New materials from Rocky Mount, N.C. are now available on Digital NC thanks to our partner, the Braswell Memorial Library. These include two issues from 1937 and 1938 of the Rocky Mount High School student newspaper, The Blackbird. These contain information on school news, sports and extracurriculars, student government, clubs and society memberships, parties, as well as an opinion section and a “Cupid’s Target” section recounting gossip like “Mary Dunn flirts with Monk Mason in glee club but she was with Charlie Harris that Friday night.” See the 179 other issues we have of The Blackbirdhere.
Additionally, we have added YMCA board meeting minutes from 1911-1927. This minute book includes other records concerned with the administration of the YMCA, such as financial documents, correspondence, and promotional literature. View all of our Braswell Memorial Library materials on Digital NC here and visit the Braswell Memorial Library site here.
The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center has digitized newly arrived Watson Family photos and materials as well as a collection of Rocky Mount High School newspapers, all from the Braswell Memorial Library (Rocky Mount, N.C.).
Truck Load of Tobacco Weighing 23,188 LBs – October 14, 1935
Watson Brother Demonstrating Bagging Watson Seed – circa 1950
Braswell Memorial Library also contributed a selection of Rocky Mount High School newspapers, ranging from 1950 through 2004. Earlier volumes of the newspaper were called The Blackbird, which changed to The Gryphon in 1969.
There are now over 1,000 items from Braswell Memorial Library available online. You can view them all here.
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