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Kenneth Wilson Whitsett Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0270
Abstract

Papers of Kenneth Wilson Whitsett and family - Whitsett was a Charlotte historian, artist, and co-founder of Pictorial Engraving Co. In 1934 Kenneth and two of his brothers, Lemuel and Theron, established the Pictorial Engraving Company. He painted murals for the Charlotte City Club and the Orange County Historical Museum in Hillsborough. He was one of the original members of the board of directors for the Mint Museum of Art (1934-1938).

Dates: 1824 - 1975

Raymond W. Whittier papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0382
Abstract

Papers, scrapbook, photo album, photograph and moving images (transferred onto DVD) from Col. Raymond W. Whittier, of the 38th Evacuation Unit, from 1942 to 1946.

Dates: 1942 - 1946

Beaumert Whitton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0117
Abstract Personal, family, and business papers of a long-time Charlotte resident and construction company executive. Includes his diaries as a high school student (late 1920s); family correspondence and photographs; some records of the Southeastern Construction Company, the family firm, including photographs of projects in Cuba (circa 1917) and in North Carolina and South Carolina (1920s-1960s); records of other businesses the family owned; and files concerning his civic activities, including...
Dates: 1908 - 1984

Dink Widenhouse papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0375
Abstract

Materials concerning the career of NASCAR driver David Franklin "Dink" Widenhouse.

Dates: 1950 - 1960

Wilkes family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0038
Abstract Papers of a family that settled in Charlotte in the 1850s. Contains extensive records involving the purchase and operations of gold mines, mills, and other businesses owned by the family and by their Renwick and Smedberg relations in North Carolina and South Carolina beginning in the 1820s. Also contains papers of Admiral Charles Wilkes (1798-1877) pertaining to the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-42, correspondence relating to his purchase of the High Shoals Iron Works in Gaston County,...
Dates: 1818 - 1947

Preston Brooks Wilkes, Jr. family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0628
Abstract

Papers documenting the Preston Brooks Wilkes Jr. family. Includes photographs, an obituary, a Central High School diploma and a wedding invitation.

Dates: 1890, 1923, 1945-1953, 1966

Ann and Jim Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0606
Abstract

The collection primarily consists of materials related to Ann William' work as a local historian, author, and involvement with local history sites in Charlotte, particularly the Hezekiah Alexander Homesite.

Dates: 1985 - 2016

Ethel Trotter Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0258
Abstract

Papers of Williams as a teenager, college student, wife, and mother in Charlotte in the first half of the 20th century. Includes her diaries (1910-1916) and letters (1917-1938) to her from her husband, John F. Williams.

Dates: 1910 - 1950

Helen Avery Williams papers concerning anti-Communist organizations

 Collection
Identifier: MS0207
Abstract

Primarily booklets, flyers, and pamphlets produced by conservative, anti-communist organizations collected by Helen Avery Williams (Mrs. McChord WIlliams). Includes material by and about J. Edgar Hoover, the John Birch Society, the National Council of Churches, Walter Reuther, and Christmas card from Herbert A. Philbrick.

Dates: 1949 - 1983; 1953 - 1970

Robert Franklin Williams FBI files

 Collection
Identifier: MS0329
Abstract

Declassified documents copied from Federal Bureau of Investigation records regarding Robert Franklin Williams, a civil rights leader and black revolutionary from Monroe, North Carolina. All records in the collection were acquired through the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act (United States Code, Section 552).

Dates: 2000

Julia Willis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0427
Abstract

The collection consists of the writings of Julia Willis, of Charlotte, North Carolina and Boston, Massachusetts from the late 1960s to the late 1990s. Willis writes short stories, articles, short plays, books, contributions to various anthologies and poetry. The subject matter of her writing is almost exclusively dedicated to lesbian issues and politics. Most of her plays have been produced and some of her writings have earned awards.

Dates: 1972 - 2002

Lyda Caldwell Wilson papers concerning the North Carolina Florence Crittenton Industrial Home

 Collection
Identifier: MS0066
Abstract

The collection consists of the following items: 8-page handwritten description of the home (n.d.); 2-page typed history of the home (ca. 1929); proposed bylaws (1940); and unsigned carbon copy of "Certificate of Amendment to the Charter of Charlotte Crittenton Home" (1945).

Dates: circa 1929-1945

Shane Windmeyer and Thomas Feldman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0618
Abstract

Papers documenting Windmeyer's work, particularly in the fields of LGBTQ rights and discrimination. Includes correspondence, reports, newspapers, DVDs, books and photographs.

Dates: 1990-2015

Leslie Winner papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0201
Abstract Papers of a Charlotte attorney relating to her successful representation of the plantiff in Gingles v. Edmisten, in which the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the state of North Carolina illegally weakened the voting power of African-Americans in state house elections in Mecklenburg and five other legislative districts. Includes pleadings, briefs, transcripts of court proceedings, depositions and affidavits of witnesses, exhibits, research material and notes, maps, correspondence,...
Dates: 1963 - 1993; 1981 - 1986

Loy H. Witherspoon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0212
Abstract

Papers documenting Witherspoon's work as a Methodist Minister and a Professor at UNC Charlotte. Includes wedding and funeral programs, lecture notes, memorabilia, photographs, publications and audiovisual material. The first accession consists primarily of non-university related correspondence files (1983-94) of Loy H. Witherspoon, former professor of Religious Studies at UNC Charlotte.

Dates: 1983-1994

Edgar Adolf Wohlford papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0309
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, plats, and records relating to Wohlford’s surveying business. There are news articles and papers relating to the FHA during the 1940’s and also to the development of Little Switzerland, NC.

Dates: 1911-1976 and undated

Women Executives records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0396
Abstract

The records of the Women Executives, a Charlotte, NC organization, span from 1977 to 2008. The bulk of the records include the organization's charter and bylaws, minutes of meetings, newsletters, membership information, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1977 - 2013

"Women's Literature From A Regional Perspective" records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0043
Abstract Material from a two-semester class taught in 1977-78 by Dr. Ann C. Carver of the UNC Charlotte English Department and funded through a grant from the Modern Languages Association. Contains reports, class planning materials and course evaluations, and student cultural autobiographies, research projects, and related course work materials. Includes studies of Gertrude Weil, Cherokee women, Nell Battle Lewis, Anna Burgwyn, evangelists the Reverend Preilo and Queen Estelle Thompson, Eunice Pace...
Dates: 1977 - 1978

Harvey L. Woodruff papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0564
Abstract

Contains articles, correspondence and performance programs from Woodruff's career as choral director for UNC Greensboro and UNC Charlotte. Also contains audio recordings of choir performances from 1959-1967.

Dates: 1950 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1959

Louise Woods papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0369
Abstract

Contains a wide assortment of papers, reports and records accumulated by Louise Woods, while serving as the representative from the fourth district on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1995-2005.

Dates: 1967-2006

World War I and II Ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0539
Abstract

Assorted ephemera from World War I and World War II, including ration books, documentation from Camp Greene, and nursing recruitment posters.

Dates: 1917 - 1945

World War II Oral History recordings

 Collection — Box: 1 [F09.039.06.05]
Identifier: MS0595
Abstract

Contains 19 CDs of recordings of Ben Cole discussing his experiences in the Navy during World War II. He also discusses Charlotte in the years leading up to the war and the difficulties of integration back into civilian life after the war's conclusion. Also contains an interview with Robert Benton discussing his wartime experiences.

Dates: 1930-1972

Martha Dorn Worrell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0183
Abstract

Papers relating to Worrell's role as advisor to the Charlotte Junior Music Club and the Epsilon Chapter of Pi Mu. Includes correspondence, programs, and photographs

Dates: 1949 - 1968

Miles L. Wriston papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0021
Abstract Consists primarily of financial records, including Confederate and North Carolina state bonds (1862-64), shares of stock (1866) in the Rock Island Manufacturing Company, and bills and receipts (1884-85) paid by the estate of Joseph Harvey Wilson of Charlotte. Also includes a document (1829) attesting to the descent of title to Robert Neely of a 68-acre tract of land originally owned by Thomas Polk, an early settler in Mecklenburg County, a legal brief (1917) concerning the settlement of...
Dates: 1829 - 1987; 1862 - 1885

Writing Our Own History essays

 Collection
Identifier: MS0185
Abstract

Original handwritten and typed copies of essays written by Charlotte senior citizens in courses sponsored by the Shepherd's Center and Central Piedmont Community College and taught by Margaret Bigger in 1992-94. These are personal accounts of growing up during the Prohibition era and the Depression and of life during World War II.

Dates: 1992 - 1994

WTVI PBS Charlotte videocassettes

 Collection
Identifier: MS0512
Abstract

VHS tapes of television interviews with Mecklenburg County Commission chairpersons produced by Charlotte, NC area public tv station, WTVI42 in the 1990s. The series of interviews aired titled, "Mr. and Madam Chairman." Interviews are accompanied by biographical material and a rough transcript. Also includes two hour-long broadcasts from the "Charlotte and the New South" series ("A Region at Work" and "Growing a Region.")

Dates: 1990s

YMCA of Greater Charlotte records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0593
Abstract

Papers documenting the history of the YMCA of Greater Charlotte. Includes newspaper scrapbooks, Board meeting minutes, written histories, building campaigns, photographs and financial ledgers.

Dates: 1878-2011

Sarah Young papers

 Collection — Box: SFC1 [F09.090.02.01], Folder: 14
Identifier: MS0014
Abstract

Papers of a Charlotte widow, includes a deed, an insurance policy, stocks and a land survey.

Dates: 1831 - 1861; 1847 - 1855

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