John B. Green collection,
| Author/creator | Green, John B. |
| Format | Archival & Manuscript Material |
| Description | approximately 0.73 cubic ft. (131 items) |
| Supplemental Content | Finding aid |
| Subjects |
| Scope and content | Tombstone lists and cemetery descriptions from Craven County, N.C., and Old Craven Township No. 4, now in Pamlico County, N.C., include precise directions to each cemetery, background and condition of the sites, and hand-drawn maps for several sites. Also includes a map for Township No. 9 and 4 pages of copied inscriptions from historic sites in the New Bern area. Records of the New Bern Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, New Bern, N.C., include a minute book, membership roll calls, correspondence, clippings, notes, reports, resolutions, and other materials. Postcards, stereographs, and sheet music concern naval and maritime themes and include World War I patriotic sheet music. Scrapbook contains clippings on the construction of concrete ships at the Newport Shipbuilding Corporation of New Bern, N.C., and on the New Bern Bears baseball team. Other postcards and printed materials concern the North Carolina Outer Banks ferries; Bethlehem Steel Corporation; and the U.S. Navy, including the USS Maine, early submarines USS Porpoise and USS Shark, the USS San Francisco, and a compilation of articles entitled The Hatchet of the United States Ship George Washington by Captain Edwin T. Pollock and Lieutenant Paul F. Bloomhardt. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as | John B. Green Collection (#380), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner- Gift of Mr. John B. Green, III. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner- Gift of Mr. John Green. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Manuscript Collection | #380 - DOES NOT CIRCULATE | ✔ Available | Request Material |