Walters, Adelaide, 1907-1981.

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Adelaide Walters of Chapel Hill, N.C., was a local political activist, volunteer, civic leader, and Democratic Party officer.

From the description of Adelaide Walters papers, 1954-1981 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25814079 1907 Born Adelaide Harvey, Gouveneur, N.Y., to Warren W. and Anna McNeil Harvey 1929 Received A.B., St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y. 1930 Received M.A., Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass. 1930 1932 Teacher at Hillsdale School, Cincinnati, Ohio 1933 Married Harold W. Walters 1936 1939 Teacher at Goodyear-Burlingame School, Syracuse, N.Y. 1940 1941 Post-graduate study at the University of North Carolina 1941 1943 Administrative assistant, Statistics Department, University of North Carolina 1943 1946 Research assistant, University of North Carolina; collaborated with Dr. Ervin Hexner on International Cartels 1950 1951 President, Chapel Hill League of Women Voters 1953 1981 Member, later chairman, Board of Directors, Community Church of Chapel Hill 1954 1956 President, League of Women Voters of North Carolina 1956 Vice-President, North Carolina Council of Women's Organizations 1957 1965 Member, Board of Aldermen, Chapel Hill, N.C. 1959 1961 Member, Research Triangle Planning Commission 1960 circa 1966 Democratic Party Regional Coordinator 1961 1963 Member, North Carolina Commission to Study the Impact of State Sovereignty upon Local Government 1964 Member, Executive Committee, Piedmont Crescent 2000 Commission 1964 1967 Member, United States Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations 1966 1969 Member, Urban America Council, Inc. 1966 1973 Chairman, Inter-Church (later Interfaith) Council for Social Services Housing Committee 1972 Member, Executive Committee, Triangle Housing Development Corporation 1976 Orange County (N.C.) Co-manager for Jimmy Carter presidential campaign 1977 1978 Member, Senior Center Study Committee, Orange County (N.C.) Council on Aging 1977 1981 Member, Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Rights, University of North Carolina School of Nursing 1981 Killed in automobile accident near Chapel Hill, N.C. From the guide to the Adelaide Walters Papers, ., 1954-1981, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

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