Elsie G. Riddick papers, 1853-1855 ; 1894-1959.

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Elsie G. Riddick papers, 1853-1855 ; 1894-1959.

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Two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings; a few letters, 1898-1959; and the autobiography (20 p.) of Elsie G. Riddick, covering her life from 1894 to 1920, describing working conditions of women in Raleigh, N.C., ca. 1915; women in the local and state Democratic Party; the work of the Raleigh Suffrage League; and the National Business and Professional Women's Association. Other items include family portraits and pictures of the family home in Gates County; 144 picture postcards from Asheville and other places in North Carolina, various places in the United States, Europe, and China; and a young girl's autograph album, ca. 1853.

200 items (1.5 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7160758

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (U.S.)

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Wake County Suffrage League (N.C.)

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North Carolina Agricultural Commission

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Riddick family.

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Riddick, Elsie G., 1879-1959.

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Elsie G. Riddick was born in Gates County, N.C., the daughter of Elbert and Cornelia (Speight) Riddick. She attended the North Carolina Normal and Industrial School at Greensboro, N.C., and after graduating in 1897 went to work for the Agricultural Commission in Raleigh. In 1899 she began work with the Corporations Commission, which in 1933 became the Public Utilities Commission. She was active in the women's suffrage movement, both locally and nationally; the Business and Professional Women's A...

Woman's College of the University of North Carolina

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Raleigh Business and Professional Women's Club.

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Democratic Party (N.C.)

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During the 1960 election, the North Carolina Democratic Party was led by Bert L. Bennett, state executive committee chairman, and operated out of headquarters in Raleigh, N.C. Democratic candidates for whom the state party campaigned in 1960 included John F. Kennedy for President of the United States and Terry Sandford for Governor of North Carolina. From the guide to the Democratic Party Campaign Headquarters Records, ., 1960, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. S...