Charlotte (N.C.) -- Social life and customs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Charlotte Area Rotary Clubs directories
Collection
Identifier: MS0300
Overview
Primarily pictorial directories of Charlotte Rotary Club, Dilworth Rotary Club, and Charlotte-North Rotary Club.
Dates:
1943 - 2004
Charlotte Performing Arts Collection records
Collection
Identifier: MS0150
Overview
Programs for musical, dramatic, and other cultural events held primarily in the Charlotte area. Includes programs from such groups as the Charlotte Opera Association (1962-86) and its successor, Opera Carolina (1986-92), Charlotte Summer Theatre (1962-69), Charlotte Symphony (1970-93), Little Theatre (1962-76), Mint Museum of Art (1963-77), North Carolina Dance Theater (1992-2000) and Oratorio Singers (1969-94).
Dates:
1897 - 2015; 1935 - 2015
Oasis and Omar Temples, N.M.S. (Charlotte, N.C.) records
Collection
Identifier: MS0194
Overview
Primarily correspondence of the Widows's Fund, a life insurance program for lodge members. Also includes general material on local lodges and architectural drawings for the Masonic Temple in uptown Charlotte (demolished 1987).
Dates:
1905 - 1947; 1924 - 1944
Martha A. Strawn course materials
Collection
Identifier: MS0383
Overview
The collection contains photographs and written reports that resulted from course assignments in the UNC Charlotte Art Department between 1981 and 2002.
Dates:
1981 - 2002; 2000 - 2002
Tate and Wilson families papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0196
Overview
Primarily papers of Sarah Wilson Tate (1892-1978), including travel diaries, correspondence, financial records, and reminiscences of Christmas-time visits to Coldstream plantation in Sumter County, S.C. Also includes business correspondence of her husband, John Austin Tate (1878-1934); commonplace book of Mary Louise Phifer Wilson; estate records of Joseph Harvey Wilson (1810-84) and Eliza Morehead Lindsay (ca. 1840-ca. 1933); and genealogical and other material about the Erwin, Phifer, Tate,...
Dates:
1765 - 1992
Margaret Wadsworth papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0279
Overview
Papers of a Charlotte widow who wrote, under the byline of "The Carolina Housewife," for The Charlotte Observer during the 1930s and 1940s. Includes typescripts of her columns, recipes, and letters from readers asking for advice and recommending recipes.
Dates:
1930 - 1949
Kenneth Wilson Whitsett Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0270
Overview
Papers of Kenneth Wilson Whitsett and family - Whitsett was a Charlotte historian, artist, and co-founder of Pictorial Engraving Co. In 1934 Kenneth and two of his brothers, Lemuel and Theron, established the Pictorial Engraving Company. He painted murals for the Charlotte City Club and the Orange County Historical Museum in Hillsborough. He was one of the original members of the board of directors for the Mint Museum of Art (1934-1938).
Dates:
1824 - 1975