October 1, 2009 – 8:49 am
North Carolina Archives Week is October 19-26, 2009, a time when the North Carolina State Archives, in the Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, offers many informative and fun programs. North Carolina’s theme is “Celebrating the North Carolina Record.” All events will be held at the Archives and Library [...]
MANTEO – Lots of researchers turn to the Outer Banks History Center (OBHC) in Manteo for information on lighthouses, shipwrecks or even pirates. Thanks to a $40,327 grant awarded to the center from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, that task could prove more productive. The grant will support work of a [...]
RALEIGH – Hundreds of North Carolinians were among the approximately 160,000 Allied troops at the Omaha and Utah Beach landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The tidal wave of American, British, and Canadian troops marked the beginning of the end for Hitler’s Army in occupied France, and hastened the fall of the Third [...]
RALEIGH— Family Bibles share rich life histories — recording births, marriages and death information. The newest digital collection, North Carolina Family Records Online, created by the State Library of North Carolina and the State Archives, transcribes and digitizes nearly 220 family Bible Records and the six-volume Marriage and Death Notices from Raleigh Register and [...]
GREENVILLE – The Humber House in Greenville isn’t what it used to be. It’s better. Once home to the visionary legislator Robert Lee Humber Jr. and his prominent family, the 1895 structure had fallen into disrepair. It has been restored to its former glory, complete with modern updates and now serves as the [...]
GREENVILLE – Prettied up from top to bottom, the 1895 Humber House is ready to greet the world. A dedication program on May 8, at 10 a.m., will show the results of years of planning and labor. Formerly the home of Robert Lee Humber Jr., a significant force in the cultural life of [...]
March 19, 2009 – 12:50 pm
RALEIGH – Blackbeard, President Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Ford, and Dr. Seuss are among subjects for middle and high school students as they prepare for National History Day Competition. The 2009 theme is “The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies.” District competitions for National History Day in North Carolina start March 20, and winners advance to [...]
February 24, 2009 – 11:46 am
RALEIGH – The Feb. 28 dedication of a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker on Columbia Street at 2 p.m. will recall the journey of “Freedom Riders” passing through Chapel Hill. The “Journey of Reconciliation” taken by bus from Washington, D.C., in April 1947, led to disturbances in Chapel Hill and other Southern cities. The marker [...]
January 28, 2009 – 3:56 pm
As the nation celebrates Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial on Feb. 12, three documents related to the president will be on exhibit for a limited time at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. The items on loan from the N.C. State Archives will be on view from Tuesday to Sunday, Feb. 10 to Feb. 15. Admission [...]
January 9, 2009 – 4:24 pm
RALEIGH – If you’re hankering to see what past inaugurations of North Carolina governors were like, take a visit to the Gubernatorial Inaugurations Flickr page posted by the North Carolina State Archives. When you click on NC Gubernatorial Inaugurations Photostream, you’ll find boy scouts and ball gowns, motorcades and reviewing stands among 31 black and [...]