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Alexander McIver

Alexander McIver, a first-honor graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1853, taught mathematics there briefly as a tutor and returned as professor of mathematics in 1869. He was state superintendent of public instruction from 1871 to 1874 and later principal of the Greensboro graded schools.

Source: NCpedia: McIver, Alexander

1822–1902 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Alexander McIver, portrait plate, 1870
Alexander McIver, portrait plate, 1870

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My memoirs, 1940.

McIver, George Willcox, 1858-1947 · 1940

Written in 1940, the memoirs of George Willcox McIver, 1858 to 1947, fill two volumes and 480 pages in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 1674. The memoirs trace a North Carolina childhood, schooling at the Bingham School in Orange County and at Davidson College, cadet years at the United States Military Academy, and army service through the Spanish American War and the First World War.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: McIver, Alexander, 1822-1902.

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  1. Dialectic and Philanthropic societies hide their books and papers Believing the societies would not be run under their constitutions after the university changed hands, their last officers gave the Dialectic records to Alexander McIver and the Philanthropic records to William L. Saunders. The property lay safe until the societies revived in 1875. People: Alexander McIverDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 785
  2. Alexander McIver joins the reorganized faculty as professor of mathematics McIver, a Moore County native who had graduated first in the class of 1853 and taught briefly as a tutor, came from Davidson College to teach mathematics on the Republican faculty that reopened the university under Solomon Pool. People: Solomon PoolSearch the index · NCpedia: McIver, Alexander
  3. Historical society reorganized at the university's 1870 commencement During commencement on June 8 and 9, 1870, a meeting with Professor Alexander McIver in the chair organized the North Carolina Historical Society with Col. John H. Wheeler as president and McIver as secretary and treasurer. A committee was named to recover from Eleanor H. Swain the books and manuscripts the society claimed. People: Alexander McIverSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 36
  4. McIver moves that the faculty step aside for the university's revival At a faculty meeting without President Pool, McIver offered a resolution that no member wished to stand in the way of reviving the university, since the faculty lacked public confidence. It passed with McIver and Patrick for and Brewer against. People: Solomon PoolSearch the index · Internet Archive: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 2 (1912), full text
  5. Alumni meet in Raleigh to plan the university's revival At the invitation of trustees led by Superintendent Alexander McIver, fifty-five alumni met in the state Senate chamber with B. F. Moore in the chair. Their committee proposed that the alumni association nominate a new board for the Board of Education to appoint, but most of the 1868 trustees did not resign and the plan lapsed. People: Alexander McIver, William A. Graham, William Horn Battle, Richmond Mumford PearsonDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 46
  6. The new trustees sue Solomon Pool and Alexander McIver at Orange Superior Court and win possession of the university in the Supreme Court At the May 1874 term of Orange Superior Court the new board brought one action against Superintendent Alexander McIver, who held the university's seal and books and had agreed to a friendly test suit, and another against Solomon Pool for the buildings. Judge Albion W. Tourgee ruled against the trustees; John W. Graham and James A. Graham of Hillsborough argued for them without fee, as did B. F. Moore and William H. Battle on appeal in June 1874. At its January term 1875 the state Supreme Court decided for the university on every point, and possession passed to Andrew Mickle, the board's agent, with the seal, books and papers going to Treasurer Kemp Battle. People: Solomon Pool, Albion W. Tourgée, Kemp Plummer Battle, Alexander McIver, James Augustus Graham, John W. Graham, Andrew MickleInternet Archive: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 2 (1912), full text
  7. McIver heads mathematics at the university's summer normal schools Then principal of the Greensboro graded schools, McIver was chief of the mathematics department at the 1877 Summer Normal School in Chapel Hill and taught mathematics, English grammar and physiology at the 1878 session. People: Kemp Plummer BattleSearch the index · Internet Archive: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 2 (1912), full text

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Picture: Alexander McIver, portrait plate, 1870. Public domain. Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 2 (1912); via the Internet Archive

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