Finding Aid of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Photograph Collection, PHC.79

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Finding Aid of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Photograph Collection, PHC.79

Abstract

The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts researches and exhibits the regional decorative arts of the early South. The museum's collections include furniture, paintings, textiles, ceramics, and metal work from several southeastern states.
The small collection consists of images of houses, people, and places from the coast to the mountains of North Carolina. A portion of the images are unidentified.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Photograph Collection
Call Number
PHC.79
Creator
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
Date
1900-1910
Extent
19.00 items
Language
English
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

Series Quick Links

  1. Collection Contents

Restrictions on Access & Use

Access Restrictions

Available for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright is retained by the authors of these materials, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law (Title 17 US Code). Individual researchers are responsible for using these materials in conformance with copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], PhC.79.1, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Photograph Collection, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC, USA.

Collection Overview

This small collection consists of images of houses, people, and places from the coast to the mountains of North Carolina. A portion of the images are unidentified. The identified ones include, the Palmer Marsh House at Bath, St. Thomas Church at Bath, the Cupola House at Edenton, the Joel Lane House at Raleigh, the Dr. Fabius J. Haywood House at Raleigh, a river baptism, and a train station in western North Carolina. The negatives may have been the work of a woman photographer perhaps Bayard Wootten or Frances Benjamin Johnston.

Arrangement Note

The photographic negatives are arranged geographically (east to west) and by subject.

Biographical/Historical note

The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts researches and exhibits the regional decorative arts of the early South. The museum's collections include furniture, paintings, textiles, ceramics, and metal work from several southeastern states.

Contents of the Collection

Collection Contents
Entrance to St. Thomas Church, Bath, NC,
PhC.79.01
Palmer Marsh House, Bath, NC,
PhC.79.02
Palmer Marsh House and family graveyard, Bath, NC,
PhC.79.03
Palmer Marsh House and family graveyard, Bath, NC,
PhC.79.04
Cupola House, Edenton, NC,
PhC.79.05
Cupola House, Edenton, NC.
PhC.79.06
Waterfront view of unidentified North Carolina town,
PhC.79.07
Farmstead scene in coastal plain region of North Carolina,
PhC.79.08
Human bones and gravestones at unidentified site along the North Carolina coast.
PhC.79.09
Joel Lane House, Raleigh, NC,
PhC.79.10
Joel Lane House, Raleigh, NC,
PhC.79.11
Joel Lane House, Raleigh, NC,
PhC.79.12
Photograph of drawing of the Joel Lane House, Raleigh, NC,
PhC.79.13
View of Dr. Fabius J. Haywood House, corner of Morgan and Fayetteville streets, Raleigh, from State Capitol grounds,
PhC.79.14
African-American woman washing clothes outside, probably near Raleigh (Mordacai section),
PhC.79.15
River baptism,
PhC.79.16
River baptism,
PhC.79.17
Ox powered cart poses in front of an unidentified railroad station in western North Carolina,
PhC.79.18
Members of a farm family working near outbuilding,
PhC.79.19
People eating outside at a table under shade trees,
PhC.79.20

Subject Headings

  • Architecture, Domestic.
  • Baptisms.
  • Dwellings--North Carolina--Photographs.
  • Railway stations--North Carolina--Photographs.
  • Bath (N.C.)--Photographs.
  • Edenton (N.C.)--Photographs.
  • Raleigh (N.C.)--Photographs.
  • Acquisitions Information

    The collection was donated to the Division of Archives and History in January, 1997 by MESDA, P. O. Box 10310, 924 South Main Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27108-0310. Bradford L. Rauschenberg of MESDA initially sent the collection to Catherine Bishir, and she forwarded it to the State Archives on February 23, 1998. It was accessioned in September, 1999.

    Processing Information

  • Processed by Stephen E. Massengill, August, 1999
  • Encoded Stephen E. Massengill
  • Encoding updated by Aaron Cusick, January, 2012