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MYERS PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
PHOTOGRAPHS, 1915-1941, 1984
UNCC MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 184
   
   
Contents: Collection Information
Scope and Content Note/Container List
Photographs
   
   
 
COLLECTION INFORMATION
   
Size:
36 items (photographs).
   
Locales: Charlotte (N.C.).
   
Bulk Dates: 1915-1941.
   
Languages: English.
   
Summary: Photographs collected by the association for its book, Legacy: the Myers Park Story (1986), written by Mary Norton Kratt and Thomas W. Hanchett.
   
Index Terms: Charlotte (N.C.)--Photographs.
  Hanchett, Thomas W. Legacy: The Myers Park Story.
  Kratt, Mary Norton. Legacy: The Myers Park Story.
  Myers Park (Charlotte, N.C.)--Photographs.
  Myers Park Homeowners Association (Charlotte, N.C.)--Photographs.
   
Sources: Copies of originals in possession of Myers Park Homeowners Association.
   
Access: Unrestricted.
   
Copyright: Not held by UNC Charlotte Library.
   
Citation: Myers Park Homeowners Association Photographs, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Library.
   
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Related Collections: Mary Norton Kratt Papers (Mss 113).
  Esten B. Mason Papers (Mss 179).
   
Compilers: Kimberly Hotaling, 1994.
   
   
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE/CONTAINER LIST
   
This collection is comprised exclusively of photographs of scenes Charlotte's Myers Park neighborhood collected by the Myers Park Homeowners Association. Thirty-three of the thirty-six prints were used in the Association's book, Legacy: The Myers Park Story (Charlotte: Myers Park Foundation, 1986), written by Mary Norton Kratt and Thomas W. Hanchett. The Myers Park Homeowners Association Collection is organized into a single photographic series. [NOTE: The container list below denotes the corresponding page from Legacy in brackets.]
   
Print Number(s) Description [page number]
   
P184/1 Mayo Cunningham, Myers Park Pharmacy (ca. 1984) [148]
   
P184/2 J. B. Duke and his daughter, Doris (n.d.) [109]
   
P184/3 Mary Neel Moody (Ellison), 5 years old, on the steps of the Charles Moody
Residence, 830 Providence Road (n.d.) [47]
   
184/4 Charles P. Moody House, 830 Providence Road (n.d.) [82]
   
184/5 Theis House, 544 Providence Road (1898) [163]
   
184/6 Jamison House, 802 Providence Road (1913) [47]
   
184/7-10 Henry McAden House and Gardens, 920 Granville Road (1917) [167]
   
184/11 F. M. Simmons House (n.d.) [51]
   
184/12 Lambeth-Gossett House, 923 Granville Road (1916) [170]
   
184/13 Unidentified house (n.d.)
   
184/14 Word Wood House, 1151 Queens Road (n.d.) [45]
   
184/15 George Stephens House, 821 Harvard Place (1915) [171]
   
184/16 "Tulips in Bloom" postcard: gardens of J. B. Ivey, Queens Road at East Morehead Road (n.d.) [137]
   
184/17 Garden party in Theis yard (n.d.) [15]
   
184/18 100 Hermitage Road (n.d.) [84]
   
184/19 Advertisement for Myers Park by The Stephens Company (n.d.) [99]
   
184/20 Elizabeth Avenue streetcar (n.d.) [56]
   
184/21 J. B. Duke House fountain (n.d.) [106]
   
184/22 Postcard of Myers Park, Queens Road Entrance (n.d.)
   
184/23 Z. V. Taylor House (later J. B. Duke House), left on Ardsley Road looking toward Providence Road; C. I. Burkholder House, right; E. C. Marshall House, center (n.d.) [54]
   
184/24 Making a little park at the angled intersection of Selwyn and Queens Road at Queens College (n.d.) [76]
   
184/25 Sidewalk curved to "save a beautiful oak" (n.d.) [75]
   
184/26 The Charlotte Polo Team on the field (which also doubled as Charlotte's first airport) near Selwyn Ave. and Wellesley Ave. (1925) [138]
   
184/27 Queens College (1929)
   
184/28 Charlotte Country Day School (1941) [136]
   
184/29 Horner Military School (n.d.) [60]
   
184/30 Hermitage Park off Providence Road: scene of carts loaded with shubbery for planting (1916) [71]
   
184/31-36 Tree moving with special equipment and crews (1916-17) [73-74]
   
   
MYERS PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION COLLECTION (Mss 184)
PHOTOGRAPHS--PRINTS (P)
BOX P16:9
   
Print Number(s) Description
   
FOLDER P16:9
   
P184/1 Mayor Cunningham, Myers Park Pharmacy (ca. 1984) [184/1 = NST120/6; P184/1 = NST121/17]
P184/2 J. B. Duke and his daughter, Doris (n.d.) [184/2 = NST119/10]
P184/3 Mary Neel Moody (Ellison), 5 years old, on steps of Charles Moody House, 830 Providence Road (n.d.) [P184/3 = NST118/2]
P184/4 Charles P. Moody House, 830 Providence Road (n.d.) [184/4 = NST117/15]
P184/5 Theis House, 544 Providence Road (1898) [P184/5 = NST119/9]
P184/6 Jamison House, 802 Providence Road (1913) [P184/6 =NST117/14]
P184/7-10 Henry McAden House and Gardens, 920 Granville Road (1917) [P184/7 = NST120/3; P184/7 = NST121/14; P184/7 = NST125/3-5; P184/8 = NST115/10; P184/8 = NST123/1-3; P184/9 = NST115/11; P184/9 = NST123/4-5; P184/9 = NST124/6; P184/10 = NST122/25; P184/10 = NST124/7-9]
P184/11 F. M. Simmons House (n.d.) [P184/11 = NST116/13-15]
P184/12 Lambeth-Gossett House, 923 Granville Road (1916) [P184/12 = NST115/12]
P184/13 Unidentified house (n.d.) [P184/13 = NST115/13; P184/13 = NST119/6]
P184/14 Word Wood House, 1151 Queens Road (n.d.) [P184/14 = NST119/7]
P184/15 George Stephens House, 821 Harvard Place (1915) [P184/15 = NST122/23]
P184/16 "Tulips in Bloom" postcard of J. B. Ivey gardens, Queens Road at East Morehead St. (n.d.) [P184/16 = NST119/11]
P184/17 Garden party in Thies yard: May McNunch (Mrs. F. B.) Smith (mother of Gibson Smith) holding instrument, Nettie McNunch Theis (mother of Frank R. Theis, Sr.) seated, looking down; others unidentified (n.d.) [P184/17 = NST121/12]
P184/18 100 Hermitage Road (n.d.) [P184/18 = NST122/24]
P184/19 Advertisement for Myers Park by The Stephens Company (n.d.) [P184/19 = NST118/5]
P184/20 Elizabeth Avenue streetcar (n.d.) [P184/20 = NST115/9]
P184/21 J. B. Duke House fountain (n.d.) [P184/21 = NST120/5; P184/21 = NST121/16]
P184/22 Postcard of Myers Park, Queens Road Entrance (n.d.) [P184/22 = NST118/3]
P184/23 Z. V. Taylor House (later J. B. Duke House), left on Ardsley Road looking toward Providence Road; C. I. Burkholder House, right; E. C. Marshall House, center (n.d.) [P184/23 = NST117/16; P184/23 = NST122/22; P184/23 = NST128/18-20]
P184/24 Making a park at the intersection of Selwyn Ave. and Queens Road at Queens College (n.d.) [P184/24 = NST127/14-16]
P184/25 Sidewalk curved to "save a beautiful oak" (n.d.) [P184/25 = NST122/21]
P184/26 The Charlotte Polo Team on the field (which also doubled as Charlotte's first airport) near Selwyn Ave. and Wellesley Ave. (1925): Walter Lambeth, "Peed" Casley (?), Charles Ivey, James Carson, E. C. Griffith, Stuart Cramer, W. H. Bethea, and Jimmy Rusk (left to right) [P184/26 = NST120/4; P184/26 = NST121/15]]
P184/27 Queens College (1929) [P184/27 = NST121/13]
P184/28 Charlotte Country Day School (1941) [P184/28 = NST118/4]
P184/29 Horner Military School (n.d.) [P184/29 = NST119/8]
P184/30 Hermitage Park off Providence Road: shubbery for planting (1916) [P184/30 = NST117/18]
P184/31-36 Tree moving with special equipment and crews (1916-17) [P184/31 = NST117/19; P184/32 = NST117/17;P184/32 = NST126/10-12; P184/33 = NST122/20; P184/35 = NST114/6-8; P184/35 = NST115/8; P184/35 = NST120/7]P184/36 = NST120/2]
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