Record #:

3319

Author(s):

Barefoot, Daniel Wilson

Abstract:

Born in Lincoln County in 1837, Robert Johnston, Robert Hoke, and Stephen Ramseur little knew their boyhood war games would become reality when they saw service as Confederate army generals in the Civil War.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 56 Issue 9, Feb 1989, p6-9, por

Subject(s):

Hoke, Robert Frederick, 1837-1912; Johnston, Robert Daniel, 1837-1919; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography; Ramseur, Stephen Dodson, 1837-1864

Record #:

3320

Author(s):

Fracaro, Angela

Abstract:

When Paul and Mildred Whitener founded the Hickory Museum of Art in 1944, they focused on American art, a not-too-popular form. Today the museum is one of the finest of its size in the Southeast, with works by over 75 National Academy of Design artists.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 56 Issue 9, Feb 1989, p18-21, il, por

Subject(s):

Art museums--Hickory; Coe, Mildred Whitener, 1915-2008; Hickory Museum of Art; Whitener, Paul, d. 1959