Luther Hartwell Hodges Appointments, 1953-1960, MARS ID 367.6
Abstract
Correspondence, oaths, press releases, memoranda, telegrams, letters, and reports
by and for both William B. Umstead and Luther H. Hodges.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Luther Hartwell Hodges Appointments
- Call Number
- MARS ID 367.6
- Creator
-
Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974
- Date
- 1953-1960
- Extent
- 76.00 fibredex boxes
- Language
-
English
- Repository
-
State Archives of North Carolina
Restrictions on Access & Use
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research; records stored offsite, requires additional retrieval
time; advanced notice required for Saturday access.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Luther Hartwell Hodges Appointments, 1953-1960 (MARS 367.6),
North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Collection Overview
Correspondence, oaths, press releases, memoranda, and telegrams documenting gubernatorial
appointments tovarious agency or commission positions during the administrations of
both William B. Umstead and Luther H. Hodges. Included are letters of recommendation,
letters of thanks, letters accepting or declining appointments, reports of Senate
confirmations, and lists of terms of appointment for various agencies or commissions.
Arrangement Note
Alphabetical by name of agency or commission.
Biographical/Historical note
Luther H. Hodges was born in Cascade, Virginia on March 9, 1898. His family moved
to what would become Eden, North Carolina a few years later. Hodges completed his
college education at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, then went to work
at the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Mills in Leaksville. He left the company to enter
politics, serving on both the State Board of Education and the Highway and Public
Works Commission. Hodges was elected lieutenant governor of North Carolina in 1952,
and succeeded Governor Umstead upon his death in 1954. He was then elected governor
of North Carolina in 1956, and continued to serve in politics after his term until
his death in 1974.
Contents of the Collection
Collection Contents
Administration, Department of
1
Administrative Practice Commission
1
Advisorty Budget Commission
1
Aging, Governor's Coordinating Committee on
1
Aging, Southern States Advisory Committee on
1
Aging, White House Conference on
1
Agricultural and Technical College
1
Agricultural Hall of Fame
1
Agriculture, State Board of
2
Airplane Flight, Commission to Promote, Conduct and Participate in Celebration of
First
2
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
2
American 400th Anniversary Commission
3
Appalachian State Teachers College
3
Architectural Examination and Registration, Board of
3
Archives and History, Department of
3
Archives and History, Executive Board
3
Archives and History, Peace Officers
3
Ashville-Biltmore College
4
Assessment, State Board of
4
Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission
4
Atomic Energy Advisory Commission
4
Aviation, Advisory Committee on
6
Aycock, Charles B., Memorial
6
Barber Examiners, State Board of
8
Barber Examiners, State Board of
9
Bath, Commission to Celebrate 250th Anniversary of Incorporation
9
Battleship Advisory Committee
9
Blind, State Commission for the
9
Blind and Deaf, North Carolina School for the
9
Blind and Deaf, North Carolina School for the
10
Boiler Rules, North Carolina Board of
10
Bond Election Committee, 1959, 1959
10
Broughton, Committee on Portrait of Late Governor
10
Budget, Assistant Director of
10
Budget (See Advisory Budget Commission)
10
Buildings and Grounds, Board of Public
10
Burial Association Commissioner, Advisory Committee to the State
10
Burial Association Commissioner
10
Burial Association Commission
10
Burial Association Commission
11
Buisness Council, Advisory- See Conservation and Development
11
Cancer, Commission to Study Control of
11
Cape Fear River Navigation and Pilotage Commission
11
Cape Hatteras Seashore Commission
11
Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commission
11
Caswell, Governor Richard, Memorial Commission
12
Cerebral Palsy Hospital Board
12
Certified Public Accountant Examiners, Board of
12
Chiropractic Examiners, State Board of
12
Citizens' Bond Election Committee for a Better N. C.
13
Citizenship, National Conference on
13
Civil Defense, Director of
13
Costal Highway from Deleware to North Carolina, Committee to Study Construction of
13
College Board Appointments, Data on
13
Communication Study Commission
13
Community Colleges (Organization Committee)
13
Community Mental Health Clinics
13
Cone, Moses H., Memorial Hospital Board
13
Confederate Centennial Commission
13
Conservation and Development, Board of
14
Conservation and Development, Advisory Business Council
14
Conservation and Development, Special Peach Officers
14
Conservation and Development-- General Correspondence, News Releases
15
Conservation and Development-- Miscellaneous recommentations
15
Conservation and Development: Austin, W. B.
15
Conservation and Development: Bissette, Paul
15
Conservation and Development: Buchan, Carl
15
Conservation and Devlopment: Cavenaugh, Aubrey L.
15
Conservation and Development: Coleman, W. A.
15
Conservation and Development: Coke, Frank
15
Conservation and Development: Conger, J. H.
15
Conservation and Development: Cook, Staley A.
15
Conservation and Development: Damtoft, Walter
15
Conservation and Development: Dawson, Victor
15
Conservation and Development: Dawson, W. C. (Bill)
15
Conservation and Development: Douglas, Ben E.
15
Conservation and Development: Edwards, Ralph
15
Conservation and Development: Enloe, S. W.
15
Conservation and Development: Fraley, John L.
15
Conservation and Development: Frink, S. Bunn
15
Conservation an Development: Garrison, W. B and Zeigler, Charles B.
15
Conservation and Development: Green, C. Sylvester
15
Conservation and Development: Greene, Harry
15
Conservation and Development: Hanes, Robert N.
15
Conservation and Development: Heater, R. O.
15
Conservation and Development: Herring, Davis
15
Conservation and Development: Holton, David Q.
15
Conservation and Development: Horne, Josh
15
Conservation and Development: Jenkins, Charles H.
15
Conservation and Development: Kearns, Amos R.
15
Conservation and Development: Latham, Fred
15
Conservation and Development: McPherson, Hold
15
Conservation and Development: Mason, W. H.
15
Conservation and Development: Marr, Wade
15
Conservation and Development: Midgette, Lorimer
15
Conservation and Development: Morris, Cecil
15
Conservation and Development: Morton, Hugh
15
Conservation and Development: Murdock, J. C.
15 Container index
Conservation and Development: Parker, John A.
15
Conservation and Development: Pressman, Jake
15
Conservation and Development: Rankin, Henry
15
Conservation and Development: Rochelle, I. F.
15
Conservation and Development: Rogers, Eric
15
Conservation and Development: Simmons, Gene
15
Conservation and Development: Simmons, J. L.
15
Conservation and Development: Singleton, J. A.
15
Conservation and Development: Smith, Miles
15
Conservation and Development: Snow, Beverly C.
15
Conservation and Development: Tait, A. L.
15
Conservation and Development: Wade, Howard
15
Conservation and Development: Watson, T. Max
15
Conservation and Development: Wells, William
15
Conservation and Development: Westmoreland, S. J.
15
Conservation and Development: Wilkins, W. Banks
15
Conservation and Development: Williams, Frank C.
15
Conservation and Development: Worthington, R. H.
15
Conservation and Development--Applications referred to Ben E. Douglas, Director
15
Constitution, Commission to Study Revision of North Carolina
16
Contractors, State Licensing Board for (see also Electrical Contractors, Plumbing
and Heating Contractors, etc.)
16
Correction and Training, State Board of
16
Cosmetic Art Examiners, Board of
16
County Chairmen, 1957, 1958, 1957-1958
17
County Chairmen, Appointed to Boards
17
County Vice Chairman, 1958, 1958
17
Courts, State Committee for Improved
17
Daniels, Josephus, Memorial
17
Deaf, North Carolina School for the Deaf at Morganton
17
Dental Examiners, State Board of
17
Dismal Swamp Industrial Canal Committee
17
Domestic Relations, Commission on, For Study of/Laws: Guardianship and Welfare of
Children
17
Driver Education, State Coorinator of Report on
17
Durham County Civil Court
17
Durham County Small Claims Court
17
East Carolina Indian Training School
18
Education, Advisory Committee on
18
Educaiton, Board of Control for the Regional Council for
18
Education, North Carolina Citizen for Better Schools
18
Education, Commission on Higher Education
19
Education, Commission on revision of Public School Laws
19
Education, Commission to Study Institutions of Higher Learning
19
Education, Commission to Study School Financing
19
Education, Commission to Study School Law
19
Education, Governor's Committee on Higher
19
Education, Board of Higher
19
Education, Local Citizens Committees for Better Schools
19
Education, Board of Control for Southern Regional Education
19
Education, Southern Regional Education Board
19
Education, State Board of
19
Education, State Board of
20
Ehringhaus Portraint Committee
21
Elections, State Board of
21
Electrical Contractors, Board of Examiners of
21
Elizabeth City State Teachers College
21
Employment Security Commission Advisory Council
21
Employment Security Commission Advisory Council
21
Engineers and Land Surveyors, State Board of Registration for
21
Farmers' Advisory Committee
22
Farming Operations, State
22
Fayetteville State Teachers College
22
Firemen's Pension Fund, Board of Trustees of the North Carolina
22
Fisheries, Commercial, Advisory Board
22
Forest Fire Protection Compact, Advisory Committee of the Southeastern Interstate
23
Forestry Division--Governor's Conference on Forest Fire Protection
23
Fort Fisher National Park Commission
23
Funeral Direcors and Burial Association, N. C. Advisory Committee
23
Gasoline and Oil Inspection Board
23
General Statutes Commission
23
Government, Local, Commission
23
Greensboro Municipal-County Court
23
Health, Board of (See Inspectional Activities of Department of Agricultural and Board
of Health)
23
High Point Municipal Court
23
High Point Municipal Court
24
Highway Commission, Chairman
24
Highway Commission, Director of Public Relations
24
Highway and Public Works Commission
24
Highway Commission, Division 1
24
Highway Commission, Division 2
24
Highway Commission, Division 3-7
25
Highway Commission, Division 8-14
26
Highway Commission (General)
26
Highway Commission (Personnel)
26
Highway Committee to Consider Increasing Highway Divisions
27
Highway Country Road Supervisors
27
Highway and Public Works Commission, Special Officers, Prison Department
27
Highway and Public Works Commission, Special Officers, Prison Administration
27
Highway Reorganization Personnel
27
Highway System, Commission on the Study of the State
27
History, Commitee to Commemorate and Preserve in the History of North Carolina to
the date of May 20, 1775
28
Hospitals Board of Control
28
Hospitals Board of Control Advisory Committee
28
Hospitals Board of Control, Alcoholics Advisory Committee
28
State Hospical at Goldsboro
28
Inspectional Activities of Department of Agriculture and Board of Health
29
Insurance, Commissioner of
29
Interstate Cooperation, Governor's Committee on
29
Judge, Richmond Country Court
29
Judges, Emergency, Superior Court
29
Justices, Emergency, Supreme Court
29
Judge, Special, Superior Court
29
Judges, Special, Superior Court
30
Judges, Special, General Correspondence
30
Judges, Endorsements for Special Superior Court Judges A-G, 1953-1954, 1953-1954
31
Judges, Endorsements for Special Superior Court Judges H-L, 1953-1954, 1953-1954
32
Judges, Endorsements for Special Superior Court Judges, M-P, 1953-1954, 1953-1954
33
Judges, Endorsement for Special Superior Court Judges R-Z, 1953-1954, and Miscellaneous, 1953-1954
34
Judges, Special--Letters to Umstead Approving Appointments, etc., 1954, 1953, 1953-1954
34
Judges of the Superior Courts of North Carolina
34
Judges of the Superior Courts of North Carolina, Ceremony, July 1, 1955, July 1, 1955
34
Judges of the Superior Courts of North Carolina
35
Judges, Superior Court, A-C
35
Judges, Superior Court, D-P
36
Judges, Superior Court, R-Z
37
Judges of the Supreme Court of North Carolina
38
Judge, Supreme Court, Dan K. Moore
38
Judge, Supreme Court, J. Will Pless, Jr.
38
Judges, Supreme Court--Miscellaneous, 1953-1954
38
Justice, Supreme Court-- Judge Clifton Moore
38
Justices, Emergency, Supreme Court
38
Juvenile Courts and Correctional Institutions Commission
38
Justices of the Peace, 1953: Correspondence, 1953
39
Justices of the Peace, 1953: Miscellaneous, 1953
39
Justices of the Peace, 1953: Commissions Declines, 1953-1954, 1953-1954
39
Justices of the Peace, 1953: Revocations (John G. Lam), 1953
39
Justices of the Peace, 1953: Appointments, A-H, 1953
39
Appointments, Justices of the Peace, 1953: I-Z, 1953
40
Justices of the Peace, 1954: Appointments, A-G, 1954
41
Justices of the Peace, 1954: Appointments, H-Z, 1954
42
Kerr, John H., Reservoir Development Commission
43
Law Enforcement Officers Benefit and Retirement Fund, Board of Commissioners
43
Legislative Building Commission
43
Legislative Reapportionment
43
Legislative Representation Commission
43
Library, North Carolina State, Board of Trustees
44
Lockhart Gaddy Wild Goose Refuge Commission
44
Marketing Commission, Agriculture
44
Medical Care Commission, State Advisory Council
44
Milk Producers Cooperative, Inc.
45
Minger, Sgt. Harold E., Commission on Chauffeur
45
Morehead City Porte Commission
45
Mosquito Commission, Salt Marsh
45
Motor Boats, Commission to Study the Operation of
45
Motor Vehicles, Commissioner of
45
Motor Vehicles, Department of
45
Municipal Government, Commission to Study Problems of
45
Municipal Recorder's Court of the Town of Siler City
45
Municipal Roads Commission
45
Morehead, John Motley, Memorial Commission
45
National Guard Advisory Board
46
Negro Children at Goldsboro, Advisory Committee to the State Training School for
46
New Bern 250th Anniversary Commission
46
North Carolina College at Durham
46
North Carolina Railroad (see Railroads)
46
Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee
46
Nurse Registration and Nursing Education, Board of
46
Nurse Registration and Nursing Education
47
Nurse Registration and Nurseing Education, Board
47
Nurses Training Program, Committee to Investigate the Establishment of suported
47
Nurse Training at one or more state/institutions, Committee to study feasibility of
establishing program of
47
Nursing Homes, Commission to Study
47
Ocean Isle Beach, Town of
47
Opticians, N. C. State Board of
47
Optometry, State Board of Examiners in
47
Osteopathic Examination and Registration, State Board of
48
Oxford Orphanage for White Children
48
Park, Parkway and Forest Development Commission (National)
48
Paroles, State Board of, Applications and Endorsements
49
Pest Control Commission, Structural
49
Physically Handicapped, Commission on Employ of the
50
Physical Therapists, State Examining Committee of
50
Physical Therapy Commission
50
Piedmont Test Farm, Commission to Negotiate Sale of
50
Plumbing and Heating Contractors, board of Examiners of
50
Poet Laureate of North Carolina
50
Poliomyelitis Vaccine Advisory Committee
50
Portland Cement Commission
50
Post-Mortem Medico-legal Examinations, Committee
51
Public School Amendment, Governor's Committee
52
Purchase and Contract, Division of
52
Railroad, Atlantic and East Carolina
53
Railroad, Atlantic and North Carolina
53
Raleigh City Planning Department
54
Real Estate Licensing Board
54
Recreation Commission, Advisory Committee to the
55
Refrigeration Examiners, State Board of
55
Refugee Relief, Governor's Committee on
55
Regional Housing Authority
55
Reorganization of the State Government
55
Reorganization of the State Government, Commission on
56
Representatives, House of (North Carolina)
56
Representatives, House of (United States)
56
Research Triangle Committee
56
Research Triangle Regional Planning Commission
56
Retirement System, Teachers and State Employees'
56
Retirement System, Board of Trustees of the Teachers' and State Employees'
56
Retirement System, N. C. Local Governmental Employees'
56
Retirement Fund, Board of Commissioners, Law Enforcement Officers Benefit and
57
Revenue Structure of the State, Commission for the Study of the
57
Richmond County Special Court
57
Roanoke Island Historical Association
57
Rural Electrification Authority
58
Rural Rehabilitation Corporation
58
Sanitarian Examiners, State Board of
58
Sanitoriums for Tuberculosis
58
School Buildings and Facilities, Commission for the Study of a Twelve Months' Use
of
58
Selective Service Appeal Board
58
Senator, United States, 1953, Suggestion File: Cooley, Harold, 1953
59
Senator, United States, 1953, Suggestion File: Dawson, John, 1953
59
Senator, United States, 1953, Suggestion File: Larkins, John D., 1953
59
Senator, United States, 1953, Suggestion File: Larkins, John D., 1953
60
Senator, United States, 1953, Suggestion File: Lennon, Alton, 1953
60
Senator, United States, 1953, Suggestion File: Pritchett, J. A., 1953
60
Senator, United States, 1953, Suggestion File: Royster, Fred, 1953
61
Senator, United States, 1953, Suggestion File: endorsements, Miscellaneous, 1953
61
Senator, United States, 1954, Suggestion File: B-H, 1954
62
Senator, United States, 1954, Suggestion File: J-R
63
Senator, United States, 1954, Suggestion File: R-W
64
Senator, United States, 1954, Suggestion File: Miscellaneous
64
Senator, United States, 1958: Recommendations, A-K, 1958
65
Senator, United States, 1958: Recommendations, L-Z, 1958
65
Senator, United States, 1958: Recommendations, Joe Eagles, 1958
65
Senator, United States, 1958: Letters of Approval, Everett Jordan, 1958
65
Senator, United States, 1958: B. Everett Jordan, 1958
65
Senator, United States, 1958: Recommendations, Edwin Pate, 1958
66
Senator, United States, 1958: Recommendations, W. P. Saunders, 1958
66
Senators and Representatives Appointed to Boards, etc.
66
Siler City Recorder's Court
67
Sir Walter Raleigh Commission
67
Solicitorial District 10-A
67
Solicitor, 6th District, Edward K. Washington
67
Southern Governors' Conference
67
Stadium Authority, State of North Carolina
68
Standardization Committee
68
State Democratic Exec. Com. 1956, 1958, 1956, 1958
68
Stream Sanitation Committee
68
Study Commissions, General
68
Study Commissions, Miscellaneous
68
Succession to State Office
68
Symphony Society, Inc., North Carolina
68
Talented Children, Commission to Study the Public School Education and Exceptionally
68
Tax Collection, Transylvania County
69
Tax Research Division, Department of
69
Tax Research Division, Director
69
Teacher Merit Pay Commission (Commission for the Study of Teacher Merit Pay and Implementation
of a Revised Public School Curriculum)
69
Textile School, North Carolina Vocational (Belmont)
69
Textile Tariff Study Commission
69
Thomasville Recorder's Court
69
Tile Contractors, Board of Examiners for Licensing
69
Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corportation, Flue Cured
69
Tourist Council Organization Committee
70
Traffic Safety Council, Governor's
70
Turnpike Authority, Carolina-Virginia
70
Turnpike Authority, North Carolina
70
Umstead, Governor, Portrait Committee
70
Uniform State Laws, Commission on
70
University, Commission on the Study of the Manner of Selection of Trustees of the
Greater
70
University of N. C., Committee for the Selection of a President for
70
Vance, Zebulon Baird, Memorial Commission
72
Veterans Affairs for Lee County, Board of
72
Veterans Commission, North Carolina
72
Veterinary Medical Examiners, Board of
72
Water Commissioners and Advisory Committe to Board of Water Commissioners
72
Water Commissioners, Advisory Committee to Board of
72
Water Resources, Department of
73
Western Carolina Teachers College
73
White House Conference-- Committee to make plans for N. C.'s participation in Conference
on Children and Youth
73
Wildlife Resources Commission, General
73
Wildlife Resources Commission, Recommendations for Appointment
73
Wildlife Resources Commission
74
Wilmington College, Board of Trustees
74
Winston-Salem Teachers College
74
Winston-Salem Teachers College
75
Wrightsville Beach, Town of
75
Youth Fitness in N. C., State Commission to Promote
75
Youth Service Commission, Governor's
75
Press Releases, 1959, 1959
75
Press Releases, 1958, 1958
75
Press Releases, 1957, 1957
75
Press Releases, 1960, 1960
75
Appointments: General, 1960, 1960
76
Appointments: General, 1959, 1959
76
Appointments: General, 1958, 1958
76
Appointments: General, 1957, 1957
76
Appointments: General, 1956, 1956
76
Appointments: General, 1955, 1955
76
Appointments: Lists of Recommentations
76
Appointments: Applications and Endorsements, 1952-1954, 1952-1954
76
Appointments: Appointment List by Counties, 1960, 1960
76
Appointments: List of Appointments made by Governor, 1960, 1960
76
Subject Headings
Umstead, William Bradley, 1895-1954.