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Chapter 16

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Charlotte Mecklenburg Library: A Century of Service

Charlotte Literary and Library Association

Board of Directors 1891

Dr George W. Graham, President

JE.D. Latta, Vice-President

John M. Walker, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer

General Rufus Barringer

Dr. M.A. Bland

Willis B. Dowd

Col. William Johnston

Hon. F.B. McDowell

J. Frank Wilkes

 

 

Charlotte Carnegie Public Library

Board of Directors 1903

Thomas S. Franklin, President

J. Hirshinger, Vice-President

G.H. Brockenbrough

A. Burwell

J.L. Chambers

T.W. Dixon

J.A. Fore

H.G. Link

C.G. McManaway

Samuel S. McNinch

J.H. Wearn

J. Frank Wilkes

 

Brevard Street Library for Negroes

Board of Directors 1905

P.P. Alston

H.A. Hunt

P.F. Maloy

W.P. Phifer

J.W. Smith

Thaddeus Tate

During the past 98 years, over one hundred Mecklenburg County citizens have provided leadership for the library by volunteering their time to serve on the board of directors. We regret that records for the early years of the library are incomplete and the listing below may have some omissions.

 

Library Board Members

1891-1989

 

Betty N. Abernathy, D.M. Abernethy, P.P. Alston, Sam T. Atkinson, Jr., O.L. Barringer, General Rufus Barringer, H.H. Baxter, John Belk, W.H. Belk, E.L. Best, Reece Bigham, Dr. M.A. Bland, Mary Bogguss, G.H. Brockenbrough, Charles R. Brockmann, Stanford R. Brookshire, R.B. Bruce, James R. Bryant, Mrs. W.I. Bullard, A. Burwell, John P. Carr, J.L. Chambers, Claude Cochrane, H. Irwin Coffield, III, Elizabeth Conrad, Oscar Cranz, E. McArthur Currie, George E. Davis, T.W. Dixon, W.S. Dorr, Ben E. Douglas, Willis B. Dowd, W. Frank Dowd, Carla DuPuy, F.A. Edmonson, Dr. I W. Faison, Mrs. Gordon Finger, Pete Foley, J.A. Fore, Thomas S. Franklin, Dr. E.H. Garinger, Dr. George W. Graham, Elizabeth Hair, Harry P. Harding, Hugh W. Harris, Ken Harris, W.T. Harris, J. Hirshinger, The Rev. Calvin Hood, C.C. Hope, Jr., Mrs. Billy Shaw Howell, H.A. Hunt, George Ivey, Mrs. Latta C. Johnston, Col. William Johnston, Dr. Rolland Jones, The Rev. James E. King, T.L. Kirkpatrick, C.E. Lambeth, Edward Dilworth Latta, L.L. Ledbetter, H.G. Link, John C. Lockhart, Van Lear Logan, Charles M. Lowe, S.Y. McAden, J.D. McCall, The Hon. F.B. McDowell, Dr. Roy B. McKnight, C.G. McManaway, F.R. McNinch, Samuel S. McNinch, P.F. Maloy, Dr. James G. Martin, E.L. Mason, J.A. Mayo, Harvey W. Moore, Eleanor Morris, Evelyn Newman, W.L. Nicholson, Larry Owen, Ed Peacock, M.W. Peterson, John R. Pharr, W.P. Phifer, Dr. A. Craig Phillips, John Phillips, Elizabeth Randolph, Dennis Rash, Jay Robinson, Sally Robinson, G.G. Scott, Dr. William C. Self, J.L. Sexton, Victor Shaw, Robert Sink, E.R. Smith, J.W. Smith, James Saxon Smith, T.T. Smith, George Stephens, Thaddeus L. Tate, Smith Turner, III, Philip Van Every, Betty A. Wagner John M. Walker, Jr., Helen Wardlaw, A.H. Wearn, J.H. Wearn J.H. Weddington, J. Frank Wilkes, George E. Wilson, John W. Wilson, Dr. B.J. Witherspoon, Elsie E. Woodard, Dr. A.A. Wyche, Rev W.P. Wyche.

Source: 

Ryckman, Patricia. Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County: A Century of Service. Charlotte, N.C.: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1989.