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Belafonte, Harry, 1927-. Letters, 1954-1981.

Title: Letters, 1954-1981.

Collection span the dates 1954 to 1981 and include correspondence, legal documents, receipts, contracts, flyers, telegrams, printed material and ephemera. Correspondents include his managers Jack Rollins and Jay Richard Kennedy, analist Dr. Janet Alterman Kennedy, guitarist Millard Thomas, and Belafonte's first wife Margurite Belafonte. A significant number of the letters were written by Belafonte's managers on his behalf. The collection is housed in one box, which contains 96 folders.

ArchivalResource: 96 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166478739 View

Floyd B. McKissick Papers, 1940s-1980s

Title: Floyd B. McKissick Papers, 1940s-1980s

<p>Floyd B. McKissick (1922-1991) was born in Asheville, N.C. He was an attorney, businessman, and civil rights leader. McKissick married Evelyn Williams, with whom he had four children: Joycelyn; Andree; Floyd, Jr.; and Charmaine. The collection contains materials documenting Floyd B. McKissick's work as an lawyer, businessman, and civil rights leader. Included are items pertaining to his law practice in Durham, N.C.; his service, beginning in 1966, as national director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); his work as advisor to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); and his interests in politics and education. Many items relate to Soul City, N.C., a town owned and operated by African Americans near Warrenton, N.C. Included are items describing the impact of Soul City on rural Warren County, N.C., and Vance County, N.C. Among the companies documented are McKissick Enterprises of New York and North Carolina; City Development, Inc.; HealthCo, Inc.; Madison and McKissick Development, Inc.; McKissick S.C. Associates; the Soul City Foundation and other Soul City companies; and the Warren Regional Planning Corporation. There are also a few items relating to the McKissick family and to his affiliation with the Republican Party at the local, state, and national levels.</p> <p>Collection is jointly held by Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the African American Resources Collection of North Carolina Central University.</p>

ArchivalResource: 126.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 157,000 items)

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04930/ View