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27522
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This photo essay shows the changes that development and time have brought the Triangle area. Photos from the past are paired with photos of the same places as they are in 1989. The locations include: Wonderland Theatre (1920), Watts Hospital (1909), IBM Site (1965), Hargett Street (1940), Fayetteville Street (1959), Carolina Barber Shop (1954), and Crook’s Fish & Produce Market (1951).
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 7 Issue 10, May 4-10 1989,
p13-17
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19074
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From the archives of 19th century North Carolinian M. Luther Stirewalt, Jr. family letters illustrate the vast, untapped potential in North Carolina historical records. Letters, the best known source of long distance communication during the 19th century, provide insight into the culture, history, and daily life of historical North Carolinians.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 18, 2009,
p141-144, f
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27809
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With the 150th anniversary of the Civil War arriving soon, the effects of the war are still felt in several ways. The way the event is being celebrated angers some, but has changed to include diverse views and be more inclusive than celebrations in the past. However, some groups still celebrate the South as they believe it was and should be through hate groups. Modern connections are also drawn between the exploitation of people and the modern exploitation of the environment. Historians and archivists share their opinions on the effects of the war, what has changed, and what hasn’t.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 21, May 2011,
p22-25
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15913
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In 2000, the Department of Public Instruction proposed cutting required classes in state history to eighth graders. State history was integrated into the curricula in the 1940s and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources in conjunction with the Division of Archives and History was placed in charge of defeating measures such as that posed in 2000.
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23384
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These are excerpts from a book to be published in the future entitled “The Forgotten Tales of North Carolina,” by Tom Painter and Roger Kammerer. The first story is about a man named Spence preaching “Sanctification” in Wake County, who secretly set up a series of posts and planks in a local pond to demonstrate his ability to walk on water in April 1898. The night before his stunt, pranksters removed one of the planks, and when Spence attempted his “miracle” the next day in front of a crowd he fell into the pond. For many years a 90-foot whalebone once acted as a bridge across Fishing Creek from the Nash to the Halifax county side. At a Confederate reunion in Durham, N.C. in 1914, General J.S. Carr and Major J.M. Hamilton got into a heated argument and slapped each other. On February 25, 1853, in Tarboro, NC, at the peculiar hour of midnight, Miss Sarah Susan Elizabeth Panza Mills and Senor Don Alonzo Edgar Howard were married, after one hour’s acquaintance. In 1899, a farmer in Halifax County found a tin of foreign gold coins from 1715 to 1775, while plowing in his field.
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23413
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These are excerpts from a book to be published in the future entitled “The Forgotten Tales of North Carolina,” by Tom Painter and Roger Kammerer. The first story is about a man named Spence preaching “Sanctification” in Wake County, who secretly set up a series of posts and planks in a local pond to demonstrate his ability to walk on water in April 1898. The night before his stunt, pranksters removed one of the planks, and when Spence attempted his “miracle” the next day in front of a crowd he fell into the pond. For many years a 90-foot whalebone once acted as a bridge across Fishing Creek from the Nash to the Halifax county side. At a Confederate reunion in Durham, N.C. in 1914, General J.S. Carr and Major J.M. Hamilton got into a heated argument and slapped each other. On February 25, 1853, in Tarboro, NC, at the peculiar hour of midnight, Miss Sarah Susan Elizabeth Panza Mills and Senor Don Alonzo Edgar Howard were married, after one hour’s acquaintance. In 1899, a farmer in Halifax County found a tin of gold coins while plowing his field. The coins, a foreign, dated from 1715 to 1775.
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31666
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The traditions of history abound in North Carolina, offering travelers rich and rewarding glimpses of the past. There are nineteen sites which have been officially designated as State Historic Sites. These sites range from a 16th century Indian ceremonial center to varied reminders of wartime battles fought in North Carolina.
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12140
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Containing a series of photos that depict North Carolina farm living conditions in 1840, this is not an article but rather a few photos that depict a particular property from the period.
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30539
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Viewing NC places through its architecture can provide information on past ways of life and their changes though time. Preservation should not only focus on the best examples of architectural types, as the commonness in which a style was used, and its variations are all part of its significance.
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41276
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This bibliography contains sources about or inspired by the state, people, and culture. Categories include: biography and autobiography; foodways; genealogy and genealogical sources; local history; statewide history; poetry; politics and social issues; sports and recreation; science and nature.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 95 Issue 3, July 2018,
p340-352
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Religion--North Carolina; Travel--North Carolina; Politics--North Carolina; Art--North Carolina; Fiction--North Carolina; Foodways; Genealogy and genealogical sources--North Carolina--counties ; History--North Carolina; Sports--Biography; Tourism--North Carolina; Bibliographies--North Carolina ; North Carolina--bibliography
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20847
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Dr. Lefler outlines the extent of State history written to date, as well as proposing areas in need of further historical examination including state settlement, immigration, economics, military affairs, political history, criminal law, slavery, religious history, health, science, medicine, biography, regional studies and city histories, among others.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 38 Issue 2, April 1961,
p216-227, f
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34864
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The Great Flood of 1940 in North Carolina was caused by days of torrential downpours from a hurricane. Landslides caused by the rain and clear-cutting mountainsides engulfed several towns, killing twelve people and ruining hundreds of properties. This article remembers those that died and the impact the landslides had on the towns they crushed.
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34282
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The state boundaries of North Carolina are more than just lines on a map; they have led to tales of love and murder, pride and confusion, new islands and old disputes. Twenty stories describe how history, geography, race, culture, politics, and geophysical events that have shaped North Carolina, the Outer Banks and newly formed Shelly Island.
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21153
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This article traces a decline in the professionalism of the study of history in the 1960s and 1970s in both North Carolina and the field at large.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 2, April 1977,
p158-168, f
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28130
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Progressive changes have taken place in the Triangle art scene and the area’s performance venues over the last 25 years. There have been changes in the location of the state art museum, renovations at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, the addition of Durham’s Performing Arts Center, and renovations of UNC’s Memorial Hall. The history of opera, ballet, theater over the last 25 years and their place in the community are also detailed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 25 Issue 15, April 2008,
p49
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