Record #:

20911

Author(s):

Steelman, Joseph F.

Abstract:

This article looks at the change in Republican Party strategy enacted by the nomination of John Motley Morehead by the North Carolina Fifth District Republican Congressional Convention of 1908. Biographical information on Morehead as well as details on Republican Party politics and political players are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 42 Issue 2, April 1965, p153-168, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Republican Party; Morehead, John Motley II, 1866-1923

Record #:

20912

Author(s):

Patton, James W.

Abstract:

This article examines Mrs. Catherine Ann (Devereux) Edmonston of Halifax County reading habits and personal notes on literature and periodicals recorded in her diary. Mrs. Edmonston's education and literacy were an anomaly in North Carolina as the state widely characterized for ignorance and illiteracy.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 42 Issue 2, April 1965, p169-179, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Edmondston, Catherine Ann (Devereux), 1823-1875

Record #:

20913

Author(s):

Taylor, George V.

Abstract:

This is a reprint of an address given to the North Carolina Literary and Historical Organization on December 4, 1964 the relation between history and literature.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 42 Issue 2, April 1965, p180-191, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Literature--North Carolina

Record #:

20914

Author(s):

Barrett, John G.

Abstract:

This article looks at the circumstances surrounding William Tecumseh Sherman's march on the South through the Carolinas on his way to support General Ulysses S. Grant in his assault on General Robert E. Lee at Richmond. Details of Sherman's course through North Carolina and occupancy of various cities including Monroe's Cross-Roads, Fayetteville, Bentonville, Goldsboro are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 42 Issue 2, April 1965, p192-207, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sherman, William T., 1820-1891; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sherman's March

Record #:

20916

Author(s):

Larson, Norman C.

Abstract:

This is a reprint of a report from the North Carolina Confederate Centennial Commission presented to the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association summarizing events as the Civil War Centennial commemorations were nearing conclusion.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 42 Issue 2, April 1965, p216-223, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

20917

Author(s):

Gatewood, Willard B., Jr.

Abstract:

This article examines the rise in Religious (Protestant) Fundamentalism in reaction to the wave of secularism and irreverence that arose after the First World War and finally ignited by the controversy over Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, the crusade to protect the \"old fashioned Christian Commonwealth\" from the \"forces of the antichrist\" took hold during this period.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 42 Issue 3, July 1965, p275-290, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Protestant fundamentalism

Record #:

20918

Author(s):

Morrill, James Roy, III

Abstract:

This article looks at the appointment of Brevet Major General Daniel E. Sickles as commander of the Second Military District, one of five districts created by the reconstruction act of March 2, 1867 which the previous Presidential reconstruction plan and establishing a temporary form of military rule in the South. Attention is given to North Carolinian's reactions to the new reconstruction government as well as to Sickles' character and actions while holding this governing post.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 42 Issue 3, July 1965, p291-305, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina

Record #:

20919

Author(s):

Roberts, B. W. C.

Abstract:

This article looks at the history of cockfighting in North Carolina including various styles and rules of fighting as well as the raising and training of the fighting stock. Details on competitions, clubs, seasons, famous fights, laws and regulations are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 42 Issue 3, July 1965, p300-314, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cockfighting

Record #:

20920

Author(s):

Lutz, Paul V.

Abstract:

This article looks at the provisions, payments, and rewards offered to North Carolina soldiers in the Revolutionary War.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 42 Issue 3, July 1965, p315-318, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

20921

Author(s):

Clayton, Bruce L.

Abstract:

This article looks at William Garrott Brown's efforts to strengthen the Republican Party in North Carolina and the South in hopes of overtaking the long-dominant Democratic Party. These efforts were in line with Brown's strong belief in the need for a two-party political system in the South.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 42 Issue 3, July 1965, p319-334, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Brown, William Garrott, 1868-1913

Record #:

20925

Author(s):

Gibson, George H.

Abstract:

Rebellion against Spanish rule in Cuba persisted from 1868-1898 and during this period America was urged to support the Cuban uprising. The South, and especially North Carolina opposed military involvement because suffered so greatly from the recently ended Civil War and was in the midst of Reconstruction. Looking at newspaper accounts, the author analyzes the state's response to escalating military actions and Cuba and North Carolinians' reluctance to back a war with Spain.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Jan 1966, p43-65, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

20926

Author(s):

McPherson, Elizabeth Gregory

Abstract:

The personal papers of Nathaniell Batts reveal new information regarding the settlement of southern Virginia and Albemarle region of North Carolina. These papers are reprinted here, along with a brief historical essay regarding early efforts to colonize the state's eastern portion.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Jan 1966, p66-81, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

20927

Author(s):

Steelman, Joseph F.

Abstract:

President Theodore Roosevelt supporters organized to create the Buncombe County Roosevelt Republican Club in Asheville on February 10, 1912. Richmond Pearson led not only this club, but headed the Roosevelt campaign for the entire state. Looking at the Roosevelt Campaign and Republican politics within the state, the author analyzes the political actions of the era and the eventual fracturing of the state's Republican Party after the 1912 election.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 43 Issue 2, April 1966, p122-139 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Republican Party--North Carolina; Pearson, Richmond, 1852-1923

Record #:

20928

Author(s):

Lemmon, Sarah McCulloh

Abstract:

The term \"New South\" often applied to the resurgence of cities like Birmingham and Atlanta. This article evaluates whether Raleigh, and the city's growth between 1876 and 1895, can be characterized as having the qualities of the New South. Based on a set of four criteria, the author concludes Raleigh embraced a New South spirit because of its reconcilliatory attitudes towards the North.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 43 Issue 3, July 1966, p261-285, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Raleigh--History

Record #:

20929

Author(s):

Parramore, Thomas C.

Abstract:

John Alexander was one of forty-plus Anglican missionaries from England that came to the state when it was just a colony. The article offers a short bibliographic sketch about Alexander's life in Scotland and Anglican activities in the state and along the southeastern Atlantic Coast. Alexander's life and career offers a look at the efforts and struggles of Anglican missionaries not only to represent and establish the Church of England in the colony, but to survive the hardships of colonial life.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 43 Issue 3, July 1966, p305-315, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775