Record #:

24485

Author(s):

Stem, Thad, Jr.

Abstract:

This article presents the history of cigarettes, tobacco, and smoking in North Carolina, as well as presenting a number of historic advertisements for cigarettes.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 45 Issue 9, February 1978, p10-15, il

Subject(s):

Tobacco industry; Tobacco industry--History; Tobacco--History; Tobacco--Advertising

Record #:

24486

Author(s):

Pearce, T. H.

Abstract:

Richard (Adria) Alston of Franklin County has devoted her life to studying and preserving the old art of making fine bobbin lace by hand. This article presents the history of bobbin lace making and the various techniques Alston uses in making her own.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 45 Issue 9, February 1978, p20-21, il

Subject(s):

Artists; Franklin County--Industry and agricculture

Record #:

24487

Author(s):

Faust, Richard A.

Abstract:

Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887) worked to help the mentally ill and helped create the first mental asylums in America. She went to North Carolina in 1848 to change attitudes concerning mental illness and found mental institutions there.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 45 Issue 9, February 1978, p25-27, il, por

Subject(s):

Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887; Mental illness; Mental hospitals; Mentally ill--Care of