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Annie L. Alexander papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0247
Overview
Annie Alexander was born in Mecklenberg County, NC in 1864 and graduated from Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia in 1884. She returned to North Carolina in 1887 as the first woman to practice medicine in the South. The collection includes letters she wrote to her father, Dr. John Brevard Alexander, while a student and intern at the Women's Medical College in Philadelphia (1884-85); patient records; financial accounts; essays on medical topics; and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1881 - 1929
Alexander family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0030
Overview
Primarily material about Hezekiah Alexander (1728-1801), member of a large and influential family that settled in Mecklenburg County in the 1760s. Includes transcriptions and photocopies of his will, estate inventory, and survey map of his property; material relating to the preservation of his home, built in 1774 and the oldest surviving building in Mecklenburg County; and genealogical information. Also includes a photograph of John Graham's diploma (1778) from Liberty Hall Academy.
Dates:
1778 - 1969; 1778 - 1806
Fred D. (Frederick Douglas) Alexander papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0091
Overview
Public papers of a Charlotte politician and civil rights leader. Primarily material created and received by Alexander as the first African-American member of the Charlotte City Council in the 20th Century (1965-74) and as a North Carolina state senator (1975-80). Includes minutes and other papers related to council and senate activities; material on campaigns and voter registration drives; files on the local, state, and national Democratic Party; correspondence; speeches; clippings;...
Dates:
1908, 1931-1998; 1946 - 1980
John B. Alexander papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0218
Overview
Papers of a Mecklenburg County physician. Includes account books, medical journals, correspondence, memorabilia, and writings. Also documents his services as a surgeon in the 37th North Carolina Regiment of the Confederate Army, as well as his general interest in the Civil War.
Dates:
1855-1911; 1855 - 1905
John Henry and Evelyn Galloway Alexander papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0445
Overview
The collection consists primarily of personal letters written between John H. Alexander and Evelyn G. Galloway while Alexander served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Also included are correspondence written to both of them by family and friends during the same time period.
Dates:
1938 - 1946
Kelly M. Alexander, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0233
Overview
The collection consists of papers generated primarily by Kelly M. Alexander, junior, as a result of his work with the NAACP at the local, state and national levels. Other papers in this collection were generated by Mrs. Margaret Alexander (widow of Kelly M. Alexander, senior), and Alfred Alexander (Kelly junior's brother) in his capacity as president of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Chapter of the NAACP. The collection contains a wide variety of documentation concerning nearly all aspects of the...
Dates:
1953 - 2008
Kelly M. Alexander, Sr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0055
Overview
Papers documenting Alexander's service with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, including the Charlotte branch, his presidency of the North Carolina State Conference of Branches, and his membership on and chairing of the national board of directors. Includes minutes, correspondence, reports, speeches, programs, news releases, membership records, documentation on NAACP-initiated court cases, and material on voter education projects. Also includes material on the...
Dates:
1950 - 1985
Kelly Alexander, Sr. Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0509
Overview
Contains documents related to Zechariah Alexander's work with the Freemasons and Shriners. There is also material related to the Alexander Funeral Home, including newsletters and business correspondence.
Dates:
1930 - 1980
Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP
Collection
Identifier: MS0508
Overview
Papers documenting the activities of the NAACP, with an emphasis on the work and correspondence of Kelly Alexander, Sr. and his sons Kelly Alexander, Jr. and Alfred Alexander. Includes papers from the National Board, the North Carolina chapter and the Charlotte chapter. Contains minutes, correspondence, reports, speeches, press releases, membership records, photographs, and memorabilia. Topics covered include school segregation, housing and employment discrimination and the Charlotte Area Fund.
Dates:
1911-1997
M. A. Alexander Civil and Criminal Docket Books and associated papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0555
Overview
2 Docket books containing summons, judgments, and warrants with various loose legal documents comprise this assortment of papers left by a justice of the peace in the Paw Creek community of Mecklenburg County, NC. around the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. There is also one photograph of an unidentified woman probably from around the turn of the century.
Dates:
1890 - 1906
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- Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte 574
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- Gays -- North Carolina -- Charlotte 16
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- African Americans -- Education 5
- Busing for school integration -- North Carolina -- Charlotte 5
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- Charlotte (N.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 4
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- Committees 4
- Construction industry -- North Carolina -- Charlotte 4
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- Education, Higher -- North Carolina 4
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- University of North Carolina at Charlotte 57
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- University of North Carolina at Charlotte--History 8
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- Alexander family 7
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 7
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 7
- Golden, Harry, 1902-1981 7
- Caldwell family 6
- Charlotte (N.C.). City Council 6
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Office of the Chancellor 6
- NASCAR (Association) 5
- Catawba Lands Conservancy 4
- Charlotte Chamber of Commerce (Charlotte, N.C.) 4
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission 4
- Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007 4
- Duke Power Company 4
- J. Murrey Atkins Library. University Archives 4
- Mecklenburg County (N.C.). Board of Commissioners 4
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 4
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dept. of English 4
- Woodward, James H. (University chancellor) 4
- Alexander, Kelly M. 3
- Brookshire, Stanford R. 3
- Carver College (Charlotte, N.C.) 3
- Davidson family 3
- Fretwell, E. K., 1923-2012 3
- Levine Museum of the New South 3
- Lincoln, Abraham 3
- North Carolina. Office of Archives and History 3
- Perzel, Edward Spaulding 3
- Reese, Addison H. (Addison Hardcastle) 3
- Tate family 3
- Time Out Youth (Charlotte, N.C.) 3
- United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital (38th) 3
- University of North Carolina (System) 3
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dean of Students Office. 3
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dept. of Art 3
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Office of Student Activities 3
- Wilson family 3
- Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017 3
- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2
- Alexander, Hezekiah 2
- Alexander, J. B. (John Brevard) 2
- Arts and Science Council (Charlotte, N.C.) 2
- Asbury, Louis H. (Louis Humbert) 2
- Banks family 2
- Barnes, Frank (Frank Carey) 2
- Blythe, LeGette 2
- Boyte, Jack O. (Jack Orr) 2
- Brabham, Robin 2
- Carver, Ann C. 2
- Central Piedmont Community College (Charlotte, N.C.) 2
- Charlotte Redevelopment Commission 2
- Charlotte observer (Charlotte, N.C. : 1916) 2
- City-County Consolidation Study Committee (Mecklenburg County, N.C.) 2
- Daniels, Selby A. 2
- Daughters of the American Revolution. Liberty Hall Chapter (Charlotte, N.C.) 2
- Davis, Boyd H. 2
- Festival in the Park (Charlotte, N.C.) 2
- Fire Ant Music 2
- Foundation for the Carolinas 2
- Freedom Park (Charlotte, N.C.) 2
- Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard) 2
- Garinger, Elmer Henry 2
- Girl Scouts of the United States of America 2
- Haley, Gail E. 2
- Hanchett, Thomas W., Legacy, the Myers Park story 2
- Henderson family 2
- Herman, Lew 2
- Hopewell Presbyterian Church (Mecklenburg County, N.C.) 2
- Irwin Avenue Open School (Charlotte, N.C.) 2
- Irwin family 2
- Jamgotch, Nish 2
- Jefferson-Pilot Communications Company 2
- Jetton family 2
- Jetton, Sarah Elizabeth 2
- Jetton, William Howard 2
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 2
- Knox family 2
- Knox family--Genealogy 2
- Kratt, Mary Norton 2
- Kratt, Mary Norton, Legacy, the Myers Park story 2
- Kuester, Clarence O. (Clarence Otto) 2
- Land Trust for Central North Carolina 2
- Lineberger, Clayton Sayre Sullivan 2
- Mecklenburg County (N.C.). Health Dept. 2
- Mecklenburg County (N.C.). Women's Commission 2
- Mecklenburg Historical Association 2
- Mecklenburg Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Political Action Committee (MeckPAC) 2
- Moore family 2
- Myers Park Baptist Church (Charlotte, N.C.) 2
- Myrick, Sue 2
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. North Carolina State Conference of Branches 2
- Newsom, Mary 2
- Ney, Peter Stuart 2
- North Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 2
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