmond and Danville Railroad; T.S. Shelton and Company; The National Bank of Greensboro; P.F. Duffy; R.J. Reynolds and Company (Winston, NC); Benbow House; Crown Cotton Factory; C.M. Vanstory and Company; Greensboro Cotton Mills; Oak Ridge Institute; North Carolina Railroad; 44 of the first ALL North Carolina Air Mail Flights (1937); Greensboro Female College; Edgeworth Seminary; Greensboro Airport Decennial; various World War II cachets; Phipps Hardware; Eastern Airlines, Stratford-Weatherly Drugs; U.S. Post Office (Market and Eugene); etc.

2.  Reminiscences.  2 folders (2 items).  1860s.

This series includes the Civil War reminiscences of two people. The John Baptist Smith document is a typescript with an explanation by James Sprunt of life in the Confederate Signal Corps and on board the blockade runner Advance. It was published in sections in the Guilford Collegiate in November 1896, February 1897, and April 1897. Smith also tells of developing a red and white lantern system for signaling during the Civil War. The Weatherly document is a photocopy describing the occupation of Greensboro by Federal Troops in April and May 1865. It mentions “Woodside” Plantation, local shortages, the death of Robert D. Weatherly (1864), and two Weatherly residences in Greensboro. The author was the sibling of R.D. Weatherly.

3.  Printed Materials.  15 folders.  1860s-1960s. 

Brochures include those dealing with Greensboro Historical Museum exhibits (Porter Drug Store, Maude Moore Latham Tryon Palace Collection, early lighting, Connally General Store); and promotional brochures for the museum itself (ca. 1950-1954, 1968-1970, including “A Search for O. Henry”), Greensboro Masonic Museum, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Civil War Centennial, Quaker Collection (Guilford College), Civil War Museum (530 South Elm Street), the North Carolina Plank Road, dedication of Troublesome Creek Ironworks, etc. (3:2).

The nine catalogs cover philatelic sales (1950s-1970). Other publications include “pharmaceutical conditions and drug supply in the Confederacy” (3:4); Confederate philatelic publications, including The Confederate Philatelist (January 1973 and May-June 1973, each containing an article by A.E. Weatherly); “The New Look in Confederates,” by A.E. Weatherly; Confederate States Paper Money (Slabaugh); The Confederate States Post Office Department: Its Stamps and Stationary (Dietz); and a list of establishments, discontinuances, and changes in the name of the post offices in the Confederate States since 1861. Also included are honors and certificates received by A.E. Weatherly (3:5).

Oversize items include a pharmacy license for A.E. Weatherly and other certificates that he received, as well as “stranger things have happened,” a copy from Harper’s Weekly in which the donkey and elephant were first used as symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties (3:13). Other items include a patron reservation form for performances of “Enter the Gate City” during the Greensboro Sesquicentennial (1958; 3:6); reprints of  “Thomas Lenoir’s Journey to Tennessee in 1806” and “Revolutionary Diary of William Lenoir” (3:7); a bill amending the charter of the North Carolina Railroad Company (1874-1875; 3:9); the Reflector (1912; 3:10); the 25th anniversary edition of the State (August 9, 1958; 3:11); a large collection of stamps, some from the Civil War era (3:12); and a program for the 61st Reunion – the final reunion – of the United Confederate Veterans (1951; 3:14).

The miscellaneous materials consist of a calendar for Guilford Superior Court (1910; 3:8); a program for the 1881 commencement at Greensboro Female College (3:8); the poem “in Greensboro” (1910; 3:8); a ticket on the Centennial Branch of the West End Passenger Railroad Co. during the expo (1876; 3:8); World War II gasoline ration cards (3:8); a convention program from the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association (1932; 3:8); a 25th anniversary program for the Greensboro Rotary (1942) and a souvenir of the Rotary tour of Cone Mills with a description of the mill and its works (1917; 3:8); and a pamphlet titled, “’De Sun Do Move’: The Celebrated Sermon of John J. Jasper” (reprint; 3:8).

4.  Financial/Legal.  21 folders.  1820s-1880s.

The financial materials include statements of the assets of the Bank of Guilford (1898; 4:1); a stock certificate for D.F. Caldwell and the Hillsborough Coal Mine and Company (4:2); an educational receipt from the 1830s (4:5); a receipt from Laurensville Female College (1867; 4:8); a certificate for one share of stock in the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Company (1888; 4:9); an account of the City of Greensboro with D.W.C. Benbow (1878; 4:12); two assessments by the Greensboro Mutual Insurance Company for fire losses by the Greensboro Female College and C.G. Yates in 1863 (1864; 4:12); a receipt for one share of stock in the North Carolina Railroad Company, signed by Cyrus P. Mendenhall (1852; 4:13); promissory notes for the Greensboro Mutual Life Insurance Company and the Greensboro Branch of the Cape Fear Bank (4:13); a receipt for Reynolds Foundry, Randolph County (1836; 4:14); a receipt for stock in the Western North Carolina Railroad Company (4:16); and a receipt to Dr. F.A. Weatherly (4:19).

Billheads are included for: Pomona Hill Nurseries, 1895; F. Fishblate, 1891, and E.R. Fishblate, 1895; C.P. Vanstory Livery, 1891; Sample Brown Mercantile, 1898; Scott’s Family Grocery, 1894; Greensboro Mutual Insurance Company, 1864; North Carolina Railroad; G. Will Armfield; the McAdoo House, 1880; the Benbow House, 1883; the Greensborough Patriot, 1865; and Greensboro National Bank, 1899 (4:12).

Among the legal documents in this series are a power of attorney for Robert H. Gillespie and Findley W. Gorrell of Tennessee (4:4); the dissolution of the partnership of Lindsay and McCuisten (1841; 4:10); an apprentice agreement (1881; 4:12); charges for court attendance (1840s; 4:13); miscellaneous state records of James McNeely (4:13); a prenuptial agreement between Abiah Swaim and Lyndon Swaim, concerning the Swaim slaves (1845; 4:17); and a land grant (Homestead) from the 1820 Homestead Act USA 9539 to Elizabeth J. Chenwoth and Mary C. Chenwoth in Crawfordsville, Indiana, signed by Andrew Jackson (January 5, 1831; 4:21).

Military items consist of a receipt for direct taxes in Guilford County (1866; 4:3); a Confederate bond receipt (4:3); a voucher signed by Ulric Dahlgren (4:3); Confederate forms – state and district tax receipt (1863; 4:3); a receipt for postage (December 1, 1864; 4:3); and the World War I records of A.E. Weatherly (4:20).

Of particular note is a handwritten copy and typescript of a letter sent to A.W. Tourgee by Ralph Gorrell, C.P. Mendenhall and L.M. Scott, responding to Tourgee’s allegations of Ku Klux Klan violence during Reconstruction (1870; 4:4). Also included are the papers of Marcellus Jordan, local post rider in the 1860s (4:6); a delivery receipt from the North Carolina Railroad at Gibson Station (1869; 4:12); miscellaneous shipping receipts (4:12); and some papers of Mebane and Weatherly, which operated in Monticello, North Carolina, in the 1850s (4:19).

5.  Photographs.  3 folders (ca. 105 items).  1880s-1950s.

This series contains prints, photographs, and a few sketches. The military images include both lithographs and carte de visites (5:1). The lithographs portray Nathaniel Greene, A.S. Johnson, Braxton Bragg, Sterling Price, Winfield Scott, Robert E. Lee and T.J. Jackson. The carte de visites include Robert E. Lee, John Hunt Morgan, Joseph E. Johnson, Leonidas Polk, John Bell Hood, A.S. Johnson, T.J. Jackson, Jubal Early, Richard Ewell and Varina Davis. Six photographs document the Confederate Cemetery on Johnson’s Island (Lake Erie), which was the location of a military prison for Confederate prisoners of war (see Newspaper Clippings 1984.150.47). One photograph shows a plaque installed in 1915 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at 331 South Elm Street, describing the building as the site of the last Confederate cabinet meetings. Copies include Capt. Thomas Lenoir, General William Lenoir and Fort Defiance, North Carolina. Another copy photograph shows Sgt. Major Robert D. Weatherly, 27th North Carolina Troops (missing).

Negatives are included of Greensboro postmasters, as well as a sketch by A.E. Weatherly of Bingham School, a photograph of Governor Luther Hodges, and several 1851 lithographs of women’s fashion taken from the Godey’s Lady’s Book (5:2).

The family file contains several unidentified photographs, two photos of the interior of the Stratford-Weatherly Drug Co. on the ground floor of the Jefferson Standard Building (early 1930s), an image of Andrew Weatherly Jr. (ca. 1885), and photographs of a hunter with a dog (5:3). Also included is a photograph of the first Boy Scout Troop in Greensboro, Troop #1, taken at the Memorial Day Exercises in 1910. Pictured with the Boy Scouts are Col. Robert E. Lee and Col. James T. Morehead. The photograph was taken in front of the First Presbyterian Church, now the Greensboro History Museum.

6.  Literary Productions.  20 folders.  1950s. 

This series contains a biographical sketch of David Caldwell, genealogical information on the Craighead Family, an article entitled, “Dr. Caldwell and his log University,” and a typed written description of the Caldwell log house (6:1); information on Confederate items on exhibit at the museum and CSA philately (6:2); copies of a letter from Solomon Frazier, a local Quaker imprisoned as a conscientious objector during the Civil War (6:3); genealogical and family information on the Gillespie family (6:4); information on the adoption of the Greensboro City Flag (6:6); information regarding the move to rename Lindsay Street in Greensboro (1966; 6:9); a talk about Jacob Marling, including the erroneous attribution of several watercolors to Marling (6:10); a talk about the Masons of Guilford County who served in the Civil War (6:11); handwritten text for the book, Saga of the McNairy House (6:12); information on the J.W. King portrait of Queen Elizabeth II (6:13); a copy from the February 1865 court docket authorizing county bonds to be sold (6:13); sketches and specifications of the Guilford County Courthouse at Martinville (6:13); a history of the Porter Drug Store in Greensboro (6:15); information on Salisbury Prison (Civil War), including copies of the David O. McRaven letters (6:17); copies of a handwritten news sheet entitled “The Star” produced by A.E. Weatherly while in high school (6:18); a written account of Stoneman’s Raid by Emma A. Rankin (6:19); and information about Guilford County mail contractors and carriers during the Civil War (6:13).

7.  Scrapbooks.  2 folders (2 items).

The red book is a collection of philatelic discoveries by A.E. Weatherly including Limestone Springs provisional, Company Shops, etc. Many original items have been removed and re-filed in this collection for conservation purposes. This book includes many original covers. The blue book concerns CSA philately including Augustus Dietz.

8.  Newspapers.  Whole issues and clippings.

Clippings cover many subjects and are incorporated into the general collection of Newspaper Clippings under 1984.150.1-51. Whole issues are calendared and have been incorporated into the Newspaper Collection.

9. Miscellaneous.  1 folder (11 items).  1852, 1900s.

This series includes an invitation to the dedication of the Kellenberger Garden at Tryon Palace in 1964, and evidence that the Patriot office moved to a “new building on South Street below Roses Coach Shop” in 1852.

FOLDER LISTING

Index to the A. Earl Weatherly Collection (ca. 1820s-1970s)

Note: The numbers following the name/subject entry — e.g. 1:1 — indicate in which Series#:Folder# (or, if no “:”, Series only) that name/topic can be found.

African Americans: slavery, 4:17
Air Mail (1st NC covers): 1:46
Armfield, G. Will: 4:12
Arnett, Ethel: 1:1

Bank of Guilford: 4:1
Blandwood (Morehead home): 1:2
Boyd, A.H.: 1:3
Brown, Sample. Mercantile: 4:12

Caldwell family: 6:1
Caldwell, D.F.: Letters to D.F.C., 1:4; 4:2
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad: 4:9; ticket, 1:4
Caradeuc: 1:6
Civil War: Battle of Manassas, 1:38; Centennial: 6:2; documents, 4:3
Cone Mills: 1917 description, 3:8
Confederate States of America: 1:8, 4:3; Advance, 2:1; pharmaceutics, 3:4; philatelic, 7; Salisbury Prison, 6:17;
Signal Corps, 2:1; Stoneman’s Raid, 6:19
Cornwallis, Lord: 1:9
Cox, J.D.: 1:10
Currency: 3:15

Deems, Charles F.: 1:11
Denny, Richard: 1:12
Dugas, L.F.E.: 1:13

Farris, J.B.: 1:15
Fishblate, E.R.: 4:12
Fishblate, F.: 4:12
Frazier, Solomon: 1:16, 6:3

Gillespie family: 6:4
Gillespie, Robert H.: 4:4
Gilmer, John A.: 1:17
Gorrell, Findley W.: 4:4
Gorrell, Ralph: 4:4
Greene, Nathaniel: 5:1, 6:5
Greensboro, N.C.: city flags, 6:6; Civil War, 2:2, 6:7; historical tour, 6:8; Sesquicentennial, 3:6
Greensboro Female College: 4:12; (1881 commencement program) 3:8
Greensboro Historical Museum: 3:2
Greensboro High School: Reflector, 3:10
Greensboro Masonic Museum: 3:2
Greensboro Mutual Insurance Co.: 4:12
Greensboro National Bank: 4:12 (1899)
Greensboro Rotary Club: 1942 program, 3:8
Greensborough Patriot: 4:12, 9:1
Guilford County: 1860s mail route, 6:13; Superior Court calendar, 3:8

Hillsborough Coal Mining & Transportation Co.: 4:2
Holt, John A.: 1:18
Hoover, Herbert: 1:19
Houston,    : 1:20
Houston, Levi: 4:12

Iddings, Mark: 4:5

Jackson, Andrew: 1:20.1, 4:21
Jordan, Marcellus: 4:6, 6:13

Kerr, William: 1:21, 4:7

Laurensville Female College: 4:8
Lawson, W.T.: 1:22
Lenoir: Covers, 1:24; 3:7, 5:1
Leventhorpe, Collett: 1:25
Lindley, J. Van: 4:9
Lindsay, Jesse: 1:26, 4:10
Lindsay Street (Greensboro): 6:9

Marling, Jacob: 6:10
Martinsville, N.C.: 6:13
Masons: 6:11
McAdoo House: 4:12
McKinley, William: 1:27
McNairy House (Francis): 6:12
McNeely, James: 4:13
McRaven, David O.: 6:17
Mebane and Weatherly (Monticello, NC): 4:19
Mendenhall, C.P.: 4:4, 4:13
Mitchell, Joseph: 4:13
Monticello, N.C.: 4:19
Morehead, James: 1:29
Morehead, John: 1:29
Murray, R.W.: 1:30

North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association: 1932 convention program, 3:8
North Carolina Railroad: 3:9, 4:12, 4:13; stock sale by R.J. Reynolds, 1:4
Norwood, Joseph: 1:31
Norwood, Laura: 1:31

Pearson, Thomas Gilbert: 3:2
Pickens, F.W.: 1:33
Pomona Hill Nurseries: 4:12
Porter, William Sydney: 3:2, 6:15
Price, Samuel J.: 4:8

Reynolds Foundry (Randolph Co.): 4:14
Reynolds, R.J.: 1:4
Richardson, H.S., Sr.: 6:16
Rogers, Annie: 1:34
Rogers, James A.: 1:34
Roosevelt, Eleanor: 1:35
Ruffin, Thomas: 1:36

Salisbury Prison (N.C.): 6:17
Sanford, Terry: 1:37.1
Scott, L.M.: 4:4
Scott, William Lafayette: 1:38
Scotts Family Grocery: 4:12
Shields, William: 4:15
Slavery: 4:17
Smith, John Baptist: 2:1
Spurr, M.H.: 4:16
Stoneman’s Raid: 6:19
Stratford-Weatherly Drug Co.: 3:8, 5:3
Swaim, Abiah: 4:17
Swaim, Lyndon: 4:17

Tarleton, Banister: 1:9
Tarpley, J.H.: 1:39
Taylor, Zachary: 1:40
Tourgee, Albion: 1:41, 4:4, 4:18, 6:20

United Confederate Veterans: 1951 reunion, 3:14

Vance, Zebulon: 1:4
Vanstory, C.P. Livery: 4:12

Wagoner, Simeon: 1:42
Weatherly, A.E.: 1:44, 4:20
Weatherly, Andrew: 1:43
West End Passenger Railroad Co.: ticket, 3:8
Western North Carolina Railroad: 4:16
World War II: gas ration cards, 3:8
Worth, T.C. & B.G.: 1:45
Worth, Jonathan: 1:4