Wilmington (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Ronald G. Phelps Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-353
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Ronald G. Phelps's personal documents, yearbooks, CDs, VHS tapes, photos, copies of published items, magazines, and newspaper clippings, largely related to Wilmington and the surrounding area's history from 1929 to 2018. Ron Phelps was active in the Wilmington community and considered a local amateur historian. A large portion of the collection focuses on New Hanover High School during Phelps's attendence and the various reunion events following his graduation in...
Dates:
1929-2018
Found in:
Special Collections
St. Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian Church Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-180
Abstract
St. Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian Church is located in Wilmington, North Carolina. The church was formed by the merging of two congregations in 1944, St. Andrews Presbyterian and The Church of the Covenant. This collection includes histocial and financial data on the church, its leaders, members and organizations.
Dates:
1858-2009
Found in:
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:
Special Collections
Wilmington Civitan Club Records
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-227
Scope and Contents
The Wilmington Civitan Club Records span from the club’s charter in 1938 to 2006. Materials include items such as the club constitution and bylaws, membership lists, newsletters, directories, meeting minutes, typescripts, and brochures on Civitan International and the history of the Wilmington Civitan Club. The collection also contains scholarship material from the club’s annual fruitcake sale and its relationship with the Boys and Girls Home of North Carolina, along with newspaper clippings...
Dates:
1938-2006
Found in:
Special Collections