Halifax County Historical Association papers.
| Author/creator | Halifax County Historical Association (Halifax County, N.C.) |
| Format | Archival & Manuscript Material |
| Production | 1961-2011. |
| Description | 8 cubic ft. |
| Description | digital files (0.00,819 gigabytes) |
| Supplemental Content | Collection guide |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | Papers (1961-2007) of the Halifax County Historical Association (N.C.) including correspondence of general nature concerned with group tours, bibliography sketch, financial records, membership rolls, itineraries etc. Various historical documents, photographs, ephemera and clippings relate to the history of Halifax County including Rosenwald schools and Brick School among many other topics (1816-2011). Other items (1972-2011) such as manuscripts, printed materials, digital materials, and a video recording concern the work of Maxville Burt Williams, a social studies teacher, principal, author and playwright and his works relating to the history of Halifax County, North Carolina, including First For Freedom a play about the Halifax Resolves of 1776; The Struggle, a play about Halifax County during the American Revolution; and The Schroonchers, a play about Eastern North Carolina in the summer of 1948. |
| Access restriction | Joyner- Original audiovisual media and digital files are unavailable for use. Please contact Special Collections for access copies. |
| Cite as | Halifax County Historical Association Papers (#115), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Joyner- See collection guide for copyright restrictions. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner- Gift of Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner- Gift of Ruth Sykes Bowden. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner- Gift of Maxville Burt Williams. |
| Biographical note | The Halifax County Historical Association was organized during the months of July and August of 1966 in Halifax County, North Carolina, by Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives. |
| Genre/form | History. |