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Scrapbooks: Digital Randolph

Scrapbooks

Scrapbooks often include news items of note as well as their unique aesthetic or artistic qualities, making them valued historical records. Frequently a mix of newspaper print, hand- and type-written text, photographs and memorabilia, they present diverse and complex preservation problems; they also require costly archival boxes and large amounts of storage space. Due to these factors, the vast majority of scrapbooks which the Randolph Room accepts as gifts will be scanned digitally, preserved in electronic archival format and made available online here as portable document format (pdf) files. Original photographs, artwork, printed material (not newspaper clippings) and other unique items will be retained and archived to the extent they can be removed from the scrapbook without significant damage to the item(s). Covers and other contents will generally be discarded.

Archdale/Trinity Area groups and individuals:

The Archdale Trinity Woman's Club (ATWC) was organized in 1959. In October, 2012, the club donated to the Randolph Room six scrapbooks and four other binders with Club minutes and rosters. These scrapbooks were 12"x14" and most were 4" thick; the binders varied in size. Scans of most of these items are linked below; other items are archived in the Archdale Trinity Woman's Club Collection and are available for research in the Randolph Room.

ATWC and Golden Age Club - scrapbook of photographs, news clippings and correspondence, 1969-1978 (images 2-13 are loose items found in the beginning of the scrapbook)

ATWC, Children's Playground at Creekside Park, 1978-1980 - Archdale Trinity Woman's Club proposed and later undertook to raise money and make a plan for a dedicated playground area in the newly developed park in Archdale. This book contains descriptions of their fundraising events and photographs of the site.

ATWC and Golden Age Club - scrapbook of photographs, news clippings and correspondence, 1978-1986

ATWC - scrapbooks of meeting programs and activities, including some original photographs. These large scrapbooks have been digitized in two parts to facilitate quicker loading for viewers.

1980-1981 - Part 1 and Part 2

1983-1984 - Part 1 and Part 2

1984-1985 - Part 1 and Part 2

1990-1991 - Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3

Personal scrapbook of the Archdale/Trinity Area, 1970s

Asheboro's participation in Carolina Power and Light's "Finer Carolina" competitions:

Asheboro Finer Carolina scrapbook 1952

Asheboro Finer Carolina scrapbook 1953

Asheboro Finer Carolina scrapbook 1954

Asheboro Finer Carolina scrapbook 1955

Asheboro Finer Carolina scrapbook 1956

Asheboro Finer Carolina scrapbook 1958

Asheboro groups or individuals:

Asheboro High School photo scrapbook (anonymous donation)

Asheboro Junior Woman's Club scrapbook, 1959-1960

Asheboro Kiwanis Club scrapbook, 1950

Cranford Scrapbook (newspaper clippings gathered by either Mrs. C.C. (Ethel Cox) Cranford or her daughter Sarah Elizabeth Cranford of marriages and musical events in Asheboro and surrounding communities, 1949-1958; also includes some histories of the county)

Franklinville Scrapbooks by Maxine Yorke/York Benson (1921-2018) donated by her niece Priscilla Yorke Dunn.

Maxine Yorke Scrapbook (personal scrapbook containing school event programs (Franklinville School), invitations, report cards, holiday cards and other items; dates span 1935 to 1941, items are generally organized chronologically although loose items are in various places; bulk of items pre-date 1940)

Maxine York Benson Scrapbook (personal newspaper clipping scrapbook focused on Franklinville but including other areas of Randolph County; dates span 1941 to 1967 but pages are not arranged chronologically)

Donald Raeford Hill Scrapbook (personal scrapbook includes selected people and places in Randolph County; date unknown)

Garden Clubs - a number of Garden Clubs have donated scrapbooks to the Randolph Room through the years. We are in the process of scanning them, disassembling them and retaining original items (not newspaper clippings). As they are scanned we will be linking them here.

  • Shamrock Garden Club - This collection includes a number of the Club's Year Books as well as scrapbooks. The Press Book contains primarily newspaper clippings but also some certificates and photographs. Part 1 covers 1965-1967, Part 2 spans 1952-1954; some of the pages may be out of chronological order but they have been scanned and preserved here as found. The Shamrock Garden Club also applied for a State Award from The Garden Club of North Carolina, Inc. for their work beautifying the campus of Charles W. McCrary Elementary School (1964-1965); the 24-page contents of this 3-ring binder have been scanned and are available here.
  • Westwood Garden Club - 1969-1979 Part 1; 1969-1979 Part 2; 1979-1994 Part 1; 1979-1994 Part 2; 1979-1994 Part 3; 1979-1994 Part 4 (these last items were found loose in the 1979-1994 scrapbook). These two scrapbooks were donated by the family of Joyce Piersol Brown (1925-2012) of Asheboro.

Home Demonstration Clubs - two scrapbooks from the 12th District, Federation of North Carolina Home Demonstration Clubs. Donated by Bernice Millikan Davis through her daughter Kay Davis Coltrane. The scrapbooks were scanned in their entirety; other items from this Collection are available in the Randolph Room.

Klopman Mills Process Scrapbook

George Russell Scrapbook (ca. 1922; typewritten history of the Franklinsville Manufacturing Company and photographs regarding the same, on long-term loan from Randolph Heritage Conservancy)

McCrary Eagles - undated but believed to be spanning 1937-1940s; newspaper clippings, Western Union telegrams and some original photographs related to the McCrary Eagles baseball and basketball teams. Posts holding scrapbook together were removed and pages most likely not retained in original order prior to its donation to The Randolph Room with other materials from The Courier-Tribune newsroom.

Randolph Library Association - forerunner to the Randolph Library Foundation, this newspaper clipping scrapbook includes items from roughly 1938 through 1940

Sophia Scrapbooks by Althea Farlow Brown (1897-1983) (for 50 years Mrs. Brown was the Sophia/New Market area correspondent for The Courier and Courier-Tribune; more complete descriptions of these three news clipping scrapbooks, which are digitized in smaller parts due to their size) are found in Vol. 1, Pt. 1 and Vol. 3, Pt. 1) - Vol. 1, Part 1; Vol. 1, Part 2; Vol. 1, Part 3; Vol. 1, Part 4; Vol. 1 Part 5; Vol 2, Part 1; Vol. 2, Part 2; Vol. 2, Part 3; Vol. 2, Part 4; Vol. 3, Part 1; Vol. 3, Part 2; Vol. 3, Part 3)

Staley area scrapbook by Leffie Cleo Moffitt Clark (1924-2003) includes engagement/wedding notices, service member news, travel items, and calling cards of contemporaries, principally spanning 1944-1948

World War II era scrapbooks

Clyde Lambeth - Mr. Lambeth (1927-2000) served in World War II, traveling from San Francisco, CA to Guam on the USS Gen. W.F. Hase. Many photographs are from that transport and at Guam; Mr. Lambeth's image is on the first photo page, bottom right. Many images of people are unidentified while images of places are somewhat iconic and/or official Armed Services photographs. Part of the Clyde Lambeth Collection (MssColl#7).

World War II Service Scrapbook-Army - newspaper clippings of Randolph County service members in the U.S. Army. Male service members' information arranged somewhat alphabetically; separate sections for females serving in WAC, WAAC, Waves, female Marines and as nurses.

World War II Service Scrapbook-Navy - (loose items folder includes some U.S. Army members' news) arranged somewhat alphabetically and includes news of Randolph County residents serving in Marine Corps and as Naval Aviators.

World War II Service Scrapbook-Corbett Scott - photocopies of newspaper clippings, service club newsletters, church bulletins and other community sources of information; arranged somewhat chronologically.