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City of Charlotte Office of Protocol records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0565
Abstract

Materials generated by the Office of Protocol including correspondence and annual reports.

Dates: 1997 - 2007

Charlotte Park Association records

 Collection — Box: SFC2 [F09.090.02.02], Folder: 167
Identifier: MS0167
Abstract

Correspondence, minutes, legal documents, and clippings of an association organized by the Charlotte Lions Club with the mission to develop Freedom Park.

Dates: 1943 - 1989; 1943 - 1950

Charlotte Performing Arts collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0150
Abstract

Programs for musical, dramatic, and other cultural events held primarily in the Charlotte area. Includes programs from such groups as the Charlotte Opera Association (1962-86) and its successor, Opera Carolina (1986-92), Charlotte Summer Theatre (1962-69), Charlotte Symphony (1970-93), Little Theatre (1962-76), Mint Museum of Art (1963-77), North Carolina Dance Theater (1992-2000) and Oratorio Singers (1969-94).

Dates: 1897 - 2015; 1935 - 2015

Charlotte Pride Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0457
Abstract

Charlotte Pride presents the annual lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and queer (LGBTQ) Pride festival and other events in the Queen City. The annual festival is the largest LGBTQ Pride event in the Carolinas. The bulk of the collection documents Pride Festivals held in Charlotte, including planning materials and guides to the events. Also included are promotional materials, memorabilia, and ephemera from the more recent Pride festivals.

Dates: 1984 - 2015

Charlotte Redevelopment Commission Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0350
Abstract

Collection consists of discarded photographs, slides, and photocopies of pamphlets from Charlotte's Redevelopment Commission. Photographs are of neighborhoods, apartment complexes, streets, and roads before and after renewal projects. Photocopied pamplets advertise the Charlotte Redevelopment Commission, progress reports on urban renewal of Charlotte, N.C., and future projects for uptown Charlotte, N.C.

Dates: 1958-1985

Charlotte Regional Oral History collection

 Collection
Identifier: OH-LI
Abstract

This collection represents a wide-ranging mix of interviews that were conducted between the 1970s and the early 2000s to document many aspects of life and culture in the Charlotte region. Interviewees include prominent individuals from the Charlotte area such as journalists, business leaders, and activists, as well as many ordinary citizens representing different sectors of Charlotte society during the twentieth century.

Dates: 1965 - 2013

Charlotte Royals Rugby Club memorabilia and uniforms

 Collection
Identifier: MS0528
Abstract

The Charlotte Royals were founded in 2004. Today, they have over 20 players and a growing auxiliary membership along with supporters from around the country. Collection includes 1 linear foot of uniforms, ball, memorabilia, and ephemera.

Dates: 2000-2015

Charlotte School of Law Alumni Association records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0583
Abstract Charlotte School of Law was an independent for-profit college in Charlotte, North Carolina, established in 2006. It was provisionally accredited by the American Bar Association in 2008, and fully accredited in 2011. In 2016 the ABA put the school on probation and the school closed the following year. Collection consists of letters received from the Charlotte School of Law by various elected officials and members of the community, primarily when it received full accreditation from the...
Dates: 2009-2017

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0548
Abstract

Collection documenting the work of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte (now the Charlotte Symphony Chorus). Contains concert programs, news clippings, photographs, press releases and by-laws. Additionally, there is a large amount of audiovisual material, including reel-to-reel recordings, record albums, cassettes, CDs and VHS.

Dates: circa 1960-2015

Charlotte Woman's Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0056
Abstract

The Charlotte Woman's Club is the oldest civic organization in Charlotte. Organized in 1899 as the Study Club for Mothers, that group enlarged its membership and civic activities in 1902 and became the Charlotte Woman's Club. Includes minutes, newsletters, programs, financial records, 1924 register, scrapbooks, correspondence, and membership applications.

Dates: 1901 - 1989

Charlotte Women's Political Caucus records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0611
Abstract

Contains meeting minutes, bylaws, endorsement policies and candidate forum fliers of the Charlotte Women's Political Caucus.

Dates: 1994-1996

Charlotte Yiddish Institute records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0643
Abstract

Papers documenting the activities of the Charlotte Yiddish Institute. Includes correspondence, news articles, Yiddish teaching material, scrapbooks and photo albums. The Charlotte Yiddish Institute was founded in 1978 by Baila Pransky and Abraham Luski and is an annual event taking place at the Wildacres Retreat, Little Switzerland, NC.

Dates: 1979 - 2015

Charlotteans for a Free Southern Africa records

 Collection — Box: SFC3 [F09.090.03.01], Folder: 284
Identifier: MS0284
Abstract

Records of a local anti-apartheid organization formed in 1985 by residents of Charlotte (N.C.), who were "concerned about the ongoing crisis in South Africa and neighboring countries." The organization sponsored a number of events, protested loans by local businesses to the South African government, and invited visits by speakers who would "share insights and information with citizens of our community."

Dates: 1988 - 1993

Ellen Chason papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0395
Abstract

The Chason Papers are a small collection that came to the UNC Charlotte Special Collections along with a much larger gift of rare books from Mrs. Ellen Chason in January of 2008. Two of the items in this collection are real estate plat surveys for property in Henry County, Georgia (dated 1821), and the third is a Confederate war bond (dated 1863).

Dates: 1821 - 1863

Children's autograph books

 Collection — Oversize Box: 1 [F09.135.01.05]
Identifier: MS0013
Abstract

Autograph books of Charlotte children from the post-Civil war 1800s.

Dates: 1883 - 1890

Church Women United of Mecklenburg County records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0277
Abstract

Records documenting the activities and interests of the Mecklenburg County (N.C.) chapter of Church Women United, a national, ecumenical Christian women’s community service organization. Consists of record books and scrapbooks containing booklets, budgets, committee lists, correspondence, financial statements, meeting minutes, membership directories, newsletters, pamphlets, and photographs.

Dates: 1982 - 1999

Circuit Riding Rabbi Project records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0631
Abstract

The Circuit Riding Rabbis Project was created to meet a need for religious teachings in rural southeast Jewish communities. Running from 1954 to 1979, rabbis traveled on buses and other forms of transportation to the cities of Jacksonville, Wallace, Whiteville, Myrtle Beach, Lumberton and Goldsboro. The collection includes financial records, correspondences, pamphlets and learning materials.

Dates: 1954 - 1977

Civil rights and desegregation in Charlotte oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: OH-CR
Abstract

The Civil Rights and Desegregation in Charlotte oral history collection is a grouping of interviews that were conducted by UNC Charlotte Atkins Library Special Collections staff with activists for civil rights in the Charlotte area. The interviewees include prominent local members of the NAACP, as well as a high school principal, a civil rights lawyer, and a church minister.

Dates: 2001 - 2006

Civil War scrapbook, 1858-1881

 Collection — Volume: 1 [F09.135.05.02]
Identifier: MS0511
Abstract

Clippings from newspapers from Louisville, K.Y., Philadelphia, P.A., and Baltimore, M.D., primarily concerning the Civil War. Dates from these clippings span the years of 1858-1879.

Dates: 1858-1879

Jack Claiborne papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0377
Abstract The collection contains papers produced by Jack Claiborne over the course of his career in journalism and media communications, beginning in 1941 and spanning until his retirement as the Associate Vice Chancellor of Public Relations at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2000 (a few items come after that date). The collection also includes many of the speeches he delivered at public events, editorials he wrote while working for the Charlotte Observer, and research notes and...
Dates: 1941 - 2006

Richard Lee Clark papers concerning the Civil War

 Collection
Identifier: MS0052
Abstract

Collection of Civil War documents relating to the daily operations of the Union Army at their camp at Port Royal, S.C.

Dates: 1862 - 1865

Clarkson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0023
Abstract

This collection contains family papers and material about Charlotte, as well as pamphlets about the history and politics of Charlotte and North Carolina, patriotic societies, and alcoholism and prohibition. The North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati is well represented in the pamphlet collection as Heriot Clarkson was made an honorary member in 1902.

Dates: 1779, 1829, 1875-1966; 1875 - 1966

Lula Faye Clegg papers

 Collection — Box: SFC2 [F09.090.02.02], Folder: 169
Identifier: MS0169
Abstract

Material relating to the theory that Abraham Lincoln was the illegitimate son of Abraham Enloe of Rutherford County, N.C. Includes notarized statements (1939) supporting the allegation.

Dates: 1939, 1943, 1979-1998; 1939 - 1943

Daniel Clodfelter Mayoral papers

 Collection — Box: 1 [F09.207.02.01]
Identifier: MS0560
Abstract

Daniel G. Clodfelter was the 57th mayor of Charlotte, NC serving from April 9, 2014 – December 7, 2015. He was appointed by the Charlotte City Council after the resignation of Mayor Patrick Cannon. The small collection primarily consists of expense reports related to: US Conference of Mayors, Mayors Innovation, Metro Mayors Meeting, and Holly Eskridge.

Dates: 2014-04 - 2015-12

Cochran family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0423
Abstract

The collection consists mostly of land indentures, promissory notes, chattel mortgages and receipts for consumer goods concerning primarily the Cochran family in eastern Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, dating from 1823 to 1889. The collection also includes a scrapbook of photographs of an obscure provenance, dating to the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1823-circa 1930; 1823 - 1889

James R. J. Cochran papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0299
Abstract

Financial records of a resident of Cabarrus County, N.C. Contains decorative bill heads from local merchants, including Odell Curtis & Co., Dove & Bost Dealers, Miss Nannie Alexander, Cannons & Fetzer, and D.P. Dayvault. Also includes a letter from J.B. Nelson regarding lynchings in Atlanta, Georgia in 1891.

Dates: 1843 - 1899

Collection of commencement and doctoral hooding programs for Charlotte College and UNC Charlotte

 Collection
Identifier: UA0409
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of commencement programs from the first Charlotte College commencement ceremony in 1950 to the most recent commencement ceremony of UNC Charlotte. Also included is the program for the December 2018 doctoral hooding ceremony. The duplicate copy of the 1989 commencement program is missing pages 17-20. The original copy has all pages. Also missing is the program from 1960.

Dates: 1950 - 2021

Collection of UNC Charlotte brochures and printed material

 Collection
Identifier: UA0240
Abstract

This is an artificial collection consisting of brochures and printed materials from a wide variety of UNC Charlotte departments and programs.

Dates: 1955 - 2019

Dean W. Colvard papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0141
Abstract Personal papers of Dean Wallace Colvard (1913-2007), the first chancellor of UNC Charlotte (1966-1978). Includes files regarding his employment at North Carolina’s Brevard College; Swannanoa, North Carolina’s Mountain Research Farms; and at North Carolina State, Mississippi State University, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, as well as his involvement with various organizations and committees such as the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and his numerous...
Dates: 1930 - 2007

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