Cates family papers, 1880-1981 [manuscript].

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Cates family papers, 1880-1981 [manuscript].

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Correspondence, business records, and other papers of members of the Cates family of Burlington, N.C. These papers document John Wesley Cates's activities as a businessman, school board member, and city booster; his daughter, Bertha Cates's, activities as a coal merchant in Burlington; his daughter, Verna Cates Stackhouse's, activites as a supervisor at the King Cotton Mill in Burlington and as an active Democrat; and a number of personal and civic concerns of the family. The papers include thirty-three diary volumes kept by Bertha Cates, discussing her daily activities, 1937- 1979. Organizations with which members of the Cates family were involved include the Burlington Merchants Association, the North Carolina Retail Coal Merchants Association, the First Baptist Church of Burlington (of which John W. Cates was a founder), the Burlington Business and Professional Women's Club (of which Bertha Cates was a founder), and the North Carolina Retail Coal Merchants Association.

About 3000 items (6.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7150132

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Cates, Bertha Iona, 1887-1982.

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Burlington Merchants Association.

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Cates, James Wesley, 1847-1918

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Democratic Party (N.C.)

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First Baptist Church (Burlington, N.C.)

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Stackhouse, Verna Lee Cates, 1890-1986

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North Carolina Retail Coal Merchants Association.

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