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Size | 7.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2300 items) |
Abstract | The Richard B. Lupton Papers, 1838-2022, chiefly document the Luptons, a white family from Hyde County, N.C. Notable topics include family life and relationships, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s; Hyde County history based on personal recollections and discussions with local residents, with some description of African American experiences as understood by Lupton; school work and experiences in Hyde County and in Atlanta, Ga.; business and leisure travel to Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, and other Latin American destinations, as well as Europe; the experiences of teenage girls in the early and mid 1960s; study abroad to France in 1965; an Army sergeant's experience, 1969-1972; and library work and other topics at an integrated school during the 1970s. Materials include memoirs and other writings, correspondence, photographs, deeds, scrapbooks, song sheets, and printed materials. |
Creator | Lupton, Richard B. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Elise Allison, August 2005
Encoded by: Elise Allison, August 2005
Revisions: Nancy Kaiser, August 2017; November 2018; Dawne Howard Lucas, Rebecca Stubbs, and Laura Smith, August 2022
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Richard B. Lupton grew up in Hyde County, N.C., from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. His wife, Mildred Chastain Lupton, grew up in Atlanta, Ga. His parents were Margaret Fisher Lupton, who worked as a florist and as a school librarian, and Walter Jones Lupton, who served one term, 1965-1966, in the North Carolina General Assembly. Richard B. Lupton has published histories of Hyde County, including Hyde County (NC) land divisions in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: analyses and summaries.
Back to TopThe original deposit consists of Richard B. Lupton's memoirs of his school years and notes on the history of Hyde County, N.C., based on his recollections and discussions with local residents. Also included is a subject index to these notes.
The Additions of 2005-2016 consist of further installments to Richard B. Lupton's memoirs and his notes on the history of Hyde County, N.C.; family photographs; correspondence with family and friends, including at least one letter from Minnie Cooper, an African American woman from Swan Quarter, N.C., who worked for Margaret Fisher Lupton; elementary, secondary, and college level school materials of Richard B. Lupton; printed ephemera for Hyde County schools and community events; Margaret Fisher Lupton's impressions of library work and European travel in the 1970s; song sheets; deeds, chiefly for land and including a lot "to be used for burial ground for the interment of the bodies of the white race and nothing else"; writings by and notebooks of Margaret Fisher Lupton; letters from Richard B. Lupton in Mexico to his parents; and postcards and holiday cards. Other topics include an evacuation of Ocracoke Island, the Soule Methodist Church in Swan Quarter, and the Phi Gamma Delta fire at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1996.
The Additions of 2017 document a white family's life and relationships, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s; decades-long friendships; observations on business and leisure travel to Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, and other Latin American destinations; the experiences of teenage girls in the early and mid 1960s; high school in West Hyde County, N.C., and Atlanta, Ga., including a girls' social club, in the early 1960s; study abroad to France in 1965; college coursework in Russian literature; an Army sergeant's experience, 1969-1972; Hyde County history; reflections of a woman, who is probably white, on library work and other topics at an integrated school during the 1970s; sight-seeing in Charleston, S.C.; Triangle Oil Company; and international banking. Materials include family and business-related correspondence, personal recollections recorded on loose paper and in diaries, family and school photographs, elementary school memories notebook, a family budget book, travel itineraries, and scrapbooks.
The Addition of 2018 consists of a further installment to Richard B. Lupton's memoirs of his school years and notes on the history of Hyde County, N.C., based on his recollections and discussions with local residents. Lupton includes references to African Americans.
Back to TopAcquisitions Information: Accession 100096
The orignal deposit consists of Richard B. Lupton's memoirs of his school years and notes on the history of Hyde County, N.C., based on his recollections and discussions with local residents. Also included is a subject index to these notes.
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Folder 1-3 Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3 |
Hyde County Historical Notes |
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Folder 4-8 Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8 |
Memoirs |
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Folder 9 |
Subject Index to Historical Notes |
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 100246, 100327, 100588, 100796, 101098, 101185, 101358, 101861, 102165, 102584.
The Additions of 2005-2016 consist of further installments to Richard B. Lupton's memoirs and his notes on the history of Hyde County, N.C.; family photographs; correspondence with family and friends, including at least one letter from Minnie Cooper, an African American woman from Swan Quarter, N.C., who worked for Margaret Fisher Lupton; elementary, secondary, and college level school materials of Richard B. Lupton; printed ephemera for Hyde County schools and community events; Margaret Fisher Lupton's impressions of library work and European travel in the 1970s; song sheets; deeds, chiefly for land and including a lot "to be used for burial ground for the interment of the bodies of the white race and nothing else"; writings by and notebooks of Margaret Fisher Lupton; letters from Richard B. Lupton in Mexico to his parents; and postcards and holiday cards. Other topics include an evacuation of Ocracoke Island, the Soule Methodist Church in Swan Quarter, and the Phi Gamma Delta fire at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1996.
Box 9 |
Hyde County history, RBL 3002Acquisitions Information: Accession 100246 |
Hyde County history, RBL 3002, 3003, 3004Acquisitions Information: Accession 100327 |
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Hyde County history, RBL 3006, 3009, 3011Acquisitions Information: Accession 100588 |
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Hyde County history, RBL 3012, 3017Acquisitions Information: Accession 100796 |
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Hyde County history, RBL 3018; index; Chapel Hill years, 1962-1966Acquisitions Information: Accession 101098 |
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Image Box
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Image Folder PF-05218/6 |
Phi Gamma Delta fire, 1996Acquisitions Information: Accession 101098 |
Box 9 |
Correspondence and miscellaneous, 1920s-1930sAcquisitions Information: Accession 101185 |
MiscellaneousAcquisitions Information: Accession 101185 |
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Writings/NotesAcquisitions Information: Accession 101185 |
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Hyde County and miscellaneousAcquisitions Information: Accession 101185 |
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Deeds, 1838-1943Acquisitions Information: Accession 101185 |
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Financial, 198-1920, circa 1950Acquisitions Information: Accession 101185 |
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Box 9-10
Box 9Box 10 |
School materials, 1950s-1960sAcquisitions Information: Accession 101185 |
Box 10 |
School and writingsAcquisitions Information: Accession 101185 |
Song sheetsAcquisitions Information: Accession 101185 |
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Hyde County clippingsAcquisitions Information: Accession 101185 |
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Oversize Paper Folder OPF-05218/1 |
DiplomasAcquisitions Information: Accession 101185 |
Image Box
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Image Folder PF-05218/7-11 PF-05218/7PF-05218/8PF-05218/9PF-05218/10PF-05218/11 |
Family photographs, 1880s-1950sAcquisitions Information: Accession 101185 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-05218/1 |
DiplomasAcquisitions Information: Accession 101185 |
Box 10 |
Hyde County history, RBL 3020Acquisitions Information: Accession 101358 |
Miscellaneous papersAcquisitions Information: Accession 101358 |
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Correspondence, 1938-1980sAcquisitions Information: Accession 101358 |
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School materials, 1950s-1965Acquisitions Information: Accession 101358 |
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Journals, 1968-1970Acquisitions Information: Accession 101358 |
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Box 11 |
Journals, 1968-1974Acquisitions Information: Accession 101358 |
Image Box
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Image Folder PF-05218/12-15 PF-05218/12PF-05218/13PF-05218/14PF-05218/15 |
Family photographs, 1890s-1950sAcquisitions Information: Accession 101358 |
Box 11 |
Hyde County history, RBL 3020-3022Acquisitions Information: Accession 101861 |
Hyde County history, RBL 3024Acquisitions Information: Accession 102165 |
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Hyde County history, RBL 3025Acquisitions Information: Accession 102584 |
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Digital Folder DF-05218/1 |
WHYC Radio Station interviewAcquisitions Information: Accession 101098. |
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 103119, 103127, 103143.
The Additions of 2017 document the Luptons, a white family from Hyde County, N.C. Topics include family life and relationships, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s; decades-long friendships; observations on business and leisure travel to Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, and other Latin American destinations; the experiences of teenage girls in the early and mid 1960s; high school in West Hyde County, N.C., and Atlanta, Ga., including a girls' social club, in the early 1960s; study abroad to France in 1965; college coursework in Russian literature; an Army sergeant's experience, 1969-1972; Hyde County history; a woman's reflections on library work and other topics at an integrated school during the 1970s; sight-seeing in Charleston, S.C.; Triangle Oil Company; and international banking. Materials include family and business-related correspondence, personal recollections recorded on loose paper and in diaries, family and school photographs, elementary school memories notebook, a family budget book, travel itineraries, and scrapbooks.
Box 2-8
Box 2Box 3Box 4Box 5Box 6Box 7Box 8 |
Correspondence and other papers, 1960s-2017 |
Oversize Volume SV-05218/1 |
Social club scrapbook, 1960s |
Image Box
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Image Folder PF-05218/1-5 PF-05218/1PF-05218/2PF-05218/3PF-05218/4PF-05218/5 |
Family, school, and travel photographs, 1890s-1970s |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103429.
Installment to Richard Lupton's memoir about growing up in Hyde County. Includes description of friends, neighbors, and school experiences, and references to African Americans.
Box 11 |
Hyde County history, RBL 3027 |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 20220811.2.
Installment to Richard Lupton's memoir about growing up in Hyde County, N.C. Includes reflections, interviews, and a recounting of family and community history, including references to African Americans. A 4-page index is included.
Box 11 |
Hyde County history, RBL 3028 |