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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.

DATE RANGE

Text	114
Image	54
Folder	1

excerpts	56
newspapers	41
books	23
financial records	12
magazines	5
maps	5
photographs	5
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ORIGINAL FORMAT	COUNT
excerpts	56
newspapers	41
books	23
financial records	12
magazines	5
maps	5
photographs	5
manuscripts	4
drawings	3
prints	3
paintings	2
letters	1
musical notation	1
negatives	1

Fort Bragg (N.C.)	22
California	18
China	11
New York (N.Y.)	7
United States	6
North Carolina	5
Richmond (Va.)	5
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LOCATION	COUNT
Fort Bragg (N.C.)	22
California	18
China	11
New York (N.Y.)	7
United States	6
North Carolina	5
Richmond (Va.)	5
Greenville (N.C.)	4
Raleigh (N.C.)	4
Beaufort County (N.C.)	3
London (England)	2
South Carolina	2
Washington (D.C.)	2
Washington (N.C.)	2
Antilles, Lesser	1
Austria	1
Baton Rouge (La.)	1
Beijing (China)	1
Bermuda Islands	1
Brazil	1
Cambridge (Mass.)	1
Caribbean Area	1
Chile	1
Congo (Democratic Republic)	1
Edenton (N.C.)	1
Georgia	1
Hakodate-shi (Japan)	1
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)	1
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)	1
Horn, Cape (Chile)	1
Lesotho	1
Paris (France)	1
Russia	1
Saint Simons Island (Ga.)	1
Shanghai (China)	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	29
Politics and Government	22
Stuart Wright	20
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	29
Politics and Government	22
Stuart Wright	20
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
Women's History	3
Agriculture	2
Education	2
Military History: Army	2
Military History: World War II	2
North Carolina Missionaries	2
Social and Family Life	2
Transportation	2
Transportation: Water	2
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
Ships	3
Voyages and travels	3
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. All the king's men	3
Bank notes--North Carolina--Washington	2
Birds--North America--Pictorial works	2
Clark, Eleanor, 1913-1996. Tamrart: 13 days in the Sahara	2
Communism--Periodicals	2
Communism--United States--Periodicals	2
Gift books--Specimens	2
Indians of North America--North Carolina	2
Pell, Mike. S.S. Utah	2
Science fiction--Illustrations	2
Ships, Wooden	2
United States--Foreign relations--China	2
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989--Family	2
Watercolor painting--19th century	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
Agricultural laborers--China	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
Antilles, Lesser--Maps--Early works to 1800	1
Bananas--Harvesting--China	1
Baptists--Missions	1
Baptists--Missions--China	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
Book boxes--Japan	1
Botany--Austria	1
Botany--Palestine	1
Botany--Pictorial works	1
Bounty (Ship)	1
Brazil--Description and travel	1
Buccaneers	1
Cameroon--Foreign relations--China	1
Campaign literature, 1944--Republican	1
Canada goose--North America--Pictorial works	1
Caribbean Area--Maps--Early works to 1800	1
Carriers--United States	1
Catfantastic II	1
Cats in art	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--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Drama	1
China--Politics and government--1949---Congresses	1
Christmas--Fiction	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
Convallaria	1
Cook, James, 1728-1779--Travel	1
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Twelve poems of Emily Dickinson	1
Coppin, Fanny Jackson	1
Couples	1
Daley, Brian. Han Solo's revenge	1
Democratic Party (Pitt County, N.C.)--Correspondence	1
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Musical settings	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
Fire insurance--North Carolina--Greenville--Maps	1
Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970	1

Joyner Hoover	70
Joyner Wright Collection	23
Joyner Rare Vault	21
Joyner Rare	20
Joyner Rare Oversize	10
Joyner Schlobin Fantasy Collection	10
Joyner Special Collections Reference	5
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DIVISION	COUNT
Joyner Hoover	70
Joyner Wright Collection	23
Joyner Rare Vault	21
Joyner Rare	20
Joyner Rare Oversize	10
Joyner Schlobin Fantasy Collection	10
Joyner Special Collections Reference	5
Special Collections Maps	3