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Scope and contents From the subsubseries:

This subseries documents Wheeler's involvement on the Committee for Economic Development and includes correspondence and memorandums, directories, writings, reports, news releases and newsletters, program and policy statements, meeting minutes and agendas as well as materials related to Metropolitan Areas Subcommittee and Office of Economic Opportunity.

Scope and contents From the subsubseries:

This subseries documents Wheeler's involvement on the Committee for Economic Development and includes correspondence and memorandums, directories, writings, reports, news releases and newsletters, program and policy statements, meeting minutes and agendas as well as materials related to Metropolitan Areas Subcommittee and Office of Economic Opportunity.

Scope and contents From the subsubseries:

This subseries documents Wheeler's involvement on the Committee for Economic Development and includes correspondence and memorandums, directories, writings, reports, news releases and newsletters, program and policy statements, meeting minutes and agendas as well as materials related to Metropolitan Areas Subcommittee and Office of Economic Opportunity.

Scope and contents From the subsubseries:

This subseries documents Wheeler's involvement on the Committee for Economic Development and includes correspondence and memorandums, directories, writings, reports, news releases and newsletters, program and policy statements, meeting minutes and agendas as well as materials related to Metropolitan Areas Subcommittee and Office of Economic Opportunity.

Scope and contents From the subsubseries:

This subseries documents Wheeler's involvement on the Committee for Economic Development and includes correspondence and memorandums, directories, writings, reports, news releases and newsletters, program and policy statements, meeting minutes and agendas as well as materials related to Metropolitan Areas Subcommittee and Office of Economic Opportunity.

Scope and contents From the subsubseries:

This subseries documents Wheeler's involvement on the Committee for Economic Development and includes correspondence and memorandums, directories, writings, reports, news releases and newsletters, program and policy statements, meeting minutes and agendas as well as materials related to Metropolitan Areas Subcommittee and Office of Economic Opportunity.

Scope and contents From the subsubseries:

This subseries documents Wheeler's involvement on the Committee for Economic Development and includes correspondence and memorandums, directories, writings, reports, news releases and newsletters, program and policy statements, meeting minutes and agendas as well as materials related to Metropolitan Areas Subcommittee and Office of Economic Opportunity.

Scope and contents From the subsubseries:

This subseries documents Wheeler's involvement on the Committee for Economic Development and includes correspondence and memorandums, directories, writings, reports, news releases and newsletters, program and policy statements, meeting minutes and agendas as well as materials related to Metropolitan Areas Subcommittee and Office of Economic Opportunity.

Scope and contents From the Series: This series contains the bulk of the material in the John H. Wheeler collection documenting his extensive work throughout Durham, North Carolina and the nation as a Black businessman and civil rights leader. After graduating from Morehouse College in 1929, he left Atlanta for Durham, North Carolina where he was employed at the Mechanics and Farmers Bank, a sister institution to the North Carolina Mutual Trust. He became the president of Mechanics and Farmers Bank in 1952 and under Wheeler's...

Scope and contents From the Series: This series contains the bulk of the material in the John H. Wheeler collection documenting his extensive work throughout Durham, North Carolina and the nation as a Black businessman and civil rights leader. After graduating from Morehouse College in 1929, he left Atlanta for Durham, North Carolina where he was employed at the Mechanics and Farmers Bank, a sister institution to the North Carolina Mutual Trust. He became the president of Mechanics and Farmers Bank in 1952 and under Wheeler's...