Record #:

21271

Author(s):

Lounsbury, Carl

Abstract:

This article examines the building process as it relates to architecture of the antebellum period with a focus on the manner in which buildings were designed, material manufactured, and labor organized to reveal something of the economic and social conditions of the period.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 60 Issue 4, Oct 1983, p431-456, il, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--1775-1865

Record #:

21272

Author(s):

Watson, Helen R.

Abstract:

A look at the newspaper and periodical reading habits and subscriptions of the citizens of Rocky Mount as recorded by their postmaster Jesse H. Edwards between 1859 and 1860. Information on specific newspaper and periodicals as well as their editors and content is included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 60 Issue 4, Oct 1983, p457-485, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Antebellum period, 1820-1961--Newspaper; Rocky Mount--History; Newspapers--Rocky Mount

Record #:

21277

Author(s):

Gallagher, Gary W.

Abstract:

A look at the life, education, and military career of heralded North Carolina West Point graduate Major General Stephen Dodson Ramseur. Particular attention is given to the years between 1855 and 1860 when he was at West Point, but details on his family and his death in the battle of Cedar Creek in October of 1864 are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 1, Jan 1985, p1-28, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

West Point (Military academy)

Record #:

21278

Author(s):

Morris, Charles Edward

Abstract:

This article examines the circumstances surrounding the slave revolt led by Virginia slave Nat Turner on August 21, 1831, with a particular focus on North Carolinians' reactions to the revolt and the chaos that spread in the days and weeks following the event.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 1, Jan 1985, p29-52, il, por, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Southampton Insurrection, 1831

Record #:

21279

Author(s):

Hunt, James L.

Abstract:

Part one of a three part article examining the early life and political career of Populist leader Marion Butler up to his election to the US Senate in 1895. Particular attention is given to Butler's differences from Georgia Populist Tom Watson in Butler's service to the Farmer's Alliance, his persistence as a Democrat, and as a fusionist. Butler's life has been seen as influential not only because he was president of the Alliance and a Senator, but because his life demonstrates the path to political reform taken by thousands of farmers during the 1980s.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 1, Jan 1985, p53-77, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Butler, Marion, 1863-1938; North Carolina Farmers' Alliance; Populism

Record #:

21280

Author(s):

Simpson, Marcus B.

Abstract:

While it is well known that much of Dr. John Brickell's text from his \"Natural History of North Carolina\" was plagiarized from John Lawson's \"A New Voyage to Carolina,\" as well as the writings of the Reverend John Clayton of Tidewater, and Thomas Hariot's \"A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia,\" little examination has been done of the map of North Carolina and the illustrations in the text. Brickell's \"Map of North Carolina,\" is derived from Edward Moseley's \"A New and Correct Map of the Province of North Carolina\" printed in 1733. Numerous engravings from Brickell's text have been copied or inspired from engravings in other texts and are compared to the extant material to demonstrate Brickell's plagiarism.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 2, April 1985, p119-156, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Brickell, John, 1710-1745

Record #:

21281

Author(s):

McLoughlin, William G.

Abstract:

An examination of the circumstances surrounding the trial of Baptist Reverend Evan Jones, missionary to the Cherokee. Jones, who lived among the Cherokee for 47 years, marched with them along the Trail of Tears in 1838, translated the Bible into Cherokee, published the first periodical in the Indian territory, and converted more Cherokee to Christianity than another missionary in the 19th century was arrested on February 11, 1833 for the double murder of his sister-in-law and her newborn infant. Charged along with his wife, motive for the crime was said to be an effort to conceal scandal that would have damaged the Jones Family reputation and the missionary efforts among the Indians.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 3, July 1985, p157-178, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Jones, Evan, 1788-1872; Missionaries, Baptist

Record #:

21284

Author(s):

Hunt, James L.

Abstract:

Part two of a three part article examining the early life and political career of Populist leader Marion Butler up to his election to the US Senate in 1895. Particular attention is given to differences between Butler and Georgia Populist, Tom Watson, who was in Butler's service to the Farmer's Alliance, his persistence as a Democrat, and his beliefs in fusionism. Butler's life has been seen influential not only because he was president of the Alliance and a senator, but because his life demonstrates the path to political reform taken by thousands of farmers during the 1880s.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 3, July 1985, p179-202, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Butler, Marion, 1863-1938; North Carolina Farmers' Alliance; Populism

Record #:

21285

Author(s):

Auman, William T.

Abstract:

A look at the life and politics of Bryan Tyson, one of several notable Unionists from the North Carolina Piedmont. Tyson campaigned for the Union cause during the secession crisis, wrote a 170-page anti-Confederacy book in 1862, joined the Unionist underground Heroes of America, and personally appealed to state and national leaders for compromise.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 3, July 1985, p257-292, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tyson, Bryan, 1830-1909; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Southern Unionists

Record #:

21289

Author(s):

Parramore, Thomas C.

Abstract:

This article examines the history of the 'North Carolina Historical Review' from 1924 to 1974. Founded with state funds, the NCHR initially had little in the way of readers and contributors. Financially strained by the Great Depression and plagued by reduced contributions during World War II, the NCHR received a post-war boom.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 51 Issue 4, Oct 1974, p361-378 , por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL REVIEW--History

Record #:

21290

Author(s):

Blosser, Susan Sokol

Abstract:

This article examines the 19th century North Carolina mining operations of Calvin J. Cowles of Wilkesboro at his Gap Creek Mine. Though lacking in funds to fully develop the mine, it was well suited for the production of copper. After forming a mining company with William C. Brandreth of New York to develop the mine, little mining was actually done. Brandreth was poorly funded and a series of stock market manipulations and company name changes derailed mining efforts.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 51 Issue 4, Oct 1974, p379-400 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Copper mines and mining--History; Cowles, Calvin J., 1821-1907; Gap Creek Mine (Wilkesboro)

Record #:

21291

Author(s):

Flusche, Michael

Abstract:

This article discusses the life and works of Charles Waddell Chesnutt, one of the leading black writers near the end of the 19th century. His work suffered in the 20th century as he failed to produce a significant piece of literature due to his difficulties in establishing a literary identity in either black or white literature.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 53 Issue 1, Jan 1976, p1-24 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932; North Carolina--Authors

Record #:

21292

Author(s):

Christian, Ralph J.

Abstract:

The North Carolina Fifth District's 1946 Democratic congressional primary as a tough race between Congressman John H. Folger and Richard T. Chatham. Folger was a strong supporter of Roosevelt's New Deal legislation, while Chatham was a conservative industrialist from Winston-Salem. The main conflict between the two concerned business versus labor interests in the Fifth District. Folger narrowly won the primary but was ousted by Chatham in 1948.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 53 Issue 1, Jan 1976, p25-54 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Fusion politics

Record #:

21293

Author(s):

Stumpf, Vernon O

Abstract:

This article follows the career of Josiah Martin, the last royal governor of North Carolina. Plagued by financial insecurity for much of his life, Martin bought his way into public service in the colonies with assistance from influential friends. His governorship provided him the financial security he always craved.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 53 Issue 1, Jan 1976, p55-79 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

21294

Author(s):

Alexander, Roberta Sue

Abstract:

Education in the South during Reconstruction suffered several setbacks that affected both white and black children. While black communities were able to establish many schools with the assistance of northern societies, many southern whites refused to found state-wide education systems. They feared that northerners would force integration and undesirable teachers into southern schools.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 53 Issue 2, Apr 1976, p113-132 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina