LEADER 05803cpc 2200661Ia 4500001 ocn268958545 003 OCoLC 005 20141212171534.0 008 081105i17941951ncu eng d 035 (Sirsi) o268958545 035 (Sirsi) o268958545 035 (OCoLC)268958545 040 ERE |cERE |dUtOrBLW 049 EREE 099 #25 100 1 McEachern, Edward Merritt. |?UNAUTHORIZED 245 10 Edward Merritt McEachern, Jr., collection, |f1794-1951. 300 0.650 |fcubic ft.(283 items) 506 |3Joyner-No access restrictions. 520 Collection includes correspondence, photographs, and other materials belonging to the Banks-Sadtler-Stacey families. Correspondence includes discussion of the burning of the Carolina Hotel; guarding against slave uprisings; the difficulties of travel between Charleston, S.C., and Jacksonville, Fla.; ship difficulties off Cape Hatteras, N.C.; an Indian uprising in Florida; weather conditions; accounts of presidential election returns for Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana; the death of Daniel Webster; the Kansas statehood issue, and the position of Stephen A. Douglas with regard to Kansas; political divisions in the Pennsylvania legislature; social life in New York, with emphasis on the opera; and fighting in the Philippines. One letter of particular note tells of Judge Thaddeus Banks' effort to have his only son released from the army. Also included are a large number of personal letters telling of love affairs, weddings, deaths, and family genealogy. Miscellaneous Banks papers include a statement concerning the importation of slaves into Kentucky, an advertisement for the sale of a plantation in Delaware, a report of absentees from a Baltimore militia company, estates papers, deeds, a list of wedding gifts, and poems. The papers of Dr. Houston B. Hiatt include correspondence, business and legal papers, and medical pamphlets written by Hiatt. Correspondence discusses personal family matters, medical activities, and military service. Hiatt served on active duty from the North Carolina National Guard, and the collection contains military orders, vouchers, and payroll records relating to his service at Camp Glenn, N.C., and Camp Stewart, Tex. Miscellaneous items include a list of the surgeons for Southern Railway System, a preliminary program for the Tri-State Medical Society, poems, religious writings, an account of expenses at the University of North Carolina, and material concerning H.B. Hiatt, Jr.'s activities at Oak Ridge Military Academy. Also in the collection are letters written by men serving in the armed forces during World War II. Topics include aspects of basic training, experiences while stationed in Algeria in 1943, Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to the base in Guam, and Malacca in 1946. 524 Edward Merritt McEachern, Jr., Collection (#25), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. 540 |3Joyner-Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. 541 |3Joyner- |cGift ofMr. Edward Merritt McEachern, Jr. 541 |3Joyner- |cGift ofMrs. E. M. McEachern, Sr. 545 Edward M. McEachern, Jr., is a direct descendant of Houston B. Hiatt and of the Banks and Sadtler families of Pennsylvania and Maryland. The patriarch of the Banks family, Judge Thaddeus Banks of Hollidaysburg, Pa., was father of Delia Cromwell Banks, who married George Washington Sadtler of Baltimore. Sadtler's grandfather, John Phillip Benjamin Sadtler, immigrated from Germany in 1798 and established a leading Baltimore optical and jewelry firm. Kathleen C. Sadtler, daughter of Delia and George W. Sadtler, married Houston B. Hiatt and their daughter, Leora, became Mrs. Edward M. McEachern. 600 30 Banks family. |=^A559205 600 30 Sadler family. |=^A793909 600 30 Stacy family. |=^A690777 600 10 Roosevelt, Eleanor, |d1884-1962. |=^A28188 600 10 Webster, Daniel, |d1782-1852. |=^A29513 600 10 Douglas, Stephen A. |q(Stephen Arnold), |d1813-1861. |=^A26263 610 10 North Carolina. |bNational Guard. |=^A250433 610 20 Tri-State Medical Society of Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. |=^A788911 610 20 Oak Ridge Military Academy |xStudents |xSocial life and customs. |=^A916275 610 10 United States. |bArmy |xMilitary life. |=^A30410 650 0 Indians of North America |zFlorida. |=^A56469 650 0 Slavery |zSouth Carolina. |=^A1018974 650 0 Slavery |zKentucky. |=^A1018977 650 0 Presidents |zUnited States |xElection |y1852. |=^A150488 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zPhilippines. |=^A25635 650 0 Soldiers |zUnited States |vCorrespondence. |=^A413422 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zPacific Area. |=^A118745 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zAlgeria. |=^A25635 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zGuam. |=^A1024165 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zMalaysia |zMalacca (Malacca) |=^A25635 651 0 Camp Glenn (N.C.) |=^A1439211 651 0 Camp Stewart (Tex.) |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 0 Pennsylvania |xPolitics and government |y19th century. |=^A196650 651 0 Kansas |xHistory |y19th century. |=^A60760 651 0 Kentucky |xHistory |y19th century. |=^A36680 651 0 New York (N.Y.) |xDescription and travel. |=^A29719 651 0 Hatteras, Cape (N.C.) |xHistory. |=^A73743 856 42 |3Finding aid: |uhttp://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0025/ 994 C0 |bERE 945 1501043 596 1 998 917393