African American Documentary Resources
Enhancing African American Documentary Resources in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill
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Collection number: 5516
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Abstract: George W. Robertson (fl. 1807-1855) of Caswell County, N.C., was a physician who also operated a tobacco warehouse and bought and sold slaves. He married Sarah Allen (1803-1871) and together they had eight children, including Willie P.M. Robertson, who Continue reading “George W. Robertson Papers, 1837-1908”
Creator: Ramsey, Ruth West.
Collection number: 5502
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Abstract: Ruth West Ramsey worked for the Wayne County (N.C.) Welfare Department in the 1960s and attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina School of Social Work, first for a masters in social work, 1961-1962, and then for a supervisory certificate, 1964-1965. The collection contains letters, graduate school papers, a lecture transcript, and Continue reading “Ruth West Ramsey Papers, 1961-1972”
Creator: Ruth, Helen Laura.
Collection number: 5428-z
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Abstract: Helen Laura Ruth was a teacher at Leland University in New Orleans, La., a private institution of higher learning for African Americans founded in 1870. It closed in 1915; was re-named Leland College and re-opened in Baker, La., in 1923; and finally closed in 1960. The collection includes two scrapbooks of Helen Laura Ruth and a student essay. The Continue reading “Helen Laura Ruth Scrapbooks and Student Essay, 1913, 1940, and undated”
Creator: Royster family.
Collection number: 4183
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Abstract: The Royster family of Raleigh, N.C., descended from James Daniel Royster (1790?-1870?) and Mary Ashley Royster (1795?-1880?). The collection includes Continue reading “Royster Family Papers, 1840-1979”
Creator: Ramsdell, Julius Frederic, 1845-1910.
Collection number: 4403
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Abstract: A diary, letters, and other material of Julius Frederic Ramsdell, member of the 39th Massachusetts Regiment, from Woburn, Mass. Letters from Ramsdell to members of his family and Continue reading “Julius Frederic Ramsdell papers, 1864-1869; 1910-1911.”
Creator: Rangeley family.
Collection number: 4625
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Abstract: Chiefly account books recording transactions relating to businesses operated by various members of the Rangeley family of Virginia. Early books, 1823 through the 1860s, pertain to an establishment operated by John Rangeley of Patrick Continue reading “Rangeley family papers, 1823-1949.”
Creator: Robinson, Hubert Samuel, 1893-1972.
Collection number: 4123
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Abstract: Chauffeur, butler, and gardener, 1932-1949, for the family of Frank Porter Graham, president of the University of North Carolina. Robinson was also a custodian, 1950-1966, at the Continue reading “Hubert Samuel Robinson diaries and scrapbooks, 1912-1969.”
Creator: Ross, Myron Howard, 1918-1987, collector.
Collection number: 4079
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Abstract: Myron Howard Ross of Chapel Hill, N.C., was a United Mine Workers leader. Papers collected by Ross relating to two predominantly black labor unions in Winston-Salem, N.C.: Local 22 of the Tobacco Workers Union, an Continue reading “Myron Howard Ross papers, 1944-1950.”
Creator: Ransom, Matt W. (Matt Whitaker), 1826-1904.
Collection number: 2615
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Abstract: Lawyer, planter, state official, Confederate general, Redeemer, Democratic United States senator from North Carolina, 1872-1895, and minister to Mexico, 1895-1897. Continue reading “Matt W. Ransom papers, 1845-1914 (bulk 1868-1904).”
Creator: Raper, Arthur Franklin, 1899-1979.
Collection number: 3966
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Abstract: Arthur Franklin Raper (1899-1979) was a distinguished rural sociologist, civil rights activist, and social science analyst both in the United States and in other countries. Raper’s early career focused on analysis of rural Continue reading “Arthur Franklin Raper papers, 1913-1979.”