Record #:

19933

Author(s):

Lacy, Dan

Abstract:

This article describes the contents of the archives of the office of register of deeds in North Carolina based on the detailed catalogues created by The Historical Records Survey, a Works Progress Administration project begun in North Carolina in 1936 and still underway at the time of press. The article provides a history of the office of register of deeds and highlights records or groups of records of interest.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 14 Issue 3, July 1937, p213-229, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Works Progress Administration; Office of Registers of Deeds; Historical records survey

Record #:

19934

Author(s):

Davidson, Elizabeth Huey

Abstract:

This article looks at the ways in which public opinion about child labor in the South developed and how this opinion and its development was different than public opinion in the North.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 14 Issue 3, July 1937, p230-250, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Child labor--History

Record #:

19935

Author(s):

Keith, Alice Barnwell

Abstract:

This is a reprint of letters from businessman and Blount family agent Major James Cole Mountflorence to William, John Gray, and Thomas Blount. The letters, written in the era of the French Revolution, provide information on the commercial enterprises and political and social affairs of the Blounts, one of North Carolina's most influential families during this period. The introduction provides a biography of the Blounts and their relationship with Mountflorence.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 14 Issue 3, July 1937, p251-287 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Blount, William, 1749-1800; Blount, John Gray, 1752-1833; Blount, Thomas, 1759-1812; Mountflorence, James Cole, 1745-1817