North Carolina County War Records, WWI 2
Abstract
The North Carolina County War Records is composed of correspondence, poems, songs
and song books, sheet music, newspaper clippings, photographs, booklets and pamphlets,
scrapbooks, small posters, compiled histories, reports, official draft records and
draft reports, soldiers' casualty records, and miscellaneous records documenting the
counties and citizens of North Carolina during World War I, collected by the North
Carolina Historical Commission as part of their war records collection project.
The collection documents the efforts of 81 North Carolina counties to support the
United States and counties' troops in its effort to fight World War I. Materials in
the collection document aspects of county leaders in various war-related activities,
local citizens' activities, soldiers in training camps and overseas, county and community-led
war bond and savings stamps drives, public parades for soldiers, and other local activities
on the home front during the war. Records from some North Carolina county and city
American Red Cross chapters are included in this collection.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- North Carolina County War Records
- Call Number
- WWI 2
- Creator
-
North Carolina Historical Commission
- Date
- 1917-1922, 1927
- Extent
- 6.800 cubic feet, 0.840 gigabytes
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Restrictions on Access & Use
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions on accessing this collection.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.
Preferred Citation
[Item name or title], [Box and Folder Numbers], North Carolina County War Records,
WWI 2, WWI Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh,
N.C.
Collection Overview
The collection is composed of correspondence, poems, songs and song books, sheet music,
newspaper clippings, photographs, booklets and pamphlets, scrapbooks, small posters,
compiled histories, reports, official draft records and draft reports, soldiers' casualty
records copied from various sources, and miscellaneous records. The collection documents
the efforts of North Carolina's counties to support the United States in its effort
to fight World War I. The collection is arranged in two series: Series I County War
Records and Series II Oversized Materials.
Materials in the collection document aspects of county leaders in various war-related
activities, including rationing, construction limitation reviews, war bond and savings
stamps drives, public parades for soldiers, and other local activities on the home
front during the war. Records from some North Carolina county and city American Red
Cross chapters are included in this collection.
The collection also contains a significant number of photographs, letters, compiled
service histories, and biographical sketches of selected soldiers who fought in World
War I from various North Carolina counties. School children in Halifax County, for
example, wrote biographical sketches of local service individuals in the U.S. military
(see Box 8, Folder 19, through Box 9, Folder 1 for these sketches). The United Daughters
of the Confederacy in Surry County sent to families and soldiers returned from serving
in World War I a printed form, called a "War Record," which included significant amounts
of information about the soldiers' service (see Box 11, Folders 9-13).
Ministers and pastors, families, and others in various counties collected original
soldiers' letters sent from the front lines back home, telling of North Carolinians'
experiences in World War I. County war record collectors sent these letters to the
North Carolina Historical Commission for preservation shortly after the war, such
as those soldiers' letter from Cumberland County (see Box 2, Folders 8-44).
The collection documents efforts to support the troops and provide troop training
in North Carolina. Photographs of the United States Laundry Operation in Raleigh,
which served three military camps in South Carolina and North Carolina, detail the
operations necessary to ensure American service individuals had clean and repaired
uniforms and clothing (see Box 11, Folder 27). Additionally, there are some items
showing German POW camps in North Carolina, such as the German internment camp in
the community of Hot Springs in Madison County, North Carolina (see Box 9, Folder
20).
County historians for some North Carolina counties used the records they or the county
war records collector gathered to write histories of the county's operations during
World War I to support the war effort. Some county historians wrote histories of local
military installations or war bond drives, such as the Cumberland County "History
of War Camp Community Service at Fayetteville, N.C. [Fort Bragg], November 1, 1919"
(see Box 2, Folder 47). Per the instructions of the North Carolina Historical Commission,
county historians sometimes compiled these histories, then discarded of the original
records used to create the history, or returned the materials to their original owners.
In some cases, these compiled histories are the only detailed sources (apart from
newspaper articles) about various World War I activities in North Carolina counties.
Series II contains oversized materials not fitting in regular-sized archival folders
and boxes. The materials include oversized photographic prints of the 2nd North Carolina
National Guard marching in a farewell parade in downtown Goldsboro, North Carolina,
in August 1917, for the soldiers of the guard unit, who had just been ordered to ship
over to Europe during World War I (see Box 13, Folder 4).
Materials not located in WWI 2 were organized by the North Carolina Historical Commission
after World War I in the collections North Carolina Council of Defense Records (WWI
1) and North Carolina Draft Records (WWI 3).
Arrangement Note
The collection is arranged in two series: Series I County War Records and Series II
Oversized Materials. Series I is arranged in alphabetical order by North Carolina
county name, with each county's records arranged under the county's name depending
on the types of materials and subject content of the items. County leaders, Council
of Defense chairman, and county administrators' papers are typically arranged first
within a given county. Newspaper articles and publications are arranged towards the
end of the materials within a given county. Series II is arranged at the end of the
collection, and organized by size of the materials or type of items. The Oversized
Scrapbooks 1-3 are stored flat on the shelves, due to their size and weight.
Series I: County War Records
Series II: Oversized Materials
Historical Note
The North Carolina Historical Commission (the precursor of the State Archives of North
Carolina) recognized at the beginning of the United States' involvement in World War
I the importance for North Caroling to begin an effort of collecting materials which
documented the role taken by North Carolina soldiers and civilians in the war. In
cooperation with the North Carolina Council of Defense, a special history committee,
called the "Historical Preservation" committee, was appointed by the Council of Defense.
The Historical Preservation committee consisted of the North Carolina Historical Commission
Secretary Robert Digges Wimberly (or R. D. W.) Connor, as chairman; Haywood Parker
of Asheville, North Carolina; Ms. Adelaide Fries of Winston-Salem, North Carolina;
Paul W. Schenck of Greensboro, North Carolina; Edgecombe County-native George Gordon
Battle, who was one of the leading lawyers in New York City at the outbreak of WWI;
Ms. Lida T. Rodman; and J. G. deR. Hamilton of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The Council of Defense Historical Preservation committee's mission was to collect
for permanent preservation the war records of the state of North Carolina. The term
"war records" was given the widest possible interpretation, so as to include all materials
that illustrate the state of mind of the citizens of North Carolina toward World War
I; the effect of the war on social, educational, economic, agricultural, political
and religious conditions; and the personal achievements, sacrifices, and services
of North Carolina individuals in the war. Efforts were made by the North Carolina
Historical Commission to secure the cooperation of such organizations as the State
and County Councils of Defense; the State and County Fuel Administrations; the State
and County Food Administrations; the American Red Cross; and other organizations engaged
in work connected with the World War I preparedness and support efforts of the United
States.
The Historical Preservation committee and the North Carolina Historical Commission
urged these institutions, organizations, and members of the public to preserve carefully
their records, and ultimately deposit them with the North Carolina Historical Commission.
Efforts were also made to secure assistance in this work through the appointment in
each county of a county historian for war purposes. However, these efforts were not
particularly successful, as resources and people were stressed throughout the war
at the local level in North Carolina. Individuals willing to work as volunteer war
record collectors were secured in sixty counties during the war. These individuals
promised to aid in the historical preservation work of the committee, but only a few
of them had been active throughout World War I.
Not much could be accomplished in terms of collecting war materials, however, due
to a lack of funding and the lack of a law by the North Carolina State Legislature
indicating a state-backed collection program. From 1917 to 1919, the State Legislature
was not in session, and this scenario could not be remedied. However, in 1919 the
State Legislature formally approved the North Carolina Historical Commission's war
records collection efforts with the passage of Chapter 144 of the North Carolina Public
Laws and Resolutions (specifically Sections 3 and 4) in 1919. The new law empowered
the Historical Commission to appoint a collector of World War records, and provided
money for the project's support.
Acting under authority of this law, the Historical Commission chose Robert B. House
Collector of World War Records, and House entered upon his work June 19, 1919. On
taking up his duties, House found that the Historical Preservation committee of the
State Council of Defense (through a system of volunteer collecting in various counties
of the state), and Col. Fred A. Olds (North Carolina Historical Commission Hall of
History Collector) had already collected a large amount of war materials. House tried
to systemize the collection process and network of volunteer collectors around North
Carolina. House and a part-time stenographer worked to copy information from original
materials; label, classify, and identify original materials; and operate a continuous
correspondence network with individuals throughout the state and with federal war-time
government offices.
One of House's first tasks was to survey all possible sources of information concerning
North Carolina in the World War to be found in the National Archives; in departments
of the North Carolina government; and among the various county organizations and individuals
of North Carolina. Having found other states in America were performing the same records
collection work during the war, in September, 1919, representatives from several states
met in Washington, D.C., to organize what became the National Association of State
War History Organizations. This was a cooperative enterprise financed by a membership
fee of $200, paid by each member state organization. The North Carolina Historical
Commission became a member of this association. This organization assisted North Carolina
and House in standardizing war records collection policies and procedures.
In North Carolina's government departments, House found that the correspondence and
published documents from the years 1917 to 1920 would be essential for documenting
the state's role in World War I; but, those documents still held an administrative
value in their respective government offices during the war and could not be released
to the North Carolina Historical Commission for preservation. House strongly advocated
with the heads of each office the necessity of preserving their records for the war
years, until such time as they could be released to the Historical Commission. The
records produced by county organizations and individuals in North Carolina were found
to be in a chaotic state. In many cases, officials of various war-work organizations
in the state had destroyed their records immediately upon the signing of the armistice
ending World War I, under the impression that these records were of no further value.
In many cases, they had kept no complete records during the course of the war.
World War Records Collector House made attempts to gain assistance in the war records
collection work through the appointment in each county of a county historian (or county
war records collector) for war purposes, but these efforts were not particularly successful.
Due to the loss of individuals in North Carolina counties for service outside of the
state, the taxing nature of the war on county resources, rationing of fuel and limited
transportation options for some counties, and time required for the records collection,
House found it difficult to locate responsible, educated people in every North Carolina
county willing and able to carry this work out for the whole duration of World War
I. People were secured in sixty North Carolina counties who promised to aid in the
records collection work, but only a few of them were active and gathered significant
numbers of historic war-related records. Ultimately, records from eighty-one counties
were collected by the Historic Commission in this collection.
The following individuals were the most active county war records collectors, which
explains why in WWI 2 there are more materials for some counties than others: Mrs.
John Huske Anderson (Cumberland County); J. R. McCrary (Davidson County); A. P. Godwin
(Gates County); W. C. Jackson (Guilford County); Daisy Crump Whitehead (Halifax County);
John A. Currie (Hoke County); Florence Swindell (Hyde County); H. Gait Braxton (Lenoir
County); Catherine Albertson (Pasquotank County); Isabel Graves (Surry County); W.
Brodie Jones (Warren County); F. H. Hendren (Wilkes County); and J. Dempsey Bullock
(Wilson County).
Most of the county war collectors sent the materials they collected during their World
War I from 1919 to 1923 to the North Carolina Historical Commission. Many of the county
collectors, acting on instructions from the Historical Commission, waited that long
to send in the records in order to write compiled histories of their county's operations
and history during the war (see Box 11, Folders 31-32).
Contents of the Collection
1. County War Records
Alamance County: Miscellaneous Records, 1918-1919, undated
Folder 1
Alamance County: Holt Manufacturing Company Liberty Bond Drive Photographs, Undated
Folder 2
Lynn Banks Holt Manufacturing Company employees pose for a photograph while standing on two trucks, bearing Liberty Bond drive banners and American flags, parked next to the Oneida Cotton Mills building in Graham, N.C. Male and female employees stand divided between the two trucks--women in the left-hand truck, and men in the right-hand truck--participating in a mobile World War I bond drive effort (undated)
WWI 2.B1.F2.1
Lynn Banks Holt Manufacturing Company female employees pose for a photograph while
standing on one of two trucks, bearing Liberty Bond drive banners and American flags,
parked next to the Oneida Cotton Mills building in Graham, N.C. These employees were
participating in a mobile World War I bond drive effort (undated)
WWI 2.B1.F2.2
Lynn Banks Holt Manufacturing Company male employees pose for a photograph while standing
on one of two trucks, bearing Liberty Bond drive banners and American flags, parked
next to the Oneida Cotton Mills building in Graham, N.C. These employees were participating
in a mobile World War I bond drive effort (undated)
WWI 2.B1.F2.3
Alexander County, Undated
Folder 3
Avery County, 1917-1919, undated
Folder 6
Beaufort County, August 30, 1918
Folder 7
Brunswick County, Undated
Folder 9
Buncombe County: Miscellaneous Materials, 1917-1918, undated
Folder 10
Photograph captioned: "Scene in the trenches of Northern France. Given to Col. [Fred
A.] Olds by Edward Miles, Ambulancier of Asheville. Taken by him in 1917." Edward
G. Miles served in the French Army with the Ambulance Service during World War I.
His father Herbert D. Miles was a financier and economist, who collected materials
for the North Carolina Historical Commission during World War I (1917) [Photograph
by: Edward G. Miles, Asheville, N.C.]
WWI 2.B1.F10.1
Photograph of Edward G. Miles' French Army Ambulance Service damaged ambulance in a field in France in 1918. Edward's father Herbert D. Miles was a financier and economist, who collected materials for the North Carolina Historical Commission during World War I (1918) [Photograph by: Edward G. Miles, Asheville, N.C.]
WWI 2.B1.F10.2
Edward G. Miles, an ambulance driver who served in the French Army with the Ambulance Service during World War I, is pictured in a rock-strewn grounds adjacent a bombed-out building in France. An ambulance unit is pictured in the background. Edward's father Herbert D. Miles was a financier and economist, who collected materials for the North Carolina Historical Commission during World War I (undated).
WWI 2.B1.F10.3
Buncombe County: Public Health Service Hospitals Photographs, 1920, undated
Folder 11
Real-photo postcard of eight unidentified men pictured outside, next to a building
at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Asheville, N.C., at the former Kenilworth
Inn. Photograph presented to the North Carolina Historical Commission by Helen L.
Blanton, Medical Social Service Chief at the hospital (undated)
WWI 2.B1.F11.1
Real-photo postcard, taken from a hill opposite the hospital, of the U.S. Public Health
Service Hospital in Asheville, N.C., at the former Kenilworth Inn. Photograph presented
to the North Carolina Historical Commission by Helen L. Blanton, Medical Social Service
Chief at the hospital (undated)
WWI 2.B1.F11.2
Real-photo postcard of the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital building in Asheville,
N.C., at the former Kenilworth Inn. Photograph presented to the North Carolina Historical
Commission by Helen L. Blanton, Medical Social Service Chief at the hospital (undated)
WWI 2.B1.F11.3
Real-photo postcard of several buildings and a road at the U.S. Public Health Service
Hospital in Asheville, N.C., at the former Kenilworth Inn. Photograph presented to
the North Carolina Historical Commission by Helen L. Blanton, Medical Social Service
Chief at the hospital (undated)
WWI 2.B1.F11.4
Real-photo postcard of a cleared field, with several buildings and an American flag
on a flag pole at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Asheville, N.C., at the
former Kenilworth Inn. Mountains can be seen in the background. Photograph presented
to the North Carolina Historical Commission by Helen L. Blanton, Medical Social Service
Chief at the hospital (undated)
WWI 2.B1.F11.5
Real-photo postcard of a seating area in the interior of a building at the U.S. Public
Health Service Hospital in Asheville, N.C., at the former Kenilworth Inn. Photograph
presented to the North Carolina Historical Commission by Helen L. Blanton, Medical
Social Service Chief at the hospital (undated)
WWI 2.B1.F11.6
Real-photo postcard of a seating area, with a fireplace, in the interior of a building
at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Asheville, N.C., at the former Kenilworth
Inn. Photograph presented to the North Carolina Historical Commission by Helen L.
Blanton, Medical Social Service Chief at the hospital (undated)
WWI 2.B1.F11.7
Real-photo postcard of two shot-gun style buildings covered in snow and icicles in
winter, with a car and man on a snow-covered road, at the U.S. Public Health Service
Hospital in Asheville, N.C., at the former Kenilworth Inn. Photograph presented to
the North Carolina Historical Commission by Helen L. Blanton, Medical Social Service
Chief at the hospital (undated)
WWI 2.B1.F11.8
Real-photo postcard of unidentified male patients seated at the sides of beds, eating
meals on trays on a covered porch of a building at the U.S. Public Health Service
Hospital in Asheville, N.C. (at the former Kenilworth Inn). Photograph presented to
the North Carolina Historical Commission by Helen L. Blanton, Medical Social Service
Chief at the hospital (undated)
WWI 2.B1.F11.9
Real-photo postcard of unidentified male patients lying in hospital beds in building
at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Asheville, N.C. (at the former Kenilworth
Inn). Photograph presented to the North Carolina Historical Commission by Helen L.
Blanton, Medical Social Service Chief at the hospital (undated)
WWI 2.B1.F11.10
Real-photo postcard of decorated Christmas trees on the porch in Ward I #3 at the Oteen Public Health Service Hospital in Oteen, N.C., near Asheville, N.C. The hospital treated veterans with tuberculosis. Photograph taken on December 25, 1920, during the hospital's Christmas celebrations (December 25, 1920) [Photograph by: S.G. McGee, Ward I #3, Oteen, N.C.]
WWI 2.B1.F11.11
Real-photo postcard of decorated Christmas trees at the feet of hospital beds on the porch of Ward I #3 at the Oteen Public Health Service Hospital in Oteen, N.C., near Asheville, N.C. The hospital treated veterans with tuberculosis. Photograph--which has some double exposure at the top of the image--taken on December 25, 1920, during the hospital's Christmas celebrations (December 25, 1920) [Photograph by: S.G. McGee, Ward I #3, Oteen, N.C.]
WWI 2.B1.F11.12
Real-photo postcard of decorated Christmas trees in a parlor in Ward I #3 at the Oteen Public Health Service Hospital in Oteen, N.C., near Asheville, N.C. The hospital treated veterans with tuberculosis. Photograph taken on December 25, 1920, during the hospital's Christmas celebrations (December 25, 1920) [Photograph by: S.G. McGee, Ward I #3, Oteen, N.C.]
WWI 2.B1.F11.13
Real-photo postcard of decorated Christmas trees at the feet of hospital beds inside Ward I #3 at the Oteen Public Health Service Hospital in Oteen, N.C., near Asheville, N.C. The hospital treated veterans with tuberculosis. Photograph taken on December 25, 1920, during the hospital's Christmas celebrations. The decorations were provided by the North Carolina Baracas and Philatheas, an ecumenical movement designed to facilitate adult evangelism through Bible study in the early 20th century (December 25, 1920) [Photograph by: S.G. McGee, Ward I #3, Oteen, N.C.]
WWI 2.B1.F11.14
Buncombe County: Asheville Times Newspaper Clippings, 1917
Folder 12
Caldwell County, 1917, 1920, undated
Folder 14
Caswell County, May 20, 1917
Folder 15
Chatham County, 1917, undated
Folder 18
Chowan County: Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1919, undated
Folder 20
Chowan County: County Council of Defense Chairman Frank Wood Correspondence, 1917-1918, undated
Folder 21
Chowan County: County Chairman of War Savings Committee Frank Wood Correspondence, 1917-1918
Folder 22
Chowan County: Food Administrator Frank Wood Correspondence, 1917
Folder 23
Chowan County: Food Administrator Frank Wood Correspondence, January-July, 1918
Folder 24
Chowan County: Food Administrator Frank Wood Correspondence, August-December, 1918
Folder 25
Chowan County: Food Administrator Frank Wood Correspondence, 1919
Folder 26
Chowan County: Food Administrator Frank Wood Correspondence, Undated
Folder 27
Chowan County: Food Administrator Frank Wood Reports on Sugar Sold, 1918, undated
Folder 28
Chowan County: Food Administrator Frank Wood Press Releases, 1917-1918, undated
Folder 1
Chowan County: Frank Wood Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1917-1918
Folder 2
Chowan County: Food Administrator--Miscellaneous Publications, 1918, undated
Folder 3
Clay County, 1917, undated
Folder 4
Cleveland County, 1917, undated
Folder 5
Cumberland County: Lucy London Anderson Papers, 1920, undated
Folder 8
Cumberland County Soldiers' Letters
Cumberland County: James K. Baker Letter, February 24, 1919
Folder 9
Cumberland County: Edger Blanchard Letters, December 10, 1918
Folder 10
Cumberland County: Donald D. Brown Letter, August 15, 1918
Folder 11
Cumberland County: C.M. Buie Letter, October 4, 1918
Folder 12
Cumberland County: James M. Bullard Letter, September 6, 1918
Folder 13
Cumberland County: Carson F. Canady Letter, August 28, 1918
Folder 14
Cumberland County: J.R. Clark Letters, October 26, 1918; undated
Folder 15
Cumberland County: Magrath Faircloth Letter, August 7, 1918
Folder 16
Cumberland County: Philip Theodore Fry Letter, August 11, 1918
Folder 17
Cumberland County: Sid H. Hall Letter, September 26, 1918
Folder 18
Cumberland County: Herbert P. Harris Letter, September 17, 1918
Folder 19
Cumberland County: Herman Hendrix Letter, October 30, 1918
Folder 20
Cumberland County: Alonzo Jackson Letters, Undated
Folder 21
Cumberland County: W.A. Jernigan Letter, August 6, 1918
Folder 22
Cumberland County: Edgar Johnson Letter, September 19, 1918
Folder 23
Cumberland County: W.L. Johnson Letters, 1918
Folder 24
Cumberland County: Charlie Jones Letter, August 7, 1918
Folder 25
Cumberland County: J.M. Jones Letter, July 21, 1918
Folder 26
Cumberland County: Charles M. Kelly Letter, August 23, 1918
Folder 27
Cumberland County: Dewey Lewis Letter, October 10, 1918
Folder 28
Cumberland County: Joseph E. McKenna Letter, August 25, 1918
Folder 29
Cumberland County: Howard H. McNeill Letter, July 8, 1918
Folder 30
Cumberland County: J.D. McPhail Letter, Undated
Folder 31
Cumberland County: John A. Martin Letters, 1918
Folder 32
Cumberland County: Lacy T. Morrow Letter, Undated
Folder 33
Cumberland County: John A. Neal Letter, December 4, 1918
Folder 34
Cumberland County: C.C. Person Letter, December 5, 1918
Folder 35
Cumberland County: M.B. Person Letter, November 19, 1918
Folder 36
Cumberland County: Archie Raspberry Letter, December 18, 1918
Folder 37
Cumberland County: Tom C. Ray Letters, 1918
Folder 38
Cumberland County: H.B. Rollins Letter, June 18, 1918
Folder 39
Cumberland County: Logan Sessoms Letter, June 28, 1918
Folder 40
Cumberland County: T.M. Simmons Letter, April 30, 1919
Folder 41
Cumberland County: Wayman Thagard Letter, July 7, 1918
Folder 42
Cumberland County: Jim M. Tomlinson Letter, circa August 1918
Folder 43
Cumberland County: Unidentified Letters, 1918-1919
Folder 44
Cumberland County: Soldiers' Photographs, Undated
Folder 45
Studio portrait of Bryan Beckwith of Fayetteville, N.C., who served in Co. F, 2nd
Infantry, North Carolina National Guard (later turned into Co. F, 119th Infantry,
30th Division, during World War I). After November 1918, it appears that Beckwith
was transferred to Company B, 315th Infantry, 79th Division, U.S. Army, for the rest
of his military service in Europe through the spring of 1919 [the division patch he
is seen wearing is 79th Infantry Division] (undated).
WWI 2.B2.F45.1
Contact print of a studio portrait of Edgar S.W. Draughan of Cumberland County, N.C.,
who served in the Sanitary Detachment, 120th Infantry, 30th Division, during World
War I (undated)
WWI 2.B2.F45.2
Contact print of a photograph of the Distinguished Service Cross Citation for Noel
E. Patton of Fayetteville, N.C., who served in the Sanitary Service Unit 558 and Co.
A, 344th Battalion, Tank Corps, during World War I (undated)
WWI 2.B2.F45.3
Large studio portrait of Donald Fairfax Ray of Fayetteville, N.C., who served in the
317th Field Artillery and 156th Field Artillery during World War I. Ray died of natural
causes at Fort Sill in Oklahoma on July 6, 1918 (undated)
WWI 2.B2.F45.4
Cumberland County: Miscellaneous Materials, Undated
Folder 46
Cumberland County: History of War Camp Community Service at Fayetteville, N.C. [Fort
Bragg], November 1, 1919
Folder 47
Cumberland County: Newspaper Clippings, 1917
Folder 48
Cumberland County: Newspaper Clippings, July 1918
Folder 49
Cumberland County: Newspaper Clippings, August 1919
Folder 50
Cumberland County: Newspaper Clippings, September 1918
Folder 51
Cumberland County: Newspaper Clippings, October 1918
Folder 52
Cumberland County: Newspaper Clippings, November 1918
Folder 53
Cumberland County: Newspaper Clippings, December 1918, undated
Folder 54
Cumberland County: Newspaper Clippings, 1918, undated
Folder 1
Cumberland County: Newspaper Clippings, 1919, undated
Folder 2
Cumberland County: Newspaper Clippings, 1919, undated
Folder 3
Cumberland County: Newspaper Clippings, June-December 1919, undated
Folder 4
Currituck County, 1917-1919, undated
Folder 5
Davidson County, 1917, undated
Folder 6
Duplin County, August 8, 1917
Folder 8
Durham County, 1917, 1919
Folder 9
Edgecombe County: County Organization, Undated
Folder 10
Edgecombe County: Newspaper Clippings, 1917, undated
Folder 11
Edgecombe County: Newspaper Clippings, June-August 1917
Folder 12
Edgecombe County: Newspaper Clippings, September-October 1917
Folder 13
Edgecombe County: Newspaper Clippings, November-December 1917
Folder 14
Edgecombe County: Newspaper Clippings, January-March 1918
Folder 15
Edgecombe County: Newspaper Clippings, April-June 1918
Folder 16
Edgecombe County: Newspaper Clippings, July-November 1918
Folder 17
Edgecombe County: Newspaper Clippings, 1917-1918
Folder 18
Edgecombe County: Newspaper Clippings, Undated
Folder 19
Forsyth County, 1917-1920, undated
Folder 20
Franklin County, 1917, circa 1940s, undated
Folder 21
Guilford County: Soldiers' Record Cards, Ad-Sp [showing name, address, rank, branch/unit of service, and date returned from overseas. Arranged alphabetically], Undated
Box 4
Guilford County: Soldiers' Record Cards, St-Ya [showing name, address, rank, branch/unit of service, and date returned from overseas. Arranged alphabetically], Undated
Box 5
Halifax County: Daisy Crump Whitehead Correspondence, 1917-1921, undated
Folder 1
Halifax County: Daisy Crump Whitehead Notebook Pages, Undated
Folder 2
Halifax County: Robert Hunt Parker Draft Addresses, Undated
Folder 3
Halifax County: County Organizations--Miscellaneous Lists and Rosters, Undated
Folder 4
Halifax County: The 54th Liaison Newspaper Articles, February-May 1919
Folder 5
Halifax County: War Record Department Column Newspaper Clippings, 1920, undated
Folder 6
Halifax County: Pamphlets, 1919, undated
Folder 7
Halifax County: Unpublished War Poems and Songs, 1917-1919, undated
Folder 8
Halifax County: Published War Poems and Songs, 1917-1919, undated
Folder 9
Halifax County: World War Verses Booklet, Undated
Folder 10
Halifax County: Songs in Many Keys Booklet, 1920
Folder 11
Halifax County: Red Cross Chapter Histories, Undated
Folder 12
Halifax County: Miscellaneous Materials and Photograph, 1920, undated
Folder 13
Real-photo postcard captioned "Building Trenches 'Somewhere in America,' Officers' Training Camp Chickamauga Park" [postcard believed to have been sent home by Halifax County soldier training at this camp] (undated)
WWI 2.B6.F13.1
Halifax County: Honor Roll Soldiers' Information Sheets, A-B, Undated
Folder 1
Halifax County: Honor Roll Soldiers' Information Sheets, C-E, Undated
Folder 2
Halifax County: Honor Roll Soldiers' Information Sheets, F-H, Undated
Folder 3
Halifax County: Honor Roll Soldiers' Information Sheets, I-L, Undated
Folder 4
Halifax County: Honor Roll Soldiers' Information Sheets, M-P, Undated
Folder 5
Halifax County: Honor Roll Soldiers' Information Sheets, R-T, Undated
Folder 6
Halifax County: Honor Roll Soldiers' Information Sheets, V-Z, Undated
Folder 7
Halifax County: Honor Roll Soldiers' Biographical Data, Undated
Folder 8
Halifax County: American Legion Soldiers' Service Records, Undated
Folder 9
Halifax County: United Daughters of the Confederacy Soldiers' Service Records, Undated
Folder 10
Halifax County: Soldiers' Information Notes, Undated
Folder 11
Halifax County Soldiers' Letters
Halifax County: Beverly M. Allen Letters, 1918
Folder 12
Halifax County: Reginald W. Alston Letters, 1917-1919
Folder 13
Halifax County: Walter N. Bobbit Letters, 1918
Folder 14
Halifax County: Frank X. Britt Letters and Diary, 1918, undated
Folder 15
Halifax County: Joseph Jethro Bumpus Letters, August 1918
Folder 16
Halifax County: Elbert Carr Letters, 1918-1919
Folder 17
Halifax County: T.T. Cox Letters, April 3, 1919
Folder 18
Halifax County: Jacob Thomas Currie Letters, 1919-1920
Folder 19
Halifax County: H. Fitzgerald Letters, 1918
Folder 20
Halifax County: Anthony Fricke Letters, 1918
Folder 21
Halifax County Soldiers' Letters
Halifax County: Charles D. House Letters, 1918
Folder 1
Halifax County: Hugh House Letters, 1918
Folder 2
Halifax County: John Jordan Letters, 1918-1919
Folder 3
Halifax County: Louis B. Meyer Letters, 1919
Folder 4
Halifax County: J.P. Neville Letters, 1919
Folder 5
Halifax County: Lee S. Neville Letters, 1919
Folder 6
Halifax County: Nathaniel Dunn Pierson Materials, 1917-1918
Folder 7
Halifax County: James E. Powell Letters, 1917-1918
Folder 8
Halifax County: Faris B. Sykes Letters, 1918
Folder 9
Halifax County: George B. Wynne Letters, 1918-1919, undated
Folder 10
Halifax County: Unknown Soldier Letter, July 27, 1918
Folder 11
Halifax County: Unknown Soldier Letter, December 28, 1918
Folder 12
Halifax County Soldiers' Photographs
Halifax County: Soldiers' Photographs, A-B, 1917-1918, undated
Folder 13
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Raymond Adcock (seated, wearing light-colored
suit) of Halifax County, N.C. Adcock served in the artillery in the 82nd Division
(undated)
WWI 2.B8.F13.1
Snapshot photograph of P.N. Arrington in his U.S. Army uniform, standing outside on
wooden boards at an unknown location (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F13.2
Copy print of printed profile portrait of Otis V. Baggarly in military uniform (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F13.3
Studio portrait of Henry Grady Barnhill of Enfield, N.C. in his U.S. Army uniform.
Barnhill served in the 156th Depot Brigade (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F13.4
Contact print of a studio portrait of Daniel L. Bell (wearing a dark-colored suit)
of Enfield, N.C. Bell served in the 1st Battalion, 25th Field Artillery, 9th Division
(undated)
WWI 2.B8.F13.5
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of George R. Bennette of Enfield, N.C., wearing
his U.S. Navy uniform (undated) [Photograph by: Granby Art Studio/Atlantic Photo Studio,
Norfolk, VA]
WWI 2.B8.F13.6
Contact print of a snapshot photograph of Walter N. Bobbitt (left) in his U.S. Army
uniform, and an unidentified woman (right), standing outside in front of a tree stump.
Bobbitt served in 3rd Battalion, 120th Infantry, 30th Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F13.7
Studio portrait of James Bullock Braswell of Enfield, N.C., in uniform. Braswell was
a member of the Coast Artillery Corps and U.S. Army Reserves (undated) [Photograph
by: Grand Studio, Boston, MA]
WWI 2.B8.F13.8
Studio portrait of Joseph Jethro Bumpus of Enfield, N.C., (right, seated) in his U.S.
Army uniform, and an unidentified woman (left, standing). Bumpus served in the 120th
Infantry, 30th Division, and was killed in action on October 10, 1918 (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F13.9
Studio portrait of Daniel Bryan Byrd in uniform. Byrd was a Captain in Company F,
119th Infantry, 30th Division (undated) [Photograph by: Harris Foto]
WWI 2.B8.F13.10
Halifax County: Soldiers' Photographs, C-F, 1917-1918, undated
Folder 14
Photograph of Elbert Carr of Weldon, N.C., wearing his U.S. Army and standing outside
near military camp tents. Carr served in Co. C, 306th Field Signal Battalion, and
was killed in action in November 1918 (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.1
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of John M. Cobb, wearing his U.S. Navy uniform.
Cobb served aboard the USS Luce Bros. (SP-846) (undated) [Photograph by: Granby Art
Studio/Atlantic Photo Studio, Norfolk, VA]
WWI 2.B8.F14.2
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Robert Roy Cobb of Halifax, N.C., in his U.S.
Army uniform. Cobb served in the 318th Field Artillery, 81st Division (undated) [Photograph
by: The Capital Studio, Columbia, S.C.]
WWI 2.B8.F14.3
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Fred Cook, in uniform holding a rifle, of Enfield,
N.C. Cook served in the 37th Infantry (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.4
Half-length studio portrait of T.P. Cook, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, of Aurelian
Springs, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.5
Snapshot photograph of Temple Cook in U.S. Army uniform, standing outside near rows of trees. Cook served in the Quartermaster General's Office in Washington, D.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.6
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of James Richard Cratch of Halifax County, N.C.
Cratch served in 117th Depot Brigade (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.7
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Charles S. Cratt, wearing a dark checkered-pattern
suit, of Rosemary, N.C. Cratt served in 47th Infantry, 30th Division, and was killed
in action on November 11, 1918, in France (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.8
Real-photo postcard of Jacob T. Currie, wearing his U.S. Army uniform with gun belt,
of Enfield, N.C. Currie was killed in action on October 23, 1918 (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.9
Studio portrait of Archibald Davis Daniel, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, who served
in the 82nd Division as a Captain (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.10
Studio portrait of Charles Rufus Daniel, wearing uniform, of Weldon, N.C. Taken while
stationed in the Rhine Valley, Daniel served as a 1st Lieutenant in the 321st Infantry
(undated) [Photograph by: F.A. Ritter, Andernach, Germany]
WWI 2.B8.F14.11
Contact print of profile portrait of Louis Broodus Daniel of Weldon, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.12
Full-length studio portrait of Lt. Col. Frank Lowndes Dennis, wearing his U.S. Army
uniform (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.13
Real-photo postcard, full-length studio of Francis X. Devine, wearing his U.S. Army
uniform, of Enfield, N.C. Devine served in the 30th Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.14
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of William McDowell Dunn, wearing his U.S. Army
uniform, from near Scotland Neck, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.15
Studio portrait of Robert L. Fenner of Halifax, N.C., a member of the U.S. Navy (undated)
[Photograph by: The Foster Studio, Richmond, VA]
WWI 2.B8.F14.16
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Benjamin Daniel Freuler, wearing his regular
U.S. Army uniform, of Halifax, N.C. Freuler served in the 120th Infantry, 30th Division
(undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.17
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Henry P. Freuler, wearing his U.S. Army uniform,
of Halifax, N.C. Freuler served in the 120th Infantry, 30th Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.18
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Anthony Fricke (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F14.19
Halifax County: Soldiers' Photographs, H, Undated
Folder 15
Real-photo postcard of Arthur Hardee, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, of Enfield, N.C.,
standing outside next to a brick building. Hardee served in the 323rd Infantry, 81st
Division.
WW1 2.B8.F15.1
Studio portrait of Charlie Hardee, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, of Enfield, N.C.
(undated)
WW1 2.B8.F15.2
Real-photo postcard of Leslie Hardee, wearing his U.S. Army uniform and holding a
bugle while standing outside of a military barrack, of Enfield, N.C. (undated)
WW1 2.B8.F15.3
Real-photo postcard, half-length studio portrait of Z.A. Hardee, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, of Enfield, N.C. (undated) [Photograph by: Toal's Studio, Columbia, S.C.].
WW1 2.B8.F15.4
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Jerry Harris (right) and an unknown man (left),
wearing their U.S. Army uniforms. A member of the 120th Infantry, 30th Division, Harris
was from Roanoke Rapids, N.C. He was killed in action on September 29, 1918 (undated).
WW1 2.B8.F15.5
Oval-cut studio portrait of Martin Kavanaugh Heptinstall, wearing his U.S. Army uniform,
of Enfield, N.C. (undated).
WW1 2.B8.F15.6
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Jesse Lawrence Holliday, wearing his U.S. Army
uniform, of Enfield, N.C. (undated).
WW1 2.B8.F15.7 (2 copies)
Studio portrait of Claude H. Hilliard, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, of Halifax,
N.C. (undated).
WW1 2.B8.F15.8
Studio portrait of Charles House, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, of Thelma, N.C. (undated).
WW1 2.B8.F15.9
French real-photo postcard studio portrait of Hugh B. House, wearing his U.S. Army
uniform with and helmet, of Thelma, N.C. House served in the 81st Division (undated).
WW1 2.B8.F15.10
French real-photo postcard studio portrait of George Ovid Hux (right) and an unknown
soldier (left), wearing their U.S. Army uniforms and holding rifles with bayonets,
of Halifax County, N.C. (undated).
WW1 2.B8.F15.11
Halifax County: Soldiers' Photograp, 1917-1918, undated
Folder 16
Studio portrait of Doctor Mac Johnson, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, of Enfield,
N.C. Johnson served with the 156th Depot Brigade (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F16.1
Real-photo postcard, full-length studio portrait of Frank Jordan of Enfield, N.C.
Jordan served in Co. D, 120th Infantry, 30th Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F16.2a
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Frank Jordan, wearing a heavy sweater, of Enfield,
N.C. Jordan served in Co. D, 120th Infantry, 30th Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F16.2b
French real-photo postcard studio portrait of John Jordan, wearing his U.S. Army uniform,
of Weldon, N.C. Jordan served in the 318th Field Artillery, 81st Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F16.3
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Joseph L. Jordan, wearing his U.S. Army uniform
and wearing a gun belt, of Roanoke Rapids, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F16.4
Real-photo postcard of two young men lying next to each other in the woods in fall. Man at left is Larry Jordan of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., a member of Co. H, 120th Infantry, 30th Division. He was severely injured during the 30th Division's attack on the Hindenburg Line on September 29, 1918 (undated).
WWI 2.B8.F16.5
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Staris Keeter (seated) of Littleton, N.C. Keeter
was a member of Co. H, 321st Infantry. He died of disease in July 1918 (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F16.6
Cut-off real-photo postcard studio portrait of Waverly A. Keeter of Littleton, N.C.
He was a member of the 81st Division, and was killed in action in 1918 (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F16.7
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of T.G. King, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, of
Enfield, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F16.8
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Louis Kitchin (left, seated) and Charlie N.
Woolard (right, standing), wearing their U.S. Navy uniforms. Both men were from Scotland
Neck, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F16.9
Studio portrait of Joseph Bennett Latham, wearing dark-colored suit, of Littleton,
N.C.
WWI 2.B8.F16.10
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Harry G. Lewis, wearing his U.S. Army uniform,
of Enfield, N.C. Lewis served in the 5th Artillery (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F16.11
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Gilbert D. Lipscomb of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.
(undated)
WWI 2.B8.F16.12
Real-photo postcard, half-length studio portrait of Walter Moore, wearing his U.S.
Army uniform, of Enfield, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F16.13
Real-photo postcard, full-length studio portrait of Lee S. Neville, wearing his U.S.
Army uniform and holding his rifle. Neville was from Enfield, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F16.14
Real-photo postcard, full-length studio portrait of Milton Norman (right) and a man
named Morgan (left) of Alabama, wearing their U.S. Army uniforms.
WWI 2.B8.F16.15
Halifax County: Soldiers' Photograp, 1917-1918
Folder 17
French real-photo postcard studio portrait of Herman R. Parker (seated), wearing his
U.S. Army uniform, of Heathsville, N.C. Parker served in the Medical Corps, 6th Sanitary
Train, 6th Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.1
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Leonard Parks, wearing his U.S. Army uniform
with coat and gun belt, of Tillery, N.C. Parks served in Co. K, 117th Infantry, 30th
Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.2
Studio portrait of Nathaniel Dunn Peirson, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, of Enfield,
N.C. Peirson served in the 8th Aero Squadron (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.3
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of H.G. Pope, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, of
Tillery, N.C. Pope served in the 120th Infantry, 30th Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.4
Small studio portrait of Hampton Pope of Tillery, N.C., who served in the U.S. Navy
(undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.5
Snapshot photograph of Cephas Moore Powell, wearing his U.S. Navy uniform, of Enfield,
N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.6
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of James N. Pridgen, wearing his military uniform,
of Enfield, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.7
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Philip K. Pittman, wearing his military uniform,
of Scotland Neck, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.8
Studio portrait of William T. Shaw Jr., wearing his military uniform, of Weldon, N.C.
(undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.9
Snapshot photograph of Peter Evans Shields, sitting in his U.S. Army uniform on the
step against a U.S. Army barracks buildings. Evans was from Scotland Neck, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.10
Snapshot photograph of Walter Dupree Shields, wearing his U.S. Army uniform and standing
at attention next to a U.S. Army barracks building. Shields was from Scotland Neck,
N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.11
Snapshot photograph of John S. Smith, wearing his military uniform, of Enfield, N.C.
Smith served in the 318th Field Artillery, 81st Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.12
Photograph of Norfleet S. Smith, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, of Scotland Neck,
N.C. Smith served in the 11th Infantry, 5th Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.13
Snapshot photograph of William Lee Sydnor, pictured outside in his military uniform
And holding a rifle (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F17.14
Halifax County: Soldiers' Photograp, 1917-1918, undated
Folder 18
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Bombido Dewey Thomas, wearing his U.S. Navy
uniform and posed on Navy ship studio set, of Enfield, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.1
Studio portrait of William Alfred Thomas, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, of Airlie,
N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.2
Small studio portrait of Camm G. Tilghman (seated in chair) of Weldon, N.C. Tilghman
served in the Medical Sanitary Detachment, 156th Depot Brigade (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.3
Studio portrait of James S. Tilghman, wearing his U.S. Navy uniform, of Halifax County,
N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.4
Studio profile portrait of Louis Grady Travis of Halifax, N.C. Travis served in the Students' Army Training Corps while at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.5
Studio portrait of Chris Viverette, wearing his U.S. Navy uniform, of Enfield, N.C.
(undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.6
Oval-cut, real-photo postcard studio portrait of J.F. Walston, wearing his military
uniform, of Scotland Neck, N.C. Walston served in Co. C, 117th Infantry (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.7
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of W.T. Warren, wearing military uniform, of Littleton,
N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.8
Photograph of Charles Nathaniel Webb in a military hospital, being tended to by a
nurse. From Halifax, N.C., Webb served in the 60th Infantry, 5th Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.9
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Henry Brooks Webb, wearing his military uniform,
of Halifax, N.C. Webb served in the 3rd Infantry, 29th Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.10
Studio portrait of Walter Dana Weeks, wearing his military uniform, of Enfield, N.C.
Weeks served in the 324th Machine Gun Battalion, 83rd Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.11
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of John Richard Westray, wearing his military
uniform and saluting, of Enfield, N.C. Westray served in the 89th Division in an engineering
corps (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.12
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Joseph Marion Westray, wearing his U.S. Navy
uniform, of Enfield, N.C. Westray served in the U.S. Naval Reserves (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.13
Studio portrait of Jefferson Davis Whitehead, wearing his U.S. Navy uniform, of Enfield,
N.C. Whitehead served as an Ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserves (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.14
Cut-off, real-photo postcard studio portrait of Luther E. Williams, wearing his military
uniform with his arms crossed, of Essex, N.C. Williams served in the 306th Supply
Train, 81st Division (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.15
Real-photo postcard studio portrait of Clarence W. Wynne, wearing his military uniform,
of Enfield, N.C. Wynne served in the 62nd Brigade, 112th Ammunition Train, 37th Division
(undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.16
Studio portrait of an unidentified Halifax County, N.C., military serviceman wearing
a dark-colored, pinstriped suit (undated)
WWI 2.B8.F18.17
Halifax County Soldiers' Biographical Sketches
Halifax County: Biographical Sketches of Soldiers, Undated
Folder 19
Halifax County: Halifax County Soldiers Biographical Sketches by Schoolchildren, A-B [Soldiers' Last Name], Undated
Folder 20
Halifax County: Halifax County Soldiers Biographical Sketches by Schoolchildren, C-D [Soldiers' Last Name], Undated
Folder 21
Halifax County: Halifax County Soldiers Biographical Sketches by Schoolchildren, G-J [Soldiers' Last Name], Undated
Folder 22
Halifax County: Halifax County Soldiers Biographical Sketches by Schoolchildren, L-P [Soldiers' Last Name], Undated
Folder 23
Halifax County: Halifax County Soldiers Biographical Sketches by Schoolchildren, R-S [Soldiers' Last Name], Undated
Folder 24
Halifax County Soldiers' Biographical Sketches
Halifax County: Halifax County Soldiers Biographical Sketches by Schoolchildren, T-Z [Soldiers' Last Name], Undated
Folder 1
Halifax County: Newspaper Clippings, 1917-1920, undated
Folder 2
Harnett County: Newspaper Clippings, 1917
Folder 3
Haywood County, 1917, undated
Folder 4
Photograph of men working on the grading detail for the Spruce Railway by the Champion
Lumber Company of Sunburst, N.C. The company was working on railways and lumber production
for the U.S. government during World War I (c. 1910s).
WWI 2.B9.F4.1
Photograph of men working on the grading detail for the Spruce Railway by the Champion
Lumber Company of Sunburst, N.C. The company was working on railways and lumber production
for the U.S. government during World War I (c. 1910s)
WWI 2.B9.F4.2
Photograph of men operating the steam shovel used in construction for the Spruce Railway
by the Champion Lumber Company of Sunburst, N.C. The company was working on railways
and lumber production for the U.S. government during World War I (c. 1910s)
WWI 2.B9.F4.3
Photograph of the water falls near the right-of-way for the construction of the Spruce
Railway by the Champion Lumber Company of Sunburst, N.C. The company was working on
railways and lumber production for the U.S. government during World War I (c. 1910s)
WWI 2.B9.F4.4
Photograph of the hardwoods mill at the Champion Lumber Company of Sunburst, N.C. The company's mill had a 300,000 feet per day production capacity. The company was working on railways and lumber production for the U.S. government during World War I (c. 1910s)
WWI 2.B9.F4.5
Photograph of two men working to clear the center line for the construction of the
Spruce Railway by the Champion Lumber Company of Sunburst, N.C. The company was working
on railways and lumber production for the U.S. government during World War I (c. 1910s)
WWI 2.B9.F4.6
Henderson County, 1917, undated
Folder 5
Hyde County: Miscellaneous Records, 1920, undated
Folder 8
Hyde County: Florence Swindell Correspondence, 1917-1920
Folder 9
Hyde County: George P. Carter Papers, 1917-1919, undated
Folder 10
Unidentified group of Hyde County, N.C., African-American men, believed to have been
taken after they appear at the county draft board office for World War I [photograph
possibly taken in Fairfield, N.C.]. Pictured are relatives Herman Mackey (fourth in
from left on front row, holding hat), and Preston Mackey (far left, front row, wearing
a vest, glasses, and holding hat) (undated) [identification of the Mackeys provided
by Azalea Mackey of Hyde County, NC, their great niece].
WWI 2.B9.F10.1
Photograph of an honorary ceremony held by the Hyde County Council of Defense in Fairfield,
N.C., to honor the millionth soldier killed in action in World War I in France. The
empty chair in the picture represents the millionth soldier killed. George P. Carer
(seated at table, center), Chairman of the Hyde County Council of Defense, and S.S.
Mann is pictured (undated)
WWI 2.B9.F10.2
Photograph of an honorary ceremony held by the Hyde County Council of Defense in Fairfield,
N.C., to honor the millionth soldier killed in action in World War I in France. The
empty chair in the picture represents the millionth soldier killed. George P. Carer
(seated at table, center), Chairman of the Hyde County Council of Defense, and S.S.
Mann are pictured (undated)
WWI 2.B9.F10.3
Photograph of an honorary ceremony held by the Hyde County Council of Defense in Fairfield,
N.C., to honor the millionth soldier killed in action in World War I in France. The
empty chair in the picture represents the millionth soldier killed. George P. Carer
(seated at table, center), Chairman of the Hyde County Council of Defense, is pictured
(undated)
WWI 2.B9.F10.4
Hyde County: Biographical Sketches of Soldiers, 1920, undated
Folder 11
Iredell County, 1917, undated
Folder 12
Johnston County, 1917, undated
Folder 14
Jones County, 1918-1919, undated
Folder 15
Lenoir County, 1917, 1920, undated
Folder 16
Lincoln County, 1917-1919
Folder 17
Madison County: Photographs, 1917
Folder 20
Overview picture of downtown Hot Springs, N.C., the railroad tracks, and the German
internment camp grounds and buildings (1917) [Photograph by: Adolph Thierbach, Hot
Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #1]
WWI 2.B9.F20.1
Adolph Thierbach, Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #3]
WWI 2.B9.F20.2
View of a village street with a completed church in the background and German prisoners
stopping their work to pose for the photograph. This street scene is from within the
German internment camp village in Hot Springs, N.C. (1917) [Photograph by: Adolph
Thierbach, Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #5]
WWI 2.B9.F20.3
View of a house built by German prisoners in the German internment camp village in
Hot Springs, N.C. (1917) [Photograph by: Adolph Thierbach, Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally
numbered #6]
WWI 2.B9.F20.4
View of German prisoners working on the construction of a church in the German internment
camp village in Hot Springs, N.C. (1917) [Photograph by: Adolph Thierbach, Hot Springs,
N.C.] [originally numbered #7]
WWI 2.B9.F20.5
View of German prisoners standing around their hand-built houses and gardens along
a stand of trees in the German internment camp in Hot Springs, N.C. (1917) [Photograph
by: Adolph Thierbach, Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #9]
WWI 2.B9.F20.6
View of houses, gardens, a partially-constructed church, and German prisoners posing
for a photograph in the German internment camp in Hot Springs, N.C. (1917) [Photograph
by: Adolph Thierbach, Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #10]
WWI 2.B9.F20.7
Close-up view of a fountain named "Marienburg," featuring statues of Neptune, god
of the sea, a walrus, and mermaids, located in the corner of a brick-walled garden
built by German prisoners at the German internment camp in Hot Springs, N.C. (1917)
[Photograph by: Adolph Thierbach, Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #11]
WWI 2.B9.F20.8
Photograph of the grave and headstone of Karl Gustav Engler, the telegraph operator for the S.S. Barbarossa, a German liner seized by the U.S. government at the outbreak of World War I with Germany. The grave was located in the at the International Order of Oddfellows' Cemetery in Hot Springs, N.C. [removed on February 4, 1933, to Chattanooga National Cemetery]. The headstone, in German, roughly translates as: "To the memory of v.D.[?] Barbarossa telegraph [wireless] operator Karl Gustav Engler, born in Prinzenthal on 26 August 1891. Died 8 August 1917, in Intern.[ment] Camp, Hot Springs." (1917) [Photograph by: Adolph Thierbach, Hot Springs
WWI 2.B9.F20.9
Photograph of a fake alligator carved from a tree stump along the French Broad River
by a German prisoner in Hot Springs, N.C. The German prisoner was interned at the
nearby German internment camp in the town (1917) [Photograph by: Adolph Thierbach,
Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #13]
WWI 2.B9.F20.10
View of the old Altes Hospital in Hot Springs, N.C., part of the German internment
camp there. Laundry can be seen hanging on clothes lines to the left of the building
(1917) [Photograph by: Adolph Thierbach, Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #14]
WWI 2.B9.F20.11
View of the completed barracks in Camp B of the German internment camp in Hot Springs,
N.C. Several of the German prisoners who helped build the barracks are pictured (1917)
[Photograph by: Adolph Thierbach, Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #15]
WWI 2.B9.F20.12
View inside one of the barracks in the German internment camp in Hot Springs, N.C.
(1917)[Photograph by: Adolph Thierbach, Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #16]
WWI 2.B9.F20.13
View of the business building in the German internment camp at Hot Springs, N.C. (1917)[Photograph
by: Adolph Thierbach, Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #17]
WWI 2.B9.F20.14
Group photograph of German prisoners, holding building tools, posing in front of a camp building under construction (1917) [Photograph by: Young Men's Christian Association Aid for Interned Aliens Committee] [originally numbered #18]
WWI 2.B9.F20.15
Group photograph of German prisoners and members of the German Imperial Band posing for a photograph inside of a camp building under construction in Hot Springs, N.C. (1917) [Photograph by: Young Men's Christian Association Aid for Interned Aliens Committee] [originally numbered #19]
WWI 2.B9.F20.16
Photograph of an unidentified event with unidentified German prisoners, wearing suits
and standing on a stage featuring a painted backdrop, and the German Imperial Band,
seated in front of the stage, in Hot Springs, N.C. (1917) [Photograph by: Adolph Thierbach,
Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #20]
WWI 2.B9.F20.17
Group photograph of the Tsingtao (Qingdao) Band outside, posing with instruments ready,
in the German internment camp in Hot Springs, N.C. (1917) [Photograph by: Adolph Thierbach,
Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #22]
WWI 2.B9.F20.18
A group of German prisoners watches a ball game being played in Hot Springs, N.C.,
while town residents watch in the background. The prisoners at the German internment
camp brought new games and activities to the local community from Europe (1917) [Photograph
by: Adolph Thierbach, Hot Springs, N.C.] [originally numbered #22]
WWI 2.B9.F20.19
Photograph of five German prisoners, wearing suits, playfully staging fighting off
an attack by a fake alligator another German prisoner had carved from a tree stump
along the French Broad River in Hot Springs, N.C. The German prisoners were interned
at the nearby German internment camp in the town. On the back of the photograph is
written "O. Seaman, called Papa Seaman" (1917) [Photograph by: Adolph Thierbach, Hot
Springs, N.C.]
WWI 2.B9.F20.20
Madison County: Miscellaneous Materials, 1917, undated
Folder 21
Mecklenburg County, 1917-1920
Folder 22
Moore County, 1920, undated
Folder 24
Nash County, 1917, undated
Folder 25
New Hanover County: James Sprunt Correspondence, 1917
Folder 26
New Hanover County: James Sprunt Correspondence, January-March 1918
Folder 27
New Hanover County: James Sprunt Correspondence, April-June 1918
Folder 28
New Hanover County: James Sprunt Correspondence, July-September 1918
Folder 29
New Hanover County: James Sprunt Correspondence, October-December 1918
Folder 30
New Hanover County: James Sprunt Correspondence, 1919, undated
Folder 31
New Hanover County: Reverend Henry W. Koelling Papers, Undated
Folder 32
New Hanover County: County War Activities Report, Undated
Folder 1
New Hanover County: National Special Aid Society, Undated
Folder 2
New Hanover County: 9th Company, North Carolina Reserve Militia Roster, Undated
Folder 3
New Hanover County: Newspaper Clippings, 1917
Folder 4
New Hanover County: Newspaper Clippings, January-February 1918
Folder 5
New Hanover County: Newspaper Clippings, March 1918
Folder 6
New Hanover County: Newspaper Clippings, April-May 1918
Folder 7
New Hanover County: Newspaper Clippings, June-July 1918
Folder 8
New Hanover County: Newspaper Clippings, August-September 1918
Folder 9
New Hanover County: Newspaper Clippings, October-November 1918
Folder 10
New Hanover County: Newspaper Clippings, December 1918
Folder 11
New Hanover County: Newspaper Clippings, January-March 1919, undated
Folder 12
Orange County, 1917-1918, undated
Folder 13
Pasquotank County: Miscellaneous Records, 1920, undated
Folder 14
Pasquotank County: Newspaper Clippings, 1918-1920, undated
Folder 15
Perquimans County, 1918, undated
Folder 17
Pitt County, 1917, undated
Folder 19
Randolph County: Newspaper Clippings, 1917
Folder 21
Randolph County: Newspaper Clippings, 1918
Folder 22
Randolph County: Newspaper Clippings, 1919
Folder 23
Richmond County, 1917-1918, undated
Folder 1
Rockingham County, 1917, undated
Folder 2
Robeson County, 1917, undated
Folder 3
Rutherford County, 1919, 1927, undated
Folder 5
A group of five young women wearing work overalls and caps, standing outside in front
of a building at the Wiscassett Mills in Albemarle, N.C. These women at Wiscassett
Mills replaced male mill workers sent to fight in World War I (undated)
WWI 2.B11.F7.1
Surry County: James W. Hollingsworth United Daughters of the Confederacy War Record, Undated
Folder 9
Surry County: Jesse G. Hollingsworth United Daughters of the Confederacy War Record, Undated
Folder 10
Surry County: Robert E. Hollingsworth United Daughters of the Confederacy War Record, Undated
Folder 11
Surry County: Warren B. Hollingsworth United Daughters of the Confederacy War Record, Undated
Folder 12
Surry County: William M. Hollingsworth United Daughters of the Confederacy War Record, Undated
Folder 13
Surry County: Newspaper Clippings, 1917-1919, undated
Folder 14
Transylvania County: Newspaper Clippings, 1917
Folder 16
Tyrrell County: Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1918
Folder 17
Union County: Union County War Records (compiled by Rosa A. Ashcroft), Undated
Folder 18
Union County: Rosa A. Ashcroft Letter Regarding War Records Collection, May 22, 1922
Folder 19
Union County: Union County Drafted Men List, circa 1917
Folder 20
Union County: Union County Soldiers' Information (Selected), 1918, 1921, undated
Folder 21
Union County: Women's Organization War Effort Records, Undated
Folder 22
Union County: Newspaper Clippings, 1919, undated
Folder 23
Vance County: Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1919, undated
Folder 24
Wake County: Miscellaneous Materials and Records, 1917-1918, undated
Folder 25
Wake County: Tank Operations at Camp Polk Photographs, circa 1917
Folder 26
Group photograph of members of a U.S. Army tank unit, pictured standing in front and
on top of their tank, at the tank training grounds of Camp Polk in Raleigh, N.C. (circa
1917) [Photograph by: Willard Browne Jr.]
WWI 2.B11.F26.1
U.S. Army tank 9907, with two tank unit members posing on top of the tank, pictured
at the tank training grounds of Camp Polk in Raleigh, N.C. (circa 1917) [Photograph
by: Willard Browne Jr.]
WWI 2.B11.F26.2
A U.S. Army light tank practices maneuvers at the tank training grounds of Camp Polk
in Raleigh, N.C. (circa 1917) [Photograph by: Willard Browne Jr.]
WWI 2.B11.F26.3
A U.S. Army light tank, pictured from the front of the tank, practices maneuvers at
the tank training grounds of Camp Polk in Raleigh, N.C. (circa 1917) [Photograph by:
Willard Browne Jr.]
WWI 2.B11.F26.4
U.S. Army tank 9602 drives up over a hill, partly raised up in the air, during practice
maneuvers at the tank training grounds of Camp Polk in Raleigh, N.C. (circa 1917)
[Photograph by: Willard Browne Jr.]
WWI 2.B11.F26.5
U.S. Army tank 9602 drives towards the edge of a mound of dirt, partly hanging over
the edge, during practice maneuvers at the tank training grounds of Camp Polk in Raleigh,
N.C. (circa 1917) [Photograph by: Willard Browne Jr.]
WWI 2.B11.F26.6 (2 variant pri
View inside U.S. Army tank 9612, showing the tank's engine with the compartment open and a gunner's seat. The tank was located at the tank training grounds of Camp Polk in Raleigh, N.C. (circa 1917) [Photograph by: Willard Browne Jr.]
WWI 2.B11.F26.7
Wake County: Raleigh United States Laundry Operation Photographs, Undated
Folder 27
Interior view of piles of dirty laundry in the soiled laundry receiving warehouse
at the United States Laundry in Raleigh, N.C. The laundry cleaned, pressed, and repaired
the clothes for military personnel at various military cantonments; Camp Sevier in
South Carolina; Camp Greene in Charlotte, N.C.; and Camp Jackson in South Carolina.
It operated 24-hours a day, and employed 120 people (undated) [Photograph by: Ellington,
Raleigh, N.C.]
WWI 2.B11.F27.1
Interior view of the washing room in a warehouse building at the United States Laundry
in Raleigh, N.C. Both black and white men and women are pictured working in the room.
The laundry cleaned, pressed, and repaired the clothes for military personnel at various
military cantonments; Camp Sevier in South Carolina; Camp Greene in Charlotte, N.C.;
and Camp Jackson in South Carolina. It operated 24-hours a day, and employed 120 people
(undated) [Photograph by: Ellington, Raleigh, N.C.]
WWI 2.B11.F27.2
Interior view of the clothes repair, pressing, and packing room in a warehouse building
at the United States Laundry in Raleigh, N.C. Most of the workers pictured are African-American
women, working in a room without fans or air circulation. The laundry cleaned, pressed,
and repaired the clothes for military personnel at various military cantonments; Camp
Sevier in South Carolina; Camp Greene in Charlotte, N.C.; and Camp Jackson in South
Carolina. It operated 24-hours a day, and employed 120 people (undated) [Photograph
by: Ellington, Raleigh, N.C.]
WWI 2.B11.F27.3
View of men loading trains with packed, clean laundry from a truck and a horse-drawn
cart at the United States Laundry in Raleigh, N.C. The laundry cleaned, pressed, and
repaired the clothes for military personnel at various military cantonments; Camp
Sevier in South Carolina; Camp Greene in Charlotte, N.C.; and Camp Jackson in South
Carolina. It operated 24-hours a day, and employed 120 people (undated) [Photograph
by: Ellington, Raleigh, N.C.]
WWI 2.B11.F27.4
Wake County: Raleigh Storefront War Displays, 1918, undated
Folder 28
Store front window display featuring recruitment signs and posters, as well as military
and patriotic materials for World War I at the Boylan-Pearce Department Store, located
at 216 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, N.C. (circa 1918) [Photograph by: Ellington,
Raleigh, N.C.]
WWI 2.B11.F28.1
Store front window display at the Boylan-Pearce Department Store, located at 216 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, N.C., featuring photographs of Raleigh men in World War I. The photographs are organized by the Raleigh photographers' studio that created the portraits and other photographs (1918) [Photograph by: Ellington, Raleigh, N.C.]
WWI 2.B11.F28.2
Wake County: Miscellaneous Photographs, 1918-1919, undated
Folder 29
Real-photo postcard of a truck-load of U.S. Army troops [believed to be Pennsylvania
student military trainees hosted in Raleigh] driving in the Labor Day parade in downtown
Raleigh, N.C., on September 4, 1918. Image is captioned "On to Berlin" (September
4, 1918)
WWI 2.B11.F29.1
View from a walking track looking down on a welcome-home celebration and meal for returning Raleigh military personnel at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Raleigh, N.C., on September 16, 1919. Returned soldiers are pictured seated at banquet tables in the basketball court of the YMCA, with a large "Welcome" banner hanging from the railing of the walking track above the court (September 16, 1919)
WWI 2.B11.F29.2
Snapshot of U.S. Army soldiers J. Hinsler (far left) and J. Crossin (second from right), wearing their uniforms, with several unidentified women standing in front of the Confederate Soldiers' Home in Raleigh, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B11.F29.3
Snapshot of U.S. Army soldiers (standing, left to right) H.M. Jordan of Scranton, PA; J. Hinsler; and J. Crossin standing behind seated Confederate veterans in front of the Confederate Soldiers' Home in Raleigh, N.C. (undated)
WWI 2.B11.F29.4
Group studio portrait of Raleigh, N.C., U.S. Army aviators (no order) Leonidas Polk
Denmark, Rutledge H. Field, William Simpson McKimmom, and Clifton Beckwith (undated)
WWI 2.B11.F29.5
Wake County: Newspaper Clippings, 1917-1920, undated
Folder 30
Warren County: Warren County War Activities Scrapbook and History (Number 1), Undated
Folder 31
Warren County: Warren County War Activities Scrapbook and History (Number 2), Undated
Folder 32
Warren County: Walter C. Rodgers Correspondence [County Council of Defense Chairman], 1917-1918, undated
Folder 1
Warren County: County War Activities Leaders' Photographs and Information, UndatedScope and Content:
[Includes photographs of: Katherine Pendleton Arrington; R. B. Boyd, W. N. Boyd, Mrs.
W. A. Connell; H. L. Falkener; John Graham; W. Brodie Jones; F. B. Newell; John B.
Palmer; Dr. Charles Henry Peete; Tasker Polk; Walter G. Rogers; Virgil Freeney Ward;
and Robert T. Watson]
Folder 2
Warren County: News and Observer Letter, December 4, 1918
Folder 3
Warren County: Katherine P. Arrington Correspondence [Chair of Warren County Chapter, American Red Cross] [Chair of Women's Committee, Council of Defense], 1918-1920, undated
Folder 4
Warren County: American Red Cross, Warrenton Chapter Record Book, Undated
Folder 5
Warren County: Warren County Soldiers' List, Undated
Folder 6
Warren County: Warren County Men Killed in Service Lists, 1920
Folder 7
Warren County: Company H, 120th Infantry, 3rd North Carolina Infantry Rosters, 1917, 1919
Folder 8
Warren County: Louis M. Bobbitt Soldiers' Letters, 1919
Folder 9
Warren County: Ernest E. Frazer Soldiers' Letters, 1918-1919
Folder 10
Warren County: Harry W. Hayes Soldiers' Letters, 1919
Folder 11
Warren County: Clarence S. Hillman Soldiers' Letters, February 1919
Folder 12
Warren County: Newspaper Clippings, 1917-1918
Folder 13
Wayne County: Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1919, undated
Folder 14
Wayne County: Photographs, Undated
Folder 15
Wilkes County: Miscellaneous Records, 1920, undated
Folder 16
Wilkes County: Photographs, Undated
Folder 17
Wilkes County: Newspaper Clippings, Undated
Folder 18
Wilson County, 1917-1919, undated
Folder 19
2. Oversized Materials
Scope and Content:
Series II consists of oversized items, such as posters, oversized photographs, and
large scrapbooks, originally stored in regular file folders and on the shelf (in the
case of the large scrapbooks) within the collection. The oversized items have been
arranged by size within the corresponding size of archival storage boxes and acid-free
folders. The three Wilson County oversized scrapbooks are not stored in any archival
enclosure, due to their size.
Brunswick County: Brunswick War Work Drive Program Poster [Removed from Box 1, Folder
9], November 1918
Folder 1
Halifax County: Susie N. Furgerson Sheet Music [Removed from Box 6, Folder 9], circa 1918
Folder 2
Wayne County: Companies D and E, 2nd North Carolina National Guard, Barbecue Dinner
Photograph [Removed from Box 12, Folder 15], 1916
Folder 3
Wayne County: Second North Carolina National Guard Parade Photographs, August 1917
Folder 4
Wilson County Scrapbook, Vol. I, 1917-1918Scope and Content:
Large scrapbook (17" x 22.5") documenting the role of Wilson County, N.C., and its
service individuals in World War I. The scrapbook was compiled by James Dempsey Bullock,
Wilson County historian for North Carolina's war records collection project. Scrapbook
features newspaper clippings, correspondence, speeches, booklets, Red Cross chapter
and auxiliary records, and military unit rosters. The scrapbook includes the correspondence
of Walter F. Woodard, Wilson County Council of Defense Chairman, and James D. Bullock.
Oversized Scrapbook 1
Wilson County Scrapbook, Vol. II, 1918Scope and Content:
Large scrapbook (17" x 22.5") documenting the role of Wilson County, N.C., and its
service individuals in World War I. The scrapbook was compiled by James Dempsey Bullock,
Wilson County historian for North Carolina's war records collection project. Scrapbook
features newspaper clippings, correspondence, soldier death notices and obituaries,
and miscellaneous records.
Oversized Scrapbook 2
Wilson County Scrapbook, Vol. III, 1918-1919Scope and Content:
Large scrapbook (17" x 22.5") documenting the role of Wilson County, N.C., and its
service individuals in World War I. The scrapbook was compiled by James Dempsey Bullock,
Wilson County historian for North Carolina's war records collection project. Scrapbook
features newspaper clippings, correspondence, county officials' photographs, roster
of soldiers at Wilson County 1919 welcome home celebration, soldiers' photographs,
and nurses photographs.
Oversized Scrapbook 3
Acquisitions Information
This collection was acquired in multiple parts by the North Carolina Historical Commission
(subsequently the State Archives of North Carolina) from 1918 to 1960, though most
of the collection was received between 1918 and 1932. Individuals who worked voluntarily
as county war records collectors during World War I gathered these materials from
various county individuals and sources, and mailed or delivered the materials to the
Historical Commission as donations to the state's war records collection project.
North Carolina's War Records Collector Robert B. House received these materials from
the county, and entered the donations in the Historical Commission's accessions registers.All
of the materials in this collection were acquired or collected as part of the North
Carolina Historical Commission's on-going World War historic materials collection
project, which was authorized by Sections 3 and 4 of Chapter 144 of the North Carolina
Public Laws and Resolutions in 1919.
Processing Information
The original North Carolina County War Records collection materials were received
by the North Carolina Historical Commission (present-day State Archives of North Carolina)
in multiple accessions from 1918 to 1960, though most of the collection was received
between 1918 and 1932. The collection was apparently loosely arranged by the records'
creators, with the original organization of the records left intact. During the 1920s,
the Historical Commission worked on arranging the World War I Papers in groups of
common themes or creators. In 1964, Maurice S. Toler and John R. Woodard of the North
Carolina Department of Archives and History prepared a finding aid for the "World
War I Papers, 1903-1933," which consisted of thirteen series of records. This was
the first known formal organization of the World War I materials, and a basic finding
aid for these papers completed to the box and item level was finalized on June 30,
1964. Most of the county materials had been organized originally under the county
name from which the materials were received, though frequently there was not consistency
in how materials were organized within folders for the county records by the Historical
Commission.
This collection was reprocessed in 2015 to better reflect the original intent of the
records' creators or county war records collectors. Added detailed description was
provided at the item level for photographs, oversized materials, published and unpublished
materials, and soldiers' letters. Items were re-foldered depending on the items' condition
and preservation needs. Oversized items such as posters, large photographs, and oversized
documents-originally folded and stored in regular file folders in the collection-have
been relocated to Oversized Box 1, and Oversized Scrapbooks 1-3.
Paperclips and rusted metal fasteners (where possible) were removed from the items
in the collection. Original materials were removed from bindings that were turning
acidic, causing damage to the materials. Newspaper clippings and newspaper articles
which were retained were photocopied as preservation copies, to protect other archival
materials in a given folder from being further discolored by the acidity in the newspaper
clippings. Newspaper citations were retained on the preservation copy if such information
was pre-existing on the original newspaper clippings. A number of badly torn or faded
documents were photocopied as preservation copies, to save the informational content
of the records for collection users.
The collection has been reprocessed to the folder level, meaning that items within
each folder are not typically arranged in any particular order or described individually
(unless otherwise required based on the uniqueness of the materials). This is not
true for photographs, which have been arranged in a specific order, either chronological,
alphabetical, or based on an original numbering scheme written on the back of the
photographs. Materials frequently were removed from being stored as groups in folders
together, and smaller groups of materials were organized in multiple folders from
those original larger folders. This was the case with soldiers' letters, which are
stored now in folders titled with the individual soldier's name represented by the
letters-unlike before, where letters from multiple individual were stored in a single
folder. Where possible, the original collection's folder titles were retained. Added
description was required for some folder titles to assist researchers in locating
unique items in the collection, which under the older folder-labeling system were
difficult to locate.