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