The British Records Program of the North Carolina Colonial Records Project seeks to collect copies of state-related documents in English repositories and to make them available for public use at the State Archives in Raleigh.
A sketchbook of 60 unpublished drawings made between 1862 and 1863 by Union soldier Edwin G. Champney was acquired by the North Carolina Maritime History Council. The artwork includes scenes from New Bern, Kinston, and Hatteras Island.
Nine county courthouses built between 1899 and 1913 in the central and western sections of the state seem to be based on one architectural plan - that of the Iredell County Courthouse, designed by Louis E. Schwend.
The New Bern Academy Museum opened December 10, 1990, and is the fourth component of the Tryon Palace Restoration Complex. Founded in 1764, the academy was one of the country's earliest secondary schools.
Daguerreotype photographers in pre-Civil War North Carolina were itinerants, traveling the state by rail, wagon, or stage in the practice of their art. A number of daguerreans active in the state are profiled.
Dr. Earlie Endris Thorpe, professor of history at North Carolina Central University, died January 30, 1989. He was known for his work in Afro-American history.
The Outer Banks History Center officially opened May 7, 1989. The collection, which includes 25,000 items donated by author/historian David Stick, is the country's largest holding of North Carolina coastal history.
The obituaries column lists the following individuals who made significant contributions to North Carolina literature: Richard Gaither Walser and Frank Roy Johnson.
The 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry's flag, captured by the 27th Massachusetts Regiment during the battle of Roanoke Island on February 8, 1862, was returned by Massachusetts on November 29, 1988.
With photography increasing in popularity between 1865 and 1900, around 450 itinerant and resident photographers found employment statewide. A listing of them is included.
Samuel Talmadge (Sam) Ragan, newspaperman, state poet laureate, and first secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, died May 11, 1996, in Southern Pines. He was eighty years old.
An unknown photograph of part of the south front of the State Capitol has been discovered. The picture was taken in the 1870s by Rufus Morgan, one of the state's most accomplished itinerant photographers of the 19th-century.
Bentonville Battleground was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 19, 1996, by Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt. The Civil War battle was the largest ever fought in the state.
H. G. Jones was awarded the Order of the Longleaf Pine on July 11,1996, for outstanding service to the state and its citizens. Dr. Jones is a former director of the North Carolina Department of History and Archives.
The North Carolina Transportation Museum at Historic Spencer Shops underwent a $7.8 million renovation in 1996. September 12-15, 1996, the newly restored Bob Julian Roundhouse opened, along with other renovated areas.