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Mexico Cardenas Museum
The Mexico Cardenas Museum honors Lazaro Cardenas, president of Mexico from 1934-1940 and personal friend to William Cameron Townsend, founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics. Cardenas supported Townsend's efforts to bring a written language, education and health services to more remote areas of Mexico. Pictures, artifacts, folk art and costumes illustrate the talents of the indigenous people of Mexico. Translations of the Bible in the various dialects discovered in Mexico by SIL are also on display in the museum.

Old Union County Courthouse Heritage Room
The Heritage Room collects, preserves, and makes available to researchers books, manuscripts, photographs, and a variety of other resources useful in the study of local history and genealogy of Union County and the surrounding area. The Heritage Room is Sponsored by The Carolinas Genealogical Society, The Union County Historical Society and The Union County Historic Preservation Commission.

Wingate University
Archives
The Wingate Archives collection exists to organize and preserve significant materials and documents which relate to Wingate University and it's history as Wingate School and Wingate College and the personal papers of noted industrialist Charles A. Cannon. The Wingate Archives supports reseachers in understanding the education community, traditions and history of Wingate University.

Museum of the Waxhaws and Andrew Jackson Memorial
The Museum of the Waxhaws/Andrew Jackson Memorial is a regional history museum dedicated to the history of the Waxhaws region of North and South Carolina and to the memory of our nation's 7th President, a native of the Waxhaws. Permanent collections include historical artifacts, manuscripts, and other resource materials documenting the development of the region from the pre-colonial time of the Waxhaw Indians for whom the region is named through 1900. Subjects include the first European explorers, early settlers (particularly the Scots-Irish), and the boyhood of Andrew Jackson, which was spent in the Waxhaws region. Permanent exhibits also focus on the American Revolution, Jackson's presidency, the Civil War, and life in the Waxhaws around the turn of the last century. Changing temporary exhibits feature displays on various aspects of the region's unique and interesting history. The museum is also home to the outdoor drama "Listen and Remember" based on the early life of Jackson.

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Museum of the Alphabet
The Museum of the Alphabet traces the history of alphabets and other writing systems from the beginning to the present. Museum displays chronicle ancient and modern alphabet makers and feature the history and evolution of written language, including Greek, Roman, Hebrew, Arabic and Asian alphabets. Proposed by William Cameron Townsend, founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics, the museum focuses on the gift of written language, "upon which all else depends."

Jesse Helms Center
The Jesse Helms Center seeks to preserve and promote the principles of free enterprise, representative democracy, and traditional values upon which US Senator Jesse Helms built his life and career. The work of the Center involves education, historical preservation, and citizen awareness through a broad range of programs for students, scholars, and the general public. The Center operates a museum exhibiting artifacts and honoring the life and career of Senator Helms and manages the Jesse Helms Center Archives, which houses the professional and personal papers of Senator Helms. Other significant exhibits include a North Carolina Business and Industry gallery; the Free Enterprise Hall of Fame celebrating individuals who have made significant contributions to business and industry in the state; the World Leaders Wall honoring many foreign leaders with whom Senator Helms dealt as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; and the United Nations Exhibit, which includes an interactive U.N. Security Council chamber in which visitors can listen to speeches, vote on issues, and take a quiz to test their knowledge of the U.N. Original works of art by wire sculptor Rex Eagle and other artists are featured prominently throughout the Center.

Union County Public Library
Norvin K. and Sara Dickerson Genealogy and Local History Room
The Local History/Genealogy Room of the Union West Regional Branch Library is a small collection that consists of some primary and secondary sources for local and family history researchers. Books, vertical files, and some microfilm are available.

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Union County Public Library Local History/Genealogy Room
The Local History/Genealogy Room of the Union West Regional Branch Library seeks to provide primary and secondary sources for the study of local and family history. This library is in the process of collecting local materials including but not limited to books, photographs, and manuscripts.