Auman family papers, 1787-2004.

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Auman family. Auman family papers, 1787-2004.

Auman family papers, 1787-2004.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38213669

The original deposit of materials includes letters, a diary, deeds, family photographs, genealogical information, and other material pertaining to the Auman family in southern Randolph County, N.C., from the early 19th to the mid-20th century. Included are love-letters from Braxton Auman (1860-1908) to Agnes Graves; material about the Why Not Academy in Randolph County; many deeds to lands acquired by members of the Auman family; a diary, 1928-1930, of high school and Elon College student Mary Elizabeth Auman; and materials relating to Howard Auman (1911- ) and Frank Auman (1883-1941). The January 2001 addition contains correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, financial and legal papers, and other material relating to Jason Auman of Moore County, N.C.; the Auman family of West End, N.C.; and the Graham and Currie families of Jackson Springs, N.C., during the late 19th and 20th centuries. Many items relate to Lillie Graham Auman (1882-1969) and Claude Auman (1878-1939), who operated a farm and peach orchards, and their ten children. Topics include the Civil War experiences of family members, education in North Carolina, domestic and social activities, and news of the Auman family and its peach business. World War II letters describe military training, military service, and military sports leagues as well as civilian life in the United States in the early 1940s. Photographs depict members of the Currie, Graham, and Auman families; basketball; education; and World War II. Scrapbooks contain family mementos and newspaper clippings about several Auman family generations. Scrapbooks also include materials relating to education, sports, community and church news, and the family's peach business. Other materials include financial and legal, school, and genealogical documents pertaining to the Auman family and to Jason Auman. Scrapbooks and photographs of the West End Woman's Club in Moore County, N.C., are also included. The February 2004 addition contains a diary, scrapbook, and autograph books relating to experiences of Lucile Crisp (1916-1991) while she attended high school in Candler, N.C. The April 2004 addition contains a compact disc with digital images (jpg) of Lucile Crisp volumes, and of other Crisp family members, chiefly John B. Crisp (1920-1942), an Army Air Corps airman on a B-24 during World War II. The June 2005 addition includes routine family correspondence; family photographs; deeds; business records, including some relating to a whiskey distillery; estate records, and other materials from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries primarily relating to Sarah Anne Auman Fields and members of the Auman and Fields families. Some materials relate to service in the Panama Canal Zone during World War I. The August 2005 addition consists of a World War II-era scrapbook of John B. Crisp, containing posthumous materials and an issue his high school newspaper, and correspondence, 1957-1977, relating to the life of William Thomas Auman (CLOSED until 2030). The February 2007 addition consists of materials relating Henriette Auman's work as an teacher at Hillsboro High School in Hillsborough, N.C., in the 1950s and 1960s, including girls basketball scorebooks, communications of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers, and school publications. Also included are Hillsborough Garden Club yearbooks, 1988-2002.

ca. 7100 items (10.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill