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Collection Overview
| Size | 235.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 340,000 items) |
| Abstract | J. Alex McMillan (1932- ), congressman and businessman of Charlotte, N.C. McMillan, a Republican, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representative in 1984 from North Carolina's Ninth District and held four successive terms until 1994. He was also elected to several offices in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. McMillan worked for Ruddick Corporation and Harris-Teeter Super Markets, Inc., in Charlotte, 1969-1983, in several management positions. He also served vice chair and chair of the First Union National Bank board of directors, 1980-1984; on the board of the Southeastern Savings & Loan Co., 1979-1984; and as director of the Greater Charlotte Economic Development Council, 1981-1982. Congressional committee records, correspondence, speeches, campaign financial and administrative records, voter surveys, photographs, audio tapes, and videocassettes of J. Alex McMillan. Records document his work on House committees, including Small Business; Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; Joint Economic; Energy and Commerce; and Budget. Also included are records relating to his service on the Leadership for Health Care Reform Task Force and President's Commission for Entitlement Reform, and his work as a delegate to the North Atlantic Assembly (NATO) and as vice chair of the Economic Committee and Sub-Committee on East-West Economic Cooperation. Other files document McMillan's political activity in connection with the Republican National Committee and the North Carolina Republican Party. Files for all of McMillan's campaigns are included, most containing information on opponents, campaign issues, McMillan's positions on these issues, and his campaign tactics. |
| Creator | McMillan, J. Alex, 1932- |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Lynn Pritcher and Tim Pyatt, April 1997 with subsequent additions
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Updated by: Anne Wells, May 2021; Dawne Howard Lucas, December 2021
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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Biographical Information
J. Alex McMillan, III, was born 9 May 1932 in Charlotte, N.C. He attended Woodberry Forest School in Virginia, 1946-1950; received a degree in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1954; and received his Masters of Business Administration from the Darden School at the University of Virginia in 1958. He also attended I.B.A. Institute of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, 1964-1965. He married Caroline Houston McMillan in 1959.
McMillan, a Republican, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representative in 1984 from North Carolina's Ninth District and held four successive terms until 1994. He served on numerous committees, including: Small Business (1985-1986), Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Joint Economic (1986-1988), Energy and Commerce (1989-1994), and Budget (1991-1994). The Task Forces he was involved with included: Leadership for Health Care Reform and President's Commission for Entitlement Reform (1994). He served as a delegate to the North Atlantic Assembly (NATO) and as Vice Chairman of the Economic Committee and Sub-Committee on East-West Economic Cooperation.
Other elected offices held include: member of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners (1972-1974), Mecklenburg County Board of Social Services (member, 1974-1975, chairman, 1975-1977), and Vice Chairman of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1978-1979). McMillan also served as Chairman of a WTVI (Charlotte, N.C.) Task Force to determine the future and funding for the public television channel operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools (1978-1984) and as a board member for the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television (1984-1994).
McMillan worked for Ruddick Corporation and Harris-Teeter Super Markets, Inc., in Charlotte, N.C. (1969-1983) in several management positions. He also served a Vice Chairman and Chairman of the First Union National Bank Board of Directors (1980-1984) on the board of the Southeastern Savings & Loan Co. (1979-1984). McMillan was also Director of the Greater Charlotte Economic Development Council (1981-1982).
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Scope and Content
Note: The papers are roughly in the order they were packed by McMillan's Congressional office. The papers primarily cover McMillan's career as a Congressman from North Carolina (1984-1994). An index by file topic with inventory page reference follows.
Materials related to McMillan's service on the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform.
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Series 1. J. Alex McMillan Papers, 1984-1994.
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Series 2. Photographs.
The photographs in the collection include miscellaneous photos of Alex McMillan throughout his term of office, including some official campaign photographs. Subjects and persons in photographs are not reflected in the inventory index.
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Series 3. Audiovisual Materials, 1984-1994 and undated.
Arrangement: Roughly chronological by format.
Audiovisual materials for this collection consists of audio recordings, both on open reel audio and audiocassette, and videotape on VHS. Videotapes, from VT-4741/1 to VT-4741/59, consist of news reports including or about Congressman Alex McMillan. These audio and video tapes are not reflected in the inventory index.
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Additions.
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4702/1 |
1984 Calendar |
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Addition Of September 1998 (Acc. 98198)
Box 159-170
Box 159Box 160Box 161Box 162Box 163Box 164Box 165Box 166Box 167Box 168Box 169Box 170 |
Addition of September 1998 |
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Addition of August 1998 (Acc. 98190)
| Box 171 |
Addition of August 1998 |
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Addition of March 1999 (Acc.98310)
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Items Separated