Greensboro and Triad History

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A.H. Peeler Papers
Born in Greensboro, Abraham H. Peeler (1904-1991) was an important leader in the local African American community for many decades. He is perhaps best remembered as the principal of J.C. Price Elementary School, a position he held from 1931 to 1969. In addition, he maintained a lifelong interest in organized sports and for 32 years officiated at high school and college football and basketball games. 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 materials available here include a minute book from Ashe St. School, photographs of students at Dudley High School, and printed matter relating to the NC Negro Teachers Association. Items pertaining to J.C. Price School include teachers' handbooks compiled by Peeler and numerous images of the school and its students. Also digitized were items relating to a public speaking tour that Booker T. Washington made through North Carolina in 1910. Not all items from this collection have been digitized.
Adam Lawrence Randolph III Collection
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.
Advertisements in North Carolina LGBTQ+ Publications
This LGBTQ+ Publications collections contains issues of newspapers and magazines including The Front Page, Community Connections, Etc,, Cruise, and others, primarily from the 1980s and 1990s. The digital advertisements project presents advertisements for local LGBTQ+ businesses pulled from these publications Businesses featured include bars, bookstores, restaurants, community groups, and other accommodations and services.
Alamance County Hospital Collection
Material documenting the history and operations of Alamance County Hospital. Several items are not digitized due to privacy or copyright issues.
Alamance County Medical Society Collection
Material documenting the history and operations of the Alamance County Medical Society.
Alamance General Hospital Collection
Material documenting the history of Alamance General Hospital, including by-laws and meeting minutes, Volunteer Nurse’s Aide graduation ceremony, a nurse’s pay data book, a certificate of incorporation of Alamance General Hospital, the name change to Memorial Hospital of Alamance County, emergency room documents, membership applications, and patient information pamphlets.
Alamance Health Services Collection
Reports, newsletters, a scrapbook, and ephemera documenting the history of Alamance Health Services.
Alamance Regional Medical Center Collection
Material documenting the history and operations of Alamance Regional Medical Center.
Alamance-Caswell Medical Society Auxiliary Collection
Records documenting the Alamance-Caswell Medical Society Auxiliary. Contents and subject include include scrapbooks, meeting minutes, name change of group, correspondence, working with minority physicians and dentists, constitutions and by-laws of the society and the State of North Carolina, meeting minutes, Project Access, Piedmont Health Coalition, Piedmont Health Alliance, Drew Clinic, Alamance Physicians Association, and Kernodle Clinic
Alex Stoesen Papers
This collection is comprised largely of materials collected by Dr. Alexander (Alex) R. Stoesen during his research on Basic Training Center #10 (B.T.C.#10) and the Overseas Replacement Depot (O.R.D.). Located within Greensboro city limits, this military base was a training and processing center for the Army Air Forces during World War II, and a catalyst for Greensboro's transformation from a small town to a modern city.
Alexander Phillip Parker, Sr. Collection
Alexander Parker served as Greensboro's first African American appointee to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. He was the owner of three local barber shops.
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.
Allen-McFarland Family Papers
The Allen-McFarland Family Papers chiefly document an African American family in the South in the mid-twentieth century, providing considerable insight into the values and norms of African Americans during this period, as well as the opportunities and frustrations of a struggling minority.
American Red Cross (Greensboro, N.C.)
This collection consists primarily of printed material relating to the national American Red Cross.
Amos Family Papers
A collection of records (bills of sale, etc.) relating to enslavement in North Carolina.
Andrea Wright Collection
Andrea Wright was affiliated with St Stephens United Methodist Church and the Hayes-Taylor YMCA.
Andrew Earl Weatherly Collection
This collection represents the fruits of many years of collecting on the part of A. Earl Weatherly, a noted Confederate States of America philatelic expert. Contained herein is material that informs various aspects of Southern history, particularly those associated with Piedmont North Carolina.
Andrew Johnson Collection
Lt. Colonel Andrew Johnson was a native of Greensboro and a 1940 graduate of Dudley High School. He went on to become a Tuskegee Airman and a member of the 99 Pursuit Squadron in World War II. In 1967, he assumed command of the first ROTC program in the Greensboro City Schools at Dudley High. Johnson died in 1992.
Angry Troll Brewing Collection
Photographs and other documents relating to the establishment of Angry Troll Brewing, donated by the company as part of the Well Crafted NC project. Most are born-digital items.
Ann Marie Camlin Scrapbooks
This scrapbook, created by Ann Marie Camlin between 1947 and 1950, documents Camlin's experience as a student at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro). The scrapbook contains extensive programs for school activities, including plays, forums, and dances; newspaper articles on the atomic bomb; a program for the 21st annual Gym Meet; a 1950 May Day program; and ephemera related to Camlin's induction into the Sigma Alpha fraternity for business education.

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