Charlotte (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
E. K. Fretwell, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0200
Overview
Personal papers of Elbert Kirtley (E.K.) Fretwell, Jr. (1923-2012), the second chancellor of UNC Charlotte (1979-1989). Includes files regarding his service as Vice Consul in Czechoslovakia; his education and early teaching days; his positions at City University of New York, State University of New York at Buffalo, and UNC Charlotte; his involvement with various associations and commissions concerning higher education and transportation, including numerous trips abroad; his publications,...
Dates:
1945 - 2008
Howell Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0264
Overview
Primarily consists of correspondence and photographs of the Powell, Poole, O'Rorke and Claney families of Charlotte, NC, Pittsburgh, PA and New York City, NY.
Dates:
1898 - 1993
Dan Kirsch papers concerning the Charlotte LGBT community
Collection
Identifier: MS0358
Overview
Papers documenting Kirsch's work in the LGBT community as well as his work in theatre throughout the country. Includes press releases, brochures, newsletters, correspondence, playbills, CDs and VHS tapes.
Dates:
1990 - 2000
Erastus C. McAlpine papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0346
Overview
Diaries of a worker in Charlotte’s Louise Cotton Mill. Topics mentioned include textile mills, religion, the weather, activities of family and friends and public events from local to the international.
Dates:
1915 - 1922
Newell family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0287
Overview
Miscellaneous papers of the family, particularly those of Leone B. Newell, a Charlotte physician. Includes certificates, correspondence, genealogical materials, a household inventory (1916), newspaper clippings, photographs, notes and miscellaneous receipts.
Dates:
1916 - 1969
Winifred Barbour Simpson papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0332
Overview
Collection is a small assortment of papers and scrapbooks produced by Winifred Barbour Simpson, from 1931 to 1984. The most notable items in the collection are her scrapbooks (which mostly concern her attendance of Charlotte Technical High School) and the papers that she and her (future) husband produced during WWII.
Dates:
1920-1961
Beaumert Whitton Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0117
Overview
Personal, family, and business papers of a long-time Charlotte resident and construction company executive. Includes his diaries as a high school student (late 1920s); family correspondence and photographs; some records of the Southeastern Construction Company, the family firm, including photographs of projects in Cuba (circa 1917) and in North Carolina and South Carolina (1920s-1960s); records of other businesses the family owned; and files concerning his civic activities, including minutes...
Dates:
1908 - 1984