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Collection Overview
| Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 135 items) |
| Abstract | Dora Barbour Stevenson was a school teacher who lived in and around Zebulon, Raleigh, and Smithfield, N.C., between the 1910s and the 1970s. She was married to J.E. Stevenson. The collection contains correspondence and business and financial documents of Dora Barbour Stevenson. Correspondence includes letters, postcards, telegrams, wedding and graduation invitations, thank-you notes, and holiday cards from Stevenson's relatives and friends and a few love-letters from suitors. Topics include family matters and college life. Business and financial documents include bank statements, land deeds, a teaching certificate, a will, letters from insurance companies, and product advertisements and solicitations. Some of these materials are related to members of the Wallace family or to Stevenson's husband. |
| Creator | Stevenson, Dora Barbour. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Matt Dailey and Rachel Shope, February 2011
Encoded by: Matt Dailey, June 2011
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Biographical Information
Dora Barbour Stevenson was a school teacher who lived in and around Zebulon, Raleigh, and Smithfield, N.C., between the 1910s and the 1970s. She was married to J.E. Stevenson.
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Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence and business and financial documents of Dora Barbour Stevenson. Correspondence includes letters, postcards, telegrams, wedding and graduation invitations, thank-you notes, and holiday cards from Stevenson's relatives and friends and a few love-letters from suitors. Topics include family matters and college life. Business and financial documents include bank statements, land deeds, a teaching certificate, a will, letters from insurance companies, and product advertisements and solicitations. Some of these materials are related to members of the Wallace family or to Stevenson's husband.
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Dora Barbour Stevenson Papers, 1889-1971.
Arrangement: Chronological.
| Folder 1 |
Land deeds, 1889Documentation of the transfer of land from Elisha and Renny Wallace to their sons R.I. and C.A. Wallace. |
| Folder 2 |
Correspondence and business documents, 1913-1922Postcards, letters, and wedding invitations addressed to Dora Barbour Stevenson. Also included is her elementary school teacher's certificate. |
| Folder 3 |
Correspondence and financial documents, 1923-1924Bank statements, postcards, wedding invitations, telegrams, Christmas cards, and Stevenson family correspondence. |
| Folder 4 |
Correspondence, 1925Wedding invitations, Christmas cards, and love letters. |
| Folder 5 |
Correspondence and financial documents, 1926Bank statements, wedding invitations, and letters. |
| Folder 6 |
Correspondence and financial documents, 1927-1928Bank statements, wedding and graduation invitations, and letters from Dora Barbour Stevenson's relatives and friends. |
| Folder 7 |
Correspondence, 1929Graduation and wedding invitations, postcards, and letters from Dora Barbour Stevenson's relatives. |
| Folder 8 |
Correspondence and financial documents, 1930-1936Postcards; graduation and wedding invitations; letters from Dora Barbour Stevenson's relatives, from life insurance companies, and from an engraving company; and a copy of the financial report of R.I. Wallace's will. |
| Folder 9 |
Correspondence and business documents, 1937Wedding invitations, letters and cards from Dora Barbour Stevenson's friends and relatives, and several postmarked solicitations and advertisements. |
| Folder 10 |
Correspondence and financial documents, 1938-1939Letters from Dora Barbour Stevenson's relatives addressed to her and her husband, J.E. Stevenson, regarding financial matters. Also included is a mortgage contract for J.E. Stevenson and letters from life insurance companies. |
| Folder 11 |
Correspondence and financial documents, 1943-1971 and undatedLetters from Dora Barbour Stevenson's relatives and savings and loan information. |