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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 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

15 works about N. C. (Nathan Carter) Newbold are indexed here.

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  1. State and General Education Board agents visit R. E. Malone's school for Black pupils at Chapel Hill Reprinting a News and Observer piece by S. R. Winters, the News reported that N. C. Newbold of the State Department of Education and Jackson Davis of the General Education Board had visited the Chapel Hill school for Black children led by R. E. Malone. About 200 pupils were enrolled, and the article, citing the University's inspector of secondary schools, N. W. Walker, likened the school to Hampton and Tuskegee for its industrial training and Malone's fruit-growing work. People: N. C. (Nathan Carter) Newbold Place: Black school, Chapel Hill · Also named: R. E. Malone, Jackson Davis, N. W. WalkerThe News (Chapel Hill), November 29, 1917, p. 1
  2. Black residents lay the cornerstone of the new Orange County Training School building A large crowd of Black residents of Chapel Hill and the country around turned out for the cornerstone laying of the new Orange County Training School building on the Henry Strowd hill at the end of Church Street. Black Masons conducted the ceremony, the Chapel Hill colored band played, school board chairman M. C. S. Noble introduced N. C. Newbold, the state director of Negro education, who gave the address, and the school's principal and local trustees took part. People: M. C. S. Noble, N. C. (Nathan Carter) Newbold Place: Henry Strowd hill, end of Church Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Henry Strowd · Also mentions: Orange County Training SchoolThe News (Chapel Hill), September 4, 1924, p. 4
  3. A state conference on race relations meets in Chapel Hill and at Duke A conference on race relations directed by N. C. Newbold of the state department of public instruction opened on May 20 in the University's Alumni building before prominent Black educators, with Howard W. Odum presiding. Librarians R. B. Downs and William K. Boyd described their libraries' holdings on race relations, a session took up the health of Black people and medical practice, and the meetings went on the next day. People: N. C. (Nathan Carter) Newbold, Howard W. Odum, Robert B (Robert Bingham) Downs Place: Alumni building, UNC, Chapel Hill (afternoon session at Duke University) · Also named: William K. BoydSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 24, 1935, p. 3

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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.

Included because: 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.

Included because: 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.

Included because: 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.

Included because: 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.

Included because: 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.

Included because: 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.

Included because: 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.

Included because: 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.

Included because: 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.

Included because: 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.

Included because: 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.

Included because: 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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