Guide to Collection 165. Zeb Shook Papers, 1914-1996, n.d.

Guide to Collection 165. Zeb Shook Papers, 1914-1996, n.d.

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Administrative Information
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Acquisitions Information
Processing Information
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Collection Arrangement
Online Catalog Headings
Container List
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Special Collections
Carol G. Belk Library and Information Commons
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina
28608 USA
Phone: (828) 262-4041
Fax: (828) 262-2553
Email: spcoll@appstate.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository: Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection
Creator: Zeb Shook
Title: Zeb Shook Papers, 1914-1996, n.d.
Language of Material: Material in English
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University.
Abstract: The Zeb Shook Papers contain materials which Shook researched and his personal correspondence about his life experiences to family members. He researched western North Carolina education, especially Boone Fork Institute and Stanley McCormick School. Shook also studied Wild Bill Hickock and his connection to Watauga County, North Carolina via David C. McCanles and Sarah Shull. The Zeb Shook Papers includes many original letters and school newspapers. Audiocassettes include the memories of Dr. Charles G. McKaraher and of Harvey Trivette.
Extent: 0.5 linear feet, 1 archival boxes

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

An appointment for research is required. No restrictions to access. No Inter-Library Loan.


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Copyright Notice

Standard federal copyright laws apply.


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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Zeb Shook Papers, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.


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Acquisitions Information

Provenance is unknown. The original arrangement of the collection was originally made by a cataloger Deborah Bell in 1994. Two additional letters were donated 30 September 2002. This collection was opened to the public on 30 September 2002.


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Processing Information

Processed by Deborah Bell, 1994 and Kathryn Staley, 2002

Encoded by Kathryn Staley, January 2005


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Biographical Note

Zeb Shook, b. 1920, was the acquisitions librarian at Appalachian State University, formerly Appalachian State Teachers College. He attended Lees McCrae College in Banner Elk and studied to be a teacher. He fought in the Army during World War II.

Boone Fork Institute was a Presbyterian industrial school located in Shull's Mill of Watauga County, North Carolina. Reverend Edward Tufts organized religious classes in 1917. The Old Lenoir Grist Mill was renovated into classrooms and teachers' rooms. In 1920, Reverend Charles G. McKaraher opened the Institute and became its president. The Galax Leaf was the Institute's official newspaper. It was consolidated with another school in 1929.

The Stanley McCormick School was a co-ed preparatory high school in Burnsville, North Carolina. Leroy F. Jackson was director. The school was renamed New Carolina College in ca. 1928 and closed ca. 1929.


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Collection Overview

Collection Arrangement

This collection is divided into the following series: Series 165A. Appalachian State Teachers College Series,165B. Boone Fork Institute Series (Publications, Correspondence and Miscellaneous), 165C. Lees-McRae Institute Series, 165D. Stanley McCormick School Series (Architectural Drawing and Correspondence), 165E. Wild Bill Hickok Research Series, 165F. Miscellaneous Series, 165G. Correspondence Series, 165H. Audiocassette Series. Photographs are stored separately.


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Online Catalog Headings

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)
Appalachian State University
Boone Fork Institute
Education -- North Carolina -- History
Education -- North Carolina -- Shull's Mill -- History
Education -- North Carolina -- Yancy County -- Burnsville -- History
Galax leaf (Boone Fork Institute)
Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876
Jackson, Leroy F. (Leroy Freeman), 1881-1958
Lees-McRae College
McCanles, David C
McKaraher, Charles G
New Carolina College
Pinnacle (Lees-McRae College)
Shook, Zeb, 1920-
Shull, Sarah
Stanley McCormick School
Trivette, Harvey

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Container List

Appalachian State Teachers College Series. (1957)
This collection contains two complete issues of Appalachian State Teachers College's Alumni Magazine, Vol. 1, no. 1, Spring 1957.
Box Folder
1 1 Appalachian State Teachers College. Alumni Magazine, V. 1, no. 1, Spring 1957. 16 pp.
Boone Fork Institute Series. (1920-1931, n.d.)
Publications Subseries
Publications Subseries contains materials regarding Boone Fork Institute, an early twentieth century private school located in Shull's Mill, North Carolina, arranged by name and date. An incomplete run of the Galax Leaf, Boone Fork Institute's newspaper, is included as are articles about the Boone Fork Institute.
Correspondence Subseries contains letters written to Boone Fork Institute employees, arranged by addressee, correspondent and date. Primarily, these letters are rejection letters to requests for donations.
Miscellaneous Subseries contains Charles McKaraher's poem "Brothers" and Fred. H. Rindge, Jr.'s book, A Hero Not in the Army. A Hero Not in the Army is about Charles McKaraher's work in Stanley County, North Carolina.
Box Folder
1 1 The Galax Leaf, V. 1, no. 1, December 1922.
The Galax Leaf, V. 1, no. 2, January 1923.
The Galax Leaf, V. 1, no. 4, December 1923.
The Galax Leaf, V. 2, no. 1, March 1924.
The Galax Leaf, V. 2, no. 2, June 1924.
The Galax Leaf, V. 2, no. 3, December 1924.
The Galax Leaf, marked V. 3, no. 1, March 1925. First article has title "Neglected Children of the Southern Highlands."
The Galax Leaf, also marked V. 3, no. 1, March 1925. First article has title "From One of Our Boys."
The Pinnacles (Lees-McRae Institute publication), V. 6, no. 7, February 1922. Issue about Boone Fork Institute.
Newspaper article, "Boone Fork Institute, in the Mountains, to Make Appeal for Funds," Greensboro Daily News, February 27, 1927. Photographs included in article.
Whiting, Henry. Building on Faith. Pamphlet printed by Lenoir News-Topic Printing, Lenoir, N. C. 7 pp.
"Suppose" (case studies of students). Mimeographed. 2 pp.
Correspondence Subseries
Box Folder
1 2 One blank sheet stationery, Boone Fork Institute letterhead.
C. G. McKaraher from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Woodrow Wilson), May 14, 1921. Declined to contribute. Original, typescript.
C. G. McKaraher from John Randolph Bolling, January 16, 1923. Declined to contribute. Original, typescript.
C. G. McKaraher from Josephus Daniels, June 30, 1927. Unable to speak at McKaraher's church July 4. Original, handwritten, ink.
C. G. McKaraher from William P. Lee, April 14, 1931. Declined to give much help to mountain mission. Original, handwritten, ink.
C. G. McKaraher from Lee S. Overman (U. S. Senator from North Carolina), August 17, 1921. Sending United States maps to school. Original, typescript.
C. G. McKaraher from Carol M. Sax, October 12, 1931. "Clean" play, The Guest Room, to be presented. Original, typescript.
C. G. McKaraher from James I. Vance (First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tenn.), April 28, 1921. Declined to help with school. Original, typescript.
Box Folder
1 2 C. G. McKaraher from W. S. Whiting, August 10. 1920. Letter of encouragement. Original, typescript.
W. S. Whiting to Elmer A. Hummel, May 20, 1940. Subject: Rev. Charles G. McKaraher. Carbon copy, typescript.
F. F. Whitfield (from C. G. McKaraher?), March 29, 1925. Personal news and discussion of school. 2 pp. Carbon copy, typescript.
Miscellaneous Subseries
Box Folder
1 2 Poem, "Brothers," by Charles G. McKaraher.
Rindge, Fred. H., Jr. A Hero Not in the Army. 8 pp.
Lees-McRae Institute Series. (1922)
Lees-McRae Institute Series contains the February 1922 issue of The Pinnacle, the school's newspaper.
Box Folder
1 2 The Pinnacles (school publication), V. 6, no. 12, July 1922. 4 pp.
Stanley McCormick School Series. (1914-1929)
Architectural Drawing Subseries contains the 11.5" x 9.5" architectural drawing of Stanley McCormick School of Burnsville, North Carolina which was subsequently renamed New Carolina College. Earl H. Reed, Jr. of Chicago was the architect.
Correspondence Subseries contains letters to employees of Stanley McCormick School, by correspondent. Most appear to be negative responses to appeals by employees for monetary support.
Architectural Drawing Subseries
Box Folder
1 2 General plan of the Stanley McCormick School, Burnsville, N. C. Architectural drawing.
Correspondence Subseries
Box Folder
1 2 Mr. T. U. Chesebrough from J_____ Hibb____ (president, Princeton University), September 5, 1917. Unable to recommend candidate to teach at Stanley McCormick School. Original, typescript.
Mrs. T. U. Chesebrough from Edward K. Graham (president, University of North Carolina), August 18, 1917. Subject: Stanley McCormick School student wishing to attend the University of North Carolina. Original, typescript.
W. E. Finley (principal of school) from A. L. Bulwinkle (Congressman, 9th N. C. District), July 2, 1923. Unable to locate weather station at school. Original, typescript.
W. E. Finley from W. W. Husband (Commissioner General of Immigration), August 21, 1924. School approved for immigrant children. Original, typescript.
Harry Hibschman from Thomas B. Applegate, February 28, 1927. Mr. Rockefeller declines to contribute. Original, typescript.
Harry Hibschman from Wm. C. Grans(?), secretary to Julius Rosenwald, March 11, 1927. Mr. Rosenwald not interested in mountain schools, will not contribute. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson (director of McCormick School) from George Gordon Battle, March 8, 1927. Unable to help with work of school, but contributed $5.00. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from E. S. Bewlnig(?), undated. Unable to assist in support of school. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from E. C. Brooks (president, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering), June 11, 1927. Letter of encouragement. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from A. L. Bulwinkle, February 10, 1927. Sending 1924 Statistical Atlas of the United States and other publications. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Charlotte E. Craig, April 7, 1927. Sent contribution. Original, handwritten, ink.
Leroy F. Jackson from Henry W. Lanier, March 7, 1927. Sending free magazine subscriptions for 1927. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Henry Morgenthau, February 23, 1927. Unable to comply with request. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Lee S. Overman, October 31, 1921. Sending government publications. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Lee S. Overman, December 22, 1921. Sending government publications. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Lee S. Overman, February 1, 1924. Response to letter asking support of Senate Bill 966. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Alma E. Shimer (representative of The Commonwealth Fund), April 14, 1927. Request for financial information concerning school. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Senator F. McL. Simmons, October 7, 1921. Sending government publications. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Leonard Tufts, Pinehurst Resort, March 17, 1927. Declined to contribute. Original, typescript.
Stanley McCormick School from Sun (Oil) Company, May 4, 1914 (J. N. Pew, Jr., Vice-President). Agreement to ship one barrel of fuel oil to De La Vergne Machine Company for trial. Original, typescript.
Roy F. Ebbs from E. C. Brooks (president, North Carolina State), April 15, 1929. Impossible to attend Board meeting that week. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Beulah Amidon(?), July 18, 1928. Request for catalog. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from E. C. Brooks, October 27, 1927. Request for catalog. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from E. C. Brooks, November 9, 1927. Acceptance of membership on Board. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from E. C. Brooks, December 10, 1928. Agreement to meet with Jackson and Holland Estill that week. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from E. C. Brooks, December 31, 1928. Preference concerning Board meeting date. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from E. C. Brooks, January 14, 1929. Confirmation of meeting. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from E. C. Brooks, February 9, 1929. Receipt of letter; unable to persuade Judge Clarkson to serve on Board. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from A. L. Bulwinkle, February 18, 1929. Sending government publications. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Heriot Clarkson (North Carolina Supreme Court Justice), August 28, 1928. Unable to serve on Board. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Frank P. Graham, June 29, 1928. Acceptance of membership on Board. Original, handwritten, ink.
Leroy F. Jackson from Frank Graham, August 25, 1928. Proxy for Board vote. Original, handwritten, ink.
Leroy F. Jackson from Frank Graham, December 12, 1928. Agrees to see Mr. Estill at office. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Frank Graham, January 3, 1929. Confirmation of meeting date. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Frank Graham, February 6, 1929. Agreement to visit Judge Clarkson concerning Board membership. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Frank Graham, May 1, 1929. Distress at problems for college. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson(?) from Joseph K. Hart, undated. Best wishes for school under new system. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from H. W. Hunt, April 4, 1929. Request for Jackson to examine Hunt's College Blue Book. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Max Mason (President, University of Chicago), November 2, 1927. Interest in new college. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Alexander Meiklejohn (University of Wisconsin), October 26, 1927. Interest in new college. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Lucile W. Murchison, March 18, 1928. Declined to contribute. Original, handwritten, ink.
Leroy F. Jackson from Clarence Poe, June 27, 1928. Unable to accept Board membership. Original, typescript, letterhead of The Progressive Farmer.
Leroy F. Jackson from L. P. Sieg (University of Pittsburgh), April 12, 1928. Interest in new college. Original, typescript.
Leroy F. Jackson from Carl C. Taylor (North Carolina State), October 26, 1927. Interest in college and offer to help raise money. Original, typescript.
Wild Bill Hickok Research Series. (1867-1972, n.d.)
Wild Bill Hickok Research Series contains various journal articles and newspaper articles about Bill Hickok, original arrangement. Hickok had some Watauga County connections.
Box Folder
1 3 Arthur, John Preston. "'Cobb' McCanless," from A History of Watauga County, pp. 194-7. ("Cobb" (David Colbert) McCanles of Watauga County, North Carolina, was supposedly killed by Hickok.) Photocopy.
Connelley, William Elsey. "Wild Bill Kills McCanles," from Wild Bill and His Era; The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok (New York: Cooper Square, 1972), pp. 31-43. Includes photograph of McCanles. Photocopy.
Hodges, J. E. "Bloody End McCanless Gang Is Detailed by Historian Hodges." Letter to the editor and enclosure, Watauga Democrat. Enclosure: "King Street" reference to death of Hickok.
Jennewein, J. Leonard. Calamity Jane of the Western Trails. Huron, SD: Dakota Books, 1953. Photocopy. 47 pp.
Knight, Edward. Wild Bill Hickok; The Contemporary Portrait of a Civil War Hero. Franklin, NH: Hillside Press, 1959, pp. 9-17. Photocopy.
McCanles, William Monroe. "The Only Living Witness," Nebraska History Magazine, V. X, April-June 1927, pp. 113-6. Photocopy.
Mann, E. B. "Wild Bill Hickok, Man or Myth?" Field and Stream, June 1979, pp. 44+. Entire magazine in envelope.
Box Folder
1 4 Nichols, George W. "Wild Bill," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, no. CCI, February 1867, V. XXXIV, pp. 273-85. Photocopy.
O'Connor, Richard. "An Occurrence at Rock Creek," Wild Bill Hickok. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959, pp. 17-31. Photocopy.
O'Connor, Richard. "Spy, Scout, and Sharpshooter," Wild Bill Hickok, pp. 59-77. Photocopy.
Rosa, Joseph G. "Incident at Rock Creek," They Called Him Wild Bill; The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok. Norman: U of Oklahoma Press, 1964, pp. 14-33. Photocopy. Includes bibliography (pp. 261-7). Note: this chapter concerns McCanles and Sarah Shull, also of Watauga County, North Carolina).
Vestal, Stanley. "The Wickedest Little City in America, 1872-1886," Queen of Cowtowns, Dodge City. New York: Harper, 1953. Title page only.
Box Folder
1 5 Wilstach, Frank J. Wild Bill Hickok; The Prince of Pistoleers. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1926. Photocopy: includes foreword, contents, chapter III ("The McCanles Mystery Solved"). Pp. vii, xvii, 40-79. Also includes first two pages of chapter V, "Wartime Adventures."
Photograph, Wild Bill Hickok.
Photograph, David C. (Cobb) McCanles.
Two photographs, Sarah Shull (Kate Shell) De Valed.
Card: birth and death dates of Sarah Louisa DeVald, daughter of Phillip and Phebea Shull; and Martha Alice, daughter of Sarah Shull.
Sheet of paper, "Sarah Shull DeVald, died June 1, 1932 at Shulls Mill--
Watauga Democrat, June 16, 1932. Typescript.
Miscellaneous Series. (1916-1975)
Miscellaneous Series contains various materials. These include John Preston Arthur's "Baird Family; Banner Family" out of A History of Watauga County, Eugene Field's poem "The Farmer's Dog", James Whitcomb Riley's poem "The Passing of the Back House","From Frances Willard's Will", one sheet stationery with letterhead of Carolina Bible Conference, Rt. 3, Boone, N. C. and one train ticket for Southern Railway Company, Blanche, N. C. to Danville, Va.
Box Folder
1 5 Arthur, John Preston. "Baird Family; Banner Family." A History of Watauga County, pp. 280-1. Photocopy.
Field, Eugene, "The Farmer's Dog" (poem).
Riley, James Whitcomb. "The Passing of the Back House" (poem).
Willard, Frances. "From Frances Willard's Will." Quotation on card. Reverse is advertisement for Philadelphia Crematory.
One sheet stationery with letterhead of Carolina Bible Conference, Rt. 3, Boone, N. C.
Train ticket, Southern Railway Company, Blanche, N. C. to Danville, Va.
Correspondence Series. (1986-1996, n.d.)
Correspondence Series contains letters from Zeb Shook to his grandchildren, chronological. These letters are mostly photocopies. Most letters were addressed to his grandson, Samuel Zeb Shook Wilder. Shook wrote letters to his grandchildren soon after they were born. In them, he describes his life, hopes for them, desire to be close to them. Many stories relate to hunting, World War II and his wife Stevie.
Box Folder
1 6 Correspondence, January 1, 1986 - November 11, 1986
7 Correspondence, November 14, 1986 - September 19, 1987
8 Correspondence, October 13, 1987 - March 9, 1988
9 Correspondence, March 11, 1988 - September 5, 1989
10 Correspondence, October 18, 1989 - April 30, 1990
11 Correspondence, June 6, 1990 - March 24, 1992
12 Correspondence, May 8, 1992 - December 6, 1993
Box Folder
2 1 Correspondence, June 1994 - undated Memoirs
Memoir Series. (n.d.)
Memoir Series contains numbered excerpts from Shook's memoirs. Many relate to hunting and World War II.
Box Folder
2 2 Memoir Series.
3 Memoir Series.
Audiocassete Series. (1971, n.d.)
Audiocassete Series contains two audio cassettes, no arrangement. The first of these tapes include Shook, Dr. Charles G. McCahrer and Al Corum discussing living in North Carolina. Topics include Watauga Company lumber companies, Shull's Mills, grist mills, hunting, D. D. Dougherty, Appalachian Training School. The second tape identified as "Hunting" and "Indians". Zeb Shook's hunting friend Harvey Trivette of Albemarle, North Carolina discusses his memories of hunting, physical evidence of Indian settlement. This tape is believed to have been recorded circa. 1970.
Box
2 Loose Tape 1, 1971. Interview of Dr. Charles G. McKaraher "Hunting" and "Indians". Memories of Zeb Shook, n.d.