Posted in From the Stacks, History, NC Historic Newspapers, Tar Heelia on October 6, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
On May 7, 1915 off the coast of Ireland at 2:10 in the afternoon, on the final days of its trans-Atlantic journey to Liverpool, a torpedo fired by a German submarine slammed into the side of the RMS Lusitania. A mysterious second explosion ripped the passenger ship apart. In the chaos, many jumped into the […]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, NC Historic Newspapers, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk, tagged chron am, gov locke craig, History, mount mitchell, NC historic newspapers, NDNP on March 30, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
In March 1915, a bill was passed in both houses of the State Legislature naming Mount Mitchell as the first state park in North Carolina. The bill was largely encouraged by Governor Locke Craig, the 53rd Governor of North Carolina. He acted in response to concerns from the citizens of North Carolina regarding deforestation. […]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, Just A Bite, Tar Heelia on March 16, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday, March 12, dawned blustery. McLendon had scheduled the game when most of Durham, including its police force, would be in church. He hadn’t told the school administration about the game; when a reporter for The Carolina Times, Durham’s black weekly, found out, he agreed not to write anything. No spectators would be allowed. Just […]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, NC Historic Newspapers, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk, tagged Chronicling America, History, NC historic newspapers, NDNP, progressive farmer, snow, storm chasers, telegraph, weather on March 4, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Spring is just around the corner! In the last couple of weeks, Chapel Hill and the East Coast have been abuzz about the weather. With all of our modern day radar and forecasting technology, the elements are still unpredictable. What resources were available 100 years ago to predict the weather? The above article from […]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, NC Historic Newspapers, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk on February 24, 2015 | 1 Comment »
Regular readers of North Carolina Miscellany are likely aware that the North Carolina Collection in partnership with the North Carolina Office of Archives and History has received two rounds of funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to scan and make available online through the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America website, historic North Carolina […]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, Tar Heelia, UNC History on January 7, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
There is only one known existing image of the iconic Old Well that dates back past the pillars and marble to when a wooden structure was simply known as ‘the well.’ Taken for former University of North Carolina President Kemp Plummer Battle, and wedged between the pages of a 120-year-old photo album, the faded photo […]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, NC Historic Newspapers, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk, tagged Chronicling America, civil war history, History, NC historic newspapers, NDNP, new year, resolutions, WWI on December 31, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Exactly one hundred years ago, the Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad Hustler published an editorial welcoming the arrival of 1915. The article speaks about 1914 with rhetoric familiar to modern day musings about the transitions and fresh beginnings associated with the New Year. The article concludes by bidding both the paper itself and […]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, NC Historic Newspapers, Tar Heelia, tagged automobiles, factories, henderson nc, transportation on December 17, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
How are you traveling home for the holidays? In 1903, your travels may have included a ride in a horse-drawn carriage or buggy such as the one pictured above from the Corbitt Buggy Company of Henderson, N.C. The company would go on to manufacture North Carolina’s first commercially produced car in 1907, “The Corbitt Motor […]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, NC Historic Newspapers, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk, tagged bicycle, Chronicling America, henderson nc, History, NC historic newspapers, NDNP, new jersey, Newark, north carolina, washington dc on December 4, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
In 1889, Mr. E. J. Stephenson made an arduous journey from Henderson, North Carolina to Newark, New Jersey via bicycle. At times, Stephenson was unable to ride his bike and resorted to walking along dusty and bumpy roads, sometimes for twenty to thirty miles. At one point, the roads would have been so difficult […]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk on November 11, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Co. K, 30th Infantry Division, Camp Greene, N. C. Company Mess Line, Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C. These postcards from the Durwood Barbour Collection depict Camp Greene, a training camp for American troops built in Charlotte in the summer of 1917 and named after Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. The 2500 acre camp supported 40,000 soldiers […]
