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FOREWORD 1
Within recent years North Carolinians have become conscious  
as never before of the need of preserving their historical records,  
and have assembled a number of fine collections of both oflicial p
and unofficial manuscript materials. Among the chief collections ,
are those at the University of North Carolina, in Chapel Hill; at i
Duke University, in Durham; at the North Carolina Historical i
Commission, in Raleigh; at the Moravian Church Archives, in i
Winston-Salem ; and at the Historical Foundation of the Presby- T
terian and Reformed Churches, at Montreat. The assembling and T
preservation of these materials has been a major factor in the l
leadership assumed by the State of North Carolina and its citizens p
in the current renascence of the writing of Southern history. r
The task of the researcher who expects to use the various j
manuscript collections in the State will be lightened by the pub-
lication of this Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections H
in North Carolina, and I wish to express the gratitude of the p
North Carolina Historical Commission to the Historical Records H
Survey for the preparation of the material for the Guide.
C. C. CRITTENDEN. r
July 20, 1940

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In January, 1936, the Manual of the Historical Records Survey 1
announced that the program of the Survey would be devoted to V
the discovery, preservation, and making accessible basic materials
for research in the history of our country. A definition of one
phase of the program was stated thus in the Manual: "With a  
view to the provision of better measures for the preservation and 1
accessibility of public records and other historical materials the ;
Survey will collect and make available information concerning the  
present housing and care of such records and the accommodations l
for persons who may wish to consult them."
Although the Survey began its work in January, 1936, emphasis A
was at first placed upon the inventories of county archives and l
the manuscripts survey did not assume definite form until late in
that year. Considerable progress has now been made, however,  
and numerous publications in the non—archival field have been i
issued by units of the Survey.  
A A Gzliicle to Dcpositories of ]V[cmuscript Collections is expected §
to be published for each state and the District of Columbia; an  
index will be included in each volume; and as a last volume there Q
is contemplated an index to the series. ;
This volume represents the North Carolina institutions in  
which manuscripts are housed. It lists the North Carolina His- *
torical Commission, academic institutions, and historical founda— l
tions for church archives; but it is not intended to cover the
numerous manuscript collections in the archives of families and § .
commercial enterprises and in the hands of private collectors. l
These may be included in subsequent publications of the Survey. l
In order to obtain information upon the depositories described in L
this volume a questionnaire was submitted to each custodian. The _ 
questionnaire was filled in by the custodian, or by a worker under i
the direction of the custodian. Descriptions were prepared from ,
the information thus obtained. In each case the description was {
submitted to the custodian for final approval. The survey of de-
positories was begun under the direction of Mr. Dan Lacy, former »
State Supervisor of the North Carolina project, and has been car- ;
ried forward under the immediate supervision of Mrs. Viola S.
Burch, Supervisor in charge of manuscripts. The entries were
prepared in accordance with instructions from the Washington  
office and were edited by Mrs. Margaret Sherburne Eliot, Assis-  
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i custodians of manuscripts with our workers. Much of the suc-
i cess of the program is to be credited to the assistance and en-
i couragement which they have so freely given. For the publi-
2 cation of the Guide in its present form we are indebted to the
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BELMONT.—BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE, about three K
miles north of Belmont. Custodian, Rev. Cuthbert E. Allen,  
O. S. B., Rector. Hours: 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. daily. G
Private college founded in 1878. Manuscripts have been col- ji
lected by monks of the Abbey or received as gifts. There is no S
established policy with regard to purchase, sale, or exchange of T
manuscripts. Manuscripts are housed with other valuable ma- l
terials in a special room of a modern, iireproof library constructed  
in 1939. E
Honnnvos  
Five letters of Andrew Jackson written from Florida, 1820; diary of  
` Francissi Maucaubis, 1580; Life of Donna Olimpia. Malrlacchini Pausile, 1655; ‘ g
Antiphonale, n.d.; Vesper, 1778. j
Material is available with permission of the custodian. There is no copy  
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CHAPEL HILL.—LIBRARY, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF  
NORTH CAROLINA, HANES COLLECTION. Acting Librarian, {
Mr. Olan V. Cooke. Hours: not open to the general public; the p
library is open 8:30 a. m. to 11 p. m. weekdays; 2 p. m. to 6 p. m. l ;
Sunday. Q
This collection was established in 1929 by the Hanes family of  
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for the study of the origin and
development of writing, printing, and the book. Purchases and .
I gifts in this field make up accessions. The collection is housed in »
` two rooms on the third floor of the fireproof University library
building, which was erected in 1929. The building is constructed l
of concrete and steel, 208' x 85’ x 60’, plus stack, 82’ x 71’ x 362  
HOLDINGS  
Manuscript books on medicine, classics, poetry, mathematics, and other l
subjects; unbound items are chiefiy deeds, wills, inventories, agreements, i
receipts, diplomas, and papal bulls. They are mostly of European origin l
with a few oriental items and fall for the most part within the period i
1450-1700, although there are scattered holdings as early as the ninth l
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1 MSS. The papyri, ostraka, scrolls, clay tablets, and palm leaf books
illustrate the history ot \Vl`1t1llg 111 Egypt, Greece, Palestine, Babylonia,
1 and I11dia. The clay tablets date fro111 ca. 2200 B.C. _
Manuscripts are completely arranged by subject and chronologically
1 within each subject classincation. The librarian has a typed list of
holdings.
1 Photostatic copies of manuscripts 111ay be obtained at $.40 per page;
1 microtilm at $.03 per frame, 111i11in1um charge $.50; typewritten copies at
. current rates.
1 SC€.—;17l’Illl(lZ Reports of the librarian, and R. B. Downs, ed., Survey of
1 Research Materials in North Carolina Libraries (mimeographed edition),
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1 CHAPEL HILL.-LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
1 NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION.
E Director, Dr. J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton. Hours: 9 a. m. to
  1 p. m., 2 :30 p. m. to 4 :30 p. m. Weekdays except Saturday p. m.
1 The North Carolina Historical Society, organized in 1844 under
E the leadership of David L. Swain, President of the University of
1 North Carolina, had accumulated a considerable collection of
1 manuscripts relating to the history of the state. Following Presi-
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1 dent Svva1n’s death in 1868 and the dissolution of the Society, its
  holdings eventually passed into the hands of the University and
  became the nucleus of the Southern Historical Collection, which 1
1 was founded by Dr. J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton in 1928. The 1
1 collection has been built up by gifts, loans, and purchases and is
1] being constantly expanded and enriched. The collection is housed
1 in the University library, a four-story, iireproof, concrete and
1 steel building, erected in 1929.
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1 The material relates to the 14 Southern states and to the entire history
1 of the South. It is particularly strong, however, for the plantation and
I Civil War periods. There are approximately 900 collections of letters,
L diaries, account books, etc., ranging in size from a single item to 100,000
1 ite111s. There are about 1,500,000 pieces and 2,625 volumes accessioned
1 and arranged a11d several thousand items as yet unaccessioned. The fol-
1 lowing are representative groups: Edward Porter ALEXANDER Papers,
1 1838-1925, 6,000 items, correspondence and memoirs of a Confederate 1
l soldier and business letters and papers of Alexander as an author; BRYAN `
‘ Papers, 1704-1929, 23,000 items including 51 volumes, a miscellaneous
G collection of colonial a11d state grants, lll(l€I1tllI'QS, deeds and wills, and
1 correspondence 011 various phases of law, agriculture, and business; 1
1 \Villian1 A. GRAHAM Papers, 1750-1927, 13,860 items, correspondence,
1 political and personal, of Graham, Speaker of the North Carolina House
1 of Co111111o11s. Governor, United States Senator, Secretary of the Navy,
1 XVhig candidate for Vice-President, 111e1nber secession convention, president
I pro tem of tllé Confederate Senate, Peabody Fund trustee, member Mary-
’ land-Virginia Boundary Con1111ission; Felix GRUNDY Papers, 1807-89, 68
items. political correspondence of Grundy, 111ember of the constitutional
1 convention of 1799, Chief Justice of Kentucky, Representative and Se11ator
1 from Tennessee. and Attorney-General of tl1e Ulllt€(l States; Edwin W.
1 HUBARD Papers, 1741-1907, 27,500 ite111s, a miscellaneous collection of
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correspondence and business papers of a Buckingham County, Virginia, Q
plantation owner and political leader, and 53 volumes of diaries a11d ac- i
count books; Edmund KIRBY-SMITH Papers, 1776-1902, 2,000 items, .
family and military correspondence of Kirby-Smith, Confederate general, g
Chancellor of the University of Nashville, a11d professor in the University |
of the South, interesting letters of his Smith, Kirby, and Marvin forbears =;
and an important diary and record book; Claude KITCHIN Papers, 1835-  
54, 100,000 items, correspondence throwing light on Kitchin’s struggle .
as an anti-war Democrat and other phases of his political life; Henry  
Champlin LAY Papers, 1844-1908, 3,500 items, correspondence as Epis- ·‘
copal missionary Bishop of the Southwest, Bishop of Arkansas, confederate  
chaplain, the first Bishop of Easton, and his diary for many years, par- .
ticularly important for Confederate history, and the post-war reunion of  
the Episcopal Church; McCOLLAM Papers, 1795-1935, 2,835 items, chiefly 1
the family, business, a11d political correspondence of Andrew McCollam, Y
sugar and cotton planter, member of tl1e Louisiana secession convention, l
with plantation records, a diary of his wife, and his own diary of a trip to ‘.
Brazil in 1865; MACKAY-STILES Papers, 1752-1899, 2,800 items, busi- ',
ness, family, political, and military correspondence of the family of Robert ii
Mackay, merchant and planter, of Savannah, Ga., and \Villiam H. Stiles,. `;
lawyer, member of Congress, diplomat a11d Confederate colonel, and 16 Z-
volumes of business accounts and plantation records; \Villiam Porcher  
MILES Paper, 1782-1907, 3,263 items, correspondence of Miles, college 1
professor, sugar planter, mayor of Charleston, S. C., member of Congress,  
delegate to secession convention, member of Confederate Congress and ~
chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee; PETTIGREW Papers, A?
I 1684-1913, 14,000 items, papers of four generations of a typical planter ;
family of Tyrrell County, N. C.; POLK-YEATMAN Papers, 1773-1915, l
l 2,250 items, correspondence, chiefly of William Polk, North Carolina Revo`- Q
lutionary soldier, legislator, surveyor-general of the part of North Caro- 2
lina which is now Tennessee, and his descendants which throws light on l
business, politics, and social life in. North Carolina a11d Tennessee, and 24  
volumes of account books, letter books, and other records; Matt W. RAN- j
SOM Papers, 1750-1927, 13,800 items, political and business correspond- §
ence of Ransom, planter, member of legislature and Attorney-General of i
North Carolina, Confederate brigadier general, U. S. Senator a11d Minister
to Mexico; Edmund RUFFIN Papers, 1823-73, 1,000 items, personal,
business, and family correspondence, farm journal, diary and autobiogra-   ·
phy of Ruilin, Virginia planter, agricultural scientist, editor, and Southern  
nationalist leader; Henry Clay WARMOTH Papers, 1860-1930, 5,000 3
items, correspondence and papers relating chiefly to VVarmoth’s personal 1
activities during the Civil War and to politics in Louisiana after the war.  
Approximately 70 per cent of the material is arranged by collection alld  
chronologically thereunder; manuscripts are stored in folders ih steel J
. vertical files unless they are bound, in which case they are separately I
I cataloged and shelved. Seventy per cent of the accessions have been l
cataloged and each collection has been surveyed &ll(l listed 011 511 cards . 
1 (3 x 5) with the description of the conte11ts, covering dates, number of ,
s items, subjects covered, prominent names represented, source of the  
collection. l
The manuscripts are open to serious historical students and to members l
of families concerned. A few of the collections have been restricted or J
are subject to special permission. Photostat service is available and copies l
may be obtained at $.30 per page; microfilm copies 1nay be obtained at Q
$.03 per frame and transcripts are made by special arrangement. {
See.—R. B. Downs, ed., Survey of Research Material in North Carolina 1
Libraries (mimeographed €ditiOIl), DD. ll, 12, 14; RC[)O7`¢ of COllI.’)ll1lZtCC on {
Resources of Soutlzeru Liln·uries, pp. 107, 109, 110, 113; and Wilson and i
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1 ture in the Southeast (Chicago, 1936), pp. 99, 109, 110. A guide to the col-
, lections in this depository has been prepared by the North Carolina Historical
1 Records Survey Project, and will be published in the near future by the I
1 University of North Carolina Press as one of the James Sprunt Historical
1 1’ubZicatio1zs. \
1 CHARLOTTE.—CHARLOTTE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 310 North  
1 Tryon St. Acting Librarian, Mrs. Louella Posey. Hours: 9 11
~ a. m. to 9 p. m. weekdays except Wed. p. m. `
1 The library was chartered in 1903. Manuscripts are acquired
1 by gift; no purchases are made. Several items were received
1 from the Charlotte Literary and Library Association. Until 1938
  manuscripts were housed in museum cases throughout the build-
1 in a fire-resistant, brick structure, erected in 1903. '
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1 Material relating to Charlotte and Mecklenburg Co., eighteenth and
Q nineteenth centuries. An account book of Edmund Randolph, of Virginia,
1 is on deposit.
1 There are 50 items for which there is neither arrangement nor catalog.
1 Material is available to researchers. Photostatic copies may be ob-
4 tained at $.60 per page, and typing service is available.
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1 CHARLOTTE.—QUEENS COLLEGE LIBRARY, Myers Park. _,,
E Librarian, Miss Rena C. Harrell. Hours: 8 a. m. to 9:30 p. m. 11
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1 The library began in 1920 to collect items on the history of
1 Queens Museum and its successor colleges. Data were generally
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1 collected in interviews given by descendants of trustees of the
1 Museum. The collection is preserved in a fireproof vault in Bur-
; well Hall.
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1 Papers (24) on history of Queens Museum and successor colleges from
1 colonial times. Among authors are Archibald HENDERSON, Robert
1 BURWELL, Jr., Mrs. James A. FORE, Rena C. HARRELL, Mrs. M. A.
J BLAND, Sadie W. GRIER.
  Material is available to users with serious purpose. There is no copy
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  DURHAM.—DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. Curator, Dr.
1 Ruth Ketring Nuermberger, Room 103, West Campus. Hours:  
  8:30 a. m. to 1 p. m., 2 p. m. to 4:30 p. m. weekdays except Sat.  
1 p. m. 1
1 Gifts and loans inaugurated the collections of this de ositor
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1 in 1898; since 1929 extensive purchases have been made possible
` with a fund donated by a friend of the University. The purpose
of the depository is to obtain and preserve Southern material.
The library building was completed in 1930. It is a iireproof, stone
1 structure. The manuscripts room, 20’ x 25’, contains manuscripts
1 in steel cabinets which shelve 1,710 steel boxes (10%" x 141,@" x
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volumes are shelved in a locked area. Restricted collections, g
totalling approximately 200,000 pieces, are stored in the library l
U vault (basement floor). In order to relieve overcrowded condi-  
~ tions, some 600 volumes of ledgers and accounts and 82,000 pieces Q,
U comprising collections of less value have been transferred to a li
room in the basement of the University Chapel. *-
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Material of Southern interest, chiefly Virginia, North Carolina, South  
Carolina, and Georgia; some material for Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Q
· and Kentucky; very little for Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Florida. E
The bulk of material deals with period 1800-1865; much for 1865-1900; ·
less prior to 1800. To illustrate the scope of the depository’s holdings ·
the following collections, from more than 800 held by it, may be 1nen—  
tioned: Armistead BURT Papers, political and personal correspondence, {
1825-90, 2,564 items; Robert CARTER Papers, 1772-93, 18 letter books 2;
of a Virginia planter, containing 3,135 letters; CONFEDERATE STATES OF V2
AMERICA papers, 1861-65, register of Congress, manuscript laws, vouchers, tl
warrants, and other oiiicial records, 1,051 items; Jefferson DAVIS Papers, é
1854-90, personal and official correspondence, 557 items; B. N. DUKE il
Papers, 1891-1919, personal and business correspondence, etc., 40,529 _Ll
N items (restricted); Nathanael GREENE Papers, 1778-1810, personal and E
  military correspondence, 271 items; Paul Hamilton HAYNE Papers, 1816-  
» 1927, letters and other papers of the South Carolina poet, 4,400 items; f
\l Thomas Jonathan [Stonewall] JACKSON Commissary Papers, 1861-65, an
2,575 items; William MAHONE Papers, political, business, and personal
correspondence of the Virginia railroad builder (restricted), 100,000 '_
items; Thomas Nelson PAGE Letters and Papers (partially restricted), P
9,231 items; Dante Gabriel ROSETTI Papers, 1848-81, 30 items; Furnifold i
M. SIMMONS Papers, 1861-1931, personal and political correspondence of 1
the North Carolina Senator and Democratic leader, 75,000 items; David ig
CAMPBELL Papers, 1800-1869, containing valuable political correspond-
ence, 8,038 items. i
There are in all approximately 580,000 pieces including 1,500 volumes `,
of accounts, daybooks, diaries, etc. Of these, 90 per cent have been ar- ~! ·
ranged and cataloged by collections. The arrangement is chronological ;l
within each collection. About 10 per cent of the manuscripts have been l
cataloged by pieces on 40,000 cards (3 x 5), indexing each letter under the  
name of the writer. There are four indexes: the main card, giving the E
name, place, inclusive dates, library location, and number of pieces for  
each collection; the geographic file, which lists collections by state; the f
bound volumes file, which lists each volume under author, together with  
0 title, place, and date; the autograph file, which lists individual letters ,1
T under the name of the writer, giving also addressee, date, place, and name 4
U of collection. There is also a partial subject file. With the main card is  
a biographical sketch of the person or family represented by the collection, E
and an estimate of the usefulness and value of the material from the 42
standpoint of the historical researcher. l
The manuscripts are open to any student of serious purpose. Type-  
written copies will be furnished for $.10 per page; the curator will furnish 1
photostats through a commercial firm at prices which vary according to 1
size. Permission to reproduce material must be obtained from the Di- ‘,
rector of Libraries.  
Scc.——De Ricci and Wilson, Ccnsus (1935); R. B. Downs, ed., Survey of ;
Research Materials in North Carolina Libraries (mimeographed edition), ‘
pp. 11, 14, 15; Guide to Depositories or Manuscript Collections in the United  
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t States, 100 Sample Entries (Historical Record Survey, WPA, mimeographed, E
i 1938); Wilson and Downs, eds., Guide to Special Collections for the Study of` i
I History and Literature: in the Southeast (Chicago, 1936), pp. 99, 110, 111,_
112· R. B. Downs, ed., Report of Committee on Resources of Southern.
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» Libraries. pp. 107, 109, 110, 113; Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the- ll
` Duke University Library (Raleigh: Historical Records Survey, WPA, mimeo— ‘
t graphecl, 1939).
4 EDENTON.—-CUPOLA HOUSE MUSEUM, Broad St. Chair-- p
man of Museum Committee, Mrs. J. N. Pruden. Hours: 2 p. m.  
to 5 p. m. weekdays; Mon. and Sat. 7 :30 p. m. to 9 :30 p. m.  
. The museum was founded June 23, 1927, for the purpose of  
1 collecting and preserving documents and relics of historical in--  
i terest relating to the Albemarle. Gifts are subject to action by Q
j the Museum Committee, and conditional deposits are accepted.  
, The Cupola House is a two-story, wooden building, constructed in  
2 1758. Outside dimensions are 25’ X 452 l
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t Material relates to Edenton and Chowan County, 1700-1865. A most. i
important collection is the archives of the town of Edenton, 1783-1860; ,
the case rolls of the Edenton District Superior Court of Equity, ca. 1790-
1806, and of the Chowan County Superior Court of Equity, 1807-ca. 1868;
a few letters of Joseph Hewes and other citizens, deeds, wills, etc., all of i
5 which relate to the Albemarle region.
1 There are 25 cubic feet of manuscripts of which only the archives of  
, the town of Edenton, about 20 per cent, have been arranged chronologi- ‘
( cally. All material except that from the archives of Edenton and Chowan ll
County has been cataloged. The museum considers itself the custodian
A but not the official owner of the latter material. (
. The material is available to any reliable person. Photostatic copies `
1 may be obtained at prices which vary according to requirements.
I GUILFORD COLLEGE.—North Carolina Society of Friends 1
I Yearly Meeting Records, Guilford College. Custodian, Mrs. Laura Q,
{ D. Worth. Open by appointment. ?
Q Until 1900 the holdings of this depository were stored in the 65 .
i particular meetings. They were, at that time, collected and de- i,
  posited here and other accessions followed. Manuscripts are j
5 housed in a vault at the Guilford College Library, a one-story, q
{ brick building, constructed in 1910. This collection, however, is ,
G not a part of the college library, but is the property of the North
{ Carolina Yearly Meeting.  
Q Homnues ,
E Manuscripts relate entirely to Society of Friends from 1680. Minutes
1 of both men’s and WOlTl€Il,S group meetings; minutes of monthly, quar-
— terly, and yearly meetings; correspondence on such meetings in various
nl places; vital statistics; marriage certificates; and biographies. Material 1
gives locations of centers of members of the Society in North Carolina, A
I South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. 5
t The material is not open to the public but may be examined only by
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  Scc.—W. W. Hinshaw, ed., Encyclopedia of American. Quaker Genealogy, ,
Qi Vol. I (a compilation of extracts made from the volumes at Guilford Col- Q
ii lege Library); R. B. Downs, ed., Survey of Research Materials in North ~
‘ Carolina Libraries (mimeographed edition), p. 30. j
. MONTREAT.—HISTORICAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRES-
  BYTERIAN AND REFORMED CHURCHES. Curator, Mr. T. H.
  Spence, Jr.; Assistant Curator, Mrs. S. M. Tenney. Hours: 8:30 i
fl a. m. to 12:30 p. m., 1:30 p. m. to 4:30 p. m., except during sum- _
3 mer to 6 p. m.  
1 Collection of the material in this depository began in 1902 as  
r a private collection and continued as such until 1926, when the .
* owner, Rev. S. M. Tenney, presented his manuscripts to the Pres-  
I byterian Church in the United States. Collection of material is `
being pushed diligently. All official records are received as de- '
. posits; other manuscripts are received as gifts or deposits. Until <
1927 the collection was housed in a iireproof bank building in -
Texarkana, Texas. A year after the presentation was made, by _;
_ direction of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in l·
l the United States, it was moved to Montreat where it is housed .
l in three large safes and in steel cabinets on the first floor of a i,
M stone and concrete, iireproof building, which was constructed in  
1928-29. The building has four stories, the three upper floors of Z
which are used as a hotel. 5
HOLDINGS j
Chiefly official records of the Presbyterian and Reformed churches in the- `
South and Southwest, though the whole country is represented. The ,
manuscripts contain the ecclesiastical record of the Presbyterian, Associate .
Reformed Presbyterian, and the Cumberland Presbyterian Churches in i r
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, f
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Indiana. Kentucky, *
g Tennessee, the central North, and some of the Northwestern states. There  
’ is an extensive collection of material on Greece and Asia Minor during the- _ 
second quarter of the nineteenth century; early missionary activities in Q
t China and in Mexico; considerable material on Syria. 1 
. There are more than 20,000 pieces including 1,465 volumes of official 1
° records and a number of diaries. Eighty per cent of the manuscripts have 3
l been arranged: church records, alphabetically under the title of the
.| synod, presbytery, session, etc.; correspondence, under the name of the· ,
donor, alphabetically by writer, then chronologically. Ninety per cent of  
the accessions have been cataloged by piece on cards, except letters and ‘
other non—ofi°icial materials, which are recorded only in the accessions book. {
The cards show the name of the deporsitor, title of the material, covering _ ·
dates, and date of deposit. `
The collection is open to the public the year round. Photostatic copies
1 may be obtained in cases of necessity; typewritten copies may be obtained ·
1 at current rates. ,
Soc.-—R. B. Downs, ed., Survey of Research Materials in North Carolina
\ Libraries (mimeographed edition), pp. 29:30; Wilson and Downs, eds., Guide: _
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{ 14 THE Noizrn CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION ;
  to Special Collections for the Study of History and Literature in the Southeast g
Q (Chicago, 1936), p. 113. A guide to the collections in this depository is now  
i being prepared for publication by the North Carolina Historical Records i
1 Survey Project. ` i
i RALEIGH.—GRAND LODGE OF MASONS, Masonic Temple
i Building, Fayetteville St. Custodian, Mr. John Huske Anderson, ,
1 Grand Secretary. Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. @1
t The Grand Lodge was organized in 1787 as directing head of 1
  North Carolina Masons. Records are kept in fireproof vault open-  
  ing from main office on fifth iioor of building and in storage room  
i across hall. i
  HOLDINGS 1
  Chietiy minutes and accounts of various North Carolina lodges sent to
Grand Lodge for safekeeping. Many volumes are for defunct lodges.
Records, covering intermittently the period 17664918, show lists of mem-
~ bers, records of degrees conferred, resolutions, and lists of members who  
have been discharged or who have died. There are only a few manuscript it
; records since 1900, as it has been the policy to print records since that g
. ldafliljlie material is available with permission of the Grand Secretary.  
A RALEIGH.-—THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COM-  
I MISSION, Salisbury and Edenton Sts. Secretary, Dr. C. C. g
Crittenden. Hours: May-Sept., 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. week- Q
days except Sat. p. ni.; Oct.-Apr., 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. weekdays 2.
é except Sat. p. m. ii
The Historical Commission was established by an act of the t
General Assembly in 1903, amended and strengthened in 1907. il
  The Commission is supported by appropriations from the State  
. (appropriation, 1940-41, $21,000). It maintains a historical  
I museum; marks historic spots throughout the state; publishes  
t volumes, pamphlets, and a quarterly journal, The N orth Ccw‘oZi—iiti i
A H istorical Review, relating to the history of the state; dis-
I seminates information through the press, over the radio, by
{ correspondence, and through public addresses by members of its i
, staff ; co-operates in various types of historical and archaeological  
, projects ; and in general serves as the clearing house for historical  
activities in the state. The Commission’s most important func- I
tion is to collect and preserve state and county archives and the ,
. papers of prominent North Carolinians. Manuscripts are ac- p
1 quired by gift or loan, and sometimes by purchase or exchange. A
I They are never sold. Collections are housed in specially con- e
structed archive areas on the ground iioor and first iloor of the l
. State Ofiice Building, a tive-story, semi—iireproof, stone, brick, ‘
concrete, and steel structu