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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Bart F. Smallwood Papers #04883, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Provenance

Received from Arwin D. Smallwood of Peoria, Ill., in July 1997 (Acc. 97096), with additions in October 1998 (Acc. 98208), June 1999 (Acc. 98379), March 2000 (Acc. 98624), July 2000 (Acc. 98679), November 2001 (Acc. 99134), and January 2006 (Acc. 100294).

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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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• African American civic leaders--North Carolina--Bertie County.
• African American civic leaders--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• African American college students--North Carolina.
• African American families--North Carolina.
• African American--Education (Higher)--North Carolina.
• African American--Education--North Carolina.
• African American--North Carolina--Bertie County.
• African American--North Carolina--Social conditions.
• African American--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Bertie County (N.C.)--Social conditions.
• Community leadership--North Carolina.
• Community organization--North Carolina.
• East Carolina University--Students.
• Indian Woods (N.C. : Township)--Photographs.
• Indian Woods (N.C. : Township)--Social conditions.
• North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University--Students.
• North Carolina--Rural conditions.
• North Carolina--Social conditions.
• Oral history.
• Smallwood family.
• Smallwood, Arwin D.
• Smallwood, Bart F. (Bart Fearing), d. 1985.

Bart Fearing Smallwood was an African American community organizer in the Windsor and Indian Woods communities of Bertie County, N.C., in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He was responsible for establishing the Blue Jay Recreation Center, the Blue Jay Baseball team, and the Blue Jay Volunteer Fire Department to serve the recreational and fire protection needs of his isolated rural neighborhood. Smallwood was also active in a number of other organizations, including advisory boards for the Bertie County schools and for his employer, Lea Lumber and Plywood Company, and he served on the Bertie County Involvement Council.

Bart F. Smallwood was married to Lois Marie Cherry Smallwood, and had five children: Angelia, Anthony, Arwin, Brady, and Tanya Smallwood. Bart Smallwood died in December 1985.

This collection documents Bart Smallwood's life as an African American community organizer. It also contains materials relating to African American families and to African American education, both at school and in higher education institutions.

Materials document the organizations with which Smallwood was involved in the Windsor and Indian Woods communities of Bertie County, N.C.. His personal and family life is also documented. Letters, photographs, and other materials in Series 1 document Smallwood's efforts on behalf of community organizations. Series 2 documents organizational activities through minutes, baseball scorebooks and photographs, programs for special events, and organizational memos and correspondence. Series 3 contains published material, tourist brochures, catalogs, and clippings.

Series 4 contains materials relating to the dissertation written by Smallwood's son Arwin Smallwood. These include drafts and a bound copy of the dissertation, "A History of Three Cultures: Indian Woods, North Carolina, 1585 to 1995," submitted for the Ph.D. in history at the Ohio State University in 1997. Also included is material collected in the course of Arwin Smallwood's research on Indian Woods, N.C., including photocopies of published information about North Carolina, photographs of people, buildings, and scenes in and around Indian Woods, and audiotaped oral history interviews with residents of Indian Woods and Bertie County, N.C.

Series 5 contains materials relating to the Smallwood family. Most of the material relates to the children's education, especially Angelia Smallwood's attendance at East Carolina University and Anthony Smallwood's courses at North Carolina A & T State University.

Note the additions of October 1998 through January 2006 follow the organization scheme of the original deposit.

Items separated include: photographs (P-4883/1-13_4 and OP-PF-4883/1-2), audiocassettes (C-4883/1-8), oversize papers (XOPF-4883/1), and an oversize volume (SV-4883/1).