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Size | 123 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 35500 items) |
Abstract | Pierce & Company, dry goods, lumber, fertilizer, and cotton enterprises owned by the Wyche family of Columbus County, N.C., 1897-1990. Family members served on local school boards, as postmasters, and on the Wake Forest College Board of Trustees. They administered timber deeds, tenant houses, real estate transfers, and estates. They were early stockholders in the Columbus County Farmers' Alliance and expressed interest in early fertilizers and new technologies for cotton ginning, lumber processing, and shipping. They contributed widely to the economic life in their area, often arranging crop liens with local farmers, collecting debts, and working with other local companies. This collection consists of almost 400 cash books, day books, ledgers, bank deposit books, lumber account books, inventory books, and miscellaneous account books that record the financial activities of various stores and business enterprises owned by Pierce & Company. Also included are letters, legal contracts and credit records, federal regulation documents, transfers, taxes, payroll records, and school board, college trustee, and post office papers that document the scope of Pierce & Company enterprises and the impact of company partners on Columbus County institutions. The Addition of 2016 contains account books for a society known as The Brotherhood, records for the Hebron Farmer's Alliance No. 438, and account books and papers for Pierce & Company. Papers include correspondence, clippings, invoices, and a few others records documenting the company's business transactions. |
Creator | Pierce & Company. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Lu Ann Jones, May 1994; Mary Jane Aldrich-Moodie, May 1995; Christopher Ryland, June 1995
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Updated by: Amelia W. Holmes, August 2016; Laura Hart, February 2020; Nancy Kaiser, March 2021
Back to TopThe 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.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
In the late 1890s, Henry Wyche pooled resources with S. Worth Pierce, Vance Pierce, and James E. Thompson to start Pierce & Company, dry-goods merchants, in the Redbug community of Columbus County, N.C. Company headquarters moved in 1908 to Hallsboro, N.C., where a new store was built closer to the railroad. In 1913, Pierce & Company entered into the lumber business. On 1 April 1917, the company mill burned, but it was soon replaced by a larger facility. At different times, Pierce & Company operated stores at Redbug, Hallsboro, Freeman, Acme, and Delco.
In March 1921, J. E. Thompson withdrew as a partner in the company. The property was divided, and the Wyche family built a new planing mill and saw mills. Around this time, James Wyche and Worth Pierce built and moved into a new two-story, brick store in Hallsboro.
During the 1930s, Pierce & Company weathered hard times and worked hard to comply with new social security laws and workers' compensation policies. The company also played a role in supplying the local Works Project Administration with work. During and immediately following World War II, Pierce & Company complied with wartime rations and price regulations. It supplied lumber to different branches of the United States military and to the American Red Cross.
The Redbug store operated until the early 1960s. In the 1960s, when it became cheaper to buy dressed lumber than process it from standing timber, Pierce & Company closed its lumber business. The Freeman store, which dealt in general merchandise and farm supplies, and a similar Delco store, originally located in Acme and offering fewer farm supplies, closed in 1985.
In 1990, Pierce & Company changed hands. The successor to the original firm was renamed Wyche & Company.
Members of the Wyche family were active in their communities. They were early stockholders in the Columbus County Farmers' Alliance. They served on local school boards, as postmasters, and on the boards of trustees at Wake Forest College, Southeastern Community College, and Campbell University. They administered timber deeds, tenant houses, real estate transfers, and estates. Family members were early stockholders in the Columbus County Farmers' Alliance and expressed interest in early fertilizers and new technologies for cotton ginning, lumber processing, and shipping. They contributed widely to the economic life in their area, often arranging crop liens with local farmers, collecting debts, and working with other local companies.
Back to TopVolumes include cash books, day books, ledgers, bank deposit books, lumber account books, inventory books, and miscellaneous account books that document the financial activities of various stores and business enterprises owned by Pierce & Company.
Other materials include correspondence, legal contracts and credit records, federal regulation documents, fertilizer and lumber records, invoices, merchandise transfers, taxes, payroll records, and school board, college trustee, and post office papers that show the scope of Pierce & Company enterprises and the impact of company partners on Columbus county institutions.
The Addition of 2016 contains account books for a society known as The Brotherhood, records for the Hebron Farmer's Alliance No. 438, and account books and papers for Pierce & Company. Papers include correspondence, clippings, invoices, and a few others records documenting the company's business transactions.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Cash books, day books, ledgers and ledger pages, bank deposit books, lumber account books, inventory books, and miscellaneous account books documenting the financial activities of the various stores and business enterprises owned by Pierce & Company. See interview with Cyril James Wyche for an explanation of record keeping in cash books, day books, and ledgers.
Arrangement: chronological.
Cashbooks, 1900-1979, providing daily records of cash received from merchandise sales. They also list cashed checks and bank deposits. Note that Volume 177 in Subseries 1.3 includes cashbook accounts for August 1904-December 1905.
Arrangement: chronological.
Daybooks, 1900-1974, showing daily listings of cash and merchandise charged by customers on their store accounts. Later volumes list employee merchandise discounts and federal and state income tax withholdings. Note that Volume 176 is atypical in that it is organized by months.
Arrangement: by type, then chronological.
Arrangement: chronological.
Ledgers, 1898-1959, providing itemized listings of account charges by individuals and business patrons. Much of this information was transferred from daybooks. The ledgers give an excellent sense of the scope of Pierce & Co. business and its significance for the local community.
Early ledgers include public school accounts, information about shingle stock, crop liens and mortgage deeds, freight accounts, cotton gin accounts, store accounts, Columbus County Convict Camp accounts, Farmers' Alliance accounts, soda fountain accounts, fertilizer accounts, farm accounts, merchandise accounts, and records of fur sales. Note that volumes 189b, 190b, and 192e include lumber records.
Ledgers are either indexed at the beginning of each volume or arranged alphabetically by patrons' last names. See the inside front cover of Volume 179 for 1907 and 1908 state licenses to deal in fireworks.
Arrangement: chronological, then alphabetical.
Ledger pages, 1920-1941 and 1951-1962, containing information equivalent in style and content to that found in the bound volumes. Records from the 1950s and 1960s refer to charged items by code rather than full names.
Arrangement: chronological.
Bank deposit books, 1952-1957 and 1960-1963, showing daily listings of checks deposited to Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company.
Arrangement: chronological.
Lumber records, 1919-1964, including account books (see volumes 194a, 194c, 195a, 196, 197; 199b, and 201b), a ledger of expenses (Volume 195c), invoices for sales and shipments to companies (Volume SV-4614/194d), payroll records (Volumes 194b, 195b), and employee time books (Volumes 198, 199a, 200, 200a, and 202) that pertain to Pierce & Company's lumber enterprises.
Oversized account books are indexed inside the front cover of each volume and include listings of lumber orders received and shipped; destination of lumber sales by state; local cash sales of lumber; inventories of rough and finished timber in stock yard; amount of lumber hauled in and bought; costs and total expenses for hauling, sawing, planing, and kiln drying; and Southern Pine Association minimum prices. Volume 196 also lists the starting dates of employees with uninterrupted work records. Volume 197 opens with a brief history of Pierce & Company dealings in lumber, including yearly totals, 1922-1954, of lumber sawed, bought, and sold. Note that several pages in the lumber account books are devoted to fertilizers. See Subseries 1.3, 1.7, and 2.5 for additional lumber records.
Folder 273 |
Volume 194a. 1919-1920. |
Folder 274-275
Folder 274Folder 275 |
Folder numbers not used |
Oversize Volume SV-4614/194b |
Volume 194b. 1923-1930. |
Oversize Volume SV-4614/194c |
Volume 194c. 1929-1933. |
Oversize Volume SV-4614/194d |
Volume 194d. 1922-1938. |
Oversize Volume SV-4614/195a |
Volume 195a. 1933-1940. |
Oversize Volume SV-4614/195b |
Volume 195b. 1934-1942. |
Oversize Volume SV-4614/195c |
Volume 195c. 1934-1949. |
Oversize Volume SV-4614/196 |
Volume 196. 1941-1950. |
Oversize Volume SV-4614/197 |
Volume 197. 1951-1957. |
Folder 276 |
Volume 198. January 1960-April 1961. |
Volume 199a. May-December 1960. |
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Folder 277 |
Volume 199b. January 1961-June 1962. |
Folder 278 |
Volume 200. May 1961-June 1962. |
Volume 201a. July 1962-October 1963. |
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Folder 279 |
Volume 201b. January 1961-February 1964. |
Folder 280 |
Volume 202. November 1963-April 1964. |
Arrangement: chronological.
Itemized inventories of store merchandise, 1929 and 1947-1975, with quantities and cash values of each item. Merchandise includes dry goods, groceries, hardware, tobacco, furniture, cosmetics, drug sundries, wrist watches, kitchen items, foot wear, radios, cleaning materials, office supplies, gasoline, firearms, farm supplies, auto parts, and toys. Note that Volume 203 also contains customer account information.
Arrangement: chronological.
Account books of various types, including sales ledgers 1908-1960 (Volumes 276, 277b, 280b, 282; 292a, 296a, 298b, 298d, and 298k), trial balances 1920-1964 (Volumes 280a, 281, 282, 283, 284a, 284b, 285a, 285b, 288b, 288c, 294; and 296b), miscellaneous cashbooks 1917-1960 (Volumes 278, 279a; and 291), inventories and analyses of accounts 1910-1990 (Volumes 277b, 282, 284b, 285a, 298, 298c, 298e, 298i, and 298m), supplier ledgers 1920-1989 (Volumes 280a, 285b, 294, 296b, 298h, and 298l), payroll records 1926-1974 (Volumes 282, 285c, 288c, 293, 295, and 297b), miscellaneous cotton and timber accounts 1910-1950 (Volumes 277b, 278, 279a, 279b, 279c, 280b, 282, 284b, and 288), volumes pertaining to state and federal taxes 1922-1961 (Volumes 286a, 287b, 288c, 289a-289b, 290, and 292b), bankbooks 1917-1947 (Volumes 277a and 285d), farmer's accounts 1922-1953 (Volumes 280b, 286b, 287a), insurance policy records 1922-1953 (Volume 280b), a restricted bad debt book 1963-1968 (Volume 297a), and general ledger containing miscellaneous records 1983-1987 (Volumes 298f-298g and 298j).
Note that many volumes contain more than one type of record. Volume 288a includes a 1940 government map showing acreage of the Gore Farm.
Volume 297a is closed until 1 January 2045.
Correspondence, legal contracts and credit records, federal regulation documents, fertilizer and lumber records, invoices, merchandise transfers, taxes, payroll records, and school board, college trustee, and post office papers that document the scope of Pierce & Company enterprises and the role of company partners in Columbus County institutions.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Pierce & Company correspondence, 1897-1949, with wholesale suppliers, shippers, credit agencies, cotton merchants, government agencies, banks, and insurance, farming, and lumber associations. Most letters relate to orders for large ticket items, including machinery and parts, but a significant amount of correspondence is with cotton brokers responsible for selling Pierce & Company cotton. Often architectural drawings, price lists, bank statements, credit ratings, invoices, advertisements, newsletters, reports, and insurance claims appear interfiled with correspondence. A small number of folders refer to government restrictions during World War I and II.
Materials in this series give a good sense of Pierce & Company's scope and role in the economic development of Hallsboro, from the recruitment of settlers and administration of real estate to recommendations for bus service and bridge building and participation in a program to protect local forests from fire. The Wyche family were early stockholders in the Columbus County Farmers' Alliance and bought out its Hebron property in the mid 1940s.
Correspondence also documents changing business conditions in the first half of the 20th century. These include technologies for cotton ginning, lumber processing and shipping, bank closures during the Depression, and increasing concern for employee protection from industrial accidents.
Arrangement: by type, then alphabetical.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Subject files, 1911-1952, including lists of records from local county courts; documents pertaining to bankruptcy proceedings against various companies and collection suits brought by Pierce & Company customers; credit slips recording individuals' debts to Pierce & Company; loan settlements with local farmers; and Pierce & Company financial statements filled with credit agencies. Financial statements show the fiscal health of Pierce & Company and include details about partners, assets and liabilities, property values, gross annual sales, salaries, number of employees, fire insurance, and trade references.
Note that original folder titles have been retained.
Folder 444 |
Bradstreet's Court and Credit Reports, 1931-1933. |
Folder 445 |
Collections, suits, 1929-1938. |
Folder 446 |
Credit slips, 1921-1938. |
Folder 447 |
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., 1939-1941. |
Folder 448-450
Folder 448Folder 449Folder 450 |
Financial statements and dealings with credit agencies, 1911-1948. |
Folder 451 |
Loans, paid, 1924-1938. |
Folder 452 |
Lumbermen's Credit Association, 1928-1952. |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Legal notes, 1918-1951, for agricultural liens and timber contracts between Pierce & Company and local farmers and landholders. Documents are filed by the debtor's or landholder's last name. Folder 453 also contains lists from 1925 of crop liens and mortgages deposited as collateral on a Pierce & Company loan from the Bank of Whiteville.
Folder 453 |
B |
Folder 454 |
C |
Folder 455 |
D |
Folder 456 |
E |
Folder 457 |
F |
Folder 458 |
G |
Folder 459 |
H |
Folder 460 |
J |
Folder 461 |
K |
Folder 462 |
L |
Folder 463 |
M |
Folder 464 |
N |
Folder 465 |
P |
Folder 466 |
R |
Folder 467 |
S |
Folder 468 |
T |
Folder 469 |
W |
Folder 470 |
Y |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Estate papers; documents from the 1921 division of Pierce & Company; correspondence with the Federal Land Bank and Farm Credit Administration; correspondence, contracts, and logging lists for tracts of lumber; papers pertaining to tenant houses; rent agreements; and materials relating to the administration of D. M. Flynn's property. Almost half of the items in this series pertain to the Mary E. Wyche estate.
Note that original folder titles have been retained.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Credit reports, 1916-1952, chiefly showing the financial status of Pierce & Company business customers. Most ratings apply to wholesale lumber and building suppliers. Reports and scattered correspondence are filed alphabetically by companies' names.
Folder 497 |
A |
Folder 498 |
B |
Folder 499 |
C |
Folder 500 |
D, E, F |
Folder 501 |
G, H, I |
Folder 502 |
J, K, L |
Folder 503 |
M |
Folder 504 |
N, O, P, Q |
Folder 505 |
R |
Folder 506 |
S |
Folder 507 |
T, U, V |
Folder 508 |
W, X, Y, Z |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Letters and documents relating to price regulations and government procedures during and after World War II. Note that lumber files sometimes overlap with items in subseries 2.5.1.
Note that original folder titles have been retained.
Arrangement: by type, then chronological.
Arrangement: chronological.
Price lists, 1933-1941, documenting Pierce & Company charges for cash, time, and bulk sales of fertilizer; fertilizer credit applications, 1956-1964 and 1966, show farmers' name, location, quantity and type of fertilizer for each crop, total amount owed to Pierce & Company, and security offered on the loan.
Credit application folders are arranged alphabetically by farmers' last names.
Folder 556 |
Price Lists, 1933-1941. |
Folder 557-558
Folder 557Folder 558 |
Credit Applications, 1956. |
Folder 559-560
Folder 559Folder 560 |
Credit Applications, 1957. |
Folder 561-562
Folder 561Folder 562 |
Credit Applications, 1958. |
Folder 563-564
Folder 563Folder 564 |
Credit Applications, 1959. |
Folder 565-566
Folder 565Folder 566 |
Credit Applications, 1960. |
Folder 567-568
Folder 567Folder 568 |
Credit Applications, 1961. |
Folder 569-571
Folder 569Folder 570Folder 571 |
Credit Applications, 1962. |
Folder 572-573
Folder 572Folder 573 |
Credit Applications, 1963. |
Folder 574-575
Folder 574Folder 575 |
Credit Applications, 1964. |
Folder 576-577
Folder 576Folder 577 |
Credit Applications, 1966. |
Arrangement: chronological.
Fertilizer receipt books, 1951-1982, documenting orders for fertilizer delivery and application. These volumes have been sampled for every fifth year--1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1976 (records for 1977 were missing), and 1982.
Note that custom work and liquid fertilizer sales were recorded in separate receipt books and are indicated by a "*" after the date in this listing.
Arrangement: by type, then alphabetical and/or chronological..
See Subseries 1.5; 1.7; 2.1; 2.2.2; 2.2.3; 2.2.4; 2.3; and 2.8.3 for additional lumber records.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Subject files, 1922-1951, including correspondence, invoices, inventories, price and shipping lists, and industry reports pertaining to Pierce & Company lumber enterprises. Most letters, invoices, and related materials refer to business dealings with building supply companies, wholesale lumber companies, and government agencies. Papers from the early 1940s document the sale of lumber to Work Projects Administration projects, different branches of the United States military, and the American Red Cross.
Many of the price lists are bound with string and duplicate papers in similarly titled folders.
Note that original folder titles have been retained.
Arrangement: chronological.
Invoices, 1951-1952 and 1957-1959, tallying Pierce & Company purchases of green lumber.
Folder 716-717
Folder 716Folder 717 |
1951: February |
Folder 718-720
Folder 718Folder 719Folder 720 |
1951: March |
Folder 721-722
Folder 721Folder 722 |
1951: April |
Folder 723-724
Folder 723Folder 724 |
1951: May |
Folder 725 |
1951: June |
Folder 726 |
1951: July |
Folder 727 |
1951: August |
Folder 728 |
1951: September |
Folder 729 |
1951: October |
Folder 730-731
Folder 730Folder 731 |
1951: November |
Folder 732-733
Folder 732Folder 733 |
1951: December |
Folder 734-735
Folder 734Folder 735 |
1952: January |
Folder 736-737
Folder 736Folder 737 |
1952: February |
Folder 738-739
Folder 738Folder 739 |
1952: March |
Folder 740-741
Folder 740Folder 741 |
1952: April |
Folder 742-743
Folder 742Folder 743 |
1952: May |
Folder 744-745
Folder 744Folder 745 |
1952: June |
Folder 746 |
1952: July |
Folder 747 |
1952: August |
Folder 748 |
1952: September |
Folder 749-750
Folder 749Folder 750 |
1952: October |
Folder 751-752
Folder 751Folder 752 |
1952: November |
Folder 753-755
Folder 753Folder 754Folder 755 |
1952: December |
Folder 756 |
1957: January |
Folder 757 |
1957: February |
Folder 758 |
1957: March |
Folder 759 |
1957: April |
Folder 760-761
Folder 760Folder 761 |
1957: May |
Folder 762 |
1957: June |
Folder 763 |
1957: July |
Folder 764 |
1957: August |
Folder 765 |
1957: September |
Folder 766 |
1957: October |
Folder 767-768
Folder 767Folder 768 |
1957: November |
Folder 769 |
1957: December |
Folder 770-771
Folder 770Folder 771 |
1958: January |
Folder 772 |
1958: February |
Folder 773 |
1958: March |
Folder 774 |
1958: April |
Folder 775-776
Folder 775Folder 776 |
1958: May |
Folder 777-778
Folder 777Folder 778 |
1958: June |
Folder 779 |
1958: July |
Folder 780-781
Folder 780Folder 781 |
1958: August |
Folder 782 |
1958: September |
Folder 783-784
Folder 783Folder 784 |
1958: October |
Folder 785-786
Folder 785Folder 786 |
1958: November |
Folder 787 |
1958: December |
Folder 788-789
Folder 788Folder 789 |
1959: January |
Folder 790 |
1959: February |
Folder 791 |
1959: March |
Folder 792-793
Folder 792Folder 793 |
1959: April |
Folder 794 |
1959: May |
Folder 795-796
Folder 795Folder 796 |
1959: June |
Folder 797 |
1959: July |
Folder 798 |
1959: August |
Folder 799-800
Folder 799Folder 800 |
1959: September |
Folder 801 |
1959: October |
Folder 802 |
1959: November |
Folder 803-804
Folder 803Folder 804 |
1959: December |
Arrangement: chronological and alphabetical.
Sales receipts, 1956-1961, documenting purchases, sales, and shipping of green and cured lumber, building materials, and miscellaneous farm supplies. Customers include individuals, schools, and businesses.
Note that original folder titles have been retained.
Folder 805 |
1956: A |
Folder 806-807
Folder 806Folder 807 |
1956: B |
Folder 808-809
Folder 808Folder 809 |
1956: Council Tool Co. |
Folder 810 |
1956: C |
Folder 811 |
1956: D |
Folder 812 |
1956: E |
Folder 813 |
1956: F |
Folder 814 |
1956: G |
Folder 815-816
Folder 815Folder 816 |
1956: H |
Folder 817 |
1956: I |
Folder 818 |
1956: J |
Folder 819 |
1956: K |
Folder 820 |
1956: Lewis-Brady Builders Supply |
Folder 821 |
1956: L |
Folder 822 |
1956: M |
Folder 823 |
1956: Mc |
Folder 824 |
1956: Leslie Newsome |
Folder 825 |
1956: N |
Folder 826 |
1956: O |
Folder 827 |
1956: Pierce & Co. Mills and Farms |
Folder 829 |
1956: Pierce-Wyche & Co. |
Folder 830-831
Folder 830Folder 831 |
1956: P |
Folder 832 |
1956: J. A. Reeves |
Folder 833 |
1956: W. M. Ritter Lumber Co. |
Folder 834 |
1956: R |
Folder 835 |
1956: Schools |
Folder 836-837
Folder 836Folder 837 |
1956: S |
Folder 838 |
1956: Kent Thurston |
Folder 839 |
1956: Townsend Builders Supply Co. |
Folder 840 |
1956: T |
Folder 841 |
1956: U |
Folder 842 |
1956: V |
Folder 843-844
Folder 843Folder 844 |
1956: W |
Folder 845 |
1956: X, Y, Z |
Folder 846 |
1957: A |
Folder 847-848
Folder 847Folder 848 |
1957: B |
Folder 849 |
1957: Council Tool Co. |
Folder 850 |
1957: C |
Folder 851 |
1957: D |
Folder 852 |
1957: E |
Folder 853 |
1957: F |
Folder 854 |
1957: G |
Folder 855 |
1957: H |
Folder 856 |
1957: I |
Folder 857 |
1957: J |
Folder 858 |
1957: K |
Folder 859 |
1957: Lewis-Brady Builders Supply |
Folder 860a |
1957: L |
Folder 860b |
1957: M |
Folder 861 |
1957: Mc |
Folder 862 |
1957: Leslie Newsome |
Folder 863 |
1957: N |
Folder 864 |
1957: O |
Folder 865 |
1957: J. M. Parker & Son, Supply, N.C. |
Folder 866 |
1957: Pierce & Co. Mills and Farms |
Folder 867 |
1957: Pierce-Wyche & Co. |
Folder 868 |
1957: P |
Folder 869 |
1957: W. M. Ritter Lumber Co. |
Folder 870 |
1957: R |
Folder 871 |
1957: Schools |
Folder 872-873
Folder 872Folder 873 |
1957: S |
Folder 874 |
1957: Kent Thurston |
Folder 875 |
1957: T |
Folder 876 |
1957: U and V |
Folder 877-878
Folder 877Folder 878 |
1957: W |
Folder 879 |
1957: X, Y, Z |
Folder 880-881
Folder 880Folder 881 |
1958: A |
Folder 882-883
Folder 882Folder 883 |
1958: B |
Folder 884 |
1958: Council Tool Co. |
Folder 885-886
Folder 885Folder 886 |
1958: C |
Folder 887 |
1958: Dixie Lumber Co. |
Folder 888 |
1958: D |
Folder 889 |
1958: E |
Folder 890 |
1958: F |
Folder 891 |
1958: G |
Folder 892 |
1958: H |
Folder 893 |
1958: I and J |
Folder 894 |
1958: E. B. Kearns Lumber Co. |
Folder 895 |
1958: K |
Folder 896 |
1958: Lewis-Brady Builders Supply |
Folder 897 |
1958: Lumber & Molding Bought from Other Mills |
Folder 898 |
1958: L |
Folder 899 |
1958: M |
Folder 900 |
1958: Mc |
Folder 901 |
1958: Leslie Newsome |
Folder 902 |
1958: N |
Folder 903 |
1958: O |
Folder 904 |
1958: J. M. Parker & Son, Supply, N.C. |
Folder 905 |
1958: Pierce & Co. Mills and Farms |
Folder 906 |
1958: Pierce-Wyche & Co. |
Folder 907 |
1958: P |
Folder 908 |
1958: W. M. Ritter Lumber Co. |
Folder 909 |
1958: R |
Folder 910-911
Folder 910Folder 911 |
1958: Sager-Redford Lumber Co. |
Folder 912 |
1958: Schools |
Folder 913 |
1958: Stephens Builders Supply |
Folder 914-915
Folder 914Folder 915 |
1958: S |
Folder 916 |
1958: Truck & Freight Bills |
Folder 917-918
Folder 917Folder 918 |
1958: T |
Folder 919 |
1958: U and V |
Folder 920-921
Folder 920Folder 921 |
1958: W |
Folder 922 |
Y |
Folder 923 |
1959: A |
Folder 924-925
Folder 924Folder 925 |
1959: B |
Folder 926 |
1959: Council Tool Co. |
Folder 927 |
1959: C |
Folder 928 |
1959: Dixie Lumber Co. |
Folder 929 |
1959: D |
Folder 930 |
1959: E |
Folder 931-932
Folder 931Folder 932 |
1959: F |
Folder 933 |
1959: G |
Folder 934 |
1959: H |
Folder 935 |
1959: I and J |
Folder 936 |
1959: E. B. Kearns Lumber Co. |
Folder 937 |
1959: K |
Folder 938 |
1959: Lewis-Brady Builders Supply |
Folder 939 |
1959: Lumber Bought from Other Mills |
Folder 940 |
1959: L |
Folder 941 |
1959: M |
Folder 942 |
1959: Mc |
Folder 943 |
1959: Leslie Newsome |
Folder 944 |
1959: N |
Folder 945 |
1959: O |
Folder 946 |
1959: J. M. Parker & Son, Supply, N.C. |
Folder 947a |
1959: Pierce & Co. Mills and Farms |
Folder 947b |
1959: Pierce-Wyche & Co. |
Folder 948 |
1959: P |
Folder 949 |
1959: W. M. Ritter Lumber Co. |
Folder 950-951
Folder 950Folder 951 |
1959: R |
Folder 952 |
1959: Sager-Redford Lumber Co. |
Folder 953 |
1959: Schools |
Folder 954 |
1959: Stevens Builders Supply |
Folder 955-956
Folder 955Folder 956 |
1959: S |
Folder 958-959
Folder 958Folder 959 |
1959: T |
Folder 960 |
1959: V |
Folder 961-962
Folder 961Folder 962 |
1959: Wholesale Lumber Freight Bills |
Folder 963-964
Folder 963Folder 964 |
1959: W |
Folder 965 |
1959: X, Y, Z |
Folder 966 |
1960: A |
Folder 967 |
1960: Bryan Builders Supply |
Folder 968-969
Folder 968Folder 969 |
1960: B |
Folder 970 |
1960: C |
Folder 971 |
1960: D |
Folder 972 |
1960: F |
Folder 973 |
1960: Georgia-Pacific Corp. |
Folder 974 |
1960: G |
Folder 975 |
1960: H |
Folder 976 |
1960: I and J |
Folder 977 |
1960: K |
Folder 978 |
1960: Lewis-Brady Builders Supply |
Folder 979 |
1960: L |
Folder 980 |
1960: M |
Folder 981 |
1960: Mc |
Folder 982 |
1960: Leslie Newsome Builders Supply Co. |
Folder 983 |
1960: N |
Folder 984 |
1960: O |
Folder 985 |
1960: J. M. Parker & Sons, Supply, N.C. |
Folder 986 |
1960: Pierce & Co. Mills and Farms |
Folder 987 |
1960: Pierce-Wyche & Co. |
Folder 988 |
1960: P |
Folder 989 |
1960: W. M. Ritter Lumber Co. |
Folder 990 |
1960: R |
Folder 991 |
1960: Schools |
Folder 992 |
1960: Stephens Builders Supply |
Folder 993 |
1960: S |
Folder 994 |
1960: T |
Folder 995 |
1960: V |
Folder 996 |
1960: Whiteville Building Supplies |
Folder 997-998
Folder 997Folder 998 |
1960: W |
Folder 999 |
1960: X, Y, Z |
Folder 1000 |
1961: A |
Folder 1001 |
1961: Bryan Builders Supply |
Folder 1002 |
1961: B |
Folder 1003 |
1961: Council Tool Co. |
Folder 1004 |
1961: C |
Folder 1005 |
1961: D |
Folder 1006 |
1961: E |
Folder 1007 |
1961: F |
Folder 1008 |
1961: Georgia-Pacific Corp. |
Folder 1009 |
1961: G |
Folder 1010 |
1961: H and I |
Folder 1011 |
1961: J and K |
Folder 1012 |
1961: L and M |
Folder 1013 |
1961: Mc |
Folder 1014 |
1961: Leslie Newsome Builders Supply Co. |
Folder 1015 |
1961: N |
Folder 1016 |
1961: O |
Folder 1017 |
1961: J. M. Parker & Sons, Supply, N.C. |
Folder 1018 |
1961: Pierce & Co. Mills and Farms |
Folder 1019 |
1961: Pierce-Wyche & Co. |
Folder 1020 |
1961: P |
Folder 1021 |
1961: R |
Folder 1022 |
1961: Schools |
Folder 1023 |
1961: Stephens Builders Supply |
Folder 1024 |
1961: S |
Folder 1025 |
1961: T |
Folder 1026 |
1961: U and V |
Folder 1027 |
1961: Whiteville Building Supplies |
Folder 1028 |
1961: W |
Folder 1029 |
1961: X, Y, Z |
Arrangement: chronological; alphabetical within year or decade.
Invoices, 1940-1975, tracing items purchased and prices paid for groceries, dry goods, candy, drugs, hardware, building and farm supplies, machinery, furniture, automotive and electric appliance supplies, and insurance. Also included are miscellaneous letters about orders and customer account statements.
Used in tandem with the inventory books and other volumes, a sample of invoices across the decades should give a good portrait of changing store stock, changing tastes and consumer demands, and trends in suppliers and prices.
After the 1940s, invoices have been sampled for every fifth year--1950, 1956 (records missing for 1955), 1960, 1965, 1970, 1976 (incomplete records for 1975).
Note that the original alphabetical and chronological arrangement has been retained.
Arrangement: by store name, then chronological.
Receipts of general merchandise transfers, 1940-1983, between Pierce & Company's Hallsboro headquarters and its Delco, Freeman, and Redbug stores.
Folder 1741 |
Delco, 1975-1981. |
Folder 1742 |
Delco, 1981-1983. |
Folder 1743 |
Freeman, 1969-1970. |
Folder 1744 |
Freeman, 1975-1977. |
Folder 1745 |
Freeman, 1977-1979. |
Folder 1746 |
Freeman, 1979. |
Folder 1747 |
Redbug, 1940-1949. |
Folder 1748 |
Redbug, 1950-1960 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Completed forms for and correspondence about North Carolina real estate and personal property taxes, 1919-1943, and copies of submitted state sales and use tax reports, 1953-1972. These records give a sense of Pierce & Company profits and partners' assets.
Folder 1749 |
Tax Lists, 1919-1925. |
Folder 1750 |
Tax Lists, 1926-1929. |
Folder 1751 |
Tax Lists, 1930-1932. |
Folder 1752 |
Tax Lists, 1933-1934. |
Folder 1753 |
Tax Lists, 1935. |
Folder 1754 |
Tax Lists, 1936. |
Folder 1755 |
Tax Lists, 1937. |
Folder 1756 |
Tax Lists, 1938. |
Folder 1757 |
Tax Lists, 1939. |
Folder 1758 |
Tax Lists, 1940. |
Folder 1759 |
Tax Lists, 1941. |
Folder 1760 |
Tax Lists, 1942. |
Folder 1761 |
Tax Lists, 1943. |
Folder 1762 |
Sales Tax Reports, 1953-1955. |
Folder 1763 |
Sales Tax Reports, 1956-1958. |
Folder 1764 |
Sales Tax Reports, 1959-1960. |
Folder 1765 |
Sales Tax Reports, 1961-1963. |
Folder 1766 |
Sales Tax Reports, 1964-1966. |
Folder 1767 |
Sales Tax Reports, 1967-1970. |
Folder 1768 |
Sales Tax Reports, 1971-1972. |
Arrangement: by type, then alphabetical or chronological.
Arrangement: alphabetical by last name.
Employees' earnings ledger sheets, 1937-1966. Folders are arranged alphabetically by employees' last names.
Folder 1769 |
A |
Folder 1770 |
B |
Folder 1771 |
C |
Folder 1772 |
D-E |
Folder 1773 |
F |
Folder 1774 |
G-I |
Folder 1775 |
J-L |
Folder 1776 |
M |
Folder 1777 |
N-P |
Folder 1778 |
R |
Folder 1779 |
S |
Folder 1780 |
T-Y |
Arrangement: chronological.
Payroll receipt books, 1944-1946, 1948-1950, and 1964-1984, documenting hourly wages and take-home pay after withholdings.
Folder 1781 |
February-August, 1944. |
Folder 1782 |
September 1944-March 1945. |
Folder 1783 |
March-November 1945. |
Folder 1784 |
November 1945-May 1946. |
Folder 1785 |
June-December 1946. |
Folder 1786 |
October 1948-January 1949. |
Folder 1787 |
February-May 1949. |
Folder 1788 |
June-November 1949. |
Folder 1789 |
November 1949-February 1950. |
Folder 1790 |
February-July 1950. |
Folder 1791 |
January 1964-December 1973. |
Folder 1792 |
December 1973-1984. |
Arrangement: chronological.
Lumber payroll lists, 1930-1933 and 1958-1962, listing employee time or foot rate for lumber and store credit as pay.
Folder 1793 |
September 1930-October 1931. |
Folder 1794 |
November 1931-November 1932. |
Folder 1795 |
December 1932-December 1933. |
Folder 1796 |
January 1958-December 1958. |
Folder 1797 |
January 1959-December 1959. |
Folder 1798 |
January 1960-December 1960. |
Folder 1799 |
January 1961-August 1963. |
Documents relating to the Hallsboro post office and J. A. Wyche's position as postmaster, 1927-1933; correspondence about the Columbus County School Board, 1912-1940, including letters of application and recommendations for teaching and administrative positions; correspondence and other documents pertaining to J. B. Wyche's position on the Wake Forest College Board of Trustees, including building projects, the effect of World War II on college resources, and the college's relocation to Winston-Salem, 1938-1947. College materials also include correspondence about J. B. Wyche's son Benjamin Neal, correspondence with the alumni association, and a blueprint of the Wake Forest College campus.
Folder 1800 |
Hallsboro Post Office, 1927-1933 |
Folder 1801 |
Columbus County School Board 1913-1918 (correspondence with teachers) |
Folder 1802 |
Columbus County School Board 1912-1919. |
Folder 1803 |
Columbus County School Board 1919-1920. |
Folder 1804 |
Columbus County School Board 1920-1921. |
Folder 1805 |
Columbus County School Board 1935. |
Folder 1806-1807
Folder 1806Folder 1807 |
Columbus County School Board 1936. |
Folder 1806 |
Columbus County School Board 1937. |
Folder 1808 |
Columbus County School Board 1938. |
Folder 1809 |
Columbus County School Board 1940. |
Folder 1810 |
Wake Forest College 1938-1941. |
Folder 1811 |
Wake Forest College 1942-1947. |
Interview of Cyril James Wyche, conducted by Lu Ann Jones in July 1994, in which Wyche discusses the history of Pierce & Company.
Folder 1812 |
Typed transcription of interview |
Audiocassette C-4614/1-2
C-4614/1C-4614/2 |
Cyril James Wyche interview by Lu Ann Jones, 22 July 1994 |
The Addition of 2016 contains account books for a society known as The Brotherhood, records for the Hebron Farmer's Alliance No. 438, and account books and papers for Pierce & Company. Papers include correspondence, clippings, invoices, and a few others records documenting the company's business transactions.
Access Restriction: In 2016, the donor withdrew the Pierce & Company account book, 1898-1900 (folder 1820). This item is no longer accessible for research or duplication of any type.
Folder 1813 |
The Brotherhood account book, 1904-1906 |
Folder 1814 |
The Brotherhood account book, 1961-1965 |
Folder 1815 |
The Brotherhood account book: Enclosures, 1961-1965 |
Folder 1816 |
The Brotherhood: By-Laws, Lists of Members, and Records, 1905-1945By-laws document a society in which members paid one dollar to a member's spouse or next-of-kin upon the member's death. Bylaws specify members be white men, ages 18-65, who were not considered "drunkards." |
Folder 1817 |
The Brotherhood: By-Laws, Lists of Members, and Records: Enclosures, 1905-1945 |
Folder 1818-1819
Folder 1818Folder 1819 |
Hebron Farmer's Alliance No. 438 records, 1891-1947Includes legal documents, membership certificates, payment receipts and member accounts, estate sale records, and bank records. |
Folder 1820 |
Pierce & Company account book, 1898-1900Access Restriction: In 2016, the donor withdrew the Pierce & Company account book, 1898-1900 (folder 1820). This item is no longer accessible for research or duplication of any type. |
Folder 1821 |
Pierce & Company account book, 1912-1916 |
Folder 1822 |
Pierce & Company account book, 1950 |
Folder 1823 |
Pierce & Company papers, 1903-2003Includes correspondence, clippings, legal contracts and credit records, federal regulation documents, fertilizer and lumber records, invoices, and merchandise transfers. |