President Charles Duncan McIver Records
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Account book
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Account book with sales notes dating back to 1874, possibly from the store of Matthew Henry McIver near Sanford, N.C . Individuals mentioned include T.C. Blalock, H. & D.F. McIver, A.D. McIver, D.C. Gilmore, and William McNeill, Contents include financial records of corn, wheat, and mill lumber sold, lumber sawed, and pork killed.
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Address on "Local Taxation", by President Charles D. McIver, December, 1903
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Address on "Local Taxation" by Dr. Charles Duncan McIver which was delivered before the Southern Educational Association at Atlanta, Georgia in December of 1903. In this address Dr. McIver discusses criticism of taxation for the payment of public education, the role of communities and philanthropy in taxes for public schools, and persuading communities opposed to tax supported education. This printed address also included maps of North Carolina counties.
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Advertisements found in papers
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Collection of advertising clippings for materials most likely ordered for the State Normal and Industrial College during its first decade. Topics include advertisement clippings, flyers and brochures for local manufacturers like the Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing Company of High Point, High Point Bed Spring Company, and the Charles J. Parker School Furniture & Supplies of Raleigh, N.C., as well as national manufacturers of ladies shoes, desks, school desks, school stationaries, bookshelves, heaters, laundry machines, iron fences, and complete instructional brochures for various styles of typewriters.
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An Act to Establish A Normal...
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Pamphlet titled, "An Act to Establish a Normal and Industrial School For White Girls" the act enacted by the General Assembly of North Carolina in 1891 which created the State Normal and Industrial Institute, currently known as The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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Autobiographical information
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An autobiographical essay by Dr. Charles D. McIver, with a possible draft copy of the North Carolina Teachers Assembly constitution. Topics include Moore County, N.C., Buffalo Presbyterian Church, Washington Duke, Dr. Kemp P. Battle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Peace Institute, the North Carolina Teachers Assembly, and McIver's resume and autobiography.
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Commencement Address-Walter Clark, 1899
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Commencement address given by Walter Clark to the State Normal and Industrial College on May 24th, 1899. Topics included in the speech are the growing suffrage movement, the benefits of a state education, and the history of the foundations of the State Normal and college education for women in North Carolina.
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Contracts and other documents, 1903-1906
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Contracts and financial documents the State Normal and Industrial College. between 1903 to 1906. Topics include a list of expenses and contracts for the construction of a new dormitory and the Carnegie Library with complete details for the layout and details of the planned construction, correspondence and business documents from the Central Carolina Construction Company of Greensboro, N.C., Hook & Sawyer Architects of Charlotte, N.C., the State of North Carolina Insurance Department, and J. R. Rich & Son Plumbing of Greensboro, N.C.
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Correspondence regarding research on McIver
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Correspondence between Mr. John Barnard associate editor of the "Child and State Project" of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Holder of the Walter Clinton Jackson Library at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in May of 1969. Mr. Barnard was requesting Mrs. Holder's assistance in acquiring some articles related to Dr. Charles D. McIver to be included in documentary history to be published by the Harvard University Press.
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Declaration of Principles as adopted by The National Educational Association at its meeting in Charleston, SC, July 10-13, 1900
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A pamphlet of the National Educational Association's Declaration of Principles from 1900 of which Dr. Charles Duncan McIver, president of the State Normal and Industrial College was one of the committee members. The Declaration states ideas like an education for all children, the extension of the American school system to Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippine Islands, the increase in secondary and higher education and formulating admissions policies to colleges. This document also includes statistics on many leading American colleges.
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Educate a woman... Origin of quotation
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Articles and research correspondence from 1900 to 1980 assembled to figure out when Dr. Charles Duncan McIver may have first utter the famous phrase "If you educate a man and you educate an individual; if educate a woman, you educate a family" and determine its widespread use. Topics include a letter by Ms. Blanche Jantzen UNCG Special Collection Librarian to Ms. Marian Engel of the University of Alberta who used the quote in her novel "The Glassy Sea", an article "Charles Duncan McIver and His Educational Services, 1886-1946" by Charles L. Coon, and another article by "The Mountain Herald" quoting Dr. McIver's article from the "Southern Farm Magazine" a section of a 1971 issue of the Library Column noting how the quote was used in Ghana and multiple newspaper clips.
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General Correspondence Mc 1896
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Letters and documents written to and by Dr. Charles McIver. Topics include the potential appointment of J.R. McCrary, Esq as Assistant District Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, and the construction and rental of a house on property near the school. Also included are student applications to the State Normal and Industrial School and report cards from the Chincoteague Female Seminary of Schingoteague Island, Virginia. (MEC)
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General Correspondence McIver 1896
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Letters and documents written to and by Dr. Charles McIver. Topics include financial arrangements for individual students and the school and an educational bill about to be presented to the legislature. Also included are the financial statements for the financial year ending Septemember 30th, 1896, and a message to the school's alumni who had taken up teaching post-graduation. (MEC)
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General Correspondence and Applications 1896 He-Hy 1896
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Letters and documents written to and by Dr. Charles McIver. Topics include textbook orders, the due dates of bills, the features of a particular type of boiler, photography on campus, advice and literature on running an industrial school for girls, student fellowships, arrangements with the State Geologist, recommendation letters, and the 1896 North Carolina State Fair. Also included are applications to attend the State Normal and Industrial School, Teacher's Certificates, the 1895-1896 Roll of Honor, a pamphlet on the Construction of the Law Regulating Elections for School Tax, and monthly report cards for Myrtle L. Hunt from the Brevard Academy (which accompanied her application). (MEC)
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General Correspondence, August 1894-September 1901
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Bound collection of correspondence from the State Normal and Industrial Institute and later the State Normal and Industrial College from 1894 to 1901. The letters are composed mainly by Dr. Charles Duncan McIver with several others by Miss Laura H. Coit. Almost all of the letters concerning financial matters like tuition payments were composed by E. J. Forney the school bursar. Topics include letters to faculty like Sue May Kirkland, J. L. M. Curry and Annie F. Petty, education associates George Foster Peabody and E. McK. Goodwin as well as typed responses from letters for catalog requests, textbooks, lectures, and information exchanges with lecturers.
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General Correspondence, August 6, 1906-October 18, 1906
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Bound collection of correspondence letters from August 6, 1906 to October 18th, 1906 of the State Normal and Industrial College. The last letter composed by Dr. Charles Duncan McIver is dated September 15th, 1906, two days before his death. All letters following that date are by Miss Laura H. Coit, and Mr. Julius I. Foust. Topics include academic and business communications of the State Normal and the outpouring support of students, colleagues and alumni following the death of Dr. McIver.
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General Correspondence, December 10, 1902-March 10, 1903
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A bound collection of correspondence letters from December 10th 1902 to March 10th, 1903 of the State Normal and Industrial College called Book No. VI. The letters are composed mainly by Dr. Charles Duncan McIver with several others by Miss Laura H. Coit. Topics include letters written for job inquiries, dormitory requests, tuition payments, application errors correspondence with educational professionals, manufacturers of educational supplies and state and national educational officials.
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