| Abstract |
This collection includes the correspondence of Frank M. Wooten while serving as the Government Appeals agent for the Draft Board of Pitt County during the First World War. Correspondence concerns appeals of registrants desiring reclassification, violations of the food administration in eastern North Carolina, army deserters hiding in eastern North Carolina during World War I, the Alien Property League and the American Protection League, and the dissolution of the Selective Service System. Other correspondence concerns political campaigns in North Carolina between 1918 and 1940, including Wooten's support of Ralph McDonald for governor in 1936; Judge Isaac M. Meekin's and the Alien Property Custodian; the need for cheaper electrical power for eastern North Carolina; the League of Towns of Eastern North Carolina; relief for farmers during the 1930s; formation of the Pitt County A.B.C. Board in 1935; and the use of denatured alcohol as fuel for cars, which is discussed in correspondence with Henry Ford, Senator Lee Overman, and the U.S. prohibition commissioner. Also included are papers and pamphlets that concern tobacco cultivation, agricultural alcohol, industrial alcohol, and public power in eastern North Carolina; campaign literature of Angus Wilton McLean and Josiah W. Bailey; a biographical sketch of former Governor Thomas J. Jarvis; and Josephus Daniel's 1936 address to the 27th Annual Commencement of East Carolina Teachers College. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Frank M. Wooten, Sr., Papers (#125), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Frank M. Wooten, Jr. |
| Biographical note | Frank M. Wooten, Sr. (1875-1941) was a Greenville attorney, Superior Court judge, member of the North Carolina General Assembly, and one of the leading Democratic party representatives in Pitt County. |
