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Abraham H. Peeler Papers

Born in Greensboro, Abraham H. Peeler (1904-1991) was an important leader in the local African American community for many decades. Perhaps best remembered as the principal of J.C. Price Elementary School from 1931 to 1969, he also maintained a lifelong interest in organized sports and officiated at high school and college football and basketball games for 32 years. This collection is rich in information relating to the local public school system, particularly J.C. Price School, and the evolution of African American education in North Carolina. The digitized items include a minute book from Ashe Street School, photographs of students at Dudley High School, and printed material relating to the NC Negro Teachers Association. The digitized materials pertaining to J.C. Price School include teachers' handbooks compiled by Peeler and numerous images of the school and its students.

Ashe Street School
Photograph of Ashe Street School with the student body posed in front of the building.
Ashe Street School minute book
This minute book composed between 1920 and 1924 is a record of the development of the Ashe Street Parent Teachers' Association and its change into the J.C. Price Parent Teachers' Association. Topics include descriptions of meetings, elections of officers, treasury reports, a petition to the Greensboro Board of Education, records of donations and fundraising activities, and accounts of the foundations of the Ashe Street Parent Teachers' Association. Also includes the PTA resolution to name the new school after Grace McLean Nelson instead of J.C. Price, and the later decision to name the PTA chapter after Price.
Printed material relating to Booker T. Washington
This folder contains printed material pertaining to Booker T. Washington.
The Roots of J.C. Price School, 1922-84
This scrapbook documents the history of the J.C. Price School in the Warnersville community.

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