Alexander McIver

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1. 1868 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 McIver, William L. Saunders Place: Chapel HillDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 785
2. 1869 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 Pool Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · NCpedia: McIver, Alexander
3. June 1869 The Pool faculty takes furniture from the society halls for their parlors Before the June 1869 commencement, Professor David S. Patrick broke open the Philanthropic Society's door to take its velvet rugs and a carpet, and furniture was carried out of the society halls to furnish the faculty's parlors. Villagers were furious, and Alexander McIver refused to use the societies' things. People: Alexander McIver Place: Philanthropic and Dialectic society halls, Chapel Hill · Also named: David S. PatrickHope Summerell Chamberlain, Old Days in Chapel Hill (1926), scan p. 189
4. December 1869 A marble monument is set over the Mitchell family graves in the old Mitchell garden A marble monument was placed over the graves of Elisha Mitchell's family members buried in the garden of his former home, then lived in by Alexander McIver's family. Mrs. McIver and Spencer agreed the dead belonged in the village graveyard. People: Elisha Mitchell, Alexander McIver Place: Mitchell house garden (then the McIver home), Chapel HillSearch the index · Hope Summerell Chamberlain, Old Days in Chapel Hill (1926), scan p. 203
5. June 1870 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 McIver Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: John H. Wheeler, Eleanor H. SwainSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 36
6. January 16, 1871 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 Pool Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Internet Archive: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 2 (1912), full text
7. February 1, 1873 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 Pearson, Bartholomew F. Moore Place: Chapel HillDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 46
8. May 1874 to January 1875 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, Kemp Plummer Battle, Alexander McIver, John W. Graham, Andrew Mickle, Albion W. Tourgee, Bartholomew F. Moore, James Augustus Graham, William Horn Battle Place: Orange County Superior Court, HillsboroughInternet Archive: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 2 (1912), full text
9. Summers of 1877 and 1878 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 Battle Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Internet Archive: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 2 (1912), full text
10. September 17, 1887 Orange County farmers organize the Orange County Club at the court house After a July 30 mass meeting addressed by Kemp P. Battle, farmers met at the court house on September 17, adopted a constitution and by-laws reported by S. S. Webb, and elected Alexander McIver of Oaks president of the Orange County Club, with William D. Latta, N. D. Bain and Thomas H. Hughes as the other officers. Twenty-nine farmers enrolled, and a committee was named to consider forming a farmers' institute. People: Alexander McIver, Kemp Plummer Battle, Nathaniel D. Bain Place: Court house, Hillsborough · Also named: William D. Latta, Thomas H. Hughes, S. S. WebbSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 24, 1887, p. 3
11. August 30, 1890 Orange County Republicans reorganize and elect James A. Cheek county chairman A Republican mass meeting at the court house accepted Wilson Brown's resignation as county chairman, elected James A. Cheek in his place, endorsed Isaac R. Strayhorn for solicitor and called a county convention for September 27. It resolved to back no one who would not support the county ticket and Alexander McIver for Congress. People: Alexander McIver, Isaac R. Strayhorn, James A. Cheek Place: Court house, Hillsborough · Also named: H. N. Brown Sr., Wilson BrownSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 6, 1890, p. 3
12. September 27, 1890 Orange County Republicans meet at the court house and endorse a county ticket The county Republican convention endorsed a slate for the legislature and the county offices and heard the party's congressional candidate, Alexander McIver, speak for about an hour. Within weeks several men on the slate said in print that they had not agreed to run, and one called the meeting the "white Republican" convention. People: Alexander McIver, John T. Hogan, Adolphus J. Gordon Place: Court house, HillsboroughSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 4, 1890, p. 3