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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)

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West, George A. Letter, 1927.

Title: Letter, 1927.

Letter to Charles E. Brown describing a Mediterranean trip, in February 1927.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

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West, George A. Necrology of members of the Rochester Milk Dealers, Inc. (trade ass'n) : and other dealers and dairymen and friends and relatives in the Rochester area / compiled by George A. West, Executive Secretary, Oct. 1, 1958 - Jan. 1, 1974.

Title: Necrology of members of the Rochester Milk Dealers, Inc. (trade ass'n) : and other dealers and dairymen and friends and relatives in the Rochester area / compiled by George A. West, Executive Secretary, Oct. 1, 1958 - Jan. 1, 1974. [1974]

ArchivalResource: 90 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26738295 View

Rochester Co-operative Milk Producers Bargaining Agency, Inc. Rochester Co-operative Milk Producers Bargaining Agency records, [1948-1973?].

Title: Rochester Co-operative Milk Producers Bargaining Agency records, [1948-1973?].

Includes testimony of hearings of the Agency, 1949, 1954, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, and 1969; correspondence, 1959-1964; manuscript by George A. West, "The Loss by Attrition of Licensed Milk Dealers and Milk Processing Plants in Rochester, New York," 1972; and newsletter and miscellaneous material, 1959-1973.

ArchivalResource: 3 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64071951 View

West, George A. The attrition of licensed milk dealers and milk processing plants : Rochester, New York 1961-1972 / George A. West.

Title: The attrition of licensed milk dealers and milk processing plants : Rochester, New York 1961-1972 / George A. West. 1972.

ArchivalResource: 16 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26738243 View