James Berdine and Merry Thomas Pittman, Jewel T Adcock, Hazel Rosser, and Mary Yarborough Thomas Family Collection, 1779-2013

Note: The full finding aid will be completed in more detail at another time. For now, this is an informal list of the materials housed in my own little family archive.
Items that have already been digitized and processed are linked to their pages from here. Individual photos in the collection will not be listed unless they have been digitized, and they will be linked to their correct box or folder when they are posted.
I will accept requests for the digitization of non-sensative documents, photographs, or digital images of memorabilia. If you have a request, post a comment or send me an email at joy@joysephine.com. Please indicate the appropriate section, box, folder and title.

PAPERS:

Box 1: PAPERS

Folder 1: James B & Merry T Pittman Wills
- Subfolder 1: James B Power of Attorney
- Subfolder 2: Merry T Power of Attorney
Folder 2: James B & Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 1: James B Pittman Sanford High Diploma 1939
- Subfolder 2: Merry T Pittman Sanford High Diploma 1948
- Subfolder 3: Jack & Merry Cards & Letters
Folder 3: James B Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Sears Encyclopedia 1955
- Subfolder 2: 1946 Diamond ring papers
- Subfolder 3 Society of Manufacturing Engineers
- Subfolder 4: James B Newspapers
- Subfolder 5: Panorama Prints
Folder 4: Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Merry Newspapers
- Subfolder 2: Sunday School 1958
- Subfolder 3: Bowling
- Subfolder 4: Sewing patterns
- Subfolder 5: Merry letter – dancing lessons
- Subfolder 6: Poems
- Subfolder 7: Printed emails
- Subfolder 8: Healthcare documents
Folder 5: Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Denver 1976 postcards
- Subfolder 2: Denver 1976 photos
- Subfolder 3: Denver 1976 newspaper clippings
- Subfolder 4: Denver 1976 hotel and air
- Subfolder 5: Denver 1976 CO Travel guide
Folder 6: Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Denver 1976 US Mint
- Subfolder 2: Denver 1976 brochures
- Subfolder 3: Denver 1976 Restaurants & Shops
- Subfolder 4: BHG Clipping – house plan
- Subfolder 5: DHS Certificate
- Subfolder 6: Hospital Receipt, Lee County, 1944
- Subfolder 7: Mayberry Autograph
Folder 7: Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Air Force Academy
- Subfolder 2: Air Force Academy catalog 1974-75
Folder 8: Travel
- Subfolder 1: 1976 Europabus
- Subfolder 2: Casper’s FL
- Subfolder 3: Silver Springs FL
Folder 9: Contests
- Subfolder 1: The Big Payoff 1954
- Subfolder 2: Flight
- Subfolder 3: Sanford Herald
- Subfolder 4: Time Out
Folder 10: SacoLowell
- Subfolder 1: SacoLowell Reunion
- Subfolder 2: SacoLowell
Folder 11: Sanford High
- Subfolder 1: Sanford High Class of 1948, Reunion 2008
- Subfolder 2: Sanford High Class of 1948, 60th Reunion 1998
- Subfolder 3: Reunion papers
- Subfolder 4: Reunion papers
Folder 12: Sanford High
- Subfolder 1: Class of 1948
Folder 13: Sanford High Reunions
- Subfolder 1: Reunion letters
- Subfolder 2: Reunion papers
- Subfolder 3: Reunions

Box 2: PAPERS

Folder 1: Jewel Adcock – Newspapers
- Subfolder 1: Jewel T Adcock Newspapers – scrapbook
- Subfolder 2: Jewel T Adcock Newspapers
- Subfolder 3: Jewel T Adcock Newspapers
- Subfolder 4: Jewel T Adcock Newspapers
Folder 2: Jewel T Adcock
- Subfolder 1: Letters
- Subfolder 2: Jewel Adcock – sealed until 2027
- Subfolder 3: Career papers
- Subfolder 4: Published works
Folder 3: Jewel T Adcock
- Subfolder 1: Jewel will, divorce
- Subfolder 2: Jewel will, divorce
- Subfolder 3: New Yorker Entry
Folder 4: PS Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Restricted – no access
- Subfolder 2: Restricted – no access
Folder 5: James M Pittman
- Subfolder 1: News clippings 1976
- Subfolder 2: Business NC 1985
- Subfolder 3: ACC Calendar 1983
- Subfolder 4: 6th grade
- Subfolder 5: Father’s day
- Subfolder 6: Note from mother
- Subfolder 7: Family Medical Center Calendar 1985
- Subfolder 8: Art Instruction, Inc
- Subfolder 9: Restricted – no access
- Subfolder 10: Wolfpack News: Sept 9, 1978 and Sept 5, 1981
- Subfolder 11: Plant Delights Catalog Fall 2002, Spring 2003
Folder 6: James M Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Restricted – no access
- Subfolder 2: Carolina Country 1995
- Subfolder 3: Kidd Millennium 2002
- Subfolder 4: 1996 Spectator
- Subfolder 5: Artist of the Month FCB Guestbook
- Subfolder 6: James M Newspapers
- Subfolder 7: Childhood artwork
- Subfolder 8: Contemporary Sociology college notebook
Folder 7: T Scott Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Service records
- Subfolder 2: Photo, note to Jewel
- Subfolder 3: Photo, Scott & Terry
- Subfolder 4: Junior High Diploma, 1965
- Subfolder 5: Beach-O-Gram clippings, 7 September 1978
- Subfolder 6: Report Cards, 3rd-8th grade
Folder 8: Hazel Rosser
- Subfolder 1: Literary Club
- Subfolder 2: Literary Club
- Subfolder 3: Will dispersement
Folder 9: Hazel Rosser
- Subfolder 1: Davie prints
- Subfolder 2: Tom Thumb Wedding
- Subfolder 3: Rosser Roots
- Subfolder 4: Egypt 1959 (photo)
- Subfolder 5: Yugoslavia Tour Itinerary
Folder 10: James Clyde Thomas
- Subfolder 1: Funeral guestbook
Folder 11: James B and Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Letter from George Lambert + Prince Charles Photos
- Subfolder 2: Birth Certificates
- Subfolder 3: Marriage Certificate
- Subfolder 4: James B Funeral service program
- Subfolder 5: Rockwell Calendar 1986
- Subfolder 6: Lester Whitted Parole papers
Folder 12: Mary Yarborough Thomas
- Subfolder 1: Death certificate
- Subfolder 2: Funeral papers
- Subfolder 3: Newspaper clippings
- Subfolder 4: Gates Huff

Box 3: PAPERS

Folder 1: Families
- Subfolder 1: Avent Family of Avents Ferry
- Subfolder 2: The Kellys
- Subfolder 3: The Kellys
- Subfolder 4: Pittman Family History (from Ross Pittman)
- Subfolder 5: Raglan Castle
- Subfolder 6: Ragland
- Subfolder 7: The Life of Hon. F. B. Ragland
- Subfolder 8: Rosser Roots
Folder 2: Families
- Subfolder 1: The Family History of Archibald Murphy Yarborough
- Subfolder 2: Yarborough notes
- Subfolder 3: Yarborough notes
  - Memphis Methodist Church circa 1950
- Subfolder 4: Yarborough copies, NC State Archives
Folder 3: Yarborough Reunions
- Subfolder 1: Reunion Minutes, 1972-1992
- Subfolder 2: 1993 Notebook
- Subfolder 3: 1993 Reunion papers
- Subfolder 4: Reuinion recipes
- Subfolder 5: Reunion notes
- Subfolder 6: Guestbook
Folder 4: Portraits – 8×10 & larger
- Subfolder 1: Jewel T. Adcock
  - Jewel Jeffrey Thomas Adcock, 1940s
- Subfolder 2: Meredith Pittman Calton
- Subfolder 3: Bryan Pittman
- Subfolder 4: James Benjamin Pittman, copy printed from Ross Pittman’s original
- Subfolder 5: James M Pittman
- Subfolder 6: Jay, Jon, Joy Pittman
- Subfolder 7: Harry and Berta Thomas
  - Harry and Berta: 1. Wedding portrait, 2. Family portrait at their wedding, 15 May 1948
Subfolder 8: Merry T. Pittman
- Merry T. Pittman High School Graduation Portrait, 1948
- Merry Pittman at the 1963 Lee Cabinet Open House
Folder 5: Portraits – 8×10 & larger
- Subfolder 1: Morris F Pittman
  - Morris Finkley Pittman: 1. with his turnips in front of The Sanford Herald, 1950s; 2. Undated Portrait
- Subfolder 2: Timothy Scott Pittman
- Subfolder 3: Teresa T Talley
- Subfolder 4: Lawrence K Thomas
- Subfolder 5: Mary Y Thomas
  - Mary Y Thomas: 1. not dated, 2. 1953 Portrait, 3. Olan Mills 1960 Portrait
Subfolder 6: Archibald Murphy Yarborough
Subfolder 7: Unidentified
Subfolder 8: Unidentified
Folder 6: Histories
- Subfolder 1: Town of Broadway
- Subfolder 2: Murder Legends of Central North Carolina
- Subfolder 3: Lt. William Roberts WWII memories
Folder 7: Histories
- Subfolder 1: Sanford, NC
- Subfolder 2: Sanford, NC Centennial
Folder 8: WWII
- Subfolder 1: Newspapers

Box 4: PAPERS

Folder 1: Unnamed
- Subfolder 1: Sanford Brick & Tile
- Subfolder 2: County Fair
Folder 2: Jewel T Adcock
- Subfolder 1: Rufus Edmisten Gubernatorial Race memorabilia 1984
Folder 3: James B & Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 1: Charlotte Ave house
- Subfolder 2: Deed, Mary E Thomas to Merry Pittman
- Subfolder 3: Deed, 1611 Carbonton Rd
- Subfolder 4: Deed, Morris F to James B and Merry T Pittman
- Subfolder 5: “Empty Thoughts” scrapbook
Folder 4: JB Pittman briefcase contents
- Subfolder 1: 1983-1984 Fayetteville Technical Inst. Gradebook, legal pad
- Subfolder 2: Carbon paper – unused
- Subfolder 3: Test answer key, carbon paper
- Subfolder 4: Teacher Evaluation
Folder 5: JB Pittman WWII Service
- Subfolder 1: Honorable Discharge
- Subfolder 2: Service Records
- Subfolder 3: Service records

Box 5: Newspapers

Durham Morning Herald, August 9, 1974
Durham Morning Herald, September 9, 1974
News and Observer, September 14, 1984
The Sanford Herald, June 14, 1965
The Sanford Herald, March 29, 1973
Durham Morning Herald, November 23, 1963
Durham Morning Herald, November 30, 1963
The Sanford Herald, January 14, 1974
The Sanford Herald, November 25, 1966
The Sanford Herald, November 26, 1966

Box 6: Yarborough documents, 1779-1918

Folder 1: Envelopes to AM Yarborough, nd
Folder 2: Bonds, Leins, and debt owed to the estate of AM Yarborough, ca 1883
Folder 3: The Widow Rush’s Tract, nd
Folder 4: AM Yarborough to Mr. Lawrence Houghton, List of Goods Sold, nd.
Folder 5: Joseph Yarborough Land Survey, 1779, photocopy
Folder 6: Joseph Yarborough Land Grant, 1779, parchment copies
Folder 7: Harman-Mathis Land Survey + Deed, 1796, witnessed by William Avent
Folder 8: Heirs of Joseph Yarborough to Jeremiah Yarborough, 1803
Folder 9: Heirs of Joseph Yarborough to Jeremiah Yarborough, 1803, copy
Folder 10: Hardy Christian + wife Ruthy to T Springfield, 1821
Folder 11: Kinchin Robirds land survey, 1821
Folder 12: Joseph Avent + Judith to T Springfield, 1823
Folder 13: Kinchin Roberts to T Springfield, 1828
Folder 14: Kinchin Roberts to T Springfield, 1829
Folder 15: A Roberts to JW Judd, 1830
Folder 16: Thomas Springfield to J Avent, 1835
Folder 17: Thomas Springfield to J Avent, November 1835
Folder 18: John Judd to Gideon Dickens, 1835
Folder 19: Gideon Dickens to Joseph Avent, 1837
Folder 20: Division of Rush Land to Joseph Avent and Micajah T Hawkins junior, alias Joseph Hawkins, 1842
Folder 21: Gideon Dickens to John Womack, 1842
Folder 22: Luther Thomas to John Womack, 1843
Folder 23: Luther Thomas to John Womack, Jr, 1843
Folder 24: Heirs of Tarleton Maddox, division of lands, 1845
Folder 25: Thomas J Yarborough to AM Yarborough, 1848
Folder 26: Woodson Maddox to AM Yarborough, 1849
Folder 27: John Womack to Joseph Avent, 1851
Folder 28: John Womack to AM Yarbrough, 1851
Folder 29: Christopher Boling + wife Elizabeth to AM Yarborough, 1852
Folder 30: AM Yarborough to Thomas Hunt, 1853
Folder 31: Survey + Plat for Mrs Ann Bond, 1853 and Letter to R Faucette describing land, 1851
Folder 32: Thomas J Hunt to James Fuquay, 1854
Folder 33: William J Thomas + wife Emaline to AM Yarborough, 1854
Folder 34: Miranda Yarborough to AM Yarborough, 1855
Folder 35: Richard Paschal (Sheriff) to AM Yarborough, 1856
Folder 36: JH Farrar + Wife Elizabeth (Avent) to GW Avent, 1868
Folder 37: Glover Avent + Wife Cornelia to AM Yarbrough, Survey of plot of 519 acres, 1872
Folder 38: William A Blount + Wife Mary to Cornelious Dodd, 1872
Folder 39: BT Howze, admin of A. Avent, to AM Yarborough, 1872
Folder 40: JW Taylor to John McEllington, 1875
Folder 41: Trustees of Memphis Church to AM Yarborough, 1876
Folder 42: AM Yarborough to Chatham County School Committee, deed for school house, 1878
Folder 43: Thomas Cross to AM Yarborough, 1880
Folder 44: Ruth + Matthew Watson to AM Yarborough, 1883 and survey, 1881
Folder 45: EJ Lilly + Wife HP to JR Hunter, 1884
Folder 46: SW Brewer (Sheriff) to AM Yarborough, 1884
Folder 47: John A Womack to AM Yarborough, 1884
Folder 48: Abner Gunter and wife Martha to AM Yarborough, 1886
Folder 49: Agreement to divide land of AM Yarborough, signed by heirs, 1886
Folder 50: Letter by JB Yarborough concerning estate of AM Yarborough, 1886
Folder 51: JA Gunter and wife to JB Yarborough, 1891
Folder 52: WJ Adams to JB Yarborough, 1892
Folder 53: Leo A White letter to Mary E Yarborough, 1918

Box 7: Magazines (1 of 2)

“Your New Baby” special issue of PARENTS magazine, distributed by Belk-Legget Co. Durham, 1950s
The American Home, December 1956
Home Life, December 1959
Kress Catalog, nd
Family Circle, November 1959
Family Circle, December 1959
Song Hits, July 1958
The Sunday School Builder, December 1957
McCall’s, October 1974
Ladies’ Home Journal, September 1974
Wonderful West Virginia, September 1983
Yarn Spinner, July 1974
The Lost Colony, 365th Anniversary Celebration, 1587-1952
Better Homes & Gardens, December 1955

Box 8: Magazines (2 of 2)

The American Home, December 1954 (cover missing)
The American Home, April 1956
The American Home, September 1954
The American Home, December 1959
American Home Patterns, nd
Better Homes & Gardens, December 1954 (cover missing)
Woman’s Day, December 1959
Woman’s Day, December 1958
Woman’s Day, November 1950
Woman’s Day, June 1954

Box 9: Oversized documents

2 Sanford Centennial newspaper books
2 Carolina Bank Calendars for Sanford Centennial Celebration
1 Newspaper clipping, matted (James B Pittman & Merry T Pittman fashion show)

PHOTOGRAPHS:

Case 1: Pre-1900 to 1957, 4×6 Photos and smaller

Box 1: pre-1900/1910
Box 2: 1920
Box 3: 1930/1940
- Lawrence Kruse Thomas, assorted dates, boxes 3-6.
Box 4: 1930/1940
Box 5: 1930/1940
Box 6: 1930/1940
Box 7: 1949
Box 8: 1950s misc
Box 9: 1950s misc
Box 10: 1950
Box 11: 1951-1952
Box 12: 1953
Box 13: 1954
Box 14: 1955
Box 15: 1956
Box 16: 1957

Case 2: 1958-1973, 4×6 Photos and smaller

Box 1: 1958
Box 2: 1959
Box 3: 1959
Box 4: 1960s misc
Box 5: 1960s misc
Box 6: 1960
Box 7: 1961-1963
Box 8: 1964-1969
Box 9: 1970s misc
Box 10: 1970s misc
Box 11: 1970s misc
Box 12: 1970s misc
Box 13: 1970-1972
Box 14: 1973
Box 15: 1973
Box 16: 1973

Case 3: 1973-1980, 4×6 Photos and smaller

Box 1: 1973-1975
Box 2: 1973-1975
Box 3: 1973-1975
Box 4: 1976
Box 5: 1977
Box 6: 1978
Box 7: 1979
Box 8: 1979
Box 9: 1979
Box 10: 1980s misc
Box 11: 1980s misc
Box 12: 1980s misc
Box 13: 1980s misc
Box 14: 1980s misc
Box 15: 1980s misc
Box 16: 1980

Case 4: 1981-1985, 4×6 Photos and smaller

Box 1: 1981
Box 2: 1981
Box 3: 1981
Box 4: 1981
Box 5: 1982
Box 6: 1982
Box 7: 1982
Box 8: 1982
Box 9: 1983
Box 10: 1983
Box 11: 1984
Box 12: 1984
Box 13: 1984
Box 14: 1985
Box 15: 1985
Box 16: 1985

Case 5: 1986-1990, 4×6 Photos and smaller

Box 1: 1986
Box 2: 1986
Box 3: 1986
Box 4: 1987
Box 5: 1987
Box 6: 1988
Box 7: 1988
Box 8: 1989
Box 9: 1989
Box 10: 1990s misc
Box 11: 1990s misc
Box 12: 1990s misc
Box 13: 1990s misc
Box 14: 1990s misc
Box 15: 1990
Box 16: 1990

Case 6: 1990-2000, 4×6 Photos and smaller

Box 1: 1990
Box 2: 1990
Box 3: 1991
Box 4: 1991
Box 5: 1992
Box 6: 1992
Box 7: 1993
Box 8: 1994
Box 9: 1994
Box 10: 1995
Box 11: 1996
Box 12: 1995-1997
Box 13: 1998
Box 14: 1998
Box 15: 1999
Box 16: 2000

Case 7: 2000-2009, 4×6 Photos and smaller

Box 1: 2000
Box 2: 2000
Box 3: 2001
Box 4: 2001
Box 5: 2002
Box 6: 2003
Box 7: 2004
Box 8: 2002-2004
Box 9: 2002-2004
Box 10: 2005
Box 11: 2006
Box 12: 2006
Box 13: 2007
Box 14: 2007
Box 15: 2008-2009
Box 16: 2008-2009

Case 8: 5×7 photos, cards, etc

Box 1: T. Scott Pittman
Box 2: Hazel Rosser
Box 3: Mary Y Thomas
Box 4: Notes/Ephemera
Box 5: Letters/Cards
Box 6: Jack and Merry Cards and Letters
Box 7: Postcards (written)
Box 8: 5×7 modern portraits & photos
Box 9: 5×7 modern portraits & photos
Box 10: 5×7 modern portraits & photos
Box 11: 5×7 vintage portraits & photos
Box 12: 5×7 vintage portraits & photos
- James Berdine Pittman, Fayetteville Technical Institute Staff Photo
- Yarborough Women, circa 1915-1920
- Merry Louise Thomas Pittman, portrait circa 1929
- Timothy Scott Pittman, US Army Reserves portrait (original given to cousin Meredith)
- Timothy Scott Pittman, 1954 (original given to cousin Meredith)
Box 13: Newspaper clippings
Box 14: Newspaper clippings

Case 9: Jewel T. Adcock, Hazel Rosser

Travel slides

Case 10: James B & Merry T Pittman

Negatives

Case 11: James B & Merry T Pittman, Jewel T Adcock, Mary Y Yarborough

Negatives

Case 12: James B & Merry T Pittman, Jewel T Adcock, Mary Y Yarborough, 5×7 cards & smaller

Box 1: Postcards (blank)
Box 2: Postcards (blank)
Box 3: Funeral of James Clyde Thomas sympathy flower cards

Case 13: Jewel T. Adcock

VHS (2)

Albums, Memorabilia, and Loose Items

Albums

Album: Genealogy Scrapbook (created by Joy Jones for Jack and Merry Pittman)
Album: Jack and Merry Pittman, 50th Anniversary, 1991
Album: 1974-1987 neighborhood ice cream dinners
Album: 1987-1998 neighborhood ice cream dinners
Album: Jack and Merry Pittman, Hawaii, 1989
Album: Jewel and Jim Adcock

Books

Green Family Bible (with artifacts inside)
White Family Bible (with artifacts inside)
- James Rufus Thomas Family Photos
Yearbook: Centaro 1977, Central Carolina Technical Institute
Yearbook: Sandprints 1942, Sanford High
Yearbook: Fayetteville Technical Institute 1969
Yearbook: Fayetteville Technical Institute 1961
~~Yearbook: United States Army Training Center, Infantry, Fort Bragg (Company B, Sixth battalion, second brigade), 1969 (given to cousin Meredith)~~
“Good Ole Days Schoolhouse Book”

Modern Objects

Joy & Lindel Printed Wedding Book, April 2007
Folder – Art (Joy), including original David Silverman, Roy Doty, and Jay Pittman’s “Molly Moose” book sketches
Folder – Joy Jones, Pi Gamma Mu Society Certificate
Folder – Appalachian State University Commencement Program, December 2012
Folder – Joy Jones, GRE Scores
Appalachian State University Diploma Folio (diploma framed separately)
William G. Enloe High School Diploma 2001 (in folio)
Manteo High School, Sandfiddler Yearbook Volume 24
William G. Enloe High School, Quotations Yearbook Volume 38 (2001)
Martin Middle School, Horizons Yearbook (1997)
Lindel Jones Senoir Project Binder

Memorabilia and Loose Items

Drawer 1: ~~Hazel Rosser’s glasses (in shadow box display)~~, King George memorabilia – 1937, O.K. Foundry Co. Lighter, Tijuana matchbook, baseball charm, Hazel Rosser’s box of jewelry and charms, Mary Emma Yarborough (in her teens) set in an ambrotype/daguerrotype/tintype case (may not be original image for case)
Drawer 2: County fair ribbons, Merry Pittman’s Central Carolina Pioneer Club President’s plaque – 1976, Lady Buxton wallet with photos, Engraved box for Jack & Merry Pittman’s playing card set, Box of Jack Pittman’s business cards, Denver 1976 box of souvenirs
Drawer 3: Photo frames (small), Merry T Pittman’s 1994 plaque for CCCC Educational Office Person of the Year, Greek key ribbon, James B. Pittman leather belt, harmonica, James B. Pittman wallet insert, Newcastle upon Tyne souvenir coasters, Pittman embraoidered patch
Drawer 4: Scott Pittman’s Baseball waterglobe, child’s fork, ~~baby shoes, crochet baby slippers, 1967 NC Eastern Champions plaque, 1966 Eastern Champions plaque (all given to cousin Meredith)~~
12X12 Case 1: James B Pittman’s Fayetteville Technical Institute service award plaque, Joy Pittman Martin Middle School Lions plaque 1997
12X12 Case 2: James M Pittman Baby book, Apollo plate, ~~T. Scott Pittman’s birth plate (given to cousin Meredith)~~
12X12 Case 3: Mary Frances Avent family portrait; Merry T. Pittman’s Associates Certificate (framed), Notary Public Certificate (framed)
Tube 1: 2 Rolled, laminated newspaper clippings (James M Pittman art stories)
1 Briefcase (empty- James B Pittman)
Miller Boles Funeral Home, zippered bag containing programs and guest book for James Berdine Pittman Funeral, December 2010
Miller Boles Funeral Home, zippered bag containing programs and guest book for Merry Thomas Pittman Funeral, February 2011

created 7 August 2015 by Joy Jones
updated 9 August 2015
updated 10 April 2016
updated 28 April 2018

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