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Alton A. Lennon Congressional Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-031
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Congressman Alton Lennon during his tenure as U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 7th congressional district from 1957-1972. Included in the collection is correspondence, reports, and other documents related to legislation, district affairs, and politics during the time. Also included are three large scrapbooks documenting news coverage from Congressman Lennon's career and campaigns.
Dates:
1953-1973
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
B. D. Schwartz Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-153
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of twenty scrapbook albums containing letters, documents, news articles, awards, photos, advertisements, and brochures spanning sixty-seven years. Schwartz held many local and state offices in North Carolina, including Wilmington City Councilman, the Mayor of Wilmington, State Representative, and State Senator. As mayor, Schwartz served during a time of civil unrest surrounding the Wilmington Ten and established a chapter of the Human Relations Commission...
Dates:
1918-1993
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Cronly Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-009
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the personal correspondence and private papers of the Wilmington-based Cronly family, primarily related Margaret M. Cronly (1827-1911), and her children Jane Murphy Cronly (1850-1935), Sallie Taylor Cronly (1852-1913), Michael Cronly (1858-1930), Joseph Murphy Cronly (1858-1907), William Neil Cronly (1860-1904), Robert Dickson Cronly (1863-1936), Douglas Tennent Cronly (1865-1931), Margaret Cronly (1868-1947), and Mary Douglas Cronly (1871-1949). Other family members...
Dates:
1888-1925
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Dr. Duncan Randall Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-229
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers and memorabilia related to Dr. Duncan Randall's personal and family life, his military career with the U.S. Air Force, his academic career as a professor at Wilmington College (now UNCW), and his personal and political interests. Materials include documents, correspondence, newspaper articles and clippings, a stamp collection, emphemera, artifacts, and photographs.
Dates:
1939-2001
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
Dr. John D. Bellamy Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-066
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photocopies of land grants, deeds, and land surveys for various properties in North and South Carolina. Also of significance in this collection are photocopies of Dr. Bellamy's Oath of Allegiance (U.S. Department of State Certificate), his pardon from President Andrew Johnson, and his letter of the pardon to Secretary of State William H. Seward.
Dates:
1778-1865 (photocopies)
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
John J. Burney, Jr. Legislative Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-033
Scope and Contents
This collections contains the legislative papers of North Carolina State Senator John J. Burney, Jr. Senator Burney represented New Hanover County from 1966-1972. The legislative papers consist primarily of correspondence, bills, publications, printed materials and newspaper clippings, covering a broad spectrum of social, economic and political issues during his time in office. Topics include taxation, environmentalism, transportation and infrastructure, Wilmington College (now UNCW), and...
Dates:
1960 - 1972
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Johnston Avery and Virginia Hall Avery Private Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-035
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence written or received by Johnston Avery, including holograph, typewritten and typewritten carbon copy letters. Important correspondents include William V.S. Tubman, President of Liberia from 1944 to 1971, and other Liberian government officials; Robert R. Reynolds, U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1933 to 1945; J.C.B. Ehringhaus, North Carolina governor from 1933 to 1937; and various businessmen involved in the LAMCO Joint Venture. Of...
Dates:
1915 - 1973
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Thomas E. Cooper Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-045
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a studio portrait of Thomas E. Cooper as a young man, two printed items, and nineteen items of correspondence. The early handwritten letters, from 1905 to 1907, are primarily from Cooper to his wife, Jane Collins, written while Cooper was working in Mullins, South Carolina. Later letters from 1925 are typewritten to his wife while Cooper was serving a prison sentence in the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. Cooper had been charged and sentenced, along with...
Dates:
1905-1949
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
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