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I. Beverly (Isaac Beverly) Lake

1906–1996 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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By I. Beverly (Isaac Beverly) Lake

I. Beverly Lake Jr. papers, 1958-2012

Lake, I. Beverly (Isaac Beverly), 1934- · 1958

The papers of I. Beverly Lake Jr., born 1934, run from 1958 to 2012 and form part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5776. Topics include a judicial and political career: judges in North Carolina, the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, political campaigns, and the state Republican Party. The material also concerns public utilities and utility rate law in Chapel Hill.

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About I. Beverly (Isaac Beverly) Lake

W.C. George papers, 1904-1971 (bulk 1950-1968).

George, W. C. (Wesley Critz), 1888-1982 · 1904

Running 1904 to 1971 with the bulk from 1950 to 1968, the papers of W. C. George (1888-1982), a Chapel Hill faculty member, come to about 4,800 items in 13.5 linear feet in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 3822. Subjects include the genetic aspects of race, the Patriots of North Carolina, the North Carolina Defenders of States' Rights, African American civil rights and education, and academic freedom in the state.

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Life and Orange County connections

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  1. Patriots of North Carolina hold a mass meeting in Hillsborough and form an Orange County unit An overflow crowd of about 300, observers said all white, filled the courtroom in Hillsborough for a Patriots of North Carolina meeting where I. Beverly Lake urged abandoning the public schools for a private system rather than integrate. W. C. George, the Patriots' state president, presided as members named an Orange County executive committee. People: I. Beverly (Isaac Beverly) LakeSearch the index · News of Orange County (DigitalNC): Executive body named by Patriots, March 22, 1956, pp. 1 and 8
  2. W. C. George and Lucius Cheshire are named Orange County managers of I. Beverly Lake's campaign I. Beverly Lake named W. C. George of Chapel Hill and Lucius M. Cheshire of Hillsborough, both directors of the pro-segregation North Carolina Defenders of States Rights, co-managers of his campaign for governor in Orange County. People: I. Beverly (Isaac Beverly) LakeSearch the index · News of Orange County (DigitalNC): Lake names co-managers for campaign in county, April 14, 1960, p. 6

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