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Bertha Boykin Todd Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-390
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Bertha Boykin Todd, a long-time New Hanover County educator and community leader. Content focuses on her work with the 1898 Centennial Foundation, biographical information and research for her memoir, "My Restless Journey," speeches and notes for events at which she spoke, recordings of her media appearances, and articles and correspondence related to her community engagement and work with the New Hanover County School system, highlighting her time as...
Dates:
1954-2020
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Dorothy Buckeridge Nesbitt Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-183
Scope and Contents
Materials in this collection focus on Dorothy Nesbitt's service as a student, teacher, and advocate for dance and the arts, both in the Wilmington, North Carolina area and internationally, from the 1960s to the 1990s. Papers and photographs showcasing her passion for ballet and modern dance include workshop information, brochures, performance highlights, correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, articles, and scrapbook pages. Her educational material feature content on racial integration...
Dates:
1956-2003
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Dr. Heyward C. Bellamy Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-167
Overview
Dr. Heyward C. Bellamy served as Superintendant of the New Hanover County School System from 1968 to 1981, during which time he oversaw the integration of public schools. This collection contains materials relating to the integration of New Hanover County schools, including court documents and supporting exhibit materials from integration law suits, as well as other school integration and civil rights cases from the area and nationally.
Dates:
1916 - 1991
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Dr. Hubert A. Eaton, Sr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-046
Scope and Contents
This extensive collection includes the original materials and photocopies of the legal actions instituted by Dr. Eaton and his fellow plaintiffs to compel the integration of the fundamental institutions of New Hanover County--the public schools and the hospital--in the 1960s and 1970s. Moreover, the collection also reflects the broad spectrum of Dr. Eaton's interests and activities which included medical and public health issues, education, civil rights and athletics.A gifted...
Dates:
1941-1993
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Edwin E. Kirton Family Private Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-042
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, church programs and scrapbooks, as well as a large collection of sheet music that belonged to Mrs. Kirton. The scrapbooks in this collection highlight Father Kirton's career and other family events and the social column written by Mrs. Kirton for the Afro American newspaper.
Dates:
1927-1986
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Wilmington Movement 1971
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-108
Scope and Contents
This collection contains sixteen original articles from the Wilmington Morning Star and its joint Sunday edition with the Wilmington News, the Star-News (all now merged into the Wilmington Star-News), and two from Raleigh's The News and Observer, chronicling the events leading to and during the racial unrest centering around the...
Dates:
1971 February 03 - October 03
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
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- 1898 Centennial Foundation (Wilmington, N.C.) 1
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- Cameron, George Wallace, 1873-1939 1
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- Nesbitt, Dorothy Buckeridge, 1922-2014 1
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