Record #:

5467

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Snow L. and B. W. C. Roberts of Durham have donated over eleven hundred works of fiction to the North Carolina Collection, Joyner Library, East Carolina University. What makes this collection unique is that all the books are set partially or wholly in North Carolina. The volumes date from 1830 to the present and contain a number of rare works.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 50 Issue 3, May 2002, p50-51 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fiction--Collections; East Carolina University. J. Y. Joyner Library--North Carolina Collection

Record #:

15909

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

The North Carolina Museum of History hosted the Smithsonian's traveling exhibit 'Portraits of the Presidents from the National Portrait Gallery.' This exhibit marked the first time Smithsonian's most famous portrait collection traveled the country. Museum officials anticipated an enthusiastic turn-out for the sixty-one paintings, sculpture, and various renditions of America's presidential past.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 50 Issue 3, May 2002, p45-47, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Museum of Natural History--Exhibitions