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Hooks Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: PC00095

Scope and Contents

The Hooks Family Papers contain handwritten correspondence, photos, a sketch, amd miscellaneous books (9 hardbacks and 2 booklets).

Dates

  • Record Keeping: 1991 October 28
  • 1831-1940

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Please send requests to heritagecenter@johnstonnc.com or through the ArchivesSpace request form.

Conditions Governing Use

The nature of the Johnston County Heritage Center’s various collections means that copyright and other information about restrictions on the use of materials may be difficult or even impossible to determine. The Heritage Center claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U. S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility in the use of materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal state, county or municipal right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Johnston County and the Johnston County Heritage Center assumes no responsibility. Researchers are advised that the Heritage Center maintains physical stewardship of these collections under varying terms and agreements. Collections that are given to the Heritage Center are done so under a Deed of Gift agreement in which the donor transfers physical ownership rights as well as, “all right and title to…items without limiting conditions to the Heritage Center.” To more fully understand rights restrictions for particular collections please consult with the Archivist or Director.

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Thel Hooks was a highly regarded physician who practiced medicine in Smithfield, Johnston County, NC, for 34 years. His office was located in the Hood Building.

Dr. Hooks was born December 22, 1876, to Cullen D. and Arah Hooks, in Fremont, Wayne County, NC, and was educated at Oak Ridge Institute, the University of North Carolina, and the Medical College of Virginia.

A Captain in the Medicap Corps of 105 Engineers, World War I, he was wounded in 1918 and served in Europe until the Armistice was signed.

He married Eva Woodall, born September 4, 1884, to Thomas Ruffin and Lucy Hood, on December 31, 1903. The couple had seven children: Jonathan Thel (1904-1985); Arah Lucy (1906-1978); Thomas Hood (1908-1911); William Arthur (1909-1988); Dorothy Hood (1913-2003); Cullen Dewitte (1916-1982); David Woodall (1920-2008).

Dr. Hooks died February 18, 1935, and Mrs. Hooks on November 30, 1979. They are both buried at Riverside Cemetery, Smithfield, NC.

Extent

.75 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The materials in Hooks Family Papers are arranged in the original order as submitted.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Hooks Family Papers is one of the original collections that were accumulated in the Johnston County room of the Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield. The library has put these collections on permanent loan and physically transferred the materials to the Heritage Center upon its creation.

Processing Information

Preliminary resource record created by Phoebe Landfried, November 2019.

Title
Finding Aid to the Hooks Family Papers
Status
In Progress
Author
Sandra Broome
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the The Johnston County Heritage Center Repository

Contact:
241 E Market St, Smithfield, NC 27577
Smithfiled North Carolina 27577 United States
(919) 934-2836