| Scope and content |
Correspondence in the collection includes a letter detailing a family excursion to the Outer Banks (1909), including details of costs, sightseeing, and the steamer ride over. The bulk of the collection consists of financial records including inventories, accounts, receipts, ledgers, and promissory notes. Ledgers and accounts pertain primarily to C. W. Hollowell's business interests. Other account books note allotments of food, rates for ditching, expenses of farms, cost of building a house, work accounts, and wage agreements. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Hollowell Family Papers (#578), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, 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 Mr. William E. Elmore. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mr. George Stevenson. |
| Biographical note | The Hollowell family was a prominent family of Pasquotank County, N.C. |
