[Hyla Bynum Cundiff family photo album, Wilkesboro, N.C.]
Date
1920-1990
Date approximate?
yes
Creator (individual)
Cundiff, Hyla Bynum
Subject headings
Greensboro (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century
Topics
Families
Place
Wilkes County (N.C.)
Description
The majority of the photographs in this album center on the life of the Bynum family of Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Included are numerous images of Hyla Bynum, who married Fred Cundiff (also from Wilkes County) in 1944. They knew each other from an early age. This is a rich collection of images of life of African Americans in a rural North Carolina county in the early 20th century. There are exterior and interior images; views of schools, sports, automobiles, the North Wilkesboro Fire Department fire engine (page 029). There are also several documents relating to Hyla's education inclouding report cards (page 035-037)
Type
Image
Original format
scrapbooks;photographs
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Personal collection
Source collection
CC012 Fred and Hyla Bynum Cundiff Collection [Personal Collection]
Collection description
Fred and Hyla Cundiff were born and grew up together in Wilkes County, N.C. In their professional careers each made significant contributions to the education of African American students, both in Wilkesboro and Greensboro. Fred Cundiff came to Greensboro to teach in 1954. He became the first African-American Assistant School Superintendant in 1969, playing a crucial role in the relatively peaceful integration of Greensboro's school system in the early 1970s. Hyla Cundiff was an elementary school teacher for over 30 years, primarily at the Washingon Street, Bluford, and Vandalia Elementary schools. Her thirteen years of volunteer work with the American Cancer Society brought her the distinct honor of the prestigious "2 Those Who Care" award in 1989.
On loan from contributor. UNCG does not hold a physical copy of this item.
