Conversations in Black: African American History and Heritage, Greensboro, N.C.
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Darryl Quick Collection
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Darryl Quick is a Greensboro resident. His parents, Julius and Mattie Quick, had long careers as educators in Greensboro.
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Adam Lawrence Randolph III Collection
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Adam Randolph III was born in Newport News, Va., the son of Adam Randolph Jr. and Louise Wilkins Randolph. In 1968, he was one of five African-American cadets who integrated Virginia Military Institute (VMI). His children are Adam (IV), Marcus, and Amber Randolph. Randolph currently resides in Greensboro, N.C. The collection includes photographs of his time as a cadet and of various family members from the 1920s to 1980s.
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Bernetiae Reed Collection
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Reed is a genealogist, historian, author, documentary filmmaker, and social activist based in the North Carolina Piedmont. In 2018 she received the Spotlight Award from the Society of American Archivists. She coordinates the oral history project connected with the Benbow Road historic district application and has been closely involved with the digitization project and other aspects as well. The collection consists of various materials connected to the Benbow Road neighborhood and to local African American history in general.
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Chad Roberts Collection
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Chad Roberts is a Greensboro resident, copy editor, and alumnus of North Carolina A&T State University. This collection includes material related to architect William Streat and other community members affiliated with Bennett College and A&T.
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Saint James Presbyterian Church
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The Wynn Memorial Library at Saint James Presbyterian Church collects material that documents the history of the church (founded in 1867) and its members. This collection is still being developed, but we are providing access during development.
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Major S. Sanders, Jr. Collection
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Major Sanders was born in Concord, North Carolina in 1943 and studied Architectural Engineering at N.C. A&T State University. In 1966, he began working for Greensboro architect W. Edward "Blue" Jenkins. After graduating from A&T in 1971, he continued to work for Jenkins until 1978. Relocating to Wisconsin, he worked for American Medical Buildings (1978-1980) and Shephard Legan Aldrian Ltd. (1980-1982) before again returning to Jenkins' firm from 1982 to 1986. Sanders established his own firm in 1986, and later became President of Quality Housing Corporation in Greensboro, specializing in passive solar and low-cost energy solutions. He has designed and supervised numerous prominent buildings in North Carolina and Wisconsin, and has been involved in many professional and civic organizations.
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Carolyn P. Coleman Simms Collection
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Carolyn Patricia Coleman Simms is a Greensboro resident who grew up with her family on Lutheran Street and graduated from Dudley High School in 1968. Her father, Mitchell Coleman Jr., was Head laboratory Technician at L. Richardson Hospital. Her mother, Delores Robbins Coleman was a 1941 graduate of Winston-Salem Teachers College (now Winston-Salem State University).
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Evelyn V. Slade Collection
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Evelyn V. Slade is a longtime Greensboro resident, an alumna of Guilford Technical Community College, and a retail customer service lead. Her parents, John and Rose Lee Vines established Vines Cleaners, which had branches in Greensboro and Winston-Salem. The collection consists of material about Vines Cleaners and about Berry Hill Plantation. There is also considerable material about the Vines and Shoffner/Headen families, including family trees, family histories, and numerous photos dating back to the 1800s.
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Ronald Owens Smith, Jr. Collection
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Dr. Ronald Owens Smith, Jr, was a faculty member and administrator at North Carolina A&T State University. The collections consists of photos documenting his family and career, several memorial programs, an animated video by his students, and an oral history interview with his cousin.
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Sylvia Dean Stanback Collection
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Sylvia Dean Stanback is a lifelong resident of Greensboro. She is the great-granddaughter of James Monroe Dean, Sr. (1834-1902) and Lucinda Mitchell Dean (1834-1911). The Mitchell and Dean families played significant roles in the development of Greensboro, and particularly of Providence Baptist Church. James Dean was a Guilford County magistrate, philanthropist, and businessman--the owner of Dean's Brickyard, which supplied bricks for the construction of many early Greensboro landmarks.
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T.O. Stokes, Jr,. Collection
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The T.O. Stokes, Jr., Collection documents Stokes's community service with such organizations as the Hayes-Taylor YMCA, the Greensboro Men's Club, and Providence Baptist Church. Stokes has been active in the business, spiritual, and cultural life of Greensboro's African American community since arriving in the city in the 1940s.
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Tom Taylor Collection
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The Tom Taylor Collection consists of a 1934 letter to Taylor's mother documenting the history of Greensboro schools.
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Sherry M. Teal Illustrative Oral History Collection
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Illustrative oral history drawings completed as part of the "Conversations in Black: African American History and Heritage, Greensboro, N.C." community memory project. Sherry M. Teal is an architectural historian and artist based in Greensboro.
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Totten Family Collection
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The Totten Family collection documents family members descended from Riley and Zula Clapp Totten (one of the first three graduates of the Palmer Memorial Institute in 1905). One of their sons, Arthur Sylvester Totten (1913-1999), was a native of Guilford County, a retired professor of poultry science at N.C. A&T State University and an Army veteran. He held a B.S. degree from West Virginia State University and a M.S. degree from Michigan State University. He was a former board member of American Federal Savings and Loan Association, a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, the United Methodist Men, Chancel choir and the Men's choir at St. Matthews United Methodist Church in Greensboro. Totten's wife Geraldine (d. 1990) was a faculty member at Bennett College from 1966 to 1985. His son, Arthur Avery Totten (b. 1948), was employed by the Environmental Protection Agency and now resides in Greensboro. The collection includes photographs of family and friends and of trips to Nigeria, funeral service programs, and printed items related to St. Matthews, N.C. A&T State University, and other civic groups.
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Ronald Tuck Collection
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Ronald Tuck is a Greensboro resident, a graduate of N.C. A&T State University, and a member of the A&T Hall of Fame.
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Lolita C. Watkins Collection
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Lolita Cheryl Watkins, daughter of Clarence C. Watkins, Sr. (1907-1990) and Evelyn J. Watkins of Reidsville, N.C., is an alumna of UNC Greensboro, was a curriculum specialist for the Guilford County Schools. She is an active member of Saint James Presbyterian Church in Greensboro and has been involved with numerous community ministries. Her father was a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University and Columbia University, and was employed as a teacher at Elm Grove Elementary School and later as the first Black supervisor of the Rockingham County School System, as well as a number of civil and educational organizations.
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Marvin H. Watkins Collection
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Marvin H. Watkins has served as director of research administration and later as associate vice chancellor for research at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. He was also employed as assistant to the president for development at Bennett College, and was dean of boys at Dudley High School.
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Eric Woodard Collection
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Eric Woodard is a Greensboro resident, North Carolina State University graduate, designer, and author who works with Preservation Greensboro, Inc. This collection includes material related to William Alfred Streat and his wife, Florence Louise Guenveur Streat.
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