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Outer Banks History Center Grant to Ease Collection Use

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 [...]

Arts, History, and Pirates Too!

 
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National and state leaders will gather for an Arts in Education Conference March 5-7 in Raleigh at Meredith College.  Linda Bamford, Arts in Education Director for the N.C. Arts Council, tells us more.
Next, Andrea Gabriel, head of the Resource Management Branch at the State Archives talks about the Outer Banks History Center, which just opened [...]

Outer Banks History Center Celebrates 20 Years

MANTEO – Marine Corps war correspondent David Stick returned from World War II and landed a job as cartoon editor for the “American Legion Magazine.” Little did he know that the personal library he would build would become an important regional and national resource. Stick turned into a bibliophile, collecting in his home anything he [...]