David S. Coltrane (1893-1968) Papers, PC.1453
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- David S. Coltrane (1893-1968) Papers
- Call Number
- PC.1453
- Creator
- Unknown
- Date
- 1931-1969
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
Personal papers of D. S. Coltrane, assistant state commissioner of agriculture (1937-1948) and commissioner (1948-1949); assistant director of the budget (1949-1960); head of Dept. of Administration (1960-1963); chairman of the Good Neighbor Council to improve race relations (1964- 1968); and noted Methodist layman. Correspondence concerns his duties and salary as assistant commissioner; confrontation with Gov. W. Kerr Scott over support for William B. Umstead (1952); race relations and meeting with Martin Luther King (1966); elections of 1952, 1966, 1968; and problem of Vietnam. Correspondents include Albert Coates, Joel L. Fleishman, J. D. Messick, W. Kerr Scott, and many politicians, educators, ministers, business and community leaders in praise of his work. Topics of Coltrane's speeches include postwar agriculture (1945); Frank P. Graham's senatorial campaign (1950); state government; and race relations (1967-1968), with response from Jesse Helms. Clippings, photographs, and certificates relate to his entire career. Relating to the Methodist church are letters, minutes, programs, reports, and excerpts from debates concerning desegregation within the church organization (1964- 1967); jobs of church administrators; the board of Christian social concerns; and construction of the Methodist Building in Raleigh (1957- 1965). Also information on Negro churches in the N.C. Conference, pastors' appointments and salaries, dissent from Vietnam War (1967), Edenton Street Methodist Church, and N.C. Wesleyan College, with minutes of board of trustees and report on accreditation (1966-1967).