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Our rare book collection contains published works from the 1500s to the present. It features travel accounts, maps, atlases, and North Carolina imprints. Subjects covered include education; the Civil War; abolition and slavery in the US; military, naval and maritime history; and print and book history.

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Text	114
Image	52
Folder	1

excerpts	54
newspapers	41
books	24
financial records	12
magazines	6
maps	5
photographs	5
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ORIGINAL FORMAT	COUNT
excerpts	54
newspapers	41
books	24
financial records	12
magazines	6
maps	5
photographs	5
manuscripts	4
prints	3
drawings	2
paintings	2
letters	1
musical notation	1
negatives	1

Fort Bragg (N.C.)	22
California	18
China	8
New York (N.Y.)	7
United States	6
Richmond (Va.)	5
Raleigh (N.C.)	4
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LOCATION	COUNT
Fort Bragg (N.C.)	22
California	18
China	8
New York (N.Y.)	7
United States	6
Richmond (Va.)	5
Raleigh (N.C.)	4
Beaufort County (N.C.)	3
Greenville (N.C.)	3
North Carolina	3
London (England)	2
Washington (D.C.)	2
Washington (N.C.)	2
Baton Rouge (La.)	1
Bermuda Islands	1
Brazil	1
Cambridge (Mass.)	1
Chile	1
Congo (Democratic Republic)	1
Edenton (N.C.)	1
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)	1
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)	1
Horn, Cape (Chile)	1
Lesotho	1
Los Angeles (Calif.)	1
Russia	1
Tar Heel (N.C.)	1
Tarboro (N.C.)	1
Virginia	1
Winston (N.C.)	1
Yaoundé (Cameroon)	1

Military History	51
Special Collections Staff Picks	28
Politics and Government	22
Stuart Wright	19
Military History: Civil War	8
African American History and Culture	7
Early American History	7
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THEME/PROJECT	COUNT
Military History	51
Special Collections Staff Picks	28
Politics and Government	22
Stuart Wright	19
Military History: Civil War	8
African American History and Culture	7
Early American History	7
Naval and Maritime History	7
Fine and Performing Arts	3
North Carolina History and Fiction Collection	3
North Carolina Maps	3
Social and Family Life	3
Women's History	3
Education	2
Military History: Army	2
Military History: World War II	2
North Carolina Missionaries	2
Transportation	2
Transportation: Water	2
Agriculture	1
Daily Reflector Images	1
Holidays and Celebrations	1
John Lawson, Naturalist	1
Manufacturing and Business	1
Military History: Navy	1
Politics and Government: North Carolina	1
Regional/National Events	1
Tobacco	1

Human rights--United States--Newspapers	40
Soldiers--United States--Newspapers	40
United States. Army--Military life	24
United States. Navy--Military life	17
Money--North Carolina	6
Communism--United States	5
Money--Confederate States of America	5
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SUBJECT	COUNT
Human rights--United States--Newspapers	40
Soldiers--United States--Newspapers	40
United States. Army--Military life	24
United States. Navy--Military life	17
Money--North Carolina	6
Communism--United States	5
Money--Confederate States of America	5
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965--Family	3
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965--Friends and associates	3
Pirates	3
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. All the king's men	3
Bank notes--North Carolina--Washington	2
Clark, Eleanor, 1913-1996. Tamrart: 13 days in the Sahara	2
Communism--Periodicals	2
Communism--United States--Periodicals	2
Science fiction--Illustrations	2
Ships	2
United States--Foreign relations--China	2
Voyages and travels	2
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989--Family	2
Women pirates	2
Africa--Description and travel--Early works to 1800	1
African American teachers--Biography	1
African Americans--Civil rights	1
African Americans--Fiction	1
Air China	1
America--Discovery and exploration--British	1
American literature--Southern States--History and criticism	1
Americans--China	1
Amusement rides--North Carolina--Greenville	1
Annual register	1
Bermuda Islands--Distances, etc.	1
Bermuda Islands--Maps--Early works to 1800	1
Bernard, Harry Virden, 1879-1968	1
Biya, Paul, 1933-	1
Bonds--Confederate States of America	1
Bonds--North Carolina--Tarboro	1
Brazil--Description and travel	1
Buccaneers	1
Cameroon--Foreign relations--China	1
Campaign literature, 1944--Republican	1
Carriers--United States	1
Chile--Description and travel	1
China--Description and travel	1
China--Foreign relations--Cameroon	1
China--Foreign relations--Korea (South)	1
China--Foreign relations--United States	1
China--Politics and government--1949---Congresses	1
Clark, John G.--Correspondence	1
Coal miners--United States	1
Coasts--North Carolina	1
College teachers--Louisiana--Baton Rouge	1
Commercial law--United States	1
Committee for a Free China	1
Communism and music	1
Communism--California--Los Angeles	1
Communism--United States--Newspapers	1
Communist Party of Lesotho	1
Communists--United States	1
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Description and travel	1
Congo River--Discovery and exploration	1
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.). Political Action Committee	1
Conservatism--United States--Periodicals	1
Cook, James, 1728-1779--Travel	1
Coppin, Fanny Jackson	1
Couples	1
Daley, Brian. Han Solo's revenge	1
Democratic Party (Pitt County, N.C.)--Correspondence	1
Discoveries in geography--English	1
Dolls	1
English teachers--Louisiana--Baton Rouge	1
Extraterrestrial beings in motion pictures	1
Fairy tales in art	1
Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970	1
Fletcher, Inglis, 1879-1969. Lusty wind for Carolina	1
Fletcher, Inglis, 1879-1969. Roanoke Hundred	1
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley	1
Freight and freightage--United States	1
Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871--Portraits	1
Gibbons, Daniel--Portraits	1
Godwin, Abigail--Portraits	1
Gourds	1
Guitar	1
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Farewell to arms	1
Hersey, John, 1914-1993. Hiroshima	1
Hill, Joe, 1879-1915--Correspondence	1
Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946	1
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945	1
Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel	1
Hu, Jintao, 1942-	1
Indian children--North America	1
Indian women--North America	1
Indians in art	1
Indians of North America--North Carolina	1
Indians of North America--Virginia	1
Institute for Colored Youth (Philadelphia, Pa.)--History	1
Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897	1
Jarrell, Mary, 1914-2007--Friends and associates	1
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965. Bat-poet	1
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965. Little friend, little friend	1

Joyner Hoover	69
Joyner Wright Collection	22
Joyner Rare	21
Joyner Rare Vault	21
Joyner Rare Oversize	11
Joyner Schlobin Fantasy Collection	10
Joyner Special Collections Reference	5
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DIVISION	COUNT
Joyner Hoover	69
Joyner Wright Collection	22
Joyner Rare	21
Joyner Rare Vault	21
Joyner Rare Oversize	11
Joyner Schlobin Fantasy Collection	10
Joyner Special Collections Reference	5
Special Collections Maps	3