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Arthur and Farrar families papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0065
Scope and Contents
Materials created and collected by James Harrison Arthur (1901-78), his wife Katherine Miller Arthur (1914-74), and his uncle Benjamin Franklin Arthur Jr. (1863-1944). Consists primarily of correspondence and subject files of James and Katherine, residents of Gaston County, N.C. Also includes daily expense records (1926-73); business correspondence (1925-74) related to James's work as a textile mill accountant in North Carolina and South Carolina; papers (1877-1901) of Dr. James Park McComb...
Dates:
1809 - 1978
Carpenter family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0282
Overview
The collection consists of papers of the Carpenter family, relating primarily to their farming activities in Lincoln and Gaston counties from 1834 to 1935. The collection also includes banking records, business and tax receipts, correspondence, insurance records, papers from the National Grange, Depression era relief records, and promissory notes.
Dates:
1835 - 1934
Davidson family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0188
Overview
Papers of the Davidson family of Rural Hill Plantation in northern Mecklenburg County, N.C., and of the related families Alexander, Barry, Hampton, Montieth, and Wilson. Includes correspondence, family Bibles, financial records, land records, newspaper clippings, photographs, and plantation records for Rural Hill, as well as Dickson (Dixon) in Gaston County, N.C.
Dates:
1756 - 1998; 1833 - 1976
Jenkins Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0061
Overview
Papers related to the William Abram Jenkins family, including photographs, survey maps of the family farm, and biographical information.
Dates:
1889 - 1980; 1924 - 1924
Rankin family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0365
Overview
The Rankin Family papers consist of a wide variety of materials, though the majority of the collection concerns this family’s ownership and stewardship of the land that they have owned in Gaston County, NC, since the late eighteenth century.
Dates:
1754 - 2006
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