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Contains four VHS and two U-Matic tapes of interviews Jamgotch conducted concerning U.S. foreign policy, particularly related to U.S.-Soviet relations and arms control. Also includes correspondence related to the acquisition and content of the interviews.

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Papers related to the William Abram Jenkins family, including photographs, survey maps of the family farm, and biographical information.

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Papers of the Jetton and related families since the mid-eighteenth century; including mostly real estate surveys and indentures, correspondence, genealogical notes, estate records, documentation on the Civil War and Reconstruction, and receipts for consumer goods. The Jetton family has lived in northern Mecklenburg County since the mid-eighteenth century.

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The collection primarily concerns William Howard and Sarah Elizabeth Jetton, but is entitled the "Ruth Jetton-Oliver papers" in recognition of the donor and to distinguish this collection from the Jetton family papers and the William Howard and Sarah Elizabeth Jetton papers.

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Contains a small collection of papers generated primarily by William Howard Jetton and his sister, Sarah Elizabeth Jetton, from 1908 to 2007.

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Material relating to the treaty terminating U.S. ownership of the Panama Canal. Contains letters, speeches, and position statements of U.S. Senators, including Jesse Helms and Robert Morgan of North Carolina. Also contains copies of the 1903 and 1977 treaties, U.S. government publications, pamphlets and articles by private interest groups, and Panamanian publications.

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The collection contains material related to the creation of the documentary, "Charlotte SubCulture: Gay Life in the Queen City," which was about a proposal that the Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee submitted to the city of Charlotte in 1992 that would have prevented discrimination against individuals in public acco0modations based on their sexual orientation.

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An account book for wholesale feed distributor located at 113 S. College Street. Entries date from 1932 through 1938.

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The collection was donated by UNC Charlotte student Charles K. Johnston in 1968 and consists of comic books published during the Silver Age (1956-1972) of American comic books.

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Personal and professional papers including organizational records, magazine and newspaper articles, political buttons, books, posters, decorated HIV vest, brochures.

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Collection contains of a scrapbook and a small collection of organizational records from the Charlotte, North Carolina, Junior DAR chapter.

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Keeping Watch: City of Creeks includes video interviews with individuals, pairs, and groups of people about their experiences with Charlotte Mecklenburg creeks and rivers.

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Publications documenting leftist, counterculture and the LGBT community in North Carolina and Georgia. Includes The Carolina Plain Dealer, the Great Speckled Bird and the Southern Gay Liberator.

Abstract Papers of a Charlotte businessman and engineer relating to his role in promoting Charlotte College as a community college and technical institute and in securing for it status as a four year, state supported college. Includes minutes, reports, and recommendations of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Education Committee; correspondence with the State Advisory Budget Commission, other state government officials, and individuals in the University of North Carolina system; statistical and...

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Letters from soldiers to Bleeka Ritch during World War I and letters to Helen Johnston from soldiers during World War II. Includes financial accounts, deeds, and a piece of canvas from a WW I German airplane.

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Contains material documenting congregational dialogue concerning sexuality at Myers Park Baptist Church. Includes committee reports, correspondence, planning documents and position statements.

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Contains one sterling key to the City of Charlotte emobossed, "Stan Brookshire" on verso that was given to Betty Yelton Alexander in recognition of 30 1/2 years of service in the City of Charlotte Purchasing Department.

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A parole, signed by John Kimbrough and witnessed by O. H. Williams, swearing Kimbrough’s pledge to no longer take up arms on behalf of the King of England against the United States, dated April 11, 1781.

Scope and Contents The Department of Kinesiology Records consists of minutes from departmental faculty meetings and feasibility studies as well as records from both parent and children units in the organizational structure of the university, such as the College of Nursing and Health Professions, College of Health and Human Services, and Athletic Training Education Program. College and university faculty handbooks, various surveys, master and strategic plans, and policies are also included.The...

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Contains King's writings for The Rocky Mount Telegram, Durham Morning Herald and The Charlotte Observer as well as his personal correspondence and documentation of his work in Charlotte's LGBT community. Also contains subject files primarily concerning LGBT issues and assorted publications.

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Patsy Kinsey served as the Mayor of Charlotte from July 1, 2013 to December 2, 2013. The materials document Patsy Kinsey's tenure as Mayor of Charlotte in 2013.

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Account book for a general goods store on North Tryon Street in Charlotte operated by James Kirk and Edwin Alexander, a son of Maj. Thomas Alexander. Entries begin on July 28, 1819 and go through March 28, 1821. Among those with accounts at the store were Thomas G. Polk, Samuel C. Caldwell, Isaac Alexander, and Robert Wilson.

Abstract Native Charlotteans Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick and De Kirkpatrick discuss their ongoing journey together after discovering that their family histories were interwoven through the institution of slavery. Although they were both classmates at Myers Park High School in the mid-1960s, it was not until almost fifty years later that a newspaper article recounting the injustice Jimmie Lee had faced as a thwarted contender for the Shrine Bowl brought the two classmates into contact with each other. As...

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Papers documenting Kirsch's work in the LGBT community as well as his work in theatre throughout the country. Includes press releases, brochures, newsletters, correspondence, playbills, CDs and VHS tapes.

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The Klein Family was influential in perserving the history of the Charlotte Jewish community.

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Contains correspondence between Walter Klein, owner of Klein studios in Charlotte, and Harry Golden. Also includes promotional material for the Carolina Israelite and an audio reel labeled "Harry Golden."

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Photocopy of a policy manual (ca. 1960) of a manufacturer of rayon and silk in Greensboro, N.C.

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Official papers as mayor of Charlotte (1979-83). Includes subject files, correspondence, and speeches relating to such topics as annexation, zoning, the proposed new coliseum, and transportation. Also includes some files of his predecessor, Kenneth R. Harris.

Abstract The Knox family papers are a small collection generated by the Knox and related families (including the Dunlap, Lowrie, and Porter families) documenting much of their daily activities, mostly from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. Most of the papers in this collection are letters to and from family members, promissory notes that document short-term loans between friends and family members, papers concerning the settlement of estates of deceased people, the enslavement of...

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Copy of a tree diagram of the Knox family as created by Katie S. Goodman of Woodleaf, N.C. in June, 1914.