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Antone, George. George Antone papers, 1885-1993.

Title: George Antone papers, 1885-1993.

Contains early twentieth century newspaper articles about furniture companies.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear feet

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191820793 View

Willis D. Weatherford Papers, 1911-1969

Title: Willis D. Weatherford Papers, 1911-1969

Willis D. Weatherford of Black Mountain, N.C., was president of the Blue Ridge Assembly, Black Mountain, N.C., 1906-1944; president of the Y.M.C.A. Graduate School, Nashville, Tenn., 1919-1946; trustee of Berea College, Berea, Ky., 1916-ca. 1962; faculty member of Fisk University, 1936-1946; director of the Southern Appalachian Studies Project, 1956-1968; and lifelong student of race relations in the South. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, printed material, reports, writings, speeches, photographs, and other material relating to the professional and personal life of Willis D. Weatherford. Many items are records, 1917-1944, of the YMCA Graduate School and of the Blue Ridge Assembly. Other papers document Weatherford's involvement, 1911-1943, in the YMCA at the regional and national level; his tenure, 1936-1946, as a professor at Fisk University; his involvement in the Commission for Interracial Cooperation and other interracial organizations, 1923-1969; his position on the board of trustees and as assistant to the president of Berea College, Berea, Ky., 1924-1969; his role as initiator and director of the Southern Appalachian Studies Project, 1956-1968; his membership on the North Carolina Governor's Coordinating Council on Aging; and his service on the board of directors of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company of Birmingham, Ala., which supported the Blue Ridge Assembly. Individuals important in the collection include Thomas Elsa Jones, president of Fisk University; William J. Hutchins and his son Francis S. Hutchins, both presidents of Berea College; playwright Paul Green; Tennessee congressman John Sparkman; writer and Weatherford biographer Wilma Dykeman; individuals involved with the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, including director Will W. Alexander, secretary James D. Burton, women's work director Jessie Daniel Ames, educational director Robert B. Eleazor, Arthur F. Raper, and Howard W. Odum; Roy Rowe; North Carolina Governor Dan K. Moore; and Fletcher Sims Brockman of the YMCA.

ArchivalResource: 49,000; 49.5

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/w/Weatherford,Willis_D.html View

Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Commission on Interracial Cooperation administrative records, 1918-1944.

Title: Commission on Interracial Cooperation administrative records, 1918-1944.

The series consists of the administrative files of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation (CIC) from 1918-1944. Includes correspondence, reports, memoranda, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, article reprints, writings, speeches, newsletters, and minutes. The records document many aspects of the Commission's work from the time of its inception until its transformation into the Southern Regional Council. Includes correspondence of several people who played key roles in the Commission's work including Will W. Alexander, Jessie Daniel Ames, Horace Mann Bond, John J. Eagan, Robert B. Eleazer, John Hope, Howard W. Odum, W.D. Weatherford, and Monroe N. Work. Other files reflect the Commission's relationship with several denominational organizations; research material regarding the quality of life for African Americans in the South; newspaper clippings relating to Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge's intervention into the state's educational system and his 1942 gubernatorial campaign; and the transformation of the CIC into the Southern Regional Council. Of particular interest, the records contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, and reports relating to various court cases involving racial discrimination and violence, especially during the 1930's. There is a significant set of files on the Scottsboro case, in which the CIC joined the NAACP in trying to secure an adequate legal defense for the defendants. The series also contains pamphlets and leaflets relating to the interracial movement, various publications including manuscripts, articles, and speeches of interest to the CIC, and issues of several black newspapers.

ArchivalResource: 27 linear ft.19 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477056 View

Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), 1875-1970. Willis D. Weatherford papers, 1911-1969.

Title: Willis D. Weatherford papers, 1911-1969.

Correspondence, financial records, printed material, reports, writings, speeches, photos, and other material relating to the professional and personal life of Willis D. Weatherford. Many items are records, 1917-1944, of the YMCA Graduate School and of the Blue Ridge Assembly. Other papers document Weatherford's involvement, 1911-1943, in the YMCA at the regional and national level; his tenure, 1936-1946, as a professor at Fisk University; his involvement in the Commission for Interracial Cooperation and other interracial organizations, 1923-1969; his position on the board of trustees and as assistant to the president of Berea College, Berea, Ky., 1924-1969; his role as initiator and director of the Southern Appalachian Studies Project, 1956-1968; his membership on the North Carolina Governor's Coordinating Council on Aging; and his service on the board of directors of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company of Birmingham, Ala., which supported the Blue Ridge Assembly. Individuals important in the collection include Thomas Elsa Jones, president of Fisk University; William J. Hutchins and his son Francis S. Hutchins, both presidents of Berea College; playwright Paul Green; Tennessee congressman John Sparkman; writer and Weatherford biographer Wilma Dykeman; individuals involved with the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, including director Will W. Alexander, secretary James D. Burton, women's work director Jessie Daniel Ames, educational director Robert B. Eleazor, Arthur F. Raper, and Howard W. Odum; Roy Rowe; North Carolina Governor Dan K. Moore; and Fletcher Sims Brockman of the YMCA.

ArchivalResource: About 60000 items (75.0 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25422545 View

Penn School Papers, 1862-2004 and undated (bulk 1862-1978)

Title: Penn School Papers, 1862-2004 and undated (bulk 1862-1978)

The Penn School on Saint Helena Island, S.C., was founded during the Civil War by northern philanthropists and white missionaries for former enslaved individuals in an area occupied by the United States Army. Over the years, with continuing philanthropic support, it served as school, health agency, and cooperative society for rural African Americans of the Sea Islands. The first principals were Laura M. Towne and Ellen Murray, followed around 1908 by Rossa B. Cooley and Grace B. House, and in 1944 by Howard Kester and Alice Kester. The school closed in 1948 and became Penn Community Services in 1951, with Courtney Siceloff as the first director. The original deposits are papers, mostly 1900-1950 and primarily correspondence of the directors and of the trustees, treasurers, and publicity workers located elsewhere, and photographs. Topics include emancipation, African American education, Reconstruction, political and social change in South Carolina, agricultural extension work, public health issues, damage from hurricanes, World War I and World War II, the boll weevil and the cotton industry, the effects of the Great Depression on the school and the local population, changes in the school leading to a greater emphasis on social action in the outer world, and the end of the school and the turn to community service. Volumes include diaries, extracts from letters, recollections, minutes of the board of trustees, ledgers, cashbooks, inventories, financial records, registers of students and teachers, and minutes of various clubs and societies. Printed materials consists of newspapers clippings, pamphlets, promotional literature, school materials, administrative circulars, and annual reports. There are also about 3,000 photographs in the collection, dating from the 1860s to 1953 (bulk 1905-1944), documenting school activities, Island scenes and Islanders, classes and teachers, baptisms, agricultural activities, parades, fairs, and special events at the Penn School. The Addition of November 2012 includes papers, volumes, printed materials, photographs, audio recordings, and film that are similar in scope and content to the original deposit. Also included is a copy of De Nyew Testament, the Gullah translation of the New Testament (2005).

ArchivalResource: 38.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 15,500 items)

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/p/Penn_School.html View