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FREDERICK DOUGLAS ALEXANDER
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PAPERS, 1908-1998
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UNCC MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 91
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| Contents: |
Collection
Information |
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Biographical
Note |
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Scope and
Content Note |
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Series
Descriptions and Container Lists |
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1: Files of Public Office (1960-1980). |
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2: Files of Community Service (1936-1980). |
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3: General Correspondence (1932-1942, 1952-1980). |
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4: Political Materials (1933-1980). |
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5: Speeches (1925, 1951, 1964-1980). |
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6: Clippings (1951-1998). |
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7: Personal Material (1946-1982). |
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8: Business Material (1941-1979). |
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9: Miscellany (1908-1980). |
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10: Photographs (1950-1980). |
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Size:
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58 linear feet (ca. 104,400 items). |
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| Locales: |
Charlotte (N.C.). |
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Mecklenburg County (N.C.). |
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North Carolina. |
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Southern States. |
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United States. |
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| Bulk Dates: |
1946-1980. |
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| Languages: |
English. |
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| Summary: |
Public papers of a Charlotte politician and civil rights leader.
Primarily material created and received by Alexander as the first African-American
member of the Charlotte City Council in the 20th century (1965-74) and as
a North Carolina state senator (1975-80). Includes minutes and other papers
relating to council and senate activities; material on campaigns and voter
registration drives; files on the local, state, and national Democratic
Party; correspondence; speeches; clippings; photographs; and some personal
and business material. Also includes extensive files of the numerous organizations
and businesses in which Alexander was active, e.g.: Charlotte Area Fund,
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte- Mecklenburg Community Relations
Committee, Governor's Committee on Law and Order, Johnson C. Smith University,
Mecklenburg County Board of Public Welfare, Mint Museum, Model Neighborhood
Commission, NAACP, Charlotte-Mecklenburg and North Carolina councils on
human relations, North Carolina Good Neighbor Council, North Carolina Human
Relations Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Act Advisory Council,
People's Hospital, Southern Regional Council, C. D. Spangler Construction
Company., United Community Services, and Wachovia Bank & Trust Company.
Photographs include views of Double Oaks and Newland apartment complexes,
which Alexander managed; a 1954 Shriners parade; and the funeral (1955)
of his father, Zechariah Alexander. |
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| Index Terms: |
Afro-American politicians. |
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Afro-Americans--Civil rights. |
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Alexander family. |
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Alexander Funeral Home (Charlotte, N.C.). |
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Alexander, Fred D. (Frederick Douglas), 1910-1980. |
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Alexander, Kelly, 1915-1985. |
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Alexander, Zechariah. |
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Carver College. |
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Charlotte (N.C.). |
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Charlotte (N.C.). City council. |
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Charlotte (N.C.)--History. |
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Charlotte (N.C.)--Politics and government. |
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Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations. |
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Charlotte College. |
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Civil rights. |
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Democratic Party (N.C.). |
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Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943- . |
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Golden, Harry, 1902-1981. |
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Johnson C. Smith University. |
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Legislation--North Carolina. |
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Mecklenburg County (N.C.). |
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. |
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North Carolina. General Assembly. |
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North Carolina--Politics and government. |
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Race discrimination. |
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Southern Regional Council. |
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Southern States--Race relations. |
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United States--Politics and government. |
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| Sources: |
Gift of Mrs. Fred D. Alexander, 1982. |
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| Access: |
Unrestricted. |
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| Copyright: |
Retained by family. |
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| Citation: |
Fred D. Alexander Papers, University of North Carolina at
Charlotte Library. |
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| Contact Information: |
For more information about this collection, please contact:
Special Collections Department
J. Murrey Atkins Library
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
E-mail: speccoll@email.uncc.edu
Telephone: (704) 687-2449
Fax: (704) 687-2232 |
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| Related Collections: |
Kelly
M. Alexander, Sr. Papers (Mss 55). |
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Stanford
R. Brookshire Papers (Mss 41). |
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Charter Commission Records (Mss 6). |
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Community Relations Committee Records (Mss 101). |
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Harry
Golden Papers (Mss 20). |
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Reginald
A. Hawkins Papers (Mss 125). |
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North
Carolina Fund Records (Mss 25). |
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| Research: |
Penninger, Randy. "The Emergence of Black Political Power
in Charlotte, North Carolina: The City Council Tenure of Frederick Douglas
Alexander, 1965-1974" (Unpublished master's thesis, UNC Charlotte,
1989). |
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| Compilers: |
Robin Brabham, Debbie McCachern, and Ellen Patterson, June,
1985; additions by James Kusik, 2002. |
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| Frederick Douglas Alexander was born in Charlotte,
N.C. on February 21, 1910. Named for abolitionist Frederick Douglass, he
was one of four sons of Zechariah and Louise Bates McCullough Alexander. |
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| Zechariah Alexander (1877-1954) had an important
influence on his sons Fred and Kelly, the latter a national leader of the
NAACP. A graduate of the normal department of Biddle University (now Johnson
C. Smith University), Zechariah served in the Spanish-American War as regimental
sergeant major of the 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers. In 1902 he
became Charlotte district manager of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, which became one of the largest black-owned businesses in the country.
He also established the Alexander Funeral Home, which became a center of
community and political activity for the Brooklyn neighborhood. He ran for
city council in 1937. |
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| Fred Alexander was graduated from Charlotte's
Second Ward High School in 1926 and from Lincoln University of Pennsylvania
in 1931. He returned to work for his father at the funeral home, and he
soon began the first of his many voter registration drives among the city's
blacks. In addition to trying to increase the political influence of blacks,
he worked for the appointment of black police officers and mail carriers,
for business courses in the black high schools, and for improved health
care. In 1949 he served as executive secretary of the Citizens Committee
for Political Action, which sponsored black candidates Bishop Dale and the
Rev. James F. Wertz for city council and the school board, respectively. |
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| During the 1950s and early 1960s, Alexander's
public visibility increased: in 1954 Harry Golden wrote an article for Congress
Weekly about Alexander's voter registration efforts (see series 6). He was
a charter member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Council on Human Relations,
was elected to the Southern Regional Council, and served on committees of
the United Community Services. He became the first black member of the Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce in 1962 and of the Mecklenburg County Board of Public
Welfare in 1963. |
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| In 1964 he became a member of the Mecklenburg
County Democratic Executive Committee, and the following year he won election
as Charlotte's first black city council member since the 1890s. In November,
1965, the homes of Alexander, his brother Kelly, attorney Julius Chambers,
and dentist Reginald Hawkins were bombed by unknown terrorists. In spite
of this attack and his initial inability to have blacks appointed to city
boards, he eventually gained influence on the council and in the entire
community. Among his important successes as a council member were the passage
of an anti-discrimination ordinance (1968), the removal of the fence separating
the black Pinewood and the white Elmwood cemeteries (1969), the construction
of a fire station for northwest Charlotte (1970), and the preservation of
the Thompson Orphanage Chapel. In 1971 he led the city council ticket and
became Charlotte's first black mayor pro tem. |
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| In 1974 Alexander was elected to the North Carolina
Senate from the 22nd district (Mecklenburg and Cabarrus counties). He served
as vice chair of the Higher Education Committee. In 1979 he introduced legislation
designating the second week in February as Black History Week in North Carolina. |
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| Alexander participated in many civic groups
and local and state boards, including the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (NAACP), Charlotte Area Fund, Model Neighborhood Commission,
North Carolina Good Neighbor Council, Governor's Committee on Law and Order,
and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Charter Commission. He served as an officer
in several Masonic and shrine organizations, president of the Mint Museum
of Art (1978-79), and a trustee of Johnson C. Smith University, from which
he received an honorary degree in 1976. |
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| In addition to maintaining a lifelong connection
with the family funeral home, Alexander also served as an agent and member
of the board of directors of the Southern Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company
(ca. 1941-60), and the manager of Double Oaks Apartments (1949-80). The
complex, developed by C. D. Spangler Realty Company, was the first privately-owned,
multi-family housing project for blacks in Charlotte. Alexander also encouraged
Spangler to build University Park, a middle-income housing development in
northwest Charlotte, and assisted in securing the necessary loan from Southern
Fidelity Mutual. |
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| Alexander married Frances Mauvene Dugas (1905-86),
the daughter of a Johnson C. Smith University official, in 1935. They had
one daughter, Theodora Eugenia. Alexander died on April 13, 1980 and was
buried in York Memorial Park in Charlotte. [For additional biographical
information, see box 55:1.] |
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| This collection primarily consists of material
created and received by Alexander as a member of the Charlotte City Council
(1965-74) and as a state senator (1975-80) |
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| There is very little material before 1948 when
Alexander became executive secretary of the Citizens' Committee for Political
Action, which sponsored two black candidates for local office. (From published
interviews given by Alexander, it appears that he helped to organize this
group as early as 1932.) |
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| From the 1950s, an increasing amount of material
is available, derived primarily from Alexander's membership in such organizations
as the NAACP, Southern Regional Council, North Carolina and Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Human Relations Councils, North Carolina Good Neighbor Council, PTA, and
the local community services (series 2). Also available is a small amount
of material from this time in series 3, 4, and 6. The 1960s and 1970s were
the years of Alexander's greatest public visibility, and material from this
period constitutes about two-thirds of the collection. Most of that material
documents his service on the Charlotte City Council and in the North Carolina
Senate (series 1), but also available is substantial material relating to
his community service activities (series 2). |
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| When Alexander died, his papers were in several
locations. In bringing them together at his home, the original order of
the papers was greatly disturbed. Conseguently, the processors had to impose
an arrangement on the papers that, because of the size and complexity of
the collection, has not always been successful in bringing together similar
material. For example, material documenting Alexander's city council campaigns
is in series 1, 3, and 4. Cross references have been included in folder
descriptions in many cases, but researchers are advised to review all series
descriptions carefully and to consult the container list in order to identify
all possible locations for relevant material. |
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| The Fred D. Alexander Papers are divided into
the following series. For more detailed descriptions, see the analyses preceding
the container list for each series. |
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| Series: |
1: Files of Public Office (1960-1980). |
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2: Files of Community Service (1936-1980). |
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3: General Correspondence (1932-1942, 1952-1980). |
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4: Political Materials (1933-1980). |
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5: Speeches (1925, 1951, 1964-1980). |
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6: Clippings (1951-1998). |
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7: Personal Material (1946-1982). |
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8: Business Material (1941-1979). |
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9: Miscellany (1908-1980). |
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10: Photographs (1950-1980). |
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| Note: |
Alexander's files relating to fraternal organizations were
retained by his family. |
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SERIES
DESCRIPTIONS AND CONTAINER LISTS
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| Series 1: |
FILES OF PUBLIC OFFICE (1960-1980) |
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| This series contains the files of Alexander's
terms of office as member of the Charlotte City Council (1965 74) and as
senator from the 22nd district (Mecklenburg and Cabarrus counties) in the
North Carolina General Assembly (1975 80). Divided into two subseries: City
Council and Senate. |
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CITY COUNCIL (1960-1980) |
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| This subseries documents Alexander's five consecutive
terms as a member of the Charlotte City Council. |
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| Material is organized alphabetically by topic.
An extensive portion of material consists of folders Alexander kept for
each council meeting. Boxes contain minutes, agendas, and other documents
pertaining to issues discussed. These have been retained basically as he
kept them. |
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| Extensive documentation exists for topics such
as the Anti Discrimination Ordinance of 1968, urban renewal, housing, and
the police and fire departments. Other folders document black politics in
Charlotte and North Carolina, civil rights issues, labor issues, and routine
city business. Included are topics not directly related to city business
but rather to Alexander's interests and activities while serving on the
council. |
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| Note: Series 3 also contains material
related to city government. Includes communications from council members
and staff and letters from citizens asking for help to correct deficiencies
in city services. |
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| Box:Folder |
Contents |
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| 1:1 |
AFRICAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE (1968) |
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| 1:2 |
AIRPORT (1965-73) |
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| 57:1 |
AIRPORT--OVERSIZE MATERIAL |
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| 1:3-4 |
AMBULANCE SERVICE (1967-74) |
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| 1:5 |
AMERICA ON THE MOVE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS
(n.d.) |
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| 1:6 |
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION (1968-69) [NOTE: Alexander
served as director of the Charlotte chapter.] |
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| 1:7 |
ANIMAL CONTROL (1967-72) [see also box 14:25, Dogs] |
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| 1:8 |
ANNEXATION (1971-74) |
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| 57:1 |
ANNEXATION--OVERSIZE MATERIAL |
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| 1:9 |
ANTI DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE (1967-68): detailed information
on Alexander's involvement in creation of Charlotte ordinance in 1968. Contains
drafts by attorney Julius Chambers and Alexander's suggestions. Also includes
letters urging passage. [See also box 16:7, Mayor's Community Relations
Committee] |
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| 1:10 |
ARCHITECTS (1973-74) |
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| 1.11 |
ARTICLES ON CITY MANAGEMENT (1955-73) |
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| 1:12 |
ART VAN (1974) |
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| 1:13 |
ASHLEY ROAD (1974) |
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| 1:14 |
ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY CONTRACTORS (1975) |
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| 1:15 |
BEATTIES FORD ROAD BRIDGE (1971-72) |
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| 57:1 |
BEATTIES FORD ROAD BRIDGE--OVERSIZE MATERIAL |
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| 1:16 |
BICENTENNIAL (1968-75) |
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| 1:17 |
BICYCLE ROUTE (1974) |
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| 1:18 |
BILLBOARDS (1973) |
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| 1:19 |
BLACK CAUCUS, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES (1969-70) [see also
box 16:20, National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials] |
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| 1:20 |
BLACK ELECTED OFFICIALS OF NORTH CAROLINA (1971-73) [see also
box 16:28, North Carolina Conference of Negro Public Officials] |
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| 1:21 |
BLACK STUDIES PROGRAM, UNC CHARLOTTE (1974) |
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| 1:22 |
BOARDS/COMMITTEES/COMMISSIONS (1965, 1969-75) |
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| 1:23 |
BOARD OF REALTORS (1967) |
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| 1:24 |
BOND INFORMATION (1966-74) |
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| 1:25 |
BUDGET MATTERS (1972-74) |
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| 1:26 |
BUDGET ORDINANCE (1965-74) |
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| 1:27 |
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS (1957, n.d.) |
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| 1:28 |
BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT (1966, 1971-73) |
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| 1:29 |
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (1972) [see also box 17:10, Progress
Association for Economic Development] |
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| 1:30 |
BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER, INC. (1972-73) |
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| 1:31-36 |
CAMPAIGN--FRED D. ALEXANDER (1965-73): includes advertisements,
voter registration data, information on political broadcasts and campaign
contributors, such as Raymond Wheeler and Morris Speizman, and certificates
of election. [See also Series 3 for letters of support and congratulation;
and Series 4 for information on organizing precincts] |
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| 57:7 |
CAMPAIGN--FRED D. ALEXANDER--OVERSIZE MATERIAL |
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| 2:1-2 |
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS (1973-74) |
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| 2:3 |
CATV (1966-77) |
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| 2:4 |
CENSUS FACTS (1960) |
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| 2:5 |
CENTRAL CHARLOTTE ASSOCIATION (1967-74) |
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| 2:6 |
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (1967-74) |
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| 2:7 |
CENTRAL PIEDMONT REGIONAL COUNCIL OF LOCAL GOVERN-MENTS (1969-70) |
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CENTRALINA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS (1970-79): includes draft
of "Report of the Manpower Organization Study of the Center for Governmental
Studies, Washington, DC, on Manpower Programs in Metropolitan Charlotte,
NC" (1970) (folder 5). |
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| 2:10 |
CHARLOTTE CLEAN CITY COMMITTEE (1974) |
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| 2:11 |
CHARLOTTE CONSUMER AFFAIRS PROGRAM (19721) |
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| 2:12 |
CHARLOTTE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES (1969-70) |
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| 2:13 |
CHARLOTTE, INFORMATION ON (1970) |
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| 2:14-16 |
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG PLANNING COMMISSION (1966-74) |
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| 2:17 |
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG YOUTH COUNCIL (1973) |
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| 2:18 |
CHARLOTTE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION (n.d.) |
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| 2:19 |
CHARLOTTE ROAD PROBLEMS |
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| 2:20 |
CHILLED WATER PLANT (1968) |
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| 14:1 |
CITIZENS' COMMITTEE FOR SCHOOL CHILD SAFETY (1974) |
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| 14:2 |
CITY COURTS (1966) |
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| 14:3 |
CITY HALL BUILDING (1970-74) |
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| 14:4-5 |
CITY IMPROVEMENTS (1971-74) |
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| 57:6 |
CITY IMPROVEMENTS--OVERSIZE MATERIAL |
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| 14:6 |
CIVIC CENTER (1968-74) |
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| 14:7 |
CIVIL AIR PATROL |
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| 14:8 |
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD (1965, 1971-74) |
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| 14:9 |
CIVIL SUITS (1972, 1974) |
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| 14:10 |
CLOSED MEETING, JUDGMENT (1973) |
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| 14:11 |
CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS |
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| 14:12 |
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS, PROSPECTIVE (n.d.) |
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| 14:13 |
COMMITTEE FOR URBAN STUDIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM,
UNC CHARLOTTE (1970-71) [see also box 18:10, University of North Carolina
at Charlotte--Institute for Urban Studies and Community Development] |
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| 14:14 |
COMMITTEE OF 200 (1966) |
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| 14:15 |
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (1972) |
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| 14:16 |
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (1969-74) |
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| 57:6 |
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION--OVERSIZE MATERIAL |
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| 14:17 |
COMMUNITY HOUSING FOUNDATION, INC. (1969) |
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| 14:18 |
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 1995 (1974) |
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| 57:6 |
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 1995--OVERSIZE MATERIAL |
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| 14:19 |
COMPUTERIZED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (1970-71) |
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| 14:20 |
CONCERNED PARENTS ASSOCIATION (1970) |
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| 14:21 |
CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE (1966-68) |
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| 14:22 |
CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM (1970-71) |
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| 14:23 |
CRIMINAL RECORDS BUREAU (1965) |
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| 14:24 |
DAY CARE (1968) |
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| 14:25 |
DOGS (n.d.) [see also box 1:7, Animal Control] |
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| 14:26 |
DRUGS (1968-74) |
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| 14:27 |
EARLE VILLAGE (1967) |
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| 14:28 |
EDITORIALS (1967-69) |
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| 14:29 |
ELMWOOD CEMETERY (1968-69): concerns Council's vote to remove
a fence between Pinewood (black) and Elmwood (white) cemeteries. |
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| 14:30 |
EMPLOYMENT (1965-76) [see also boxes 16:2-4, Manpower] |
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| 14:31 |
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (n.d.) |
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| 14:32 |
ERVIN INDUSTRIES (1965-68) |
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| 57:6 |
ERVIN INDUSTRIES--OVERSIZE MATERIAL |
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| 14:33 |
FAIR HOUSING (1967-68) |
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| 14:34 |
FAMILY AND CHILD CARE STUDY (1974) |
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| 14:35 |
FEDERAL PROGRAMS (1971) |
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| 14:36 |
FINANCE STUDY, CITY AND COUNTY (1971) |
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| 14:37-39 |
FIRE DEPARTMENT (1960 74, n.d.): includes news release (7-1-70)
concerning the opening of Station No. 18 in northwest Charlotte, which Alexander
helped establish (folder 39); information on labor mediation in the Charlotte
department and unionization efforts; and a speech (n.d.) by Alexander discussing
his support for a fire fighters' assembly (folder 39). |
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| 14:40 |
FIRST WARD BASIC ADULT EDUCATION CENTER (1972) |
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| 14:41 |
FLOOD INSURANCE (1973-74) |
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| 14:42 |
FLOODWAY (1972) |
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| 14:43 |
GALIFIANAKIS, NICK (1967-72) |
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| 14:44 |
GARBAGE DISPOSAL (1967-74) |
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| 14:45 |
GOLDEN, HARRY (1964-72): letters from Golden, many concerning
black-related issues, including one (12-24-69) about Alexander's efforts
to keep Coleman W. Kerry on the school board. |
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| 14:46 |
GOOD GUYS CLUB (1971-75) |
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| 14:47 |
GOVERNMENTAL CENTER ADVISORY AGENCY (1968) |
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| 14:48 |
GRAHAM, BILLY CRUSADE (1971-72) |
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| 14:49 |
HEADSTART (1968) |
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| 15:1 |
HIGHWAY MATTERS (1966-74) |
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| 15:2 |
HISTORIC HOUSES (1973, n.d.) |
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| 15:3 |
HISTORIC SITES (1967-70) |
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| 15:4 |
HISTORY OF CHARLOTTE AND MECKLENBURG COUNTY (n.d.) |
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| 15:5 |
HOME AND FAMILY, LIFE SUPPORT PROGRAM (n.d.) |
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| 15:6 |
HOUSE OF ASSURANCE (1971-72) |
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| 15:7-18 |
HOUSING (1965-74, n.d.): contains information on city's efforts
to provide low income housing, including reports on public housing; Housing
Authority data (1971) (folder 11); and a statement by Alexander on housing
needs of low income residents; and a speech by Alexander suggesting "breaking
up the ghetto" by dispersed, privately funded low income housing (folder
1). |
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| 15:19 |
HUNGER (1974) |
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| 15:20 |
INSURANCE PLAN, CITY OF CHARLOTTE (1971, 1973) |
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| 15:21 |
INTEGRATION (1968, 1972, n.d.): includes form letter (3/1972)
from Roy Wilkins and Vernon Jordan protesting President Nixon's actions
on school desegregation; statement by the Leadership Conference on Civil
Rights on busing (9/1972); and other materials on busing and school desegregation.
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| 15:22 |
INTERESTED CITIZENS ASSOCIATION (1971): includes letter to
Alexander (5-6-71) about a voter registration drive for blacks in Charlotte.
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| 15:23 |
JOINT COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS AND ENVIRONMENT
(1970) |
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| 15:24 |
JUVENILE PROBLEMS (1972) |
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| 15:25 |
LANDFILL (1973) |
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| 15:26 |
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS (1970-74)
[see also Series 3] |
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| 15:27 |
LEGAL AID (1971) |
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| 15:28 |
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY (1967) |
| |
|
| 15:29 |
LEGAL MATTERS (1974) |
| |
|
| 15:30-31 |
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS (1967-72) |
| |
|
| 15:32 |
LIQUOR BY THE DRINK (n.d.) |
| |
|
| 16:1 |
MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND SW CITY (1961, 1966) |
| |
|
| 16:2-4 |
MANPOWER (1966-74) [see also box 14:30, Employment] |
| |
|
| 16:5 |
MASS TRANSIT (1971-74) |
| |
|
| 16:6 |
MAYOR'S COMMITTEE ON NEW AND ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF REVENUE
(n.d.) |
| |
|
| 16:7 |
MAYOR'S COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE (1967-69): includes
material on anti discrimination ordinance. [see also box 1:9, Anti-Discrimination
Ordinance; box 7:5, Meetings (2-25-69); and Series 2, box 39:4-9, Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Community Relations Committee] |
| |
|
| 16:8 |
MCALPINE GREENWAY (1969-70) |
| |
|
| 16:9 |
MECKLENBURG COUNTY COMMISSION CAPSULE (1971-74) |
| |
|
| 16:10 |
MECKLENBURG COUNTY COURTHOUSE (1970-78) |
| |
|
| 16:11 |
MECKLENBURG COUNTY GOVERNMENT (1973) |
| |
|
| 2:13, 56 |
MEETINGS (1965-80): files arranged as Alexander kept them,
so within each folder are agendas, minutes, supplementary material, and
his notes on the weekly meeting of the council. Topics include zoning, annexation,
redevelopment, urban renewal, and the model cities program. A complete survey
of Alexander's council activities, therefore, should include an examination
of these files. [NOTE: files do not include material for every meeting;
Alexander continued to receive minutes after leaving office] |
| |
|
| 2:21-27 |
MEETINGS (April, 1965-March, 1966): includes documentation
(11/1965) of "Operation Rebuild" fund for bombed homes of Fred
and Kelly Alexander, Reginald A. Hawkins, and Julius Chambers (folder 22).
|
| |
|
| 3:1-17 |
MEETINGS (April November, 1966): includes letters (May, 1966)
from Coleman W. Kerry, Robert L. Shirley, and Darius L. Swann supporting
Alexander's nomination of Thomas A. Jenkins to the Civil Service Commission
(folder 2). |
| |
|
| 4:1-19 |
MEETINGS (December, 1966 August 7 or 14, 1967) |
| |
|
| 5:1-19(?) |
MEETINGS (August 14 or 21, 1967-April ?, 1968) |
| |
|
| 6:1-20 |
MEETINGS (April ?-October, 1968): includes information on
anti discrimination legislation (folder 2, 3, or 4?). |
| |
|
| 7:1-25 |
MEETINGS (November, 1968 September 15, 1969): includes "The
Report of the Mayor's Committee on Community Relations to the Mayor and
City Council" (2-10-69) describing the goals, tasks, and accomplishments
of the Committee and problems in the community in general (folder 4); and
information on unionization in Charlotte, including two papers (2-28-69):
"History of Strikes and Labor Union Activities in the Motor Transport
Department, City of Charlotte" and "History of Employee Organizations
in the Fire Department, City of Charlotte" (folder 7). |
| |
|
| 8:1-24 |
MEETINGS (September 22, 1969-May, 1970) |
| |
|
| 9:1-25 |
MEETINGS (June, 1970-March 15, 1971) |
| |
|
| 10:1-29 |
MEETINGS (March 22, 1971-January 24, 1972) |
| |
|
| 11:1-34 |
MEETINGS (January 31, 1972-May 14, 1973) |
| |
|
| 12:1-27 |
MEETINGS (May 29, 1973-June, 1974) |
| |
|
| 13:1-18 |
MEETINGS (July, 1974-1980) |
| |
|
| 57:2-5 |
MEETINGS (1965-71)--OVERSIZE MATERIAL |
| |
|
| 16:12 |
MENTAL RETARDATION (1972) |
| |
|
| 16:13 |
METROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ASSOCIATION (1971) |
| |
|
| 16:14-15 |
METROPOLITAN FINANCIAL PLANNING COUNCIL (1972-73) |
| |
|
| 16:16 |
MOTION, INC. (1971-73) |
| |
|
| 16:17 |
MUNICIPAL INFORMATION REVIEW BOARD (1973) |
| |
|
| 16:18 |
MUNICIPAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (1973) |
| |
|
| 16:19 |
MYERS PARK HIGH SCHOOL SAFETY SYMPOSIUM (1974) |
| |
|
| 16:20 |
NATIONAL BLACK CAUCUS OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS (1971-73)
[see also box 1:19, Black Caucus, National League of Cities; and box 1:20,
Black Elected Officials of North Carolina] |
| |
|
| 16:21 |
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EDITORIAL WRITERS, UNC CHARLOTTE (1972):
contains speech (11-16-72) by Harry Golden. |
| |
|
| 16:22-23 |
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES (1968-74) [See also box 1:19, Black
Caucus, National League of Cities] |
| |
|
| 16:24 |
NATURE MUSEUM (1970-73) |
| |
|
| 16:25 |
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (1973) |
| |
|
| 16:26 |
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SYSTEM (1969-1974, n.d.) |
| |
|
| 16:27 |
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (1970-72) |
| |
|
| 16:28 |
NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE OF NEGRO PUBLIC OFFICIALS (1966-68):
includes registration statistics by the North Carolina State Board of Elections
(1966) and other data on registration and black constituency. [See also
box 1:20, Black Elected Officials of North Carolina] |
| |
|
| 16:29 |
NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES (1967-74) |
| |
|
| 16:30 |
NORTH CAROLINA OPEN MEETING STATUTES (1972) |
| |
|
| 16:31 |
NOTARY PUBLIC (1972-74) |
| |
|
| 16:32 |
OAKLAWN AVENUE (1974) |
| |
|
| 16:33 |
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY (1968-69) |
| |
|
| 16:34-35 |
OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER (1969-73) |
| |
|
| 16:36-37 |
ORDINANCES (1965-73) [see also box 1:9, Anti-Discrimination
Ordinance] |
| |
|
| 16:38 |
PARKING |
| |
|
| 16:39-41 |
PERSONNEL (1967-74) |
| |
|
| 17:1 |
PERSONNEL (n.d.) |
| |
|
| 17:2-3 |
POLICE DEPARTMENT (1961-71): includes information on charges
of discrimination within the Charlotte Department (1966) and incidents of
police brutality (1968), including a list of questions put to the department
by Alexander (September, 1969) as part of the investigation (folder 2).
|
| |
|
| 17:4-7 |
POLICE DEPARTMENT (1972-75, n.d.) |
| |
|
| 17:8 |
POLLUTION (1972) |
| |
|
| 17:9 |
PROCESS SERVING (Evictions) (1973) |
| |
|
| 17:10 |
PROGRESS ASSOCIATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (1971-73) [see
also box 1:29, Business Development Center, Inc.] |
| |
|
| 17:11 |
PUBLIC JOBS LEGISLATION (1971) |
| |
|
| 17:12 |
PUBLIC LIBRARY (1965-70) |
| |
|
| 17:13 |
PUBLIC WORKS (1971-75) |
| |
|
| 17:14 |
RAILROAD MATTERS (1966) |
| |
|
| 17:15 |
REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS (1974) |
| |
|
| 17:16 |
RECREATION (1968) |
| |
|
| 17:17 |
REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF CHARLOTTE (1968-71) [see also
box 18:13-21, Urban Renewal] |
| |
|
| 17:18 |
REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE (City) (1967-69) |
| |
|
| 17:19 |
REVENUE SHARING (1971-74) |
| |
|
| 17:20 |
SANITATION DEPARTMENT (1971-74) |
| |
|
| 17:21 |
SCHOOL STUDY COMMITTEE (1968-69): includes publication "Five
Year Planning Report, 1968-74," for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public
Schools (September, 1968). Also contains information on Swann v. Charlotte
Mecklenburg Board of Education. |
| |
|
| 17:22 |
SCHOOLS (1966-73, 1980, n.d.) |
| |
|
| 17:23 |
SHORT, MILTON (1971) |
| |
|
| 17:24 |
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (n.d.) |
| |
|
| 17:25 |
SOCIAL PROBLEMS (1970-72) |
| |
|
| 17:26 |
SOUTHPARK (n.d.) |
| |
|
| 17:27 |
SPEECHES NON-FRED D. ALEXANDER (1973, n.d.) |
| |
|
| 17:28 |
SUGAR CREEK (1974) |
| |
|
| 17:29-30 |
TAX PROBLEMS (1966-69, 1971-72, 1973-74, n.d.) |
| |
|
| 17:31 |
TEACHERS' SALARIES (1968) |
| |
|
| 17:32-33 |
THOMPSON ORPHANAGE CHAPEL (1967-75, n.d.): reflects Alexander's
preservation efforts. [See also Series 2, box 40:8, Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Historic Properties Commission] |
| |
|
| 17:34 |
TRAFFIC (1967-73, n.d.) |
| |
|
| 17:35 |
TRANSPORTATION (1967 June, 1973) |
| |
|
| 18:1-3 |
TRANSPORTATION (July, 1973-74, n.d.) |
| |
|
| 18:4 |
UNION MATTERS (1969-74) |
| |
|
| 18:5 |
UNITARIAN CHURCH (n.d.) |
| |
|
| 18:6 |
UNITED HEALTH SERVICES (1974) |
| |
|
| 18:7 |
UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS (1974) |
| |
|
| 18:8 |
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
(1965-66) |
| |
|
| 18.9 |
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
(1967-71) UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE [see also box 1:21,
Black Studies Program, UNC Charlotte; box 14:13, Committee for Urban Studies
and Community Service Program, UNC Charlotte; and box 16:21, National Conference
of Editorial Writers, UNC Charlotte] |
| |
|
| 18.10 |
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE INSTITUTE FOR URBAN
STUDIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (1972-74) [see also box 14:13, Committee
for Urban Studies and Community Service Programs, UNC Charlotte] |
| |
|
| 18.11 |
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE ROBERT A. TAFT INSTITUTE
OF GOVERNMENT (1974) |
| |
|
| 18.12 |
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARK (n.d.) |
| |
|
| 18:13-21 |
URBAN RENEWAL (1965-74, n.d.) [see also box 17:17, Redevelopment
Commission of Charlotte] |
| |
|
| 18:22 |
UTILITIES (1972-75) |
| |
|
| 18:23 |
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE INSTITUTE (1967-68) |
| |
|
| 18:24 |
WASTE DISPOSAL (1973-74) |
| |
|
| 18:25-28 |
WATER AND SEWER (1965-74) |
| |
|
| 18:29 |
WBT (1968-69) |
| |
|
| 18:30 |
WCCB TV ADVISORY BOARD (1969) |
| |
|
| 18:31 |
YMCA/YWCA (1970-76) |
| |
|
| 18:32 |
YOUTH COUNCIL (1967-68) |
| |
|
| 18:33 |
YOUTH PROGRAMS (1968-75, n.d.) |
| |
|
| 18:34 |
ZONING (1965) |
| |
|
| 19:1-7 |
ZONING (1966-74, n.d.) |
| |
|
| 57:2-5 |
ZONING--OVERSIZE MATERIAL |
| |
|
| Series 1.2: |
SENATE (1972, 1974-1980) |
| |
|
| This subseries contains files of Alexander kept
during his three terms of office (1975-76, 1977 78, 1979 80) as a senator
in the North Carolina General Assembly. Included is material documenting
his unsuccessful bid in 1972, as well as his 1980 re-election bid. Divided
into four categories: Politics, Senate, Legislation, and Miscellaneous.
|
| |
|
| Category 1: |
POLITICS |
| |
|
| Category 1.1, BLACK INTERESTS, includes
material relating to local and national groups, including the Congressional
Black Caucus, North Carolina Black Democratic Leadership Caucus, North Carolina
Association of Black Public Officials, Black Political Caucus of Mecklenburg
County, and local, state, and national chapters of the NAACP. Topics include
desegregation of schools and housing, voter education projects, and information
on President Carter's appointment of blacks. Includes correspondence with
Alexander concerning discrimination issues. |
| |
|
| Category 1.2, CAMPAIGN MATERIAL, relates
to Alexander's campaigns in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1980. Includes financial
material, voter information for Cabarrus and Mecklenburg counties, posters,
and congratulatory letters. [For related material on the organization of
precincts and get out-the vote efforts, as well as Alexander's general work
in the Democratic Party, see Series 4.] |
| |
|
| Category 1.3, GENERAL MATERIAL, relates
to campaigns on local, state, and national levels. Documented are those
of Robert Morgan, Jim Hunt, Terry Sanford, Jimmy Carter, Jesse Helms, and
officials in Cabarrus and Mecklenburg counties. Also includes Morgan newsletters;
announcements of gubernatorial appointments; resumes; and information about
Mecklenburg and North Carolina Democratic Party organizations; |
| |
|
| Category 1.4, INVITATIONS, contains those
received by Alexander requesting his presence at local, state, and national
functions. Does not include non political invitations. |
| |
|
| Box:Folder |
Contents |
| |
|
| 36:15 |
POLITICS--1973-74 CAMPAIGN (1972): documents Alexander's unsuccessful
campaign in 1972; |
| |
|
| 20:9-13 |
POLITICS 1975-76 BLACK INTERESTS (1974 76): includes information
(folder 13) on Soul City, a planned community in Warren County, N.C., funded
in part by the state and directed by Floyd B. McKissick, and material (folder
11) on the Caucus of Black Democrats meeting held in Charlotte in 1976.
|
| |
|
| 20:1-3 |
POLITICS 1975-76 CAMPAIGN (1974-75): includes correspondence
with North Carolina Democratic Party leaders James B. Hunt, Luther H. Hodges
Jr., and Irwin Belk. |
| |
|
| 20:4-8 |
POLITICS 1975-76 GENERAL (1974-76): includes information,
both supportive and critical, concerning Robert Morgan's campaign for U.S.
Senate (1974) and James B. Hunt's North Carolina gubernatorial campaign
(1975-76). |
| |
|
| 20:14-18 |
POLITICS 1975-76 INVITATIONS (1974-76) |
| |
|
| 25:18-22 |
POLITICS--1977-78 BLACK INTERESTS (1977-78): contains information
on North Carolina voter registration drives; handwritten notes (folder 22)
by Alexander on the progress made toward equal opportunity for blacks in
North Carolina; and material on fundraising for a statue of Martin Luther
King Jr. in Charlotte (folder 18) [see also box 31:12]. |
| |
|
| 25:7-9 |
POLITICS 1977-78 CAMPAIGN (1976-77) |
| |
|
| 25:10-17 |
POLITICS 1977-78 GENERAL (1977-78): includes program for inauguration
of President Jimmy Carter (1977) and information on U.S. Senate campaigns
of Luther Hodges Jr. and McNeill Smith (1977-78). |
| |
|
| 26:1-6 |
POLITICS--1977-78 INVITATIONS (1977-78) |
| |
|
| 31:11-17 |
POLITICS 1979-80 BLACK INTERESTS (1979-80): includes material
on Alexander's sponsorship of a bill designating Black History Week (folders
11-14); correspondence from UN ambassador Andrew Young about white majority
rule in Rhodesia (folders 12-14); and information from Floyd B. McKissick,
president of Soul City, Inc. (folder 14). |
| |
|
| 30:25-26 |
POLITICS 1979-80 CAMPAIGN (February-April, 1978) |
| |
|
| 31:1-5 |
POLITICS 1979-80 CAMPAIGN (May, 1978-79) |
| |
|
| 31:6-10 |
POLITICS 1979-80 GENERAL (1978-80) |
| |
|
| 31:18-25 |
POLITICS 1979-80 INVITATIONS (1979-80) |
| |
|
| 36:16 |
POLITICS--1981-82 CAMPAIGN (1980): documents Alexander's re-election
campaign prior to his death in April, 1980. |
| |
|
| 57:8-9 |
POLITICS--CAMPAIGNS--OVERSIZE MATERIAL: primarily posters
and voter registration information. |
| |
|
| Category 2: |
SENATE |
| |
|
| This material reflects Alexander's general work
and his constituent associations resulting from his office as senator. Does
not document his work with specific legislation. |
| |
|
| Category 2.1, CONSTITUENT CORRESPONDENCE,
contains letters from Alexander's Cabarrus-Mecklenburg constituency, primarily
rejecting or supporting his positions. [NOTE: Letters of strictly political
nature are filed in category 1] |
| |
|
| Category 2.2, GENERAL INFORMATION RELATING
TO MEMBERSHIP, presents a view of the administrative functions of Alexander's
office and the rules affecting it. |
| |
|
| Category 2.3, MECKLENBURG CABARRUS DELEGATION,
concerns the weekly meeting of senators and representatives from Mecklenburg
County. Includes information on interests specific to Mecklenburg and Cabarrus
Counties. Reflects Alexander's assignment as delegate in charge of city
problems. |
| |
|
| Category 2.4, PICTORIAL CHARTS, is of
Senate membership. |
| |
|
| Box:Folder |
Contents |
| |
|
| 21:21-27 |
SENATE--1975-76 CONSTITUENT CORRESPONDENCE (1974-April, 1975):
includes letter (6-25-75) from Addison Reese concerning funding of the East
Carolina University Medical School; Alexander (10-4-74) on his commitment
to public education; and letters in response to Alexander's bill for firearm
legislation in Charlotte Mecklenburg. |
| |
|
| 22:1-14 |
SENATE--1975-76 CONSTITUENT CORRESPONDENCE (May, 1975-76)
|
| |
|
| 21:1-15 |
SENATE 1975-76 GENERAL INFORMATION RELATING TO MEMBERSHIP
(1974-76) |
| |
|
| 21:16-20 |
SENATE 1975-76 MECKLENBURG CABARRUS DELEGATION (1974-76) |
| |
|
| MC1.9:1 |
SENATE--1975-76--PICTORIAL CHARTS |
| |
|
| 27:5-28 |
SENATE 1977-78 CONSTITUENT CORRESPONDENCE (1977-June, 1978):
topics include death penalty and abortion. |
| |
|
| 28:1-5 |
SENATE 1977-78 CONSTITUENT CORRESPONDENCE (July-December,
1978) |
| |
|
| 26:7 14 |
SENATE 1977-78 GENERAL INFORMATION RELATING TO MEMBERSHIP
(1976-78) |
| |
|
| 26:15-21 |
SENATE 1977-78 MECKLENBURG CABARRUS DELEGATION (1977-August,
1978) |
| |
|
| 27:1-4 |
SENATE 1977-78 MECKLENBURG CABARRUS DELEGATION (September-December,
1978) |
| |
|
| MC1.9:1 |
SENATE--1977-78--PICTORIAL CHARTS |
| |
|
| 32:13-26 |
SENATE 1979-80 CONSTITUENT CORRESPONDENCE (January-April,
1979) |
| |
|
| 33:1-11 |
SENATE 1979-80 CONSTITUENT CORRESPONDENCE (May, 1979-80) |
| |
|
| 31:26-28 |
SENATE 1979-80 GENERAL INFORMATION RELATING TO MEMBERSHIP
(1978-April, 1979) |
| |
|
| 32:1-5 |
SENATE 1979-80 GENERAL INFORMATION RELATING TO MEMBERSHIP
(May, 1979-80) |
| |
|
| 32:6-12 |
SENATE 1979-80 MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS DELEGATION (1979-80) |
| |
|
| MC1.9:1 |
SENATE--1979-80--PICTORIAL CHARTS |
| |
|
| Category 3: |
LEGISLATION |
| |
|
| This material reflects the lawmaking and committee
work in which Alexander was involved. |
| |
|
| Category 3.1, BILLS SPONSORED BY ALEXANDER,
contains computer printouts providing the name, date, subject, and status
of bills. |
| |
|
| Category 3.2, COMMITTEES, contains material
related to the committees on which Alexander served. Includes legislation,
reports, and correspondence. Committee assignments vary for each elective
session. |
| |
|
| Category 3.3, RESEARCH COMMISSIONS, documents
the commissions on which Alexander served. Arranged by subject. |
| |
|
| Category 3.4, GENERAL LEGISLATION,
includes laws, non constituent correspondence, and information about committees
that Alexander did not serve for that session. Includes information on the
Equal Rights Amendment. |
| |
|
| Box:Folder |
Contents |
| |
|
| 22:15 |
LEGISLATION--1975-76 BILLS SPONSORED BY ALEXANDER |
| |
|
| 22:16 |
LEGISLATION--1975-76 COMMITTEE--BANKING (1974-76) |
| |
|
| 22:17-23 |
LEGISLATION--1975-76 COMMITTEE--CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS
(1974-May, 1975): includes information on Alexander's proposed handgun registration
bill for Mecklenburg and an article (3-18-76) by Ben Chavis, "The Dialects
of Incarceration," describing unsuccessful attempts to establish an
inmate council at Caledonia Prison Farm in Tillery, N.C. |
| |
|
| 23:1-10 |
LEGISLATION--1975-76 COMMITTEE--CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS
(June, 1975-76)
|
| |
|
| 23:11-15 |
LEGISLATION--1975-76--COMMITTEE--FINANCE |
| |
|
| 23:16-23 |
LEGISLATION--1975-76 COMMITTEE--HIGHER EDUCATION (1970-76):
contains information on federal decree to desegregate the University of
North Carolina system. Includes publications and other information on the
status of black colleges, statistics on black white enrollment, and drafts
of the state's desegregation plans. |
| |
|
| 24:1-5 |
LEGISLATION--1975-76 COMMITTEE--INSURANCE (1974-76) |
| |
|
| 24:6 |
LEGISLATION--1975-76 COMMITTEE--LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND REGIONAL
AFFAIRS (1975) |
| |
|
| 24:8-24 |
LEGISLATION--1975-76 GENERAL (1974-75) |
| |
|
| 25:1-6 |
LEGISLATION--1975-76 GENERAL (1976) |
| |
|
| 24:7 |
LEGISLATION--1975-76 RESEARCH COMMISSION--LOCAL BUILDING INSPECTORS
(1975) |
| |
|
| 28:6 |
LEGISLATION 1977-78 BILLS SPONSORED BY ALEXANDER (1977-78)
|
| |
|
| 28:7-9 |
LEGISLATION--1977-78 COMMITTEE--BANKING (1977-78) |
| |
|
| 28:10-11 |
LEGISLATION--1977-78 COMMITTEE--CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
(1977) |
| |
|
| 28:12-18 |
LEGISLATION--1977-78 COMMITTEE--CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS
(1977-78) |
| |
|
| 28:19-26 |
LEGISLATION--1977-78 COMMITTEE--FINANCE (1977-78) |
| |
|
| 28:27-30 |
LEGISLATION--1977-78 COMMITTEE--HIGHER EDUCATION (1977) |
| |
|
| 29:1-3 |
LEGISLATION--1977-78 COMMITTEE--HIGHER EDUCATION (1978) |
| |
|
| 29:4-8 |
LEGISLATION--1977-78--COMMITTEE--LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND REGIONAL
AFFAIRS (1977) [see folder 8 for Mecklenburg-Cabarrus] |
| |
|
| 29:9-13 |
LEGISLATION--1977-78--COMMITTEE--WAYS AND MEANS (1977-78)
|
| |
|
| 29:15-24 |
LEGISLATION--1977-78--GENERAL (January-May 26, 1977) |
| |
|
| 30:1-24 |
LEGISLATION--1977-78--GENERAL (May 27, 1977-78) |
| |
|
| 29:14 |
LEGISLATION--1977-78--RESEARCH COMMISSION (1977) |
| |
|
| 33:12 |
LEGISLATION--1979-80--BILLS SPONSORED BY ALEXANDER |
| |
|
| 33:13-18 |
LEGISLATION--1979-80--COMMITTEE--BANKING |
| |
|
| 33:19 |
LEGISLATION--1979-80--COMMITTEE--CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
(1979) |
| |
|
| 33:20-25 |
LEGISLATION--1979-80--COMMITTEE--CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS
(1979) |
| |
|
| 33:26-32 |
LEGISLATION--1979-80--COMMITTEE--FINANCE (January-March, 1979) |
| |
|
| 34:1-7 |
LEGISLATION--1979-80--COMMITTEE--FINANCE (April, 1979-80) |
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| 34:8-13 |
LEGISLATION--1979-80--COMMITTEE--HIGHER EDUCATION (1979-80)
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| 34:14-25 |
LEGISLATION--1979-80--COMMITTEE--LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND REGIONAL
AFFAIRS (1979) [see folder 24 for Mecklenburg-Cabarrus] |
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| 34:26-27 |
LEGISLATION--1979-80--COMMITTEE--UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS
(1979) |
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| 35:7-16 |
LEGISLATION--1979-80--GENERAL (1978-March 8, 1979) |
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| 36:1-12 |
LEGISLATION--1979-80--GENERAL (March 9, 1979-80) |
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| 35:1-6 |
LEGISLATION--1979-80--RESEARCH COMMISSION (1979-80) |
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| Category 4: |
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL |
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| This material relates generally to Alexander's
Senate tenure. |
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| Box:Folder |
Contents |
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| 36:13-14 |
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL: primarily handwritten notes to Alexander
from his secretary. |
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|
| Series 2: |
COMMUNITY AND CIVIC SERVICE FILES
(1936-1980) |
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|
| This series contains files pertaining to the
committees and organizations in which Alexander participated as a community
activist and political figure, but not directly resulting from his city
council or senatorial duties. In many cases, Alexander also served as an
officer or member of the board of directors. The series does not include
social organizations to which he belonged. |
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|
| Documentation varies from minimal to extensive
and includes correspondence, minutes, publications, financial information,
reports, and reference material. |
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|
| Box:Folder |
Contents |
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| 40:11 |
BOY SCOUTS (1936-80): includes letter (9-15-65) from Julius
Chambers to Dr. Barry G. Miller urging full integration in Mecklenburg County.
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| 39:10-13 |
CHARLOTTE AREA FUND (1965-73): correspondence, minutes, reports,
financial statements, and grant applications of an anti poverty agency established
in 1965. Issues addressed include job training, neighborhood development,
race relations, and participation by the poor in programs that affected
them. Partially supported by the North Carolina Fund. |
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|
| 36:17 |
CHARLOTTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (1961-65): includes correspondence,
reports, resolutions, newsletters, and other publications. Issues discussed
include attracting new businesses, publicizing Charlotte, traffic and transportation
problems, and the need for new or enlarged public facilities, such as a
stadium or civic center. Alexander served as the first black member. |
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|
| 37:1-2 |
CHARLOTTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (1966-80) |
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| 58:1 |
CHARLOTTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE--OVERSIZE MATERIAL |
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| 46:16 |
CHARLOTTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANTI POVERTY COMMITTEE (1965-66)
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| 38:3-13 |
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG CHARTER COMMISSION (1969-71): correspondence,
minutes, clippings, and reports of a commission appointed to recommend a
consolidated government for Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Also includes
Alexander's notes and information on other consolidated governments. [See
also box 38:1-2, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Consolidation Study Committee (1967-69)]
|
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|
| 58:1 |
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG CHARTER COMMISSION--OVERSIZE MATERIAL:
includes maps of election districts. |
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|
| 39:4-9 |
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE (1961-79):
primarily minutes of a committee concerned with the desegregation of schools,
housing, and public facilities. After passage of an anti discrimination
ordinance in 1968, the committee reviewed complaints of alleged violations.
[See also Series 1: box 1:9, Anti-Discrimination Ordinance; box 7:5, Meetings;
and box 16:7, Mayor's Community Relations Committee] |
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|
| 57:10 |
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE (1986):
special advertising section celebrating the 25th anniversary of the committee.
Contains a biography of Alexander. |
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|
| 38:1-2 |
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG CONSOLIDATION STUDY COMMITTEE (1967-69):
correspondence, minutes, and other material from a city county committee
appointed to secure enabling legislation from the North Carolina General
Assembly to create a Charter Commission. Alexander served as a member of
both. [See also box 38:3-13, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Charter Commission] |
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|
| 39:1 |
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG CONSOLIDATION STUDY COMMITTEE (1974):
files of a committee appointed in 1974 to consider prospects for a renewed
consolidation effort. |
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|
| 40:6-8 |
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG HISTORIC PROPERTIES COMMISSION (1970-75):
minutes, survey reports, general information on historic preservation, and
a history of Thompson Orphanage and Training Institution (folder 8). [See
also Series 1, box 17:32-33, Thompson Orphanage Chapel] |
| |
|
| 39:3 |
CHARLOTTE OPERA (1978) |
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|
| 46:7-9 |
CHARLOTTE ROTARY CLUB (1972-80) |
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|
| 39:2 |
CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY (1971, 1977-79) |
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|
| 49:28 |
CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION (ca. 1980): description of commission
charged with recommending changes in city charter. |
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|
| 40:12 |
CITIZENS' COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL (1957-63): includes
copy of "Brooklyn Area Blight Study" (Charlotte Mecklenburg Planning
Commission, 1958). |
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|
| 40:1-5 |
COUNCIL ON EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN (1975-76):
minutes, reports, and publications of an advisory group to the State Board
of Education on issues relating to programs for children with special needs.
Also includes information on pertinent state and federal legislation. |
| |
|
| 44:20 |
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CHARLOTTE (1965-71): Alexander named
to board of directors in 1965 |
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|
| 48:1-19 |
GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE ON LAW AND ORDER (1969-73): Alexander
appointed in 1969. |
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|
| 49:1-27 |
GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE ON LAW AND ORDER (1969-73) |
| |
|
| 40:9 |
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF CITIZEN AFFAIRS, ADVISORY COUNCIL (1977-79) |
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|
| 40:10 |
HEZEKIAH ALEXANDER FOUNDATION (1969-77) |
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|
| 41:1-7 |
JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY (1965-78): primarily material
Alexander received as a trustee (1972 80). |
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|
| 42:1-4 |
JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY (1979-80) |
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|
| 42:5 |
LEARNING INSTITUTE OF NORTH CAROLINA (1969-78): Alexander
appointed to board of directors in 1977. |
| |
|
| 43:1 |
MECHANICS AND FARMERS BANK (1961-62, 1972-79): consists primarily
of annual reports and proxy statements for the Durham, N.C. based bank. |
| |
|
| 42:10-13 |
MECKLENBURG COUNTY BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (1944-72): Alexander
appointed in 1963. Includes consultant's report (May, 1963), board minutes
(1964), and correspondence and publications from the North Carolina Board
of Public Welfare and from various professional organizations and federal
agencies. |
| |
|
| 43:2-4 |
MECKLENBURG SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION (1977-80): Alexander
an organizer and director. |
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|
| 43:5 |
METROLINA NATIONAL BANK |
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|
| 43:6-16 |
MINT MUSEUM (1966-80): Alexander appointed trustee in 1973
and served as president, 1978-79. Includes correspondence, news releases,
board minutes, newsletters, financial reports, policy statements, reports,
and expansion site selection. |
| |
|
| 45:1-14 |
MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION (1939-72): Alexander served
as member from inception. Includes material on the Model Cities program,
a federal urban renewal project established cities through the Demonstration
Cities Act of 1966; documents Charlotte's participation through the local
Model Neighborhood Commission. Folder 1 contains reference material on housing
and urban problems, including newsletters and reports (1939-50) of the Citizens'
Housing and Planning Council of New York, Inc. and analyses of the Charlotte
housing market by the Federal Housing Administration (1965, 1968). |
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|
| 46:1-5 |
MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION (1973-75) |
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|
| 50 |
MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION (1967-75): contains grant application
(1967) and comprehensive reports and action plans (ca. 1968, 1971-73). |
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|
| 37:3-4 |
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
(1945-79): includes correspondence, reports, and publications concerning
the work of the organization at the national level, particularly in the
1950s. Also includes material on the Charlotte and North Carolina branches.
[See also Series 1.2, category 1] |
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|
| 43:17 |
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE (1973-80): primarily
relates to work of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg chapter of which Alexander
served as board member. |
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|
| 44:14 |
NORTH CAROLINA CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION (1977-78) |
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|
| 44:1-4 |
NORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS (1954-68): affiliate
of Southern Regional Council, this group was founded in Charlotte (ca. 1954-55)
to foster support for and to help implement locally, U.S. Supreme Court
decisions on the desegregation of schools and public facilities. Also contains
material from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Council, including statements of
support for school desegregation (1957-59) and restaurants (1960) and of
opposition to separate expansion of predominately white Charlotte and predominately
black Carver colleges (1959-61). |
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|
| 44:5-10 |
NORTH CAROLINA GOOD NEIGHBOR COUNCIL (1963-71): Alexander
named to council in 1965. Reflects its concern with equal employment opportunities
in state government, problems of housing, racial violence, and other issues
related to the improvement of race relations. |
| |
|
| 44:11-13 |
NORTH CAROLINA HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION (1971-78): successor
to North Carolina Good Neighbor Council. |
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|
| 46:6 |
NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY (1977-79) |
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|
| 44:15 |
NORTH CAROLINIANS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY (1970-76) |
| |
|
| 42:6-9 |
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT ADVISORY COUNCIL (1975-80):
Alexander named member in 1978. |
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|
| 44:19 |
PARENTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (1952-59): material on local
activities, especially of the Biddleville Elementary School PTA, of which
Alexander was an officer, and on the North Carolina Congress of Colored
Parents and Teachers, Inc. |
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|
| 47:1-2 |
PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL, INC. (1946-49): files of vice-president
Kelly Alexander, Sr., relating to fundraising efforts for a 200 bed general
hospital for Charlotte area blacks. Primarily records of contributions and
expenditures. |
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|
| 58:1 |
PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL, INC.--OVERSIZE MATERIAL |
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|
| 37:5-9 |
SOUTHERN REGIONAL COUNCIL (1956-75): minutes, correspondence,
and reports, chiefly concerning school desegregation and voting rights of
blacks. Folder 9 contains an essay about the SRC's origins. Alexander elected
a member in 1959. |
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|
| 37:10-11 |
SOUTHERN REGIONAL COUNCIL VOTER EDUCATION PROJECT (1964-74):
includes correspondence and reports relating to voter registration projects
conducted by Alexander and Charlotte NAACP with VEP funding (1964, 1972)
and reports and newsletters documenting the work of VEP throughout the South.
|
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|
| 44:18 |
STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CAROLINA (1975-80) |
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|
| 47:3-9 |
UNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES (1941-78): Alexander elected to
board in 1966. Includes material on operations; YMCA (especially black branches,
1953); Social Planning Council; and on other affiliated groups. |
| |
|
| 47:10 |
UNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES CRIME PREVENTION COMMITTEE (1962-65)
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| 47:11 |
UNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES GREATER CHARLOTTE CITIZENS' COMMITTEE
ON URBAN LIVING, (1969-71): includes material on Voluntarism and Urban Life
Project, a national project designed to increase citizen participation in
the development of goals in urban communities. |
| |
|
| 47:12 |
UNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
(1960-61) |
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|
| 47:13 |
UNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES NEGRO HOSPITAL FACILITIES STUDY
COMMITTEE (1953-54) |
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|
| 47:14 |
UNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES RECREATION STUDY COMMITTEE (1965-67) |
| |
|
| 47:15 |
UNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM STUDY COMMITTEE
(1951-59) |
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|
| 44:16-17 |
UNITED STATES OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION. WAR PRICE AND
RATIONING BOARD (1940-45): material concerning Alexander's work as chief
clerk of the War Price and Rationing Board No. 4, the Negro division for
the district. Includes publications on operation of nationwide board and
economy during wartime, correspondence concerning allocation of goods, and
sample ration coupons. |
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|
| 46:10-15 |
WACHOVIA BANK & TRUST CO. (1975-80): primarily reports
on bank's operation and financial condition and on subsidiary American Credit
Corporation (changed to Barclays American in 1979). Also includes letter
(4-7-78) from Patricia B. Hoard to president John G. Medlin Jr. concerning
employment opportunities for minorities. Alexander named to Charlotte board
in 1976. |
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| Series 3: |
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (1932-1942,
1952-1980) |
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|
| This chronologically arranged series contains
correspondence of Alexander not included in other series. Some material,
however, is closely related to the subjects or activities documented in
other series. The most common example is the inclusion of correspondence
(1965-74) relating to routine city operations for which no separate subject
was assigned in the City Council subseries. This material includes communications
from council members and staff concerning business to come before the council
and letters from citizens asking for help to correct deficiencies in city
services. |
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|
| Other examples are letters of support or congratulations
sent to Alexander during his political campaigns, which are also found in
campaign files in the City Council and Senate subseries, and letters from
other political candidates seeking Alexander's support, which are also included
in the Senate subseries and in Series 4, Political Materials. |
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|
| The series contains only a few letters that can
be characterized as hate mail. |
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|
| Box:Folder |
Contents |
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|
| 51:1-24 |
CORRESPONDENCE (1932-May 12, 1973): includes letter (7-2-32)
from S. W. Green, delegate to Republican National Convention, to Frank C.
Labit of Louisiana Republican State Committee explaining that he will not
vote for Herbert Hoover because of Hoover's discrimination against blacks
(folder 1); letters (1950s) from Alexander to local newspapers and television
stations about white attitudes toward blacks, especially in the media (folder
1); statement (3-12-57) by Alexander opposing bond referendum for continued,
separate expansion of predominately white Charlotte College and predominately
black Carver College (folder 1); letter (1 4 64) from the James Castanas
family explaining why the Epicurean Restaurant cannot integrate (folder
1); form letter (May, 1965) from Martin Luther King Jr. concerning the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference (folder 3); letters (12/1965) and a booklet
of names of people who called or wrote to express sympathy after the bombing
of Alexander's home (folders 4-5); letter (12-16-68) from Vice President
Hubert H. Humphrey thanking Alexander for his support in his presidential
bid (folder 9); letter (8-4-69) from Hosea L. Williams about the election
of black candidates in Green County, Ala. (folder 11); letter (10-7-69)
from Charles H. Crutchfield, with "Black Panther Coloring Book,"
and asking Alexander to publicly denounce the Black Panthers (folder 11);
letter (3-5-70) from Hubert H. Humphrey commenting on his recent visit to
Charlotte (folder 12); letters (7-6-70, 12-21-71, 10-17-72, 4-12-73, 4-16-73)
from Arnold Aronson of Leadership Conference on Civil Rights about various
civil rights issues (folders 12, 14, 21, 23) [see also Series 1.1, box 75:7,
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights]; program (5-30-71) honoring Julius
Chambers as Alpha Phi Alpha Man of the Year (folder 15); letter (9-8-71)
from Jesse Jackson of about the Third Annual Black Exposition (folder 16);
letters (12-21, 12-28-71) from Edmund S. Muskie about his presidential candidacy
(folder 17); flier (3-29-72) from Charlotte Mecklenburg Citizens for (Shirley)
Chisolm (folder 18); letter (9-5-72) from Julian Bond asking for support
of the McGovern Shriver presidential ticket (folder 20); and a letter (9-25-72)
from Democrats for Helms supporting Jesse Helms for the United States Senate
(folder 20). |
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|
| 52:1-18 |
CORRESPONDENCE (May 14, 1973-1980, n.d.): includes letter
(9-20-73) from publisher Charleen Whisnant asking for contributions from
black community to publish poems of Julia Fields (folder 2); and form letter
(12/1973) from Julian Bond describing work of Southern Elections Fund and
asking for money to help elect blacks (folder 4). |
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| Series 4: |
POLITICAL MATERIALS (1933-1980) |
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|
| Documents Alexander's involvement in politics
and his participation in the Democratic Party prior to his election to the
Senate in 1974. Additional material concerning Alexander's campaigns, the
campaigns of other candidates, civil rights issues, and state and national
politics in general, especially after 1974, will be found in Series 1.1
and, to a limited extent, in Series 3. |
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|
| Box:Folder |
Contents |
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|
| 52:19 |
CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL ACTION (1948-53): material
collected by Alexander as executive secretary of a group organized to support
black candidates for public office in Charlotte. Includes minutes, material
relating to the 1949 campaigns of Bishop Dale for city council and James
F. Wertz for school board, and information on voter registration drives,
particularly material from the North Carolina Congress of Industrial Organizations
about the need to elect candidates pledged to repeal the Taft Hartley Act.
|
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|
| 57:10 |
CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL ACTION (n.d.): campaign poster
for Kelly M. Alexander for City Council and Emma R. Anderson for School
Board. |
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|
| 52:20-21 |
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG POLITICS (1936-80, n.d.): includes certificate
of city council candidacy of Zack Alexander (1937); membership list of Charlotte
chapter of Americans for Democratic Action (1949); proposal for survey on
"The Status of the Negroes of Charlotte, North Carolina" by Charlotte
Committee on Public Affairs (Raymond Wheeler, president; Harry Golden, secretary)
(1953); 2 page anonymous statement concerning rejection of black high school
football player Jimmy Kirkpatrick as participant in 1965 Shrine Bowl game;
information about Coleman Kerry's 1970 school board campaign and allegations
by Jack Scott of Concerned Parents Association that voting irregularities
were likely to occur in predominately black precincts; brochure from Northwest
Community Action Association opposing 1975 bond election because of alleged-discrimination
against blacks in employment at airport; and speech (1-8-77) by Raymond
Wheeler honoring Harry Golden. Also contains correspondence, programs, newsletters,
and other material from Mecklenburg County Democratic Party and numerous
brochures and letters from candidates for local office. Black candidates
represented are: Zechariah "Zack" Alexander (1937); Lem Long (1952);
Kelly Alexander, Sr., Emma R. Anderson, and A. S. Grier (1953); the Rev.
James F. Wertz (1964); Harvey Gantt and Bob Walton (1975); and Willie Smith
and Rowe Anderson (n.d.). [See also Series 1.2, category 1] |
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|
| 58:2 |
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG POLITICS--OVERSIZE MATERIAL: includes
posters for 1949 campaigns of Bishop Dale and James Wertz. |
| |
|
| 54:11 |
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS (1971-72) [See also Series 1.2,
category 1] |
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|
| 54:10 |
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (1954, 1966-77): includes material
from DNC's Office of Minority Affairs. |
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|
| 54:2 |
DEMOCRATIC PARTY (n.d.): includes miscellaneous handwritten
notes. |
| |
|
| 52:22 |
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CLUB OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY (1967-78): membership
lists and newsletters. |
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|
| 54:12-13 |
JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL STUDIES (1972-80): newsletters.
|
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|
| 54:3-4 |
NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS (1950-74): includes flier (1950) from
Know the Truth Committee accusing U.S. Senator Frank Porter Graham of favoring
"mingling of the races" and urging support for his opponent Willis
Smith; letter (ca. 1956) from Patriots of North Carolina, Inc. opposing
school integration; report (ca. 1957 58) from North Carolina Virginia office
of Anti Defamation League of B'nai B'rith concerning Ku Klux Klan activities
in North Carolina; brochure (ca. 1959) reporting denial of voting rights
to blacks in Northhampton County, N.C.; letter (6-29-64) from Harry Golden
about gubernatorial bid of Dan K. Moore; form letter (5-25-72) from Alexander
supporting Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles for governor; material (5-26-72,
June, 1972) from gubernatorial candidate Reginald Hawkins and Julius Chambers
supporting Bowles's opponent, Pat Taylor; information (July, 1972) concerning
the North Carolina Black Political Convention; brochure (n.d.) supporting
minimum wage law for North Carolina; and platform (n.d.) of the North Carolina
Defenders of States Rights, Inc. Also contains correspondence and brochures
from candidates for statewide office and newsletters, correspondence, and
other material from state Democratic Party, including material from the
Study Committee for the Plan of Organization on which Alexander served (1977-78).
[See also Series 1.2, category 1] |
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|
| 53:1-14 |
PRECINCT MATERIALS (1963-79, n.d.): contains information on
Mecklenburg election precincts, names of precinct workers and of those providing
transportation for voters, and notes on conducting voter registration drives.
[See also Series 1 for additional material on Alexander's campaigns] |
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|
| 54:1 |
PRECINCT MATERIALS (n.d.) |
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|
| 58:3-6 |
PRECINCT MATERIALS--OVERSIZE MATERIAL |
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|
| 54:5 9 |
UNITED STATES POLITICS (1933-74): pamphlets, brochures, and
other printed material concerning national politics and civil rights issues,
especially in regard to school desegregation and better housing opportunities
for blacks; includes material from both liberal and conservative sources.
Items of note are: flier from Pullman Porters and Maids Union and brochure
from Fusion Campaign Committee supporting Fiorello H. LaGuardia for mayor
of New York City (ca. 1933); copy of "A Resolution Unanimously adopted
at a Mass Meeting held at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rev. M. L. King, Pastor,
July 21, 1941," under auspices of Atlanta Civic and Political League,
responding to statements "inimical to the rights and welfare of the
Negroes of Georgia" made by Board of Regents of University of Georgia
during trial and dismissal of university officials; pamphlet (ca. 1948)
supporting Herman Talmadge for governor of Georgia against Ellis Arnall,
who is condemned for his support of the Fair Employment Practices Commission;
anonymous 2 page statement (1952?) warning against the FEPC's favoritism
toward blacks and urging support for Dwight Eisenhower as president; material
(1955) concerning school desegregation in Baltimore and St. Louis; humorous
poem (ca. 1957) "Miss Integration" about difficulties of desegregating
schools in Little Rock; "The Oxford Disaster...Price of Defiance"
by Rep. Karl Wiesenburg (1962) concerning admission of James A. Meredith
as first black student at University of Mississippi; "Letter from Birmingham
City Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. (1963); brochure (1968) from Stop
George Wallace Committee of North Carolina supporting Richard Nixon for
President; report (1970) criticizing nomination of G. Harold Carswell to
U.S. Supreme Court; and newsletter (8/1972) of Black Citizens for the Re
election of the President. [See also Series 1.2, category 1] |
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|
| 58:2 |
UNITED STATES POLITICS--OVERSIZE MATERIAL: includes newsletter
from Democratic National Committee supporting Harry Truman's 1948 presidential
candidacy; sample ballot supporting 1954 Democratic Party candidates; material
from Hubert H. Humphrey's 1968 presidential campaign; AFL-CIO flier, "Why
Richard M. Nixon Must Be Impeached Now"; and an issue of Contempo (12/1931)
with articles by Langston Hughes and Lincoln Steffens about the Scottsboro
case. |
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| Series 5: |
SPEECHES (1925, 1951, 1964-1980)
|
| |
|
| Handwritten and typescript drafts of speeches
by Alexander. Issues addressed in his speeches include politics, the death
penalty, fraternal organizations and their role in black society and politics,
human rights, civil rights and race relations, the role of blacks in Charlotte,
and the contributions of blacks throughout North Carolina's history. |
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|
| Box:Folder |
Contents |
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| 54:14-19 |
SPEECHES (1925, 1951, 1963-80, n.d.): includes speech (1925)
given by Alexander as a student at Second Ward High School; a speech (n.d.)
in which Alexander reacts to a statement by Charles Crutchfield, president
of Jefferson Broadcasting Company and of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce,
that blacks are not "economically or mentally capable" to run
a city like Charlotte (folder 17). |
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| Series 6: |
CLIPPINGS (1951-1982, 1989) |
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|
| Clippings primarily from The Charlotte News and
The Charlotte Observer documenting Alexander's council and senate activities.
|
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| Box: |
Folder Contents |
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|
| 55:1 |
CLIPPINGS (1951, 1954, 1962-67): documented is the 1965 bombings
of homes of Fred Alexander, Kelly Alexander, Sr., Julius Chambers, and Reginald
Hawkins and efforts to apprehend vandals and rebuild the homes through the
Anti Terrorist Fund and Operation Rebuild; black politics in Charlotte in
the 1950s; Alexander's appointment as first black member of Mecklenburg
County Board of Public Welfare (1963) and Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
(1962); controversial replacement of black Redevelopment Commission member
Bishop Dale with white member Raymond King (1965) and related efforts by
Alexander to have more blacks appointed to Charlotte boards and commissions;
and demolition (1964-65) of Friendship Baptist Church during renewal of
city's Brooklyn area. |
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|
| 55:2 |
CLIPPINGS (1968-71): documented are the removal of fence separating
black and white sections of Charlotte's Elmwood Cemetery, debated by City
Council in 1968-69 and strategically brought to an affirmative vote by Alexander;
and the naming of black educator Allegra Westbrooks as Charlotte Outstanding
Career Woman of the Year (1969). |
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| 55:3 |
CLIPPINGS (1972-98, n.d.): includes obituaries of Alexander
and clippings about 1982 docudrama "Fred: A Man Who Made the Difference."
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| Series 7: |
PERSONAL MATERIAL (1946-1986) |
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| Includes biographical and genealogical information
on Alexander and his family, material from his alma mater, Lincoln University,
and information on churches Mr. and Mrs. Alexander attended. |
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| Box:Folder |
Contents |
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| 55:5 |
ALEXANDER, ZECHARIAH, SR. (1946-55): information on Alexander's
father. |
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| 55:4 |
BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MATERIAL (1943-86): consists
primarily of biographical sketches prepared by Alexander, programs of events
honoring him, information on his 1926 Second Ward High School class, Selective
Service induction papers, and notes on his ancestry. Includes obituaries
and funeral program for Mrs. Alexander. [For obituaries and tributes, see
Series 6.] |
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| 57:10 |
BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MATERIAL (1980): program from
memorial service for Alexander. |
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| 55:8 |
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH (1947-73) |
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| 55:6-7 |
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (1949-79) |
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| 57:10 |
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA (1931) |
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| 56:12-13 |
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY SCRAPBOOK (1925-46): scrapbook and loose
materials. |
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| 57:10 |
MASONIC LODGE CERTIFICATE (1933): certificate granting Alexander
lifetime membership in Unique Lodge No. 85, Grand Lodge of North Carolina |
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| 55:10 |
MEMORIAL UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (1969-78) |
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| 55:11 |
ST. PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH (1973-75): includes program (1974)
for funeral of Rev. James F. Wertz. |
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| 55:9 |
UNIVERSITY PARK BAPTIST CHURCH (1958-78) |
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| Series 8: |
BUSINESS MATERIAL (1949-1980) |
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| Documents in varying degrees of detail Alexander's
business activities. Includes correspondence, receipts, notes on income
and expenditures, and advertisements. |
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| Box:Folder |
Contents |
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| 55:12 |
ALEXANDER FUNERAL HOME (1979-80) |
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| 55:16-20 |
C. D. SPANGLER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (1949-79): consists primarily
of material relating to Alexander's management of Double Oaks Apartments
in Charlotte. Includes excerpts from a report on housing Alexander made
to the Charlotte Committee on Public Affairs (5-23-53), correspondence concerning
his efforts to finance Little League baseball teams (1959), and letter from
Alexander to C. D. Spangler, Sr. reflecting on the twentieth anniversary
of the first rented unit at Double Oaks and public reaction to company's
pioneering venture for multi family housing for blacks (9-4-69). |
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| MC1.9:1 |
C. D. SPANGLER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY--OVERSIZE MATERIAL: includes
site plans and topographic surveys of University Park development. |
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| 55:13 |
DELTA SEWING SHOP (1946-49) |
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| 55:21 |
HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF CHARLOTTE (1968-69): newsletters. |
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| 55:14-15 |
SOUTHERN FIDELITY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (1941-60): includes
newsletter (1941) of the North Carolina Negro Insurance Association, edited
by Alexander. [See also 1946 issue of Carolina Times, Series 9, box 58:8] |
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| Series 9: |
MISCELLANY/MEMORABILIA (1908-1980) |
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| Material that did not fit in other series. |
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| Box:Folder |
Contents |
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| 56:7-8 |
BLACK HISTORY IN NORTH CAROLINA: notes and articles; includes
list of legislators (1834-1975). |
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| 57:10 |
CARICATURE (1968): color caricature of Alexander by Eugene
Payne, an editorial cartoonist for the Charlotte Observer. |
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| EXHIBIT |
CARTOON (11-10-1983): cartoon by Eugene Payne depicting Harry
Golden and Fred Alexander in heaven, commenting on the election of Harvey
Gantt as Charlotte's first black mayor. [Currently on display on the third
floor of the Atkins Library "opposite FDA plaque."] |
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| 56:5 |
ECO JOURNAL (1975-77): newsletter of Ex Convicts Organization,
a non profit, Charlotte based volunteer agency. |
| 57:11 |
FLAG (1980): flag of the City of Charlotte, used at Alexander's
funeral in 1980. |
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| 56:17 |
FRED ALEXANDER PARK--GROUNDBREAKING (c. 1981): includes photographs
(unidentified) and a flyer promoting the ceremony. |
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| 56:14 |
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS--CHARLOTTE CITY COUNCIL (1965, n.d.):
materials related to Alexander's service on the city council, including
his councilman's badge of office, certificate of oath of office (1965),
and a folio of letters of support from the students of University Park School,
presented to Alexander after the bombing of his home in 1965. |
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| 56:15 |
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS--STATE SENATE (1980, n.d.): materials
related to Alexander's service in the state senate, including campaign materials
and a folio (1980) compiled by Vivian E. Irving memorializing Alexander's
accomplishments in the senate. |
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| 58:7-9 |
NEWSPAPERS--OVERSIZE MATERIAL (1946-78): scattered issues,
most published by Charlotte-area blacks. Includes souvenir editions of Pittsburgh
Courier (100th anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation, 1963) and Afro
American ("March on Washington, D.C.," 1963). |
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| 56:9-10 |
NOTES: includes miscellaneous, handwritten notes [NOTE: meaning
of most notes is not readily apparent; probably of value only to persons
conducting extensive research into Alexander's life and work.] |
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| 56:11 |
PROGRAMS (1956-79): from Charlotte churches and organizations,
including funeral of Dr. J. Eugene Alexander (1956). |
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| 56:6 |
PUBLICATIONS (1908 ca. 1970): miscellaneous publications including
prospectus of the Colored Men's Branch, YMCA of New York City (1908-09);
catalog of "Valuable Books on the Negro" from Associated Publishers,
Inc. (n.d.); newsletter from Mechanics Perpetual Building and Loan Association
of Charlotte with article about Thad L. Tate (n.d.); 52-page advertising
brochure from Atlanta-based Standard Life Insurance Co. and its numerous
affiliated companies (ca. 1922); extract from Manufacturers Record (2/1957)
about Charlotte's growth; and program from Charlotte Business League (1970s).
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| 57:10 |
SECOND WARD HERALD (1926): March and June, 1926 issues of
the Herald, a publication of the Second Ward High School [see also Series
7, box 55:4, Biographical and Genealogical Material]. |
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| 56:16 |
WGIV INTERVIEW (1964): audiotape of interview of Alexander
by WGIV, a gospel radio station based in Charlotte, October 16, 1964. |
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| 56:1-3 |
WSOC EDITORIALS (1973-80): broadcast by WSOC radio and television
stations. Also includes copies of cartoons by Eugene Payne [see also Series
1.1, box 14:28, Editorials] |
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| 56:4 |
YOUTH ACTIVITIES (1953-59): annual reports of John Avery Boy's
Club of Durham (1953-59) and the Colored Orphanage of North Carolina (1959). |
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| Series 10: |
PHOTOGRAPHS (1950-1980) |
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| This series contains 319 photographs of Alexander,
public events, and scenes around Charlotte, e.g., of Double Oaks and Newland
Road apartments and a 1954 Shrine parade. |
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| Box:Folder |
Contents |
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| 56:18 |
PHOTOGRAPHS--DUPLICATES |
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| P6:6-P7:2 |
PHOTOGRAPHS--PRINTS (1950-80, n.d.): contains 170 prints (P91/1-170). |
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| P24:2-P24:5 |
PHOTOGRAPHS--PRINTS (1911-78, n.d.): contains 149 prints (P91/171-319). |
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| PL2:16 |
PHOTOGRAPHS--LARGE PRINTS (1876-77) |
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| PHOTOGRAPHS--PRINTS (P) |
| BOX P6:6-7, P7:1-2, P24:2-4 |
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| Print Number(s) |
Description |
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| FOLDER P6:6 |
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| P91/1-14 |
Various shots of Alexander (1948, n.d.) |
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| P91/9 |
Alexander and North Carolina governor Bob Scott (n.d.) |
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| P91/12 |
Alexander and daughter, Theodora (n.d.) |
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| P91/15-17 |
Unidentified people in a church (n.d.) |
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| P91/18-19 |
Alexander in Masonic/Shriner group shots (n.d.) |
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| P91/20-21 |
Masonic/Shriner parade, East Trade Street, Charlotte (ca.
1950s) |
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| P91/22-41 |
Various Masonic/Shriner shots (1953-54, n.d.) |
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| P91/30 |
Philip Lance Van Every [right] (n.d.) |
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| P91/31-32 |
Zack Alexander, Sr. [left] and Van Every [center] (n.d.) |
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| P91/33 |
Alexander [left], Atlantic City, N.J. (1954) |
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| P91/34 |
Zack Alexander, Sr. (1953) |
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| P91/35-36 |
Zack Alexander, Sr. in parade, Atlantic City, N.J. (1954) |
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| P91/37-41 |
Zack Alexander, Sr. with others (n.d.) |
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| P91/39 |
H. C. John Russell (press officer, Federal Security Agency),
Dr. M. T. Walker (Imperial Medical Director), Lt. Dennis Nelson (Department
of Defense), Zack Alexander, Sr. [left to right] (n.d.) |
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| P91/42-49 |
Various shots of Zack Alexander, Sr.'s funeral, Charlotte
(1954) |
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| FOLDER P6:7 |
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| P91/50 |
R. N. Harris, L. G. Bruce, J. H. Wheeler, J. C. Scarborough,
Sr., Alexander, A. Moore Shearin, W. G. Pearson, Wm. J. Walker Jr., C. C.
Spaulding, W. J. Kennedy, E. R. Merrick (left to right) (n.d.) |
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| P91/51-52 |
Alexander with military officers (n.d.) |
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| P91/53-54 |
Alexander with Jay Silverheels [left] at legislative reception,
Raleigh, N.C. (1977) |
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| P91/55 |
Alexander at the ground breaking for Biggers Bros., Charlotte
(1973) |
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| P91/56 |
Alexander [front, 5th from left] with an unidentified "graduating
class" (n.d.) |
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| P91/57 |
Aerial shot of Double Oaks and Newland Road apartments, Charlotte
(n.d.) |
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| P91/58-60 |
Double Oaks Apartments, Charlotte (n.d.) |
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| P91/61-62 |
Newland Road Apartments, Charlotte (n.d.) |
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| P91/63-65 |
Tryon Hills Apartments [including aerial], Charlotte (n.d.) |
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| P91/66 |
Kiddie Korner Daycare Center Too [n.p.] (n.d.) |
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| P91/67 |
7 TO 11 gas station/food store [n.p.] (n.d.) |
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| P91/68-71 |
Wooded area and creek bed [n.p.] |
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| P91/72-76 |
Children playing at the Earle Village Center on 7th Street,
Charlotte (1968) |
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| P91/77-90 |
Public housing, Lumberton, N.C. (1968) |
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| P91/91-94 |
International Brotherhood of Teamsters "America on the
Move" campaign publicity, including Ed MacMahon [P91/91, right] (n.d.) |
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| FOLDER P7:1 |
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| P91/95-96 |
Charlotte Transit bus with "Fred D. Alexander for State
Senator, 22nd District, Democrat" advertising placards (n.d.) |
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| P91/97-107 |
North Carolina National Guard Armory, Charlotte (n.d.) |
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P91/108
-111 |
Soldiers Memorial of the Spanish-American War [SOURCE: N.C.
Division of Archives and History] (1979) |
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| P91/109 |
Shots related to service of North Carolina African-Americans
in the Spanish-American War, including the Third North Carolina Volunteers
and Officers (1898) [SOURCE: N.C. Division of Archives and History] |
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| P91/112 |
Unidentified group shot (n.d.) |
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| P91/113 |
All Star Boys Baseball Team of the Omega Psi Phi Little League
(1967) |
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| P91/114 |
Charlotte skyline view looking from Marshall Park (1974?) |
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| P91/115 |
Family pictured for an advertisement for Southern Fidelity
Mutual Insurance Company (n.d.) |
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| P91/116 |
Painting of Mary Myers Dwelle, permanent collection, Mint
Museum of Art, Charlotte (1979) |
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| P91/117 |
The "Lady Bird Special" Whistle Stop tour of the
First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson (1964) |
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| FOLDER P7:2 |
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P91/118
-121 |
Fire alarm boxes (1975?) |
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| P91/122 |
Briarhoppers (n.d.) |
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P91/123
-127 |
Billboard advertising, Charlotte (1974?) |
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P91/128
-135 |
Homes and different areas in an unidentified neighborhood;
(n.d.) |
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P91/136
-170 |
Zoning in Charlotte, showing Mallard Creek Rd. area, aerials,
Freedom Dr., English Village Townhouses on West Craighead St., Alpine Lodge
Apartments, Nations Ford Rd., Village Commons area, shops with professional
offices above, specialty shops, Providence Rd., Providence Square Apartments
and Village Center, and drawings of propositions for rezoning in the Carmel
Community (1968-71) |
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| FOLDER P24:2 |
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| Portrait images of Fred Alexander |
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| P91/171 |
Fred Alexander at the age of one (1911). |
| P91/172 |
In front of Efird's in [downtown Charlotte?], 1941. |
| P91/173 |
[c. 1940s] |
| P91/174 |
[c. 1940s] |
| P91/175 |
[c. 1940s] |
| P91/176 |
Alexander at Shriners meeting [?], n.d. |
| P91/177 |
[n.d.] |
P91/178
-185 |
[n.d.] |
| P91/186 |
May, 1967 |
| P91/187 |
Alexander at home [?] (n.d.) |
| P91/188 |
Alexander at his office (n.d.) |
| P91/189 |
Easter, 1968 |
| P91/190 |
"Fred and his roses, 1968" |
P91/191
-192 |
Alexander at home (n.d.) |
| P91/193 |
Alexander at the Hilton Inn, Four Season speaking (n.d.) |
| P91/194 |
"Fred--August 1974" sleeping under a tree in a lawn
chair. |
| P91/195 |
Fred and his car (n.d.) |
| P91/196 |
President Jimmy Carter greets Fred at the White House, Oct.
25, 1978. |
| P91/197 |
Front row, left to right: J. Spencer Bell, Dr. Pane Connelly.
Back row: left to right: Morris Speizman, Fred D. Alexander, Dr. Raymond
Wheeler, Dr. Emmy L. Ramin [?], Nov. 1955. |
| P91/198 |
Alexander at Line U. Alumni Newman, 1971. |
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| City Council--Campaigns |
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P91/199
-206 |
"Reelect Fred D. Alexander Councilman" advertisements
[c. 1965]. |
| P91/207 |
City Council, Sept. 1969. |
| P91/208 |
[n.d.] |
| P91/209 |
[n.d.] |
| P91/210 |
Nov. 1965. |
P91/211
-213 |
Fred Alexander receiving an unidentified award (n.d.) |
| P91/214 |
Fred Alexander's old car with "City Councilman"
sign on the side (n.d.) |
| P91/215 |
San Francisco Stadium, San Francisco, California, Dec. 1969. |
| P91/216 |
Parade crossing in front of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. (n.d.) |
| P91/217 |
City Council meeting (n.d.) |
| P91/218 |
Fred Alexander with unidentified people (n.d.) |
| P91/219 |
Council Retreat, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Nov. 1974. |
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| FOLDER P24:3 |
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| P91/220 |
Fred Alexander with First Union National Bank officials (n.d.) |
| P91/221 |
May, 1973. |
| P91/222 |
Councilman Fred Alexander at work (n.d.) |
| P91/223 |
Fred with Mayor Belk, May 9, 1969 [Charlotte Observer Photo]. |
| P91/224 |
Unidentified elementary school event dealing with the traffic
safeguard. [October ?, n.d.] |
| P91/225 |
Public Information Department, North Carolina State Highway
Comm., #720107E (n.d.) |
| P91/226 |
Fred Alexander with Mayor Belk, May 9, 1969 [Observer Photo]. |
| P91/227 |
"At opening of new location of school on Independence
Blvd., 1974". |
P91/228
-229 |
Fred Alexander with unidentified people at a social conference
(n.d.) |
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| Senate (North Carolina)--Campaigns |
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| P91/230 |
Fred D. Alexander's team of volunteers (n.d.) |
| P91/231 |
Fred D. Alexander being sworn in to the Senate, 1975. |
| P91/232 |
Alexander's Senate office, n.d. |
| P91/233 |
"State Legislative Building, Jan. 15, 1975. Opening of
Senate Session, 1975-76. Fred D. Alexander having just been sworn in as
a Senator of N.C. 22nd District, Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Counties." |
P91/234
-38 |
Charlotte Business League, 2nd Annual Awards Dinner [c. 1970]P91/239-242
Various group photographs with unidentified people (n.d.) |
| P91/243 |
Seattle, Sept. 1978. |
| P91/244 |
"Police and Fire Academy Dedication, 5/2/76" |
| P91/245 |
Fred Alexander's Senate Office (n.d.) |
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| Distinguished Activities and Awards |
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| P91/246 |
Las Amigas Dinner Banquet acknowledging his award, Charlotte's
Most Outstanding Citizen of 1968 |
| P91/247 |
Fred Alexander at a ribbon cutting ceremony (n.d.) |
P91/248
-249 |
Fred Alexander giving a speech prior to cutting the ribbon
at the ceremony (n.d.) |
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| FOLDER P24:4 |
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| P91/250 |
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Omega Man of the Year award for
outstanding service rendered in the area of human rights, Nov. 21, 1965. |
P91/251
-253 |
"Founder's Day Participants, 1968. Dr. Albert Joseph
Carter-Curator of Fine Arts, Howard University; Dr. James W. Teamer, Mr.
Fred D. Alexander-City Councilman." |
| P91/254 |
"War Price and Rationing Board, Mecklenburg County 45-109-4;
404 East First Street, Charlotte, N.C. June 1944" World War II Rationing
Board, Colored Section. Left to right, front row: Arthur E. Grier, R.P.
Wilson, Dr. Nathaniel S. Tross, Adelaide Hunt, Henry Houston. Second row:
Thad L. Tate, Clarence Moreland, Jesse Bowser. Back row: Fred Alexander,
Dr. Thomas Watkins, and Clinton L. Blake. |
| P91/255 |
Mecklenburg Chapter of Las Amigas, Inc. named Fred D. Alexander
"Charlotte's Most Outstanding Citizen of 1968." |
P91/256
-260 |
Chamber of Commerce trip to Paris, France (n.d.) |
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| Family and Friends |
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| P91/261 |
Zechariah Alexander Sr. wearing the ceremonial Mason's uniform
(n.d.). |
| P91/262 |
Louise and Zechariah Alexander, Sr. with family (n.d.). |
P91/263
-264 |
Louise and Zechariah Alexander, Sr. (n.d.) |
| P91/265 |
"From left to right: Marion Wadsworth (Carmon) and Martha
Alexander" (n.d.) |
| P91/266 |
Louise Alexander's Club, Southside Art and Literary Club (n.d.) |
| P91/267 |
Kelly and Margaret Alexander (n.d.) |
| P91/268 |
Louise and Zechariah Alexander, Sr. and Family: Kelly (in
front of woman in center), Fred (left), Zechariah Jr. (2nd left), Louise
(front, second left), and Zechariah Sr. (back, right), Charlotte [?], (ca.
1920s). |
| P91/269 |
N.C.Zack Alexander, Jr., "--For-- Ambulance Service,
Call Zack Alexander Jr., Funeral Director. 323 S. Brevard St., Charlotte,
" (n.d.) [business card with photo] |
| P91/270 |
"Yours Truly, Z. Alexander Jr., 1911, 5 yrs." |
| P91/271 |
Kelly Alexander (n.d.) |
| P91/272 |
"Kelly Miller Alexander, Dec. 29, 1948. Age 2 months--12
days." |
P91/273
-279 |
Fred Alexander with various unidentified groups (n.d.). |
| P91/280 |
Fred and Frances Alexander, 1977. |
| P91/281 |
Fred and Frances Alexander; San Francisco, Colorado, 1973. |
P91/282
-283 |
Fred, Frances, and Theodora Alexander, 1974. |
P91/284
-285 |
Fred and Frances Alexander (n.d.) |
| P91/286 |
Fred and Theodora Alexander (n.d.) |
| P91/287 |
Fred Alexander sitting on porch with unidentified woman, July
4, 1966. |
| P91/288 |
"Theodora and Daddy" (n.d.) |
| P91/289 |
Fred Alexander with elderly woman, October, 1977. |
| P91/290 |
Fred, Frances, and Theodora Alexander, June 1949. |
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| FOLDER P24:5 |
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| P91/291 |
Fred Alexander with unidentified people (n.d.). |
| P91/292 |
Unidentified soldier, "Take Home" (n.d.) |
| P91/293 |
Unidentified wedding photograph (n.d.) |
P91/294
-295 |
Unidentified people (n.d.) |
| P91/296 |
Unidentified funeral (n.d.) |
| P91/297 |
Fred Alexander giving a speech at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte (n.d.). |
| P91/298 |
"Greenville Demolition", Fred Alexander giving a
speech (n.d.). |
| P91/299 |
Presentation of the "Kentucky Colonel Award" to
Fred Alexander by Senator Wendell H. Ford (Democrat Senator from Kentucky,
1960) (n.d.). |
| P91/300 |
Theodora Alexander with little boy, March 1, 1952. |
| P91/301 |
Alexander Funeral Home (n.d.) |
P91/302
-304 |
Unidentified children (n.d.) |
P91/305
-306 |
Fred Alexander's home [Dec. 1972?]. |
| P91/307 |
Unidentified wedding photograph (n.d.) |
| P91/308 |
Central Charlotte Association trip snapshot with letter, 1968. |
| P91/309 |
Rufus Edmisten, former Secretary of State (N.C.) and State
Attorney General, "To Senator Fred Alexander, whose great leadership
will make North Carolina a better state. Thanks" (n.d.). |
| P91/310 |
Zechariah Alexander Sr., "To Theodora Eugenia from your
grand dad. Oct. 10th, 1948." [framed]. |
| P91/311 |
Masons group photograph in front of the Administration building
(n.d.). |
P91/312
-316 |
Fred Alexander with various Mason brothers (n.d.). |
P91/317
-319 |
Fred Alexander wearing Mason clothing (n.d.) |
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| PHOTOGRAPHS--LARGE PRINTS (PL) |
| BOX PL2:6 |
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| Print Number(s) |
Description |
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| PL91/1-2 |
Members of the 1876-77 North Carolina Senate [names listed
at bottom of photo] (ca. 1876-77) |
| PL91/3 |
Members of Pisgah Lodge #266 and Pisgah Temple #228, Charlotte,
N.C., at "mortgage burning" (10-17-1943). |
