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for "Graff, Michael"
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18011
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In 1772 a number of Moravians moved from Pennsylvania to the North Carolina Piedmont. The settlers kept detailed records. When Winston-Salem decided to preserve Salem as it was in the 18th century, they turned to these records. Graff recounts information about the town and how it exists in the 21st century.
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38283
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Old Salem, settled in 1772 by Moravians, has had its history well preserved due to members compiling detailed daily life accounts. Because of this, the task taken on in the 1950s to preserve Salem and turn it into to Old Salem was possible. Currently, Old Salem reflects historical integrity in its 107 historic buildings and individuals who realistically reenact daily life, evident in the accompanied photographs. An example of a conscientiously preserved historic building is the tavern George Washington lodged in during his visit in 1791, looking much as it did during his visit.
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38258
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Described by the author and displayed in photographs by Patrick Schneider is a Waterside Theatre performance of Paul Green’s The Lost Colony. Words and pictures collaboratively explain the enduring mystique of his play and the Roanoke Island colonists’ story.
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Waterside Theatre (Manteo); Manteo; Green, Paul Eliot, 1894-1981; The Lost Colony (Play); Roanoke Colony; Roanoke Island--History; Raleigh, Walter, 1552-1618; Long, William Ivey, 1947-; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012; Dare, Virginia, b. 1587-?; Borden, John; Manteo--Description and travel; Wanchese--Indian Chief
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19559
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Karen Amspacher works to preserve Harkers Island's heritage. She has, among other activities, served as editor of the newsletter THE MAILBOAT, head of the Core Sound Decoy Museum, cookbook compiler, and fundraiser for the new decoy museum building.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 12, May 2013,
p146-148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, il, por
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28567
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Charlotte Magazine presents the twelve best suburbs to live and visit around Charlotte. The suburbs were ranked using a statistical formula based on housing and employment, quality of life, diversity and vitality, and school outcomes. Residents share stories of how they identify with their towns.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 22 Issue 4, April 2017,
p50-65, il, por, map
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15808
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Pinehurst No. 2, designed by Donald Ross and opened in 1907, is one of the golfing world's most revered golf courses. He would design four hundred courses, but Pinehurst No. 2 is his signature course. A recent year-long renovation has restored the rough edges of his original plans for the course.
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18482
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Graff reports on the activities of pilots, crewmen, ground crews, and others who work at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro.
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24741
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With the rise of black deaths at the hands of police officers, Charlotte barber Shaun Corbett developed the idea for a program called Cops & Barbers. The program began as a series of forums held in barbershops where young black men and cops talk to each other. It has since grown to include community service activities. The program gained national attention and President Obama’s office recognized it as a model for establishing relationships between cops and young black men.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 20 Issue 12, December 2015,
p44-47, il, por
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19322
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Landscape artist Chris Wilson is at work on a large project. He'll paint one hundred large-scale paintings of landscapes along U.S. 64, which stretches 563 miles across the state. The project will be titled \"Murphy to Manteo--An Artist's Scenic Journey.\" He has completed thirty paintings to date, and some are huge--sixteen feet tall and a dozen feet wide. Some of the paintings already hang in the North Carolina Museum of History.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 10, Mar 2013,
p92-96, 98, 100-102, 104, 106-108
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15169
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Southport, located in Brunswick County, is featured in Our State magazine's Tar Heel Town of the Month.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 79 Issue 5, Oct 2011,
p36-40, 42, 44, 46, 48-50, il
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12527
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Graff discusses the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, a scientific facility unlike anything else in the world.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 78 Issue 4, Sept 2010,
p112-118, 120-122, 124-126, 128, il
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18719
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Sylvan Heights Bird Park and Eco Center, located in Scotland Neck in Halifax County, is one of North Carolina's best-kept secrets. Mike and Ali Lubbock operate the center which boasts the largest collection of waterfowl in the world and is a conservation and research orientated center for birds, especially rare and endangered waterfowl. Sylvan contains about 2,000 birds. The park opened to the public in 2006.
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38288
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Countering North Carolina’s illiteracy rate, the highest in the nation by the 19th century, was the creation of libraries. Libraries, which also made it possible by the 1940s for almost all North Carolinians to access free material, included Wilson, Morganton, Weldon Memorial, and Halifax County.
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Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881; Lanier Library (Tryon); Membership libraries--Lanier Library--Tryon; Illiteracy rates--United States--nineteenth century; Illiteracy rates--North Carolina--nineteenth century ; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill--Wilson Library ; Wilson, Louis Round, 1876-1979; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill--North Carolina Collection; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill--Rare Book Collection; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill--Southern Historical Collection; Morganton Public Library; Public libraries--Burke County Library System--Morganton Public Library ; Norris Public Library (Rutherfordton); Wilson County Library (Wilson); Weldon Memorial Library ; Historic buildings--train depots--Weldon; Halifax County Library System--Halifax County Library
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24970
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Many have noticed that the southern accent seems to be disappearing from North Carolina. Michael Graff went on a mission to find out why.
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24899
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A possible view of what life in Charlotte might be like in 2058. The possible mistakes of the current generation recounted by the future generation and the successful changes made by the millennial generation from the way transportation is viewed to the touch screen progression. This may be a future we can expect.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 18 Issue 9, September 2013,
p72-77, il, f
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