Record #:

6783

Author(s):

Parker, John

Abstract:

The North Carolina Boating Act of 1959 “requires that all boating accidents occurring on public waters and fitting the reporting criteria of the act be reported to the Wildlife Resources Commission.” There were forty-four fatalities in 1964, and the number of accidents totaled eighty-eight. Over half of the accidents for which causes were determined were the result of collision with another vessel or capsizing. A map of the state provides locations of nonfatal and fatal boating accidents.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 29 Issue 4, Apr 1965, p4-6, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Boating accidents

Record #:

6796

Author(s):

Parker, John

Abstract:

Both fatal and nonfatal hunting accidents in North Carolina increased during the 1964-65 season compared to the previous year. There were fifty-eight accidents in 1963-64 and seventy-two in 1964-65. Nineteen of the seventy-two accidents were fatal. Parker discusses where the accidents occurred, time of the year, and what was being hunted.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 29 Issue 9, Sept 1965, p10-11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hunting accidents

Record #:

8395

Author(s):

Parker, John

Abstract:

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission's records on hunting accidents date back to the 1960 fall hunting season. Statistics from 1960 through the 1967-1968 hunting season show that 124 hunters have been killed and 390 injured. This is an average of about 14 fatal and 44 nonfatal accidents annually. A North Carolina map lists the number of accidents in each county. Approximately half of each season's hunting accidents involve hunters between twelve and nineteen years of age. Parker discusses the time of day when accidents occur; what the accident is like; the range between hunter and victim; and the cause of the accident.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 33 Issue 12, Dec 1969, p10-11, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hunting accidents

Record #:

9099

Author(s):

Parker, John L.

Abstract:

Squire Boone, father of Daniel Boone, moved to Davie County in 1754 and brought his blacksmith shop with him. His shop soon became the center of activity for the settlement, where Boone made axes and stakes using his anvil and forge. Boone's axes were sold as far north as Pennsylvania.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 44 Issue 2, July 1976, p16-17, 42, il

Subject(s):

Boone, Squire, 1696-1765; Blacksmiths--Davie County; Blacksmithing--Davie County

Record #:

9940

Author(s):

Parker, John W.

Abstract:

On January 27, the Murfreesboro Historical Association will host the Lafayette Ball to commemorate a festivity that was planned for 1825 but never took place in its entirety. The Marquis de Lafayette had been invited by Congress to return to the United States in recognition of his status as the last surviving general of the American Revolution. Lafayette accepted, and after a six month sojourn in Washington D.C., he commenced his southern tour, heading into North Carolina for a dinner and ball at Murfreesboro. Rains slowed travel and the party arrived at such a late hour that only dinner was served and the ball was never held.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 40 Issue 15, Jan 1973, p10-11, il, por

Subject(s):

La Fayette, marquis de, 1757-1834

Record #:

20207

Author(s):

Parker, John W.

Abstract:

With deeply regional roots, James Ephraim McGirt is known for not merely his literary output, but also for his devotion to poetry and his struggle to overcome rural poverty and racism.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 31 Issue 3, Jul 1954, p321-335, por, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

McGirt, James Ephraim, 1874-1930; African American poets

Record #:

20695

Author(s):

Parker, John W.

Abstract:

This article is a bibliography of, and short introduction to, the writings of African American advocate, author and educator Benjamin Griffith Brawley. The introduction essay offers biographical information and historical information on the period. The bibliography is organized by general works, biographical works, edited works, miscellaneous pamphlets, magazine edited, articles in newspapers, articles in periodicals, booklets of verse privately issued, book reviews in periodicals, editorials in periodicals, poems in periodicals, short stories in periodicals, and song collections and individual songs.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 34 Issue 2, April 1957, p165-178, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Brawley, Benjamin Griffith, 1882-1939