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Collection Overview
| Size | 4.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1,150 items) |
| Abstract | E. E. (Elvira Evelina) Moffitt was the daughter of North Carolina governor Jonathan Worth. She married first Samuel Spencer Jackson (died 1875), second Samuel Walker (died 1877), and third Eli Needham Moffitt (died 1886). The collection includes correspondence, club records, scrapbooks, and other papers, chiefly 1878-1930, of Elvira Evelina (Worth) Moffitt, concerning her club work and civic, cultural, and historical projects in Raleigh, N.C., and Richmond, Va. Organizations represented include the Raleigh Woman's Club, North Carolina Peace Society, Women's Association for the Betterment of Public Schools, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Colonial Dames, and Roanoke Colony Memorial Association. Items before 1878 are records of family property and estate settlements. |
| Creator | Moffitt, E. E. (Elvira Evelina), 1836-1930. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, November 2009; Nancy Kaiser, May 2021
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Biographical Information
E. E. (Elvira Evelina) Worth Moffitt (1836-1930) was the daughter of North Carolina governor Jonathan Worth. She married first Samuel Spencer Jackson (died 1875), second Samuel Walker (died 1877), and third Eli Needham Moffitt (died 1886). She was a member of various clubs and worked on various civic, cultural, and historical projects in Raleigh, N.C., and Richmond, Va.
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Scope and Content
The collection includes correspondence, club records, scrapbooks, and other papers, chiefly 1878-1930, of E. E. Moffitt, concerning her club work and civic, cultural, and historical projects in Raleigh, N.C., and Richmond, Va. Organizations represented include the Raleigh Woman's Club, North Carolina Peace Society, Women's Association for the Betterment of Public Schools, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Colonial Dames, and Roanoke Colony Memorial Association. Items before 1878 are records of family property and estate settlements.
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E. E. Moffitt Papers, 1853-1930 and undated.
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Items Separated
Microfilm (M-519/1)
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