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William B. McKoy Collection
Collection
Identifier: LCF-MS-001
Scope and Contents
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 prominent attorney and historian in Wilmington from the 1880s to the 1920s, who was also chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee during the Wilmington Coup d’état of 1898. Materials include envelopes,...
Dates:
1801-1928, bulk 1845-1921
Found in:
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:
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:
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:
Special Collections