CHARLES N. HUNTER PAPERS. 2,944 items and 18 volumes
Personal and professional papers of Charles N. Hunter of Raleigh, North Carolina (ca.
1851-1931)—educator and editor who was prominent in the effort to provide better
educational facilities for black students and who was instrumental in winning the
construction of several schools for black children. Professional correspondence includes
letters from black women seeking employment as teachers. Personal correspondence includes
letters home from his daughters while they were attending school. One daughter writes of her
academic and social life at Hampton (Hampton, Virginia) during the 1890s. In addition to
correspondence concerning Hunter's family life and personal finances, the collection includes
17 scrapbooks containing clippings and other items on race relations and the social,
political, and economic affairs of black Americans—included, for example, is
material on temperance and the challenges faced by blacks following the Civil War.