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Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham

Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham (1890–1977) was born in Hillsborough, a grandson of Governor William A. Graham. He was elected chair of the Orange County Democratic Party in 1919, chaired the committee that hired Frank Porter Graham as UNC president in 1930, and was lieutenant governor from 1933 to 1937.

Source: UNC Libraries: Alexander H. Graham Papers (#4998), finding aid

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1890–1977 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham, Yackety Yack, 1912
Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham, Yackety Yack, 1912

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Ralph Waldo McDonald papers, 1936.

McDonald, Ralph Waldo, 1903-1977 · 1936

Ralph Waldo McDonald (1903-1977) ran for governor of North Carolina in 1936, and his papers from that year, about 1,100 items in three linear feet, are part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5413. Political cartoons and campaign literature cover the Democratic Party, campaign funds, contested elections, Duke Power and Clyde Roark Hoey, with photographs of the Order of Gimghoul at Chapel Hill and of Walker Percy.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Graham, Alexander H., 1890-1977.

UNC

Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) Papers

Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948 · 1928

Correspondence of Josephus Daniels, Raleigh editor and secretary of the navy from 1913 to 1921, dated 1928 to 1946. In a 1933 letter he argues that the state should offer education to every student through the university level; another, from Alexander H. Graham of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, concerns building highways to Chapel Hill. State Archives of North Carolina, PC.442.

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State Archives of NC

Life and Orange County connections

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  1. Alexander H. Graham becomes chair of the Orange County Democratic Party After his discharge from the Army as a captain in 1919, Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham of Hillsborough was elected chair of the Orange County Democratic Party.Search the index · UNC Libraries: Alexander H. Graham Papers (#4998), finding aid
  2. Alexander H. Graham acquires the Hasell-Nash House on West Queen Street After more than ninety years with the Nash family, the house passed in 1921 to lawyer Alexander H. Graham, later lieutenant governor and a grandson of Governor William A. Graham. The Grahams sold it on August 20, 1935, to Dr. H. W. Moore, who had it restored with architect Archie Royal Davis. People: Archie Royal DavisSearch the index · National Register: Hazel-Nash House nomination (1971), pdf p. 3
  3. Alexander H. Graham inherits Montrose on the death of his father, John W. Graham When John W. Graham died in 1928, Montrose passed to his son Alexander H. 'Sandy' Graham, later lieutenant governor. People: John W. GrahamSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (OR0077ad, 2014), 320 St. Mary's Road, Montrose
  4. Alexander H. Graham chairs the committee that chooses Frank Porter Graham as UNC president Alexander H. Graham chaired the committee that hired Frank Porter Graham as president of the University of North Carolina in 1930. His papers hold the committee correspondence from February to May 1930. People: Frank Porter GrahamSearch the index · UNC Libraries: Alexander H. Graham Papers (#4998), finding aid
  5. Alexander H. Graham builds a stone law office on Churton Street Graham, a former speaker of the state House, tore down the small frame building that held his law office and began a one-story building of local stone with a columned front for himself and his new partner Bonner Sawyer. Its cornerstone reads "Graham Building 1930."Search the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, July 25, 1930, p. 1
  6. Col. John K. Ross-Duggan holds 75th-anniversary exercises at the restored Johnston headquarters house Col. John K. Ross-Duggan, who with his wife had restored the Dickson house outside Hillsborough, marked the 75th anniversary of the war's end there with afternoon exercises and a special postal cachet showing the house. A. H. Graham and W. B. Umstead of Durham were to speak. People: Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham, William B. UmsteadSearch the index · DigitalNC: Henderson Daily Dispatch, April 20, 1940, p. 5
  7. Lt. Gov. Alexander Graham has Watts Carr remodel Montrose as a Colonial Revival house In 1948 Lt. Gov. Alexander Graham and his wife hired Durham architect Watts Carr to turn the Victorian house at Montrose into a Colonial Revival one, with a high hipped roof, side wings and a Georgian Revival entrance. Carr helped work in mantels, doors and trim from old Orange County houses, including double doors from the Burwell School.Search the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (OR0077ad, 2014), 320 St. Mary's Road, Montrose
  8. The school board's lawyer advises closing White Cross School rather than fight the case A. H. Graham, attorney for the county board, told it the transfer fight could not be won and recommended shutting White Cross School instead. People: Alexander H. "Sandy" GrahamDigitalNC: The Chapel Hill Weekly, December 28, 1961, year-in-review story on integration, p. 2

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Picture: Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham, Yackety Yack, 1912. Public domain. Yackety Yack, 1912 (University of North Carolina yearbook); via the Internet Archive

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