Record #:

21685

Author(s):

Olson, Christopher

Abstract:

This article examines the 'Curlew,' a Delaware built steamboat that plied the waters between Edenton and Nags Head, North Carolina from 1856 to 1861. Originally purchased by Edenton planter Thomas Warren, 'Curlew' was transporting Confederate troops and supplies by 1861 and eventually purchased by the government in September of that year. The vessel patrolled the Roanoke Sound area and was involved in combat in February 1862. After the vessel was stranded off Roanoke Island, the crew scuttled the ship to keep it out of Union hands.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 83 Issue 2, Apr 2006, p139-164 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

21686

Author(s):

Stephan, Scott M.

Abstract:

This article looks at Anne Davis, the wife of a Methodist minister and a matron at Wesleyan Female College, and how she was able to exercise her beliefs over her family and the female students. The article also looks at her diary from 1835 onward and connects her actions to her inner beliefs.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 83 Issue 2, Apr 2006, p165-192 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wesleyan Female College (Murfreesboro); Antebellum period, 1820-1861; Davis, Anne Turberville Beale, 1809-1894

Record #:

21687

Author(s):

LeMaster, Michelle

Abstract:

This article examines the use of the colonial North Carolina legal system by local Indian tribes before 1760. The tribes were usually not very successful in legal disputes, with the more powerful Tuscarora tribe having the most success. The smaller tribes more often had to rely upon the goodwill of the English colonists to find satisfactory outcomes with regards to legal matters.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 83 Issue 2, Apr 2006, p193-232 , il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Indians of North America

Record #:

21688

Author(s):

Campbell, Wesley Judkins

Abstract:

This article examines the life and career of Charles Gerrard, a leading citizen of North Carolina who served in the Continental Army and became a successful businessman in Tarboro after the war. Gerrard was also a delegate to teh 1789 North Carolina Constitutional Convention and an early supporter of the University of North Carolina. His donation of land to the University was eventually sold off to build a chapel on campus which has since been renamed Gerrard Hall.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 83 Issue 3, July 2006, p293-321 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina

Record #:

21689

Author(s):

Sloneecker, Blake

Abstract:

This article examines the 1953 order of Bishop Vincent S. Water to integrate two separate white and black parishes in Newton Grove. This first attempt to integrate Catholic parishes in the South was met with strong resistance from white members of the community.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 83 Issue 3, July 2006, p322-354 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Civil rights; Catholics--North Carolina; Catholics--Newton Grove; Religion--Integration

Record #:

21690

Author(s):

Turner, Walter R.

Abstract:

This article examines the development of the airport at Charlotte between 1978 and 1989 through its association with Piedmont Airlines. The airline was able to demonstrate the positive effect of an air transportation hub in Charlotte in the face of public doubt. After Piedmont Airlines merged with US Airways in 1989, the Charlotte Douglas International Airport is still a regional hub for air travel in the South.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 83 Issue 3, July 2006, p355-380 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Piedmont Airlines; Airports--Charlotte

Record #:

21693

Author(s):

Goree, John A.

Abstract:

Through the use of a variety of 19th century maps and cartographic materials, the exact location of Fort Holmes, a Confederate stronghold that protected the mouth of the Cape Fear River, has been determined. Though only a small section of wall is visible, the historic site has been designated by historical markers.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 83 Issue 4, Oct 2006, p411-446 , il, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

21694

Author(s):

Stewart, Bruce E.

Abstract:

In the years prior to the American Civil War, the act of creating moonshine whiskey was an important economic activity in the western mountains of North Carolina. It was often more financially profitable for famers to turn their corn or fruit crops into liquor. Temperance movements of the mid-19th century labeled these people as criminals but only marginally affected the distillation and consumption of said liquor.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 83 Issue 4, Oct 2006, p447-478 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Distilling, Illicit

Record #:

21697

Author(s):

Beeby, James M.

Abstract:

This article explores the Populist Party in North Carolina at the beginning of the 20th century, especially with regards to a contested election case in 1900 between Populist and Democratic candidates. The article also examines the African American struggle to vote when faced with violence from the Red Shirts, gangs of armed men who sought to suppress African American, Republican, and Populist voters.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 85 Issue 1, Jan 2008, p1-28 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Politics and government

Record #:

21698

Author(s):

Holden, Charles J.

Abstract:

This article examines the participation of University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill students in the national isolationist movement of the 1930s. Students became involved because they believed they could affect national and international events and because in the event of war, they would be the ones fighting. The movement collapsed the year before Pearl Harbor but was important in highlighting interaction between student groups and university administration.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 85 Issue 1, Jan 2008, p29-56 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Student activism

Record #:

21699

Author(s):

Seales, Chad E.

Abstract:

This article examines the incorporation of Siler City as a town of the New South from 1884 to 1932. It discusses the impact of the railroad arriving in 1884, the role of religious congregation in town construction and maintaining racial differences, race relations, evolving agrarian practices, industrial and manufacturing development, and class differences.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 85 Issue 1, Jan 2008, p57-87 , il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Siler City--History

Record #:

21700

Author(s):

Watson, Alan D.

Abstract:

This article examines the role of the county clerk in colonial North Carolina. The clerk's duties included maintaining court records, processing documents, and offering legal advice, making it a very influential position. The abuse of power by clerks was a factor in the violent actions of the Regulator movement between 1766 and 1781.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 85 Issue 1, Jan 2008, p133-162 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Regulator Insurrection, 1766-1771

Record #:

21701

Author(s):

Crow, Jeffrey J.

Abstract:

This article examines the decision of Gordon Gray, chair of the Personnel Security Board of the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1954, to deny security clearance to Robert Oppenheimer. Viewed by some as being part of the 'Red Scare,' the decision was approved based on Oppenheimer's associations, conduct, and opposition to national policy regarding the hydrogen bomb.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 85 Issue 2, Apr 2008, p163-190 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Gray, Gordon, 1909-1982; Security clearances--J. Robert Oppenheimer hearing

Record #:

21702

Author(s):

Maass, John R.

Abstract:

This article examines the arguements of Whig lawyer Archibald Maclaine who wished for moderation toward and reconciliation with Loyalists after the cessation of hostilities in North Carolina during the American Revolution.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 85 Issue 3, July 2008, p251-281 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

21708

Author(s):

Meekins, Alex Christopher

Abstract:

The term 'buffalo,' used to describe Union sympathizers during the Civil War, has been said to have originated in eastern North Carolina. It may have been coined after a beating that occurred in Washington, North Carolina, in 1862. Other meanings were added by others, linking the name to New York firemen, the Loco-Foco Party, and the Free Soil movement. The definitive answer regarding the term's origin may never be known.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 85 Issue 3, July 2008, p282-316 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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