CHARLES LEE COON PAPERS, #177, 1695-1931
Correspondence, writings, speeches, scrapbooks, teaching materials, and clippings of Coon
of Wilson, North Carolina, an advocate of educational issues, including African-American
education. Coon was appointed Superintendent of North Carolina Negro Normal Schools
(1904-1906), and discussions of African-
American education can be found throughout the collection, including correspondence with E.
E. Smith, F. M. Kennedy, J. B. Dawdle, J. D. Raid, and Booker T. Washington, among others
(1909, 1912-1913).
Papers also discuss the northern migration and African-American tuberculosis hospitals.
Scrapbooks and other materials reflect Coon's various interests including North Carolina
history and juvenile crime among blacks and whites in North Carolina (1910-1911).