Letter, South to Stockton 5/29/64
Dublin Core
Title
Letter, South to Stockton 5/29/64
Subject
South, Stanley A.
Moravians.
Archaeology.
Wachovia (N.C.)--History.
Letters.
Artifacts.
Description
Copy of a type-written letter from Stanley South to E. L. Stockton regarding the excavations at Bethabara. Items discussed include the bell house, artifacts, future plans, vacation, and John Miller (SSMC 6-60 004). Letter is on yellow carbon transfer paper, measuring 11" x 8 1/2". Three holes are punched in left side from storage in a three ring binder.
Creator
South, Stanley A.
Date
May 29, 1964
Type
Text
Format
PDF
Language
English
Identifier
SSMC 6-45 007
Source
MC2-Stanley South Manuscript Collection-Correspondenc.
Relation
Stanley South Manuscript Collection Box - Folder 6-45.
Stanley South Manuscript Collection Box - Folder 6-60.
Rights
Rights held by Historic Bethabara Park, Inc. Use and reproduction restrictions apply. Contact Historic Bethabara Park Archives.
Rights Holder
Historic Bethabara Park, Inc.
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
Bethabara
May 29, 1964
N.C. Dept. of Archives & History
225 Pine Grove Drive
Wilmington, N.C.
Mr. E.L. Stockton
Box 115
Moravian Church Bethabara Project
Salem Station
Winston Salem, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Stockton:
We have had a good week at Bethabara doing a number of things that had to be done. We found the postholes for the bell house and were surprised that they were four and a half feet deep. Apparently they meant to support that bell. We moved the piles of dirt in Mr. Reich’s yard preparing to do more work there next time. We worked on the business manager’s house at the hog pen and exposed it so that next time we will be able to get photographs and drawings. The best discoveries as far as museum items are concerned was in the good garbage dump behind the kitchen near the pottery. We found a number of fine things, cuff links, a slip decorating funnel, 14 pipes in a pile, etc. and were pleased with the results.
I plan to take a vacation in June, the first I have had since coming to work for the state in 1956. In July I will return for intensive work at Bethabara, and look forward to that time.
I am enclosing a payroll voucher for John Miller, who I think, will be back with me in July, as well as my wife who will be doing the cataloging of the artifacts which has not been started as yet.
The following is the subsistence for this trip.
2 men for five days at $5.00 each per day $50.00
Sincerely,
SSout [signed]
Stanley South
Archaeologist
May 29, 1964
N.C. Dept. of Archives & History
225 Pine Grove Drive
Wilmington, N.C.
Mr. E.L. Stockton
Box 115
Moravian Church Bethabara Project
Salem Station
Winston Salem, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Stockton:
We have had a good week at Bethabara doing a number of things that had to be done. We found the postholes for the bell house and were surprised that they were four and a half feet deep. Apparently they meant to support that bell. We moved the piles of dirt in Mr. Reich’s yard preparing to do more work there next time. We worked on the business manager’s house at the hog pen and exposed it so that next time we will be able to get photographs and drawings. The best discoveries as far as museum items are concerned was in the good garbage dump behind the kitchen near the pottery. We found a number of fine things, cuff links, a slip decorating funnel, 14 pipes in a pile, etc. and were pleased with the results.
I plan to take a vacation in June, the first I have had since coming to work for the state in 1956. In July I will return for intensive work at Bethabara, and look forward to that time.
I am enclosing a payroll voucher for John Miller, who I think, will be back with me in July, as well as my wife who will be doing the cataloging of the artifacts which has not been started as yet.
The following is the subsistence for this trip.
2 men for five days at $5.00 each per day $50.00
Sincerely,
SSout [signed]
Stanley South
Archaeologist
Collection
Citation
South, Stanley A., “Letter, South to Stockton 5/29/64,” Historic Bethabara Park Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://historicbethabarapark.omeka.net/items/show/10.