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By Laura Nebuchadnezzar
Collection Overview
Title: Ship Stories Around the North Carolina Banks Scrapbook, 1877-1954, undated
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-105
Primary Creator: Unknown
Extent: 3.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged in the original order of the scrapbook pages. The numbers on the paper inserts within the folders do not correspond to the item number in the finding aid.
Date Acquired: 11/24/2014
Subjects: Carroll A. Deering (Schooner), Dictator (Bark), Hatteras Island (N.C.), Huron (Screw steamer), Ocracoke (N.C.), Outer Banks (N.C.), Ships, Shipwrecks, United States. Coast Guard, Virginia Beach (Va.)
Forms of Material: Clippings (information artifacts), Photographs, Postcards
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Scrapbook pages that include newspaper clippings and photographs concerning ship stories on the North Carolina Outer Banks.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Unknown
Preferred Citation:
Ship Stories Around the North Carolina Banks Scrapbook, MSS 0000-105, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed September 1, 2015. Completed September 4, 2015.
Other Note:
This collection is housed in Box 2 of the Wilmer Willis Houston Papers (MSS 0000-025).
Box and Folder Listing
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- Folder 1
- Item 1: Clipping, "Pirates!", 1952 August 17
- Virginian-Pilot Newspaper.
- Item 2: Clipping, "Tidewater Tales: Theodosia Burr Mystery And Battle of Ironclads" by Robert Mason, undated
- Item 3: Clipping, "Steam Boat Home" by Aycock Brown, 1950 October 29
- Item 4: Clipping, "The 'Metropolis' on Currituck Bank: Tragic Wrecking Of 'Metropolis,' Off Currituck Bank, Took Place 75 Years Ago This Very Day" by Robert H. Burgess, 1954 January 31
- Item 5: Clipping, "Wreck of Schr Lancaster, October 5, 1881", 1949 August 26
- Newspaper article about the Schooner "Thomas L. Lancaster" and its wreck at Loggerhead Inlet, North Carolina on October 5, 1881.
- Item 6: Clipping, "Wreck of The British Steamship Kimberley, December 1, 1887", 1950 January 27
- Newspaper article about the British steamship "Kimberley", and its wreck on December 1, 1887 at Wash Woods Station, North Carolina.
- Item 7: Clipping, "Stranding Schooner 'Richard Hartley'", undated
- Newspaper article about the Schooner "Richard Hartley" and its stranding on the North Carolina coast on September 2, 1913.
- Item 8: Clipping, "Series of Unrelated Assistance Rendered Cases", 1949 December 30
- Item 9: Clipping, "Five Marine Mishaps During the Year 1887", 1950 January 13
- Item 10: Clipping, "Wreck of Schooner B. F. Poole at Seatack", 1950 November 24
- Newspaper article about the wreck of the schooner "Poole"
- Item 11: Clipping, "Wreck of Hattie Lollis, Nags Head, N.C.", 1950 November 24
- Newspaper article about the wreck of the schooner "Hattie Lollis" at Nags Head Station, North Carolina, on April 7, 1888. This item is on the same scrapbook page as item 10.
- Item 12: Clipping, "Wreck of Norwegian Bark Wolseley at Big Kinnakeet", 1950 November 24
- Newspaper article about the wreck of the Norwegian Bark "Wolseley" off the coast of North Carolina at about four o'clock in the morning on April 1889. This item is on the same scrapbook page as item 10.
- Item 13: Clipping, "Wreck of Agnes Barton, March 14, 1889", 1949 September 2
- Newspaper article about the wreck of the brig "Agnes Barton" near the Dam Neck Mills Station, Virginia, on March 14, 1889.
- Item 14: Clipping, "Wreck of Schooner Henry P. Simmons", undated
- Newspaper article about the wreck of the Schooner "Henry P. Simmons," during the particularly tempestuous month of October, 1889.
- Item 15: Clipping, "Wreck of Schooner Lizzie S. Haynes, October 24, 1889", 1950 January 6
- Newspaper article about the wreck of the schooner "Lizzie S. Haynes" on October 24, 1889, on the coast of North Carolina.
- Item 16: Clipping, "Wreck of the German Brig Antine Annachen", undated
- Newspaper article about the stranding and wreck of the German brigantine "Annachen," on July 17, 1889, at the coast of North Carolina.
- Item 17: Clipping, "Capsizing of Mary S. Bradshaw's Yawl", undated
- Newspaper article about the capsizing of the schooner "Mary S. Bradshaw," on June 1, 1889, near North Carolina's Diamond Shoals.
- Item 18: Clipping, "Wreck of Schr. Peppard Near Gull Shoal 1889", undated
- Newspaper article about the wreck of the three-mated schooner "Aaron Peppard," at Hatteras Island in August, 1889
- Item 19: Clipping, "Four Wrecks Along the N.C. Coast During February 1887", 1950 April 21
- A Newspaper article describing the wrecks of four ships that wrecked in February of 1887. The clipping only includes information on two ships, "Maria," and "Florence-Shay".
- Item 20: Clipping, "Wreck of Norwegian Bark Dictator, 1891", 1949 June 10
- Newspaper article describing the wreck of the Norwegian barkentine, "Dictator" on March 27, 1891.
- Item 21: Postcard, "Figurehead of the Dictator, Princess Anne Hotel", undated
- A postcard depicting the figurehead of the "Dictator" as the bark approaches the Princess Anne Hotel. This postcard is attached to the same scrapbook page as the article about the Dictator's wrecking.
- Item 22: Clipping, "In Grave '130' Lies Sea Hero, All But Forgot", undated
- Newspaper article about the grave of "Jean-Baptiste," the French seaman who sacrificed his life in a failed attempt to save the wife and child of Captain J. M. Jorgensen, during the wreck of the barkentine, "Dictator".
- Item 23: Clipping, "Wreck of Schooner Nathan Esterbrook", 1950 January 3
- Newspaper article about the wreck of the schooner "Nathan Esterbrook," on February 29, 1893, on the coast of North Carolina.
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