Source: Catalogue of the Library of John H. Wheeler (Joyner NC Rare Z997.W54 C27 1882) Staff Person: Maury York Description: John Hill Wheeler (1806-1882), a native of Murfreesboro, N.C., was a noted lawyer, diplomat, and historian. He is perhaps best known for his book Historical Sketches of North Carolina, from 1584 to 1851. Wheeler amassed [...]
Source: Junius D. Grimes Papers (#571) Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Take a step back in time to 1914 Greenville, N. C., in this C. E. Weaver Series, “Illustrated Cities”, by Central Publishing Co., Inc., in Richmond, Virginia. Greenville was growing and changing: The Center Brick Warehouse was selling Bright Leaf Tobacco (93,762 pounds avg. [...]
Special Collections Reference U 230 .U6 1945 United States Army Field Manuals are currently published by the Army’s Publishing Directorate. Over 500 manuals are currently in use. They provided detailed directions for soldiers to use in the field on a variety of topics including tactics and repair of equipment. This particular manual, published in 1945 [...]
Source: Edward Merritt McEachern, Jr., Collection #25.2.c Staff Person: Martha Elmore Description: The Keeley Institute in Greensboro, N.C., was established circa 1891 and it survived until 1961. From 1906 on the Institute operated at Blandwood, the former home of N.C. Governor John Motley Morehead. The Greensboro location was just one of over more than 200 [...]
Source: Thomas A. Person Papers, Manuscript Collection #303 Staff Person: Maury York Description: This promotional brochure describes changes that were taking place at Louisburg College in Louisburg, N.C. The college had opened in 1857 to educate young women. A fire in 1928 seriously damaged the handsome Greek Revival Main Building, and the Great Depression curtailed [...]
Source: Virginia Dare Shores, North Carolina, Joyner NC Rare HD1390.5 .V57 1927 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This is a pamphlet by Carolina Development Company in it they give alluring descriptions of the Roanoke Colonies and its history endeavoring to sell the land. On page 5 there is a rare reprint of an original map by John [...]
Source: Programme & Constitution of the Communist Party of Lesotho, Hoover DT 2618.C65 1960 Programme & Constitution of the Communist Party of Lesotho Staff Person: Maury York Description: Lesotho is a small country completely surrounded by South Africa. Known as Basutoland during its period of control by the British, the Kingdom of Lesotho achieved independence [...]
Source: Belvidere Academy Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #4 Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: This small pamphlet details the life and death of Mary Jordan White, a student, teacher, and principal at Belvidere Academy, in Belvidere, a small, predominantly Quaker, village in Perquimans County, North Carolina. Established in the 1680s, Belvidere was one of the [...]
Source: Richard Porson Paddison Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #327 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The first image below is that of the cover of a songbook titled United Confederate Veterans Song Book, ca. 1890-1900, which contains many songs relating to the southern states prior to, during and after the Civil War. The second image [...]
Source: Who Wants War?: How the Soviet Union Builds for Peace: an eye-witness report, Hoover HC336 C53 1951 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: The Korean War had “stabilized” by June 1951 following MacArthur’s landings at Inchon (Operation Chromite) in September of 1950. On April 11, 1951, President Truman removed MacArthur for disagreeing with U.S. war [...]