Museum Collections

Museum collections include, photo albums, scrap books, old papers, diaries, and letters, maps, old school books from the 1800’s, photo images, paintings and portraits, and historical artifacts. These items are contained within the Faison Museum and in various public and private collections that can be viewed by appointment. The goal is to make as many of these collections, as practical, accessible at FaisonDepot.com. Various”Collections” are included for online viewing and research throughout this website under menu items, “Faison Museum”, “History & Genealogy”, “1860’s-1960’s”, and “Our Veterans”

An ongoing project (since January 2015) is to digitize as many of these collections, as practical, and include on this website, at FaisonDepot.c

Much of Faison’s history resides in repositories other than the Faison Museum. For example, the papers of Astronaut William Thornton were donated to the State of North Carolina Archives, many of the 500 paintings and portraits by artist, Mary Lyde Hicks Williams, are located in the North Carolina Art Museum. the Duplin County Courthouse, and across the USA. The Dr. John M. Faison’s collection is located at East Carolina University, A 2016 initiative is to identify the location of the various collections of Faison history and those collections that have been digitize and provide links from FaisonDepot.com to facilitate online access and research.

Note: Certain of the below listed “Private Collections” are intended to be “donated” or “loaned” to the Faison Museum, pending completion of the above referenced security upgrades to the Faison Museum.

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The below table, which is currently under development, is intended to contain a listing of all of the Museum Collections and the items within each collection and other information as indicated in the table. As part of the development of this table, the Faison Museum Committee will be investigating “best practices” used by other museums and repositories.

Accession No.	CAT	Type	Description	Repository	Museum Original or Copy	Museum Location	Digitized at FaisonDepot.com
TBD	SP	Photo Albums	1906 Photo Album presumed of Prof L.H. Gehman, Principal of the Faison Academy, pictures from around the Faison, NC area and other states	Faison Museum	Original	Locked Cabinet - Appointment Required	Yes
TBD		Photo Albums	1900's Photo Collection	Faison Museum	Original	Under Development - Currently in various collections	Yes
TBD	SP	Photo Albums	C.S. & Lila Hicks Hines - Collection of photo images (early 1900's)	Private Collection of Inga Christianson Flake	N/A	Appointment Required	Yes
TBD		Photo Albums	Collection of photo images of Main Street of Faison (1890-1930)	Faison Museum & Private Collection	Copy	Needs Assembling	Yes
TBD	SP	Photo Albums	1930's Photo Album (Hobbs, Bell)	Faison Museum	Original	TBD	Yes
TBD	SP	Photo Albums	1951 Sesame Club (102 Faison Women)	Faison Museum	Original	TBD	Yes
TBD		Photo Albums	Collection of more than 200 pictures of veterans from the Faison Area	Faison Museum	Copy	Needs Assembling	Yes
TBD		Photo Albums	Collection of pictures from 1860's-1960's	Faison Museum	Copy	Needs Assembling	Yes
TBD		Photo Albums	Collection of school yearbooks from 1949-1971	Faison Museum	Original Yearbooks	Needs Assembling	Yes
TBD		Photo Albums	Collection of pictures and the Faison Fire and Rescue Departmentss from 193x - 2016	Faison Museum	Copy	To be Assembled	No
TBD	SP	Legacy Video Recordings	More than 10 videos from the "Faison Historic Legacy Series"	Under Development	Original	Pending	Partial
TBD		Photography	Collection of 34 framed black & white pictures of life around Faison, NC named "Wanna Go Home" by Carson Boone	Faison Museum	Original	Hangs from the walls of the Faison Museum	Yes
TBD	SP	Paintings	Mary Lyde Hicks Williams - Portrait of Emily Hill who the Faison Library is named.	Faison Museum	Hangs iabove the door, as you enter the back room.		No
TBD	SP	Paintings	Painting named "Our Boys in Vietnam" by Artist, Claudette Rouse Shelton	Faison Museum	Original	Hangs from the walls of the Faison Museum	Yes
TBD	SP	Artist Sketch Book	2015 sketch book used by Artist, Claudette Rouse Shelton during the development of the painting "Our Boys in Vietnam"	Faison Museum	Original	Locked Cabinet - Appointment Required	Yes
TBD		Paintings	Framed copies of 28 Portraits by Artist, Mary Lyde Hicks Williams, painted around 1900 of former slaves. The original portraits are located at the North Carolina Museum of Art.	Faison Museum	Copy	Hangs from the walls of the Faison Museum	Yes
TBD		Paintings	Mary Lyde Hicks Williams - Paintings of Slaves	NC Art Museum in Raleigh, NC	N/A	N/A	Copy (Partial)
TBD		Paintings	Mary Lyde Hicks Williams: Six original portraits by Artist, Mary Lyde Hicks Williams, of congressmen and judges	Duplin County Court House, Kenansville, NC	N/A	N/A	Yes
TBD		Paintings	Collection of Portraits by Mary Lyde Hicks Williams [List to be Determined]	Civil War Museum in Richmond, VA	N/A	TBD	No
TBD		Paintings	C.S. & Lila Hicks Hines - Collection of paintings (1800's and early 1900's)	Private Collection of Inga Christianson Flake	N/A	Appointment Required	Yes
TBD		Family Genealogy Collections	Collection of multiple genealogy collections for families, including Faison, Hines, and Hicks	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	Appointment Required - Currently being assembled -	No
TBD		Family Genealogy Collections	Collection of Genealogy Books written by John Martin Oates, Jr., "Roots, Seeds, and Other Things" Volume I, families of Oates, Sutton, King and Volume II on Oates, Cogdell, Barfield, and Martin	Faison Museum	Original Publication	Book Shelf	Yes
TBD		Family Genealogy Collections	Genealogy Books: Collection of genealogy of more than 15 families from the Faison area	Faison Museum	Copy	Book Shelf	Partial
TBD	SP	Scrap Books	Scrap Book 1: Devane, Frank F.	Faison Museum	Original	Locked Cabinet - Appointment Required	Partial
TBD	SP	Scrap Books	Scrap Book 2: Devane, Frank F.	Faison Museum	Original	Locked Cabinet - Appointment Required	Partial
TBD	SP	Scrap Books	Scrap Book 3: Hicks, Elizabeth	Faison Museum	Original	Locked Cabinet - Appointment Required	Partial
TBD	SP	Scrap Books	Scrap Book 4: Hicks, Elizabeth	Faison Museum	Original	Locked Cabinet - Appointment Required	Partial
TBD		Papers, Diaries & Letters	Original __________	Private Collection of Berta Stroud ______	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Papers, Diaries & Letters	From Scrap Book 1 - __________________	Faison Museum	Copy		Pending
TBD		Papers, Diaries & Letters	Civil War letter from Bryant Martin to _______ dated ____	No	N/A	Pending	Pending
TBD		Papers, Diaries & Letters	Dr. John M. Faison papers, photos, and other items	UNC	N/A	N/A	No Digital Link or copy Available
TBD	SP	Papers, Diaries & Letters	Original __________	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	Original	N/A	No
TBD		Papers, Diaries & Letters	Dr. William E Thornton: NASA papers	NC State Archives Raleigh, NC	N/A	N/A	No Digital Link or copy Available
TBD		Papers, Diaries & Letters	Sampson Lane Faison papers	NCPEDIA Sampson L Faison	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		TBD	Books on Faison History: Various books related to the history of Faison, the Civil War, churches, culture, and more.	Faison Museum	Copy	TBD	Partial
TBD		Maps	Map of Faison, dated 1886	Faison Museum
TBD	SP	Maps	Composite drawing showing by Tomas Byrd that shows the original lands in the early 1700's that formed the Faison area in 1776.	Faison Museum	Original drawing	Hangs in the walls of the Faison Museum	Yes
TBD		Old Books	Collection of books from the Faison Academy around 1900	Faison Museum	Original Publications	Text Book Shelf	No
TBD		Old Books	The Iliad of Homer, According to the Text of Wolf.by John J. Owen,1854	Faison Museum	Original Publication	Text Book Shelf	No
TBD		Old Books	Mitchell's Ancient Geography, by S. Augustus Mitchell, 18xx.	Faison Museum	Original Publication	Text Book Shelf	No
TBD		Old Books	The Brownies and Other Tales, by Juliana Horatia Ewing, 1886	Faison Museum	Original Publication	Text Book Shelf	No
TBD	SP	Artifact	Collection of historic items from the 1800's named "Plantation Life"	Faison Museum	Yes	Museum Display/Show Case	No
TBD		Artifact	Collection of more than 100 Farm Relics	Gene Bradshaw Family	N/A	Appointment Required	No
TBD		Artifact	Collection of 10 Antique Radios from 1927 through 1946 of the type that would have been used in the Faison area	Private Collection of M.R. Oates Jr.	N/A	During scheduled Museum Exhibitions	Yes
TBD	SP	Artifact	Collection of Old Coins	Private Collection of M.R. Oates Jr.	N/A	During scheduled Museum Exhibitions	Yes
TBD	SP	Artifact	Collection of Baseball Memorabilia assembled during the 1950's and 1960's.	Private Collection of M.R. Oates Jr.	N/A	During scheduled Museum Exhibitions	Yes
TBD	SP	Artifact	Oates Family Bible owned by David Cogdell Oates from early 1800	Private Collection of M.R. Oates Jr.	N/A	During scheduled Museum Exhibitions	Yes, Partial
TBD		Artifact	Cotton Gin from 1950 from the David Cogdell Oates plantation	Sampson County Museum of History	N/A	N/A	Yes
TBD			The Faison Produce Market	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			Cates Pickle Plant	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			Faison Fire and Rescue	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			Faison's Schools	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			Faison Covic Organizations	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			Faison Special Events	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			Faison Churches	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			Faison Persons of Note (writers, artists, athletes, business leaders, servicemen, politicians, scientist, educators, etc.	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			Faison Farm Life	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			Faison in Times of War	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			Faison's Black Community	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			Faison's Hispanic Community	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			The Historic Architecture of Faison	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			The Agricultural Heritage of Faison	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			Genealogical	Faison Museum		Museum Storage Boxes/Drawers	No
TBD			Personal Collection of Katie Walton	Faison Museum
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Albright Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Clifton Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Edgerton Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Faison Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Hicks Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Hill Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	King Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Lavender Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	McCullough Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	McIves Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Miller Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Peck Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Pritchard Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Stroud Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Taylor Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Thomson Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Totevine Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Williams Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Witherington Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
TBD		Family Collection of Miscellaneous Items	Whitfield Family	Private Collection of Anne Stroud Taylor	N/A	N/A	No
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