African American Documentary Resources
Enhancing African American Documentary Resources in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill
Creator: Button, Joseph.
Collection number: 4664-z
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Abstract: Joseph Button was Virginia Commisioner of Insurance, 1925-1929. He also served on the Virginia Military Institute’s Board of Visitors and was a member of the Noble Order of the Blue Goose and of the Shriners. He became president Continue reading “Joseph Button papers, 1897-1934 (bulk 1924-1934).”
Creator: Ehle, John, 1925-
Collection number: 4555
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Abstract: John Marsden Ehle, Jr., author of novels and works of non- fiction, was born in Asheville, N.C., and has lived most of his adult life in Winston-Salem. He served as special Continue reading “John Ehle papers, 1942-1993.”
Creator: Hamilton, James Robert, 1860-1933.
Collection number: 3923
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Abstract: James Robert Hamilton was District Court judge of Travis and Williamson counties, Tex.; Democratic Party executive committee chair; and congressional candidate in 1926. Scattered papers, correspondence, and other items Continue reading “James Robert Hamilton papers, 1878-1927.”
Creator: Ku Klux Klan.
Collection number: 4921
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Abstract: Primarily published and ephemeral items collected from Ku Klux Klan organizations active in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina, 1960s-1970s. Included are flyers; Continue reading “Ku Klux Klan records, 1960s-1970s.”
Creator: Miller, Letitia Dabney, b. 1852.
Collection number: 1844-z
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Abstract: Recollections by Miller of her childhood in Raymond, Miss., before and during the Civil War, including a stay in Charleston, S.C., in 1861 with Varina (Mrs. Jefferson) Davis, commenting Continue reading “Letitia Dabney Miller recollections, 1926.”
Creator: North Carolina Commission on Interracial Cooperation records, 1922-1949.
Collection number: 3823
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Abstract: The North Carolina Commission on Interracial Cooperation was established in 1921 as a state affiliate of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation to work toward improved race relations in the state. Like its parent Continue reading “North Carolina Commission on Interracial Cooperation records, 1922-1949.”
Creator: Hill, G. Maurice, 1905-1975, collector.House, R. B. (Robert Burton), 1892-
Collection number: 4101
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Abstract: Audio tape recordings of interviews, some with typed transcripts, scattered correspondence, writings, and miscellaneous materials about Frank Porter Graham Continue reading “R. B. House's paper regarding Frank Porter Graham, 1962-1974.”
Creator: Mound Bayou (Bolivar Co., Miss.) collection.
Collection number: 5009-z
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Abstract: Mound Bayou, located in Bolivar County, Miss., was founded on 12 July 1887 as an African-American colony by Isaiah T. Montgomery and Benjamin T. Green. In 1994, Milburn Continue reading “Mound Bayou collection, 1928-1995”
Creator: Spears and Hicks family papers, 1852-191 [manuscript].
Collection number: 4622
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Abstract: Three generations of the Spears and Hicks families of Virginia and North Carolina, including Sallie Gray Spears Lewis (b. 1833), her daughter Sallie Moore Spears Hicks (b. 1860), and her grandson Charles Spears Hicks (b. Continue reading “Spears and Hicks family papers, 1852-191.”
Creator: Amberson, William Ruthrauff, b. 1894.
Collection number: 3862
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Abstract: William R. Amberson was a professor at the University of Tennessee Medical School at Memphis, 1930-1937, advisor to the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union, and trustee of the Delta and Providence cooperative farms in Mississippi. The collection is primarily personal Continue reading “William Ruthrauff Amberson papers, 1919-1968; 1971.”