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Durham Civic Association membership application card

 Collection
Identifier: NCC-0254
Scope and Contents

The collection consists solely of a membership application card from the Durham Civic Association listing cost of memberships (annual $1, sustaining $5, life $50), to whom to apply, and the officers (president Mrs. T.D. Jones, vice-president Mrs. I.F. Hill, secretary Mrs. G.C. White, treasurer Mrs. S. W. Tucker).

Dates: ca. 1900s to 1910s
Found in: North Carolina Collection Archives

Eno River Association records

 Collection
Identifier: NCC-0239
Scope and Contents The collection documents member mailings and publications by the Eno River Association between 1973 and 1980 that illustrate the efforts of the organization of local environmentalists to organize community supporters during the 1970s to join efforts such as work days, hikes, clean ups, and fundraisers, along with supporting establishing an Eno River state park. The collection helps illustrate how the association enacted its goals of "land protection, land stewardship, education, [and]...
Dates: 1973 - 1980
Found in: North Carolina Collection Archives

Jack Preiss papers

 Collection
Identifier: NCC-0146
Scope and Contents The Jack Preiss Papers include materials related to Preiss's involvement in the Durham community, including his city council stint from 1965-1969 and his low-income housing development work through the Durham Housing Authority and the non-profit corporation he founded, New Directions for Downtown, Inc. Most of the collection is correspondence, meeting minutes, and research notes that Preiss kept from the various organizations he was involved in. It also includes newspaper clippings related...
Dates: 1963-2011, undated
Found in: North Carolina Collection Archives

Thomas Womble papers

 Collection
Identifier: NCC-0197
Scope and Contents

This collection includes photographs taken at the Lyon Park Community Center and at "We Are West End" reunions in the 1990s and photographs of Elite Club teams from Lyon Park, including the softball and baseball teams from the 1940s and 1950s. There is also a folder of materials relating to the history of Lyon Park School that date from 2003, when the Community Family Life Center at Lyon Park opened. Notes from an oral history done with Womble in 2006 are also included in the collection.

Dates: 1943 - 2006
Found in: North Carolina Collection Archives

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Association for the Preservation of the Eno River Valley 1
Duke University. Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development 1
Housing Authority of the City of Durham (N.C.) 1
King, William E. (William Eskridge), 1939- 1
People's Alliance PAC (Durham, N.C.) 1
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Preiss, Jack J., 1919-2019 1
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