Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Search Results
69 results
for "New Bern--History"
Record #:
19049
Author(s):
Abstract:
As New Bern celebrates its 300th anniversary, it remembers its Swiss and German settlers who agreed to put down roots where the Trent and Neuse rivers converged.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
19052
Author(s):
Abstract:
Two years into the Union occupation of New Bern, the city became worse for wear due to influx of yellow fever, causing rapid deterioration of lives.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
19782
Author(s):
Abstract:
This is a reprint of correspondence between the Ritter Company, Franz (or Frantz) Ludwig Michel, and others in the projected Swiss and Palatine colonies. The letters date between 1703 and 1708 which predate Christoph Baron von Graffenried's expedition to North Carolina by about 10 years. According to Schutz's introduction, the letters address the period in which Michel was sent to North Carolina by the Canton of Bern to find a tract of land for Swiss settlement and later negotiated for the Canton of Bern and the Ritter Company, a silver mining and Swiss Anabaptist settlement venture, to acquire land in North Carolina and Virginia.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 10 Issue 2, April 1933,
p133-141
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
19959
Author(s):
Abstract:
Part V in this series concerning New Bern and all of Craven County looks at the political and commercial significance of the area during this period. Specifically, the author examines the years between 1740 and 1765 when New Bern became a central town because of settlement moving further south towards Wilmington. Politics of New Bern were influenced by having the advantage of representation in the lower court despite not having the necessary sixty families.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 23 Issue 1, Jan 1946,
p47-78, f
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
20084
Author(s):
Abstract:
This article looks at the history of New Bern and Craven County between 1700 and 1800, focusing on the colonization of this area.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 22 Issue 1, Jan 1945,
p1-21, f
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
20095
Author(s):
Abstract:
This article looks at the history of New Bern and Craven County between 1700 and 1800, with this installment focusing on the establishment and founding of the town of New Bern.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 22 Issue 2, April 1945,
p152-175, f
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
20146
Author(s):
Abstract:
This article looks at the history of New Bern and Craven County between 1700 and 1800, focusing on Swiss and German colonists, the Palatines, the settlement of New Bern, and the development of infrastructure such as roads and ferries in the county.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Oct 1945,
p460-489, f
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
20894
Author(s):
Abstract:
This is a reprinting of council records from the State Archives of the Canton of Bern describing the deportation to North Carolina of a party of Swiss \"undesirables\" known as Bernese Anabaptists. The Bernese Anabaptists were criminalized for their faith in 1710. About 100 of these Swiss joined between 300 and 400 Germans in founding the City of New Bern under the leadership of Bernese nobleman, Christoph von Graffenried.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 40 Issue 3, July 1963,
p361-374, f
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
21946
Author(s):
Abstract:
This article provides an account of the colony of Palatinates who, with the Swiss, settled in New Bern, NC.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
24538
Author(s):
Abstract:
Sir William Draper was known as the ‘Conqueror of Manila’ because of his mounted attack against Manila in 1762. This article discusses what brought him to New Bern, North Carolina and his lasting effect on the town and Tryon Place.
Source:
Full Text:
Record #:
27891
Author(s):
Abstract:
During World War II, the construction of an air station at Cherry Point was instrumental in transforming New Bern from a military living space into a nourishing community. New Bern became “Your Liberty Town”, profiled in a 1943 North Carolina guide book as a relaxing home away from home.
Source:
Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Nov 1991,
p14-20, bibl
Record #:
27943
Author(s):
Abstract:
The bear is the emblem of New Bern and symbol adopted from the armorial bearings of Bern, Switzerland. A statue of a black bear named Old Bruno was constructed in 1957 to represent New Bern in the 100th anniversary of Morehead City parade. Old Bruno is now a mascot and permanent fixture at New Bern High School.
Source:
Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 7 Issue 1, May 1994,
p36-39, il
Subject(s):
Record #:
27944
Author(s):
Abstract:
A New Bern celebration that vividly stands out is the welcome once given to the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Despite New Bern’s history with these former enemies, the overpowering reception for the soldiers demonstrated that former allegiances were overridden by the traumatic events they shared during the Civil War and respect for each other.
Source:
Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 7 Issue 2, Nov 1994,
p3-13, il, bibl
Subject(s):
Record #:
27986
Author(s):
Abstract:
Emily Wilson is the author of Memories of New Bern. The book is an oral history based on conversations with longtime residents, and captures how the town has changed over a lifetime of memories.
Source:
Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Nov 1995,
p10-15, il, bibl
Subject(s):
Record #:
27987
Author(s):
Abstract:
Reverend James Reed, also known as Parson Reed, laid the foundation for public education in New Bern and North Carolina over two-hundred years ago. Reed led construction of the first chartered school in North Carolina, which eventually became the New Bern Academy.
Source:
Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Nov 1995,
p16-18, bibl
Subject(s):