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Box Misc. MS Box 1

 Container

Contains 182 Results:

Gillespie Family Genealogy, Undated

 Item — Box: Misc. MS Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Genealogy. 41 pages.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Special Collections / Gillespie Family Genealogical Record

Letter, 1977 October 17 (photocopy)

 Item — Box: Misc. MS Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

From S. Carroll Pearsall, Annandale, VA, to Leora McEachern of Wilmington, NC with further genealogical information about the Pearsalls and Gillespies.

Dates: 1977 October 17 (photocopy)
Found in: Special Collections / Gillespie Family Genealogical Record

Statement of Campaign Expenses, 1920 June 18

 Item — Box: Misc. MS Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Final sworn statement of campaign expenses of William Bryant Cooper (WBC) as a candidate in the primary election held on June 5, 1920. “No receipts” were listed and disbursements were for stenographers, stamps, stationery, printing, advertising, traveling expenses and announcement, for a total of $2,513.00

Dates: 1920 June 18
Found in: Special Collections / Gore Cooper Family Papers

Letter, 1925 January 17

 Item — Box: Misc. MS Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

W.J. Jenkins, Pay Clerk, State Senate Session 1925, Raleigh, NC, to WBC at Wilmington, NC. This letter accompanied an auditor’s check for WBC’s last day’s service as President of the Senate Session of 1925.

Dates: 1925 January 17
Found in: Special Collections / Gore Cooper Family Papers

Voucher, 1925 January 17

 Item — Box: Misc. MS Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents

Voucher #13 to WBC for $6.00. Signed by Baxter Durham, State Auditor, and J.S. Robinson, Clerk.

Dates: 1925 January 17
Found in: Special Collections / Gore Cooper Family Papers

Annual Report of Carolina Insurance Company, 1895 June 06

 Item — Box: Misc. MS Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents

This paper is a photocopy of the Annual Report and Statement of the Carolina Insurance Company, Wilmington, NC, dated June 6, 1895. It is signed by D.L. Gore, president, and M.S. Willard, secretary. The original of this report was donated by Lenox Gore Cooper, Sr., to the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dates: 1895 June 06
Found in: Special Collections / Gore Cooper Family Papers

Post Card, 1947 December 26

 Item — Box: Misc. MS Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

One printed postcard from Bernard Shaw entitled "A Forty Letter British Alfabet" which contains hand-written notes with the initials "G.B.S." The postcard addressed to William Russell M.S. of Athens (Georgia) U.S. America, holds a British stamp and is hand-cancelled; the date written on the card is December 26, 1947.

Dates: 1947 December 26
Found in: Special Collections / George Bernard Shaw Private Paper

Letter from Davison, 1929 February 21

 Item — Box: Misc. MS Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Ronald Conway Davison, Great Britain, to Mary Barnett Gilson. Accompanied copy of RCD’s book The Unemployed published in 1929. Discusses unemployment insurance, the economic depression, labor transference, downward drag, areas of unemployed labor, and the discharge wage.

Dates: 1929 February 21
Found in: Special Collections / Mary Barnett Gilson Private Papers

Letter from Davison, 1933 April 5

 Item — Box: Misc. MS Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents RC Davison, 39 Lansdonne Road, London, to Gilson. Speaks of Hoover leaving and Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) taking presidency in U.S. Ridicules FDR’s “reformist gusts” as having no lasting effects. Encourages MBG to continue efforts for unemployment measures – a basic relief service on needs basis. Refers to Sign of the Times and his letter in the Newsletter. Discusses idea of limited labor market, partially through halftime withdrawal of juvenile labor up to 18. Propounds chronic...
Dates: 1933 April 5
Found in: Special Collections / Mary Barnett Gilson Private Papers

Letter from Davison, 1933 August 14

 Item — Box: Misc. MS Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents RC Davison, Dingle Farm, Dunwich, to Gilson. Writes that Gilson lucky in FDR and “national gift of the art of Persuasion.” Notes that FDR’s success is great morally and phychologically, but making a revolution an administrative and economic success may still be impossible. In Great Britain, 44% of registered unemployed on standard benefit, 44% on transitional payments, 12% uninsured or disallowed. Turnover twice as great on standard benefit lists than on transitional payment lists. Advocates...
Dates: 1933 August 14
Found in: Special Collections / Mary Barnett Gilson Private Papers