| Scope and content |
Documents and printed materials relating to Greenville, NC including high school and college programs, postcards, World War II ration books, etc. Also, genealogical correspondence, notes and research files pertaining to the Davenport, Flanagan, Neville, and related families of Pitt, Edgecombe, Halifax, and Nash counties, North Carolina |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
John D. Neville Collection (#955), 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 the estate of John D. Neville. |
| Biographical note | John D. Neville was born in 1942. He was a resident of Greenville, North Carolina and a Professor of History at East Carolina University from 1967 to 1969. He compiled a collection of various historical documents and printed material ranging from the years 1898-1944 and primarily relating to the Davenport and Flanagan families. Neville was related to both of these families. Mr. and Mrs. James Fleming Davenport were Neville?s maternal grandparents. |
