Box 1

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Certified copy of Potts' discharge as Chief Specialist Recruiter with clipping regarding Potts and other South Carolina blacks joining the Navy.

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Includes bound sketch Remembering and Reflecting: Memoirs of John F. Potts, Sr.; and photocopied curriculum vitae.

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Includes draft by Potts, A History of the Potts Family of Flat Rock, NC and a draft of The History of the Family of George and Lavinia Potts; with questionnaires completed by family members.

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Includes bound typescript by Potts, A History of the George and Lavinia Potts Family of Flat Rock, North Carolina, regarding his grandparents and their descendents.

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Includes memorandums, letters, questionnaires, mailing lists and handwritten notes regarding Back to the Roots Reunion in East Flat Rock, North Carolina. With Potts's handwritten remarks at reunion.

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Include teacher's second grade certificates from Henderson County, North Carolina; wedding invitation; and folding wooden fan with hand drawn designs.

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Include laminated obituary of Potts's brother Edwin (misidentified as Edward; and photocopied newspaper clipping regarding Potts's uncle Fred Henderson Potts.

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For Potts and his first wife, Alma Forrest.

Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection includes materials relating to Potts' personal and professional life. His biographical papers include an unpublished autobiography and material regarding Potts's service as a United States navy recruiter. His family papers include Potts's narrative history of the family, with some correspondence, clippings, ephemera and related matter. Materials also include Potts's and his wife Muriel, her family, and their children, with data on the Logan family, including notes...

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Includes autographed Interview Magazine article featuring Potts's granddaughter Sylver Logan-Sharp, singer and former member of music group Chic.