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METROLINA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
RECORDS, 1957-2000
UNCC MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 238
   
   
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Scope and Content Note/Container List
   
   
COLLECTION INFORMATION
   
Size:
1 linear foot (1800 items).
   
Locales: Charlotte (N.C.).
   
Bulk Dates: 1974-2000.
   
Languages: English.
   
Summary: Records of the Metrolina Library Association, an association open to anyone affiliated with or interested in libraries in the twelve-county "Metrolina" area that includes Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union counties in North Carolina and York and Lancaster counties in South Carolina. Contains official records of the association, which merged with the Mecklenburg Library Association in 1986 and retained the name of the former. Includes minutes, financial material, correspondence, and membership information.
   
Index Terms: Mecklenburg Library Association--Archives.
  Metrolina Library Association--Archives.
   
Sources: Gift of Metrolina Library Association through Bill Feitzer, 1996.
  Transfer from Library Director's Files, University Archives, UNCC Library, 2001.
   
Access: Unrestricted.
   
Copyright: Not held by UNC Charlotte Library.
   
Citation: Metrolina Library Association Records, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Library.
   
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Compilers: Jeff Forret, 1997; James Kusik, 2001.
   
   
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE/CONTAINER LIST
   
This collection is comprised of the official records of the Metrolina Library Association, which merged with the Mecklenburg Library Association in 1986 and retained the name of the former. Includes minutes, financial material, correspondence, and membership information. The Metrolina Library Association Records are organized into a single, alphabetical folder title series.
   
Box:Folder Contents
   
1:1 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS (1961, 1965, 1979-86, 1998): of the Metrolina and Mecklenburg Library Associations.
   
1:2 CORRESPONDENCE/MEMORANDA (1974-99): about meetings, membership, dinners, and programs.
   
1:3 FINANCIAL MATERIAL (1985-90): includes a checkbook, Metrolina Library Association treasurer's reports, and paperwork completed to secure tax-exempt status for the organization.
   
1:4 HISTORY (1996): history of the association by Carol Timblin, including background materials and correspondence.
   
1:5 PROGRAMS/MEETINGS (1974-99): includes announcements of dinners and programs of the Mecklenburg Library Association and the Metrolina Library Association.
   
1:6 MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE (1993-1998): includes memoranda, programs, and reports.
   
1:7-9 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORIES (1973-96): includes a list of presidents (1961-81) of the Mecklenburg Library Association from a mailing list, lists of member libraries, and membership directories of individuals involved in the organization.
   
1:10 MINUTES (1977-2000): of meetings of the Mecklenburg Library Association executive board and various committees, including minutes of the meetings in 1986 of the executive boards of the newly combined Mecklenburg Library Association and Metrolina Library Association.
   
1:11 MISCELLANY (1957-n.d.): miscellaneous records of the association.
   
1:12 NEWS CLIPPINGS (1971, 1981, 1989-94): includes newspaper and journal articles related to Charlotte-area libraries and librarians, a Metrolina Library Association calendar of events, and a Mecklenburg Library Association membership information form.
   
1:13-14 NEWSLETTERS (1971-01): of the Metrolina Library Association and the Mecklenburg Library Association.
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