- Creator
- Mattox, John D.
- Size
- 6 linear feet (9 boxes, 1 flat folder)
- Call number
- MC 00261
The John D. Mattox Papers contain photographic prints, negatives, and contact sheets, and papers depicting the personal and professional life of John D. Mattox. Personal portraits and snapshots document the lives of Mattox, his wife Mary, their son Douglas, and their extended family. Also included are photographs of the town of Wendell, North Carolina, where the Mattox family lived. The collection also includes photographs taken while Mattox served in Europe during World War II. Relating to Mattox’s professional career as a photographer at North Carolina State University, there are many images of campus scenes, student and faculty portraits, and campus publications featuring Mattox’s work. Wedding photographs, miscellaneous portraits, unidentified original and copied tintypes and cartes de visite, as well as rolled 35 mm negatives are also included. While the majority of the collection is composed of photographs, there are some papers such as news clippings, correspondence, business cards, awards, brochures, and grade reports which belonged to Mattox.
John Douglas Mattox, Sr. (1911-1987) was a photographer with the Visual Aids Department at North Carolina State University from 1949 to 1974. A native of Wendell, North Carolina, Mattox attended North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) in the 1930s and enlisted in the Army in 1941, serving in Europe. He married the former Mary Elizabeth Davis of Columbia, South Carolina, and had a son John Douglas Mattox, Jr., called Doug. Mattox was a talented amateur musician and director of the North Carolina State University R.O.T.C. Glee Club.
Biographical/historical note
John Douglas Mattox, Sr. (1911-1987) was a photographer with the Visual Aids Department at North Carolina State University from 1949 to 1974. A native of Wendell, North Carolina, Mattox attended North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) in the 1930s and enlisted in the Army in 1941, serving in Europe. He married the former Mary Elizabeth Davis of Columbia, South Carolina, and had a son John Douglas Mattox, Jr., called Doug. Mattox was a talented amateur musician and director of the North Carolina State University R.O.T.C. Glee Club.
Scope/content
The John D. Mattox Papers contain photographic prints, negatives, and contact sheets, and papers depicting the personal and professional life of John D. Mattox. Personal portraits and snapshots document the lives of Mattox, his wife Mary, their son Douglas, and their extended family. Also included are photographs of the town of Wendell, North Carolina, where the Mattox family lived. The collection also includes photographs taken while Mattox served in Europe during World War II. Relating to Mattox’s professional career as a photographer at North Carolina State University, there are many images of campus scenes, student and faculty portraits, and campus publications featuring Mattox’s work. Wedding photographs, miscellaneous portraits, unidentified original and copied tintypes and cartes de visite, as well as rolled 35 mm negatives are also included. While the majority of the collection is composed of photographs, there are some papers such as news clippings, correspondence, business cards, awards, brochures, and grade reports which belonged to Mattox.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into the following series: Personal Photographs; Extended Family Photographs; Wendell, NC, Photographs; World War II Photographs; North Carolina State University Photographs; Wedding Photographs; Miscellaneous Photographs; Unidentified Photographs; Rolled Negatives; and Papers. Within the series, photographs are arranged and labeled as received.
Use of these materials
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John D. Mattox Papers, MC 00261,
Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Source of acquisition
Donated by John Douglas Mattox, Jr., December, 1998.
Gift of Doug Mattox, 1998 (Accession no. 1998-0013).
Processing information
Processed by Aaron Cusick, 2010 March; Encoded by Aaron Cusick, 2010 March
The collection is organized into ten principal series:
Personal Photographs
This series contains portraits and snapshots of John Mattox, his wife Mary, and their son Douglas. The earliest photographs, depicting John Mattox’s early life, are from the 1910s and 1920s. However, the majority of photographs are from the 1940s to the 1970s. These photographs document the Mattox family’s home life including birthday parties, holidays, anniversaries, and social events.
Johnny & Edward at Table with Mary and Douglas (neg) Jan 27, 1964
John & Mary Mattox dressed for Annie Sue's Wedding (neg)
John & Mary Mattox with family (neg) circa 1940s
Snow, Douglas, Bill, & Mary (neg) Dec 11, 1958
Doug's Car - VW (neg) 1967
Mary's Bridge Club, Mattox home, Wall St. (Neg) March 24, 1971
Douglas Birthday (neg) 1958
Mary and Douglas in Wyatt Earp Suit (neg) May 1957
Christmas Party, Egg Nog (neg) Jan 4, 1970
Douglas on Yard Swing (neg)
Douglas and Children at Christmas Tree at Home (neg) 1960
Douglas Mattox Standing at Table (Neg) Sept 1, 1956
Annie Sue and Mary at Table (Neg) Christmas 1956
Douglas with Erector Set (Neg) Dec 29, 1956
Douglas Portrait About Age 5 (Neg)
Douglas Mattox Portrait (Neg) Jan 11, 1963
Douglas Mattox Portrait (Print) Jan 11, 1963
Douglas Birthday Party (neg) Sept 14, 1955
Christmas Tree - First Year Artificial Tree Used (neg) Dec 24, 1972
Christmas Tree - First Year Artificial Tree Used (Print) Dec 24, 1972
J.D. Mattox - Living Room (neg) about 1967
Douglas Portrait - made in store downtown (neg)
Mary & Douglas with Mary's Birthday Cake (neg) Feb 13, 1958
Douglas Mattox Fifth Birthday (neg) Sept 14, 1953
Mary and Douglas in Front Yard, Easter Sunday (neg) 1956
Douglas and Christmas Tree (neg) Dec 25, 1954
Douglas Birthday Party at Women's Club (neg) Sept. 1959
Douglas - Christmas Wind Up Train (neg)
Douglas and Boots (dog) on the sofa (neg) April 2, 1957
Douglas and Boys Playing Marbles (neg) May 1958
Mary & Douglas at C.V. Print Exhibit by Visual Aids (neg) Feb 13, 1955
Douglas in Tuxedo - School Dance (neg) June 1966
Mary at Blackboard, Whitley H. School, Wendell, N.C. (print) 1965-1966
Mary at Blackboard, Whitley H. School, Wendell, N.C. (neg) 1965-1966
Douglas in Cub Scout Suit (neg) 1958
Mary & John with Douglas and Boots (dog) at Christmas Tree (neg) Dec 27, 1958
Douglas - 7th Grade Christmas Dinner and Program, Miss Nancy Spry teacher (Print) Dec 21, 1960
Douglas - 7th Grade Christmas Dinner and Program, Miss Nancy Spry teacher (neg) Dec 21, 1960
Douglas on Tractor Flat Stock Show Wendell, N.C. (neg) Sept 25, 1957
Douglas - Third Grade Class, Mrs. Todd teacher (neg) Oct 1956
Douglas - Third Grade Class, Mrs. Todd teacher (Print) Oct 1956
Douglas & Marion Bain, Douglas in Rabbit Suit (neg) Mar 7, 1956
Mary - School Portraits (neg) Dec 1979
Douglas - Baby Pictures (neg)
Douglas Birthday (neg) 1957
Christmas Party(?) (Print) circa 1970s
Mary Mattox (44 years old) (Print) Dec 1963
Mary Mattox (44 years old) (neg) Dec 1963
Announcement Picture (John, Mary, Family) (neg)
Douglas - Baby Pictures (neg)
Douglas Portrait (Print) 1951
Douglas Portrait (neg) 1951
Douglas, Mary, & John Mattox Portrait (Print) Nov 1961
Douglas, Mary, & John Mattox Portrait (neg) Nov 1961
Mary Mattox Portrait (Print) circa 1940s
Douglas playing on floor and dog with kitten on back (neg) 1958
John, Mary, & Douglas Mattox (Prints) Dec 9, 1956
John, Mary, & Douglas Mattox (neg) Dec 9, 1956
Douglas - Camera - Roll Film (neg)
John & Doug Mattox outside (neg)
Mary Mattox Baby Shower, Douglas as a Newborn (neg)
Douglas Mattox Portraits (Print)
Mary Mattox Portraits (Print)
Mary & Douglas Mattox Portraits (Print) Jan 30, 1952
Douglas Mattox in Sargent Uniform (neg) Jan 3, 1972
Douglas Mattox in Sargent Uniform (Print) Jan 3, 1972
Douglas and his 3rd Grade Class on Stage (neg) May 1957
Douglas & 2nd Grade class play at Wendell School (neg) March 7, 1956
4th grade at Pullen Park, Mrs. Todd - teacher (neg) May 22, 1958
Mary Mattox portrait, school picture (neg) Oct 1971
Mary Mattox portrait, school picture (Print) Oct 1971
Mary Mattox portraits in Living Room (neg) May 1, 1960
Mary Mattox portraits in Living Room (Print) May 1, 1960
Mrs. John Mattox - Wedding (neg) Feb 1, 1943
Family Photos - Mary Davis (neg) June 2, 1942
Douglas & Warrior Club (neg) May 27, 1966
Mary & Douglas Mattox in Front Yard (neg) Aug 7, 1955
Douglas Mattox Portrait (neg) Aug 14, 1953
Mary & Family copies (neg)
Mary & Family, Easter at Annie Sue's (neg) 1957
Douglas Birthday (neg) 1952
Douglas and girl, Mascots for Senior Class (neg) June 1953
Douglas and girl, Mascots for Senior Class (Print) June 1953
Mary Mattox portraits (neg) March 25, 1967
John & Mary Mattox, 25th Wedding Anniversary (neg) Feb 1, 1968
Mary Mattox at Christmas Party (neg) Jan 1970
Douglas Mattox with Snowman (neg) Feb 2, 1958
Mary & John Mattox in Indiana (neg)
Douglas & Children at Annie Sues & Mossie in group (neg) Oct 1956
Douglas Mattox in Bathtub (neg) May 1956
Family Pictures, Atlanta (neg) 1943
Family Pictures, Atlanta (neg) 1943
Douglas Entering school (neg) Sept 2, 1954
Douglas Mattox, Graduation mascot in cap & gown (neg)
Douglas Mattox (neg) Sept 23, 1957
Mattox home, before oil tank (neg) Sept 1953
Douglas, Christmas (neg) 1953
Douglas, age 5 (neg) Jan 23, 1954
Kids at Easter in S.C. (neg)
Douglas 5th birthday (neg) Sept 14, 1953
Douglas Mattox at Aunt Martha's (neg)
Mary & Douglas at Manteo (neg) Aug 19,1958
Douglas Mattox Birthday Party (neg) Sept 14, 1951
Snow - Wendell, N.C. (neg) Feb 1966
Mary's Roll Film (neg) Sept 1955
Mary & Mrs. Davis Portrait Copies (neg)
Truck Parked in Driveway (neg) 1964
Truck Parked in Driveway (Print) 1964
Termite Treatment, John Mattox home - Rhodes Exterminators (neg) April 1, 1976
Christmas Tree Cut from Yard (neg) Dec 25, 1968
Douglas in Tuxedo, High school prom (neg) 1965
Douglas at Dance Party at Women's Club (neg)
Douglas (4 years, 10 months) and Mary (neg) July 1953
Douglas sitting on table in front of window (neg) Dec 11, 1957
Snow Scenes at Mattox home (neg) Feb 1965
Douglas & boys playing in front yard (neg) 1956
Mary Mattox, school portraits (neg) May 1980
Mary Mattox, school portraits (Print) May 1980
Mary Mattox in Atlanta (neg)
Marion Bain & Douglas in Chair (neg) Sept 27, 1955
Rear of House before Heating Plant was Installed (neg)
Douglas and children in Halloween costumes (Print) Oct 19, 1964
Douglas and children in Halloween costumes (neg) Oct 19, 1964
Mary & John Mattox at Dance (neg)
Mary & John Mattox at Dance (Print)
Christmas 1961 (neg) Jan 5, 1962
Christmas Tree & New Car (neg) 1967
Douglas and New Tractor at Christmas Tree (neg) 1951
Mary Mattox in Charleston costume - PTA show at Wendell School Auditorium (neg) Nov 10, 1961
Douglas, science project (neg) 1964
Douglas and boys playing football in front yard (neg)
Douglas Mattox (age 9) with train at Christmas tree (neg) Dec 1957
Douglas birthday dinner (neg) Sept 14, 1960
Mary, Eddy, & Family at Christmas tree at Mama's (neg)
Douglas Mattox in bed with books and in backyard with tractor (neg) April 19, 1952
New Room Construction (neg) Feb 29, 1960
Douglas & Conley boys fishing (neg) Nov 17, 1963
Douglas & Conley boys fishing (Print) Nov 17, 1963
Mary & Douglas at Christmas tree (neg) 1959
East side of house at Wall St. (neg) Aug 7, 1955
Mattox group at Thanksgiving Dinner (neg) Nov 1968
Family Christmas Dinner (neg)
Douglas Mattox (6 years) Portrait (neg) March 5, 1955
Mary Mattox and Others at Christmas Party (Print)
Douglas Mattox - Cowboy Suit (neg) March 4, 1954
Douglas Mattox - 1st Science Exhibit (neg) March 10, 1963
John, Mary, & Douglas Mattox in Yard (neg) Oct 1, 1955
John, Mary, & Douglas Mattox in Yard (Print) Oct 1, 1955
Mamma, Mary & John, Ricey. Film exposed about 1946 in Atlanta (neg) July 3, 1951
House - Interiors (before) (neg) Oct 21, 1953
Personal - Mary, Car, House, etc. (neg) 1974
Mattox House before Repair and Underpinning (neg) April 8, 1954
Mattox Misc. - Mary in Atlanta, Ga., Jimmy Higgins, Edra Rice (neg)
Mattox and Mattox Coats of Arms copies (neg) Feb 10, 1977
Douglas and Jimmy portraits (Print) 1955
Douglas and Jimmy portraits (neg) 1955
Mary & Douglas (3 years) portraits (neg) July 1951
Mary Mattox (in fur coat) and Kat Horton (neg) about 1965
John Mattox home, School auditorium, lunch room (neg) July 25, 1953
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Mattox, Mrs. John J. Mattox at Chester Elliott's home in Atlanta, Ga. (neg)
Mary Mattox Portrait (neg)
Building Living Room - Interior and Exterior of new Front Room (neg) Feb 21, 1960
Construction of Living Room (neg) March 1960
Douglas Mattox - Small Child and Family (neg)
Douglas in Front of Tent in Yard (neg) circa 1951
Miscellaneous Mattox family pictures, Douglas as a baby (neg)
Douglas in Davy Crockett outfit (neg) Sept 27, 1955
Douglas in Davy Crockett outfit (Print) Sept 27, 1955
Mary, John, and Douglas Mattox Miscellaneous (neg)
Little Bill, Mary & Douglas at New Bern waterfront (neg) Nov 1955
Douglas & Mary at C.V. Carnival night - NC State (neg) April 21, 1956
Douglas Mattox, portrait in sport shirt, freshman at State (neg) Sept 1966
Douglas Mattox in Cap & Gown (neg) June 1966
Snow Scenes in Wendell, Douglas with Sled (neg) Jan 1955
Mattox Family Portraits (John, Mary, & Douglas) (neg) July 14, 1968
Mattox Family Portraits (John, Mary, & Douglas) (Print) July 14, 1968
Mary's Bridge Club (neg) July 1951
Mary's Kodak Film (miscellaneous group pictures, unidentified) (neg)
John Mattox in Little Theatre Production (Print)
John Mattox portraits (neg) 1962
John Mattox portraits (Print) Feb 15, 1956
John Mattox portraits (neg) Feb 15, 1956
John Mattox (informal portrait) (neg) Summer 1958
John Mattox portrait (neg) March 7, 1958
John Mattox portrait (Print)
John Mattox portrait (neg) Jan 12, 1972
John Mattox portrait (Print) Jan 12, 1972
John Mattox portrait, in bow tie with dark background (neg) Aug 10, 1950
John Mattox portrait, in bow tie with dark background (Print) Aug 10, 1950
John Mattox portrait (Print) Nov 29, 1973
John Mattox portrait (neg) Nov 29, 1973
John Mattox portrait (Print) May 23, 1957
John Mattox portrait (neg) May 23, 1957
John Mattox portrait (neg) May 1960
John Mattox, Freshman portrait (neg)
John Mattox baby & school pictures (neg)
John Mattox baby pictures (Print)
John Mattox, baby pictures (Print)
Wendell High School, John Mattox class & football team photos (Print) circa 1928
Mary & Douglas Mattox portraits (neg) Feb 8, 1957
John & Mary Mattox portraits (neg)
John Mattox and house (Print)
Mary Mattox at Receptions
John Mattox, Atlanta (Glass Plate)
Mary Mattox, Atlanta (Glass Plate)
Extended Family Photographs
This series contains portraits and snapshots of John and Mary Mattox’s extended families, the including siblings, parents, aunts and uncles, and other relatives. John Mattox was the son of Jonathan Joseph and Ernestine Bain Mattox of Wendell, North Carolina. His siblings include Jeanette Mattox Laing, Annie Sue Mattox Faison, Vernon Mattox, and Edward Mattox. Family names in this series include Mattox, Davis, Bain, Faison, and Todd. Due to inconsistent labeling, it is possible that some of the photographs in this series depict individuals not actually related to Mattox.
Jeannette's Shower (neg) Aug 5, 1955
Nan Mattox with Long Hair (neg) 1964
Mr. Curt Todd (grandfather) from Sunday School group (neg)
Mamma portraits (Mattox's mother), Atlanta, Ga. (neg)
Mamma, Daddy portraits (Mattox's parents), made by Wilson Photography at Hotel Rigsbie(?) (Print) Aug 22, 1944
Mamma, Daddy portraits (Mattox's parents), made by Wilson Photography at Hotel Rigsbie(?) (neg) Aug 22, 1944
Davis Coat of Arms, ordered by Mary Mattox (neg) Dec 1974
Mary Davis and brothers and sister, copy (neg)
Lee and Alma Mattox 50th Anniversary (Print) April 1976
Lee and Alma Mattox 50th Anniversary (neg) April 1976
Vernon Mattox Wedding (neg)
Hat House, Mammas (neg) Oct 13, 1951
Vernon's Children (neg) Nov 25, 1962
Mattox Family group at church, Mattox Family Christmas party (neg) 1952
Thursday Afternoon Club, Mamma serving punch (neg) Oct 10, 1952
Old Mattox graveyard near Saratoga, N.C. (neg) March 5, 1963
Bain Reunion, Wendell Women's Club (neg) 1965
Mattox uncles & Aunt Bertie; Robert, Lee, Ben, & Luther (neg) Christmas 1953
Lawrence J. Davis (Mary's father), copy (neg) Nov 17, 1949
Mary Mattox's father, portrait (Print)
Luther Mattox for Christian Church (neg) 1980
Luther Mattox for Aunt Martha (neg) Dec 1979
Great grandfather daguerreotype, copy (Print) May 1982
Great grandfather daguerreotype, copy (neg) May 1982
Mattox reunions at cousin Jim's (neg)
Mattox reunions at cousin Jim's (neg)
Mattox reunions at cousin Jim's (neg)
John Mattox's father with dog (neg)
Mattox family Christmas reunion Lion's club (neg) Dec 26, 1971
Mattox family Christmas reunion Lion's club (Print) Dec 26, 1971
Gus Faison with boy (neg)
Aunt Martha Todd Portrait (Print) March 9, 1969
Aunt Martha Todd Portrait (neg) March 9, 1969
Martha Todd Day, Wendell Christian Church (neg) Oct 5, 1969
Jan & Azalea plant (grown by Dr. Roy A. Larson in greenhouse) (Print) Jan 25, 1967
Jan & Azalea plant (neg) Jan 25, 1967
Lee Mattox (neg) March 1970
Aunt Martha, New Baptist, Jenny Knott (Print) Aug 1968
Aunt Martha, New Baptist, Jenny Knott (neg) Aug 1968
Aunt Martha church groups; Ki Rho group at Aunt Martha's (neg) Dec 1954
Aunt Martha with New Organ at Home (neg)
Aunt Martha - Passport (Print) Feb 22, 1973
Aunt Martha - Passport (neg) Feb 22, 1973
Aunt Martha - Group (neg)
Aunt Martha Todd - Passport (Print) May 1, 1960
Aunt Martha Todd - Passport (neg) May 1, 1960
Aunt Martha - Young Girl (Print)
Aunt Martha - Young Girl (neg)
Aunt Martha - Passport (neg) Jan 31, 1967
Unidentifided Party or Reception (neg) circa 1979
Bruce Knott Portrait (neg) Aug 15, 1965
Nellie Mattox - Passport Portrait for citizenship papers (neg) Aug 26, 1954
Johnny Mattox Portrait, about one year (neg)
Curtis & Judy - Passports (Print) March 23, 1971
Curtis & Judy - Passports (neg) March 23, 1971
Nellie Mattox Portrait (neg) July 1966
Alma Mattox Portrait (Print)
Alma Mattox Portrait (neg)
Laurie Grover Portrait (neg) Nov 1955
Laurie Grover Portrait (Print) Nov 1955
Portrait - Frances Ledford, High School Senior (Print) May 29, 1958
Portrait - Frances Ledford, High School Senior (neg) May 29, 1958
Nan Mattox, Basketball in Gym, Wendell, N.C. (neg)
Mary, Annie Sue, Edward, & Marion (neg) April 6, 1966
Jim Higgins Portrait (Print) Feb 19, 1955
Jim Higgins Portrait (neg) Feb 19, 1955
Jim, Laury, & Babies (neg) Spring 1959
Bonnie Sue Portrait (neg) Nov 27, 1969
Lonnie Knott Passport Portrait (Print) Sept 30, 1958
Lonnie Knott Passport Portrait (neg) Sept 30, 1958
Uncle Mallie Todd (young man), copy (Print) 1980
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the
SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Uncle Mallie Todd (young man), copy (neg) 1980
Benard Mattox (Gregory Walcott & wife) (Print) April 1959
Benard Mattox (Gregory Walcott & wife) (neg) April 1959
Ashley (16 months), John & Sandy Roberts (Print) March 7, 1976
Ashley (16 months), John & Sandy Roberts (neg) March 7, 1976
Portraits - Vernon, Nellie Mattox & Children (neg)
Edward Faison - with Mary, Doug, & Marion (neg) Feb 6, 1958
Unidentified Wedding (Print) circa 1950s
Edward playing Wash Tub with Orchestra, church assembly room (neg)
Linda's Birthday (neg) July 1960
Mamma - Portrait made in Atlanta (neg)
Portraits of Vernon Mattox's Children (neg)
Bonnie Sue (neg) Aug 1962
Portrait - John Roberts (little boy) (Print) May 1954
Portrait - John Roberts (little boy) (neg) May 1954
Aunt Jenny Knott Portrait (Print) March 9, 1969
Aunt Jenny Knott Portrait (neg) March 9, 1969
Marsh Knott Portrait (neg)
Douglas & Hubert around table - Wilson (neg)
Bruce Knott Portrait (Print) Aug 15, 1965
Johnny David Mattox (Print) circa 1964
Johnny David Mattox (neg) circa 1964
Passport - Vernon Mattox (neg) Dec 3, 1965
Annie Sue Faison (neg) July 1953
Grandmother Bain (neg) July 1953
Vernon Mattox Portrait (neg) Feb 1951
Jim, Laurie, & Baby (neg)
Marsh Kott(?) paying ins. checks (neg) July 14, 1954
Annie Sue Class Reunion (neg) June 1967
Jeannett, Bonnie Sue, & Herbert in front of house is Banville, Va. (neg) Aug 5, 1956
Grandmother & her sisters, Douglas Bains house (neg) July 19, 1953
Portrait - Little Bill, Edward Mattox, Raleigh (Print) Sept 28, 1954
Portrait - Little Bill, Edward Mattox, Raleigh (neg) Sept 28, 1954
Martha Roberts Class Reunion (neg) July 1958
Bill Griffin Class of 1928 Reunion, Wendell (neg) May 24, 1958
Massie Faison, Gus Faison grave (neg) Sept 20, 1955
Portrait - Nellie Mattox Wedding Announcement (neg)
Lonnie Knot Portrait (neg) Oct 31, 1953
R.L. & Alma Mattox 75th Anniversary (neg)
Elbert Holmes portrait (neg)
Vernon, Nellie, & Children (neg) June 1959
Lonnie Knott Portrait (neg) Aug 27, 1962
Lonnie Knott Portrait (Print) Aug 27, 1962
John Roberts Graduation Portraits (neg) June 1968
John Roberts Graduation Portraits (Print) June 1968
Portrait - Marion Bain (neg) Dec 9, 1956
Portrait - Marion Bain (Print) Dec 9, 1956
Jo, Jim, Sue, & Riley Mattox (neg)
Copy of Bain Booklet - from Mama's booklet & Kathleen pages from Archives & History (neg) Nov 23, 1967
Mary's family - Mother, Father, & Children copies (neg)
Davis Uncles, Granddad, Miss Edna, Mr. Lawrence, coat of arms, copies (neg) Aug 1970
Grandmother, Aunt Martha, copies (neg)
Aunt Bertie (Beula Roberta Knott) about age 20 (neg) copied 1964
Mattox Family, Mother's Day 1952, At Annie Sue's house on Cemetary Rd (neg) 1952
Wasdon Family portraits (Print) circa late 1800s
Mrs. Davis Portrait, copy (Print)
Annie Lilly (Grandmother Bain) (Print) copied 1980
Annie Lilly (Grandmother Bain) (neg) copied 1980
Daddy & Dan (Mattox's father) (neg) copy May 1975
Mama portrait (Mattox's mother) (neg) Dec 1963
Daddy & Dan, Mamma on Pony, copies (neg)
Johnny Mattox graduation (neg) 1966
Vernon Mattox Birthday Dinner (neg) Feb 27, 1966
Baines & Grandma at Women's Club, Wendell, N.C. (neg)
Johnny (Grandpa) & Ernestine Mattox home (Print)
Group pictures, possibly from family reunion (Print)
Mary Davis and siblings (neg)
Mary Davis and siblings (Print)
Mattox children - Jim, Vernon, Edward, Jeanett (Copy) (Print)
Mattox children - Jim, Vernon, Edward, Jeanett (neg)
Ben & Johnny Mattox; Mattox's father & Father Walston
Wendell, NC Photographs
This series contains photographs of various locations and events in Mattox’s hometown of Wendell, North Carolina. Buildings include churches, schools, banks, and businesses. School functions like graduations and homecomings and church activities are also included. This series also contains portraits made by Mattox of people who lived in Wendell. Interesting items include a set of glass plate negatives depicting town scenes circa the late 1920s.
Mr. Cash in field & Jake Mays barns, Hail Damage, Tobacco, Hail & Tornado damage at Wendell (neg) July 5, 1954
Graduating Class & Mascot (Doug) (neg) 1952
Douglas - Junior High graduating class commencement and class day (neg) June 1962
Library dedication - Mary & Douglas with Globe (neg) March 5, 1955
Mary Mattox, assistant librarian at Wendell Library (neg) July 29, 1964
Wendell School Activities for Annual, Mary at front door (neg) Oct 1964
Eclipse of sun, Wendell, N.C. (neg) March 7, 1970
Wendell School shop (neg) about 1960
Old Church building from glass negative, Wendell, N.C. (neg)
Bank of Wendell, Lake Glad (neg) Aug 12, 1956
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the
SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Hudson Belk, Farmers Warehouse (neg) May 1956
Douglas - Senior Class mascot, Wendell (neg) May 26/27, 1953
Old Church before going to new church (neg)
Wendell Christian Church & Minister's home (neg) Oct 13, 1960
New Christian Church, Wendell, N.C. - interior and back exterior (neg) March 11, 1951
New Wendell Christian Church interior - ordered by Mack Roberts, Chamber of Commerce (neg) Aug 15, 1967
Christian Church Landscaping (neg) April 2, 1951
New Church being built (neg)
Installation of minister Rev. John Whidden - Wendell Christian Church (neg) July 24, 1960
Installation of minister Rev. John Whidden - Wendell Christian Church (Print) July 24, 1960
C.Y.F. Group at Church (neg) Feb 3, 1960
Old Church - Sunday School groups (neg)
Harold Griffin presenting silver platter at church (neg)
Charter Members of Christian Church (Print) May 1980
Charter Members of Christian Church (neg) May 1980
Holiness Church in Old Christian Church, Street Sign at Entrance of Wall St. (neg) March 2, 1957
Old Christian Church, inside front window (neg)
Classes at Old Christian Church (neg)
Rev. Jack Suggs portrait (neg)
Youth Conference at Christian Church, Missionary from Mexico in group (neg) April 14, 1953
Walter Anderson portrait (for Doctorate publicity) (Print) May 21, 1965
Walter Anderson portrait (for Doctorate publicity) (neg) May 21, 1965
New Christian Church Wendell, N.C. - picture used for church bulletin (neg) Sept 25, 1960
New Church Interior, Wendell, N.C. (neg) March 24, 1952
Halloween Party at Church (neg) Oct 29, 1952
Christian Church Interiors Business Meeting Sunday (neg) Oct 1960
The Palms [sheet music] (neg) March 1953
Rev. Allen Manuel portrait Christian Church Minister (Print) Aug 4, 1966
Rev. Allen Manuel portrait Christian Church Minister (neg) Aug 4, 1966
Bronze Plaque on Wendell Library (neg) about 1965
Senator Scott at Wendell Lunch Room (neg) 1957
Doug and other High School grads receiving Bibles at Church Walter Anderson, minister (neg)
Homecoming and Organ dedication (neg) Sept 6, 1968
Edwards Wedding Christian Church (neg) Nov 1951
Mary and Whiddens, young people - front of Christian tree (neg) 1960
Annie Sue's Wedding Old Church - decorated interiors (neg)
Ivan Hinton, women's prison head (neg)
Homecoming Queen Wendell School (neg) Oct 26, 1962
M. Faison - Group of men singing (neg)
Snow in Wendell, N.C. (neg) Jan 20, 1955
Old Front - Hephzibah Church at night Wendell, N.C. (neg) May 14, 1961
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the
SCRC Reading Room upon request.
Veterans Banquet & Graduation (neg) Dec 19, 1957
John Mattox house; Old Christian Church Building - before library repair began (neg) about 1957
Phil Whitley, Planters Warehouse (neg) Dec 1958
Johnson, Youdy, Mr. Brewer (neg) Oct 1976
Golf Links at Wendell, Formal Opening (neg) 1960
School Buildings - 1911 & High School (neg)
Bank of Wendell Opening (Print) July 1953
Bank of Wendell Opening (neg) July 1953
Bank of Wendell - 50th Anniversary Dinner (neg) April 1957
Hudson Belk Store exterior (neg) Jan 2, 1962
Proc's Service Station (neg) Aug 7, 1958
Wendell Library construction (Print) Oct 1959
Wendell Library - front & interiors (neg) 1962
Maggie Hester, Old Richardson Farm House (neg) 1962
Old Christian Church before repair for library (neg) Fall 1958
Pure Oil Station, Traffic in front of Mattox House (neg) Feb 2, 1964
Bank of Wendell (neg) May 17, 1964
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Banquet at Dolphin, Mrs. Bob Newell (neg) June 22, 1962
Banquet at Dolphin, Mrs. Bob Newell (Print) June 22, 1962
Hudson Belk Store Formal Opening (Doug & Mary Mattox in several photos) (neg)
Governor, Bo Todd, & Mrs. Perry (neg)
Hudson Belk (neg) Sept 13, 1953
Hudson Belk Interior, Lyman Kyser-manager (neg) 1959
Church group at Ferne Todd's House, Rev. Buck Baker (neg) Sept 27, 1958
Proc Dean Service Station (new) (neg)
Bunny Vuderhill (?) Class Reunion (neg) June 1958
Storage Houses for Tobacco, Ed Sykes (neg) Oct 11, 1955
Wendell Fire Department & Douglas as Mascot (neg) March 12, 1955
Homecoming Game, Wendell High School (neg) Oct 11, 1963
Congressed Entrance to Wall St. (neg) March 2, 1957
Broken Sidewalk, 307 Wall St (neg) July 1974
Homecoming Queen & Football Game (neg) Oct 16, 1964
Homecoming Queen & Football Game (Print) Oct 16, 1964
Whitley Warehouse Perry's Store, Wendell, NC (Print)
Exterior of Wendell United Method Church (Print)
Class & Graduation photos
Whitley Warehouse - men with tobacco (Glass Plate)
Whitley Warehouse, Perry's Store, Wendell, N.C. (Glass Plate)
Church, Wendell, N.C. (Glass Plate)
Brick Building with Columns, Wendell, N.C. (Glass Plate)
Whitely Warehouse store front, Wendell, N.C. (Glass Plate)
Buildings in Wendell, N.C. (Glass Plate)
Streetview including Wendell Drug Co. (Glass Plate)
Train Station, Wendell, N.C. (Glass Plate)
Unidentified house with large porch probably in Wendell, N.C. (Glass Plate)
Interior of Tobacco Warehouse, Wendell, N.C. (Glass Plate)
The Farmers Warehouse storefront (Glass Plate)
Exterior of Wendell United Methodist Church (Glass Plate)
North Carolina State University Photographs
This series contains photographs and slides of students and faculty, campus scenes, extension services, and the North Carolina State Fair. Several photographs show Mattox taking pictures or in his office in the Visual Aids Department. There are also images of the R.O.T.C. Glee Club, which Mattox directed. Other interesting images include Mattox’s fifty year class reunion in 1983, retirement banquets for Mattox, and campus publications featuring Mattox’s photographs.
John Masttox at Desk, Mrs. Neal and others in office (neg) Sept 7, 1960
John Mattox at Desk in Ricks Hall (neg) about 1962
Freshman John Mattox, NCSU, in ROTC uniform (neg) 1929
John Mattox in reactor (neg) Feb 20, 1959
John Mattox sitting on top edge of state fair coliseum with camera (neg) 1953
John with camera (neg) 1953
John Mattox at desk in Ricks Hall (neg)
John Mattox with camera used in Alumni Magazine (neg) May 15, 1954
John Mattox with camera on knee (neg)
John Mattox, director of Air Force R.O.T.C. Glee Club at WPTF (neg) May 25, 1954
John Mattox in Visual Aids Office (neg) Aug 22, 1960
John Mattox in Visual Aids Office (Print) Aug 22, 1960
John Mattox with camera at Border Belt test farm near Whiteville, N.C. (Print) Aug 6, 1953
John Mattox with camera at Border Belt test farm near Whiteville, N.C. (neg) Aug 6, 1953
John Mattox at desk with camera, Visual Aids Department, Ricks Hall (neg)
John Mattox hanging from derrick in reactor (neg) March 31, 1958
John Mattox dressed as a girl photographer at College Union Banquet NCSU (neg) Sept 17, 1954
NCSU Air Force Glee Club at Radio Station WPFF (neg) May 17, 1955
Man plowing near Shotwell (neg) March 30, 1955
Scenic - Mountain, Barn, Mule plowing (neg)
Old Yates Mill - ordered by Professor Dan Barnes, School of Design (neg) Sept 30, 1970
Mary Yionoulis & Baby (neg) Oct 13, 1960
Good Mountain Scenes (neg) Aug 2, 1958
Mountain Farm Scenes (Print) 1956
Mountain Farm Scenes (neg) 1956
County Seat - Madison Co. Marshall, N.C. (neg) Sept 25, 1959
Nathan Watson Sr. Lespeoliza hay stacks (neg) Nov 1, 1955
Old Mill at Trenton, N.C, with Spanish moss (neg) March 25, 1970
Picking Cotton (neg) Oct 5, 1954
Old Tobacco barn near Raleigh Country Club area, Clint Williams putting log in his tobacco barn furnace (neg) Sept 1954
Dr. Hudson in campus lab, NCSU (neg) March 30, 1951
Jim Higgins and Douglas at State College track meet (neg) April 27, 1955
State Fair scenes (neg) Oct 1952
Ann Cornelison portrait, Engineering Placement Office (Print)
Ann Cornelison portrait, Engineering Placement Office (neg) Oct 29, 1958
Y.W.C.A "colored woman" (neg) Oct 1970
J.C. Jones, Navy Captain unform (neg) Aug 2, 1972
J.C. Jones, Navy Captain unform (Print) Aug 2, 1972
Jean Vincent Portrait Thompson Theatre (Print) March 24, 1967
Jean Vincent Portrait Thompson Theatre (neg) March 24, 1967
Murl Griffin Portrait (neg) June 12, 1963
Murl Griffin Portrait (Print) March 12, 1963
Pat Barefoot Portrait, make-up by Jean Vincent of Thompson Theatre, Freshman Engineering Office (Print) April 17, 1967
Pat Barefoot Portrait (neg) April 17, 1967
Pat Barefoot, "Miss Southern" (Print) Jan 31, 1966
Pat Barefoot, "Miss Southern" (neg) Jan 31, 1966
Debbie McMullan, Freshman student (Print) April 17, 1967
Debbie McMullan, Freshman student (neg) April 17, 1967
Judy Todd Portrait (neg) Oct 1970
Judy Todd Portrait (Print) Oct 1970
Roddy Price, portrait for music building (neg) Feb 20, 1973
Roddy Price, portrait for music building (Print) Feb 20, 1973
Celia Parsons, student portrait, Miss University contest (Print) Sept 14, 1966
Celia Parsons, student portrait, Miss University contest (neg) Sept 14, 1966
Landscape, lab, flower (color neg)
Office pictures, Ricks Hall (neg)
Unidentified group photo outside Dorton Arena (color neg) circa 1960s
NCSU Football (color neg) circa 1960s
Maid Marris (neg) circa 1963
Mary C. Southerland portrait (neg) Oct 24, 1964
Frankie B. Crumpler portrait (Print) Oct 24, 1964
Frankie B. Crumpler portrait (neg) Oct 24, 1964
Wide angle view out at office telephone, visual aids (neg) March 1962
Bowling Alley Fire (across from campus) (Prints) March 5, 1959
Bowling Alley Fire (across from campus) (neg) March 5, 1959
"Negroes Picking Cotton" (neg) 1953
Ape with little man at sideshow, State Fair (neg) Oct 1954
Ape with little man at sideshow, State Fair (Print) Oct 1954
Herring Fishing - Columbia, Edenton, etc. (Print) March 1963
Cotton Gin, Zebulon, N.C. (neg) Oct 12, 1962
Cotton Gin, Zebulon, N.C. (Print) Oct 12, 1962
Air Force ROTC Glee Club at tower (neg) May 25, 1954
Person Test negatives Oct 1974
Mrs. Neal & Shirley, Visual Aids Office (neg) 1956
Mrs. Neal & Mary Yionoulis (neg) Oct 1959
Beef Cattle Barn (neg) April 1952
NCSU Campus Buildings (neg) April 1, 1953
Carolyn Jessup Portrait, Dean of Women (neg) Dec 12, 1968
Carolyn Jessup Portrait, Dean of Women (Print) Dec 12, 1968
Dance - spotlight on scene (Print) April 30, 1960
Dance - spotlight on scene (neg) April 30, 1960
Official Board Meeting at Meredith College (neg) Feb 28, 1967
Bob Bryan in Office (neg)
Dr. Hester seminar (zoology), Clark building (neg) Jan 5, 1967
School Design Exhibit, Mr. Randall in Green House (neg) 1957
College Scenes & around Raleigh, Fayetteville St, labs, class scenes (neg) 1954
Sweet Potato Blossom (neg) circa 1965
College scenes - John's desk, dark room, labs, greenhouse (neg) Feb 1953
College scenes (neg) March 14, 1962
Sea Foods, South Port, N.C. (neg) Sept 8, 1967
College Scenes - Court in front of Patterson, Reactor from rear, walls to Dining Hall (neg) Nov 7, 1952
Test negatives - Mrs. Neal, etc. (neg) July 4, 1968
Swannanoa 4H Camp, Photographic Class Group (neg) Aug 10, 1966
Susam Stoleer(?) Agricultural Engineering Expert (neg) May 6, 1970
Dr. H.W. Ganer(?) Portrait (neg) May 30, 1967
J.W. Cash - Wendell, N.C, 101 Tobacco (neg) June 21, 1954
Carolyn Painter Portrait (Print) Jan 18, 1967
Carolyn Painter Portrait (neg) Jan 18, 1967
Sallie Bizzle Portrait (neg) Aug 2, 1951
Mary Lou Phillips Portrait (neg) Sept 2, 1959
Robert P. Bryan Portrait (neg) March 2, 1961
Robert P. Bryan Portrait (Print) March 2, 1961
Ada Della Pozza Portrait (neg)
Ada Della Pozza Portrait (Print)
Reginald Stroud Portrait (neg) Oct 8, 1954
Elwood Mintz in his office at Department of Agriculture (Print) Oct 22, 1958
Elwood Mintz in his office at Department of Agriculture (neg) Oct 22, 1958
Woodrow Smith Farm - Pool Rd Tobacco Fields (neg) Aug 10, 1956
Smith Farm Pasture Irrigation (neg) Oct 13, 1954
College Tower (neg) Oct 5, 1951
Bronze plaque at corner of Baylord & Morgan St. (Print) Oct 23, 1967
Bronze plaque at corner of Baylord & Morgan St. (neg) Oct 23, 1967
Number 1 dormitory from west side, plumbing being removed (neg) Feb 17, 1954
Dr. Jim Woodburn(?) with Chinese Grad Student in lab (neg)
Mrs. Neal and Ralph Mills (neg) Feb 17, 1971
Riddick Building (neg) July 1952
Student Union and New Library under construction (neg) Sept 3, 1952
Barn at Beef Cattle Farm, N.C. State College (neg) April 25, 1951
Page Pate, Engineering Placement Office, Portraits: Rudolphe (wife), Mrs. Page Pate (neg)
Tobacco Fields, Mr. R.D. Buchan, Rt. 3 Henderson, N.C. (Print) Aug 2, 1965
Tobacco Fields, Mr. R.D. Buchan, Rt. 3 Henderson, N.C. (neg) Aug 2, 1965
Physics, Glass Blower (neg) Oct 1969
College Union - Porch Construction (neg) July 13, 1965
Beef Cattle Barn, newly covered with aluminum (neg) Nov 14, 1967
Ice on tree at Central State Farm snow and ice storm (neg) Feb 15, 1960
Governor Hodges at desk in Capitol (neg) Feb 17, 1956
Truck Driver Training School, NCSU (neg) March 1954
Music Department - Big Drum, Drum Major sitting on top (neg) Oct 23, 1957
New Riddick Building Doorway (neg) July 18, 1951
Lynn Tullock, Rhododendrons (Print) Feb 21, 1962
Lynn Tullock, Rhododendrons (neg) Feb 21, 1962
State Fair Coliseum (Dorton Arena) (neg) Sept 19, 1953
Shirley Marshall, Visual Aids - Section, Ricks Hall (neg) July, 7, 1955
Conference at Manteo, Trip to Outer Banks with older 4-H group (neg)
Mountain Farm Scene, Burley tobacco section near Asheville (Print) 1956
Mountain Farm Scene, Burley tobacco section near Asheville (neg) 1956
New Yacht at Elmer Willis (Williston, N.C.) (neg) March 25, 1970
Mrs. Neal in office (neg)
Fishing scene, Morehead City (Print) circa 1970
Fishing scene, Morehead City (neg) circa 1970
Cattle Photographs, State Fair (neg) Oct 1966
Dance, Coliseum (Print) April 25, 1959
Dance, Coliseum (neg) April 25, 1959
College Union Stage, The Formations (Dance Orchestra) (Print) Sept 4, 1968
College Union Stage, The Formations (Dance Orchestra) (neg) Sept 4, 1968
Cooling Fountain (neg) Nov 10, 1953
Cooling Fountain (Print) Nov 10, 1953
Ralph Mills & Douglas Morgan making movies of arrival of uranium for reactor (neg) Sept 3, 1953
Ralph Mills & Douglas Morgan making movies of arrival of uranium for reactor (Print) Sept 3, 1953
Dr. Stuckey in Primrose Hall (neg) Oct 7, 1952
Morehead City area (neg) Dec 8, 1964
Mary Yionoulis portrait (neg) Dec 31, 196(?)
Douglas with Dr. Gene Hester at College (neg) Jan 11, 1963
Agriculture Open House (neg) Nov 4, 1961
Agriculture Open House (neg) Nov 4, 1961
Picture exhibit at NC State Library (neg) May 21, 1954
Agriculture Open House (neg) Oct 4, 1961
College Tower from South (neg) June 1, 1953
J.S. Khalson (Print) April 26, 1965
J.S. Khalson (neg) April 26, 1965
Agriculture Open House (neg) Oct 4, 1961
J.E. Smith, King N.C. - cattle and covered wagon (neg)
College Union Building at Night - NC State (Print) June 12, 1956
College Union Building at Night - NC State (neg) June 12, 1956
Kit Carson Engine & Small Steam Tractor, Trautman, NC (neg) Oct 19, 1961
Eloise Nowell, Altrusa Club, Velvet Cloak Hotel (neg) Oct 24, 1974
Smokey Area with Two Men, Plant at Morehead City (neg)
Smokey Area with Two Men, Plant at Morehead City (Print)
Kit Carson Engine & Small Steam Tractor, Trautman, NC (Print) Oct 19, 1961
House on Fire made from Warick Slide (neg) 1955
College Buildings - Library, Tower steps, Administration Building front entrance (Print) March 20, 1953
College Buildings - Library, Tower steps, Administration Building front entrance (neg) March 20, 1953
Charlotte Womble, Old Farm & Home (neg) 1971
Air Force R.O.T.C. Glee Club (neg) Feb 22, 1955
Lynn Tullock holding lambs (neg) May 3, 1963
Lynn Tullock holding lambs (Print) May 3, 1963
Visual Aids Office Mary Lou Philips at film splicer (neg) Aug 31, 1959
Elevator repair on roof, Ricks Hall (neg) Nov 3, 1967
NC State Campus Road Scene, Back of Coliseum (neg) 1952
Miss Glynne Hodge, Industrial Arts Office with dogwood (neg) April 18, 1956
Miss Glynne Hodge, Industrial Arts Office with dogwood (Print) April 18, 1956
Rudolph Pate & wife at Chancellor reception (neg) 1953
(Contact Sheets) Unidentified Banquet (Print)
Mrs. Katherine McKimmon (neg) Dec 18, 1957
Mrs. Katherine McKimmon (Print) Dec 18, 1957
Campus Scenes
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Class of 1933 reunion 1983
John Mattox, photographer
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Music lyrics and sheet music
Portraits
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Publications with Mattox photos
R.O.T.C. Glee Club
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Slides
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Publication with Mattox Photos
Miscellaneous Photographs
This series contains miscellaneous portraits and landscapes.
Myrtle Meikels, Atlanta, Ga. (neg)
Ft. Todd Tobacco (neg) Aug 12, 1964
Johnny & Anna Maria with dog (neg) Oct 1966
Beverly (daughter of Elwood Horton) (neg) Dec 1970
M.C. Todd; copies of thesis; old letters & deeds (neg) Sept 1951
Gold Locket copies (Print) Aug 19, 1971
Gold Locket copies (neg) Aug 19, 1971
Raleigh Stamp Shop - Opening day (neg)
Nell Kennett, copy (Print) July 1965
Nell Kennett, copy (neg) July 1965
Pauline & Erdine Griffin, copy (neg) 1980
Stamps copied (neg) Jan 30, 1976
Sheet music and deed, copy (neg)
Sue and Curtis as children, copy (neg) Jan 1953
Two little girls (neg) May 1982
Two little girls (Print) May 1982
Sybil's Great Grandmother, copy (Print) Aug 1980
Miss Ruth Wilson, copy (neg) Feb 26, 1970
Milton Croom - Home & Farm (neg) Aug 20, 1970
Cal Tone Paint Plant, Raleigh, N.C, interiors, mills, stock racks, etc. (neg) Feb 18, 1963
Luther Ledford & wife portrait (Print) Oct 1966
Luther Ledford & wife portrait (neg) Oct 1966
Luther Ledford portrait (neg) Sept 13, 1953
Jasper & Nita Thomas (neg) Aug 1980
Bill Parish and father (neg) Feb 2, 1971
Jimmy Batton portrait (neg) June 5, 1964
Martha Parrish portrait (neg) Jan 30, 1969
Martha Parrish portrait (Print) Jan 30, 1969
Elgie Painter & wife, Carolyn (daughter) (Print) Dec 6, 1965
Elgie Painter & wife (neg) Dec 6, 1965
Miley Johnson daughter at graduation (neg)
John and Ann Todd passport photos (neg) Aug 22, 1966
Jim Parrish portrait (neg) May 1968
Scott Smith portrait (neg) Jan 31, 1960
Scott Smith portrait (Print) Jan 31, 1960
Scott Smith, son of Hazel Smith (neg) 1958
Scott Smith, son of Hazel Smith (Print) 1958
Lee Knott portrait (neg) Oct 1968
Lee Knott portrait (Print) Oct 1968
Prof E.W. Winkler, old home place (neg) Feb 1981
Mrs. Lesley Brondwell(?) (neg) March 1969
Mrs. Fowlkes(?) (neg) April 4, 1954
Mrs. Fowlkes(?) (Print) April 4, 1954
Warren Dean & Margaret, baby portrait (neg)
Dick Brantley & wife (neg) Feb 9, 1971
Dr. Lesley Brodwell portrait (neg) May 1968
Miss Horton (neg) about 1972
Mr. Baxley and brother in Navy uniform (neg) 1974
Bill Roberts portrait (Print) Aug 27, 1962
Bill Roberts portrait (neg) Aug 27, 1962
Elbert Holmes (neg) May 7, 1964
Dr. Landis Bennett portrait (neg) 1957
Pauline Scarbro portrait (neg) March 27, 1966
Betsy Andrews portraits (neg) May 29, 1958
Betsy Andrews portraits (Print) May 29, 1958
G.E. Store, New Bern, N.C. (neg) 1959
Jim Higgins Wedding at Willis House, Jim & Laurie, Greenville, S.C. (neg) June 15, 1956
Bell Tower on Will Mattox farm, Bucky (age 9) and Rex Hinton (father) (neg) March 1955
President Johnson House (neg) Aug 29, 1957
Griffin Pond on Pool Road (neg) Jan 17, 1953
Dulcimer (neg) Aug 22, 1966
Unidentified Photographs
This series contains a small number of unidentified photographs, including originals and copies of older photographic types including tintypes and cartes de visite from the late nineteenth century.
Miscellaneous Unidentified Portrait (neg)
Unidentified Portrait of ladies outside (tintype) circa 1900
Unidentified Portrait of ladies outside (neg) circa 1900
Copy of Unidentified Letter (neg)
Women standing next to car (neg)
Old tintype portrait (tintype) circa 1860s
Old tintype portrait (Print) circa 1860s (printed: March 9, 1961)
Old tintype portrait (neg) circa 1860s (Printed: March 9, 1961)
Unidentified old pictures (tintype) circa late 1800s
Unidentified old pictures (tintype) circa 1800s
Unidentified old pictures (cartes de visite) (Print) circa 1800s
Unidentified old pictures (cartes de visite) (Print) circa late 1800s
Unidentified woman, original carte de visite, From Fratelli d'Alessandri, Roma (Print)
Unidentified woman, small print from Rome, Italy (Print)
Unidentified woman, small print from Rome, Italy (neg)
Old Pictures (Print) circa late 1800s
Old Pictures (Print) circa late 1800s
Wedding Photographs
This series contains bridal portraits and photographs of wedding receptions.
Dorothy Knott Cakecutting & Wedding (neg) Sept 10-11, 1954
Patricia Murphy Wedding Dress (neg) Oct 1966
Proc Dean Wedding, Cakecutting & Wedding (Print) Nov 30 & Dec 1, 1962
Proc Dean Wedding, Cakecutting & Wedding (neg) Nov 30 & Dec 1, 1962
Nell Richardson/Duke Wedding (neg) Jan 1, 1955
Cecilia Parsons (neg) Sept 1969
Jeannette Horton Wedding (Print) May 27, 1952
Jeannette Horton Wedding (neg) May 27, 1952
Patricia Murphy Wedding Candids (neg) Nov 1966
Mrs. Veasy Anniversary (neg) Aug 31, 1952
John Curtis - Church Reception (neg) July 1962
Mr. & Mrs. Welborn Todd 50th Anniversary (neg)
Yuonne Glover Hinnant (neg) Nov 1963
Yuonne Glover Hinnant (Print) Nov 1963
Anne Knott Wedding (neg) June 1967
Frances Ledford Wedding (neg) Oct 14, 1960
Mrs. Richard Snowden (neg) May 1969
Mrs. Richard Snowden Wedding Formals (Print) May 1969
Sharon Bond (Fred Bond father) (neg) Nov 12, 1969
Sherron Rice Wedding Formal (Print)
Sherron Rice Wedding Formal (neg)
Clara Johnson Wedding Portrait (Print) March 1971
Clara Johnson Wedding Portrait (neg) March 1971
Unidentified Wedding (neg)
Unidentified Wedding Receptions (Print)
Kay & Fay Sanderford (neg)
Kay & Fay Sanderford (18 year old twins), Wendell, N.C. (Mrs. Joe E. Johnson, mother) (Print)
Mrs. Wyatt Dean's brother, Wedding at hospital church (neg)
Annie Sue's Wedding (neg)
Virginia Lee Price - reception at Christian Church (neg) Oct 5, 1962
Yuonne Glover Wedding (Print) Nov 9, 1963
Yuonne Glover Wedding (neg) Nov 9, 1963
Dorothy Knott Cakecutting & Wedding (Print) Sept 10-11, 1954
World War II Photographs
This series contains various photographs which document Mattox’s service in Europe during World War II. Locations include Holland, Belgium, England, Germany, and France. The photographs portray Mattox alone or with other soldiers or native Europeans. Several items are of the glee club and band, of which Mattox was a member. Other items include postcards and a miniature set of souvenir photographs of Paris.
Papers
This series contains news clippings, correspondence, business cards, awards, brochures, grade reports, and other personal papers belonging to Mattox.
Rolled Negatives
This series contains rolled 35 mm negatives, some of which have corresponding prints elsewhere in the collection.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John D. Mattox Papers, MC 00261,
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