| Scope and content |
Most of the correspondence is family related and includes letters to Nannie Darden from her mother during Nannie's years at the State Normal and Industrial College. The letters contain comments on cotton prices, farm life, and an outbreak of diphtheria at the college. Other letters discuss Nannie's teaching responsibilities in Pitt County, N.C. Letters from her brother Flavius talk of life at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Materials concerning the Oak Ridge Institute, Oak Ridge, N.C., include a newsletter and an editorial from the American Journal of Health recommending the Oak Ridge Institute on the basis of its sanitation. There is also a letter from Lt. George C. Round discussing the 50th anniversary of the 1st Battle of Bull Run (Manassas). Other materials include family photographs, promissory notes, a church subscription note, a commencement announcement and summer school bulletin from the N.C. State Normal and Industrial College, post cards of Fort Jackson, and newspaper clippings. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Nancy S. Darden Papers (#489), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | 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 Miss Nancy Darden. |
| Biographical note | Nancy (Nannie) Darden attended the State Normal and Industrial College (now University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Greensboro, N.C. She then taught in various schools in Pitt County, N.C. |
