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University of North Carolina Wilmington Landmark Committee Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-268
Scope and Contents This collection contains the records of the University of North Carolina Wilmington's Landmark Committee and Historical Events Committee, both of which were convened at the request of the University's Board of Trustees to complete work for a project associated with the University Commons site. The Landmark Committee was tasked with identifying an appropriate landmark to place in the University Commons outdoor space in companionship with its landscaping plan. Once the Landmark Committee's...
Dates: 1982-1987

University of North Carolina Wilmington Presidents and Chancellors Records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-RG-03
Scope and Contents This collection consists of administrative files from the Presidents and Chancellors of the institution, including correspondence, accreditation reports, installation and inauguration programs, biographical information, and photographs. Files from the first two presidents, Thomas T. Hamilton and John T. Hoggard, contain information on the establishment and administration of the two-year Wilmington College. Topics from William Madison Randall's service as the last president of Wilmington...
Dates: 1952-2023

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

Weather Bureau Station Wilmington, North Carolina Official Documents

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-015
Scope and Contents These papers consist largely of communications between the central U.S. Weather Bureau office in Washington, D.C., and the local weather observation post at Wilmington, N.C. Although the inclusive dates of this group are 1871-1912, all but one of the items fall in the years 1871-1908, with no items from the years 1883-84, 1893-94, 1899, 1905-06, and 1909-11. These papers consist of seven topical series; items within each series are arranged in chronological order. Series 1,...
Dates: 1871 - 1912

Wessel & Eilers Business Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-002
Scope and Contents

H.B. Eilers and J. Wessell opened a wholesale grocery and liquor business December 8, 1851 in Wilmington. The business was located at No. 1 and 2 of P.K. Dickinson’s Building on North Water Street. This collection consists of a ledger book for the firm that covers 1853 – 1856. The ledger has an alphabetical index in the front and contains 557 pages of entries.

Dates: 1853-1856, 1984

William J. Hoke Captain's Commission

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-012
Abstract

This collection contains a commission for William J. Hoke as a Captain of the Southern Guards, a Rifle Company attached to the Seventieth Regiment, North Carolina Militia, on December 11, 1850. His commission was signed by North Carolina Governor Charles Manly and his private secretary, Andrew J. Terrill.

Dates: 1850

Wilmington Art Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-198
Scope and Contents The collection contains the records of the Wilmington Art Association, which was founded in 1971 and is the second organization to use this name. Included are articles of incorporation, by-laws, mailing lists, and newsletters. The collection also contains three scrapbooks, which document the artists and events associated with the organization over the course of thirty years. The scrapbooks include ephemera, flyers, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, and artist spotlights. The...
Dates: 1971-1999

Wilmington, NC and the Lower Cape Fear Area During the Civil War

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-026
Scope and Contents Excerpts of letters, diaries, papers, and published materials comprise the body of this research collection, which relate specifically to Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear (LCF) during the Civil War. Subjects include troop movements, civilian life, shipping, prisoners of war, and military engagements. Wilmington was the last Confederate port to be captured; blockading and blockade runners and the defense and capture of Fort Fisher are especially well represented. Items of local...
Dates: 1855, 1861-1865, undated

Wilmington, North Carolina, 1898 Coup D'état (Newspapers)

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Identifier: SC-MS-132
Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of issues of the Wilmington Daily Record, The Evening Dispatch, and fragments of the New York Journal around the time of and covering the Wilmington coup in 1898. The Journal makes explicit reference to the "riots" in Wilmington, gives the death toll as sixteen killed, and reprints the text of the Alex Manley...
Dates: 1898 (photocopies)

Wilmington, North Carolina Historic Buildings Survey

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Identifier: SC-MS-029
Scope and Contents The Junior League of Wilmington began a survey of Wilmington’s historic buildings in 1974. The league extracted data from courthouse records and the Sanford Insurance maps and wrote on-site descriptions. This research was the basis of "Old Wilmington Guidebook," which the Junior League published in 1978.The papers are filed in 249 folders, each folder labeled with the street name and number and, if appropriate, the name of the building or item. Folders contain some or all of the...
Dates: 1974-1978

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correspondence 17
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Education, Higher 7
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Politicians 7
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African Americans -- North Carolina -- Wilmington -- History 6
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Wilmington Massacre, Wilmington, N.C., 1898 6
African Americans -- North Carolina -- New Hanover County -- History 5
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Art -- History 3
Authors 3
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Commencement ceremonies 3
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Feature films -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 3
Festivals -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 3
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North Carolina--History--19th century 3
Physicians -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 3
School integration 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- History -- Sources 3
deeds 3
newspapers 3
photographs 3
prints (visual works) 3
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Confederate States of America -- History 2
Deeds -- North Carolina -- Craven County 2
Duplin County (N.C.) -- History -- Sources 2
Families 2
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Fear, Cape (N.C.) 2
Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) -- Capture, 1865 2
Fort Fisher (N.C.) 2
Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 2
Governors -- North Carolina 2
Hurricanes -- North Carolina 2
Illustrated London news 2
Maps -- North Carolina -- Wilmington 2
Meteorological stations -- North Carolina 2
Motion picture plays 2
Music 2
Nonprofit organizations 2
North Carolina -- History -- Sources 2
North Carolina Living Treasures Award 2
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Onslow County (N.C.) 2
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postcards 2
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Adult education 1
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African American artists 1
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University of North Carolina, Wilmington 15
Wilmington College 9
Bellamy, Heyward C., Dr., 1924-2014 3
Howell, Claude, 1915-1997 3
1898 Centennial Foundation (Wilmington, N.C.) 2
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Burney, John Jay, Jr., 1924-2010 2
Community Hospital (Wilmington, NC) 2
Department of Philosophy and Religion 2
Eaton, Hubert A., Dr. (Hubert Arthur), 1916-1991 2
Hoggard, John Thomas, 1876-1965 2
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 2
Lennon, Alton, 1906-1986 2
MacRae, Hugh, 1865-1951 2
Murchison, David R. (David Reid), 1837-1882 2
Pearsall family 2
Randall, William M. (William Madison), 1899-1984 2
University of North Carolina, Wilmington. Board of Trustees 2
Wagoner, William H., 1927-1999 2
Ainsley, W. Frank, Jr. (William Frank), 1944-2010 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
American Institute of Architects 1
American Tennis Association 1
Anderson, Ryan K. 1
Armstrong, Edward Hall, 1841-1864 1
Armstrong, Thomas James, 1813-1877 1
Ashe, John Baptista, -1734 1
Ashe, Samuel A. (Samuel A'Court), 1840-1938 1
Ashe, Samuel, 1725-1813 1
Ashe, William Shepperd, 1814-1862 1
Atkinson, J.W., Colonel (John Wilder), 1830-1910 1
Atkinson, Thomas, 1807-1881 1
Avco Embassy Pictures 1
Avery, Johnston, 1901-1970 1
Avery, Virginia Hall, 1903-1981 1
Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924 1
Bank of Wilmington (Wilmington, N.C.) 1
Bellamy, John Dillard, Dr., 1817-1896 1
Berkman, Consuelo, 1949-1996 1
Berkman, Jack I., 1908-1999 1
Best, William H. 1
Bethell, M. Eloise 1
Betz, Donald H. (Donald Henry) 1
Bissette, Samuel D., 1921-2005 1
Blanchard, Felix, 1924-2009 1
Block, Nathan Ellis, 1903-1986 1
Block, Susan Taylor, 1951- 1
Boys' Brigade 1
Bradley, Amy Morris, 1823-1904 1
Buel, David Hillhouse, Reverend, 1817-1893 1
Buffkin, Albert Winget, 1855-1921 1
Butler, Marion, 1863-1938 1
Cameron, Bruce Barclay, 1890-1944 1
Cameron, Daniel David, 1921-2005 1
Cameron, George Wallace, 1873-1939 1
Cameron, Lottie Fales, 1894-1960 1
Cantwell, Robert Calder, 1886-1961 1
Capps, John T., III (John Talbot), 1941-2022 1
Capra, Frank, Jr., 1934-2007 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1
Coastal Carolina Community College 1
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 18th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 1st 1
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 38th 1
Cooper, Thomas E., 1883-1949 1
Cooper, William Bryant , 1867-1959 1
Cotton, Nada McDonald, 1895-1977 1
Cronly family 1
Cronly, Michael, 1826-1898 1
Cronly, Robert Dixon, Jr., 1894-1968 1
Davis, Champion McDowell 1
Davis, Harry L. (Harry Lee), 1949-2018 1
De Laurentiis, Dino 1
DePaolo, Rosemary 1
Democratic National Committee (U.S.) 1
Democratic National Convention 1
Democratic Party (N.C.) 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Donnelly, Hester Claire, 1912-1992 1
Eeden, Frederik van, 1860-1932 1
Ehringhaus, John Christoph Blucher, 1882-1949 1
Eilers, Herman B, 1817-1886 1
Ellis, John Willis, 1820-1861 1
Episcopal Church 1
Evans, Anchram Harris, 1838-1911 1
Evans, Elizabeth Robinson Kelly, 1844-1910 1
Evans, Minnie, 1892-1987 1
Fechtig, Alice Morriss, 1896-1971 1
Friday, William C. (William Clyde) 1
Frost, Reuben Lovette 1
Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone). Office of Military Government 1
Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003 1
Giles, Lucy W. W. (Lucy Wooster Wright Murchison), 1850-1913 1
Gillespie family 1
Gillespie, James, 1747-1805 1
Graham, Stephen, 1822-1900 1
Hall, B. Frank (Benjamin Franklin), 1908-1991 1
Hamilton, Thomas T. (Thomas Tristam), 1900- 1
Harris, Paul Percy, 1868-1947 1
Hemenway, Mary, 1820-1894 1
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