Record #:

20810

Author(s):

Truman, Harry S.

Abstract:

This is the transcript of a speech delivered by President Harry S. Truman in the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium on December 5, 1958 on the life, character, political career, and presidency of Andrew Johnson.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 2, April 1959, p197-204, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Record #:

20811

Author(s):

Black, Wilfred W.

Abstract:

This is a reprint of letters written by Union Sargent Edward Nicholas Boots, 101st Pennsylvania Regiment, while posted in New Bern and Plymouth, North Carolina as well as one letter from prison at Andersonville, Georgia in 1863 and 1864. The author's introduction provides biographical information on Boots, as well as details of his war and combat experience and on his imprisonment and eventual death at Andersonville.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 2, April 1959, p205-223, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives

Record #:

20812

Author(s):

Wallace, Wesley H.

Abstract:

This article looks at the efforts of agricultural journals in the state to urge agricultural reform and promote the cause of the betterment of North Carolina agriculture. Specifically interested in journals published between 1838 and 1861, information on the \"Farmer's Advocate,\" \"North Carolina Farmer,\" \"Farmer's Journal,\" \"Arator,\" \"Carolina Cultivator,\" \"North Carolina Planter,\" and the \"Edgecombe Farm Journal\" and their editors are provided.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 3, July 1959, p275-306, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Agricultural Journals--North Carolina

Record #:

20813

Author(s):

Gatewood, Willard B., Jr.

Abstract:

Journalist Eugene Clyde Brooks, one of the architects of the mid 20th century school system in North Carolina, was an active force for educational progress in the state for more than three decades. This article details the development and evolution of his career, as well as the establishment of the North Carolina Journal of Education. Information on educational initiatives and legislation proposed or passed during this period is included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 3, July 1959, p307-329, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Brooks, Eugene Clyde, 1871-1947

Record #:

20814

Author(s):

Ebert, Charles H.V.

Abstract:

This history of furniture making in High Point tracks the development of the industry in this area, the furniture center of the South. Four factors are identified as key to High Point's success and expounded upon by the author: its proximity to then undepleted stands of excellent heartwoods, its favorable climate, excellent water power, and that it had plentiful, cheap, and dependable labor from surrounding rural areas.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 3, July 1959, p330-339, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Furniture industry and trade--High Point

Record #:

20815

Author(s):

Blackwelder, Fannie Memory

Abstract:

This article provides a history of the North Carolina Records Management Program starting from its establishment via a public records law in 1935. A detail of current holdings and purview is provided by the author, who was the supervisor of the Records Center of the State Department of Archives and History.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 3, July 1959, p340-357, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Records Management Program

Record #:

20816

Author(s):

Johnston, Hugh Buckner

Abstract:

This article is a reprint of journal entries written by postmaster surveyor Ebenezer Hazard while on orders to regulate the Continental postal route between Philadelphia and Savannah. Published as a two volume manuscript entitled \"The Journal of Ebenezer Hazard,\" the excerpts included here were written during a preliminary trip to Edenton and back between May 15 and July 8, 1777 and a complete round trip to Savannah between October 8, 1777 and March 5, 1778.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 3, July 1959, p358-381, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hazard, Ebenezer, 1744-1817

Record #:

20817

Author(s):

Rulfs, Donald J.

Abstract:

This article gives a history of Asheville theater between 1879 and 1931. Venues included the Asheville Grand Opera House and the Asheville Auditorium.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 4, Oct 1959, p429-441, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Asheville--Theater--History

Record #:

20821

Author(s):

De Santis, Vincent P.

Abstract:

This article gives attention to the often overlooked efforts of President Garfield to break up the \"Solid South\" and his attempts to recover his party's political power in the region during the early years of Reconstruction. Attention is given to political trends and strengths in the South during Reconstruction, the political strength of Southern Democrats, as well as both parties' approaches to issues such as controversies over race, the Civil War, and the military occupation of the South.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 4, Oct 1959, p442-465, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina; Garfield, James Abram, 1831-1881; Solid South (Political Term)

Record #:

20822

Author(s):

Dedmond, Francis B.

Abstract:

This is a transcript of a speech given by Francis B. Dedmond, author and head of the English department at Gardener Webb College, on his process and his opinions on writing a college history.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 4, Oct 1959, p466-472, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Higher education--History

Record #:

20823

Author(s):

Dunn, Charles W.

Abstract:

This is a reprint of the lyrics of a Gaelic lullaby written by Scottish immigrant, loyalist and poet John MacRae and is perhaps the first piece of extant Gaelic poetry composed in North America. Arriving in North Carolina in 1774, MacRae composed the lullaby for his daughter sometime before his imprisonment and death during the Revolutionary War. The song lyrics are provided in both Gaelic and English, and some explanation of the tune and meter are provided in the introduction.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 4, Oct 1959, p473-475, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

MacRae, John, fl. 1774-1780

Record #:

20824

Author(s):

Monroe, Haskell

Abstract:

This is a reprint of diary entries and letters written by Confederate soldier Leonidas Torrence during his service with the \"Gaston Guards,\" Company H, Thirteenth North Carolina Regiment. Most notably, Torrence writes during his march north towards Gettysburg, recording his battle experiences through July 4th, when he was fatally wounded. Also included are letters from W.J. O'Daniel to Torrence's mother informing her first of her son being wounded in action, and then informing her and providing details of his death.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 4, Oct 1959, p476-517, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate

Record #:

20825

Author(s):

Elliott, Robert N., Jr.

Abstract:

This article looks at the presentation of the Nat Turner Insurrection in 1831, as well as subsequent developments that followed within North Carolina, by the North Carolina newspapers the \"Star,\" \"Raleigh Register,\" \"North Carolina State Gazette,\" and the \"Carolina Observer.\" Details on how these papers' editors labored to get news in general as well as analysis of the coverage of the events are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 38 Issue 1, Jan 1961, p1-18, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Slavery--Insurrections, etc.; Newspapers--Printing--History; Southampton Insurrection, 1831

Record #:

20826

Author(s):

Parramore, Thomas C.

Abstract:

Elkanah Watson was a notable noted 19th century author who spent two years in eastern North Carolina as a planter-merchant. During this period, the state was grappling over the issue of ratifying the newly written constitution. The author examines primary documentation from Watson's manuscript collection to argue that the author played a significant role in supporting state Federalists and the eventual ratification of the constitution by state representatives.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 4, Oct 1964, p448-463, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--1775-1865

Record #:

20827

Author(s):

Wright, J. Leitch, Jr.

Abstract:

Spain successfully colonized large tracts along the North American Atlantic coast but English settlements in North Carolina shifted the balance of power. The author looks to historic accounts of Spanish diplomatic and military reactions to English settlements in the New World through the end of the 17th century. In so doing, the author analyzes relations between the two European powers during this period, as well as, how the New World colonization was defined by both nations.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 4, Oct 1964, p464-476, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Colonists--North Carolina, Eastern; North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Colonialization