MS042
Edwin E. Kirton Family
Private Papers
1927-1986
The Rev. Edwin Eggleston Kirton, STD was born December 13, 1907 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He was a clergyman, theologian and community leader. Father Kirton obtained a degree in biology and chemistry from City college of New York in 1932. In 1983 he attended New York Law School. A dream that took 18 years to realize was finally achieved in 1950 when he became an Episcopal priest. In order to support his family and still pursue his dream of the priesthood during the Depression, Kirton worked as a postal clerk in New York. The Kirtons arrived in Wilmington in 1951 when he became the rector of historic St. Marks Episcopal Church.
Father Kirton dedicated his life to serving his fellow man and improving the communities in which he lived. He was very active in local, state, and national organizations. Father Kirton was an original member of Relations Commission. During Wilmington’s and New Hanover County’s years of racial tension and desegregation, his was one of the voices of reason and prudence. Some of the highlights and achievements of his life and career can be found in the chronology following his introduction and description.
The Collection contains correspondence, a large collection of sheet music that belonged to Mrs. Kirton and 23 scrapbooks highlighting Father Mrs. Kirton for the Afro American newspaper. Arrangement of the Collection is chronological. Some restrictions do apply and the literary rights are retained by the family.
This Collection was donated to the William Madison Randall Library by Father Kirton on July 11, 1985.
The Collection has been designated Accession Number 42 of the Manuscripts Collection, Special Collections Department, William Madison Randall Library, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 South College Rd, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403-3297.
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
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Manuscripts
Collection
William Madison Randall Library
The University of North
Carolina Wilmington
Reverend Edwin E. Kirton, STD
(1907-1986)
(A
Chronology)
1907 Dec 13
Born Port of Spain,
Trinidad
1933 May
Married Eunice Odessa Braithwaite
1938
Attended New York Law School
1948-1949
Attended General Theological Seminary in New York
1949
Ordained to sacred order of deacons at
Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, Long Island New York
1950
Advanced to priesthood; Vicar of St.
Michael’s and All Angels, Medford, New York
1950-1976
Rector, St. Marks Episcopal Church, Wilmington NC
1953-1975
Director, Oceancide Episcopal Camp, Topsail Island, NC
Builder and
priests-in-charge of Wade H. Chestnut Memorial Chapel, Topsail Island,
NC
1955
Elected to 4th Province-Provincial Synod
1955-1960
Faculty member of St. Augustine’s Summer School of Religious
Education
1958
Outstanding citizen, Omega Psi Phi fraternity (Wilmington, NC)
1961
Board Member, Family Services (New Hanover County)
Member Community
Council (Wilmington, NC)
Member mental health Advisory Board (New
Hanover County)
Charter member and director of New Hanover County Blood
Assurance Plan
Member men’s Advisory Board Phyllis Wheatly Branch
YWCA
1961
Clerical deputy, General Convention protestant Episcopal Church
USA
1962-1975
Black member of Governor’s (NC)
Committee on Juvenile Delinquency & Youth Crime
1962-1976
Elected to 4th Province-Provincial Synod
Diocese, East
Carolina, Chairman Department of Missions
1963-1965
Member of Executive Council Diocese of East Carolina
1963-1972
Chair of biracial committee for Wilmington and New Hanover County
1964
Clerical deputy, General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church
USA
1965
Elected to 4th Province-Provincial Synod
1966
First black President of New Hanover County Ministerial
Association
1967-19??
Chairman,
Governor’s (NC) Council, Employment of Handicapped Com.
1967
Nominated Bishop Coadjutor
1969-1970
Clerical deputy, General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church
USA
1969-1974
Member, Standing Committee Protestant Episcopal Church USA
1970
Member, Committee Christian Social Relations, House of Deputies, Protestant
Episcopal Church USA
1970-1975
Member, Wilmington Youth Council Advisory Board
1972-1978
Charter member and director of Opportunities Inc.
Chairman Welfare
Committee, PTA
Member and secretary, Advisory Recreation Commission
(Wilmington, NC)
1973
Clerical deputy, General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church
USA
1973-1975
Member, Standing Committee on Program,
Budget & Finance Episcopal Church USA
1973-1979
Chairman Region “O” Family Resources
1974
Honored as “Father to Hundreds” by campers of
Oceanside Episcopal Camp, Topsail Island, NC
1980
Governor’s (NC)
distinguished award
1981
Received
Distinguished Service Award from President Reagan
1986, Oct
9
Died at Porter’s Neck, NC
MS042 Kirton Music (These sheet music selections are shelved in four separate document cases, Boxes 1-4). Detailed Inventory located in Box 5.
042/1/1
Verdi Aida
042/1/2
Auf Flügeln des
Gesanges
042/1/3
Summertime
042/1/4
Little Yaller Dog
042/1/5
Midsummer
042/1/6
I Shall Go
Quietly
042/1/7
Thine Alone
042/1/8
Thou Art Repose
042/1/9
Home on the Range
042/1/10
Admeto
042/1/11
Just Awearyin' for
You
042/1/12
Lift Ev'ry Voice and
Sing
042/1/13
Summer
042/1/14
Roses of Picardy
042/1/15
Arioso
042/1/16
Wilt Thou
Forget?
042/1/17
Thy Beaming Eyes
042/1/18
None But the Lonely
Heart
042/1/19
The Trumpeter
042/1/20
The Erlking
042/1/21
Passing By
042/1/22
Come Back to
Sorrento
042/1/23
M'appari tutt' amor (Ah! So
Pure)
042/1/24
El Ukhnem
042/1/25
The Rose of
Tralee
042/1/26
Calm as the
Night
042/1/27
Joy of Love
042/1/28
The Lord Is My
Light
042/1/29
Clouds
042/1/30
Recitative and Aria for Tenor
from Elijah
042/1/31
Just You
042/1/32
Currently Absent from
Collection
042/1/33
Currently Absent from
Collection
042/1/34
Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your
Head
042/1/35
Le Nozze di
Figaro
042/1/36
I Love Life
042/1/37
Currently Absent from
Collection
042/1/38
Bird Songs at
Eventide
042/1/39
Florian's Song
042/1/40
Irish Love Song
042/1/41
Currently Absent from
Collection
042/1/42
Solfege des
Solfeges
042/1/43
Lullaby from
Jocelyn
042/1/44
Anthology of Italian
Song
042/1/45
I Love Thee
042/1/46
Serenade
042/1/47
The Lass with the Delicate
Air
042/1/48
'O Sole Mio!
042/1/49
Since You Went
Away
042/1/50
Eili, Eili
042/1/51
Song of the Flea
042/1/52
Serenade
042/1/53
Green Meadows
042/1/54
Bread of Holy
Heaven
042/1/55
Love Divine, All Love
Excelling
042/1/56
I Heard a Lady
Sigh
042/1/57-58
I Wonder as I
Wander
042/1/59
Leave Me in
Sorrow
042/1/60
I Dream of
Jeanie
042/1/61
The Dance
042/1/62
Danse Macabre
042/1/63
Do You Remember?
042/1/64
Me and My Teddy
Bear
042/1/65
Agnus Dei
042/1/66
The Shepherd on the
Rock
042/1/67
Miserere for One
042/1/68
Serenade
042/1/69
The Lost Chord
042/1/70
Ye Merry Birds That Sweetly
Sing
042/1/71
Currently Absent
042/1/72
Pilgrim's Song
042/1/73
Aida
042/1/74
Parted
042/1/75
O Dry Those
Tears
042/1/76
Ave Maria
042/1/77
Tu fai la
superbetta
042/1/78
Comfort Ye My
People
042/1/79
Sound an Alarm!
042/1/80
L'Elisir d'amore
042/1/81
A Spirit Flower
042/1/82
I Hear You Calling
Me
042/1/83
Where My Caravan Has
Rested
042/1/84
To My Beloved
Hasten
042/1/85
Christmas Carols
042/2/1
Goodbye
042/2/2
A
Dream
042/2/3
Oh Promise Me
042/2/4
My Heart, at They Sweet Voice
042/2/5
Calm as the Night
042/2/6
Well Do You Know
042/2/7
The Lord Is My Light
042/2/8
The Rosary
042/2/9
My Lovely Cella
042/2/10
Love and Music, These Have I Lived For
042/2/11
A Swan
042/2/12
Thou Art Risen, My Beloved
042/2/13
Because
042/2/14
Hark, Hark! The Lark
042/2/15
Open the Gates
042/2/16
Twilight
042/2/17
When the Stars Were Brightly Shining
042/2/18
Arioso from Pagliacci
042/2/19
Dedication
042/2/20
Tommy, Lad!
042/2/21
Carissima
042/2/22
Tell Me, Fair Ladies
042/2/23
Lullaby
042/2/24
Who Knows?
042/2/25
A Dream
042/2/26
Woman Is Changeable
042/2/27
The Vain Suit
042/2/28
Invictus
042/2/29
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
042/2/30
For You Alone
042/2/31
Le Nozze di Figaro, Dove Sono
042/2/32
The Sun Whose Rays
042/2/33
In a Persian Garden
042/2/34
O Holy Mary
042/2/35
The Star
042/2/36
The Virgin's Slumber Song
042/2/37
Danny Boy
042/2/38
Life and Death
042/2/39
Four Ducks on a Pond
042/2/40
Love Went A-Riding
042/2/41
O No, John!
042/2/42
Go Down, Moses
042/2/43
Smilin' Through
042/2/44
My Lord, What a Mornin'
042/2/45
Life
042/2/46
The Bell-Man
042/2/47
At the Well
042/2/48
There Is No Death!
042/2/49
Ave Maria
042/2/50
Walter's Prize Song
042/2/51
At the Cry of the First Bird
042/2/52
Wade in de Water
042/2/53
The Hills of Home
042/2/54
New-Born Again
042/2/55
The Dream of Des Grieux
042/2/56
Song of the Volga Boatmen
042/2/57
Just for To-Day
042/2/58
Without a Song
042/2/59
Hold On
042/2/60
City Called Heaven
042/2/61
The Birth of Man
042/2/62
Mighty Lak' a Rose
042/2/63
Kashmiri Song
042/2/64
Bless this House
042/2/65
Ay, Ay, Ay
042/2/66
Semele [Oratorio]
042/2/67
Yesterdays
042/2/68
Honor! Honor!
042/2/69
Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head
042/2/70
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
042/2/71
The Lord's Prayer
042/2/72
The Lord's Prayer (c.2)
042/2/73
The Lord's Prayer (c.3)
042/2/74
Solace
042/2/75
The Last Rose of Summer
042/2/76
Come Unto Him (From Handel's Oratorio, "The
Messiah")
042/2/77
In the Garden of To-Morrow
042/2/78
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
042/2/79
Beautiful Dreamer
042/2/80
The Carol of the Cricket and the Star
042/2/81
Think on Me
042/2/82
Oh, What a Beautiful City
042/2/83
Love Dreams
042/2/84
Go 'Way from My Window
042/2/85
Let Us Break Bread Together
042/2/86
Music for the Wedding
042/2/87
Thanks Be to Thee
042/2/88
Do You Hear What I Hear
042/2/89
Open Thy Heart
042/2/90
Songs My Mother Taught Me
042/2/91
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
042/2/92
Rejoice Greatly
042/2/93
Where'er You Walk
042/2/94
Whither?
042/2/95
Let Us Break Bread Together on Our Knees
042/3/1
Bach: Passaglia and Thema Fugatum in C Minor
042/3/2
Dupre: Fifteen Pieces for the Organ
042/3/3
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol. 278:
Vacca
042/3/4
Alain: Trois Piéces
042/3/5
The
Finest Album of Religious Songs
042/3/6
Noble: Free Organ Accompaniment to 100 Well-Known Hymn
Tunes
042/3/7
Purcell: Ceremonial Music for the Organ
042/3/8
Wedding Music Part I
042/3/9
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol. 242: Concone Op.
9
042/3/10
Schirmer's Library, Vol. 65: Mozart, 19 Sonatas for the
Piano
042/3/11
Bach: 12 Chorale Preludes for Organ
042/3/12
Baumbach: Sacred Quartetts
042/3/13
Madison Square Collection
042/4/1-2
Anthems 1960; 1962
042/4/3
New
1960 Easter Anthems
042/4/4-5
The Choir Herald Jan. 1961, 1962
042/4/6
Lorenz 1962 Spring Catalog of Church Music
042/4/7
God Shall Wipe Away All Tears
042/4/8
Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee!
042/4/9
Shepherds, Hark the Song
042/4/10
Come, Holy Ghost
042/4/11
Rainbow 'Round the World!
042/4/12
Remembering You
042/4/13
Mozart: Sonata I
042/4/14
Oh! Susanna
042/4/15
World Library's Choral Samples #2
042/4/16
Musical Exercises
042/4/17
The
American Home Organist Sept. 1963
042/4/18
H.
Flammer: New Church Music
042/4/19
56
Songs You Like To Sing
042/4/20
Miscellaneous Pieces from Songbooks
042/5/1
1964-1980
Kirton Correspondence (61 Items)
042/5/2
Music Inventory (29 pp. For these items, see MS Boxes
1-4.)
042/5/3
1952 News
Clipping
042/5/4
1955 News
Clipping
042/5/5
1956 News
Clipping
042/5/6
1957 News
Clipping
042/5/7
1958 News
Clipping
042/5/8
1959 News
Clipping
042/5/9
1961News Clipping (2
Items)
042/5/10
1963 News Clipping (3
Items)
042/5/11
1964 News Clipping (4
Items)
042/5/12
1965 News Clipping (2
Items)
042/5/13
1967 News Clipping (5
Items)
042/5/14
1968 News Clipping (3
Items)
042/5/15
1969 News Clipping (2
Items)
042/5/16
1970 News Clipping (3
Items)
042/5/17
1971 News Clipping
042/5/18
1972 News Clipping (2
Items)
042/5/19
1973 News Clipping (3
Items)
042/5/20
1974 News Clipping (3
Items)
042/5/21
1975 News Clipping (6
Items)
042/5/22
1976 News Clipping (4
Items)
042/5/23
No Date, News Clipping
(10 Items)
042/5/24
1986 Obituary and
tributes (4 Items)
042/5/25
1954-1976 Church Programs
(87 Items)
042/5/26
1971-1979
Kirton
Sermons
Addition 1
Addition 2
Scrapbooks (Shelved in four (4) cu. Ft. boxes)
Scrapbook 1 (small red scrapbook)
(~1930-1933)
“Club Chat” articles and clippings
6 editorials
written by Rev. Kirton
Equity Progressive Club notices/related
clippings
Article “Comparison of Negroes in America and West Indies” by Dr.
Carter G. Woodson
City College graduation-newspaper picture from New York
Amsterdam News June 22, 1932 (Edwin Kirton’s graduation)
2 telegrams
congratulating him (on graduation perhaps)
1932 Olympics articles and
pictures
Wedding announcement for Rev. Kirton and Mrs. Kirton in the New York
Amsterdam News and the New York Age
New Republic editorial on Judge James A
Lowell- refers to Scottsboro case- Lowell refused to send a black person back to
Virginia for a murder trial because in Virginia, they would not allow African
Americans on the jury, so the case would eventually be thrown out anyway by the
Supreme Court
Articles on actor Paul Robeson
Article on autobiography
written by James Weldon Johnson
Articles/newspaper picture about the San Jose
lynchings
Articles regarding the Protestant ministers in Germany protesting
against Nazis
Program from Emperor Jones, starring Paul Robeson
Scrapbook 2 (yellow) (~1939-1965)
Items
relating to African-American Musicians
Articles and a program (autographed by
Bill Robinson) for the Dinner-Dance for the New York Association of Postal
Supervisors
St George Association US Post Office Holy Communion and
Breakfast
Photographs of men singing
Articles about Marian Anderson
New
York World’s Fair- Federal Employees Day ribbon and ticket for the New York Post
Office Glee Club
Articles/programs about Chauncey Northern (music
teacher)
Articles about Dorothy Maynor, Caterina Jarboro and Paul
Robeson
Newspaper pictures of Queen Elizabeth’s wedding
Article about Mr.
And Mrs. Kirton as guest singers at an NAACP program
Articles about Paul
Robeson
Items from New York
Numerous editorials by Rev. Kirton, all
entitled “If I were …”
“Jamaica Whirl” columns on local happenings- published
in the Reporter (a black newspaper)
Article on Eunice Kirton giving a
recital
Letters and cards to Mrs. Kirton about her recital and charity
work
Picture of the leaders of the Jamaica, NY NAACP, including Rev. and Mrs.
Kirton
Jamaica notes and activities column written by Mrs. Kirton
National
Council of Negro Women, Inc. Women’s Day Celebration program with red and yellow
ribbon attached
Items from North Carolina
Articles about various
committees/groups that Mrs. Kirton helped with
Women’s Auxiliary program from
the presentation of the Perma Vue Hood Incubator at Community Hospital
Church
activity articles – the Kirton’s were involved and mentioned frequently
Birth
announcement for the Kirton’s granddaughter
Invitation to the 16th birthday
reception for the Kirton’s daughter Elsie Elise on October 9th, 1965
Article
on African- American discrimination suit filed against James Walker Hospital
Scrapbook 3 (red) (~1949-1951)
Most of the
scrapbook deals with Kirton’s 2 ordinations
Invitations to Rev. Kirton’s
ordination to Deacon (1949)
Cards, telegrams, programs and letters to Kirton
about his ordination to Deacon in Long Island, New York
Photographs of the
ordination
Selections of clippings about the ordinations
Announcement of
Kirton’s ordination to the priesthood (1950)
Telegrams, letters and cards of
congratulations
Photographs of the ordination
Misc.
Articles and
programs of the recital of singer Lois Jordan
Photographs of the church and
groups of people
Articles about organization of branch of National Council of
Negro Women
Scrapbook 4 (flower arrangement on cover)
(first half of scrapbook ~1960s, second half of scrapbook
~1950-1954)
Family news clippings- one regarding their granddaughter’s
christening and one about their son’s wedding
Programs from various
ceremonies where Kirton gave speeches or sermons
Articles about new Hanover
County Unit of the American Cancer Society Crusade kick-off
Article praising
Kirton for his first 5 years of service in Wilmington
Articles on the World
Day of Prayer
Article about the church being able to burn their mortgage
because they paid it off in 7 years instead of 15
Program from concert given
by Mrs. Kirton
Columns written by Mrs. Kirton in the
Afro-American
Articles about Jackie Robinson speaking at the 4th annual
Convention of the North Carolina Association of Student councils
Unidentified
photographs of groups of people
Various programs from
concerts/celebrations
Mrs. Kirton’s certificate of attendance at the
Christian Conference of Negro Women in 1952
Scrapbook 5 (brown) (~1950-1960s)
Article
about Rev. Kirton attaining priesthood
Article about the Senior Choir from
St. Mark’s broadcasting a program on the radio- the choir included the Kirton
family (Rev., Mrs., and Eunice)
Articles written by Mrs. Kirton
1956 YWCA
program
Program from National Hospital Week
Article about $5 million
waterfront fire in Wilmington
Program from the NC College Annual Concert by
the college choir
Many articles about Wilmington events written by Mrs.
Kirton
Ocean city Resort Beach advertisements
Various wedding
announcements from weddings performed by Rev. Kirton
Camp Baskerhill summer
camp pamphlet
Program from the Southeastern Open Tennis
Championships
Articles “PE Church Women Drop Race Barriers” and “Church
Women’s Unit Elects Mrs. Kirton Vice President”
History of the Wilmington
Council of United Church Women, written by Mrs. Kirton in 1961
The YWCA 1960
Year in Review program
3 programs for special services at St. Marks
Church
Directory of United Church Women of the North Carolina Council of
Churches
14th Annual Institutional Day program
YWCA mother- Daughter
banquet program and speech given there by Mrs. Kirton
Article about Queen
Elizabeth’s wedding
Scrapbook 6 (black) (~1951-1956)
Program
from Jamaica, NY NAACP song recital
Honor Roll listing from North Carolina
College (April 1955)- daughter Eunice Kirton is on list
Articles about Rev.
Kirton moving to St. Mark’s in Wilmington, NC
Numerous newspaper clippings
about church, school, and local events
Commencement programs where Rev.
Kirton spoke
Articles about Dr. HB Shaw becoming Bishop
Article about
pushing Christianity in British Africa
Articles, cards, and letters about
Rev. Kirton being instituted as rector of St. Mark’s
Article about daughter
Eunice Kirton’s debutante ball
Article about a fist fight at a
gravesite
RSVP letters
Article about daughter Eunice Kirton’s high school
graduation and a photograph and announcement
Napkin for Rev. and Mrs.
Kirton’s 20th wedding anniversary
Numerous articles about local events,
written by Mrs. Kirton
Articles about events where Rev. Kirton spoke –
weddings, commencements, etc.
Article about a drowning at the
beach
Photographs and articles about the groundbreaking for the new $40,000
parish house
Articles about the cornerstone ceremony for the new $40,000
parish house
Articles about the dedication ceremony for the new $40,000
parish house
RSVP letters for dedication ceremony
Program from a recital
given by Mrs. Kirton, presented by Maestro Chauncey Northern
Article about
“Youth Witnesses for Christ” rally at Williston High
Program from the “first
interracial” (handwritten) Azalea Festival Worship Program
Front page article
about the damage done in New Bern by Hurricane Ione in 1955
Articles about
daughter Eunice Kirton- attending a religious conference, making the honor role
at North Carolina College
Sections of 5 newspapers from 1955 and one from
1960
Scrapbook 7 ( Burgundy) (~1956-1958)
Programs
from Annual Dinner of the Hampton Alumni club Negro Week, the Convocation of the
Women’s Auxiliary and the Youth League of the Convocation of colored church
workers, and the Annual Reformation Day Service
Newspaper clipping about
National Family Week and the Family Service Society of Wilmington
The
September 1959 Mission Herald of the Diocese of East
Carolina
Clippings about Women’s Day Observance and Rev. Kirton attending The
College of Preachers
Clipping of Wilmington chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity (Rev. Kirton was a member)
Clipping from dedication of St. Mark’s
Episcopal Chapel and Oceanside Episcopal Camp
Article by Eunice Kirton about
years activities
Article about first two local African American Boy Scouts in
the Cape Fear Area Council to receive the “god and Country” award from
the
Clipping about Rev. Kirton receiving the Omega Citizenship Award from the
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Editorials about integration
Programs from
Williston Senior High School Graduation 1957 [son Ed Jr.?]
Program from 8th
Annual Awards DYA at North Carolina College at Durham (daughter Eunice received
awards)
Clippings, program about daughter Eunice’s graduation
Program from
134th commencement of the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in
Virginia
Report from the Hospital Steering Committee of New Hanover
County
Articles and programs about Clyde Beatty being ordained in the
church
US Treasurer’s check for sixty cents to Rev. Kirton
Letters
thanking Rev. Kirton
Program from the “Bishop’s visitation and service for
the unveiling of portrait of the late Allen Jackson” [namesake of St. Mark’s
parish house]
Azalea Festival Worship Service Program
Article about suit
of race discrimination against James Walker Hospital being dismissed
Article
about James Walker Hospital being given a Class C rating by the State Board of
Health
More about Rev. Kirton receiving the Omega Citizenship Award from the
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity- programs, articles
3 small photographs from
September 1957
2 8x10 photographs, possibly of Clyde Beatty’s
ordination
Scrapbook 8 (cream with yellow and orange words)
(~1956-1971)
Letter from Rev. Kirton to parishioners at
Christmas
NCC Honor Roll lists
NCC commencement program and pictures from
newspaper
Commencement announcement for Williston High School 1956-
[note-Edwin Jr.’s name is written here too, as well as in Scrapbook #7 on the
program for the 1957 graduation]
Articles about Rev. and Mrs. Kirton’s visit
to conventions in Michigan
Newspaper advertisement for “Kirton School of
Music and Art, Eunice Brathwaite Kirton, Director”
Article from
Wilmington News “Councilmen, commissioners adopt resolutions supporting
desegregation”
Letter from Rev. Kirton and others about actions in times of
racial tensions
Article by Mrs. Kirton advocating “Friends, use pen to
support college”
Programs from the annual award day at NCC
Article “215
students cited during annual award day at NCC” including the Unity Award for
Eunice Kirton
Article about Mrs. Kirton's mother dying in New York
Article
about Mrs. Kirton quitting post at Wheatley YWCA
Article about Spelling Bee
judges being announced, among them Rev. Kirton
Letter from Rev. Kirton to NC
Governor about St. Mark’s launching a reading clinic for 5 th, 6 th and 7 th
graders
Scrapbook 9 (picture of a street scene)
(~1958-1962)
Invitation to dedication and opening of Adkins Funeral
Home
Christmas card from Champion McDowell Davis
Letter thanking Rev.
Kirton for remembering a Rabbi’s Rosh Hashana
Article about St. Mark’s 90th
anniversary
Family Service Society Annual Report pamphlet
Letter from
Board president of New Hanover County Blood Assurance Plan
Baby announcement
for Rev. and Mrs. Kirton’s granddaughter (daughter of Eunice)
Article about
Rev. Kirton’s 10th anniversary at St. Mark’s
Odd letter written by Rev.
Kirton- joking about drugs, possibly relating to a hospital stay which is
alluded to in a letter on the following page
Article about St. Mark’s history
extending earlier than the Civil War
Letter to Rev. Kirton inviting him to
attend a National Security Seminar to listen to lectures about how civilians and
military could fight the Cold War together
$5.00 check to the USS North
Carolina Battleship Commission from Rev. Kirton
Article “FBI arrest man who
said he was African chief”
Wedding announcement of Edwin E Kirton II
1961
annual report of the Community Council of Wilmington and New Hanover
County
Wilmington Morning Star from February 14,
1962
Scrapbook 10 (red) (~1961-1974)
Letter from
friend on speech Rev. gave in New Bern on race relations
Letter about meeting
in Raleigh on employment of the handicapped where Rev. Kirton sat next to the
governor
Letter and ID card from the General Convention of the Episcopal
Church
Letter from President Richard Nixon about a response Rev. Kirton made
regarding a speech Nixon made on August 15 1973
Article on Family Day at St.
Mark’s
Article and autographed program from singer betty Allen, who gave a
concert at UNCW
Program and reception invitation to the governor’s council on
the Employment of the Handicapped
Articles on Champion McDowell Davis being
chosen New Hanover
Citizen of the Year
Program and sermon from burial
officiated by Rev. Kirton
Invitation to Governor’s Council on the Employment
of the Handicapped and to its awards luncheon for the winners
Public Records
clipping for property purchased by Rev. Kirton- Porter’s Neck
Plantation
Letter to and from Champion McDowell Davis about being a
“landowner”
Program from presentation of Handel’s Messiah, done by UNCW
concert Choir
Letter and program regarding the Ceremony commemorating the
Wilmington Federal Building as a historic customhouse
Section of the
Congressional Record where Senator Helms recognized Champion Davis as Citizen of
the Year
Certificate acknowledging that Rev. Kirton would appear in the 1974
edition of Personalities of the South
Article and unwritten
postcards from the Caribbean cruise taken by Rev. and Mrs. Kirton to celebrate
their 40th wedding anniversary
Two tickets and corresponding articles to Rev.
John Maury Allin becoming the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church
Guest
ribbons and nametags for Rev and Mrs. Kirton, possibly from bishop Allin’s
installation
Postcards from the cruise and best wishes cards about the
cruise
Invitation to Historic Customhouse Ceremony
Article about
reenactment of call for First Provincial Congress and proclamation of Wilmington
historic district
Article about Rev. Kirton beginning 24th year at St.
Mark’s
Letters to Rev. Kirton about his appointment to Council on Employment
of the Handicapped
Scrapbook 11 (street scene)
(1962-1963)
Articles about Blood Assurance Plan
Article about St.
Mark’s celebrating 93rd anniversary
Two tickets to the Grand Opening Show of
the Wilmington Civic Amphitheatre
Editorial by Rev. Kirton about two men
being labeled as outlaws before their trial
Two postcards from the Episcopal
Center for the Diocese of Western North Carolina
Clipping about daughter
Eunice becoming director of the Park Town Nursery Center in Cincinnati,
OH
Articles about formation of interracial group for Wilmington and New
Hanover County
Articles about ordination of Marlon Poitier
Program from
Formal Dedication of Ideal Cement company’s North Carolina Plant
Article
about phony “African Prince” tricking Charleston hospital and leaving large
unpaid bill
Scrapbook 12 (red) (~1964-1966)
Invitation
to the United Fund Final Report Luncheon
Articles about prominent African
American Wilmington physician indicted for murder of patient
Christmas
card
Article about a dinner honoring hometown hero Sam Bowens of the
Baltimore Orioles
Letter approving Rev. Kirton’s reappointment as a member of
the Mental Health Advisory Board
Articles about local ministers resolving to
protect local children from “obscene books and magazines”
Articles about
Allsbrook being reelected Mayor of Wilmington
Advertisement for the members
of the Billy Graham Association in Wilmington for Wilmington Area Evangelistic
Crusade
Articles about the Wilmington Area Evangelistic Crusade
Article
about Elsie Elise Kirton’s formal 16th birthday reception
Articles about the
KKK in Wilmington
Article about no action taken against James Walker Hospital
regarding racial discrimination charges
Christmas card from Mayor
Allsbrook
Letter to Rev. Kirton about suggestions for photographer from
Look magazine coming to Wilmington about their All-American City
application
Articles about Look Magazine staffers inspecting
Wilmington
Invitation to dedication ceremony for new Wilmington fire Dept.
station
Articles about Wilmington being chosen by Look magazine as
am All-American city
Articles about laying cornerstone for New Hanover
Memorial Hospital
Program for The Restless Ones motion
picture
Ribbon/nametag fro Rev. Kirton as a “Billy Graham Crusade
Counselor”
Letters about The Restless Ones film
screening
Scrapbook#13 (cream) (~19661967)
Articles
about Cornerstone Ceremony for New Hanover Memorial Hospital
Report of the
Chairman to the Steering Committee about screening of the movie The Restless
Ones
Wedding invitation
Articles about Oceanside Episcopal Camp’s new
building and record attendance
Program from graduation ceremony at Community
Hospital (handwritten above: “Last Graduation at Community
Hospital”)
Articles about oldest active member of St. Mark’s (91 years
old)
Article about two teenagers who drowned at the beach
Letter from
National Committee of Negro Churchmen about a gathering at the Statue of Liberty
to call for “Moral integrity on racial issues” in the November
elections
Article, program on YWCA mortgage burning ceremony
Scrapbook 14 (red) (~19681969)
Program from
dedication of Hercules Inc. Hanover Plant
Invitation, article, nametag to
Governor’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Two articles about
disorderly conduct by students at area high schools
Article quoting various
leaders from African American groups on the racial violence in
Wilmington
Program, invitation, articles for consecration of new
Bishop
Program, invitation, ticket to Governor’s Conference on Coastal Plains
Development
Letter from Robert Scott
Invitation to be a patron at the
Inaugural Ball for Governor and Mrs. Robert Scott
Christmas Card from Mayor
Allsbrook
Christmas Card to Rev. Kirton from Mrs. Kirton
Article about
Rev. Kirton being cited by Governor Dan Moore for his
accomplishments
Christmas card from Governor Dan Moore and Mrs.
Moore
Invitation to Awards Luncheon from Governor Scott
Article about
handicapped man receiving award from Governor Scott for guiding others with
their prosthetics
Invitation to the dedication of the new plant of the
General Electric Company and its Nuclear Energy Division
Article first
priority of the City’s Human Relation’s Board is rumor control
Invitation
from Governor Scott to be a patron at the 1969 North Carolina Symphony
Ball
Invitation to President’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Scrapbook 15 (red) (1969) (St. Mark’s
Centennial)
All items relate to St. Mark’s Centennial
Cover of
The Mission Herald of the Diocese of East Carolina
Program from Centennial
Banquet
Article about Bishop opening the centennial celebration
Letters,
telegrams, and cards of congratulations
Full page biography in the Wilmington
Star News
Article about 2nd centennial speaker former
rector
Letters from the Mayor Allsbrook Wilmington
Thank you letter from
Governor Robert Scott
Copy of address delivered by Champion Davis at the
100th anniversary Dinner
Two tickets to centennial banquet
Copy of letter
from Governor Robert Scott
Handwritten pages
Scrapbook 16 (green) (~19691970)
Article
about graduation in New Hanover County
Father’s Day cards for Rev.
Kirton
Invitation to Founder’s Day/ Champion Davis birthday at Cornelia Nixon
Davis Nursing Home 1969
Articles, program from dedication of Coast Guard
Station
Program of remarks made at Founder’s Day/ champion Davis birthday at
Cornelia Nixon Davis Nursing Home
Program from West Onslow Beach
Dedication
Invitation to the Governor’s Committee on the Employment of the
Handicapped
Program from 25th annual conference of the North Carolina
Recreation and Park Society
Program, articles from the dedication of the
Virginia Pearson Empie Park
Article about Rev. Kirton’s 20th anniversary of
his ordination
Congratulatory cards and telegrams about the 20th anniversary
of his ordination
Articles, newspapers pictures about arrival of USCG Cutter
Mendota arriving in Wilmington
Letter to Rev. Kirton from Associate Justice
Dan Moore
Christmas card from Alton Lennon
Article about dedication of
Market North Apartments
Article about Mrs. Booker T. Washington being
installed as the First Senior Warden in the history of St. Mark’s
Church
Invitation to the Governor’s Mansion for an Awards
Luncheon
Invitation, tickets to the Admiral’s Brunch (given by the commanding
officer of the USCG Cutter Mendota)
Note from Richard Nixon
Christmas
card/brochure from Champion Davis
Invitation to Founder’s Day/ Champion Davis
birthday at Cornelia Nixon Davis Nursing Home 1970
Star News section
July 22, 1969 area people give comments on moon landing
Scrapbook 17 (green) (Man of the Year
1970)
All items relate to Rev. Kirton being named Star News
Newspapers’ Citizen of the Year in 1970
Editorial and article about Rev.
Kirton being named Citizen of the Year
Letter of congratulations from
Governor Robert Scott
Letters of congratulations
Letter from
Representative Alton Lennon
Thank you letters from Rev. Kirton to Star
News editor and publisher
Telegrams of congratulations
More letters of
congratulations
Cards of congratulations
Three copies of Star News
announcing Rev. Kirton’s win for Citizen of the Year
Extra programs from St.
Mark’s
Chronology of 1971 section of the Star News
Governor’s
Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped Newsletter for March 1971
Scrapbook 18 (Red) (~19691976)
New Hanover
Memorial Hospital dedication articles, certificate 1967
Golden Star Awards
programs, letter, articles
Article on dedication of 115 housing units for the
aged
Certificate, letter regarding the Governor’s Committee on the Employment
of the Handicapped
Cards of congratulations
Letter top Rev. Kirton about
the National Security Seminar
Letter about anonymous donor giving money to
St. Mark’s to have it air conditioned
Letter from Lady Bird Johnson regarding
letter Rev. Kirton wrote her about luncheon where combating crime at home was
discussed
Program and invitation to the Governor’s Conference on Community
Relations
List of participants in the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment
Research
Article about Dr. Martin Luther Kind canceling trip to
Wilmington
Telegram from Governor Dan Moore asking Rev. Kirton to help bring
peace “in this troubled hour”
Article about Bishop dedicating the air
conditioning that was donate anonymously
Newspaper picture of the Cornerstone
Ceremony for New Hanover Memorial Hospital
Invitation, reserved seating
ticket, nametag, for the President’s Committee on the Employment of the
Handicapped
Article written by Mrs. Kirton about the New Hanover School
Board’s decision to close Williston Senior High School
Article about Good
Neighbor Council (of which Rev. Kirton was a member) trying to get aid for a
jailed youth
Scrapbook 19 (green) (May 26, 1970)
On May
26, 1970, Rev. Kirton received his Doctor of Divinity Degree from the General
Theological Seminary
Letters to and from Rev. Kirton about getting his
degree
Letters and cards of congratulations
Commencement program including
picture of recipients
Newspapers articles
More letters of congratulations
(Alton Lennon, Governor Scott)
Cards of
congratulations
Scrapbook 20 (Brown with gold trim)
(~1970-1972)
Article about Mrs. Kirton and her life as a minister’s
wife
Articles about Episcopal churches tutoring program for high school
students
Christmas cards from Governor Scott and Congressman Alton Lennon
(signed)
Article about Rev. Kirton warning that use of violence would not
help with situation of students that boycotted
Program from dedication of
Sarah Graham Kenan Memorial Auditorium at UNCW
Tickets, nametags from the
1971 Azalea Festival
Large article about Golden Star Awards
Article about
Sorority formed at UNCW for teachers and professionals in New Hanover and
surrounding counties (Elsie Kirton was a member)
Article about the
Wilmington Morning Star recognized by the North Carolina Department of
Archives and History as “oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication in
North Carolina”
General Theological Seminary Alumni notes mentioning Rev.
Kirton
Articles about resolution (and copy of resolution) proposed by Rev.
Kirton (idea was Mrs. Kirton’s) to have 3 days of prayer to help find solutions
to racial unrest
Article about racial disturbance at Hoggard High School and
comments made by Ben Chavis
Article that Port City black leaders resent
Militant leaders arrival in city
Article about cancellation of hearings
conducted by Committee for Racial Justice
Copy of editorial by WECT Channel
six, about the racial violence
Article about Human Relations Committee
discussing recent racial tension, also mentions Rev. Kirton’s resignation from
organization
Scrapbook 21 (dark tan) (~1972-1973)
Letters about Rev.
Kirton resigning from the Wilmington-New Hanover Human Relations
Commission
Tickets and nametag to reviewing stand at Azalea
Festival
Letter from Governor Scott thanking Rev. Kirton for sympathy
regarding his mother
Invitation to an investiture of a Superior Court Judge
in D.C.
Clipping about the Kirton’s visiting their daughter in Illinois
Certificate of membership for Rev. Kirton to the North Carolina Recreation
and Park Society
Articles about retirement of Bishop Wright and institution
of Bishop Elebash
Scrapbook 22 (red-brown) (~1974-1976)
Article about Rev. Kirton beginning his 24th year as
rector
Article giving clergy’s opinions on women as priests
Article about
consumers uniting against large energy bills
Articles about Champion McDowell
Davis’ death and will
Letters about the proposed highway historical marker
for St. Mark’s
Rev. Kirton’s letter of resignation from Oceanside Episcopal
Camp
Article about winners of Albert Schweitzer International Prize (among
them Mother Theresa) presented at Kenan Auditorium
Invitation to ceremony and
reception for Albert Schweitzer International Prize winners
Articles on St’s
Mark’s 100th anniversary celebration
Letter about Rev. Kirton’s
retirement
Letter about Rev. Kirton being on the Executive Board of the Cape
Fear Council Boy Scouts of America
Invitation to President’s Committee on the
Employment of the Handicapped meeting
Letter about changing inscription on
St. Mark’s Historical Marker
Program, letter about the Southeastern Mental
Health Center Dedication Ceremony
Program from Annual Banquet of Cape Fear
Council of Boy Scouts of America
Article about Rev. Kirton
retiring
Letter, newspaper picture about Winston-Salem man named Handicapped
American of the Year by President Ford
Program, ribbon from North Carolina
Bicentennial Ball
Article about Rev. Kirton honored at Oceanside Camp on
“Father Kirton Day”
Newspaper picture of President Ford talking with Rev.
Kirton
Newspaper picture of Rev. Kirton and others posing in front of St.
Mark’s Historical Marker
Valentine’s Day card to Rev. Kirton from Mrs.
Kirton
Article about consumer taste testing in Wilmington, of which Mrs.
Kirton participated
Scrapbook 23 (brown) (~1974-1979)
Rev. Kirton given honorary doctorate of sacred theology by the
General Theological Seminary
Letter from Champion Davis about
$10,000
Sermon for burial for Wade H Chestnut, Jr.
Article about community
prayer day to help with racial tensions
Article about Champion Davis as
Citizen of the Year 1973
Invitation to the North Carolina Bicentennial Ball
from Governor and Mrs. Holshouser, Jr.
Article about St. Mark’s getting a
historical marker from the state
Program from George Mason University
commencement (daughter Elsie Elise- 1976)
Article about Rev. Kirton being
elected chair of Region 4 White house Conference, Affirmative Action for
Employment of the Handicapped and Funding Sources
Ribbon/name tag for Rev.
Kirton from the North Carolina Azalea Festival in 1978
Program from the
dedication of Mary Cooper Williams elementary School
Article about Rev.
Kirton winning the National Service Award from the President’s Committee on the
Employment of the Handicapped
Scrapbooks indexed by Michelle Cicero
Spring 2006
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