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New Hanover High School (Wilmington, N.C.)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1919?-

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

B. D. Schwartz Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-153
Scope and Contents This collection contains twenty scrapbook albums documenting the life and career of Benjamin David (B.D.) Schwartz, his wife Sylvia, and their family beginning in 1918 and ending in 1993. Schwartz, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, moved to Wilmington as young child. He attended local schools, worked at his father’s furniture business, and assisted his family in establishing the B’nai Israel Synagogue. After graduating from UNC Chapel Hill, he returned to the port city and continued working...
Dates: 1918-1993
Found in: Special Collections

Doug Swink Theater Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-102
Scope and Contents

This collection contains theatre professor Doug Swink's memorabilia from his tenure as a Wilmington College faculty member during the 1960s. Included in the collection are slides, performance programs and tickets, photographs, newspaper clippings, and student information bulletins encompassing many facets of student and faculty happenings, as well as theatre news, both on and off campus.

Dates: 1938-2006; Majority of material found within 1957-1969
Found in: Special Collections

New Hanover High School Class of 1951 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-380
Scope and Contents

This collections contains photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by Perry Whitman related to reunion events for the New Hanover High School Class of 1951. Materials begin in 1976 with the Class' 25th reunion and end in 2011 with their 60th reunion. The scrapbooks contain cards, correspondence, ephemera, newspaper clippings, obituaries, photographs, reunion planning documents, and an original 1951 commencement program.

Dates: 1976-2011
Found in: Special Collections

Ronald G. Phelps Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-353
Scope and Contents This collection contains Ronald G. Phelps's personal documents, yearbooks, CDs, VHS tapes, photos, copies of published items, magazines, and newspaper clippings, largely related to Wilmington and the surrounding area's history from 1929 to 2018. Ron Phelps was active in the Wilmington community and considered a local amateur historian. A large portion of the collection focuses on New Hanover High School during Phelps's attendence and the various reunion events following his graduation in...
Dates: 1929-2018
Found in: Special Collections

T. T. Hamilton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-090
Abstract

This collection contains the personal papers of Thomas T. Hamilton, first President of Wilmington College and long time Principal of New Hanover High School. With inclusive dates of 1948-1989, the collection includes Hamilton's curriculum vitae, newspaper articles, photographs, a letter, and a typed report. These papers focus on Hamilton's career change in 1949 and his involvement with Wilmington College.

Dates: 1948-1989
Found in: Special Collections

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Subject
Wilmington College -- History -- Sources 2
Advertising, political -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
African Americans -- Political activity -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
Alcohol -- Law and legislation -- North Carolina 1
Annexation (Municipal government) -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
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Arts 1
Children with disabilities -- Law and legislation -- North Carolina 1
City planning -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
Civil service -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
Class reunions 1
Clubs -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
College sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Discrimination in municipal services -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
Economic development -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
Education -- New Hanover County (N.C.) 1
Education, Secondary 1
Elections -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
Environmentalism -- North Carolina 1
Festivals -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area (N.C.) 1
Israel -- Politics and government -- 1951- 1
Jews -- History -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
Legislators -- North Carolina 1
Local government -- North Carolina -- New Hanover County -- Evaluation 1
Low-income housing -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
Masonboro Island (N.C.) 1
Mayors -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
Montford Point Camp (Camp Lejeune, N.C.) 1
North Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 1
Ordinances, Municipal -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
Political Campaigns -- North Carolina 1
Political campaigns -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
Riots -- North Carolina -- Wilmington -- History 1
School integration -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
Theater 1
Universities and colleges -- Administration 1
Universities and colleges -- Faculty 1
White supremacy movements -- North Carolina -- New Hanover County 1
Wilmington (N.C.) 1
Wilmington (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Wilmington (N.C.) -- Race relations 1
Women's rights -- North Carolina 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- History -- Sources 1
Zoning -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 1
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