Manuscripts Department
           Library of the University of North Carolina
                         at Chapel Hill

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                              #4498
                          ERVIN FAMILY
                        Initial Inventory

Abstract:      John Witherspoon Ervin (1823-1902), a teacher and
           writer; his wife, Laura Catherine Nelson Ervin; and
           their six sons and three daughters, lived in
           Morganton, N.C.  Their fifth son, Samuel James Ervin
           (1844-1944) married Laura Theresa Powe (1865-1956); he
           became a prominent lawyer in western North Carolina.
               Correspondence among members of the Ervin family,
           chiefly 1915-1960; legal account books of Samuel James
           Ervin and medical account books of William Caldwell
           Tate (1808-1869), both of Morganton; short stories and
           poems by John Withersppon Ervin; and other tiems. 
           Most of the correspondence concerns family matters and
           was addressed to Laura Powe Ervin or one of her
           daughters, Catherine Ellerbe Ervin (1890-1940) or Jean
           Conyers Ervin (b. 1909).  Some letters from Samuel
           James Ervin, Jr. (1896-1985), then U.S. senator, are
           included.  Other material includes legal notes and
           writings by Samuel James Ervin, Sr.; a diary kept in
           Morganton in the late 1930s by Catherine Ervin;
           photographs and other material relating to Ervin
           family history, and files relating to Jean Conyers
           Ervin's work in speech therapy.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Diaries--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   Ervin, Catherine Ellerbe, 1890-1940.
   Ervin family.
   Ervin, Jean Conyers, 1909- .
   Ervin, John Witherspoon, 1823-1902.
   Ervin, Laura Theresa Powe, 1865-1956.
   Ervin, Samuel James, 1855-1944.
   Ervin, Sam J. (Sam James), 1896-1985.
   Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
   Lawyers--Accounting.
   Lawyers--North Carolina--History.
   Legislators--United States--Correspondence.
   Medicine--Practice--Accounting.
   Morganton (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
   Poets, American--North Carolina.
   Speech therapists--United States.
   Tate, William Caldwell, 1808-1869.
   Women--North Carolina--Diaries.
   Women--North Carolina--Social life and customs.

Size:  About 2,600 items (6.0 linear ft.).

Provenance:    Received from Jean Ervin of Morganton, N.C., in
               October 1987 and January 1988.

Access:    No restrictions.

Processing Note:   This collection is not yet refoldered since
                   additions are expected.

Related Collections:   Samuel James Ervin, Jr., Papers (#3847);
                       James King Hall Papers (#1563).

Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
           their descendants, as stipulated by United States
           copyright law.

Table of Contents:
   Introduction
       Biographical Note
       Collection Overview
    Series Descriptions
       Series 1.  William Caldwell Tate
       Series 2.  John Witherspoon Ervin
       Series 3.  Samuel James Ervin, Sr.,and Laura Powe Ervin
       Series 4.  Catherine Ellerbe Ervin
       Series 5.  Jean Conyers Ervin
       Series 6.  Other Ervin Family Members
       Series 7.  Pictures
   Shelf List

                          INTRODUCTION 

Biographical Note

    John Witherspoon Ervin (27 March 1823 - 15 April 1902) was a
teacher in Clarendon County, South Carolina; he married Laura
Catherine Nelson in 1844. In 1874, the Ervins moved to Morganton,
North Carolina, where Ervin taught school and wrote fiction and
poetry. The Ervins had six sons and three daughters.

    The Ervins' fifth son was Samuel James Ervin (21 June 1855 -
13 July 1944). S. J. Ervin passed the North Carolina bar
examination in 1879 and became one of the most prominent lawyers
of his time in western North Carolina. He married Laura Theresa
Powe (25 June 1865 - 14 June 1956) in 1886, and with her had ten
children, among whom were Joseph W., Samuel James, Jr. (the U.S.
senator), Jean, Catherine, and Laura.

    William Caldwell Tate (ca. 1825-1870), two of whose account
books are in this collection, was the father of Catherine Elvira
Powe, mother of Laura Theresa Powe (wife of S. J. Ervin the
elder).

                          ERVIN FAMILY

John Ervin (1754?-1810) m. (1-1775) Jane Witherspoon (1753-1790)
                           (2) Margaret Witherspoon
   James Robert (1788-1836) m. 1813 Elizabeth Powe (1798-1832)
       John Witherspoon (1823-1902) m. 1844 Laura Catherine
                                            Nelson (1821-1887)
           Lawrence Nelson (b. 1845)
           Erasmus Ellerbe (b. 1847)
           John Conyers (1848-1922?)
           Donald McQueen (1850-1915)
           Susan Elizabeth (b. 1854)
           Louise Nelson (1854-1929)
           Annie Davis (b. 1861)
           Henry Flinn (1864-1865)
           Samuel James (1855-1944) m. 1886 Laura Theresa Powe
                                            (1865-1956)
               Laura Witherspoon (1888-1976) m. James King Hall
                                                (1875-1948)
                   James King (b. 1918)
                   Dorman Thompson (b. 1919)
                   Samuel Ervin (b. 1921)
               Catherine Ellerbe (1890-1940)
               Margaret Tate (1892-1911)
               Edward Powe (1894-1933)
               Samuel James (1896-1985) m. Margaret Bruce Bell
                                           (1898-1986)
                   Samuel James (b. 1926) m. Elizabeth (Betty) 
                                             Crawford
                       Elizabeth "Betsy" Fore m. 1987 Kenneth
                                                      Anthony
                                                      Razza
                       Robert Crawford m. 1987 Mary Cameron Clark
                       Samuel James "Jimmy" m. 1986 Mary Temple
                                                    Coutu
                       Margaret Bell
                   Margaret Leslie m. Gerald Hansler
                   Laura Powe
               Hugh Tate (b. 1898)
               Joseph Wilson (1901-1945) m. Susan Graham Erwin
               Eunice Worth (b. 1903)
               John Witherspoon (1906-1973)
               Jean Conyers (b. 1909) m. (1) Frank Porcher
                                         (2) Herbert Nelson
                                             Budlong           
       Other children
   Other children

                           POWE FAMILY

Erasmus Powe (1768-1829?) m. 1792 Esther Ellerbe (1770?-1853?)
   Elizabeth (1798-1832) m. 1813 James Robert Ervin (1788-1836)
   William Ellerbe (1793-1845) m. 1815 Elizabeth Sloan Torrence
                                       (1797-1840)
       William Ellerbe, Jr. (1829-1905) m. 1862 Catherine "Katie"
                                                Elvira Caldwell
                                                (1841-1918)
           Laura Theresa (1865-1856) m. 1886 Samuel James Ervin
                                             (1855-1944)
           Edward Knox (1863-1929)
           Erasmus Ellberbe (b. 1873)
           Mary Wood (1876-1932)
           William Tate (1869-1906)
           Elizabeth "Bessie" Torrence (or Tate) (1866-1895)
       Other Children

                           TATE FAMILY

Hugh Tate (1772-1816) m. 1798 Margaret Erwin (1777-1850)
   William Caldwell (1808-1869) m. (1-1836) Laura Thera Wilson
                                            Polk (1808-1848)
                                m. (2) Adeline Massey
       Catherine "Katie" Elvira m. 1862 William Ellerbe Powe, Jr.
                                        (1829-1905)
       Other Children 
   Other Children

Collection Overview

    The arrangement of this collection and the inclusive dates
and size of each series and subseries are indicated below. This
material is arranged within each series and subseries largely as
it was when it was received at the Southern Historical
Collection.
                                                                 
Series 1.  William Caldwell Tate (1847-1869/2 items)

Series 2.  John Witherspoon Ervin (ca 1850-1875/96 items)
   Subseries 2.1.  Short Works (12 items)
             2.2.  Longer Works (8 items)
             2.3.  Poetry (75 items)
             2.4.  Journal Excerpt (1 item)

Series 3.  Samuel James Ervin, Sr., and Laura Powe Ervin
           (1885-1956/836 items)
   Subseries 3.1.  S. J. Ervin, Sr. Account Books (16 items)
             3.2.  S. J. Ervin, Sr. Legal Notes and Writings (5
                   items)
             3.3.  Laura Powe Ervin Notebooks and other items
                   (10 items)
             3.4.  Correspondence (800 items)
             3.5.  Miscellaneous items (5 items)

Series 4.  Catharine Ellerbe Ervin (1910-1940/727 items)
   Subseries 4.1.  Correspondence (725 items)
             4.2.  Writings (2 items)

Series 5.  Jean Conyers Ervin (1829-1987/760 items)
   Subseries 5.1.  Correspondence (550 items)
             5.2.  General Subject Files (160 items)
             5.3.  Ervin Family History (50 items)

Series 6.  Other Ervin Family (1918-1984/100 items)

Series 7.  Pictures (1900-1987/54 items)

                       SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Series 1.  William Caldwell Tate
   1847-1869.  2 items.
   Arrangement: chronological

   Two account books of William Caldwell Tate (1808-1869), a
physician in Morganton, North Carolina.  This series also
contains a letter written by William Caldwell Tate during a trip
north in 1845.

Folder 1       Account Book, 1847-1855
       2a      Account Book, 1855-1869
       2b      Letter

Series 2. John Witherspoon Ervin
   Undated (ca. 1850-1875).  96 items.
   Arrangement:  By type of work, then alphabetically by title.

   Fiction and poetry written by John Witherspoon Ervin
(1823-1902), a teacher in Clarendon County, South Carolina and
Morganton, North Carolina. Note: see Folder 126 for biographical
information on John Witherspoon Ervin.

Subseries 2.1.  Short Works
   Undated.  12 items.

Folder  3      "The Ball-Room Belle"
        4      "The Brothers"
        5      "Little Dorrick"
        6      "Marion Prileau"
        7      "The Masquerade"
        8      "The Missing Wife"
        9      "The Monk of Caipha or Love in a Monastery"
       10      "The Pet Sister"
       11      "The Revelation of a Lost Locket"
       12      "Short Incidents" (under pseudonym Alvan Allen)
       13      Short Story (Class F)
       14      "Tracking the Forgers or The Mountain Home"

Subseries 2.2.  Longer Works
   Undated.  8 items.

Folder 15      "The Butterfly Boy"
       16      "By the Skin of My Teeth (In the Swamp)"
       17-19   "Horseshoe Valley"
       20a     "The Lost Bride"
       20b     "Margaret of Glenquarry" (newspaper clipping)
       21      "The Spectre of the Fireside"
       22      "Until the Dream Be Fulfilled"
       23      "Vancluse Hall"

Subseries 2.3.  Poetry
   Undated.  About 75 items.

Folder 24      The Feast of Babylon, Cantos I-III
       25      The Feast of Babylon, Canto IV, draft
       26      The Feast of Babylon, Canto IV
       27      The Feast of Babylon, Canto V, draft
       28      The Feast of Babylon, Canto V
       29      Short Poems (photocopies of handwritten
               transcripts)
       30-31   Poems (typed transcripts)

Subseries 2.4.  Journal Excerpt
   Undated.  1 item

   Folder 32   Typed transcription of excerpt from journal,
               1894-95

Series 3.  Samuel James Ervin, Sr., and Laura Powe Ervin
   1885-1956 and undated.  About 836 items.

   Legal writings and account books of Samuel James Ervin, Sr.,
(1855-1944); notebooks and an address book of Ervin's wife, Laura
Powe Ervin (1865-1956); correspondence between Samuel James
Ervin, Sr., and his wife; and letters to the Ervins from their
children, other family members, and friends and business
associates.

Subseries 3.1.  Samuel James Ervin, Sr., Account Books
   1888-1940.  16 items
   Arrangement: chronological

   Professional account books of Samuel James Ervin, Sr., a
prominent lawyer in western North Carolina.

Folder 33      1888-1896 (3 books)
       34      1897-1901, 1912, 1915 (3 books)
       35      1918-1919, 1925, 1932 (3 books)
       36      1933, 1936-1938 (3 books)
       37      1938-1941 (4 books)

Subseries 3.2. Samuel James Ervin, Sr., Legal Notes and
               Writings
   Undated.  5 items

   Notes on cases and chapters on the competency of witnesses and
the relevancy and law of evidence.  This subseries also includes
a typed copy of an undated commencement address written by Samuel
James Ervin, Sr.

Folder 38      Notes
       39-43a  Writings
       43b     Commencement address

Subseries 3.3.  Laura Powe Ervin Notes and Notebooks
   1929 and undated.  10 items

   A notebook containing names and addresses, a notebook
containing mostly notes and magazine clippings about daylilies,
notes on visitors at the Ervin home, and other items.

Folder 44a-44b Address book, 1929; engagement calendar/diary,
               1948; and other items
       45      Daylily notebook and other items
       45a     Notes on visitors at the Ervin home, 1886-1949

Subseries 3.4.  Correspondence
   1885-1956 and undated.  About 800 items
   Arrangement: By correspondent, then chronologically.

   Correspondence between Samuel James Ervin, Sr., and Laura Powe
Ervin; and letters from their children, other family members, and
friends.  This subseries also contains letters, mostly to Laura
Powe Ervin, but also to Samuel James Ervin, Sr., and the Ervin
children, written at the time of the illnesses and deaths of
various family members.  Letters from Samuel James Ervin, Jr.,
are in Folder 51.

Folder 46-47   Correspondence between Samuel James Ervin, Sr. and
               Laura Powe Ervin
       48      Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall to Laura Powe Ervin
       49      Catharine Ellerbe Ervin to Laura Powe Ervin
       50      Edward Powe Ervin to Laura Powe Ervin
       51      Samuel James Ervin, Jr., to Laura Powe Ervin
       52      Hugh Tate Ervin to Laura Powe Ervin
       53      Joseph Wilson Ervin to Laura Powe Ervin
       54      Eunice Worth Ervin to Laura Powe Ervin
       55      John Witherspoon Ervin to Laura Powe Ervin
       56-60   Jean Conyers Ervin to Laura Powe Ervin, 1921-1956
               and undated
       61-62   Daughters-in-law, cousins, grandsons, and other
               family members to Laura Powe Ervin, 1879-1957 and
               undated
       63      Others to Laura Powe Ervin
       64      At Margaret Tate Ervin's death (1 September 1911)
       65      At Catharine Elvira Powe's death (Laura Powe
               Ervin's mother) (9 February 1918)
       66      At Edward Knox Powe's death (Laura Powe Ervin's
               brother) (28 September 1929)
       67      At Mary Wood Powe's death (Laura Powe Ervin's
               sister) (22 November 1932)
       68      At Edward Powe Ervin's death (1 March 1933)
       69      At the time of Laura Powe Ervin's illness
               (Richmond, Virginia, 1937)
       70      At Catharine Ellerbe Ervin's death (2 November
               1940)
       71      At Samuel James Ervin, Sr.'s death (13 July 1944)
       72      At Joseph Wilson Ervin's death (25 December 1945)
       72A     His sister Louise to Samuel James Ervin, Sr.
       73      His children to Samuel James Ervin, Sr.
       74      James King Hall to Samuel James Ervin, Sr.
       75a     Others to Samuel James Ervin, Sr.

Subseries 3.5.  Miscellaneous items
   5 items.

Folder 75b     Railway passes and other items

Series 4.  Catharine Ellerbe Ervin
   1910-1940.  About 727 items

Subseries 4.1. Correspondence
   1910-1940.  About 725 items
   Arrangement: By correspondent

   Letters to Catharine Ellerbe Ervin from family members,
friends, and others, and a few copies of outgoing letters.

Folder 76-77a  Letters from Laura Powe Ervin
       77b     Fragments of letters from Laura Powe Ervin
       78      Letters from Samuel James Ervin, Sr.
       79      Letters from Joseph Wilson Ervin
       80      Letters from Jean Conyers Ervin
       81      Letters from other family members
       82-83   Letters from P. G. Hamlin, 1914-1917
       84      Correspondence with Bayard Wooten, Chapel Hill
               photographer, 1935-1938
       85      Correspondence with officials of the North
               Carolina College for Women, 1927-1931
       86      Letters from others, 1913-1924
       87      Letters from others, 1925-1928
       88      Letters from others, 1929-1930
       89      Letters from others, 1931-1935
       90      Letters from others, 1936-1940
       91      Letters from others, undated

Subseries 4.2.  Writings
   1937-1940.  2 items

   Typed and handwritten versions of a diary of Catharine Ervin
recounting daily events and containing garden notes and newspaper
clippings; and Catharine Ervin's writings about the history of
women's work in the First Presbyterian Church, Morganton, North
Carolina.

Folder 94a     Garden Diary
       95b     History of Women's Work, First Presbyterian
               Church, Morganton, N.C.

Series 5.  Jean Conyers Ervin
   1829-1987.  About 760 items

   Letters to Jean Conyers Ervin; material relating to her work
as a speech therapist and professor of speech and other subjects;
and material relating the history of the Ervin family.

Subseries 5.1.  Correspondence
   1927-1987.  About 550 items.
   Arrangement: By correspondent

   Letters written by family, friends, and professional
associates to Jean Conyers Ervin.  Of particular interest are
letters and postcards from Samuel James Ervin, Jr., in Folder 97,
dated 23 June 1940, 19 June 1963, 4 March 1966, 7 October 1968,
23 March 1970, 19 June 1970, 13 January 1971, 9 July 1971, 17
September 1974, 8 May 1975, 8 March 1976, and 20 April 1976.

Folder 95      Letters from Laura Powe Ervin
       96      Letter from Samuel James Ervin, Sr.
       97      Letters from brothers and sisters
       98      Letters from other family members
       99      Letters from others, 1942-1966
       100a    Letters from others, 1967-1977
       100b    Letters from others, 1978-1987
       101     Letters from others, undated
       102     Letters from Bower and Lucille Aly 1944-1976 and
               undated
       103     Correspondence with the Mayflower Society of
               Connecticut

Subseries 5.2.  General Subject Files
   1950-1987.      160 items.
   Arrangement: By subject. Then alphabetical within subject.

   Files concerning professional activities, trips, property, and
other aspects of Jean Ervin's life.  Folder 116 contains a letter
from Samuel James Ervin, Jr. (24 November 1980).

Professional Activities and Writings
Folder 104     An Automated Program in Speech Therapy
       105     Esophageal Speech
       106     Virginia License Law
       107     Writings and Speeches
       108     Writings of Others and other items

Trips
Folder 109     An Adventure in World Understanding (23 June-25
               August 1963)
       110     An Adventure in World Understanding
       111     Christian Heritage Tour (14-29 May 1979)

Property
Folder 112     2315 N. Vernon Street, Arlington, Va.
       113     Holly Tree, Earlysville, Va.
       114     Holly Tree Insurance

Miscellaneous
Folder 115     Art Objects. Horace Burr
       116     The History of Burke County. Related materials
       117     May Thompson Evans. Nomination for Distinguished
               Women of North Carolina Award
       118     North Caroliniana Society Dinner honoring Samuel
               James Ervin, Jr.
       119     Miscellaneous

Subseries 5.3.  Ervin Family History
   1829-1986.  50 items.
   Arrangement: Chronological

   Information collected by Jean Ervin on the history and
genealogy of the Ervin family.  This subseries includes
information about the Ervin, Erwin, Faison, McFadden, Goode,
James, Tait, and Tate families.  See also Folder 101, Undated
letter from Claudia (Mrs. John M.) Belk.  Folders 123, 125a,
125b, 126, and 129 contain material written by Samuel James
Ervin, Jr.

Folder 120a    Ervin Family Genealogy
       120b    Descent of Ervins from John Knox
       121     Will of Alexander Erwin
       122a    Will of Joseph Wilson
       122b    Albert Torrence (1752-1825)
       123     Colonal John Ervin (1754-1810)
       124     Record from the Bible of Colonal John Ervin
       125a    Colonel James Robert Ervin (1788-1836)
       125b    Hugh Tate (1772-1816)
       126     John Witherspoon Ervin (1823-1902)
       127a    Erwin family
       127b    Ervin and McFaddin families
       127c    A Legacy (Goode, James, Tait, and Ervin families)
       128a    Faison Family of Old Duplin
       128b    Interesting Kindred of Benjamin Williams, Governor
               of North Carolina
       129     William Caldwell Tate (1808-1869)
       130     Robert Tate (1827-1911) and Julia Adelaide Tate
               Barbour
       131     Laura Powe Ervin (1865-1956)
       132     Jean Conyers Ervin's notes on interviews with
               Laura Powe Ervin
       133     Samuel James Ervin, Sr. Dictation to Jean Conyers
               Ervin
       134     Edward Knox Powe (1863-1929)
       135a    Edward Knox Powe, Jr. (1898-1938)
       135b    Samuel James Ervin, Jr. (1896-1985)
       136     Jean Conyers Ervin (1909-  )
       137     Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall (1888-1976) and other
               Halls
       138     James King Hall (1875-1948)
       139     Margaret Bruce Bell Ervin (1898-1986)
       140     Samuel James Ervin, III (1926-  )
       141a    Samuel James Ervin IV and Robert C.  Ervin. 
               Graduation invitations
       141b    Miscellaneous items

Series 6.  Other Ervin Family Members
   1918-1984.  100 items.
   Arrangement: Chronological

   Letters to other members of the Ervin family, primarily to
children of Samuel James Ervin, Sr., and Laura Powe Ervin.  This
series also includes writings and clippings concerning Eunice
Worth Ervin and the writings and subject files of other Ervin
family members.

Folder 142     Letters to Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall from Laura
               Powe Ervin and Samuel James Ervin, Sr.
       143     Letters to Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall from
               Catharine Ervin
       144     Letters to Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall from
               Eunice Ervin
       145     Letters to Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall from John
               Witherspoon Ervin
       146     Letters to Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall and family
               from Jean Conyers Ervin
       147     Letters to Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall from
               others
       148a    Letters to James King Hall from Laura Witherspoon
               Ervin Hall
       148b    Letters to Margaret Tate Ervin
       148c    Margaret Tate Ervin.  Miscellaneous items
       149     Letters to Edward Powe Ervin from Laura Powe Ervin
       150     Letters to Edward Powe Ervin from Eunice Worth
               Ervin
       151     Letters to Edward Powe Ervin from Jean Conyers
               Ervin
       152     Letters to Eunice Worth Ervin from Laura Powe
               Ervin and Samuel James Ervin, Sr.
       153     Letters to Eunice Worth Ervin from Catharine
               Ellerbe Ervin
       154     Letters to Eunice Worth Ervin from Joseph Wilson
               Ervin
       155     Letters to Eunice Worth Ervin from Jean Conyers
               Ervin
       156     Letters to Eunice Worth Ervin from others
       157     Eunice Worth Ervin. The Bicentennial of Burke
               County
       158     Eunice Worth Ervin.  Writings and Clippings
       159     Eunice Worth Ervin.  Quaker Meadows Cemetary
       160     Eunice Worth Ervin.  Miscellaneous
       161     Letters to Joseph Wilson Ervin from Laura Powe
               Ervin
       162     Letters to Joseph Wilson Ervin from Catherine
               Ellerbe Ervin
       163     Joseph Wilson Ervin. Debate about Charles B.
               Aycock
       164     Joseph Wilson Ervin (?). Debate about  women's
               suffrage
       165a    Speech by Guy T. Carswell (?) at time of Joseph
               Wilson Ervin's Congressional campaign
       165b    Typed copy of article about Joseph Wilson Ervin
               from the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinal, 21
               January 1945
       166     Letters to John Witherspoon Ervin from Laura Powe
               Ervin
       167     Letters to John Witherspoon Ervin and  wife Dot
               from various individuals. Also includes
               miscellaneous items concerning John Witherspoon
               Ervin.
       168a    Fragments of letters from Laura Powe Ervin to her
               children
       168b    Catechisms studied by some of the Ervin children
       169a    Letters to Mary Wood Ervin
       169b    Letter to Edward Knox Powe from William Caldwell
               Tate
       169c    Letters to Catharine Tate Powe (Laura Powe Ervin's
               mother)
       170     Letters to Margaret Bruce Bell Ervin (Mrs. Samuel
               James Ervin, Jr.)
       171     Letters from Laura Powe Ervin and Samuel James
               Ervin, Sr., to their grandchildren
       172     Miscellaneous letters
       173     Miscellaneous non-correspondence

Series 7.  Pictures
   Ca. 1900-1987.  54 items

   Mostly black and white photographs of various members of the
Ervin family.

P-4498/Folder 1    Town residence of William Caldwell Tate,
                   Morganton, N.C.;
                   Home of Hugh Tate and later of William 
                   Caldwell Tate, Morganton, N.C.;
                   Ervin Homeplace, Morganton, N.C. (2 pictures);
                   Table Rock Mountain, Morganton, N.C.; 
                   Grave marker of James King Hall (2 pictures).

P-4498/Folder2     John Witherspoon Ervin (2 pictures);
                   Samuel James Ervin, Sr. (3 pictures);
                   Laura Theresa Powe Ervin;
                   Bob Tate;
                   Mattie Tate Wood;
                   Mattie Tate Wood. Mary McR. Todd Tate, Paul T.
                   Tate, Jr., and James E. Wood, Jr.

P-4498/Folder 3    Samuel James Ervin, Jr. (6 pictures);
                   Samuel James Ervin, Jr., Margaret Bruce Bell
                   Ervin, Laura Powe Ervin, Margaret Leslie
                   Ervin, Elizabeth "Betty" Crawford Ervin,
                   Samuel James Ervin, III.

P-4498/Folder 4    Samuel James Ervin, III (2 pictures);
                   Samuel James Ervin, III, his wife Elizabeth
                   Crawford Ervin, and their four children
                   Samuel James Ervin, IV.

P-4498/Folder 5    Leslie Ervin Hansler and Gerald Hansler;
                   Hugh Tate Ervin, Jr.;
                   Joseph Wilson Ervin (2 pictures);
                   John Witherspoon Ervin;
                   Dorothy Kimball Ervin and John Witherspoon
                   Ervin, Jr.

P-4498/Folder 6    Jean Conyers Ervin and John Marshall "Jack"
                   Starrett (2 pictures);
                   Jean Conyers Ervin (7 pictures);
                   Wedding of Dorothy Mitchell and Hugh Bebb
                   Jones, with brother of Hugh Bebb Jones and
                   Jean Conyer Ervin;
                   Jean Conyers Ervin, Sumiko, and Mrs. Chigusa;
                   Jean Conyers Ervin, Mr. and Mrs. Chigusa?;
                   Jean Conyers Ervin and tour group (2
                   pictures).

P-4498/Folder 7    John Sherin Ervin, Bruce Keith Ervin, Jean
                   Nelson Ervin, and Jean Conyers Ervin;
                   Laura Powe Ervin and Catharine Ellerbe Ervin
                   Eunice Worth Ervin, Laura Witherspoon Ervin
                   Hall, and Jean Conyers Ervin;
                   Jean Conyers Ervin, Laura Theresa Powe Ervin,
                   and Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall in front of
                   Ervin Homeplace;
                   Elizabeth "Betty" Crawford Ervin, Jean Conyers
                   Ervin Budlong, and Herbert Nelson Budlong;
                   Friend of Jean Conyers Ervin, Dorothy Friend,
                   Laura Witherspoon Ervin Hall, Laura Powe
                   Ervin, and Josephine Prall.

                           SHELF LIST

Box 1.         Series 1.   (Folders 1-2b)
               Series 2.   (Folders 3-21)

Box 2.         Series 2    (Folders 22-32)
               Series 3    (Folders 33-38)

Box 3.         Series 3    (Folders 39-64)

Box 4.         Series 3    (Folders 65-75b)
               Series 4    (Folders 76-94b)

Box 5.         Series 5    (Folders 95-141b)

Box 6.         Series 6    (Folders 141-173)

Items separated:
   P-4498/Folders P1-P7