Willis Irwin Henderson papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a wide variety of materials, including a bill-of-sale for an enslaved person, letters, land conveyancing papers for land for the Andrew Jackson historic site, DAR papers for the Mecklenburg Chapter, and obituaries for Henderson family members (Willis Irwin Henderson and Perrin Quarles Henderson).
Dates
- Creation: 1812 - 2007
Creator
- Henderson, Willis Irwin (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Biographical / Historical
Willis Irwin Henderson Jr. was born on March 17, 1909 in Charlotte, North Carolina to Willis Irwin Henderson Sr. and Ora Norment Thomas. He received his B.S. degree in Commerce at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a few years later took a job at Home Realty and Management Company in Charlotte, where he served as President from 1940 to 1976. Throughout the 1940s, Henderson served as President of the Charlotte Board of Realtors, the Charlotte Homebuilders Association and was Secretary-Treasurer of the North Carolina Association of Realtors. He was also past Chairman of the District Board of Review for the Mecklenburg Council of the Boy Scouts of America, served on the Board of Advisors for Lees McRae College and was a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Alexander Childrens Center. Henderson served for 10 years on the Board of Governors of the Charlotte Country Club and was an avid golfer who played in six USGA Senior Amateur Championships. He died at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte on December 16, 2003.
Source: Willis Irwin Henderson Jr. obituary published in the Charlotte Observer on December 17, 2003
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (11 folders (shared document box))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains a wide variety of materials, including a bill-of-sale for an enslaved person, letters, land conveyancing papers for land for the Andrew Jackson historic site, DAR papers for the Mecklenburg Chapter, and obituaries for Henderson family members (Willis Irwin Henderson and Perrin Quarles Henderson).
Arrangement
Most of the collection is arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired from Willis Irwin Henderson, via Jack Claiborne in 2010.
Processing Information
Processed by Robert A. McInnes.
Subject
- Henderson family (Family)
- Henderson, Willis Irwin (Person)
- Title
- Willis Irwin Henderson papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid written by Robert A. McInnes
- Date
- June 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte Repository
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte NC 28223 United States
spec-coll@uncc.edu
