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Primary Sources
Garinger, Elmer Henry. Elmer Henry Garinger Papers. 1916-1982. J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9P2-B4Z5-D?cc=1584959 : 30 September 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PL-QPQM?cc=1584959 : 29 September 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh.
"United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8D-BJDR : Sat Mar 09 11:25:37 UTC 2024), Entry for Elmer Henry Garinger, 25 January 1919.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3RV-DHZ : 24 December 2021), Elmer Henry Garinger, 1917-1918.
Audio/Visual
Cone, Bonnie E. “Bonnie E. Cone Oral History Interview 6, 1987 December 1.” J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1987.
Cone, Bonnie E. “Bonnie E. Cone Oral History Interview 7, 1987 December 8.” J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1987.
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Documenting the Opening of Charlotte College, 1961. https://goldmine.charlotte.edu/islandora/object/ua%3Apublinf
Yearbooks
Carver Junior College. The Buck. Charlotte, N.C.: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1951. http://archive.org/details/buck19501951carv.
Central High School. Snips and Cuts. Charlotte, NC: Observer Printing House, 1927. http://archive.org/details/snipscuts192717cent.
Central High School. Snips and Cuts. Charlotte, NC: Observer Printing House, 1938. https://archive.org/details/snipscuts19391939cent/page/118/mode/2up
Central High School. Snips and Cuts. Charlotte, NC: Observer Printing House, 1946. https://archive.org/details/snipscuts19461946cent/page/8/mode/2up
Central High School. Snips and Cuts. Charlotte, NC: Observer Printing House, 1951. https://archive.org/details/snipscuts19511951cent/page/6/mode/2up
Garinger High School. Snips & Cuts. Charlotte, NC: Garinger High School, 1960. https://www.classmates.com/siteui/yearbooks/107503?page=17
University of Missouri. "Elmer H. Garinger Mt. Vernon." Photograph. The Savitar. Columbia, MO: The Junior Class of the University of Missouri. 1915. 74. http://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/savitar/id/5585
Photographs
“1949 - Carver College Opens | Charlotte Mecklenburg Story.” https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/african-american-album-volume-2/1949-carver-college-opens.
“Alexander Graham Junior High School on Morehead Street | Charlotte Mecklenburg Story.” https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/robinson-spangler-north-carolina-room-image-collection-hornets-nest/alexander-graham-junior.
Boston Public Library, File Name: 06_10_015846. February 11, 2011. Central High School, Charlotte, N. C. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_High_School,_Charlotte,_N._C._%285756051712%29.jpg.
Charlotte College Photographs, 1950-1970. J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. https://repository.charlotte.edu/islandora/search?type=dismax&islandora_solr_search_navigation=0&f%5B0%5D=mods_relatedItem_host_displayLabel_primaryDigitalCollection_titleInfo_title_ms%3ACharlotte%5C%20College%5C%20Photographs%2C%5C%201950%5C-1970
“Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City.” https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:kp78gj47d.
Articles
Cleghorn, Reese. “Enough Never Seems Enough for Garinger.” The Charlotte Observer. July 20, 1975. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A11260DC9BB798E30%40WHNPX-15FAAD5DE1F92E29%402442614-16067748EDFE5859%4014.
Cody, Edward. “ ‘Doc’ Comes Home, Old Central Principal Reviews 22 Years There.” The Charlotte Observer. April 20, 1969. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A11260DC9BB798E30%40WHNPX- 15E250447501B5D5%402440332-15E24EB7796C1A20%4028-15E24EB7796C1A20%40.
Corbitt, Tom. “Charlotte in 1921, ‘We Liked Those Lunches for 35 Cents at Ivey’s’.” The Charlotte Observer. March 21, 1968. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A11260DC9BB798E30%40WHNPX-15E25004761A0289%402439937-15E24C3995CD2F7E%4044-15E24C3995CD2F7E%40.
“Elmer Garinger, Good Man, Great Educator.” The Charlotte Observer. August 24, 1982. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A11260DC9BB798E30%40WHNPX- 15E3F1734B86583C%402445206-15E34869681C5690%4013-15E34869681C5690%40.
“Mrs. Elmer Garinger, Wife of Ex-Legislator and Educator.” The Charlotte Observer. January 14, 1968. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A11260DC9BB798E30%40WHNPX-15E24FFE3703C553%402439870-15E24C35CE08DF4C%4030-15E24C35CE08DF4C%40
“Past Searches, How Schools Got Leaders.” The Charlotte Observer. November 20, 1976. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/apps/news/document-view? p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A11260DC9BB798E30%40WHNPX-15FAAD617465E838%402443103-1606779BF6991C8C%4019-1606779BF6991C8C%40.
“They All Call Him A ‘Visionary’, Garinger’s Endless Stream of Ideas Has Shaped School System.” The Charlotte Observer. February 20, 1962: 4. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy141.nclive.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A11260DC9BB798E30%40EANX-NB-15E24F6B0D521A4C%402437716-15E24A7BCF6BBA8F%403-15E24A7BCF6BBA8F%40.
Weisbecker, Lee. “Educator Elmer Garinger Dies.” The Charlotte Observer. August 22, 1982. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A11260DC9BB798E30%40WHNPX-15E3F1734B6CA81E%402445204-15E34869546CA68F%4056.\
Secondary Sources
Gaillard, Frye. The Dream Long Deferred: The Landmark Struggle for Desegregation in Charlotte, North Carolina. 3rd ed. Columbia, S.C: University of South Carolina Press, 2006.
“Garinger, Elmer Henry | NCpedia.” https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/garinger-elmer-henry.
Garinger, Elmer Henry. The Administration of Discipline in the High School. Teachers College, Columbia University, 1936. http://archive.org/details/administrationof008096mbp.
“Garinger Building Named for Education Visionary.” Inside UNC Charlotte, September 24, 2013. https://inside.charlotte.edu/news-features/2013-09-24/garinger-building-named-education-visionary.
"Biographical Sketches, Elmer Henry Garinger," North Carolina Manual. Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission, 1965. 581-2. https://archive.org/details/northcarolinaman1965nort/page/580/mode/2up?q=Garinger
Sanford, J. Kenneth. Charlotte and UNC Charlotte : Growing up Together. Charlotte: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2021. https://repository.charlotte.edu/islandora/object/work%3A194