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M'Gready, James, ca. 1758-1817
An Appeal to the Young
Raleigh, N. C.: s.n., between 1861 and 1865. 4 p.
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M. B.
For Girls Must Work That Men May Fight : Y.W.C.A.
[United States]: War Work Council, [between 1914 and 1918].
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MacMahon, T. W.
Cause and Contrast: an Essay on the American Crisis
Richmond, Va.: West & Johnston, 1862. 192 p.
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Machlachlan, Emily S.
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Emily S. Machlachlan, July 16, 1974. Interview G-0038. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Emily S. MacLachlan grew up in the early 20th century in Jackson, Mississippi, in a family that advocated relatively progressive ideas about race. MacLachlan describes her mother's efforts to balance family life with social activism (specifically with the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching), her own academic endeavors, and her advocacy of civil rights and radical politics during the 1930s.
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Macon, Thomas Joseph, 1839-1917
Life Gleanings
Richmond, Va.: W.H. Adams, 1913. 101 p.
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Magness, Leroy
conducted by Michelle Markey
Oral History Interview with Leroy Magness, March 27, 1999. Interview K-0438. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Leroy Magness describes his belief in avoiding conflict, and how that belief shaped his response to the civil rights movement.
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Foreman, Richard and
Mahoney, Jas. W. (James W.)
The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory
Asheville, N.C.: Edney & Dedman, 1849. 308, 5 p.
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Mallard, R. Q. (Robert Q.), 1830-1904
Plantation Life before Emancipation
Richmond, Va.: Whittet & Shepperson, 1892. xi, 3-237 p.
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Mallet, Charles Peter, 1792-1873
Letter from Charles P. Mallet to Henry A. London, April 30, 1865
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Mallet, Charles Peter, 1792-1873
Letter from Charles P. Mallet to His Son, May 1, 1865
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Mallett, Charles Peter, 1792-1873
Excerpts from the Letter of Charles P. Mallett to Charles B. Mallett, April 18, 1865
11 pages, 11 page images.
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Jones, William H.,
Mallett, Edward J.,
Scales, James P.,
Iredell, Samuel Tredwell, and
Dortch, William Baskerville, 1828-1882
Petition of a Committee of Students for the Erection of a Building, September 1, 1848
2 pages, 4 page images.
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Mallett, Peter, 1825-1906?
Letter from Peter Mallett to David L. Swain, November 6, 1863
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Mallory, W., b. 1826
Old Plantation Days
[Hamilton, Ontario?: s.n., 1902?]. 56 p.
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Malone, Bartlett Yancey, b. 1838
The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1919. 59 p.
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Mangum, Adolphus Williamson, 1834-1890
Morven and Linda, or, The Token Star: A Tale of a Soldier's Faithful Love
Raleigh: Branson, Farrar & Co., 1863. 16 p.
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Mangum, Robert Lee
conducted by Malinda Maynor
Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mangum, November 18, 2003. Interview U-0008. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
The Reverend Robert Lee Mangum channels his Christian faith into social action in Robeson County, NC.
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Manly, Basil, 1825-1892
Halting on This Side of Jordan, or, Shall Your Brethren Go to War, and Shall Ye Sit Here?
[Raleigh, N.C.: s.n., between 1861 and 1865]. 8 p.
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Manly, Basil, 1825-1892
The Young Deserter
s. l.: s. n., between 1861 and 1865. 8 p.
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Manly, Charles, 1795-1871
Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, February 26, 1856
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Manly, Charles, 1795-1871
Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, February 5, 1856
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Manly, Charles, 1795-1871
Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, October 14, 1856
6 pages, 6 page images.
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Manly, Charles, 1795-1871
Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, October 18, 1856
6 pages, 6 page images.
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Manly, Charles, 1795-1871
Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, October 4, 1856
8 pages, 9 page images.
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Manly, Charles, 1795-1871
Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, October 8, 1856
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Manly, Charles, 1795-1871
Letter from Charles Manly to David L. Swain, September 25, 1856
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Manly, Charles, 1795-1871
Peace in Believing
[Raleigh, N. C.:: s. n.], 1863. 30 p.
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Stephenson, Edward
conducted by William Mansfield
Oral History Interview with Edward Stephenson, September 21, 2002. Interview R-0193. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Tobacco auctioneer Edward Stephenson reflects on his two decades of brokering tobacco sales and shares his concerns about the decline of the industry.
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Squires, Jane
conducted by William Mansfield
Oral History Interview with Jane Squires, September 21, 2002. Interview R-0192. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Jane Squires describes building a career as a tobacco auctioneer, a male-dominated profession.
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Manumission Society of North Carolina
An Address to the People of North Carolina, on the Evils of Slavery. By The Friends of Liberty and Equality
Greensborough, N.C.: W. Swain, 1830. 68, [1] p.
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Manzano, Juan Francisco, 1797-1854 and
Madden, Richard Robert, 1798-1886
Poems by a Slave in the Island of Cuba, Recently Liberated; Translated from the Spanish, by R. R. Madden, M.D. With the History of the Early Life of the Negro Poet, Written by Himself; to Which Are Prefixed Two Pieces Descriptive of Cuban Slavery and the Slave-Traffic, by R. R. M.
London: Thomas Ward and Co., 1840. v, 188 p.
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Marrs, Elijah P., b. 1840
Life and History of the Rev. Elijah P. Marrs, First Pastor of Beargrass Baptist Church, and Author
Louisville, Ky.: Bradley & Gilbert, 1885. 147 p.
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Mars, James, b. 1790
Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut. Written by Himself
Hartford: Case, Lockwood, 1868. 38 p.
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Mars, James, b. 1790
Life of James Mars, A Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut. Written by Himself
Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Company, 1864. [1]-35 p.
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Marsh, Catherine, 1818-1912
A Sketch of the Life of Capt. Hedley Vicars, the Christian Soldier
[Raleigh, N.C.: s.n.], 1863. 32 p.
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Martin, William James
Letter from Professor William J. Martin to Charles Phillips, December 12, 1864
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Martin, William James
Letter from Professor William J. Martin to David L. Swain, July 21, 1862
2 pages, 4 page images.
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Martin, William James
Letter from Professor William J. Martin to Governor Jonathan Worth, July 13, 1867
1 pages, 2 page images.
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Martin, William James
Letter from Professor William J. Martin to the Board of Trustees, July 13, 1867
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Martin, William James
Letter from Professor William J. Martin to the Board of Trustees, November 11, 1861 (In Which He Requests a Leave of Absence to Join the Army)
1 pages, 2 page images.
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Mask, J. W.
conducted by Goldie F. Wells
Oral History Interview with J. W. Mask, February 15, 1991. Interview M-0013. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
J.W. Mask describes his stewardship of a segregated black high school and his struggle to provide his students with adequate resources.
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Mason, Isaac, b. 1822
Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave
Worcester, Mass.: [s.n.], 1893. 74 p.
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Mason, James B.
Letter from James B. Mason to R. W. Lassiter, September 3, 1873
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Mason, Mary Ann Bryan, 1802-1881
The Young Housewife's Counsellor and Friend: Containing Directions in Every Department of Housekeeping. Including the Duties of Wife and Mother.
New York: E. J. Hale & Son, 1875. viii, 9-380 p.
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Mason, Thomas Williams, 1839-1921
Class Composition of Thomas W. Mason, [1856]: "The Eagle Doesn't Catch Flies"
5 pages, 6 page images.
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Mason, Thomas Williams, 1839-1921
Class Composition of Thomas W. Mason, [1856]: "The Journal of a Day"
9 pages, 9 page images.
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Matania, Fortunino, b. 1881.
"Help the Horse to Save the Soldier" : Please Join the American Red Star Animal Relief...
Albany, N.Y.: American Red Star Animal Relief, [between 1914 and 1918].
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Hardin, Paul
conducted by Donald Mathews
Oral History Interview with Paul Hardin, Jr., December 8, 1989. Interview C-0071. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Bishop Paul Hardin helped bring about racial integration of the United Methodist denomination in the 1960s. He recalls several points in his long ministry career when white and black pastors opposed his efforts to move ministers to other districts, accept church members of other races, and dissolve the Black Methodist district. Supportive church members helped him withstand criticism of his personal stance, even when he faced pressure from conservative ministers on one side and Martin Luther King on the other.
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Matthews, Gwendolyn
conducted by Peggy Van Scoyoc
Oral History Interview with Gwendolyn Matthews, December 9, 1999. Interview K-0654. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
In 1962, Gwendolyn Matthews was one of five African American students to integrate Cary High School in North Carolina. In this interview, she describes her experiences in the integration process, emphasizing the hostility of white students and teachers. In addition, she speaks more broadly about segregation and integration in Cary and Raleigh.
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Matthews, H. B.
On Guard! It's a Pretty Big Job For One Bird! : Join the Navy! : Apply Recruiting Station or Navy League
[United States]: [Navy?], [between 1914 and 1918].
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Joyce, John, 1784 (ca.)-1808 and
Matthias, Peter, ca. 1782-1808
Confession of John Joyce, Alias Davis, Who Was Executed on Monday, the 14th of March, 1808. For the Murder of Mrs. Sarah Cross; With an Address to the Public and People of Colour. Together with the Substance of the Trial, and the Address of Chief Justice Tilghman, on His Condemnation. Confession of Peter Mathias, Alias Matthews, Who Was Executed on Monday, the 14th of March, 1808. For the Murder of Mrs. Sarah Cross; With an Address to the Public and People of Colour. Together with the Substance of the Trial, and the Address of Chief Justice Tilghman, on His Condemnation
Philadelphia: Printed for the benefit of Bethel Church, 1808. 36 p.
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Picquet, Louisa, b. 1828?- and
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868
Louisa Picquet, the Octoroon, or, Inside Views of Southern Domestic Life
New York: The Author, 1861. xiv, [5]-60 p.
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Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900
Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil Wars
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. xi, 279 p.
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Maverick, Maury
conducted by Chandler Davidson
Oral History Interview with Maury Maverick, October 27, 1975. Interview A-0323. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Born into a long line of Texas politicians, Maury Maverick, Jr., served in the Texas House of Representatives for six years during the 1950s, and as a lawyer from the 1960s into the 1970s. Maverick speaks at length about his radical political leanings and the evolution of liberalism in Texas.
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Maverick, William H.
Letter from William H. Maverick to his mother, Mary Ann Adams Maverick, September 9, 1867
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Maverick, William H.
Letter from William H. Maverick to his mother, November 19, 1866
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Thompson, Angus
conducted by Malinda Maynor
Oral History Interview with Angus Thompson, Sr., October 21, 2003. Interview U-0017. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
African American activist fights for integration.
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Nakell, Barry
conducted by Malinda Maynor
Oral History Interview with Barry Nakell, October 1, 2003. Interview U-0012. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A lawyer argues for Native American civil rights in Robeson County, NC.
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Locklear, Carnell
conducted by Malinda Maynor and Willie Lowery
Oral History Interview with Carnell Locklear, February 24, 2004. Interview U-0007. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Carnell Locklear recalls his fight for Lumbee Indian rights in eastern North Carolina in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Jones, James Arthur
conducted by Malinda Maynor
Oral History Interview with James Arthur Jones, November 19, 2003. Interview U-0005. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A principal remembers integration in a majority-Native American community.
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Robinson, Willa V.
conducted by Malinda Maynor
Oral History Interview with Willa V. Robinson, January 14, 2004. Interview U-0014. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Residents of Maxton, N.C., respond to integration.
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McAfee, Leroy Mangum, 1837-1873
Debate Speech of Lee M. McAfee for the Dialectic Society, June 2, 1857: "Have Men of Action Been More Beneficial to the World Than Men of Thought?"
22 pages, 24 page images.
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McAllister, Latrelle
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Latrelle McAllister, June 25, 1998. Interview K-0173. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Latrelle McAllister remembers a nurturing, vibrant environment at West Charlotte High School and worries that this ethos may be at risk.
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McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883
The Aid-De-Camp; A Romance of the War
Richmond: W. A. J. Smith, 1863. 113 p.
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McConnell, James R. (James Rogers), 1887-1917
Flying for France. With the American Escadrille at Verdun
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1917. xiv, 157 p.
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McCorkle, Samuel Eusebius, 1746-1811
A Charity Sermon. First Delivered in Salisbury, July 28; and Afterwards in Other Places in Rowan, and the Counties Adjoining; Particularly at Sugar's Creek, in Mecklenburg County, at the Opening of the Synod of the Carolinas, October 2: and Last, at the Meeting of the Hon. The General Assembly of North-Carolina in Fayetteville, December, 1793. By the Rev. Samuel E. M'Corkle, D.D. Pastor of the Church at Thyatira and Salisbury in Rowan County, North-Carolina.
Halifax, NC: Abraham Hodge, 1795. [1]-64 p.
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McCorkle, Samuel Eusebius, 1746-1811
Letter from Samuel E. McCorkle to John Haywood, December 20, 1799
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Burwell, Dorothy Royster
conducted by Eddie McCoy
Oral History Interview with Dorothy Royster Burwell, May 29, 1996. Interview Q-0011. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Dorothy Royster Burwell describes her family history and remembers the devastating effect of "the water," in the form of a government-built lake, that wiped away her community of Sudan, Virginia.
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Alston, Floyd
conducted by Eddie McCoy
Oral History Interview with Floyd Alston, Jr., November 29, 1995. Interview Q-0002. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Granville County, North Carolina, resident Floyd Alston and his mother, Ethel Thorpe Austin, remember their lives in the area in an interview that touches on, among other topics, racial identity and the struggles of post-emancipation African Americans to find economic and social security.
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Lyons, Lillian Taylor
conducted by Eddie McCoy
Oral History Interview with Lillian Taylor Lyons, September 11, 1994. Interview Q-0094. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Born and raised in Oxford, North Carolina, in the early twentieth century, Lillian Taylor Lyons discusses her family history, her education, and her career as a teacher. Lyons also speaks at length about race relations in Oxford, arguing that Oxford was especially "forward-looking" in comparison to other Southern communities.
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Cooley, Martha
conducted by Eddie McCoy
Oral History Interview with Martha Cooley, April 25, 1995. Interview Q-0019. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Martha Cooley describes her childhood in rural Granville County, NC, during the early part of the 20th century.
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Cheatham, Annie Bell Williams
conducted by James Eddie McCoy
Oral History Interview with Annie Bell Williams Cheatham, March 21, 1995. Interview Q-0015. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A black sharecropper's daughter discusses her difficult upbringing on the farm and the many stories of slavery on which she was raised.
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McCray, S. J.
Life of Mary F. McCray: Born and Raised a Slave in the State of Kentucky
Lima , Ohio: [s.n.], 1898. 115 p.
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Burwell, Letitia M.
illustrated by William A. McCullough and Jules Turcas
A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, c1895. 209 p.
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Hoyman, Scott
conducted by Carolyn Ashbaguh and Dan McCurry
Oral History Interview with Scott Hoyman, Fall 1973. Interview E-0009. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Textile Workers Union of America organizer and regional director Scott Hoyman discusses the Oneita Knitting Mill strike of 1973 in South Carolina. Throughout the interview, he focuses on strategies of the TWUA in organizing textile workers, bargaining and negotiating with textile companies, and tactics for successfully protecting workers' rights.
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McDonald, William, 1834-1898
The Two Rebellions, or, Treason Unmasked. By a Virginian
Richmond: Smith, Bailey, 1865. 143 p.
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McGill, Eula
conducted by Lewis Lipsitz
Oral History Interview with Eula McGill, December 12, 1974. Interview G-0039. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Life-long textile worker Eula McGill shares her thoughts on the benefits of Alabama textile unions.
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McGill, Eula
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Eula McGill, February 3, 1976. Interview G-0040-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Eula McGill grew up in Sugar Valley, Georgia, during the early twentieth century. Raised in a working class family, McGill had to leave school because of her family's economic hardships and began to work in a textile mill as a spinner at the age of 14. By the late 1920s, McGill had moved to Alabama, where she became a leader in the labor movement in Selma. Throughout the Great Depression, McGill primarily worked as a labor organizer, first for the Women's Trade Union League and later for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers' Union.
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McGill, Eula
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Eula McGill, September 5, 1976. Interview G-0040-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Southern labor organizer Eula McGill explains her views on leadership in the labor movement and the role of workers' education. After rising through the ranks of the labor movement during the Great Depression, McGill continued to work actively to organize workers from the 1940s to the 1970s. She describes in detail various labor campaigns and strikes in the South, as well as her work with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union and other labor organizations.
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McGill, John, 1809-1872
The True Church, Indicated to the Inquirer. A Brief Tract for Circulation
Richmond: Ritchie & Dunnavant, 1862. 64 p.
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Smith, Clyde
conducted by Reid McGlamery
Oral History Interview with Clyde Smith, March 17, 1999. Interview K-0443. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Clyde Smith recalls the tensions that integration introduced to athletics at North Carolina's Lincolnton High School.
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McIntosh, W. H. (William H.)
James C. Sumner, the Young Soldier Ready for Death
[Marion, Ala.?: s.n., 1862?]. 8 p.
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McIver, Alexander, 1822-1902 and
Scales, Junius Irving, 1832-1888
Correctors' Report of Alexander McIver and Junius I. Scales for the Dialectic Society, April 1, 1853
3 pages, 4 page images.
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McKay, Martha
conducted by Kathryn Nasstrom and Kathryn Nasstrom
Oral History Interview with Martha McKay, June 13, 1989. Interview C-0076. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Martha McKay was actively involved in student politics at the University of North Carolina before her graduation with a degree in economics in 1941. During those years, she formed a friendship with Terry Sanford—future North Carolina state Senator, U.S. Senator, and Governor, and president of Duke University—and later worked for his gubernatorial campaign. Here, McKay describes her active involvement in Sanford's gubernatorial campaign, the Democratic Party, and the women's rights movement during the 1960s and 1970s. She discusses her role as a founding member of the North Carolina Women's Political Caucus, the need for effective leadership and organization for women's rights, and the progress women had made in politics.
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McKay, Martha C.
conducted by Belinda Riggsbee
Oral History Interview with Martha McKay, March 29, 1974. Interview A-0324. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Martha McKay, women's rights activist and Democratic Party member, describes the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment in the North Carolina General Assembly in 1973. Focusing on the role of the North Carolina Women's Political Caucus in lobbying for ratification of the amendment, McKay describes how the opposition successfully organized to defeat the amendment and how that defeat affected the NCWCP.
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McKee, Willaim
The Spirit of '18 : the World Cry, Food : Keep the Home Garden Going
[United States]: United States Food Administration, [1918].
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McKelway, Alexander Jeffrey, 1866-1918,
Seddon, A. E.,
Ulm, A. H., and
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Child Labor in the Carolinas: [A]ccount of Investigations Made in the Cotton Mills of North and South Carolina, by Rev. A. E. Seddon, A. H. Ulm and Lewis W. Hine, under the Direction of the Southern Office of the National Child Labor Committee
[New York]: [National Child Labor Committee], [1909]. [20] p.
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McKelway, Alexander Jeffrey, 1866-1918
Child Wages in the Cotton Mills: Our Modern Feudalism
New York City: National Child Labor Committee, 1913. 11, [1] p.
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McKim, Randolph Harrison, 1842-1920
A Soldier's Recollections: Leaves from the Diary of a Young Confederate: With an Oration on the Motives and Aims of the Soldiers of the South
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1910. xvii, 362 p.
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McKimmon, Arthur
Letter from Arthur McKimmon to Sophie Manly, November 15, 1859
5 pages, 6 page images.
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McKimmon, Arthur
Letter from Arthur McKimmon to Sophie Manly, November 20, 1859
4 pages, 4 page images.
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McKimmon, Arthur
Letter from Arthur McKimmon to Sophie Manly, October 25, 1859
5 pages, 5 page images.
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McKissick, Floyd
conducted by Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Floyd McKissick, December 6, 1973. Interview A-0134. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Civil rights activist Floyd McKissick evaluates the legacies of the civil rights movement and looks toward its next phase in the 1970s.
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McLaurin, William H.
Letter from William H. McLaurin to D. A. McLaurin, [October] 2, 1860
4 pages, 4 page images.
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McLeary, A. C.
Humorous Incidents of the Civil War
[s.l.: s.n., 1902?]. 23 p.
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Taliaferro, Hardin E., 1811-1875
illustrated by John McLenan
Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. viii, 269 p.
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McMath, Sid
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Sid McMath, September 8, 1990. Interview A-0352. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Sid McMath was the governor of Arkansas from 1949 to 1953. A staunch liberal Democrat, McMath advocated for the inclusion of African Americans in the Democratic party and in higher education, challenged the patriarchal control of the power companies over the state, and improved infrastructure. Here, he describes his perception of the Dixiecrat revolt of 1948 and his belief that federal intervention was necessary to end Jim Crow segregation in the South.
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McNab, James Graham
Address of James Graham McNab, March 1857
8 pages, 8 page images.
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Stuart, Ruth McEnery, 1856-1917
illustrated by Smedley, Carleton, and McNair
In Simpkinsville: Character Tales
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. 244 p.
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McNeill, Hector J., d. 1860
Letter from Hector J. McNeill to Daniel C. and Ann M. McNeill, August 18, 1852
3 pages, 4 page images.
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McPheeters, William, 1778-1842
Letter from William McPheeters to Marcellus McPheeters, August 10, 1837
2 pages, 2 page images.
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McPheeters, William, 1778-1842
List of Payments by William McPheeters, Agent of the Executive Committee, to Thomas A. Waitt, [August 18-19, 1837]
2 pages, 2 page images.
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McPherson, Christopher, b. 1763?
A Short History of the Life of Christopher McPherson, Alias Pherson, Son of Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Containing a Collection of Certificates, Letters, &c. Written by Himself
Lynchburg, VA: Christopher McPherson Smith. Printed at The Virginian Job Office, 1855. 40 p.
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McPherson, O. M. (Orlando M.)
Indians of North Carolina: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting, in Response to a Senate Resolution of June 30, 1914, a Report on the Condition and Tribal Rights of the Indians of Robeson and Adjoining Counties of North Carolina
Washington: [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1915. 252 p.
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Meachum, John B., b. 1789
An Address to All the Colored Citizens of the United States
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, by King and Baird, 1846. 62 p.
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Means, Paul Barringer, 1845-1911
Inagural Address of Paul B. Means for the Dialectic Society, May 8, 1868
8 pages, 9 page images.
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Pearson, William S. (William Simpson), 1849-1920,
Means, Paul Barringer, 1845-1911, and
McNeill, Thomas A.
Student Letter to David L. Swain About His Leaving the University, June 6, 1868
1 pages, 1 page images.
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North Carolina. Dept. of Public Instruction and
Mebane, C. H. (Charles Harden), 1862-1926
Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the Scholastic Years 1898-'99 and 1899-1900
Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, and E.M. Uzzell, State Printers., 1900. 530 p.
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Mebane, James and
Heartt, Dennis, 1783-1870
Rail-road Meeting
Hillsborough: D. Heartt, printer, 1828. 8 p.
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Taylor, John,
Hunt, John,
Mebane, John, and
Lytle, William
John Taylor's Bond as Steward, November 16, 1794 [1795]
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Mecklenburg County Home Guard
Rules and Regulations of Mecklenburg County Home Guard
Charlotte: [The Council], 1917. 8 p.
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Mecklenburg Female College
Mecklenburg Female College, Formerly North Carolina Military Institute
[Charlotte? N.C.]: The College, 1867. 1 p.
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Colored Orphanage of North Carolina (Oxford, N.C.),
Borders, T. K.,
Tony, E. E.,
Parham, B. W. (Benjamin Wingate), b. 1883,
Medford, J. W.,
Spaulding, C. C. (Charles Clinton), 1874-1952, and
WPTF (Radio station : Raleigh, N.C.)
My Future Depends Upon You! The Colored Orphanage of North Carolina
[Oxford, N.C.]: [The Orphanage], 1939. [8] p.
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Medlin, John
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with John Medlin, May 24, 1999. Interview I-0076. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
John G. Medlin, Jr., CEO of Wachovia, discusses the growth of the Charlotte-based bank.
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Melbourn, Julius, b. 1790
edited by Jabez D. Hammond
Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn; with Sketches of the Lives and Characters of Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, John Randolph, and Several Other Eminent American Statesmen
Syracuse: Hall & Dickson, 1847. 239 p.
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Memphis Chamber of Commerce
First Annual Statement of the Trade and Commerce of Memphis, for the Year Ending August 31, 1861. Reported to the Memphis Chamber of Commerce by Jno. S. Toof, Secretary
Memphis: O'Neill & Parrish, Printers, 1861. 37 p.
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Mencken, Henry Louis, 1880-1956
Prejudices: First Series
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, c1919. 254 p.
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Merrick, Caroline Elizabeth Thomas, b. 1825
Old Times in Dixie Land: a Southern Matron's Memories
New York: Grafton Press, 1901. 241 p.
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Merritt, Raleigh H. (Raleigh Howard)
From Captivity to Fame or The Life of George Washington Carver
Boston, Mass.: Meador Pub. Co., 1929. 196 p.
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Meyers, Flake and
Meyers, Nellie
conducted by Patty Dilley
Oral History Interview with Flake and Nellie Meyers, August 11, 1979. Interview H-0133. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Flake and Nellie Meyers describe what it was like to live and work in and around Conover, North Carolina, during the early to mid-twentieth century. As a worker in various furniture companies and as the foreman at the Southern Desk Company, Flake Meyers describes in vivid detail the various kinds of skills involved in furniture making, the role of machinery in the industry, and workplace relationships. Nellie Meyers similarly describes the kinds of family labor systems and social customs that shaped their lives.
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Michaux, H. M.
conducted by Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with H.M. Michaux, November 20, 1974. Interview A-0135. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
H. M. Michaux, a Durham, NC, state representative, describes the role of black electoral politics in North Carolina's state government. He reflects on staying power of the Republican Party in Southern politics.
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Michelbacher, M. J. (Maximilian J.), 1811?-1879
A Sermon Delivered on the Day of Prayer, Recommended by the President of the C. S. of A., the 27th of March, 1863, at the German Hebrew Synagogue, "Bayth Ahabah"
Richmond: MacFarlane & Fergusson, 1863. 16 p.
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Thomson, Alfred Grayson, 1838-1863,
Garrett, Franklin, b. 1840,
Ross, Jesse Goodwin, 1840-1862,
Taylor, Simon Henderson, 1840-1861,
Davidson, Thomas Benjamin, 1840-1864, and
Michie, William Cochran, b. 1840
Resolution, [January 1861]
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Mickle, Andrew
Letter from Andrew Mickle to Paul Cameron, March 22, 1875
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Miles, James Warley, 1818-1875
God in History. A Discourse Delivered before the Graduating Class of the College of Charleston on Sunday Evening, March 29, 1863
Charleston: Steam-power Press of Evans & Cogswell, 1863. 31 p.
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Milledgeville Railroad Company
Report of the President, Directors, &c., of the Milledgeville R. Road Co., to the Stockholders. Oct. 6th, 1862
Augusta, Ga.: Constitutionalist Print, 1862. 15, [1] p.
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Miller, Dora Scott
conducted by Beverly Jones
Oral History Interview with Dora Scott Miller, June 6, 1979. Interview H-0211. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Dora Scott Miller reflects on the changes in tobacco factory work from the perspective of an African American woman.
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Miller, J. F. (John Fulenwider), 1834-1905
The Effects of Emancipation upon the Mental and Physical Health of the Negro of the South
[Wilmington, N.C.]: [s. n.], [1896]. 10 p.
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Miller, Leroy
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Leroy Miller, June 8, 1998. Interview K-0174. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A black administrator describes the intricacies of administrative changes during desegregation and how he brought his passion for discipline to Charlotte-area schools, including West Charlotte High School.
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Millie-Christine, 1851-1912
The History of the Carolina Twins: Told in "Their Own Peculiar Way" By "One of Them"
[Buffalo]: Buffalo Courier Printing House, [18--?]. 22 p.
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Milling, James S.
Milling Papers. Personal Correspondence, 1861-1864
40 p.
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Mills, Carl A.
conducted by Peggy Van Scoyoc
Oral History Interview with Carl A. Mills, Jr., June 30, 1999. Interview K-0182. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Carl A. Mills, Jr., principal of Cary High School during its desegregation, recalls a relatively easy process of integration.
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Edited by Edwin Mims and Bruce Ryburn Payne
Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. xii, 440 p.
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Minnigerode, Charles Frederick Ernest, 1814-1894
"He That Believeth Shall Not Make Haste." A Sermon Preached on the First of January, 1865, in St. Paul's Church, Richmond
Richmond: Chas. H. Wynne, 1865. 16 p.
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Mississippi. Convention (1861)
Journal of the State Convention, and Ordinances and Resolutions Adopted in March 1861
Jackson: E. Barksdale, state printer, 1861. 104 p.
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Mississippi. Convention (1861)
Proceedings of the Mississippi State Convention, Held January 7th to 26th, A. D. 1861. Including the Ordinances, as Finally Adopted, Important Speeches, and a List of Members, Showing the Postoffice, Profession, Nativity, Politics, Age, Religious Pre
Jackson, Miss.: Power & Cadwallader, Book and Job Printers,, 1861. 129 p.
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Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives
Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi, Called Session at Columbus, February and March, 1865.
Meridian, Miss.: J. J. Shannon & Co., 1865. 111 p.
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Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives
Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi, Called Session, at Macon, August, 1864
Meridian, Miss.: J. J. Shannon & Co., 1864. 104 p.
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Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives
Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi, December Session of 1862, and November Session of 1863.
Jackson: Cooper & Kimball,, 1864. 328, 237 p.
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Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives
Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi. Called Session, January, 1861
Jackson: E. Barksdale, 1861. 40, 95 p.
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Mitchel, Cora
Reminiscences of the Civil War
Providence: Snow & Farnham Co., [1916?]. 43 p.
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Mitchell, Broadus, 1892-
conducted by Mary Frederickson
Oral History Interview with Broadus Mitchell, August 14 and 15, 1977. Interview B-0024. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
John Broadus Mitchell grew up in a family that held to liberal politics and believed in community involvement. Educated as an economic historian, Mitchell conducted extensive research on the establishment of the cotton textile industry in the South following the Civil War. In the 1920s and 1930s, he advocated for worker rights, spoke out against racial violence, and socialist politics.
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Mitchell, Broadus, 1892-
The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1921. viii, 9-281 p.
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Mitchell, Elisha,
Green, William Mercer, 1798-1887, and
Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889
Account for Improvement of College Grounds, 1848
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Arguments for Temperance; A Sermon Addressed to the Students of the University of North Carolina, March 13th, 1831, and Published by Their Request
Raleigh: J. Gales & Son, 1831. [ii], 29 p.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Elisha Mitchell's Plan of the Lots on the Avenue, [1851]
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Elisha Mitchell's Private Notebook, 1818-1847 [Containing Miscellaneous Comments on Mathematics, Musicology, Electricity, Natural Sciences, and History and Personal Accounts and Notes on Readings and Letters Received]
5 pages, 5 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Excerpt from the Letter from Elisha Mitchell to John Ravenscroft, February 8, 1825
4 pages, 4 page images.
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University of North Carolina (1793-1962). General Faculty and
Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Faculty Circular and Grade Report for J. D. Battle, June 1, 1844
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
A Lecture on the Subject of Common Schools, Delivered Before the North Carolina Institute of Education, at Chapel Hill, June 26, 1834
Chapel Hill [N.C.]: Printed by Isaac C. Patridge, 1834. 12 p.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Charles Manly, December 19, 1836
7 pages, 8 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Charles Manly, December 27, 1849
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Charles Manly, February 3, 1849
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Charles Manly, July 5, 1834
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Charles Manly, September 11, 1840
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Duncan Cameron, December 28, 1835
4 pages, 5 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Maria North, February 11, 1818
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Letter from Elisha Mitchell to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, September 1836
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Thomas A. Waitt, January 2, 1836
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Letter from Elisha Mitchell to Thomas Ruffin, February 2, 1843
2 pages, 3 page images.
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University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Faculty Council and
Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Letter, to the Parents of Students at the Close of Every Session, December 9, 1824
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Petition of Elisha Mitchell Requesting a Leave of Absence, July 31, 1853
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Report of the Bursar (Elisha Mitchell), May 27, 1840
4 pages, 4 page images.
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University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Board of Trustees. Executive Committee,
Battle, William H. (William Horn), 1802-1879,
Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857, and
Swain, David L. (David Lowry), 1801-1868
Report to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the [Faculty] Committee Charged with Investigating the Burning of the Belfry, Prepared by William H. Battle, Elisha Mitchell, and David L. Swain, October 4, 1856
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857
Statistics, Facts, and Dates, for the Sunday Recitations of the Junior Class in the University
New York: R. Craighead, Printer, 1850. 15 p.
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Mitchell, James Billingslea, 1844-1891
Letter from J. B. Mitchell to Ruffin H. Thomson, May 29, 1866
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Mitchell, James Billingslea, 1844-1891
Letter from J.B. Mitchell to Ruffin H. Thomson, December 20, 1866
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Mitchell, Joseph
The Missionary Pioneer, or A Brief Memoir of the Life, Labours, and Death of John Stewart, (Man of Colour,) Founder, under God of the Mission among the Wyandotts at Upper Sandusky, Ohio
New-York: Printed by J. C. Totten, 1827. 96 p.
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Moffitt, E. E. (Elvira Evelina), 1836-1930
The N. C. Society Daughters of the Revolution and Its Objects. From The North Carolina Booklet, vol. VI, no.2: 146-150
[Raleigh]: North Carolina Society Daughters of the Revolution, 1906. 146-150 p.
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Montgomery, Frank Alexander, b. 1830
Reminiscences of a Mississippian in Peace and War
Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company Press, 1901. xv, 305 p.
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Warner, Ashton, d. 1831 and
Moodie, Susanna, 1803-1885
Negro Slavery Described by a Negro: Being the Narrative of Ashton Warner, a Native of St. Vincent's. With an Appendix Containing the Testimony of Four Christian Ministers, Recently Returned from the Colonies, on the System of Slavery as It Now Exists
London: Samuel Maunder, 1831. 144 p.
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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820,
Moore, Alfred, 1755-1810, and
Alves, Walter
Building Commissioners Minutes, June 28, 1801 [Containing Resolutions on the Discontinuance of Work on South Building on the Contracting of Work for the Grammar School]
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Moore, Augustus
Augustus Moore's Notes on a Course of Lectures Delivered at the University of North Carolina by Denison Olmsted, Volume 4, 1820
16 pages, 16 page images.
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Moore, James
conducted by Malinda Maynor
Oral History Interview with James Moore, October 16, 2003. Interview U-0011. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Longtime Prospect, N.C., resident James Moore recalls desegregation in that town.
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Moore, Joanna P., 1832-1916
"In Christ's Stead": Autobiographical Sketches
Chicago: Women's Baptist Home Mission Society, c1902. 275 p.
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Moore, John Jamison, 1818-1893
History of the A. M. E. Zion Church in America. Founded in 1796, in the City of New York
York, Pa.: Teachers' Journal Office, 1884. 392 p.
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Woods, Ruth Dial
conducted by Anne Mitchell Coe and Laura Moore
Oral History Interview with Ruth Dial Woods, June 12, 1992. Interview L-0078. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Ruth Dial Woods describes growing up as a Lumbee Indian in Robeson County, North Carolina, in the 1930s and 1940s. During the 1960s, Woods participated in the civil rights and women's liberation movements. In 1985, she was appointed to the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, where she worked to promote equality for minority students.
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Moore, Marinda Branson, 1829-1864
The Dixie Primer, for the Little Folks
Raleigh, N.C.: Branson & Farrar, 1863 [i.e., 1864]. 32 p.
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Moore, Marinda Branson, 1829-1864
The First Dixie Reader: Designed to Follow the Dixie Primer
Raleigh: Branson, Farrar & Co., 1863. 64 p.
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Moore, Marinda Branson, 1829-1864
The Geographical Reader, for the Dixie Children
Raleigh: Branson, Farrar & Co., 1863. 48 p.
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Moore, Richard
conducted by Leda Hartman
Oral History Interview with Richard H. Moore, August 2, 2002. Interview K-0598. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
North Carolina State Treasurer and former Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety Richard Moore describes the impact of Hurricane Floyd (1999) and the state government's response to the crisis. Moore describes the evolution of the Division of Emergency Management during his term and what he sees as its increasing effectiveness in responding to natural disasters.
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Baquaqua, Mahommah Gardo and
Moore, Samuel, fl. 1854
Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua, a Native of Zoogoo, in the Interior of Africa. (A Convert to Christianity,) With a Description of That Part of the World; Including the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, Their Religious Notions, Form of Government, Laws, Appearance of the Country, Buildings, Agriculture, Manufactures, Shepherds and Herdsmen, Domestic Animals, Marriage Ceremonials, Funeral Services, Styles of Dress, Trade and Commerce, Modes of Warfare, System of Slavery, &c., &c. Mahommah's Early Life, His Education, His Capture and Slavery in Western Africa and Brazil, His Escape to the United States, from Thence to Hayti, (the City of Port Au Prince,) His Reception by the Baptist Missionary There, The Rev. W. L. Judd; His Conversion to Christianity, Baptism, and Return to This Country, His Views, Objects and Aim. Written and Revised from His Own Words, by Samuel Moore, Esq., Late Publisher of the "North of England Shipping Gazette," Author of Several Popular Works, and Editor of Sundry Reform Papers
Detroit: Geo. E. Pomeroy & Co., 1854. 65, [1] p.
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Moore, T. V. (Thomas Verner), 1818-1871
God our Refuge and Strength in this War. A Discourse Before the Congregations of the First and Second Presbyterian Churches, on the Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer, Appointed by President Davis, Friday, Nov. 15, 1861
Richmond, Va.: W. Hargrave White, 1861. 24 p.
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Moore, Vennie
conducted by Brian Campbell and Laura Hajar
Oral History Interview with Vennie Moore, February 24, 1999. Interview K-0439. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Vennie Moore recalls her childhood in segregated Davidson, NC.
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Morehead, James Turner, 1838-1919
Address of James Turner Morehead, November 21, 1818
8 pages, 8 page images.
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Morgan, Irby
How It Was: Four Years Among the Rebels
Nashville, Tenn: Printed for the author [by] Publishing house, Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1892. 204 p.
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Morgan, James Morris, 1845-1928
Recollections of a Rebel Reefer
Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1917. xxi, 491 p.
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Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864
General Order, No. 2
S.l.: s.n., 1864. 1 p.
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Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864
Proclamation! To the People of Estelle and Adjoining Counties
Irvine, KY: s.n., 1862. 1 p.
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Morgan, Wallace
Feed a Fighter : Eat Only What You Need-- : Waste Nothing-- : That He and His Family May Have Enough
[United States]: United States Food Administration, [between 1914 and 1918].
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Morris, E. C., 1855-
Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars
Nashville, Tenn.: National Baptist Publishing Board, 1901. 322 p.
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Morris, Naomi Elizabeth
conducted by Pat Devine
Oral History Interview with Naomi Elizabeth Morris, November 11 and 16, 1982, and March 29, 1983. Interview B-0050. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Naomi Elizabeth Morris grew up in Wilson, North Carolina, during the 1920s and 1930s. After graduating with a degree in English from Atlantic Christian College in the early 1940s, she worked as a legal secretary before deciding to go to law school at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. One of the only women to graduate with her class in 1955, Morris practiced law for twelve years before becoming one of the original judges to serve on the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
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North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration
edited by J. S. Kirk, Walter A. Cutter, and Thomas W. Morse
Emergency Relief in North Carolina. A Record of the Development and the Activities of the North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration, 1932-1935. North Carolina Emergency Relief Commission, State Administrator, Mrs. Thomas O'Berry. Edited by J.S. Kirk, Walter A. Cutter [and] Thomas W. Morse
[Raleigh]: [Edwards & Broughton], 1936. 544 p.
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Morton, Louise Pointer
conducted by Eddie McCoy
Oral History Interview with Louise Pointer Morton, December 12, 1994. Interview Q-0067. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Louise Pointer Morton describes life in rural Granville County, North Carolina during the early twentieth century. In addition to describing social gatherings and living conditions, Morton speaks at length about her formerly enslaved grandmother's role in the founding of the Jonathon (Johnson) Creek Church, alluding to the centrality of religion as a preeminent social institution within southern African American communities.
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Morton, Nelle
conducted by Dallas A. Blanchard
Oral History Interview with Nelle Morton, June 29, 1983. Interview F-0034. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Nelle Morton served as the General Secretary of the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen from 1944 to 1950. In this interview, she describes her perception of the leaders of the Fellowship and the organization's aims and strategies in advocating for various social justice causes, including racial integration and labor activism. In addition, she describes her leadership of a male-dominated organization and how her work with the Fellowship raised her awareness of the need for women's liberation as well.
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Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916
The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1917. xxi, 414 p.
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Moseley, William D.
Letter from William D. Moseley to Elisha Mitchell, August 15, 1853
6 pages, 6 page images.
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Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
illustrated by Frederick S. Church and James Henry Moser
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. 231, [viii] p.
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Phillips, Dave
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Dave Phillips, January 27, 1999. Interview I-0084. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
North Carolina business leader and former Commerce Secretary S. Davis (Dave) Phillips discusses his personal successes as a businessman in High Point and his successes as Commerce Secretary under Governor Jim Martin.
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Gillings, Dennis
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Dennis Gillings, June 10, 1999. Interview I-0072. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Chairman and CEO of Quintiles Transnational Corporation describes his company's success and his business philosophy.
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Goodnight, Jim
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Jim Goodnight, July 22, 1999. Interview I-0073. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Jim Goodnight describes the founding and growth of his corporation, SAS.
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Iverson, Kenneth
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Iverson, June 11, 1999. Interview I-0083. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Kenneth Iverson describes his rise through the steel industry. An innovator in both the social and business side of management, Iverson rose to become president of Nucor Steel in 1964, and he quickly restructured the struggling company, moving it to Charlotte in 1966 and turning it into a profitable business. He seemed to have little trouble dismantling racial segregation or breaking down gender barriers, and while he disapproves of unions, he insists that Nucor's policies reward its employees enough that they have little need of union protection.
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Faircloth, Lauch
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Lauch Faircloth, July 16, 1999. Interview I-0070. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Successful farmer, businessman, and politician Lauch Faircloth discusses the changes in North Carolina's agricultural economy since World War II.
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Faircloth, Lauch
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Lauch Faircloth, March 22, 1999. Interview I-0069. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
North Carolina businessman and politician Lauch Faircloth describes his ascent through both business and politics.
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Poole, Lonnie
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Lonnie Poole, March 22, 1999. Interview I-0085. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Private waste management company owner Lonnie Poole discusses the past and present of his incredibly successful endeavor.
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Barentine, Richard
conducted by Joseph Mosnier and Dorothy Darr
Oral History Interview with Richard Barentine, January 28, 1999. Interview I-0068. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Richard Barentine, CEO of the International Home Furnishing Marketing Association, describes his leadership style and his contributions to Winston-Salem's furniture industry.
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Smith, Sherwood
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Sherwood Smith, March 23, 1999. Interview I-0079. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Sherwood Smith, Chairman of the Board of Carolina Power and Light, reflects on the energy business, and business in general, in North Carolina from the 1960s to the late 1990s.
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Smith, Sid
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Sid Smith, January 25, 1999. Interview I-0081. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Robert Sidney Smith, president and CEO of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers, discusses the hosiery industry in North Carolina and the U.S.
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Gryskiewicz, Stan
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Stan Gryskiewicz, January 15, 1999. Interview S-0017. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Stan Gryskiewicz worked as a psychologist for the Center for Creative Leadership beginning with its inception in 1970. In this interview (the second of two), Gryskiewicz describes the Center's development in creativity leadership programs and marketing, its evolution and gradual globalization from the 1970s into the 1990s, and the role of various leaders of the organization.
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Gryskiewicz, Stan
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Stan Gryskiewicz, November 5, 1998. Interview S-0016. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Stan Gryskiewicz worked as a psychologist for the Center for Creative Leadership from its inception in 1970. In this interview (the first of two), Gryskiewicz describes his background in psychology, his initial duties with the Center during the 1970s, the Center's 1973 managerial reorganization, his perception of various leaders within the Center, and his research in creative leadership development.
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Ulmer, Walt
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Walt Ulmer, November 20, 1998. Interview S-0034. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Walter F. Ulmer, Jr., served as the president for the Center for Creative Leadership, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, from 1985 to 1995. In this interview, Ulmer discusses various changes the Center underwent during his tenure, focusing primarily on the Center's rapid economic and geographic growth.
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Moton, Robert Russa, 1867-1940
Finding a Way Out: An Autobiography
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921, c1920. ix, 295 p.
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Mott, Abigail, 1766-1851
Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour. To Which is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry
New-York: M. Day, 1826. 192 p.
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Mott, Abigail, 1766-1851
Narratives of Colored Americans
New York: William Wood & Co., 1875. 276 p.
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Mountain, Joseph, 1758-1790
edited by David Daggett
Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro, Who Was Executed at New-Haven, on the 20th Day of October, 1790, for a Rape, Committed on the 26th Day of May Last. [The Writer of This History Has Directed That the Money Arising From the Sales Thereof, After Deducting the Expence of Printing, &c. Be Given to the Unhappy Girl, Whose Life Is Rendered Wretched by the Crime of the Malefactor.]
New-Haven: T. and S. Green, 1790. 19, [1] p.
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Bailey, Allen
conducted by Bill Moye
Oral History Interview with Allen Bailey, [date unknown]. Interview B-0066. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Charlotte political operative Allen Bailey shares his thoughts on politics and community.
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Lowe, Charles M.
conducted by Bill Moye
Oral History Interview with Charles M. Lowe, March 20, 1975. Interview B-0069. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Longtime Charlotte politician Charles Lowe discusses the county-city consolidation issue in Charlotte, NC, and offers his thoughts on the broad, impersonal trends that dominate the political process.
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Alexander, Frederick Douglas
conducted by Bill Moye
Oral History Interview with Frederick Douglas Alexander, April 1, 1975. Interview B-0065. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Frederick Douglas Alexander served as a city council member who worked to consolidate Charlotte-Mecklenburg County from 1969 to 1971. He discusses the failures of the consolidation movement.
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Fleming, J. Carlton
conducted by Bill Moye
Oral History Interview with J. Carlton Fleming, [date unknown]. Interview B-0068. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
J. Carlton Fleming, who was on a Chamber of Commerce committee pushing for consolidation in Charlotte, NC, in the 1960s, discusses the demise of the issue in this interview.
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Brookshire, Stanford Raynold
conducted by Bill Moye
Oral History Interview with Stanford Raynold Brookshire, August 18, 1975. Interview B-0067. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Stanford Raynold Brookshire, Charlotte's first four-term mayor, explains why Charlotte and Mecklenburg County failed to consolidate their city services in the early 1970s.
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Evans, Martha W.
conducted by William (Bill) Moye
Oral History Interview with Martha W. Evans, June 26, 1974. Interview A-0318. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Martha W. Evans was already an active participant in Charlotte, North Carolina, politics when she was elected as a state legislator in 1962. In this interview, she describes local and state politics as they related to the great physical and economic growth Charlotte experienced from the late 1950s into the 1970s.
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Mullins, William Sidney, 1824-1878
Excerpts from the Diary of William S. Mullins, July 29 and 30, 1841
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Mullins, William Sidney, 1824-1878
Excerpts from the Diary of William S. Mullins, November 23 through 25, 1840
6 pages, 6 page images.
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Mullins, William Sidney, 1824-1878
Letter from William Sidney Mullins to P. Henry Winston, September 23, 1840
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Munford, Robert, d. 1784
A Collection of Plays and Poems, by the Late Col. Robert Munford, of Mecklenburg County, in the State of Virginia. Now First Published Together
Petersburg: William Prentis, 1798. xii, 13-168, 187-206 p.
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Murphey, Archibald D. (Archibald De Bow), 1777-1832
Archibald D. Murphey's Plan of Education, December 1818
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Lupton, Carroll
conducted by Mary Murphy
Oral History Interview with Carroll Lupton, April 2, 1980. Interview H-0028. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
North Carolina doctor Carroll Lupton recalls his days practicing medicine in the mill town of Burlington, North Carolina. Focusing primarily on the 1930s, Lupton talks about providing medical care to poor mill workers. Lupton emphasizes medical treatment for pregnant women, treatment of venereal disease, and popular medical remedies of the day.
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Norman, Icy, b. 1911
conducted by Mary Murphy
Oral History Interview with Icy Norman, April 6 and 30, 1979. Interview H-0036. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Icy Norman recalls her long working life, most of which was spent at a textile mill in Burlington, North Carolina.
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Norman, Icy, b. 1911
conducted by Mary Murphy
Oral History Interview with Icy Norman, April 6 and 30, 1979. Interview H-36. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Icy Norman recalls the many ways the Burlington Mill affected the daily lives of mill workers.
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Shoemaker, Mattie and
Edmonds, Mildred Shoemaker
conducted by Mary Murphy
Oral History Interview with Mattie Shoemaker and Mildred Shoemaker Edmonds, March 23, 1979. Interview H-0046. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Sisters Mattie Shoemaker and Mildred Shoemaker Edmonds discuss their experiences at a textile mill in Burlington, NC.
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Cole, Louise
conducted by Priscilla Murphy
Oral History Interview with Louise Cole, March 16, 1995. Interview G-0157. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Louise Cole, a devout Mormon, discusses her childhood in Baltimore, Maryland, and her education in microbiology and biochemistry at Brigham Young University in the mid-1960s. In 1977, Cole settled in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with her family. In the late 1980s, she became actively involved in Putting Children First, a group concerned with issues in school curriculum such as multiculturalism and sex education and its impact on their children.
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Murphy, William Patrick
conducted by Sean Devereux
Oral History Interview with William Patrick Murphy, January 17, 1978. Interview B-0043. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Lawyer William Patrick Murphy describes his 1950s battle against segregation and his struggle to keep his job after his beliefs became public in Oxford, Mississippi. Murphy, who taught constitutional law at the University of Mississippi, used journal articles and his classroom to speak out in favor of the Brown decision. He recalls this tumultuous time and downplays his accomplishments in this interview.
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Murray, Zelma Montgomery
conducted by Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with Zelma Montgomery Murray, March 4, 1976. Interview H-0034. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A couple recalls living and working in the difficult conditions of North Carolina's cotton mill towns.
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Muse, Benjamin
The Memoirs of a Swine in the Land of Kultur, or, How it Felt to be a Prisoner of War
Durham, N. C.: The Seeman Printery, 1919. 47 p.
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Salley, Eulalie
conducted by Constance Myers
Oral History Interview with Eulalie Salley, September 15, 1973. Interview G-0054. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Eulalie Salley, a suffragist from South Carolina, describes the effort of American suffragists to bring about the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; the issues that mobilized male and female supporters of women's suffrage; the important leaders in the movement; and the issues facing women today.
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Boyd, Rosamonde R.
conducted by Constance Myers
Oral History Interview with Gov. Rosamonde R. Boyd, October 29, 1973. Interview G-0011. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Rosamonde R. Boyd shares her observations on women's activism in the early 20th century.
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Howorth, Lucy Somerville
conducted by Constance Myers
Oral History Interview with Lucy Somerville Howorth, June 20, 22, and 23, 1975. Interview G-0028. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Born in 1895, Lucy Somerville Howorth was born and raised in Mississippi. An activist for women's rights from an early age, Howorth was actively involved in the campaign for women's suffrage before she became a lawyer, a judge, and a politician. She describes her involvement in numerous women's organizations, her perceptions of the women who led those organizations, and their evolution over the years.
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Pollitzer, Mabel
conducted by Constance Myers
Oral History Interview with Mabel Pollitzer, June 16, 1974. Interview G-0047-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Mabel Pollitzer describes her involvement in the women's suffrage movement in Charleston, South Carolina. In particular, Pollitzer describes the leadership role of Susan Pringle Frost within the movement, the split between the National American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman's Party in the 1910s, and her perception of various leaders within the movement in South Carolina.
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Pollitzer, Mabel
conducted by Constance Myers
Oral History Interview with Mabel Pollitzer, September 19, 1973. Interview G-0047-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Mabel Pollitzer was born Charleston, South Carolina, in 1885. After graduating from Columbia University in 1906, she returned to Charleston to teach biology at Memminger, an all-girls school. Pollitzer describes her involvement in the women's suffrage movement, her perception of politicians and women's rights leaders, and her civic work within the community of Charleston.
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Tolbert, Marguerite
conducted by Constance Myers
Oral History Interview with Marguerite Tolbert, June 14, 1974. Interview G-0062. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Marguerite Tolbert worked throughout her life as an educator in South Carolina public schools and universities for adult education. She describes her education and high school graduation through stories from her book, South Carolina's Distinguished Women from Laurens County. She recounts how she earned a scholarship to Winthrop College and met her teaching colleagues, Wil Lou Gray and Dr. D.B. Johnson; describes local activism for women's suffrage between 1914 and 1920; and recalls encounters with leaders, including President Hoover and Jane Addams. She concludes by discussing the controversy at Winthrop College over a discrepancy in female teachers' salaries.
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Myers, Lloyd, b. 1892
Your Country Calls : Enlist Plow--Buy Bonds
[United States]: Design by Albert Frank & Co., [between 1914 and 1918].
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Tyler, Phyllis
conducted by Terri Myers
Oral History Interview with Phyllis Tyler, October 10, 1988. Interview C-0080. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Phyllis Tyler first moved to North Carolina during the 1940s in order to join the Blessed Community of Quakers in Celo. In the 1950s, she moved with her family to Raleigh, where she became increasingly involved in the civil rights movement. Throughout the interview, she emphasizes the changing nature of race relations from the 1950s into the 1980s.