| Abstract |
This collection consists of Frank C. Salisbury's papers and those of the Carteret County Historical Society, which dissolved after his death. Correspondence includes a letter from Robert Church, who served in the Confederate Army and died when Union forces captured Fort Fisher; and a collection of Samuel Leffers letters, which discuss the fevers raging in towns of coastal North Carolina, trade, Beaufort mail service, hurricanes that struck the coast of North Carolina in 1803 and 1815, the construction of Fort Hampton at Beaufort, and the effect of the War of 1812 on Beaufort. Materials from the Carteret County Historical Society include copies of deeds issued by the Shepard Point Land Company in Morehead City, and a letter from Robert W. Humphrey, Company "C," First Division, North Carolina Troops, to his cousin Lucy Pigott, written while a prisoner at Point Lookout, Md. Other items include a scrapbook on Fort Macon; excerpts from the corporate history of Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company; reports, essays, notes, and speeches concerning Carteret County; a compilation of Beaufort graveyard headstones; and a paper that discusses the life of the Appleton Oaksmith family of Hollywood Plantation near Morehead City. Photographs in the collection concern local history of the county. Newspaper clippings of articles by Salisbury concern county history and are dated from 1950 to 1964. |
| Access restriction | Joyner- No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Frank C. Salisbury Collection (#99), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Joyner- Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mrs. Frank C. Salisbury. |
| Biographical note | Frank C. Salisbury (1874-1964) came to Morehead City, N.C., from Warsaw, New York. He became editor of "The Coaster" of Morehead City and in 1924 the "Carteret County News-Times." Salisbury was one of the principal organizers and first president of the Carteret County Historical Society. His interest in Carteret County history led him to write numerous articles on local history for which he was awarded in 1958, 1962, and 1964, the Smithwick Cup, top award of the North Carolina Society of County and Local Historians. |
