Record #:

21322

Author(s):

Watson, Alan D.

Abstract:

An examination of the mid-19th century tradition of participatory democracy via public gathering known as the public meeting. Recurrent, spontaneous, and for political, economic, or humanitarian reasons, the public meeting provided a forum for the declaration and influence of public opinion. A particular focus on meetings in Edgecombe County, a politically active county with a predilection toward involvement in public affairs, a progressive agricultural center, and a steady access to newspapers, serves as a good case study.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 64 Issue 1, Jan 1987, p19-42, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Edgecombe County--Antebellum period, 1820-1861; Antebellum period, 1820-1961--Public meetings

Record #:

21323

Author(s):

Selby, John G.

Abstract:

This article offers a reevaluation of labor protest in the industrial center of High Point, in the early 1930s, focusing on the nature of the struggle and the ability of the workers to express their anger and concerns. A particular focus is placed on strikes driven by the workers' dissatisfaction with low wages, wage cuts, and poor working conditions.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 64 Issue 1, Jan 1987, p43-64, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Labor movement--History; Strikes and lockouts

Record #:

21324

Author(s):

Parramore, Thomas C.

Abstract:

A look at the events surrounding the 1711 Tuscarora Iroquois Indians attack of white settlements in North Carolina that sent Christopher Gale to South Carolina to solicit aid, and the subsequent South Carolina funded relief expedition led by Colonel John (later \"Tuscarora Jack\") Barnwell that resulted in a conflict at the Tuscarora village of Torhunta, the liberation of the white settlement of Bath Town, and an attempted to capture Tuscarora chief Hancock at Catechna Creek.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 64 Issue 2, April 1987, p115-138, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tuscarora Indians, Eastern--Wars, 1711-1713

Record #:

21325

Author(s):

Halkiotis, Stephen H.

Abstract:

During the 1890s, some Americans assisted in Cuban rebels' insurrection against Spain by smuggling in military supplies. In 1895, Cuban insurgents tried to dispatch a filibustering expedition from Wilmington, North Carolina. The Cuban ship, 'Commodore' was impounded as several local and state politicians became involved in what turned into court proceedings. The ship was eventually released and did deliver military supplies to Cuban rebels.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 55 Issue 1, Jan 1978, p60-75 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cuban Revolution, 1895-1898

Record #:

21327

Author(s):

Broussard, James H.

Abstract:

Federalism in North Carolina between 1800 and 1816 had greater support than any other state in the South. North Carolina Federalists did not suffer from the same malapportionment, gerrymandering or partisan election laws that plagued other southern states. The party did fail to take advantage of several issues that would have increased their popularity among the populous such as judicial reform, legislator pay and taxation. Instead the Federalist Party remained disorganized and unfocused in their goals.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 55 Issue 1, Jan 1978, p18-41 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Federalists

Record #:

21328

Author(s):

Crow, Jeffrey J.

Abstract:

During the American Revolution, John Llewelyn led a group of loyalists against the North Carolina state government, both spiritually and militarily. This Tory group opposed a series of laws passed by the North Carolina congress and fought to dis-establish the Anglican Church, against the oath of allegiance to the new state government and the military draft. Several members were caught and tried but most were released.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 55 Issue 1, Jan 1978, p1-17 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

21329

Author(s):

Inscoe, John C.

Abstract:

A comparison of the public response in North Carolina to 'The Clansman' (1905), a play by Thomas Dixon, Jr., with the response to D. W. Griffith's film version, 'The Birth of a Nation' (1915). Particular attention is given to the portrayal of African Americans in both pieces, as well as to the public response.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 64 Issue 2, April 1987, p139-161, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Dixon, Thomas F. Jr., 1864-1946

Record #:

21333

Author(s):

Mitchell, Memory F.

Abstract:

A look at the history of Raleigh's Rex Hospital which opened in 1894 in a period when most medical care took place in the home and the few hospitals in existence were seen as places to die. Information on the first fifty years of the hospital, its staff, and its funding is included here.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 64 Issue 2, April 1987, p162-198, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Rex Hospital (Raleigh)--History

Record #:

21334

Author(s):

Sumner, Jim

Abstract:

A look at the history of the North Carolina State Professional Baseball League, the first professional baseball league to operate exclusively in North Carolina. Known as The State League, it was comprised of teams in Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh, Wilmington, and New Bern. While it existed for only one summer, it generated an interest in professional sports that would lay the groundwork for later, more successful leagues.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 64 Issue 3, July 1987, p247-273, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina State Professional Baseball League

Record #:

21335

Author(s):

Stone, Richard

Abstract:

An examination of University of North Carolina president Frank Porter Graham's unsuccessful 1935 plan to de-emphasize college athletics. With the intention of putting a stop to the increasing professionalization of college athletics, Graham's proposal included provisions to ban all recruiting and to end all preferential treatment for athletes, such as special scholarships and loans.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 64 Issue 3, July 1987, p274-293, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Graham, Franklin Porter, 1886-1972

Record #:

21336

Author(s):

Durden, Robert F.

Abstract:

Part one of a two-part article examining the founding of Duke University in the 1920's and its early years under President William Preston Few, focusing on Few's success in establishing a strong structure of government in the university that set competing interests in balance.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 64 Issue 3, July 1987, p294-319, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Duke University--History

Record #:

21337

Author(s):

Potts, Louis W.

Abstract:

This article looks at the career of Hugh Williamson, a member of North Carolina's General Assembly, a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and a North Carolina congressman who figured prominently in the creation of a federal policy for the public lands of the unpopulated West.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 64 Issue 4, Oct 1987, p371-393, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Williamson, Hugh, 1735-1819

Record #:

21346

Author(s):

Jeffrey, Thomas E.

Abstract:

During the Antebellum period in North Carolina, internal improvements for the state were impacted little by party affiliations in the state legislature. Year by year analyses of the state legislature during this period determined that sectionalism was much more important in determining the success of legislation. These analyses demonstrate how difficult it was for multisectional parties to address sectional issues such as internal improvements.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 55 Issue 2, Apr 1978, p111-156, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Fusion politics

Record #:

21347

Author(s):

Peebles, Minnie K.

Abstract:

Within North Carolina and the South in general, it is much more difficult to trace the genealogy of blacks than whites. This is because of the scarcity or nonexistence of the records needed to properly trace a lineage. This is even more apparent when the lineage in question comes from the descendants of slaves. When this is the case, researchers must look at the black family records as well as the white family which were the slave owners. It is much easier to trace the lineage of a free black family.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 55 Issue 2, Apr 1978, p164-173, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African Americans--Genealogy

Record #:

21348

Author(s):

Williams, Cratis

Abstract:

The Appalachian region of the United States, including the western mountains of North Carolina, has a unique dialect formed by the Scotch-Irish settlement of the region before and after the Revolutionary War. Isolated by the rugged terrain of the Appalachian region, communities still speak in a manner that has not changed much when compared to other regions of the country.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 55 Issue 2, Apr 1978, p174-179 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

English language--Dialects--Appalachian