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Clarence O. Kuester, Sr., papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0443
Abstract
Clarence O. Kuester, Sr. was active with the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and a tireless promoter of the city and its business potential. The collection also contains a significant assortment of papers concerning a theatrical production entitled “Shout Freedom,” which was Kuester’s brainchild and was staged just after his death, in the spring of 1948.
Dates:
1891 - 1997
Sue Myrick Mayoral Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0204
Abstract
Papers documenting the two mayoral terms (1987-91) of the first female mayor of Charlotte, N.C.
Dates:
1987 - 1991
Pharr and Walker families papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0197
Abstract
Papers of the Rev. Samuel Caldwell Pharr (1825-84) and of his descendants, particularly his son, Walter Springs Pharr (1856-1932), and his daughter-in-law, Mary Jane (Jennie) Estelle Walker Pharr (1858-1914). Includes 19th and early 20th century deeds and contracts for land in Mecklenburg County; the Rev. Pharr's lecture notes (1842) from Joseph Henry's class in natural philosophy at Princeton University; papers (1847-1914) of Jennie Walker Pharr, including letters (1854-59) by her father,...
Dates:
1800 - 1950; 1847 - 1941
Whitsett family records
Collection — Box: SFC3 [F09.090.03.01], Folder: 322
Identifier: MS0322
Abstract
The collection contains primarily property deeds for plots of land in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, dating from 1860 to 1947. The collection also includes some promissory notes.
Dates:
1860-1947
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