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Manuscripts Finding Aid

Aerial Maps
133 Army Corps of Engineers Aerial Photos 1976, 1978,1981, 1984
176 Aerial Oversized Photographs New Hanover County 1949-1981

African American
034 McDonald-Howe Family Papers
042 Edwin E. Kirton Family
046 Dr. Hubert A. Eaton, Sr.
051 McGuire Collection
052 Austin J. Holliday
069 Wilmington Riot 1898 Photocopies of Source Documents
094 The Black Poet (draft copy of book about George Moses Horton)
106 North Carolina Fund
108 Wilmington Movement (1970s)
169 St. James Episcopal Church (Box 6, file 19)
186 Wootten Letters (Box 6, files 1 and 2)
217 1898 Commemoration 

Architecture
003 Henry Bacon
169 St. James Episcopal Church

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Art
057 Alice M. Fechtig Postcard Collection
063 Claude Howell Balkan Notebook
084 The Printers Art (facsimiles of pages from famous books)
124 Reproductions of Religious Prints (map drawers)
129 Sketch by Ben Long
131 Postcards (Vladivostock, Phillipines)
141 Eloise Bethel
144 Virginia Wright-Frierson
149 N.C. Living Treasures 
160 Posters
171 No Boundaries 
198 Wilmington Art Association Scrap Books
200 Print Collection
201 Anime
208 Comic Books (20th century)
212 Jack Berkman 
213 Fritzi Huber
216 Paul Clifford (Collector)
221 Gayle Tustin 
257 Billie Ruth Sudduth, North Carolina Basketmaker
259 Hiroshi Sueyoshi, North Carolina Potter

Business History
002 Wessell & Ellers Wholesale
005 Gore - Cooper Family
114 Store Ledger 1788-1790
151 Thomas Fanning Wood, Jr.
170 Frederick D. Poisson
178 Oscar High Furniture
192 Oscar Pearsall
222 Murchison Family
267 Block Shirt Company Ledgers 1925 - 1931
287 C.A. Brown Lumber Company

Cartographic
133 Aerial Photographs
176 Photo Aerial Maps

Claude Howell related
063 Claude Howell Balkan Notebook
093 Sand Roots Manuscript (photocopy)
094 The Black Poet (draft copy of book about George Moses Horton)
095 The Beachcombers Handbook of Seafood Cookery (draft and galley)

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Civil War
001 Armstrong Family
004 Benjamin S. Ewell
006 Stephen Graham
026 Wilmington/Lower Cape Fear Civil War Resources
038 U.S. Civil War Correspondence
039 Gen. Wm. Macrae, Col. Walker Taylor
043 James R. Womble
047 Return of 8th Regiment
048 High Family
049 Council Letter Civil War 1862
062 Howell Family Papers
065 Joseph J. Davis
067 Miss E. D. Bellamy
073 Gen. Wm. W. Loring
079 Civil War Newspapers and Magazines (four pages)
137 Richard Laracy Letter
138 Ft. Caswell Telegraph Log
157 Anna Sherman Collection
158 Chris Fonvielle Manuscript Collection (open, current items)
166 Edmund McCaffray
169 St. James Episcopal Church (box 59)
172 T.F. Woods Family Papers
189 Bob High Collection
196 Captain Edward Ward
205 "Giants in the Cornfield"
226 Willis and Amanda Wilson Family Papers
234 Silas Martin 
249 Lewis J. Hardee, Jr.
254 Anchram H. and Elizabeth K. Evans
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Documents (single and specific)
*commissions, land grants, certificates, memoranda, indentures, proclamations, resolutions, single letters, deeds
007 Thomas Smith
006 Stephen Graham
011 Moses Bartram
012 William J. Hoke
014 George Bernard Shaw
018 Sir John Stoddard
020 Thomas George Pratt
021 Maryland Indentures
041 Gov. John W. Ellis
073 Gen. Wm. W. Loring
074 Gov. Philip F. Thomas
075 Protestant Episcopal Church
086 Anna Parsley Private Paper
099 Gordon Smith 1921 letter
117 1473 Deed
120 North Carolina Indentures 1811-1897 (four)
122 Mary Hemingway Letter

Education
004 Benjamin S. Ewell
034 McDonald-Howe Family Papers
037 John Thomas Hoggard, MD
046 Dr. Hubert A. Eaton, Sr.
068 Jessie Rehder Collection
112 UVA Photos
135 Documents relating to Public Education
167 Heywood Bellamy Collection
263 Rehder - Gerdes Family

Family Papers
001 Armstrong Family
003 Henry Bacon
005 Gore - Cooper Family
008 Mary Barnett Gilson
009 Cronly Family
010 Ficklen Family
013 Burgwin Family
016 Reuben Lovette Frost
017 Harmon C. Rorison
025 Gillespie Family Genealogical
028 Robert E. Tapp
030 Alfred Harding Yopp
034 McDonald-Howe
035 Avery Papers
040 Sidney Gardner MacMillan
042 Edwin E. Kirton Family
044 Eugene C. Hicks
045 Thos. E. Cooper
048 High Family
052 Austin J. Holliday
061 Lazenby Family
062 Howell Family Papers
065 Joseph J. Davis
066 Dr. John D. Bellamy
067 Miss E. D. Bellamy
068 Jessie Rehder Collection
078 Perry-Cherry House
082 Calder Papers
085 The Kellog Family
091 High Family (three letters)
107 Kenan Family Collection
127 Barden Family
153 B.D. Schwartz Scrapbooks
172 T.F. Woods Family Papers
179 Corneilius D. Thomas
186 Wootten Letters
189 Bob High Collection
194 Cameron Family Letters
207 W.D.Jones, Sr. Family (WWI)
210 W.D.Jones, Sr. Family 
211 John J. Burney, Jr.
222 Murchison Family
226 Willis and Amanda Wilson Family Papers
249  Lewis J. Hardee, Jr.
263 Rehder - Gerdes Family
288 Sprunt, Walter P., Construction of Tannahill

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Film Industry
152 Lou Buttino Collection
154 M.W. Godwin Linda Darnell Film Collection
155 M.W. Godwin Film Still Collection
156 Wilmington Film Collection
160 Posters
175 Fincannon Scripts
250 Frank Capra, Jr.  Firestarter
252 Craig Rogers Collections

Historic Preservation
107 Kenan Family Collection
169 St. James Episcopal Church (box 15, files 15 & 17)
181 Hannah Block Collection
182 Janet Seapker Collection
230 Guide to historic WWII sites in Wilmington, NC
241 Historic Wilmington Resources
248 James C. Burke Collection

Literary
014 George Bernard Shaw
093 Sand Roots Manuscript (photocopy)
094 The Black Poet (draft copy of book about George Moses Horton)
111 Ower Collection
113 Will Inman Poetry
136 Will Inman Papers
158 Chris Fonvielle Manuscript Collection
159 Paul Wilkes
162 Helen Bayley Davis
204 Wilbur D. Jones, Jr., Papers
209 "So Good to Us All"
253 Paul Wilkes New Yorker article about the Catholic Church

Marine Sciences
032 John Lyman Papers
184 Dr. Ralph W. Brauer Collection
197 Dr. David Lindquist

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Medical History
037 John Thomas Hoggard, MD
046 Dr. Hubert A. Eaton, Sr.
116 Memorabilia for School of Nursing
142 James Walker Memorial Hospital
172 T.F. Woods Family Papers
205 Dr. Leroy W. Upperman
233 Seymour Alper New Hanover Memorial Hospital
 

Military History
001 Armstrong Family
017 Harmon C. Rorison
039 Gen. Wm. Macrae, Col. Walker Taylor
040 Sidney Gardner MacMillan
047 Return of 8th Regiment
103 Army Times
118 Complete Book of Terrorism (unpublished manuscript)
131 Postcards (Vladivostock, Phillipines)
174 Bell Veteran
177 Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point
186 Wootten Letters
190 Susan G. Stern Vietnam era
195 USO, Jacksonville, NC
204 Wilbur D. Jones, Jr., Papers
211 John J. Burney, Jr.
225 Lee Weaver Collection
 

Music
030 Alfred Harding Yopp
036 Thursday Morning Music Club
055 Original Music of Lower Cape Fear
056 Scheetz Music Coll
096 Rabbi Thurman Collection
097 Fannie B. DeRosset
098 Laura Harriss Howell Music Collection
140 Pono's Jazz Collection
146 Kurt Stone Collection
173 Thomas Moore Collect.
219 Dr. Richard Deas
239 Beat Magazine
240 Wilmington Rock Music

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Native American
145 Hugh Zachary

Performing Arts
102 Doug Swink Theatre Collection
115 Material related to Edwin Booth (photocopies)
183 Dorothy Nesbitt
199 Sarah Mildred Strauss Newman
202 Tapestry Theatre Company

Political History
006 Stephen Graham
031 Alton A. Lennon
033 John J. Burney, Jr.
060 Friedrich Brauer Papers
077 J.E.L. Wade
080 Abstract of Votes 1880
081 "Easily Found" Congressional Advance Sheet 1880
088 Comparative Statement Republican and Democrats, 1880
106 North Carolina Fund
148 John F. Schrank
153 B.D. Schwartz Scrapbooks
163 Wilbur D. Jones, Jr., Political Collection 1966 - 1978
181 Hannah Block Collection
187 Mayor Horace Whitley Collection
211 John J. Burney, Jr.
214 Robert Cooke
231 John Jay Burney, Jr
247 Robert F. Kennedy Political Collectibles.

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Religious
042 Edwin E. Kirton Family
058 Rabbi Mendelsohn Collection
075 Protestant Episcopal Church
087 Cardinal Eugene Tisserant Papers
096 Rabbi Thurman Collection
161 Dr. James J. Megivern
164 B. Frank Hall
169 St. James Episcopal Church
180 St. Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church
186 Wootten Letters
193 Pastoral Summit, 2001
228 Bishop Wright
232 Rabbi James L. Apple
253 Paul Wilkes- New Yorker article
258 2nd Presbyterian Ledger
262 Miscellaneous New Hanover County Religious History

SENC (Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus County, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender)
019 Lower Cape Region
022 Craven County Records
027 Duplin County Marriage records
105 Fertilizer Industry
106 North Carolina Fund
121 Van Eden Papers
176 Photo Aerial Maps
177 Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point
178 Oscar High Furniture
187 Mayor Horace Whitley Collection
189 Bob High Collection
223 Brunswick County court documents
224 Onslow County Land Records 
226 Willis and Amanda Wilson Family Papers
230 Guide to historic WWII sites in Wilmington, NC
231 John Jay Burney, Jr
236 North Carolina 4th of July Festival
241 Historic Wilmington Resources
248 James C. Burke Collection

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Tobacco Industry
064 Tobacco Card Collection

Travel
057 Alice M. Fechtig Postcard Collection
134 Travel Observations
184 Dr. Ralph W. Brauer Collection

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UNCW Related
072 Schweitzer Awards
090 T. T. Hamilton Papers
092 J. Marshall Crews From These Beginnings drafts
100 Wm. Madison Randall Papers
101 Fred Graham Papers
102 Doug Swink Theatre Collection
104 Wayne Jackson Collection
110 The Hawks Eye
161 Dr. James J. Megivern
184 Dr. Ralph W. Brauer Collection
185 Dame Catherine Carpender
197 Dr. David Lindquist
211 John J. Burney, Jr.
219 Dr. Richard Deas
235 Dr. Walter C. Biggs
242 - 246 Dr. David Padgett Collection
264 Cyrus Hogue, Jr.
268 Landmark Project Committee


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Wilmington History
015 Weather Bureau Station
216 Paul Clifford
019 Lower Cape Region (open collection primarily current information)
023 Lower Cape Fear Regional Maps, Charts
024 1977 Azalea Festival
026 Wilmington/Lower Cape Fear Civil War Resources
029 Wilmington Historic Bldg. Survey
037 John Thomas Hoggard, MD
046 Dr. Hubert A. Eaton, Sr.
055 Original Music of Lower Cape Fear
067 Miss E. D. Bellamy
069 Wilmington Riot 1898 Photocopies of Source Documents
070 American Legion Scrapbooks
086 Anna Parsley Private Paper
106 North Carolina Fund
108 Wilmington Movement
109 Cantwell Collection
106 North Carolina Fund
114 Store Ledger 1788-1790
123 Louis Toomer Moore Tribute
125 Wilmington 250th Birthday (two photos)
126 Boys Brigade 1901, 1908 (two photos)
128 Dr. William E.Sisson, Jr.
130 A Communication, by Mrs. Roger Moore
132 Newspapers 1898 (photocopies)
133 Aerial Photographs
135 Documents relating to Public Education
139 N.C. Shipping
153 B.D. Schwartz Scrapbooks
158 Chris Fonvielle Manuscript Collection (open, current items)
165 John C. Maultsby, Memorabilia
167 Heywood Bellamy Collection
168 James F. McMillan
169 St. James Episcopal Church
170 Frederick D. Poisson
172 T.F. Woods Family Papers
176 Photo Aerial Maps
180 St. Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church
181 Hannah Block Collection
182 Janet Seapker Collection
183 Dorothy Nesbitt
186 Wootten Letters
198 Wilmington Art Association Scrap Books
203 Oakdale Cemetery student project
215 The Herman Blizzard Rotary Archive
227 Wilmington Civitan Club 
230 Guide to historic WWII sites in Wilmington, NC
231 John Jay Burney, Jr
233 Seymour Alper
241 Historic Wilmington Resources
255 Katherine Harriss Byers Collection
256 H. J. Southwell Murder

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