Record #:

20757

Author(s):

Miles, Edwin A.

Abstract:

This is a biographical essay on historian and local person of note Joseph Seawell Jones of Shocco, North Carolina. A number of anecdotal stories about Jones are presented in addition to the biographical account of his life. Some quotations from Jones' published writing are also shared.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 34 Issue 4, Oct 1957, p483-506, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Jones, Joseph Seawell, 1811-1855

Record #:

20758

Author(s):

Osborn, George C.

Abstract:

This biographical essay on President Woodrow Wilson focuses on the different phases of his life and career via the different ways he wrote and abbreviated his name. Information on his childhood, education, career and social life are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 34 Issue 4, Oct 1957, p507-516, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Record #:

20767

Author(s):

Wiley, Mary Callum

Abstract:

This article is a memoir written by Mary C. Wiley about her recollections of her father, the first superintendent of the Public Schools of North Carolina, Calvin Henderson Wiley. The author's narrative provides a description of her childhood home and of the spaces and things that belonged to her father, as well as of stories told to her by him. Additional biographical information is provided in the footnotes.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 34 Issue 4, Oct 1957, p517-529, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wiley, Calvin Henderson, 1819-1887

Record #:

20768

Author(s):

Delaney, Norman C.

Abstract:

This article provides a history of the Outer Banks during the period of the Revolutionary War with a particular focus on Ocracoke Island and Ocracoke Inlet. Progressing chronologically, the author details troop positions, defenses, and naval maneuvers made on the barrier islands during the war years.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 1959, p1-16, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Outer Banks--History

Record #:

20769

Author(s):

Yearns, Wilfred B., Jr.

Abstract:

This article looks at the life of Francois X. Martin and his writing of \"The History of North Carolina, From the Earliest Period.\" Biographical information on his early years, details of his writing of \"The History of North Carolina,\" as well as analysis of the quality of his writing, the text's content and historical value, and Martin's style are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 1959, p17-27, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Martin, Francois-Xavier, 1762-1846

Record #:

20770

Author(s):

Phifer, Edward W.

Abstract:

This article looks at the efforts made by medical practitioners in Burke County to combat disease during the antebellum period. Particular attention is given to practitioners of the healing arts, their various professional qualifications, the diseases they encountered, their economic status, and their relationship to the people that they served.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 1959, p28-46, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medical care--History; Burke County--History

Record #:

20771

Author(s):

Dunbar, Gary S.

Abstract:

McDowell was an early botanists intrigued by the flora of western North Carolina. Born in South Carolina, McDowell moved to the state in 1826 and worked as a pioneer landholder, tailor, and naturalist in Macon County until his death on July 14, 1879. McDowell worked with other regional and national botanist during this period to catalog and identify native species in western North Carolina.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 4, Oct 1964, p425-435, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Botany--Research

Record #:

20772

Author(s):

Steelman, Joseph F.

Abstract:

This article examines political turmoil in the Republican Party at the beginning of the 20th century and how Jonathan Elwood Cox emerged from the party's unrest. The author reflects on Cox's reluctance to accept the nomination for governor and how his role played into both state and national politics of the time. The main analysis focuses on how Cox lost the gubernatorial election and its implications for state Republicans.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 4, Oct 1964, p436-447, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Governors--Election; Republican Party; Elections--North Carolina--History--20th century

Record #:

20791

Author(s):

Harrison, Daniel W.

Abstract:

This article examines the office of the army chaplain in the Confederate Army and the efforts of different protestant denominations to both preach to and service the spiritual needs of soldiers as well as to encourage their preachers to serve as chaplains. Information on the establishment of the office of chaplain in the Confederate army is included, as well as trends within and details of the occupied office.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 1959, p47-71, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Confederate States of America--History, Military--Chaplains

Record #:

20792

Author(s):

Wiley, Mary Callum

Abstract:

This is a reprint of letters written by the fist superintendent of the North Carolina common Schools Calvin H. Wiley while he was in Knoxville, Tennessee serving as the Superintendent of the American Bible Society for Middle and East Tennessee. An introduction and running narrative from the author, Wiley's daughter, provides context for the letters as well as some biographical information on Wiley.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 1959, p72-95, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wiley, Calvin Henderson, 1819-1887

Record #:

20793

Author(s):

Kornegay, William Gordon

Abstract:

This article examines the establishment and early operation of the North Carolina Institute of Education, the first organization of teachers and educators dedicated to sharing knowledge on the subject of education and seeking to improve the condition of common schools and other literary institutions in the state.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 2, April 1959, p141-152, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Institute of Education

Record #:

20794

Author(s):

Crittenden, Christopher

Abstract:

This article seeks to pick up where J.G. deRoulhac Hamilton's January 1927 article, \"The Preservation of North Carolina History,\" left off by updating the record on developments in the field of history and historical activities in the state.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 2, April 1959, p153-161, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Historic Sites

Record #:

20795

Author(s):

Dortch, Hugh

Abstract:

This article looks at the planning of the Civil War Centennial Committee of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association for the centennial commemoration of the American Civil War.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 2, April 1959, p163-167, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Centennial celebrations

Record #:

20796

Author(s):

Scheer, Julian

Abstract:

This is an article looks at the history of \"Tweetsie,\" a railroad that connected Johnson City, Tennessee to Boone, North Carolina. Information on the author's research and writing on \"Tweetsie\" as well as the author's feelings on the importance of \"Tweetsie\" are provided.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 2, April 1959, p168-172, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tweetsie Railroad (Blowing Rock)

Record #:

20809

Author(s):

Whitener, D.J.

Abstract:

This article provides an introduction to the history of universal education in North Carolina between 1900 and 1933. Information on the school consolidation movement as well as the contributions of Governor Charles B. Aycock to the development of state education is included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 2, April 1959, p187-196, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Education--History