Record #:

38288

Author(s):

Graff, Michael

Abstract:

Countering North Carolina’s illiteracy rate, the highest in the nation by the 19th century, was the creation of libraries. Libraries, which also made it possible by the 1940s for almost all North Carolinians to access free material, included Wilson, Morganton, Weldon Memorial, and Halifax County.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 78 Issue 9, Feb 2011, p56-71 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881; Lanier Library (Tryon); Membership libraries--Lanier Library--Tryon; Illiteracy rates--United States--nineteenth century; Illiteracy rates--North Carolina--nineteenth century ; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill--Wilson Library ; Wilson, Louis Round, 1876-1979; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill--North Carolina Collection; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill--Rare Book Collection; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill--Southern Historical Collection; Morganton Public Library; Public libraries--Burke County Library System--Morganton Public Library ; Norris Public Library (Rutherfordton); Wilson County Library (Wilson); Weldon Memorial Library ; Historic buildings--train depots--Weldon; Halifax County Library System--Halifax County Library