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Wayne Jackson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-104
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials pertaining to the career of Wayne Jackson, a broadcaster for southeastern North Carolina NBC television affiliate WECT (formerly WMFD). In particular, this collection documents three important events in Wilmington College history including the first televised basketball game in the region (that of the Virgina-Carolina Athletic Conference Junior College Basketball Tournament championship game), a dinner held for the Seahawks baseball team following their...
Dates:
1954-1974
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
William B. McKoy Collection
Collection
Identifier: LCF-MS-001
Scope and Contents
This collection is the property of the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society and is housed in Randall Library Special Collections as part of a long-term loan agreement between the Society and the Library.This collection contains materials pertaining to Wilmington real estate transactions and landownership, organized by block within the original city limits, as well as Eagle Island, Wrightsville Beach, and Masonboro. Material originally belonged to William B. McKoy (1852-1928), a...
Dates:
1801-1928, bulk 1845-1921
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Wilmington and New Hanover County Naval Affairs Committee Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-MS-399
Content Description
This collection contains material related to the Wilmington/New Hanover County Naval Affairs Committee from the late 80s-early 2000s. It includes newspaper clippings, slides, correspondence, and meeting material, mostly about the various naval ships that visited Wilmington.
Dates:
1980s-2000s
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Wilmington Heritage Cemeteries Preservation Planning Records
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-397
Scope and Contents
The Wilmington Heritage Cemeteries Preservation Planning Records document the efforts of UNC Wilmington public history professor, Dr. Virginia Stewart, in seeking grant funding from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Preservation Services Fund to carry out a preservation assessment of Wilmington’s historic Oakdale and Pine Forest Cemeteries. Upon receiving the award, Stewart coordinated on-site consultations of these cemeteries by preservation professionals Lynette Strangstad and...
Dates:
1993-2002; Majority of material found within 2000-2002
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Wilmington Sister City Program Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-398
Scope and Contents
The Wilmington Sister City Program Collection contains materials pertaining to the operations of the Wilmington Sister City Commission. Included are the Commission's meeting minutes, correspondence, and other documents, which record their efforts to establish successful sister city relationships with Dandong, China and Doncaster, England. Also included are materials pertaining to the Commission's research regarding additional potential relationships with cities in countries in the Caribbean...
Dates:
1983-1995
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections