Inventory of the Alfred Moore Scales Papers, 1872; 1874; 1906-1932

Collection Number 4037


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Scales, Alfred Moore, 1870-1940.
Title
Alfred Moore Scales Papers, 1872; 1874; 1906-1932.
Call Number
4037
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 1,350 items (1.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Alfred Moore Scales, lawyer, Democratic state senator, real estate developer, and insurance executive of Greensboro, N.C. Correspondence about North Carolina political candidates and elections; political and civil service appointments, both state and federal; proposed legislation affecting insurance companies, particularly, 1909-1913; and the business of the First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, various committees and agencies of the Orange Presbytery, and the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina. There is also material about the North Carolina Commission on Constitutional Amendments, 1913-1914, and about the Association for the Promotion of Education in North Carolina, 1920-1923.


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Administrative Information

Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Alfred Moore Scales Papers, #4037, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Association for the Promotion of Education in North Carolina.
Civil service--United States--History.
Education--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Elections--North Carolina--History--20th century.
First Presbyterian Church (Greensboro, N.C.)
Insurance companies--Law and legislation--North Carolina--History--20th century.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
North Carolina. Commission on Constitutional Amendments.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Presbytery of Orange.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Synod of North Carolina.
Presbyterian Church--North Carolina--History.
Scales, Alfred Moore, 1870-1940.
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Biographical Note

Alfred Moore Scales, lawyer, Democratic state senator, real estate developer, and insurance executive of Greensboro, N.C.

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Collection Overview

Correspondence about North Carolina political candidates and elections; political and civil service appointments, both state and federal; proposed legislation affecting insurance companies, particularly, 1909-1913; and the business of the First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, various committees and agencies of the Orange Presbytery, and the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina. There is also material about the North Carolina Commission on Constitutional Amendments, 1913-1914, and about the Association for the Promotion of Education in North Carolina, 1920-1923.