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E. M. W. (Elizabeth Merwin Wickham), 1810-1901
A Lost Family Found; An Authentic Narrative of Cyrus Branch and His Family, Alias John White
Manchester, VT: s. n., 1869. 26 p.
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Daniels, Jonathan Worth
conducted by Charles Eagles
Oral History Interview with Jonathan Worth Daniels, March 9-11, 1977. Interview A-0313. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
In this interview, Jonathan Daniels discusses his father's role as a newspaper editor and Secretary of the Navy, as well as his father's racial and religious views. Daniels also describes how race and the University of North Carolina shaped his own life.
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Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early C.S.A.: Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative of the War between the States
Philadelphia; London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1912. xxvi, 496 p.
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Early, Sarah J. W. (Sarah Jane Woodson)
Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early, One of the Pioneers of African Methodism in the West and South
Nashville: Publishing House A.M.E. Church Sunday School Union, 1894. 161 p.
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East, Clay
conducted by Sue Thrasher
Oral History Interview with Clay East, September 22, 1973. Interview E-0003. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Clay East was a founding member of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. In this interview, he describes life in Tyronza, Arkansas, during the 1920s and 1930s; his conversion to socialism; his observation of the problems of tenant farmers and sharecroppers; and his role in the formation of the union during the early 1930s.
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Cavenaugh, Bernice and
Easter, Betsy
conducted by Charles Thompson and Charles Thompson
Oral History Interview with Bernice Cavenaugh and Betsy Easter, December 8, 1999. Interview K-0279. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Earl and Mattie Bell Cavanaugh, both over 80, express concern with the erosion of more values and discuss their frustrations with the government after Hurricane Floyd.
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Cavenaugh, Mattie Bell,
Cavenaugh, Earl,
Cavenaugh, Artis,
Cavenaugh, Thomas, and
Easter, Betsy
conducted by Charles Thompson, Charles Thompson, and Rob Amberg
Oral History Interview with Mattie Bell, Earl, Artis and Thomas Cavenaugh and Betsy Easter, December 7, 1999. Interview K-0282. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Earl and Mattie Bell Cavanaugh, both over 80, express concern with the erosion of more values and discuss their frustrations with the government after Hurricane Floyd.
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Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce (Kinston, N.C.)
Eastern North Carolina, Where Prosperity is Perennial, Invites You!
Kinston, N.C.: Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, [1924?]. 49 p.
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Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce (Kinston, N.C.)
69 Progressive and Prosperous Towns of Eastern North Carolina. "Where Life Is Really Worth While" Invite You. A Wonderful Collection from Which to Make a Choice. Why Worry Where You Are When You Can Come to Eastern North Carolina and Be Happy?
Kinston: Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, [1925?]. 50, [2] p.
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Eastern North Carolina Insane Asylum (Goldsboro, N.C.)
Superintendent's Report of the Eastern Insane Asylum, for the Year of 1884
Goldsboro, N.C.: The Asylum, 1885. 24 p.
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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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Edmondson, Belle, 1840-1873
Diary of Belle Edmondson, January - November, 1864
Transcript of the manuscript, UNC-Chapel Hill, Southern Historical Collection, 139 p.
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Edwards, John Passmore, 1823-1911 and
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Uncle Tom's Companions: Or, Facts Stranger Than Fiction. A Supplement to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Being Startling Incidents in the Lives of Celebrated Fugitive Slaves.
London: Edwards and Co., 1852. xi, 222 p.
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Edwards, John Ellis, 1814-1891
The Wounded Soldier
[Raleigh, N.C.: s.n., between 1861 and 1865]. 8 p.
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Edwards, Margaret
conducted by Barbara Copeland
Oral History Interview with Margaret Edwards, January 20, 2002. Interview R-0157. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Margaret Edwards grew up in a large, African American sharecropping family in Ayden, North Carolina during the 1950s and 1960s. She eventually settled in the Raleigh area. Following her experiences with the Baptist and Pentecostal Holiness churches, she converted to Mormonism in 1998. In this interview, she discusses her role within the Mormon Church as an African American woman; the intersections between race, gender, and religion; and the attitude of other denominations toward Mormonism.
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Edwards, S. J. Celestine
From Slavery to a Bishopric, or, The Life of Bishop Walter Hawkins of the British Methodist Episcopal Church Canada
London: Kensit, 1891. 176 p.
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Edwards, William James, b. 1869
Twenty-Five Years in the Black Belt
Boston: The Cornhill Company, c1918. xvii, 143 p.
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Woodward, C. Vann
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with C. Vann Woodward, January 12, 1991. Interview A-0341. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Noted historian C. Vann Woodward reflects on race relations in the American South.
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Kytle, Calvin
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Calvin Kytle, January 19, 1991. Interview A-0365. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Calvin and Elizabeth Kytle were both born and raised in the South. After World War II, they spent several years in Atlanta, Georgia, before moving to Ohio. The Kytles held liberal views on race issues and supported civil rights. Here, they describe their perceptions of race problems and their thoughts on the actions of various leaders and politicians, ranging from pro-segregationists to racial moderates to civil rights activists.
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Jones, Charles M.
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Charles M. Jones, July 21, 1990. Interview A-0335. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Charles Jones led the First Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill as pastor in the late 1940s. He describes his education and ministry in this interview and the controversies during his time at the church. The regional presbytery disapproved of Jones's active support of the Freedom Riders, black attendance in the church, and his failure to read the Article of Faith during services. He describes how he was expelled from the church despite the support of some UNC students and faculty. At the end of the interview, he discusses his views on why "separate but equal" failed and whether people missed an opportunity to change race relations between 1945 and 1950.
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Duke, Daniel
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Daniel Duke, August 22, 1990. Interview A-0366. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Daniel Duke was born in Palmetto, Georgia, in 1915 and became a lawyer during the 1930s. The solicitor general of Fulton County in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Duke presided over a case against the Ku Klux Klan and their use of flogging as a terror tactic against both African Americans and whites. In the mid-1940s, he became the assistant attorney general of Georgia.
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Johnson, Guy B.
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Guy B. Johnson, July 22, 1990. Interview A-0345. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Sociologist Guy B. Johnson describes his path to sociology and recalls his participation in the Southern Regional Council in the 1940s.
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Fleming, Harold
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Harold Fleming, January 24, 1990. Interview A-0363. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Harold Fleming recounts how he became involved with the Southern Regional Council and the kinds of criticisms he faced for opposing racism in the 1940s and 1950s. He especially remembers many Communist trials designed to scare racial progressives and how many limited their involvement in organizations like the S.R.C. for fear of losing their jobs. Fleming compares the leadership styles of those he encountered in the organization and mentions that he was motivated by frustration with the Jim Crow system and its consequences for the South.
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Talmadge, Herman
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Herman Talmadge, November 8, 1990. Interview A-0347. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Georgia politician Herman Talmadge reflects on race in southern politics and the intrusive process of desegregation.
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Lewis, Hylan
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Hylan Lewis, January 13, 1991. Interview A-0361. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Sociologist Hylan Lewis describes his experiences with race in the American South in the post-World War II period.
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Coleman, James P.
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with James P. Coleman, September 5, 1990. Interview A-0338. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Former attorney general and governor of Mississippi James P. Coleman discusses his role in southern politics from the 1930s through the 1960s. Coleman focuses specifically on the issue of racial segregation and its impact on Mississippi politics.
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Franklin, John Hope
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with John Hope Franklin, July 27, 1990. Interview A-0339. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
John Hope Franklin remembers life as a student in the segregated South.
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Ivey, John
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with John Ivey, July 21, 1990. Interview A-0360. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
John Ivey received his doctoral degree in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1944. He and his wife, Melville Corbett Ivey, describe their interaction with such leading figures as Howard Odum, Rupert Vance, and Frank Porter Graham. After a brief sojourn working for the Tennessee Valley Authority, Ivey became the director of the Southern Regional Education Board, where he advocated for the desegregation of public schools in the South.
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Johnson, Lyman
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Lyman Johnson, July 12, 1990. Interview A-0351. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Lyman Johnson traces his lifelong pursuit of racial equality through his father's rejection of racial hierarchies, his experiences as an educated black Navy solder, his observations of racial violence, and his efforts to get equal pay and union representation for Louisville teachers.
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Simkins, Modjeska
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Modjeska Simkins, May 11, 1990. Interview A-0356. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Civil rights leader Modjeska Simkins discusses race and civil rights before World War II.
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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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Kennedy, Stetson
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Stetson Kennedy, May 11, 1990. Interview A-0354. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Veteran activist Stetson Kennedy describes his desire to strike down segregation in the American South and some of the ways he translated this impulse into action.
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Durr, Virginia
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Virginia Durr, February 6, 1991. Interview A-0337. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Civil rights activist Virginia Foster Durr describes her involvement in the nascent civil rights movement of the 1940s and 1950s.
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Gordon, William
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with William Gordon, January 19, 1991. Interview A-0364. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
African American journalist William Gordon describes growing up in the rural South in the 1920s and 1930s. Following his education at LeMoyne College in Memphis, Tennessee, and his service in the army during World War II, Gordon attended graduate school and became a journalist. He explains his relationship with civil rights advocates such as Ralph McGill and Herman Talmadge, and describes his perspective on changing race relations and the fall of Jim Crow segregation.
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Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911
A Rebel's Recollections
New York: Hurd and Houghton; Cambridge (Mass.): The Riverside Press, 1875, c1874. 260 p.
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Hall, Samuel, b. 1818 and
Elder, Orville, b. 1866
Samuel Hall, 47 Years a Slave; A Brief Story of His Life Before and After Freedom Came to Him
Washington, Ia.: Journal Print, 1912. [45] p.
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Green, Frances H. (Frances Harriet), 1805-1878 and
Eldridge, Elleanor, 1784-1845?
Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge
Providence, R. I.: B.T. Albro, 1838. 128 p.
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Eliot, William Greenleaf, 1811-1887
The Story of Archer Alexander: From Slavery to Freedom, March 30, 1863
Boston: Cupples, Upham and Company; Old Corner Bookstore, 1885. 123 p.
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Elizabeth, 1765?-1866
Elizabeth, a Colored Minister of the Gospel Born in Slavery
Philadelphia: Tract Assoc. of Friends, 1889. 16 p.
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Elizabeth, 1765?-1866
Memoir of Old Elizabeth, a Coloured Woman.
Philadelphia: Collins, 1863. 19 p.
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Elliott, Sarah Barnwell, 1848-1928
The Durket Sperret
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1898. 222 p.
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Elliott, Stephen, 1806-1866
Extract from a Sermon Preached by Bishop Elliott, on the 18th September, Containing a Tribute to the Privates of the Confederate Army
[Savannah?: s. n., 1862]. 4 p.
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Elliott, Stephen, 1806-1866
Ezra's Dilemna [sic]. A Sermon Preached in Christ Church, Savannah, on Friday, August 21st, 1863, being the Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer, Appointed by the President of the Confederate States
Savannah, Ga.: Power Press of George M. Nichols, 1863. 26 p.
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Elliott, Stephen, 1806-1866
Funeral Services at the Burial of the Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, D. D. Together with the Semon Delivered in St. Paul's Church, Augusta, Ga., on June 29, 1864: Being the Feast of St. Peter the Apostle
Columbia, S.C.: Printed by Evans & Cogswell, 1864. 28 p.
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Elliott, Stephen, 1806-1866
New Wine not to Be Put into Old Bottles. A Sermon Preached in Christ Church, Savannah, on Friday, February 28th, 1862, being the Day of Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer, Appointed by the President of the Confederate States.
Savannah: Steam Power Press of John M. Cooper, 1862. 18 p.
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Elliott, Stephen, 1806-1866
Our Cause in Harmony with the Purposes of God in Christ Jesus. A Sermon Preached in Christ Church, Savannah, on Thursday, September 18th, 1862, Being the Day Set Forth by the President of the Confederate States, as a Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving, for our Manifold Victories, and Especially for the Fields of Manassas and Richmond, Ky.
Savannah: Power Press of John M. Cooper, 1862. 23 p.
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Elliott, Stephen, 1806-1866
"Samson's Riddle." A Sermon Preached in Christ Church, Savannah, on Friday, March 27th, 1863, Being the Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer, Appointed by the President of the Confederate States
Macon, Ga.: Burke, Boykin, 1863. 24 p.
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Elliott, Stephen, 1806-1866
Vain is the Help of Man. A Sermon Preached in Christ Church, Savannah, on Thursday, September 15, 1864, Being the Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, Appointed by the Governor of the State of Georgia
Macon, Ga.: Burke, Boykin, 1864. 18 p.
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Elliott and Gonzales Family
Elliott and Gonzales Family Papers. Personal Correspondence, 1861-1865
45 p.
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Ellis, John Willis, 1820-1861
Speech of Hon. John W. Ellis, Delivered before the Democratic State Convention, in Raleigh, March 9, 1860
Raleigh: "Standard" Office Print, 1860. 15 p.
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Elmore, George R.
conducted by Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with George R. Elmore, March 11, 1976. Interview H-0266. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
George Elmore discusses a life that took him from farm labor to mill management in rural North Carolina.
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Emerson Jr., Casper
Help Them : Keep Your War Savings Pledge
[United States]: Issued by U.S. Treasury Dept., [between 1914 and 1918].
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Emmons, Ebenezer, 1799-1863
Agriculture of North-Carolina, Part II: Containing a Statement of the Principles of the Science Upon Which the Practices of Agriculture, as an Art, Are Founded
Raleigh: W.W. Holden, 1860. 112 p.
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Emmons, Ebenezer, 1799-1863
Geological Report of the Midland Counties of North Carolina
New York: George P. Putnam & Co., 1856. xx, 351 p.
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Emmons, Ebenezer, 1799-1863
Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties; Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds
Raleigh: H. D. Turner, 1858. xvi, 314, [1] p.
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English, Raymond,
English, Eunice,
English, Wayne, and
English, Charles Russell
conducted by Charles Thompson, Charles Thompson, and Rob Amberg
Oral History Interview with Raymond, Eunice, Wayne, and Charles Russell English, December 8, 1999. Interview K-0280. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Raymond and Eunice English, along with their son and nephew, worry that Hurricane Floyd may have irreparably crippled the aging Duplin County, N.C., farming community.
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Enloe, Alma
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Alma Enloe, May 18, 1998. Interview K-0167. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Alma Enloe remembers West Charlotte High School as an extension of the pre-integration African American community in Charlotte.
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Episcopal Church. Diocese of Georgia. Bishop (1841-1866: Elliott)
Address of the Rt. Rev. Stephen Elliott, D. D., to the Thirty-Ninth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the Diocese of Georgia
Savannah: Power Press of John M. Cooper & Company, 1861. 19 p.
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Episcopal Church. Diocese of Louisiana
Extracts from the Journal of the Twenty-Third Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the Diocese of Louisiana, Containing an Extract from the Address of the Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese. Also, the Report of the Committee on the State of the Church, with the Resolutions Thereupon Adopted
New Orleans: Printed at the Bulletin Book and Job Office, 1861. 24 p.
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Episcopal Church. Diocese of Mississippi. Convention
Journal of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the Diocese of Mississippi. Held in Christ Church, Holly Springs, April 25, 26 and 27, 1861
Jackson: Mississippian Book and Job Office, 1861. 104 p.
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Episcopal Church. Diocese of North Carolina. Convocation of the Colored People
Memorial of the Convocation of the Colored People in the Diocese of North Carolina Presented to the Diocesan Convention of 1916.
[S. l.: s. n.], 1916. 4 p.
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Episcopal Church. Diocese of South Carolina
Journal of the Proceedings of the Seventy-Fifth Annual Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina, Held in the Church of the Advent, Spartanburg, on the 11th and 12th of May, 1864. With Lists of the Clergy and Parishes, the Parochial Reports, the Constitution, Canons, and Rules of Order, and the Standing Resolutions; Also, the Form for the Incorporation of Churches, Etc
Columbia: Evans & Cogswell, 1864. 82 p.
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Episcopal Church. Diocese of South Carolina
Journal of the Proceedings of the Seventy-Second Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina, Held in Trinity Church, Abbeville, on the 19th and 20th of June, 1861. With Lists of the Clergy and Parishes, the Parochial Reports, the Constitution, Canons and Rules of Order, and the Standing Resolutions
Charleston, S. C.: Printed by A. E. Miller, 1861. 76 p.
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Episcopal Church. Diocese of South Carolina
Journal of the Proceedings of the Seventy-Third Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South-Carolina, Held in Grace Church, Charleston, on the 12th 13th 14th February, 1862. With Lists of the Clergy and Parishes, the Parochial Reports, the Constitution Canons and Rules of Order, and the Standing Resolutions
Charleston, S. C.: Miller, 1862. 80 p.
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Episcopal Church. Diocese of Virginia
Journal of the Sixty-Eighth Annual Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia. Held in St. Paul's Church, Richmond, on the 20th, 21st and 22nd May, 1863
Richmond: B.R. Wren, 1863. 88 p.
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Equal Suffrage Association of North Carolina
Proceedings of the Second Annual Convention of the Equal Suffrage Association of North Carolina Held at Battery Park Hotel Asheville, N. C. October, 29th, 1915
Henderson, N.C.: Jones-Stone Printing Co., 1916. 20 p.
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Equiano, Olaudah, b. 1745
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself. Vol. I.
London: Author, [1789]. v, [9], 272, [5] p.
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Equiano, Olaudah, b. 1745
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself. Vol. II.
London: Author, [1789]. [2], 255 p.
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Ethridge, Scott
We Clear the Way for Your Fighting Dollars : Buy 4th Liberty Loan, U.S. Government Bonds
[United States]: [s.n.], [1918?].
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Ethridge, Willie Snow
conducted by Lee Kessler
Oral History Interview with Willie Snow Ethridge, December 15, 1975. Interview G-0024. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Willie Snow Ethridge discusses her career as a writer in the South and her efforts to combine work with family and marriage. In addition, she describes growing up in Georgia, gender expectations in the South, and her work in the anti-lynching movement.
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Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909
Macaria; or, Altars of Sacrifice
Richmond: West & Johnston, 1864. 183 p.
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Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909
St. Elmo: A Novel
New York; London: Carleton, Publisher; S. Low, Son & Co., 1867. 571, 4 p.
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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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Everett, Kathrine Robinson
conducted by Pamela Dean
Oral History Interview with Kathrine Robinson Everett, April 30, 1985. Interview C-0005. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A pioneer in women's education and women in law, Kathrine Robinson Everett describes what it was like to attend law school in the early twentieth century. In the 1920s, Everett practiced law in Cumberland County and worked to register women to vote after the passage of the 19th Amendment. Following her marriage in 1928, Everett worked alongside her husband, supporting his legal and political career; became involved in local politics in Durham; and worked with various women's organizations.
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Everett, Kathrine Robinson
conducted by Pamela Dean
Oral History Interview with Kathrine Robinson Everett, January 21, 1986. Interview C-0006. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Kathrine Robinson Everett recalls a career as a trailblazing female lawyer and women’s rights activist.
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Evitt, Alice P.
conducted by James L. Leloudis
Oral History Interview with Alice P. Evitt, July 18, 1979. Interview H-0162. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Alice Evitt describes her rural childhood and life as a millworker and mother in North Carolina in the first half of the 20th Century.