Record #:

19824

Author(s):

Thompson, Charles D.

Abstract:

The fall of 1999 was a devastating one for the people of eastern North Carolina. A trio of hurricanes battered the region, particularly Hurricane Floyd, causing flood and storm damage to thousands of homes. The Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill collected a host of stories from eastern North Carolina residents about their experiences with the flooding caused by Hurricane Floyd and how neighbors and strangers came together.

Source:

North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 11, 2002, p87-98, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Oral history--North Carolina, Eastern--History

Record #:

39996

Author(s):

Thompson, Charles D.

Abstract:

This chronicle of the hurricane that left “the flood of the century” in its wake left behind a deluge of memories. Accompanying figures such as 52 deaths and over 500 million dollars in lost crops were interviews of people from Northeast, Grifton, Tick Bite, Wallace, and New Bern.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Fall 2019, p13-19 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hurricanes, 1999; Hurricane Floyd, 1999; Hurricane Floyd--narratives--North Carolina, Eastern; Hurricanes--Economic aspects--North Carolina; Grifton; Tick Bite (NC); Wallace (NC); Hurricane Floyd--economic impact; Floods--Grifton; Floods

Record #:

19662

Author(s):

Thompson, Charles D.; William Barnes, Mary

Abstract:

Upon her retirement in 1990, Rocky Mount native Mary Williams Barnes wrote her memoirs about growing up on her parents' tobacco farm in the 1930s and 1940s. Titled \"Tom and Betsy's Family,\" the book chronicles the importance of tobacco farming to the area, how family life occurred on a rural tobacco farm, and the vernacular history past down from generation to generation in the area.

Source:

North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 13, 2004, p165-179, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tobacco--History