Julia McNinch Camp Greene Scrapbook, 1918

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: MS-2021-015

Staff Only

Content Description

The Julia McNinch Camp Greene Scrapbook contains one scrapbook of items kept by Julia McNinch while Camp Greene was in operation during World War I. Some items include cards and letters from soldiers she knew, postcards, songs, stamps, and textiles. An additional item added later is a 1911 letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Julia’s father, Samuel Sylvanus McNinch, who was mayor of Charlotte 1905-1907. The scrapbook is dated 1918 and in good condition.

Dates

1918

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to the public without restriction. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to duplicate or publish material from this collection must be obtained from the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.

Extent

1.29 Linear Feet

0.28 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Julia McNinch (1891-1975) was born in 1891 in Charlotte, North Carolina to Samuel Sylvanus McNinch and Julia Magill McNinch. Julia was a schoolteacher and married John Klump Slear of Pennsylvania, who had been a soldier training at Camp Greene. This collection includes one scrapbook with documents, photographs, postcards, songs, stamps, and textiles relating to Camp Greene. The scrapbook is dated 1918 and in good condition.

Arrangement

The materials in the scrapbook are arranged in the original order determined by its creator, Julia McNinch Slear, in 1918.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated to the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room by Ms. Ann C. McNinch, November 2014.

Related Materials

Jack Dillard Collection, Camp Greene Records, 1917-1919. (CALL NUMBER: NCR ARCHIVES VAULT)

McNinch Family. (CALL NUMBER: NCR VERTICAL FILES)

Bibliography

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room. “The Doughboys & Camp Greene, Mecklenburg County, NC, 1917-1918,” 2015. http://www.cmstory.org/doughboys

Find a Grave. “Julia McNinch Slear,” 2009. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38966650