| Scope and content |
The manuscript in this collection, The Overseer's Daughter, contains a fictionalized account of the activities of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in North and South Carolina. It relates events told to or experienced by the narrator between 1866 and 1875. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Joseph Peck Babbington Papers (#631), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, 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 Mr. Roland S. Carpenter. |
| Biographical note | Joseph Peck Babbington (or Babington) was editor of several Piedmont newspapers during the 1870s to 1880s, including the Shelby Aurora and the Rutherfordton New Regime. |
