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Decades of High Point History Now Available!

Thanks to our partners at High Point Museum and the Heritage Research Center at High Point Public Library, we are pleased to announce the upload of decades of High Point history. Documents in this upload range as far back as 1907, and are as recent as 1989. Together, they highlight two aspects of life in High Point: golf tournaments at the Willow Creek Golf Club and services at United Methodist churches.

The cover of a magazine advertising the Henredon Classic.

Featured among these documents are the magazines published alongside both the Henredon Classic and the Planters Pat Bradley International golf tournaments. These golf tournaments were hosted annually at the Willow Creek Golf Club at High Point, and attracted world famous golfers from across the country. Each magazine featured notable competitors in each tournament, alongside columns by sports journalists analyzing the game of golf at large. Some issues even include profiles on the golfers and detailed maps of the courses they would play on. Of course, each magazine is a wonderful resource for advertisement from the eighties: local businesses and furniture manufacturers hold a key presence amongst the pages.

The latest batch also included large number of church bulletins from congregations within High Point. Churches included are Wesley Memorial Methodist, Oakview United Methodist, and Washington Street Methodist. Many of the church bulletins describe the construction and design of Wesley Memorial’s new chapel, allegedly one of the last gothic churches constructed in North America. One bulletin conducts a thorough art historical analysis of the symbolic decorations of the church, detailing the allusions carved into the walls of the church: a splendid resource for anyone interested in art history or planning to visit the historic site!

Four yearbooks from T. Wingate Andrews High School and High Point Central High School were also included in the batch, with all books covering the early 1970s at the schools.

If we’ve piqued your interest, you can investigate all of our brand new documents here. Interested in learning more about High Point history? View more documents on our website here, or visit High Point Museum’s website here.


36 New Yearbooks From New Hanover County Uploaded!

Thanks to our partners at the New Hanover County Public Library, we have just added 36 new school yearbooks to DigitalNC! This substantial addition ranges from 1921-1973 and represents New Hanover High School, Wilmington High School, and John T. Hoggard High School, as well as the James Walker Memorial Hospital School of Nursing which closed in 1966. These volumes are a rich resource for researching the history of Wilmington and New Hanover County, and we are excited that they are now available for online perusal. Looking through the pages, one can easily imagine being a student in these bygone days.

Researchers can see all of our materials from New Hanover County Public Library here. To view more yearbooks from other schools across North Carolina, visit The North Carolina Yearbook collection linked here.


King’s Mountain High School Yearbooks Added

We are happy to announce the addition of three new yearbooks from King’s Mountain High School in King’s Mountain, N.C., contributed by our partner the Mauney Memorial Library! These issues of Milestones cover the years 1970, 1971, and 1973 and depict classic ’70s fashion, hair, and wisdom. These yearbooks are full of snarky captions, allusions to the political issues of the era, and insights into the state of modern life.

Located just outside of Charlotte, King’s Mountain High School is still active today. Its rich history is well-represented on our site, with yearbooks dating from 1939, photographs, and programs. Do you recognize anyone you know? To view more yearbooks from other schools across North Carolina visit The North Carolina Yearbook collection linked here.


New Charlotte-Area Yearbooks Available Now!

Three Charlotte-area high school yearbooks are now available on DigitalNC, thanks to our partners at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library! 1953 and 1954 yearbooks from West Mecklenburg High School have been added to our existing collection of West Mecklenburg High yearbooks. These volumes are now the earliest West Mecklenburg High available on the site. We are also excited to upload a new yearbook from Paw Creek High School. This 1951 yearbook depicts a slice of North Carolina teenage life in the early 1950s, and is our first from that decade.

To view all of our materials from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library, view their contributor page here. To explore more yearbooks from across the state, please visit our North Carolina Yearbook Collection here.


Scrapbooks Showing Life in Sanford During the 1950s and 1960s, Sanford City Directories, and More Now Available!

Thank to our partner, Lee County Libraries, batches containing five scrapbooks, 1962 yearbook from Sanford High School, and 15 Sanford city directories are now available on DigitalNC! The scrapbooks in this batch adds three Sanford Woman’s Club scrapbooks spanning from 1964 to 1968; a North Carolina’s Finer Committee’s 1955 community projects; and one filled with newspaper clippings related to various Sanford, North Carolina topics from 1957 to 1958. In the second batch are 15 Hill’s Sanford city directories from 1954; 1964; 1966-1978. Included among the city directories are is a yearbook: the 1962 Sanford High School.

In 1955, the Finer Carolina Committee’s head, Dr. J. F. Hulin, reported on the five different community projects from that year. The Sanford, North Carolina’s Finer Carolina Committee Community Projects [1955] scrapbook provides a look into these projects as they were happening using newspaper clippings as well as photographs. Before each new section is a document that provides a detailed list of accomplishments, news, and tasks completed related to that project.

The photographs featured in this post provide a visual for an accomplishment under Project Number Three: General Clean-up and Beautification where neighbors worked together to clean up a littered field and turned the area into a park which featured playground equipment contributed by local Sanford merchants.

To learn more about Lee County Libraries, visit their website by clicking the link here.

To view more materials from Lee County, view our Lee County page linked here.

To explore all our digitized yearbooks, please view our North Carolina Yearbooks collection linked here.

To view more city directories, please browse the North Carolina City Directories Collection.


New Newspapers, Yearbooks, and More From Davidson County!

Thanks to our partners at the Davidson County Public Library, we have made available a new batch of materials from Churchland School, Lexington High School, and various churches in Davidson County. These include yearbooks from Churchland School and Davidson County Community College, which give researchers a glimpse of life in mid-century North Carolina and may include familiar faces! Additionally, we have added new issues of The Lexhipep, Lexington High School’s student newspaper, as well as one 1944 issue of an anti-alcohol newspaper titled To-Morrow.

See all of our materials from the Davidson County Public Library here. To learn more about the Davidson County Public Library System, please visit their website. You can also browse our North Carolina Newspapers and North Carolina Yearbooks collections.


Three Kittrell College Yearbooks from the 1960s and More Now Available on DigitalNC!

Thanks to our partner, Granville County Public Library, batches containing a May 1947 issue of Oxford High School’s student newspaper; several years of yearbooks from Middleburg High School and Kittrell College; two W. H. Smith account books; and one photograph of Middleburg High School’s women’s 1937 basketball team!

While we have several Kittrell College bulletins available on DigitalNC, this batch brings us our first yearbook issues for the college which are from 1960, 1968, and 1969. In addition, the yearbooks in this batch from Middleburg High School fill in previous gaps on DigitalNC with issues from 1938, 1939, 1947, 1948 and 1949.

To learn more about the Granville County Public Library, visit their website here.

To explore more yearbooks from across North Carolina, visit our North Carolina Yearbook collection.

To view more materials from Granville County, visit our Granville County page here.


University of North Carolina at Pembroke Yearbooks Now Live on NCDigital!

The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center is excited to announce the most recent editions of The Indianhead Yearbooks from The University of North Carolina at Pembroke are now available on our website. This is a small batch of only two yearbooks, but there is a special edition.

Typically, yearbooks cover a single academic year but UNC Pembroke published a single yearbook with material from 2021-2022. This yearbook comes in the wake of COVID-19 and gives insight into what the lives were like for members of the UNC Pembroke community. Take some time and flip through the pages, there are some real gems in this yearbook.

To learn more about The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, please visit their website linked here.

To view more materials from The North Carolina at Pembroke, please visit their contributor page linked here.

To explore more yearbooks from across the state, please visit our North Carolina Yearbook Collection linked here.


Buie’s Creek High School yearbooks now available at DigitalNC!

Thanks to our partners at Campbell University, you can now explore Buie’s Creek High School yearbooks on DigitalNC’s website. This batch has materials from 1948- 1977, that’s almost thirty years worth of memories. These high school yearbooks are a great way to see what school was like for students in Harnett County. Yearbooks are popular because of they contain so many photographs, and have a level of organization and labeling that is helpful in identifying folks. Not to mention, flipping through an old yearbook is nostalgic.

A collage of black and white photographs of students daily activities.
Black and White Student Collage [1974].

To learn more about what Campbell University is doing, visit their website linked here.

To explore more materials from North Carolina Community Contributors, visit their contributor page linked here.

To view more yearbooks from other schools across North Carolina visit The North Carolina Yearbook collection linked here.


Flat Rock High School Yearbooks (1942-1957) Now Available!

Thanks to our partners at the Henderson County Education History Initiative, we have added 10 new yearbooks. Flip through the pages of Flat Rock High School Yearbooks in this batch and see what students were up to during the 40’s and 50’s on DigitalNC!

This particular batch of yearbooks includes handwritten commentary in the margins and on the pages. The note scribbled in the margins shows the beloved annual yearbook signing tradition. Flipping through the pages and finding a picture that take you back to the good times spent with peers, and making sure all your friends and teachers left a remark to remember them.

A black-and-white image of three people titled 'Rising Leaders' with cursive handwriting in blue ink.
“Rising Leaders of Our World”, Parade [1952].

The blank pages in the back of the yearbook is known to be dedicated for signatures. This is a crucial element of the yearbook signing tradition. Signees always sure to give their best signatures. Do you recognize any of these signatures?

To learn more about The Henderson County Education History Initiative, please visit their website linked here.

To view more materials from The Henderson County Education History Initiative, please visit their contributor page linked here.

To explore more yearbooks from across the state, please visit our North Carolina Yearbook Collection linked here.


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