E. E. Moffitt Papers, 1853-1930 (bulk 1878-1930)

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Summary

Creator:
Moffitt, E. E. (Elvira Evelina), 1836-1930.
Abstract:

E. E. (Elvira Evelina) Moffitt was the daughter of North Carolina governor Jonathan Worth. She married first Samuel Spencer Jackson (died 1875), second Samuel Walker (died 1877), and third Eli Needham Moffitt (died 1886).

The collection includes correspondence, club records, scrapbooks, and other papers, chiefly 1878-1930, of Elvira Evelina (Worth) Moffitt, concerning her club work and civic, cultural, and historical projects in Raleigh, N.C., and Richmond, Va. Organizations represented include the Raleigh Woman's Club, North Carolina Peace Society, Women's Association for the Betterment of Public Schools, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Colonial Dames, and Roanoke Colony Memorial Association. Items before 1878 are records of family property and estate settlements.

Extent:
1,150 items (4.0 linear feet)
Language:
Materials in English
Library Catalog Link:
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Background

Biographical / historical:

E. E. (Elvira Evelina) Worth Moffitt (1836-1930) was the daughter of North Carolina governor Jonathan Worth. She married first Samuel Spencer Jackson (died 1875), second Samuel Walker (died 1877), and third Eli Needham Moffitt (died 1886). She was a member of various clubs and worked on various civic, cultural, and historical projects in Raleigh, N.C., and Richmond, Va.

Scope and content:

The collection includes correspondence, club records, scrapbooks, and other papers, chiefly 1878-1930, of E. E. Moffitt, concerning her club work and civic, cultural, and historical projects in Raleigh, N.C., and Richmond, Va. Organizations represented include the Raleigh Woman's Club, North Carolina Peace Society, Women's Association for the Betterment of Public Schools, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Colonial Dames, and Roanoke Colony Memorial Association. Items before 1878 are records of family property and estate settlements.

Acquisition information:

Received from Mrs. Herbert W. Jackson, prior to 1940, and from Herbert W. Jackson Jr. of Richmond, Va., 1964-1965.

Processing information:

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, November 2009; Nancy Kaiser, May 2021

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

Sensitive materials statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

No usage restrictions.

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the E. E. Moffitt Papers, #519, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu