Record #:

21349

Author(s):

Breen, William J.

Abstract:

During World War I, the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense established Woman's Committees in most states to help gain support for the war effort. Laura Holmes Reilly of Charlotte was head of the North Carolina Woman's Committee. The committee faced many problems during the course of the war including male condescension, limited funding, poor response from female North Carolinians, and ill-defined goals. The committee was successful on several fronts though including registering women for service, foster increased food production, maintaining social services, assisting in the moral well-being of soldiers, improving health and education and encouraging black participation in its programs.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 55 Issue 3, July 1978, p251-283, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918

Record #:

21350

Author(s):

Watson, Alan D.

Abstract:

The county as a unit of government became very important during the Colonial Period of the 18th century in North Carolina. The county was instrumental in the disbursement of public funds for a variety of purposes. This included construction and maintenance of public buildings, salaries for sheriffs, clerks of court and tobacco inspectors, provision of public services, construction of bridges and operation of ferries, standardizing weights and measures, surveying of county boundaries and provision of charitable services.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 55 Issue 3, July 1978, p284-305, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--County fiscal policies

Record #:

21352

Author(s):

Simpson, Marcus B.

Abstract:

John S. Cairns spent much of his short adult life observing and collecting wildlife in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, especially birds. Between 1887 and his accidental death in 1895, Cairns corresponded with William Brewster, a naturalist from Massachusetts. The letters between the two discuss Cairns' trips into the wilderness and the specimens he collected.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 55 Issue 3, July 1978, p306-338, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cairns, John S., 1862-1895; Brewster, William, 1851-1919

Record #:

21353

Author(s):

Walser, Richard

Abstract:

Born and raised in Surry County, Hardin Edwards Taliaferro was a Baptist minister, writer, and editor of the 'South Western Baptist.' Within a three year period, he wrote a deeply religious book and a humorous one which won him acclaim as a regional literary humorist.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 55 Issue 4, Oct 1978, p375-395 , por, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Authors; Taliaferro, Hardin Edwards, 1811-1875

Record #:

21354

Author(s):

Howard, Victor B.

Abstract:

Due to its proximity to the state, North Carolinians were frightened by John Brown's Harpers Ferry raid. Between 1840 and 1857 North Carolinians engaged in erratic activities such as intercepting antislavery mail and harassing known abolitionists. North Carolina residents Hinton Rowan embarrassed residents to intensified anti-abolitionist efforts with the publication of 'The Impending Crisis.' Reaction to the raid was especially strong in the Piedmont, though the harassment of blacks and abolitionist whites was present throughout the state.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 55 Issue 4, Oct 1978, p396-420 , por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Sectionalism; North Carolina--Abolitionism

Record #:

21355

Author(s):

Abrams, Douglas Carl

Abstract:

The North Carolina gubernatorial Democratic primary campaign of 1920 demonstrates the conservative-progressive split which happened in the state's Democratic Party. Three main issues divided the candidates: 'machine' politics, women's suffrage and state press coverage of the campaign.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 55 Issue 4, Oct 1978, p421-443, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Fusion politics

Record #:

21356

Author(s):

Sims, Anastasia

Abstract:

An examination of the North Carolina branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) which, like the national organization, sought to combat alcohol, prostitution, promiscuity, and any other threats to morality and the moral way of life.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 64 Issue 4, Oct 1987, p394-415, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

Record #:

21357

Author(s):

Durden, Robert F.

Abstract:

Part two of a two-part article examining the founding of Duke University in the 1920s 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 4, Oct 1987, p416-437, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Duke University--History

Record #:

21358

Author(s):

Crow, Jeffrey J.

Abstract:

An examination of the role of North Carolina in the 1794 rebellion against the federal excise tax on domestic spirits, also known as the whiskey tax, which began with the revolt of 7000 farmers in western Pennsylvania. Resistance to the tax within North Carolina helped define the state's political orientation in the new republic and shaped its emerging political culture.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 66 Issue 1, Jan 1989, p1-28, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Federal Excise Tax, 1791; The Whiskey Rebellion

Record #:

21359

Author(s):

Spindel, Donna J.

Abstract:

In 1766, opposition to the Stamp Act in North Carolina was met with weak police action in stamping out anti-British activity. Governor William Tryon was unable to effectively enforce the Stamp Act in the Wilmington area due to several acts of civil disobedience. Police often supported these conflicts or did not have the means to suppress them.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 57 Issue 1, Jan 1980, p1-16 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

21360

Author(s):

Waters, W. Davis

Abstract:

A look at the military career of Confederate Brigadier General Gabriel J. Rains as related to his expertise with land mines and \"subterra shells,\" and eventually his experimentation with and development of the use of marine mines while serving as the head of the newly created Torpedo Bureau.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 66 Issue 1, Jan 1989, p29-60, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Confederate Torpedo Bureau; Rains, Gabriel J., 1803-1881

Record #:

21361

Author(s):

Bardolph, Richard

Abstract:

Part one of a two part article examining the Confederate problem of desertion among its troops during the Civil War. Particular attention is given to the various approaches to dealing with deserters that were employed during the war, as well with the reputation gained by regiments from North Carolina for having a particularly high rate of desertion. Reactions to this reputation/problem from North Carolina Governor Zebulon B. Vance and the state government are also included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 66 Issue 1, Jan 1989, p61-86, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

21368

Author(s):

Steelman, Lala Carr

Abstract:

Elias Carr was a renaissance man in North Carolina during the 19th century in which he was a prosperous planter, agricultural political leader, democrat and Governor of North Carolina. During this period, he also kept an estate in Edgecombe County, Bracebridge Hall, which maintained a flourishing environment before and after the Civil War. Carr was able to maintain this prosperity by avoiding common pitfalls of the time such as one-crop farming, sharecropping, labor unrest, and financial failure by diversifying his farming operations, paying employed workers good wages, partaking in fair labor practices and using modern farming techniques.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 57 Issue 1, Jan 1980, p17-42 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Agriculture

Record #:

21369

Author(s):

Simpson, Marcus B.

Abstract:

Famous Boston zoologist William Brewster visited the North Carolina highlands around Asheville for two weeks in 1885 to search for lost bird species and for evidence of which northern birds might nest in the southern mountains. During his expedition, Brewster proved that over 20 northern species nested in the southern Appalachian Mountains during nesting season based primarily on the presence of certain trees and forest types.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 57 Issue 1, Jan 1980, p43-77 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Brewster, William, 1851-1919; North Carolina--Birds; North Carolina--Naturalists

Record #:

21371

Author(s):

Lewis, Johanna Miller

Abstract:

A look at the culture and history of the Girls' Boarding School, founded in the Moravian settlement of Salem, North Carolina, focusing on the impact that the decline in keeping to a communal lifestyle and the changes brought on by the increase in area population had on the school and its buildings' architecture.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 66 Issue 2, April 1989, p125-148, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Moravians--Salem; Salem Academy (Winston-Salem)