Meeting minutes
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Charlotte League of Women Voters Records, 1920-2004
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-2020-055
Abstract
Carrie Chapman Catt founded the League of Women Voters in 1920 during the National American Woman Suffrage Association’s annual convention. It was designed to be a nonpartisan, grassroots organization that would assist the 20 million new female voters in understanding and executing their new civic duties. The League was, and continues to be, a strong advocate of politically educated citizens and government and social reform legislation. Formed in 1922, the Charlotte League of Women...
Dates:
1920 - 2004
Frank Bishop Real Estate Collection, 1925-2012
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-2021-036
Abstract
Frank Bishop was a real-estate agent with deep experience in the Charlotte, North Carolina area during the 1960s to the early 2000s. He graduated from The Realtor’s Institute (a collaboration between UNC Chapel Hill and the N.C. Association of Realtors) in 1968 and worked for the Howey Company and Touchberry Realty in the 1960s-1970s before being named executive vice president of Touchberry, Bishop, and Livingston. He eventually opened his own real estate company, Frank Bishop Realtors, in the...
Dates:
1925 - 2012
Mecklenburg Citizens for Better Libraries Records, 1967-1984
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-2021-030
Abstract
The Mecklenburg Citizens for Better Libraries (MCBL) was founded in 1967 as a local unit of the statewide Citizens for Better Libraries organization. The goal of the organization was to raise standards and provide library service to everyone in the county by encouraging collaboration among all the libraries within a 50-mile radius of Charlotte. The organization was involved in encouraging gifts and endowments, promoting legislative support for libraries and stimulating library use. They also...
Dates:
1967 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1972
WTVI Citizens Committee Records, 1968-1998
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-2020-058
Abstract
Created in August 1965, WTVI (also known as PBS Charlotte) is the public service television station that serves Charlotte, North Carolina. This collection contains newspaper clippings, VHS tapes, and internal documents from WTVI Citizens Committee, which are comprised of private citizens appointed by the school board to help determine programming for the education channel WTVI. Materials are dated 1968-1998 and in good condition.
Dates:
1968 - 1998
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