Papers, 1939-1998 and n.d.

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Papers, 1939-1998 and n.d.

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This collection (11550 items, dated 1939-1998) documents Dawson's professional and civic life. Materials include scrapbooks; reports; subject files; memoranda; and correspondence, especially from Floyd B. McKissick, Sr., and James E. Shepard. The collection details Dawson's medical practices, teaching, and board memberships at Lincoln Community Health Center, Lincoln Hospital, and Durham County General Hospital. It also documents his lengthy involvement with Meharry Medical College, George W. Hubbard Hospital, the National Medical Society, the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness and its North Carolina branch, the Old North State Medical Society, North Carolina Central University, and the Mutual Savings & Loan Association. The collection also contains 35 color photographs and 48 negatives. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African-American Documentation.(00-320) The addition to the collection (8860 items, dated 1946-1997 and n.d.) contains financial materials, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings and magazine articles, and 300 photographs that continue to document Dawson's medical career. This addition includes materials from Dawson's real estate ventures. These include owning apartments with the firms Dawson and Watts and then Dawson, Watts and Cleland (1970s) and building apartments with the firm Century Oaks, Ltd. (1977-1981). The majority of the 2 black-and-white and 297 color photographs appear to be of family. One tintype is included of an unidentified woman wearing what may be a wedding dress (n.d.). (01-073)

20410 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8218228

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991

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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. From the description of Floyd B. McKissick papers, 1940s-1980s. WorldCat record id: 39668375 Floyd B. McKissick (1922-1991), the son of Ernest Boyce and Magnolia Thompson McKissick, was born in Asheville, N.C., on 9 March 1922. He earned...

National Medical Association (U.S.)

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National Society to Prevent Blindness

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John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African-American Documentation

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Shepard, James Edward.

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Meharry Medical College. Library

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Meharry Medical College opened its doors on Oct. 13, 1876 as the Meharry Medical Department of Central Tennessee College, later Walden University, with the purpose of producing "intelligent physicians among the Colored people"; named for benefactors, Samuel Meharry and his four brothers, Hugh, Alexander, David, and Jessie Meharry, who together donated $20,000 in 1875; the school became a separate institution in 1915. From the description of Board of Trustees records, 1974-1993. (Meha...

North Carolina Central University

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In 1909, James E. Shepard founded the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua for the Colored Race. In 1915, the school was sold and renamed the National Training School. In 1923, the North Carolina General Assembly began to provide annual support of $20,639, and the name was changed to Durham State Normal School. Despite the support, the school faced financial hardships and mounting debt nearing $49,000. When Shepard could not raise the money, he urged the state of North Carolina to t...

Dawson, Watts and Cleland.

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Century Oaks, Ltd.

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Dawson, Robert Edward, 1918-

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African-American ophthalmologist and citizen of Durham (Durham Co.), N.C. Born on February 23, 1918 in Rocky Mount, N.C., Dawson received his B.S. from Clark College in Atlanta, Ga., and his M.D. from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. From the description of Papers, 1939-1998 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 78639929 From the description of Robert Edward Dawson papers, 1939-1998. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 46719292 ...

Dawson and Watts.

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