President Charles Duncan McIver Records

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: This collection has been digitized in its entirety.
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Topics: Schools and Colleges
North Carolina
Subject headings: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

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: Account book; 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.

: Address on "Local Taxation", by President Charles D. McIver, December, 1903; 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.

: Advertisements found in papers; 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.

: Alumni Association 1891 n.d.; 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.

: An Act to Establish A Normal...; 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.

: Applications A-F 1895; Application forms and hand-written applications for the State Normal and Industrial School from 1895 composed by persons last name "Smith" to "Young." Any attached cover letters are addressed to Dr. Charles D. McIver. Topics include questions about the catalog, courses and admittance.

: Applications A-F 1895; Recommendations and cover letters for the State Normal and Industrial School from 1895. Topics include applications, cover letters, recommendation letters, report cards, and North Carolina Public Schools. Some of these letters include Greensboro area business letter heads, Greensboro Telephone Company, Southern Stock Mutual Insurance Company, McCain Brothers, McClamrock Brothers Practical Plasterers.

: Applications A-F 1895; Complete application forms, many with recommendations and cover letters for the State Normal and Industrial School in 1895. Topics include applications, cover letters, recommendation letters, report cards, North Carolina Public Schools. A few of the recommendation letters were written by physicians and other professionals on behalf of their daughters.

: Applications A-F 1895; Complete application forms, many with recommendations and cover letters for the State Normal and Industrial School in 1895. Topics include applications, cover letters, recommendation letters, report cards, North Carolina Public Schools, Leaksville High School, Miss Hart's School for Young Ladies of Wilmington, N.C.

: Autobiographical information; 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.

: Commencement Address-Walter Clark, 1899; 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.

: Compositions, n.d.; 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.

: Contracts and other documents, 1903-1906; 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.

: Correspondence A-D; 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.

: Correspondence E-K; 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.).

: Correspondence L-R; 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.

: Correspondence S-W; 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.

: Correspondence of Dr. & Mrs. McIver 1884-1885; 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.

: Correspondence of Dr. & Mrs. McIver 1886-1887; 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.

: Correspondence of Dr. & Mrs. McIver 1888-1889; 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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