Albert J. Ellis Papers 1969-1971, undated

The materials in this collection are in English.

Albert Joseph Ellis was born to Joseph and Mary Ellis in New Bern, North Carolina on June 6, 1913. He graduated from New Bern High School in 1931 and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he first earned a BS in Commerce and in 1938 a JD. Ellis then moved to Jacksonville, North Carolina, where he worked as an attorney. He later became a senior partner at the firm Ellis, Hooper, Warlick, and Waters.

Ellis was an Army veteran of World War II, and he served as the president of the Jacksonville USO. He also served as chairman of the Onslow County Airport Commission and president of the Jacksonville Kiwanis Club, Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, and the Onslow Historical Society. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Elks, Moose, American Legion, and the 40&8. Albert J. Ellis served a a senator in the North Carolina General Assembly from 1967 until his death in 1969. Ellis was married to Marie Hargett Ellis, with whom he had four daughters and one son.

This collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings primarily related to the death of state senator Albert Joseph Ellis, including the naming of an airport in Jacksonville, North Carolina in his honor.

This collection is arranged in the order it was received.

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[Identification of item], Albert J. Ellis Papers, KC 0018, Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Gifted to the Khayrallah Center by an unknown source, 2015 (Accession No. 2015.004).

Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Finding aid content contributed by Khayrallah Program staff and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 December. Finding aid created by Allison Hall, 2023 December.