African American Documentary Resources
Enhancing African American Documentary Resources in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill
Creator: Contempo.
Collection Number: 4408
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Abstract: Contempo was a journal of literature and social commentary published by Milton Abernethy and Anthony Buttitta in Chapel Hill, N.C., from 1931 to 1934. Incoming Continue reading “Contempo Records, 1930-1934.”
Creator: Gorrell, Ralph, 1803-1875.
Collection number: 1520
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Abstract: Greensboro, N.C., lawyer, businessman, and Whig state legislator. The papers include family correspondence and scattered letters from prominent North Carolinians on public affairs, but by far the major portion are concerned with legal cases Continue reading “Ralph Gorrell papers, 1797-1884 (bulk 1830-1874).”
Creator: Scales, Alfred Moore, 1870-1940.
Collection number: 4037
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Abstract: Alfred Moore Scales, lawyer, Democratic state senator, real estate developer, and insurance executive of Greensboro, N.C. Correspondence about North Carolina political candidates and elections; political and civil service Continue reading “Alfred Moore Scales papers, 1872; 1874; 1906-1932.”
Creator: L’Engle, Edward M.
Collection number: 425
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Abstract: Edward McCrady L’Engle (1834-1900) of Florida was a railroad president, lawyer, and Confederate army officer. L’Engle’s legal, business, political, and family correspondence, chiefly Continue reading “Edward M. L’Engle papers, 1834-1907 (bulk 1834-1900).”
Creator: Walters, Adelaide, 1907-1981.
Collection number: 4293
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Abstract: Adelaide Walters of Chapel Hill, N.C., was a local political activist, volunteer, civic leader, and Democratic Party officer. Correspondence, writings, clippings, and other papers of Continue reading “Adelaide Walters papers, 1954-1981.”
Creator: Bonner, Herbert Covington, 1891-1965.
Collection number: 3710
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Abstract: Herbert Covington Bonner, of Washington, N.C., was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1940 until his death in 1965. He was chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, 1955-1965, and Continue reading “Herbert Covington Bonner papers, 1940-1965.”
Creator: Brooks, Gilbert.
Collection number: 4786-z
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Abstract: Audio tapes (including listening copies) and related materials chiefly containing radio programs, 1958-1961 and undated, hosted by Gilbert Brooks and sponsored by the Haywood, Ca., chapter of the NAACP. The programs are mostly Continue reading “Gilbert Brooks radio broadcasts, 1958-1961.”
Creator: Winston, Francis Donnell, 1857-1941.
Collection number: 2810
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Abstract: Francis Donnell Winston attended Cornell University, 1873-1874, and took an A.B. from the University of North Carolina in 1879; practiced law in Windor, N.C.; was clerk of the Continue reading “Francis Donnell Winston papers, 1828-1943 (bulk 1890-1939).”
Creator: Murphy, Edgar Gardner, 1869-1913.
Collection number: 1041
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Abstract: Episcopal clergyman, publicist, executive secretary of the Southern Education Board, 1903-1908, author, and amateur astronomer. Correspondence, writings, and miscellaneous Continue reading “Edgar Gardner Murphy papers, 1893-1913.”
Creator: Norton, Chilton, and Dameron family papers, 1760-1926, 1995 (bulk 1815-1910).
Collection number: 3264
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Abstract: Members of the Norton, Chilton, and Dameron families were planters of Louisiana and Mississippi. The collection includes chiefly letters, 1815-1910, relating to members of the Norton, Chilton, and Dameron families. Continue reading “Norton, Chilton, and Dameron family papers, 1760-1926, 1995 (bulk 1815-1910).”