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Biography -- North Carolina -- D to F


Daniel, Robert P. 
no date Dr. Daniel’s Inauguration Set Oct. 14
article  – Journal and Guide (Norfolk VA) 
no date Resume
Office of Public Relations, Virginia State College, Petersburg, VA
no date There were eight children ... 
biography, family -- retyped from official Virginia State College resume
Dec 24, 1949 New President of Va. State College
article  – Journal and Guide (Norfolk VA)
Feb 11, 1950 Over 1,000 Bid Farewell To President, Mrs. Daniel
article – Journal and Guide (Norfolk VA)   
Feb 11, 1950 Shaw Bids Farewell to President Daniel
photo – Afro-American (Baltimore MD)  
Oct 14, 1950 Inauguration of Two Va. College Presidents This Week; Va. State Ceremony Saturday; Dr. R. P. Daniel To Be Inaugurated As Fifth President
article -- photo – Journal and Guide (Norfolk VA)
Oct 14, 1950 Inauguration of Robert Prentiss Daniel as President of the Virginia State College
inauguration program  
Dec 8, 1950  Dr. R.P. Daniel On Truman Advisory Board
article – Journal and Guide (Norfolk VA) 
Oct 21, 1951 Daniel Inaugurated At Virginia State College
photo  – Journal and Guide (Norfolk VA) 
Oct 21, 1951   Robert P. Daniel Inducted As Fifth President, Virginia State College
article – Journal and Guide (Norfolk VA) 
Mar 26, 1966 President
photo – Carolina Times (Durham NC)
Jan 13, 1968 Passing of Dr. Robert Daniel Said Challenge to Va. State College
obituary – Carolina Times (Durham NC) 
Davis,  Dr. Grady D.  
no date  Typewritten biography 
Apr 6, 1959 Grady Davises Chosen As Local Negro Family of Year
article – photo – Raleigh Times (Raleigh NC) 
Dec 22, 1963 Honoring The Grady D. Davis Family, at Oberlin Baptist Church
program
Jan 4, 1964 Church Honors Departing Cleric
article – photo – Carolinian (Raleigh NC)  
Jan 4, 1964 Leaving City
photo – Carolinian (Raleigh NC) 
Feb 8, 1964 Dr. Grady David To Preach Ushers Mid-year Sermon
article – photo – Carolina Times (Durham NC)
Jul 3, 1965 Dr. Grady Davis to Study at The University of California
article -- photo – Carolina Times (Durham NC)  
May 6, 1966 Union Baptist Church to Burn Mortgage Sun
article – photo. – Carolina Times (Durham NC)
Debnam, Henry D.-- Enloe High School social studies teacher
Jan 28, 1970 Instructor Dead at 50
obituary – photo – Raleigh Times (Raleigh NC)  
Debnam, Homer R., Sr.  
Jun 12, 1970 Funeral Program 
Delany, Bessie and Sarah -- authors, daughters of Bishop Henry Beard Delany
 Nov 28, 1993 Having their say
article – photos – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)   
Delany, Bishop Henry Beard - 1st African American Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of NC 
no date Portrait -- Bishop Henry Beard Delany
Apr 16, 1928 Bishop Delany to be Buried Today
News & Observer (Raleigh NC)
Feb 24, 1960 Letter -- Rev. and Mrs. I. Harding Hughes to Mrs. Delany
Delany, Judge Hubert T. -- New York City judge, son of Bishop Henry Beard Delany
Nov 17, 1962 Delany Y’s “Man Of Year”
article – photo – Amsterdam News (New York, NY)
Mar 30, 1963 THE WINNER!
photo – Amsterdam News (New York, NY)
 
Delany, Dr. Lemuel T. - area physician and surgeon, son of Bishop Henry Beard Delany
no date Lemuel T. Delany
editorial -- no source
Jan 10, 1956 Raleigh Physician Dies  
article -- News & Observer (Raleigh NC)
Jan 11, 1956 Human Values
editorial -- News & Observer (Raleigh NC)
Deloatche Family  
Nov 3, 1971 New Child Brings Them New Life
article – photos – Raleigh Times (Raleigh NC) 
Dent, Diana Savage -- educator
May 11, 1972 Funeral Program
 
DeVane, Carl E.  
no date  Professor at Shaw Author of Textbook
article - photo – News & Observer (Raleigh NC) 
no date  Resume
May 16, 1962 Shaw Professor Gets Nomination at Caucus
article – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)
May 28, 1962 Carl DeVane Gets Degree At Penn U
article – photo – Raleigh Times (Raleigh NC)  
Dickens, Harry Lee  
Jul 7, 1976 Sisters Say Brother Shot While Fleeing Mrs. Dupree
article – photos  – News & Observer (Raleigh NC) 
Jul 8, 1976 Dupree Says Victim Attacked Her First
article -- photo – News & Observer (Raleigh NC) – incomplete
Dobbins, Preston  
Oct 2, 1969 Asheville Schools Ordered to Open
article – photos (AP) – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)  
Oct 3, 1969 Shaw Suspends Dobbins After Asheville Arrest
article – News & Observer (Raleigh NC) 
Mar 25, 1970 Preston Dobbins Escapes Serving Active Sentence
article – photos (AP) – Raleigh Times (Raleigh NC)
Dowdy, Dr. Lewis C. – (1917(?) -- 2000)
Nov 30, 1963 Dr. Dowdy Renamed By National Group
article – Carolinian (Raleigh NC)  
Mar 14, 1964 Dowdy New President of A. & T.; Succeding (sic) Proctor Who Returns To Peace Corps Post
article – photo – Journal and Guide (Norfolk VA)   
Mar 21, 1964 NEW PRESIDENT BRIEFED
 photo – Carolinian (Raleigh NC) 
Drew, Dr. Charles Richard -- physician who pioneered "blood banking" 
Jul 29, 1945 Interesting People, Dr. Charles R. Drew
feature article – by George S Lee, Journal and Guide (Norfolk VA) 
Apr 8, 1950 Charlie Drew Was Tops as Athlete and Coach
obituary – photo – Afro-American (Baltimore MD)  
Apr 8, 1950 DR. CHARLES DREW KILLED; CRASH FATAL TO BLOOD BANK EXPERT; Three Other Doctors Hurt in N. Carolina Automobile Crash
article – photos – Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh PA)
Apr 15, 1950 At Son’s Last Rites
photo -- Afro-American (Baltimore MD) 
Apr 15, 1950 Dentists, Medics Pay Drew Silent Tribute
article (ANP) – Afro-American (Baltimore MD)   
Apr 15, 1950 Dr. Drew Leaves Howard University for Last Time
photo -- Afro-American (Baltimore MD) 
Apr 15, 1950 Drew Fund Established as Memorial
article -- Afro-American (Baltimore MD)  
Apr 15, 1950 Thousands Attend D.C. Rites for Drs. Drew, Woodson; Thousands Pay Tribute to Drew
article – Afro-American (Baltimore MD) 
Apr 15, 1950 Wife Bears Up Under Sorrow
photo -- Afro-American (Baltimore MD) 
1969 “Charles Drew (1904-1950) BLOOD BANK CREATOR.” 
broadside -- text by Russell L. Adams, from Great Negroes, Past and Present,  3rd ed. Rev., Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co.  
1975. “Charles Drew”
book excerpt, in Scientist Versus Society by Vivian Werner, New York: Hawthorn, – photocopy  
Jul 12, 1982 Doctor wants to put end to story hospital refused to treat black physician
article – photo – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)
Dudley, James Benson  
1946 “James Benson Dudley”
book excerpt -- in NINETY BITS of North Carolina Biography, by C. H. Hamlin,
New Bern, N.C., Owen G. Dunn co., 1946
Dudley, Joe Jr.  
Mar - Apr 1993 “JOE DUDLEY, JR. Building a Company with a Heart”
article -- by Carole Boston Weatherford, in Minorities and Women in Business (Greensboro NC)
Duncan, Allyson K.  
1990 Campaign brochure
(photocopy)
Mar 1, 1990 Allyson K. Duncan; Legal counsel turned teacher is now a judge
article – photo – Triangle Observer (News & Observer (Raleigh NC)  
Oct 27, 1990 Durham Native Allyson K. Duncan Campaigns To Remain On Bench
article – photo – Carolina Times (Durham NC) 
Jul 21, 1991 Black Republicans; Why they go against the flow
article – photos  – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)  
Duncan, Dr. Samuel Edward  
Jul 29, 1950 “RESOURCE-USE EDUCATION: A NEW KIND OF SCHOOL?”
article -- by Lloyd H. Elliott and Samuel E. Duncan. in  School and Society,, Vol. 72, No. 1858, pages 71-73. reprint  
May 25, 1958 N.C. Education Leader Becomes College Head
article – photo  – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)
Jul 13, 1961 Negro Educator Gets Welfare Board Post
article – News & Observer (Raleigh NC) – incomplete
Jul 16, 1961 Duncan, Brother Members Of Distinguished Family
article (AP) – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)
May 20, 1967 NC Council Of Churches Has First Negro Pres.
article – photo – New Courier (Pittsburgh PA)  
Jul 11, 1968 Livingstone Prexy Dies in Salisbury
obituary – photo (AP) – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)    
Jul 13, 1968 Dr. Samuel E. Duncan Succumbs En Route to Rowan Hospital
obituary – photo – Carolina Times (Durham NC)  
Earle, Charles  
Apr 22, 1961 Minister Asks ‘Heart Search’
article – Raleigh Times (Raleigh NC)  
Apr 8, 1963 White Church Studies Negro Membership
article -- photo -- The Carolinian (Raleigh NC)
Eaton, Florence Pumell  
no date  “FLORENCE PUMELL EATON”
biographical information – no source – typewritten carbon 
Eaton, J.W.  
Jun 4, 1971 He Finds Students Less Interested
article – photo – Raleigh Times (Raleigh NC) 
Edmonds, Dr. Helen Gray  
no date  700 join NCU alumni ranks; Speaker advises graduates to be open to change
article – photos – Durham Herald-Sun (Durham NC)
no date  “HELEN G. EDMONDS”
biographical information – dust jacket? 
no date  Photograph 
"Edmonds" (on reverse) -- no source
Aug 23, 1956 Authority On Negro History In State
article – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)
1958?  Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, Graduate Professor of History, North Carolina College, Durham, North Carolina; Professor, Author, Lecturer; Specialist-Consultant in the United States Department of State in Europe, 1954-55, 1957
biographical narrative – no source – typewritten  
Feb 18, 1961 Dr. Helen G. Edmonds History Week Speaker
article – Chicago Defender (Chicago IL)
1989 (?)  Curriculum Vita
photocopy  
Sep 21, 1989 Allen Elected Chairman of NCCU Board
article – Durham Morning Herald (Durham NC) 
Sep 22, 1989 NCCU Board Election Criticized As Sexist
article – Durham Morning Herald (Durham NC)  
Sep 23, 1989 Edmonds keeps cool in NCCU controversy
article – Durham Sun (Durham NC)
Sep 30, 1989 What A Pity! What A Shame!
editorial – Carolina Times (Durham NC)   
Oct 1, 1989 A Missed Opportunity?
editorial – Durham Morning Herald (Durham NC) 
Oct 2, 1989 NCCU Trustees Should Have Elected Dr. Edmonds
letter to the editor – Durham Morning Herald (Durham NC) 
Oct 6, 1989 Sun’s ‘chastisement’ rejected
letter to the editor – Durham Sun (Durham NC)  
Oct 6, 1989 Were Supporters of NCCU Chairman Unaware Of Past?
letter to the editor – Durham Morning Herald (Durham NC) 
May 11, 1995 NCCU mentor, ‘pathfinder’ Helen Edmonds dies at 83
obituary – photo – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)  
May 17, 1995 Funeral Program
Edwards, Laura  
Nov 12, 1960  24 Years ago, a message of the spirit
article -- photo -- Raleigh Times (Raleigh NC)
Elder, Dr. Alphonso  
no date ... Dr. Elder ...
article fragment -- photo -- source unknown
Jan 24, 1948 Dr. Elder Named Head of N.C. College
article – photo– Journal and Guide (Norfolk VA), incomplete   
Jan 31, 1948 Trustees Elect Dr. Elder President of N.C. College
article – photo – Afro-American (Baltimore MD), incomplete  
Feb 7, 1948 N.C. College President Explains Ideals Of School; Dr. Elder Tells Group All Have Part in Program; President Praises His Predecessor; Pledges His Best
article – photos  – Journal and Guide (Norfolk VA)   
June 11, 1948 College Growth Stressed by Dr. Elder at Inaugural; Second President of N.C. State Sees Good Will as Key to Racial Harmony
article – Afro-American (Baltimore MD)  
Apr 16, 1953 Faith In Good Will, Intelligence, Democracy
article – photos – Durham Morning Herald (Durham NC) 
Sep 22, 1962 Trustees Notified- Dr. Elder; Announcements Made Before 300 At Faculty Meet
article – photo – Journal and Guide (Norfolk VA) 
Oct 13, 1972 NCC board seeks elder replacement
article – Afro-American (Baltimore MD)  
Evans, Minnie -- African American folk artist
Jun 18, 1966 Local artist's works featured in N. Y.
article -- photo -- Wilmington Journal (Wilmington NC)
Fisher, Gail 
Fisher, Rev. Dr. Miles Mark  
Dec 15, 1970 Former Minister At Durham Dies In Richmond, Va
obituary – photo – Durham Morning Herald (Durham NC) 
Dec 18, 1970 Funeral Program    
Dec 19, 1970 Rites Set Fri. For Dr. Fisher
obituary  – Carolinian (Raleigh NC)
Fitzgerald, William 
Foy, Rev. David  
no date Richard B. Harrrison Library Presents Raleigh's Acclaimed Author, Reverend David M. Foy
broadside -- Richard B. Harrison Library (Raleigh NC)
Dec 19, 1997 Startling Discoveries and Inventions by African-Americans Highlighted in New Book
press release – photo – Duncan & Duncan, Inc.
Jun 1-15, 1998 DAVID FOY’S BOOK HIGHLIGHTS BLACK INVENTORS
book review – Dimensions News (Raleigh NC)
Jun 14, 1998 A Monument on thin paper
article – photo – News & Observer (Raleigh NC) 
Fontellio-Nanton, Dr. H.I.  
no date  Resume
no date  Biographical narrative 
Jun 22, 1963 BRASS TACKS -- "The Industrial Education Center"
column -- photo – Carolinian (Raleigh NC) 
Jun 25, 1963 BRASS TACKS -- no title
column -- photo – Carolinian (Raleigh NC) -- incomplete
Aug 24, 1963 Mrs. Lillian Rogers Weds Dr. H.I. Fontellio-Nanton In Chapel Hill
wedding announcement – photo  – Carolinian (Raleigh NC)   
Oct 5, 1963 Allen University names new dean
article – photo– Afro-American (Baltimore MD)
Franklin, John Hope  
no date  Scholar integrates elite Cosmos Club
article – photo (NNPA) – Afro-American (Baltimore MD) 
no date  Too Busy To Be A College President
article - photo – no source   
no date Words Alone Cannot Speak for Free Men; Definite Evaluation
book review -- News & Observer (Raleigh NC)
Jul, 26, 1943 letter -- to Mrs. Mollie H. Lee, Librarian of the Richard B. Harrison Public Library regarding her assistance in the publicity one of JHF's books.
Dec 10, 1960 Dr. J. H. Franklin Named To Civil War Centennial Comm.
article – Amsterdam News (New York, NY)
Dec 22, 1962 ‘Exclusive’ Cosmos Takes In 1st Negro
article – photo – Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh PA)
Apr 20, 1963 Dr. Franklin Appointed Professor At Chicago U.
article – photo – Journal and Guide (Norfolk VA)   
May 11, 1963 Gets 3rd Tan Full Professor
article (ANP) – Cleveland Call and Post (Cleveland OH)
Feb 23, 1965 Program -- Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society at Shaw University, Raleigh NC, listing JHF as the speaker. Contains a brief biography and list of works.
Feb 3, 1967 Big Spenders Linked South with Yankees
article -- Raleigh Times (Raleigh NC)
Feb 4, 1967 Internationally-Known Historian Shaw Speaker
photo – Carolina Times (Durham NC) 
Feb 4, 1967 Noted Scholar Says That Historians Ignored The Negro’s Contribution; Dr. Franklin In Informative Shaw Address
article – Carolina Times (Durham NC)  
Feb 17, 1967 Dr. Franklin Laments Fact Historians Ignored Negro’s Vast Contributions
article – Chicago Daily Defender (Chicago IL)
Feb 18-24, 1967 Dr. John Hope Franklin To Address AFC’s ‘Thank-You’ Dinner
article – Chicago Daily Defender (Chicago IL)
Jul 8, 1967 Chi U. Names Dr. Franklin Head of Dept.
article – photo – Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh PA)
Frazer, Charles Rivers
no date  A RESPONSE TO “THE LEGACY OF PATERNALISM”
typewritten manuscript  
no date  AN ANSWER
typewritten manuscript  
no date  “AN UNBALANCED DIET”
typewritten poem  
no date Book order form
Exposition Press  
no date C.R. Frazer, Pioneer In Many Fields, Is Honored
article – photo – source unknown
no date  “The Cankered Rosebud” 
typewritten poem   
no date  “Congratulations on the publication…”
typewritten page  
no date  “HIS DOG: REX”
typewritten poem  
no date  Memorandum from Southern Illinois University
manuscript attached 
no date  “PARADISE, OH PARADISE” 
typewritten poem  
no date “P-O-P” 
typewritten poem 
no date  “Pop” 
typewritten poem  
no date  Portrait of Charles R. Frazer 
no date  “The East Saint Louis bus station…”
unknown typewritten page  
no date  “THE VISION”
typewritten poem  
no date  “There are pictures…”
unknown typewritten page  
no date  “UNDER THE MISTLETOE”
typewritten poem  
Feb 18, 1936 “Little Girl” 
typewritten poem  
Sep 9, 1960 “Blind Man’s Bluff”
typewritten poem   
Sep 9, 1960 “(To Geraldine)” 
typewritten poem”  
May 4, 1961 “My Rosary”
typewritten poem    
May 18, 1961 “Detroit and Saint Louis via Greyhound Bus”
typewritten manuscript   
1962 Biographical Information
copied from North Carolina Lives, “The Tar Heel Who’s Who
1962 Frazer, Charles R. Ten Poems – English and French Versions.
Mar 17, 1962 CIAA To Celebrate 50th Year
article – photo – Carolinian (Raleigh NC)  
Apr 12, 1962 CIAA FOUNDER HONORED
photo – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)
Jul 1963 The Richard B. Harrison Library – A Community Asset 
– pamphlet   
Oct 19, 1964   Letter from Mollie Huston Lee to Charles R. Frazer 
Oct 28, 1964 Letter
Oct 28, 1964   Letterr from Charles R. Frazer soliciting comment about "Other Poems, English and French Versions," by Frazer
Jan 15, 1965 Publishers Report – Vantage Press, Inc.
Apr 12, 1965 Handwritten letter to Mr. Frazer, from Dora D. Stroud, Method NC
Jul 20, 1966 Letter to alumni, Shaw University, announcing autobiography, "The Uses of Adversity"
Mar 10, 1967 Letter from Charles R. Frazer, Sr. to Dr. A Conrad Posz
photo on back  
Feb 23, 1968 Funeral Program for Mrs. Mattie Frazer Boyd (sister)   
Mar 19, 1969 Letter from Southern Illinois   
Mar 19, 1969 Letter from Southern Illinois University
manuscript attached   
Jun 23, 1969 Letter from Brown University regarding manuscript submission
Nov 4, 1969 THE LEADING CULLUD MAN
typewritten manuscript  
Mar 6, 1970 CHARLES R. FRAZER
obituary – photo – Durham Morning Herald (Durham NC)  
Mar 7, 1970 Funeral Program    
Mar 7, 1970 Charles R. Frazer, 90, Raleigh Resident For 50 Years, Succumbs
obituary – photo – Carolinian (Raleigh NC)   
Frinks, Golden -- NC field secretary, Southern Christian Leadership Conference
May 8, 1969 Frinks Sentenced To Year in Jail
article – photo – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)  
May 8, 1969 SCLC leader is sentenced to one year
article -- photo -- Durham Sun (Durham NC)
 Jan 20, 1970 Scott: Nothing on Frinks
article– News & Observer (Raleigh NC)   
Frye, Henry  
Dec 25, 1962 Under The Dome; Frye
article – photo – News & Observer (Raleigh NC) 
Jan 16, 1969 First Negro This Century Takes Seat 
article – photo – News & Observer (Raleigh NC) 
May 6, 1969 Negro Legislator Frye May Not Seek Re-Election
article – photo (AP) – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)
Apr 26, 1970 Only Five Negroes Running For 1971 Legislature Seats
article – photo – News & Observer (Raleigh NC) 
Jan 17, 1972 Failure of Singleshot Ban May Strengthen Black Vote
article – photo – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)  
Fuller, George  
no date  George Fuller
flyer  
1937 Radio and Music Appreciation Guide, by George Fuller
pamphlet -- Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Co.
1962?  The Restful Pines Story
pamphlet  
Fuller, Howard  
Dec 14, 1969 The Tar Heel of The Week  Howard Fuller: Controversial But He Wants to Be ‘Flexible”
article – photo – News & Observer (Raleigh NC)   
Fultz Quadruplets  
no date  Scholarships Awarded to Quadruplets
article – no source
May 6, 1950 Nations Only Identical Quads
article – photos  – Afro Magazine, Afro-American (Baltimore MD)

   



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23 Jun 2006