Record #:

20514

Author(s):

Wooten, Hugh Hill

Abstract:

This article looks at the heavy migration from Iredell County between 1800 and 1850. An examination of land records and wills indicates that military bounty lands in Tennessee and land sales in Kentucky were early motivators for the exodus, however the popularity of westward migrations skyrocketed as people moved towards the waters of Ohio, Tennessee and Mobile, as well Missouri, Illinois and the western states seeking land employment opportunities as population pressures in counties in NC were increasing. Some reprints of letters written by migrants to family or friends back in Iredell country are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 1, Jan 1953, p61-71, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Migration--Internal; Iredell County--Migration

Record #:

20515

Author(s):

Williams, Jack K.

Abstract:

This is a bibliography of printed works by noted Southern historian William Edward Dodd. The introduction provides biographical information on Dodd as well as detail on his scholarly prospective. The bibliography is organized by publication type.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 1, Jan 1953, p72-85, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Dodd, William E., 1869-1940

Record #:

20516

Author(s):

Sanders, John L.

Abstract:

This is the first installment of a reprint of the journal of young journalist Ruffin Wirt Tomlinson written during his senior year at the university, and two years before his death. What little is known about Tomlinson's life is found in his journal pages, although some additional biographical information culled from land and university records is included in the introduction. The journal is one of the only accounts of the university during this period that survives.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 1, Jan 1953, p86-114, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

20517

Author(s):

Brewer, James Howard

Abstract:

This article looks at a laxity and indifference toward the enforcement of slave controls in the towns of Wilmington and Fayetteville in the colonial and antebellum periods. Geographic and economic factors are deemed to be largely responsible for the different views of legislators on slave controls, as the industrial and commercial concerns of both towns lead to high slave populations where slave owners allowed slaves certain freedoms like owning their own homes in town apart from their masters and no supervision or controls on the leisure activities of slaves. Legislators feared the potential outcomes of this behavior and attempted to pass laws to pass tougher slave codes with little to no success.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 2, April 1953, p155-166, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Slave controls

Record #:

20529

Author(s):

Wooten, Hugh Hill

Abstract:

This article looks at farming and farm life of the early 19th century in Iredell County through examination of an inventory of property and various deeds, bills, and letters concerning a 360-acre farm on Fourth Creek. Background information on the farm's ownership, on period farming tools, livestock, farm products sales and purchase as well as images of original bills and deeds are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 2, April 1953, p167-175, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Farming--Iredell County

Record #:

20531

Author(s):

Johnston, Frontis W.

Abstract:

This is a reprint of a paper presented at the fifty-second annual session of the State Literary and Historical Association in Raleigh, December, 1952. This biographical essay looks as the personality and character of popular North Carolina governor Zebulon Baird Vance. A black and white photograph of Vance is included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 2, April 1953, p178-190, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894

Record #:

20532

Author(s):

De Roulhac Hamilton, J.G.

Abstract:

This is a reprint of a paper presented at the 52nd annual session of the State Literary and Historical Association in Raleigh, December, 1952. This biographical essay looks at the life and accomplishments of Episcopal Reverend and Confederate chaplain George Patterson. Particular emphasis is placed on anecdotal details and personal accounts provided by the author.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 2, April 1953, p191-199, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Patterson, George, 1828-1901

Record #:

20533

Author(s):

McCoy, George W.

Abstract:

This is a reprint of a paper presented at the 52nd annual session of the State Literary and Historical Association in Raleigh, December, 1952. This essay looks at the dispute between resentful forces of the Asheville community and author and Asheville native Thomas Wolfe over his first novel \"Look Homeward, Angel\" and its representation of the town. Wolfe maintained that the piece was fiction and that while he wanted to give life to Asheville, the town in which the novel is set, he did not include or characterize actual or specific citizens of the town. The people of Asheville, however, took Wolfe's portrayal of the town and its people as a criticism and an offense, and claimed that certain townspeople were characterized and identifiable. Further details of the conflict as well as direct statements from the author and reprints of critical reviews are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 2, April 1953, p200-217, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938

Record #:

20534

Author(s):

Hunter, Kermit

Abstract:

This is a reprint of a paper presented at the fifty-second annual session of the State Literary and Historical Association in Raleigh, December, 1952. This essay promotes the genre of the Outdoor Historical Drama as North Carolina's latest achievement in, and contribution to, the restoration of Southern cultural pursuits during the mid 20th century. The author, Kermit Hunter, is a noted playwright in the genre and is the author of the 1950 dramatization of Cherokee contact with European settlers entitled \"Unto These Hills.\"

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 2, April 1953, p218-222, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Theater, Open-air--Cherokee

Record #:

20545

Author(s):

Sanders, John L.

Abstract:

This is the second and last installment of a reprint of the journal of young journalist Ruffin Wirt Tomlinson written during his senior year at the university, two years before his death. What little is known about Tomlinson's life is found in his journal pages, which is one of the only surviving accounts of the University during this period.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 2, April 1953, p233-256, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History

Record #:

20546

Author(s):

Taylor, Rosser H.

Abstract:

This is the first in a series of articles looking at the development and use of fertilizers in the southeast from 1840-1950. This installment looks at the introduction of gull manure, called guano, during the period of 1840-1890, when the use of manures was becoming very popular for use in the resuscitation of old fields and the prevention of land exhaustion.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 3, July 1953, p305-328, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fertilizer--Guano

Record #:

20547

Author(s):

Farmer, Fannie Memory

Abstract:

This article describes the practices and ethical standards of the legal professions in the period between 1820-1860. Elements such as advertising for services, practicing in and traveling to different courts within the circuit, courtroom practices, the administration of justice, trial procedure, membership in the bar, and ethical standards are explored.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 3, July 1953, p329-353, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Legal ethics; Legal practices--History

Record #:

20548

Author(s):

Jolley, Harley E.

Abstract:

This article examines several potential causes for the slow development of the labor movement in the State, including the impact of slavery, southern Calvinistic views on the immorality of striking, a fear of Catholicism and Northern labor organizers, sectionalism, and slow industrialization, among others.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 3, July 1953, p354-375, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Labor movement--History

Record #:

20565

Author(s):

Olsen, Otto H.

Abstract:

The article looks at the post-Civil War Ku Klux Klan organization in North Carolina. The author offers a revisionist account of Klan activities between 1869 and 1870 specifically in the Piedmont area where the Klan was more concentrated and organized. Rather than previous assessments of the Klan as an organization which restored order in a time of chaos, the author looks at the terroristic aspect of Klan activities and the organization's impact on political affairs.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 39 Issue 3, July 1962, p340-362, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ku Klux Klan

Record #:

20566

Author(s):

Rives, Ralph Hardee

Abstract:

Littleton Female College began in January 1882 under the name of Central Institute near the village of Littleton. It officially became Littleton Female College in 1888 and would remain an all-female institution though it changed its name to Littleton College in 1912. The author reviews the history of the college's organization, academic history, and those individuals crucial in forming and running the college.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 39 Issue 3, July 1962, p363-377, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Women--Education