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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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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Alumni Association 1891 n.d.
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Notes and papers chiefly concerning the financial activities of the Alumni Association of the State and Normal College for Women in 1891. Topics include froms and notes from the Citizens National Bank, a possible draft for the schools alma matter, and a typed report to the executieve commitee concerning the fundraising of the alumin association. There are several lists of names of donors, their contribution amounts and location from which they were recieved. Some of the letters detail the creation of alumni based scholarships.
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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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Compositions, n.d.
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Compositions penned by Charles D. McIver on various topics during his school days, between 1873 to . Includes compositions titled "Home", "Winter", "Industry", "The Sabbath", "Friendship", "Education", "Nature", "Night", "Minerals", "Grow", "Contrast Between Morning and Evening", "Gold", "Horses", "Water". Also contains notes on John Bunyan, John Milton, English history, contemporaneous writers, history of English Literature, and Shakespeare"s Othello. An essay on Latin, and an essay called "A criticism on Locksley Hall" are also included.
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Correspondence A-D
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Letters and postcards addressed to Dr. Charles D. McIver by students, last names A to D, of the State Normal & Industrial College, informing the school of whether or not they can return following the Brick Dormitory fire of 1904. One donation letter is the exception. Topics include dormitory fire, reserving a room, tuition, Greensboro News & Record, Laura H. Coit, Annie P. Chestnut.
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Correspondence E-K
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Letters and postcards addressed to Dr. Charles D. McIver by students, last names E to K, of the State Normal & Industrial College, informing the school of whether or not they can return following the Brick Dormitory fire of 1904. Topics include dormitory fire, reserving a room, Midway dormitory. A few of the students were related to North Carolina business owners. They wrote using the business letter heads; Sara B. Hammond (Richland Cotton Mills), Ethel Lewis Harris (Harris Warehouse Company), Nell Hoskins (J. A. Hoskins, Summerfield highway commissioner), Ida R. Hunt (E. E. Hunt, Jr. Mocksville bicycle shop), and Anna Killian (William Killian & Son South Fork Nursery, Newton, N.C.).
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Correspondence L-R
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Letters and postcards addressed to Dr. Charles D. McIver and Laura H. Coit by students last names L to R, of the State Normal & Industrial College, informing the school of whether or not they can return following the Brick Dormitory fire of 1904. Topics include Midway Dormitory, Midway Dormitory fire, tuition, and concerns over students being able to reclaim their previous dormitory rooms.
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Correspondence S-W
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Letters and postcards addressed to Dr. Charles D. McIver by students, last names S through W, of the State Normal & Industrial College, informing him of their decisions about readmission and housing following the Brick Dormitory fire of 1904. Topics include Midway Dormitory, Midway Dormitory fire, financial aid, college bursar, North Carolina businesses, and North Carolina attorneys.
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Correspondence of Dr. & Mrs. McIver 1884-1885
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Courtship letters exchanged between Charles D. McIver and Lula V. Martin from the summer of 1884 to the summer of 1885. In these letters both express their sincere feelings for one another, describe their travels, home life, and families. Topics include the McIver Family, M.H. McIver, John McIver, Duncan E. McIver, Lizzie McIver, the McIver general merchandise store, Sanford, N.C., Winston, N.C., Kinston, N.C., the Kinston Free Press, and courtship.
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Correspondence of Dr. & Mrs. McIver 1886-1887
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Letters exchanged by Charles D. McIver and Mrs. Lula McIver from 1886 to 1887. These letters were written by the couple while Charles was away from home at conferences and meetings. Topics include an ongoing illness of Annie McIver, the Peace Institute, The McDonald House and Mrs. J.H. McDonald, the School Teacher Journal, Yadkinville, N.C., and Durham, N.C.
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Correspondence of Dr. & Mrs. McIver 1888-1889
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Letters and postcards exchanged between Dr. and Mrs. McIver from 1888 to 1889 during his work and travels. Topics include the State Normal School in Wilson, N.C., the State Normal School in Sparta, N.C., the McIver children, Annie McIver, Jim McIver, and Charles McIver, the Peace Institute, the state board of education, B.F Briggs Hotel in Winston, N.C., and Goldsboro, N.C. A common theme of the letters is homesickness and missing family time.
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Correspondence of Dr. & Mrs. McIver 1891
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Clippings, letters and postcards exchanged between Dr. and Mrs. McIver in 1891. There are several items focusing on the beginnings of a new normal and industrial school for girls, and the Teachers Institute. Topics include the wedding of Maggie McIver to Henry Watkins, the Cateret Institute, the Teachers Institute sessions and press coverage, the Mecklenburg Times, Young Men's Christian Association of Winston-Salem, N.C., a bill by the General Assembly of North Carolina for the establishment of a normal and industrial school for white girls, the teachers journals of E.L. Kellogg & Co., Charles Duncan McIver Jr., Annie McIver.
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Correspondence of Dr. & Mrs. McIver 1892
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Letters and postcards exchanged between Dr. Charles D. McIver and Mrs Lula Martin McIver in 1892. Dr. McIver writes of the Teacher Institutes, colleagues, illnesses, missing home, and asking advice about speeches and educational positions. Mrs McIver writes mostly about their children, relatives and missing her husband. Topics include the Teacher Institute, Miss Mildred Cameron, Mr. Paul Cameron, Edwin Alderman, Dr. Forney, Josephus Daniels of The State Chronicle, and advice about a speech on 'Industrial Education of Women' to the University of Georgia at Atlanta. One letter is written by Jessie Bailey, and another is signed by J.B.Bailey.
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Correspondence of Dr. & Mrs. McIver 1893
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Letters exchanged between Dr. & Mrs. Charles McIver in 1893, describing matters with the State Normal and Industrial School and statewide education. Topics include Lizzie Nelson (a student assisted by Dr. Forney following the death of her mother), a bill proposed by the General Assembly of North Carolina, a visit from Alex McIver, and Annie McIver. Also included are a birthday letter from to Charles D. McIver Jr, letters by Mrs. McIver concerning positions at the college, letters by Dr. McIver from Bryson City, Franklin, Waynesville, Lumberon, the Atlantic Hotel in Morehead City, and the Yarborough House.
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Correspondence of Dr. & Mrs. McIver 1894
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Notes and letters shared by Dr. & Mrs. Charles D. Iver from 1894. Both write about home, educational matters and acquaintences. Topics include Annie McIver, Charles D. McIver Jr., Benbow House of Greensboro, N.C., the Metropolitan Hotel in Washington, D.C, the Committee on Elections of the House of Representatives, Hotel Carolina of Durham, N.C., J.Y Joyner, Dr. Forney, Sallie S. Cotten, Col. John B. MacRae, Henry Blount, and the Goldsboro Hotel. Also included are notes on a debate on the role of the state in higher education with a 'Dr. Taylor'.
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Correspondence of Dr. & Mrs. McIver 1895
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Notes and letters written by Dr. & Mrs. Charles McIver, as well as few by Annie McIver and Charles D. McIver Jr. from 1895. Topic include, a Bill from the General Assembly, Washington, D.C., St. Denis Hotel in New York City, the Deaf and Dumb Institute, the News & Observer, Annie McIver, Charles Duncan McIver Jr., Mendenhall family.
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Correspondence of Dr. & Mrs. McIver 1896
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Notes and letters written by members of the McIver family during travels and visits in 1896. Included are letters from Annie McIver to her parents while visiting Lizzie McIver (married name?), a letter from Lizzie to Lula Martin McIver, and letters to Charles McIver about a measles outbreak. Topics include Dr. Anna M. Gove, Bessie Shepherd (a student), and Dr. Curry of the Committe on Education.
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