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Odessa A. Memory Collection of Riverton, N.C., History

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The Odessa A. Memory Collection of Riverton, N.C., History includes historical, biographical, genealogical, and creative materials related to the town of Riverton, North Carolina. In addition to primary historical materials such as church and school programs, the collection includes document photocopies, dramatizations, memoirs, manuscripts, and song lyrics related to Riverton.

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Biographical and Historical Note

Odessa Arnette Memory was married to Duncan Thomas Memory, who was brother to Jasper Livingston Memory, a Wake Forest graduate (1921) and professor. Her father, John Madison Arnette, graduated from Wake Forest College (1902).

Odessa A. Memory collected these materials related to the Riverton area of North Carolina. Riverton is a rural area of what is now Scotland County, just outside the Cape Fear River Basin.

Collection Overview

The Odessa A. Memory collection of Riverton, N.C., history includes historical, biographical, genealogical, and creative materials related to the town of Riverton, North Carolina. In addition to primary historical materials such as church and school programs, the collection includes document photocopies, dramatizations, memoirs, manuscripts, and song lyrics related to Riverton.

Collection Inventory

  • Biographical and historical information (undated) Box 1 Folder 8
  • Historical document photocopies (undated) Box 1 Folder 23
  • Historical document photocopies (undated) Box 2 Folder 1
  • Historical document photocopies (undated) Box 2 Folder 2
  • Historical document photocopies and related correspondence Box 2 Folder 3
  • Jackson, Catherine, The Road to Riverton  (undated) Box 1 Folder 21
  • Johnson, Elbert Neil, "Our Riverton" lyrics (undated) Box 1 Folder 2
  • Johnson, Livingston, "History of Spring Hill Church" (circa 1926-1930) Box 1 Folder 12
  • Life of Donald Whyte (Daniel White) with Incidents in Scotland and America, typescript (circa 1879) Box 1 Folder 18
  • Life of Reverend Daniel White pamphlet and  The Wheel of Faith  (circa 1879, 1960s) Box 1 Folder 24
  • Matthews, Kate, "A Community that is a Tradition," Biblical Recorder  (1945) Box 1 Folder 6
  • Matthews, Mary Johnson, Looking Backward  (undated) Box 1 Folder 10
  • Matthews, William Emery, autobiographical information (circa 1968-1970) Box 1 Folder 22
  • McMillan, Hudson, Reminiscences of Riverton  (2001) Box 1 Folder 1
  • Memory, John Madison, "For Love of a River" (circa 2000s) Box 1 Folder 25
  • Memory, John Madison, "My Uncle Jasper in the 20th Century" (2001) Box 1 Folder 17
  • Memory, John Madison, "What is Riverton" (1991) Box 1 Folder 13
  • Moore, Isabel, Johnsons of Argyll  (1940) Box 1 Folder 3
  • Newspaper articles (1940-1991) Box 1 Folder 7
  • North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame induction ceremony bulletin (1998) Box 1 Folder 11
  • Parham, Kate, "The House that Jack Built" (1986) Box 1 Folder 14
  • Poetry and prose, general (undated) Box 1 Folder 9
  • Riverton newspaper clippings (circa 1949-1989) Box 1 Folder 16
  • Riverton School closing exercises (1908) Box 1 Folder 5
  • Riverton writings inventory (circa 1990-2001) Box 1 Folder 15
  • Steiner, Jesse Frederick. American Community in Action, chapters 2-3 draft (circa 1928) Box 1 Folder 20
  • Steiner, Jesse Frederick. American Community in Action, chapter 3 (1928) Box 1 Folder 19
  • The Wheel of Faith manuscript (circa 1960s) Box 1 Folder 4

Summary Information

Repository
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title
Odessa A. Memory Collection of Riverton, N.C., History
ID
MS866
Date [inclusive]
1879-2001, undated
Extent
0.63 linear feet  1 document box, 1 half-document box

Administrative Information

Publication Information
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives 2017 April
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for researchers. 
Copyright Notice
The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. 
Preferred Citation
Odessa A. Memory Collection of Riverton, N.C., History (MS 866), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. 

The following books were included with the manuscript donation and can be found using the Z. Smith Reynolds Library catalog:

  • McNeill, John Charles. Home in the Sandhills: selected prose by John Charles McNeill. St. Andrews College Press: Laurinburg, N.C., 1997.
  • McNeill, John Charles. Lyrics from cotton land. Stone Publishing Co.: Charlotte, N.C., 1922.
  • McNeill, John Charles. Lyrics from cotton land. Stone Publishing Co.: Charlotte, N.C., 1949.
  • McNeill, John Charles. Lyrics from cotton land. University Press: Chapel Hill, N.C., 1922.
  • McNeill, John Charles, and Richard Walser, ed. Possums and persimmons: newly collected poems. Broadfoot's Bookmark: Wendell, N.C., 1977.
  • McNeill, John Charles. Songs merry and sad. The University Press: Chapel Hill, N.C., 1906/1932.
  • Powers, Mary Rebecca. "Stories of Two Lands: Scotland and America." circa 1950.
  • Wright, Marilyn, ed. A Sense of Place. Laurinburg, N.C.: Scotland County Historical Association, 1991.

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