Elsie H. Booker Collection of Markham, Leigh, Durham, Lloyd, and Other Families Papers, 1712-1966

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Elsie H. Booker Collection of Markham, Leigh, Durham, Lloyd, and Other Families Papers, 1712-1966

1712-1966

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04580/

Elsie H. Booker (1923- ) of Durham County, N.C., collector of antiques, artifacts, and family papers. Papers of various families. Series 1 Markham, Leigh, and related families: Correspondence, business and legal papers, account books, genealogical information, pictures, and other materials of the Markham, Leigh, and other related families, chiefly of North Carolina. Markham family correspondence includes letters, 1873-1928, from William David Markham of Missouri, the Indian Territory, Texas, and New Mexico, containing information about crop and herd conditions, religion, business, and politics; and letters, 1880s-1900s, mostly from Wake County, N.C., and Bayboro, Ga., concerning Baptists, pregnancy, childbirth, education, deaths, and other matters. Also included are records relating to slaves; legal documents, 1867-1869, pertaining to the backruptcy proceedings of Elizabeth C. Yancey of Chapel Hill and Durham, N.C.; post cards, 1907, picturing men hanged in Durham; scrapbooks of materials collected by Harold Cole Markham, while he was a high school student in Durham, N.C., and during his World War II tour of duty in the United States and Europe; photographs, collectors' cards, and prints, circa 1935-1945, relating to Adolph Hitler, the German military, and scenes in Europe during World War II; and ballads. Series 2 Durham and Lloyd families: Documents relating to the Lloyd and Durham families of Chapel Hill, N.C., include a teacher's application, 1900, for a position at a black public school, probably in Orange County, N.C.; an extensive series of love letters, 1941-1942, discussing dating, high school, and other topics of concern to teenagers; and a labor payroll schedule, 1947-1948, for state roadway construction work in Granville County, N.C. There are also twenty merchant's account books, 1884-1928, many of which probably belonged to W. A. Lloyd, and a diary, 1934-1938, documenting work on a roadway construction crew in piedmont and western North Carolina. Series 3. Abernathy, Blackwood, and other families: Items relating to the Abernathy, Blackwood, Moore, Peeler, Shepherd, Steele, and other unrelated families consist of private letters, business and legal materials, pictures, and other materials chiefly from North Carolina, with some items from Virginia and Pennsylvania. Correspondence covers such topics as family and social life, church meetings and religious revivals, farming and other work, elementary and higher education, military and home life during World War I, and the enjoyment of phonograph records and motion pictures. Also included are court documents, circa 1795, concerning a lawsuit involving the University of North Carolina; a Confederate parole record; and other items. Series 4. Pope, Hudson, and related families papers, 1884-1948: Chiefly private letters and scrapbooks of Elsie Hudson Booker and of other members of the Pope, Hudson, and related families of Durham, N.C. Of particular interest are 43 letters, 1914-1918, from Edna Pearl Pope to her future husband W. Curtis Hudson, discussing school, church, visiting, dating, movies, and other topics; more than 650 letters, 1938-1947, to Elsie Hudson from servicemen pen pals stationed in the European and Pacific theaters and stateside during World War II, including letters from Hudson's fiancee Marine Corps Pvt. Arnold Ellis of Durham, who was killed on Saipan Island in June 1944; and scrapbooks, 1939-1948, belonging to Elsie Hudson Booker, which contain letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, cards, souvenirs, and other miscellaneous items concerning her high school years, her undergraduate experience at the University of North Carolina, the death of her fiancee, and the birth of her son Curtis Booker.

11.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 5000 items)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6625694

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Lloyd, W. A. (William Albert), 1876-1941

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William Albert Lloyd (1876-1941) was a grocer and general merchandiser in Chapel Hill, N.C. Lloyd was the son of Henry Lloyd (1844-1922) and Nancy Artela Faucett Lloyd (1858-1924), and sister of Lizzie Lloyd Durham (1881-1954)....

Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Hudson family.

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Steele family.

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Markham family.

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Blackwood family.

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Yancey, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Chambers), 1812-1879

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Elizabeth C. Yancey (1812-1879), was a merchant and storekeeper in Chapel Hill, N.C. and Durham, N.C. Born Elizabeth Chambers Allen, she was the daughter of Edward C. Allen (1783-1829) and Julia Ann Brent (1791-1881). Her first husband was Meredith Yancey (1800-1836) and her second husband was Henry Stovall Markham (1806-1893)....

Lloyd, W. A.

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Pope family.

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Moore family.

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

Durham, Lizzie Lloyd, 1881-1954

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Lizzie Durham, born Elizabeth Eleanor Lloyd (1881-1954), lived in Chapel Hill, N.C., and had extensive real estate holdings in Orange County, N.C. Durham was the daughter of Henry Lloyd (1844-1922), wife of Demetrus Ward "Dee" Durham (1875-1953), and the mother of Demetrus "Dee" Durham, Jr. (1909-1976), Bettie Durham (1917-1979), Bruce Durham (1911-1963), and William Thomas "Billy" Durham (1921-1998)....

Abernathy family.

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Shepard family.

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Peeler family.

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Durham family.

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Markham, Harold Cole, 1923-1991

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Harold Cole Markham (1923-1992) was Durham, N.C. resident who served as an X-ray technician with the U.S. 101st Airborne Division during World War II. While a student in Durham, N.C., and during his World War II tour of duty in the United States and Europe, he was a collector of World War II photographs, post cards, and other collector's cards. Markham was the adopted son of Numa Ralph Markham (1883-1966) and Bertha Mary Cole Markham (1888-1972)....

Lee family.

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Lloyd family.

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Markham, W. D. (William David), 1848-1928

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William David "W.D." Markham (1848-1928) was the son of Henry Stovall Markham (1806-1893). He left North Carolina and traveled throughout the western United States, visiting many different locations in Missouri, the Indian Territory, Texas, and New Mexico, eventually settling in New Madrid, Missouri, and Comanche, Texas....

Booker, Elsie H. (Elsie Hudson), 1923-2017

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Elsie H. Booker (1923-2017) of Durham County, N.C., collector of antiques, artifacts, and family papers. From the description of Elsie H. Booker Collection of Markham, Leigh, Durham, Lloyd, and other families papers, 1712-1966. WorldCat record id: 30485647 The collection is comprised of papers of three related family groups--Markham/Leigh, Durham/Lloyd, and Pope/Hudson--and one group of unrelated families. The Markham/Leigh family and Durham/Lloyd family are ...