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James Norman Pease papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0097
Abstract

Items relating to a prominent Charlotte architect and to J. N. Pease Associates, the firm he founded in 1938. Includes drawings of Charlotte's Central High School, a transcript of an interview with Dean W. Colvard, and advertising brochures about the firm.

Dates: 1921, 1927, 1957, 1988

William H. Peeps papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0009
Abstract

Primarily floor plans and photographs of homes and other buildings designed by an early Charlotte architect. Also includes biographical material, clippings, and a photocopy of a book describing Peeps' work.

Dates: 1920 - 1950; 1929 - 1939

Beverly Penninger papers concerning Tonda Taylor

 Collection — Box: 1 [F09.202.01]
Identifier: MS0557
Abstract

Contains footage Penninger put together concerning a charity auction for Time Out Youth with which Taylor was involved. Also includes Penninger's research and the prospectus for the film.

Dates: 1990s

Barbara Perzel papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0424
Abstract

Small array of papers (fourteen items) generated by Barbara Perzel, a real estate agent who worked in the Charlotte area in the 1970s and was especially knowledgeable about the Elizabeth neighborhood in Charlotte, NC.

Dates: 1962 - 1974; 1970 - 1974

Ed Perzel papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0349
Abstract

The collection concerns Perzel's interest and work in the preservation of historic buildings in Charlotte, NC. Most of the collectcion consists of photographs of historic buildings and residences, and photos of street scenes of Charlotte in the early 20th century.

Dates: circa 1910-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC-TV oral history project on twentieth-century Charlotte

 Collection
Identifier: OH-EP
Abstract

In 1979, UNC Charlotte history professor Dr. Edward Perzel and a handful of dedicated volunteers conducted oral history interviews with elderly citizens from across Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

Dates: 1976 - 1979

Piedmont and Northern Railway records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0016
Abstract

Records of the Piedmont and Northern Railway Company (incomplete), which operated in North Carolina and South Carolina, 1910-1969. Materials include operating reports and balance sheets, stockholder information, publications, legal documents, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: 1910 - 1968

Piedmont Junior High School records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0355
Abstract

The collection contains a small quantity of material concerning the history of Piedmont Junior High School in Charlotte, NC, mostly from the early 1930s to the late 1940s.

Dates: 1925 - 1978

Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood Association records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0092
Abstract

Records of a homeowners association established in 1975 to revitalize Plaza-Midwood, one of Charlotte's early streetcar suburbs. Includes subject files, minutes, financial materials, clippings, and photographs relating to the association's activities and information on the history of the neighborhood from 1914 to 1949.

Dates: 1914 - 1991; 1975 - 1991

Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood Housing Services of Charlotte records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0093
Abstract

Records documenting the operation of the Plaza-Midwood office of a national, non-profit agency concerned with neighborhood revitalization. Includes correspondence, administrative files, analyses of rehabilitation needs, client files, financial records, clippings, and photographs.

Dates: 1978 - 1983

Department of Political Science records

 Collection
Identifier: UA0231
Scope and Contents

The bulk of this collection are memorandums sent within the Department of Political Science from 1980-1987. Other materials include departmental annual reports, goals and objectives, and handbooks for majors.

Dates: 1970 - 1989

Karen A. Popp papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0517
Abstract

Papers related to Karen A. Popp's activities as a student and alumna of UNC Charlotte.

Dates: 1969 - 2014

J. Walter Potts family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0402
Abstract Contains a small collection of papers, beginning with John Neely in 1776, continuing with the Grier family (a.k.a. Greer family), then the Hunter family and ultimately the J. Walter Potts family in the early twentieth century; all from the Steele Creek Township in southwestern Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The papers include documentation concerning real estate transactions, receipts for taxes and consumer goods, promissory notes, letters to and from various family members, and...
Dates: 1776 - 1942; Majority of material found within 1790 - 1890

Norris Preyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0472
Abstract The collection contains research notes and drafts of Preyer's book "Hezekiah Alexander and the Revolution in the Backcountry." Additionally, there are articles and research on the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and the Mecklenburg Resolves, minutes and memos from his time serving on the Latta Plantation Executive Board, the Museum of the New South Committee and the Hugh Torance House and Store. There are also teaching material and documents related to African American history, which...
Dates: 1933-2010; 1972 - 2002

Amanda Price report: Maud Gatewood, in memoriam

 Collection — Box: SFC3 [F09.090.03.01], Folder: 393
Identifier: MS0393
Abstract

Amanda Price, a graduate student in art administration, produced this collection as the result of her work curating an art exhibit (in partial fulfillment of her degree requirements) during the month of March 2007, exhibiting the art work of Maud Gatewood.

Dates: 2007

Pride Publishing and Typesetting, Inc., records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0504
Abstract

The collection consists of materials generated by Jim Yarbrough through his involvement in Qnotes, Queen City Quordinators, Metrolina AIDS Project and his 40+ year history in the Charlotte LGBTQ+ community.

Dates: 1977 - 2010

Providence Baptist Church papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0420
Abstract

Contains a small assortment of papers mostly generated by Selby Daniels, who was a member of Providence Baptist Church, in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Dates: 1954 - 1988

RAIN Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0456
Abstract

Records of RAIN (Regional AIDS Interfaith Network,) an organization founded in 1992 in Charlotte, North Carolina and dedicated to addressing the needs of persons with HIV/AIDS disease in the Carolinas. The collection largely documents events and activities including fund raising, public education, and organizing volunteers.

Dates: circa 1992 - 2013

Rankin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0365
Abstract

The Rankin Family papers consist of a wide variety of materials, though the majority of the collection concerns this family’s ownership and stewardship of the land that they have owned in Gaston County, NC since the late eighteenth century. There are also items relating to the Rev. Frank B. Rankin and his daughter, Mary Delia Rankin Jarman as well as material relating to Gaston county history and the genealogy of several Gaston families.

Dates: 1754 - 2006

Margaret Whitton Ray papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0131
Abstract

Papers of the chair of the Citizens Advisory Group (CAG), formed in 1973 to develop pupil assignment guidelines for integrating Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools. Includes clippings, correspondence, findings and recommendations, reports, worksheets, notes, the CAG plan for pupil reassignment, and the joint proposal for school assignment that was ultimately approved.

Dates: 1972 - 1974

W. Thomas Ray papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0104
Abstract

Papers of a Charlotte lawyer and politician, primarily documenting his membership on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners (1978-84). Includes campaign files and material reflecting his special interests in human services, mental health, and roads. Also includes material from his earlier service on the Charlotte Housing Authority (1971-76).

Dates: 1971 - 1986

Recreational Services Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA0789
Abstract

This collection gathers information about student-based recreational and intramural activities and the Office of Recreational Services at UNC Charlotte. This information is presented through issues of the student-published newsletter, "The Panhandler," intramural catalogs, advertising ephemera and student handbooks spanning years of the school's history. The collection also includes planning documents and project manuals for the renovation of Belk Gymnasium.

Dates: 1982 - 2010

F. Marion Redd papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0249
Abstract Papers of a mayor of Charlotte (1927-29) and judge of the Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court (1935-49). Includes speeches, arguments of Redd as a defense attorney in murder cases, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and material on the United Confederate Veterans Reunion in Charlotte (1929). Also includes papers of Redd's wife, Bessie Flowe Redd, and her father, J. Lee Flowe, a grocer. Her papers include material about the DAR Liberty Hall chapter of Charlotte and an autographed...
Dates: 1882 - 1962

T. J. Reddy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0079
Abstract Papers of a Charlotte artist, poet, civil rights activist, and UNC Charlotte alumnus, highlighting his role as one of the Charlotte Three and his interest in the civil rights movement. Consists primarily of correspondence, legal documents, and other material concerning his controversial arrest, trial and conviction for arson; subsequent legal proceedings; and the activities of the North Carolina Political Prisoners' Committee. Also includes files on the Wilmington Ten, the North Carolina...
Dates: 1967 - 1985

Addison H. Reese papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0062
Abstract Papers of a key supporter of UNC Charlotte, relating to his membership on the boards of Charlotte College and UNCC, the UNC system, and other state-wide groups concerned with higher education. Includes material concerning the case of Wynn v. Charlotte Community College System involving the construction of separate campuses for predominately white Charlotte College and predominately black Carver College (1958-61); the East Carolina Medical School controversy (1970-74); and the restructuring...
Dates: 1951 - 1977; 1957 - 1976

Catherine M. Reid papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0348
Abstract

The bulk of the Catherine M. Reid Papers focuses on Reid's work to promote public awareness of domestic violence and provide services to victims of domestic violence, primarily in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area from 1977 to 2002.

Dates: 1977 - 2002

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