Record #:

20568

Author(s):

Powell, William S.

Abstract:

Subscription books are loosely defined as a market selling publications to individual buyers. The author looks at the long history of such publications before focusing more specifically on North Carolinians subscribing between 1733 and 1850 at the height of popularity for press subscriptions. Included are comprehensives lists both for books purchased by the state's citizens and those citizen's whom were subscribers.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 39 Issue 4, Oct 1962, p423-499, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Booksellers and bookselling

Record #:

20569

Author(s):

Cook, Raymond A.

Abstract:

Thomas Dixon directed one of the more controversial yet influential movies in America cinema called \"The Birth of a Nation,\" a gritty but biased account of the Civil War and KKK activity. Dixon was born on January 11, 1864 near Shelby and raised in Reconstruction North Carolina. The author presents a short biography of Dixon, how his early life in rural North Carolina affected his work, and a detailed account of the making of Dixon's infamous movie \"The Birth of a Nation.\"

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 39 Issue 4, Oct 1962, p519-540, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Dixon, Thomas F. Jr. 1864-1946

Record #:

20571

Author(s):

Simpson, William Hays

Abstract:

The concept of credit unions was a largely European concept, beginning in Germany, which was slow to be accepted throughout the South. John Sprunt Hill and Dr. Clarence Poe were the two men most influential to introducing credit unions to the state; which were not formally organized until the 1915 General Assembly unanimously passed the Credit Union Act. A history of the state's first credit unions is presented along with specific information pertaining to each institution's opening, members, and shares purchased.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 39 Issue 4, Oct 1962, p541-548, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Credit unions--Laws and legislation; Credit unions--History; Credit Union Act

Record #:

20574

Author(s):

Ford, Paul M.

Abstract:

Calvin H. Wiley was the Superintendent of Common Schools from 1852 to 1865 in North Carolina. Though a slave owner, Wiley held more sympathetic views towards African Americans. By analyzing Wiley's portrayal of African Americans in two of his novels, \"Alamance\" and \"Roanoke,\" the author evaluates Wiley's perspective on slavery and how this differed from his peers.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 1, Jan 1964, p1-20, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wiley, Calvin Henderson, 1819-1887

Record #:

20596

Author(s):

McFarland, Daniel M.

Abstract:

This article examines the journalism profession, newspaper production, and editors' writings and ethics between 1815 and 1835.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 3, July 1953, p376-414, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Newspapers--Printing--History

Record #:

20597

Author(s):

St. Clair, Kenneth Edson

Abstract:

This article looks at the impact of a temporary department of North Carolina, enacted by Union Secretary of War Stanton, which was created to facilitate federal operations in the Carolinas and was run by Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield and subject to General William T. Sherman's orders. This department continued beyond the short period for which it was designed and left Schofield in charge of troops in North Carolina and then in charge of the transition to reconstruction, thus affecting how the machinery for reconstruction-era judiciary was to be established.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 3, July 1953, p415-439, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina; Schofield, John M., 1831-1906

Record #:

20598

Author(s):

Ross, M.H.

Abstract:

This article identifies court decisions in the state that involve trade unions. An introduction explains the author's research into the movement and the cases, and the cases themselves are organized by subject and include strike injunctions, criminal cases resulting from strike or union activity, civil actions resulting from strike or union activity, insurance cases, unemployment compensation cases, arbitration and contract cases, railway labor cases, National Labor Relations Act cases, and non-labor cases mentioning unions or strikes

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 4, Oct 1953, p467-482, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Trade-unions

Record #:

20599

Author(s):

Taylor, Rosser H.

Abstract:

This is the second and final installment in a series of articles looking at the development and use of fertilizers in the southeast from 1840-1950. This installment looks at the state of agriculture at the turn of the century, at steps toward more intelligent farming, the role of fertilizers in the rejuvenation of agriculture, specific treatment for field crops and pastures, the use of lime, minor nutrients, more profitable use of fertilizers, of volume sold, factors responsible for increased use, fertilizer prices, how fertilizer is sold, inspection, and recommended fertilizer brands all during the period between 1900 and 1950.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 4, Oct 1953, p483-523, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fertilizer industry; Farming--Fertilizer

Record #:

20609

Author(s):

Wallis, P.J.

Abstract:

This article is a supplement to two articles: \"The Diary of Joseph Gales, 1794-1795,\" Vol 26 (July, 1949), 335-347 and \"The Editorial Experience of Joseph Gales,\" Vol 28 (July, 1951), 332-361, and provides some brief additional information on Gales' publications.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 4, Oct 1953, p561-563, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Gales, Joseph, 1761-1841

Record #:

20610

Author(s):

Thorpe, Margaret Newbold; Morton, Richard L.

Abstract:

This is a reprint of Quaker teacher and Northerner Margaret Newbold Thorpe's 1869 memoir of her experiences teaching in the newly established \"public schools for negroes\" in Warrenton, North Carolina. Richard Morton's introduction provides biographical information on Thorpe as well as excerpts from some of her other writings. Morton also attempts to make a case for the people described in Thorpe's memoir, suggesting that her impressions of their attitudes towards people of color was tempered by her lack of understanding of the hardships of war suffered in that part of the South.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 30 Issue 4, Oct 1953, p564-582, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African Americans--Education--Warrenton; Thorpe, Margaret Newbold, 1842-?

Record #:

20611

Author(s):

Conkin, Paul

Abstract:

This article looks at the establishment of various religious groups and their infrastructure in colonial North Carolina, most notably with the establishment of the Anglican Church and its place as the official church of the state. Attention is given to other religious groups whose congregations gained a foothold in the state during this period including Anabaptists, German Reformed, Lutheran, Moravian, Quakers, Baptists, and Presbyterians, as well as laws passed related to religion or to clergy.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 32 Issue 1, Jan 1955, p1-30, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Religion--North Carolina

Record #:

20612

Author(s):

Hoffman, William S.

Abstract:

This article looks at the 1836 Election and the Whig's Party plan to run three separate candidates in different regions of the country--Hugh Lawson White in the South, Daniel Webster in parts of New England, and William Henry Harrison in the remainder of the East and Northwest--against Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren. The details of the campaigns, the candidates, the state politics and the election itself are provided here.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 32 Issue 1, Jan 1955, p31-51, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Elections--North Carolina--History--19th century

Record #:

20613

Author(s):

Frech, Laura Page

Abstract:

The article reviews the role of Committee of Public Safety in the Wilmington-New Hanover area during the Revolutionary War. Committee members were entrusted to contain British Governor Martin and squelch Highlander loyalties to the British Crown. The author documents the connection between the Committee's decisions and outcomes of two important events: The Battle of Moore's Creek (1776) and the Highland rising at Cross Creek (1776).

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 1, Jan 1964, p21-33, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Record #:

20614

Author(s):

Griffin, Richard W.

Abstract:

North Carolina's textile industry not only survived the Civil War, it thrived in the chaotic post-war years. Using newspaper accounts from across the state, the author describes the social and economic conditions that allowed textiles to flourish after the war and the major historical figures involved in running existing mills and opening new ones throughout the state. The article also includes a comprehensive list of operational cotton mills in the state between 1865 and 1884.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 1, Jan 1964, p34-53, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Textile industry--History; Textile factories; Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina

Record #:

20615

Author(s):

Parramore, Thomas C.

Abstract:

Richard Jordan Gatling invented the Gatling gun, a revolutionary weapon first used during the Civil War. The author discusses Gatling's family history, his early life in Hertford County, and his other entrepreneurial endeavors before he created the Gatling gun. The original patent and schematics of the Gatling gun are included in the article.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 1, Jan 1964, p54-61, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hertford County--History; Gatling, Richard Jordan, 1818-1903; Gatling gun