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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items) |
Abstract | Alice Eley Jones is a writer and historian specializing in North Carolina and African American history. She taught history at North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C., 1987-1992. In 1992, she began a history consulting business called Historically Speaking and, in 2002, began a publishing company, Minnie Troy Publishers. In 2002, Jones wrote a book called Hertford County, North Carolina for Arcadia Publishing's Black America Series. The book is about the history of Hertford County, its Native American Meherrin tribe roots and African American heritage. The collection includes materials collected by Alice Eley Jones for Hertford County, North Carolina. They chiefly concern Ahoskie, Winton, and Murfreesboro, N.C. Articles, souvenir church programs, and other materials provide information on prominent Hertford County African Americans, including Calvin S. Brown, Dr. Dudley E. Flood, Howard Hunter, Jr., the Reverend George T. Rouson, artist Wilbur Homer Rouson, and members of the Jones family. |
Creator | Jones, Alice Eley. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English |
Processed by: Nathalie Wheaton, September 2004
Encoded by: Nathalie Wheaton, September 2004
Updated by: Amy Morgan and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2019
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Alice Eley Jones of Murfreesboro, N.C., is a writer and historian, specializing in North Carolina and African American history. She taught history at North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C., from 1987 to 1992. In 1992, she began a history consulting business called Historically Speaking and, in 2002, began a publishing company, Minnie Troy Publishers. In 2002, Jones's book Hertford County, North Carolina was released. Jones collected much material for that book, requesting that anyone with materials relating to the county contribute them for archival preservation. Her other major works include the 2004 publications Within the Hope Plantation Household: A Cultural History of Bertie County 1550-1828 and Carpentry and Woodworking Tools of Hope Plantation.
Back to TopThe collection includes materials collected by writer and historian Alice Eley Jones of Murfreesboro, N.C., for her book Hertford County, North Carolina for Arcadia Publishing's Black America Series. The book is about the history of Hertford County, N.C., its Native American Meherrin tribe roots and African American heritage. The materials mostly concern Ahoskie, N.C., Winton, N.C., and Murfreesboro, N.C. Articles, souvenir church programs, and other materials provide information on prominent Hertford County African Americans, including Calvin S. Brown, Dr. Dudley E. Flood, Representative Howard Hunter, Jr., the Reverend George T. Rouson, artist Wilbur Homer Rouson, and members of the Jones family.
Back to TopLetters, books, programs, photographs, and other materials relating to Alice Eley Jones's book, Hertford County, North Carolina and materials contributed by other sources concerning the history and prominent families of Hertford County.
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Draft of Hertford County, North Carolina and related materials.Final versions of book's text and art plus related material consisting of photographs collected for use in the book, including a compact disc containing photographs of the Meherrin people of Hertford County and photograph requisition forms listing images that Jones obtained from the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Also included are letters and other materials concerning the book's content and release and a photocopy of The Scroll, Vol. I, Calvin S. Brown High School's 1949 yearbook from Winton, N.C. |
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Materials contributed by Luvenia Rouson ElliotCorrespondence between Alice Eley Jones and Luvenia Rouson Elliot; information contributed by Elliot about her father, the Reverend George T. Rouson; and a program for the 125th anniversary (1886-1991) of the First Baptist Church of Murfreesboro, N.C. |
Folder 6 |
Materials contributed by Dr. Dudley E. FloodBook written by Dudley E. Flood, "Raised by an Angel," about his life, with additional information on Winton, N.C. |
Folder 7-8
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Materials contributed by Marvin T. JonesEmail correspondence between Marvin T. Jones and Alice Eley Jones; article about the Jones family; church program for the 150th anniversary (1851-2001) of Pleasant Plains Baptist Church in Ahoskie, N.C; and program for the 2001 Jones family reunion in Ahoskie, N.C. |
Folder 9 |
Materials contributed by Gordy Jordan"They Still Live with Us ... the Meherrins," an article about the Meherrin tribe of North Carolina and program for the 100th anniversary (1851-1951) of Pleasant Plains Baptist Church of Ahoskie, N.C. |
Folder 10-11
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Materials contributed by Wilbur Homer RousonLetter and related materials about the artist Wilbur Homer Rouson; articles and related materials about other prominent African Americans of Hertford County, including Representative Howard Hunter, Jr., Jacob Ruffin, Jr., Calvin Hall, the Reverend George T. Rouson, Dr. Roy D. Flood, Sr.; and program for the 115th anniversary (1866-1981) of Mill Neck Baptist Church in Como, N.C. |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100006
Items separated include a compact disc containing pictures (DCD-5160/1).
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