Wrightsville Beach (N.C.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Cicero P. Yow Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-337
Scope and Contents
Cicero Yow worked as the attorney for the City of Wilmington for 25 years and served in the North Carolina senate for several terms representing the 9th district. These papers primarily contain Yow's personal and business correspondence from 1942 to 1969 and document the daily interactions of a member of Wilmington's upper middle class during the 1950s and 1960s. While much of the correspondence is comprised of invitations and acknowledgment or congratulatory letters, it nevertheless...
Dates:
1928-1969
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Consuelo Berkman Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-290
Scope and Contents
Consuelo "Connie" Berkman was an artist and photographer in Wilmington, North Carolina and the adopted daughter of well-known artist, Jack Berkman. The Consuelo Berkman Papers contain artwork, correspondence, personal journals, photographs, yearbooks, and other materials dating from 1968 to her death in 1996. The bulk of the collection is comprised of Berkman's photography and includes thousands of prints, slides, negatives, and contact sheets documenting daily life in and around the...
Dates:
1968 - 1996
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Dave Coley Surfing Memorabilia
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-296
Scope and Contents
This collection contains original handbills and posters promoting surf film screenings in the greater Wilmington area, as well as sales flyers for a local surfboard shop called America Surfboards.
Dates:
1978, undated
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
William B. McKoy Collection
Collection
Identifier: LCF-MS-001
Scope and Contents
This collection is the property of the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society and is housed in Randall Library Special Collections as part of a long-term loan agreement between the Society and the Library.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...
Dates:
1801-1928, bulk 1845-1921
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Wrightsville Beach (N.C.)
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Special Collections vertical files are compiled by Special Collections staff on an ongoing basis and contain material such as articles, photocopied documents, maps, emphemera, etc. of various persons, places, organizations, and topical subjects related to UNCW and Southeastern North Carolina history.
Dates:
Various