African American Documentary Resources
Enhancing African American Documentary Resources in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill
Creator: Andrews, Alexander Boyd, 1841-1915.
Collection number: 3245
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Abstract: Confederate Army officer, planter, and railroad executive, of North Carolina. Papers, 1859-1891, consist of correspondence and other business papers of A. B. Andrews relating to his career as a railroad executive and capitalist, chiefly correspondence, bills, routine reports Continue reading “Alexander Boyd Andrews papers, 1859-1891.”
Creator: Andrews, Alexander Boyd, 1873-1946.
Collection number: 2412
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Abstract: Lawyer of Raleigh, N.C., active in the North Carolina and American Bar associations; chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina; Grand Master of Masons of North Carolina; trustee of the University of North Carolina, of East Carolina Teachers College, and of Oxford Continue reading “Alexander Boyd Andrews papers, 1678-1946 (bulk 1911-1946).”
Creator: Bagley, Dudley Warren, 1889-1964.
Collection number: 3338
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Abstract: Native of Currituck County, N.C., experimental farmer and seedsman, state and federal official. Personal and business papers of Dudley Warren Bagley, chiefly from the 1920s, relating to Bagley’s activities as officer of many local, state, Continue reading “Dudley Warren Bagley papers, 1846-1964 (bulk 1920-1964).”
Creator: DeRosset family.
Collection number: 214
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Abstract: The DeRosset family descended from French Huguenot Armand John DeRosset, who immigrated to the American colonies in the 1730s and settled in Wilmington, N.C., where four generations of DeRossets worked as physicians and Continue reading “DeRosset family papers, 1671-1940 (bulk 1821-1877).”
Creator: Groves, Harry E.
Collection number: 4975
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Abstract: Harry E. Groves (1921- ), Colorado-born African-American lawyer and professor of law, with special interests in constitutional law, particularly of newly formed nations. He served Continue reading “Harry E. Groves papers, 1929-1999.”
Creator: Allen, A. T. (Arch Turner), b. 1875.
Collection number: 3722
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Abstract: Allen was state superintendent of public instruction for North Carolina, 1923-1934. Scattered correspondence of Arch Turner Allen (1875-1934) and copies of speeches and Continue reading “A. T. Allen papers, 1894-1935.”
Creator: Alves, Walter, 1768-1819.
Collection number: 3792
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Abstract: Walter Alves of Orange County, N.C., was the son of James Hogg (1730-1804) and Ann McDowal (Alves) Hogg (1732-1801) of Scotland. The family emigrated to America in 1774, settling in North Carolina. His father legally changed his sons’ last names from Hogg to Alves Continue reading “Walter Alves papers, 1771-1858.”