Ralph Hardee Rives Collection, 1852-2015

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Ralph Hardee Rives Collection, 1852-2015

1852-2015

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0024

Collection (1852-2014) includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and other items compiled by retired East Carolina University English professor Dr. Ralph Hardee Rives relating primarily to the Hardee - Rives and related families of North Carolina and the United Kingdom, the history of Eastern North Carolina (especially Halifax County and the town of Enfield), the United Methodist Church in Eastern North Carolina, state and local and national politics, and his charitable and philanthropic interests. The earliest original documents cover the period from 1852 through the Civil War and World War I.

30.15 Cubic feet, 71 archival boxes and 5 oversize folders

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11617754

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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