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Alexander W. McAlister Family Papers

The Alexander W. McAlister Family Papers consist primarily of materials pertaining to the McAlister/Little families, the Church by the Side of the Road, and Pilot Life Insurance Company. Also of note are items relating to Edgeworth Female Seminary and Greensboro High School. Alexander Worth McAlister Sr. was instrumental in the founding of Pilot Life Insurance Company, the Greensboro Country Club, Irving Park, and Sedgefield. He was also an elder in the Church by the Side of the Road and closely involved in its split from the Presbyterian denomination. Researchers interested in churches, educational institutions, businesses, or neighborhoods in Greensboro may find items of use in this collection. Genealogists may be interested in materials tracing the Little family line back to ancestor John Howland's immigration on the Mayflower and following the McAlister/Worth family lineage back to the American Revolution.

Boys' football team
Photograph of a boys' football team.
Edgeworth Female Seminary anniversary program
Program for Edgeworth Female Seminary's anniversary and graduation celebrations, spanning May 7-10, 1849.
Edgeworth Female Seminary diploma
Diploma with highest honors awarded to Mary Jane Reid by Edgeworth Female Seminary. The examiners who signed it include Reverend John A Gretter, Reverend Cyrus K. Caldwell, and Reverend William D. Paisley.
Greensboro High School boys' baseball team
Photograph of the Greensboro High School boys' baseball team.
Greensboro High School boys' basketball team
Photograph of the Greensboro High School boys' basketball team.
Greensboro High School boys' football team
Photograph of the Greensboro High School boys' football team.
Greensboro High School boys' football team
Photograph of the Greensboro High School boys' football team. The back lists player names, positions, grades, and weights.
Greensboro High School boys' track team
Photograph of the Greensboro High School boys' track team.
Greensboro High School girls' basketball team
Group photograph of a girls' basketball team likely at Greensboro High School. Jean McAlister is holding the "Blues 15" ball.
McAlister family home in Irving Park
Exterior of the McAlister family home at 700 Country Club Drive in the Irving Park neighborhood. A handwritten note on the back, author unknown, reads: "Home of A.W. McAlister, Sr. and wife Sarah Little. Built at 700 Country Club Dr. Greensboro in 1918. Moved to 706 Greene St. in 1951 after selling to Hargroves Bowles and wife Jessamine, the house and grounds, with the exception of what had been sold to Spencer Love on the West and to Ralph Price on the East. The original homeplace consisted of 12 acres."
McAlister family home in Irving Park
Exterior of the McAlister family home at 700 Country Club Drive in the Irving Park neighborhood after a snowstorm.
Red Cross group photograph
Photograph of a group of children and adults involved with the Red Cross. They are gathered in front of the Smith Memorial Building at First Presbyterian Church.
Red Cross group photograph
Photograph of a group of children and adults involved with the Red Cross. They are gathered in front of First Presbyterian Church.
The wisdom of the past, a prophecy of the future
Presidential address by John Wesley Long before the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association at a meeting in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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