Record #:

20568

Author(s):

Powell, William S.

Abstract:

Subscription books are loosely defined as a market selling publications to individual buyers. The author looks at the long history of such publications before focusing more specifically on North Carolinians subscribing between 1733 and 1850 at the height of popularity for press subscriptions. Included are comprehensives lists both for books purchased by the state's citizens and those citizen's whom were subscribers.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 39 Issue 4, Oct 1962, p423-499, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Booksellers and bookselling

Record #:

20569

Author(s):

Cook, Raymond A.

Abstract:

Thomas Dixon directed one of the more controversial yet influential movies in America cinema called \"The Birth of a Nation,\" a gritty but biased account of the Civil War and KKK activity. Dixon was born on January 11, 1864 near Shelby and raised in Reconstruction North Carolina. The author presents a short biography of Dixon, how his early life in rural North Carolina affected his work, and a detailed account of the making of Dixon's infamous movie \"The Birth of a Nation.\"

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 39 Issue 4, Oct 1962, p519-540, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Dixon, Thomas F. Jr. 1864-1946

Record #:

20571

Author(s):

Simpson, William Hays

Abstract:

The concept of credit unions was a largely European concept, beginning in Germany, which was slow to be accepted throughout the South. John Sprunt Hill and Dr. Clarence Poe were the two men most influential to introducing credit unions to the state; which were not formally organized until the 1915 General Assembly unanimously passed the Credit Union Act. A history of the state's first credit unions is presented along with specific information pertaining to each institution's opening, members, and shares purchased.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 39 Issue 4, Oct 1962, p541-548, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Credit unions--Laws and legislation; Credit unions--History; Credit Union Act