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Charlotte Literary and Library Association
Board of Directors 1891
Dr George W. Graham, President
JE.D. Latta, Vice-President
John M. Walker, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer
General Rufus Barringer
Dr. M.A. Bland
Willis B. Dowd
Col. William Johnston
Hon. F.B. McDowell
J. Frank Wilkes
Charlotte Carnegie Public Library
Board of Directors 1903
Thomas S. Franklin, President
J. Hirshinger, Vice-President
G.H. Brockenbrough
A. Burwell
J.L. Chambers
T.W. Dixon
J.A. Fore
H.G. Link
C.G. McManaway
Samuel S. McNinch
J.H. Wearn
J. Frank Wilkes
Brevard Street Library for Negroes
Board of Directors 1905
P.P. Alston
H.A. Hunt
P.F. Maloy
W.P. Phifer
J.W. Smith
Thaddeus Tate
During the past 98 years, over one hundred Mecklenburg County citizens have provided leadership for the library by volunteering their time to serve on the board of directors. We regret that records for the early years of the library are incomplete and the listing below may have some omissions.
Library Board Members
1891-1989
Betty N. Abernathy, D.M. Abernethy, P.P. Alston, Sam T. Atkinson, Jr., O.L. Barringer, General Rufus Barringer, H.H. Baxter, John Belk, W.H. Belk, E.L. Best, Reece Bigham, Dr. M.A. Bland, Mary Bogguss, G.H. Brockenbrough, Charles R. Brockmann, Stanford R. Brookshire, R.B. Bruce, James R. Bryant, Mrs. W.I. Bullard, A. Burwell, John P. Carr, J.L. Chambers, Claude Cochrane, H. Irwin Coffield, III, Elizabeth Conrad, Oscar Cranz, E. McArthur Currie, George E. Davis, T.W. Dixon, W.S. Dorr, Ben E. Douglas, Willis B. Dowd, W. Frank Dowd, Carla DuPuy, F.A. Edmonson, Dr. I W. Faison, Mrs. Gordon Finger, Pete Foley, J.A. Fore, Thomas S. Franklin, Dr. E.H. Garinger, Dr. George W. Graham, Elizabeth Hair, Harry P. Harding, Hugh W. Harris, Ken Harris, W.T. Harris, J. Hirshinger, The Rev. Calvin Hood, C.C. Hope, Jr., Mrs. Billy Shaw Howell, H.A. Hunt, George Ivey, Mrs. Latta C. Johnston, Col. William Johnston, Dr. Rolland Jones, The Rev. James E. King, T.L. Kirkpatrick, C.E. Lambeth, Edward Dilworth Latta, L.L. Ledbetter, H.G. Link, John C. Lockhart, Van Lear Logan, Charles M. Lowe, S.Y. McAden, J.D. McCall, The Hon. F.B. McDowell, Dr. Roy B. McKnight, C.G. McManaway, F.R. McNinch, Samuel S. McNinch, P.F. Maloy, Dr. James G. Martin, E.L. Mason, J.A. Mayo, Harvey W. Moore, Eleanor Morris, Evelyn Newman, W.L. Nicholson, Larry Owen, Ed Peacock, M.W. Peterson, John R. Pharr, W.P. Phifer, Dr. A. Craig Phillips, John Phillips, Elizabeth Randolph, Dennis Rash, Jay Robinson, Sally Robinson, G.G. Scott, Dr. William C. Self, J.L. Sexton, Victor Shaw, Robert Sink, E.R. Smith, J.W. Smith, James Saxon Smith, T.T. Smith, George Stephens, Thaddeus L. Tate, Smith Turner, III, Philip Van Every, Betty A. Wagner John M. Walker, Jr., Helen Wardlaw, A.H. Wearn, J.H. Wearn J.H. Weddington, J. Frank Wilkes, George E. Wilson, John W. Wilson, Dr. B.J. Witherspoon, Elsie E. Woodard, Dr. A.A. Wyche, Rev W.P. Wyche.
Ryckman, Patricia. Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County: A Century of Service. Charlotte, N.C.: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1989.