Community Scanning Day at Bank of America

From the Collections

On June 20-21, 2023, the Charlotte Museum of History partnered with Bank of America for a Community Scanning Day. Museum staff set up at Founders Hall in Uptown for two days, and spoke with dozens of employees from Bank of America and other businesses. From centuries-old stone artifacts to modern-day digital photographs, Charlotteans shared their history. These photos and scans will become part of the Museum's permanent digital collections - check out the photo gallery below!

Amanda R. Wilson as an intern for the Carolina Panthers, volunteering at a community event in 2010.

Photograph of Panthers statue at Bank of America Stadium, given to Amanda R. Wilson at a 2010 community event.

Photo of Hannah Peters, daughter of Sonia Peters. Hannah is a first-generation American who joined the U.S. Army in 2022. She is possibly one of the first Indian-Americans from Charlotte to enlist in the Army.

Handwritten sermon from Curtis L. Robertson, Baptist minister in Rocky Mount, Virginia. In 1952, Robertson founded the Furnace Creek Baptist Church in Rocky Mount. Robertson is the grandfather of Randy Renick, who maintains a large doctor's bag full of handwritten sermons like this one.

Handwritten sermon from Curtis L. Robertson, page 2.

Handwritten sermon from Curtis L. Robertson, page 3.

Handwritten sermon from Curtis L. Robertson, page 4.

Letterhead on handwritten sermon from Curtis L. Robertson.

Curtis Robertson and Nell B. Robertson c. 1950s, two of the most influential people in Randy Renick's life.

"Indian flint stone" found by Richard Church in North Carolina. Confirmed by the Office of State Archaeology to be "prehistoric trash," or the remnants of a rock that was used to make arrows/tools.