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N. C. (Nathan Carter) Newbold

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“Director, N.C. Division of Negro Education, 1921-50. White advocate for Black opportunities within the system of segregation. He lived 2 blocks N.”

State historical marker: H-127: Nathan Newbold 1871-1957

1871–1957 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

15 indexed works are connected with this person.

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Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, Correspondence of the Director, July 1945-June 1946

North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction · 1945

Postwar correspondence of N. C. Newbold, July 1945 to June 1946, as director of the North Carolina Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations. It concerns African American education, historically Black colleges and race relations, with Chapel Hill and Duke among the places named. 46 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, Correspondence of the Director, July 1944-June 1945

North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction · 1944

Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations correspondence for July 1944 to June 1945, the last year of the Second World War, kept by director N. C. Newbold. The letters deal with Black public schools, historically Black colleges and race relations across North Carolina, and name UNC at Chapel Hill and Duke. 175 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, Correspondence of the Director, July 1943-June 1944

North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction · 1943

N. C. Newbold's letters for July 1943 to June 1944 as director of the state's Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations in the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. They concern African American schooling and colleges and race relations, with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke among institutions named. 255 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, Correspondence of the Director, July 1942-June 1943

North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction · 1942

Wartime correspondence of N. C. Newbold, July 1942 to June 1943, from his post directing the state's Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations. Livingstone College in Salisbury appears this year alongside other historically Black colleges, UNC at Chapel Hill and Duke, in letters on African American education and race relations. 267 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, Correspondence of the Director, July 1941-June 1942

North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction · 1941

Correspondence kept by N. C. Newbold between July 1941 and June 1942 as director of the state's Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations. His division gathered and shared information on African American history and life in the South and worked on Black education in segregated North Carolina; UNC at Chapel Hill and Duke appear among its contacts. 228 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, Correspondence of the Director, July 1940-June 1941

North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction · 1940

Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations files for July 1940 to June 1941: the correspondence of its director, N. C. Newbold, within North Carolina's Department of Public Instruction. Topics are African American schools and higher education, historically Black colleges and race relations, with Chapel Hill and Duke in view. 334 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, Correspondence of the Director, July 1939-June 1940

North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction · 1939

State correspondence from July 1939 to June 1940 of N. C. Newbold, who directed North Carolina's Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations. The division's work centered on African American education and race relations under segregation, and the letters reach the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke. 234 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, Correspondence of the Director, July 1938-June 1939

North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction · 1938

Letters of N. C. Newbold, head of North Carolina's Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, for the school year July 1938 to June 1939. Black education, historically Black colleges and race relations run through the file, which also names the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, UNC at Chapel Hill, Duke and the General Education Board. 249 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Articles and Speeches by N. C. Newbold, 1937-1938

North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction · 1937

Speeches and articles by N. C. Newbold, who led the state's Division of Negro Education, from July 1937 to June 1938. They include a report of the Committee on Race Relations given to the North Carolina Conference for Social Service in April 1938 and comparative figures on Black public schools across states. 211 pages from the Department of Public Instruction.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, Correspondence of the Director, July 1937-June 1938

North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction · 1937

N. C. Newbold's correspondence as division director for July 1937 to June 1938. His North Carolina office for cooperation in education and race relations dealt with African American schools and colleges, the General Education Board and race relations; Peter Weddick Moore (1858 to 1934) is among the people named, and UNC at Chapel Hill and Duke appear. 232 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, Correspondence of the Director, July 1936-June 1937

North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction · 1936

Director's files of N. C. Newbold for July 1936 to June 1937, from the Department of Public Instruction's Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations. Subjects include African American schooling and higher education, historically Black colleges, race relations and the General Education Board, with Chapel Hill and Duke among the institutions named. 66 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, Correspondence of the Director, September 1935-June 1936

North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction · 1935

Correspondence of N. C. Newbold as director of the state's Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations, September 1935 to June 1936. The North Carolina division promoted knowledge of African American history and worked on Black education within segregated schools. Letters touch the General Education Board, Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 224 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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