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New Material from the Grand Lodge of North Carolina now Online

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Certificate of Membership

New materials from The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina have now been made available online, including photographs, documents, and various physical objects. These materials provide a glimpse into the activities of North Carolina Masons from the past 200+ years.

Two names that appear multiple times in this bath of materials are Alexander Boyd Andrews Jr. and Grand Master William Polk. Andrews was a lawyer who took an active role in a number of North Carolina institutions: the Masons, the University of North Carolina, and the Episcopal Church. The Southern Historical Collection in the Wilson Library house some of his papers.

 

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Andrews’ Past Potentate Shriner’s Fez

William Polk was a Revolutionary War hero who went on to have an active career in politics. His roots were on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. In addition to being a representative in the North Carolina House of Commons, Polk was a trustee for the University of North Carolina, serving as president for three years, as well as the Masonic Grand Master of the state. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh.

You can view all of the Grand Lodge’s items on DigitalNC here.

More Wilson County Slides now Online

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A new batch of slides from the Wilson County Public Library has now been added to DigitalNC. This set mostly shows the county’s agriculture and businesses, with an emphasis on manufacturing between the years of 1974 and 1986.

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The images show a number of aspects of life in Wilson County during this time. A number of members of the community are shown working, shopping, and banking. Buildings around the county, including banks, shops and tobacco processing plants can be found, as well as the county’s agricultural pursuits.

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You can see all materials from the Wilson County Public Library on DigitalNC here.

High Point Scrapbooks Now Available Online

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Heritage Furniture Company Employees – circa 1950s – from Scrapbook I

Scrapbooks from High Point Museum and one scrapbook from the Heritage Research Center at High Point Public Library are now available on DigitalNC.org. The High Point Museum scrapbooks contain photographs from the Heritage Furniture Company, dates ranging from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. The photographs include images of work spaces and workers at the company as well as company functions and events.

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Pages 118 and 119 of the High Point Scrapbook [1963-1964], featuring news about civil rights protests in the area.

The Heritage Research Center scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from newspapers in the Piedmont Triad from 1963 to 1964. The clippings include information on civil rights protests in High Point and Greensboro, Commissions created for race relations, and coverage of the JFK assassination.

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Page 242 of High Point Scrapbook [1963-1964], featuring news about the JFK Assassination.

 To browse all High Point, N.C., materials, visit here.

More Anson County Town and Property Maps Available on DigitalNC

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T.C. Coxe Farms – September 30, 1947

In October 2014, we published 48 maps from the 1940s through the early 1970s that are held by the library at South Piedmont Community College in Polkton, N.C.

We have now added 30 more maps from the same date range. As before, the majority of the maps detail the boundaries of specific properties, including factories, churches, cemeteries, and farms.

These maps join the over 150 maps available from various institutions on DigitalNC.

Patterson’s General Store Ledger from the Chapel Hill Historical Society Now Available!

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Accounts of Dr. K.G. Henry from October to November, 1910

The Digital Heritage Center has just finished digitizing a ledger from Patterson’s General Store, which covers the store’s accounts in the years 1910 and 1911. The store was located on East Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. The ledger, from the Chapel Hill Historical Society, contains the names and accounts of a number of North Carolina residents and businesses. Many faculty members and administrators from the University of North Carolina were customers, including Edward Kidder Graham, Kemp Plummer Battle, and Horace Williams.

Of particular interest to us were the entries for one Professor L.R. Wilson. This is Louis Round Wilson, for whom the Wilson Library is named. Professor Wilson bought such staples as lard, beans, olive oil and eggs, as well as some tasty treats including chocolate, apples, and potato chips. One of his entries also demonstrates that the general store sold more than just food products, as he obtained matches and an umbrella from Patterson’s.

Henry “Hoot” Houston Patterson, owner of the store, was a confederate veteran, and an active member of the community . The Southern Historical Collection at UNC holds many more of Patterson’s ledgers and Preservation North Carolina has put up a historic plaque at Patterson’s house on Cameron Avenue in Chapel Hill.

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Front cover of the ledger from Patterson’s General Store

 

New M. S. Brown Photos Online: Tarboro Community Pool, Swim Meets, Bathing Beauties and More

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M.S. Brown (center) sitting with community pool-goers.

Over 200 new photos from Edgecombe County Memorial Library’s M.S. Brown Collection have just been added online! Included in this batch of photos are shots from the Tarboro Community Pool featuring a swim meet, a Bathing Beauty Contest, and the activities of regular pool-goers around the time of the mid 1900s.

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M.S. Brown, locally known as “Coca-Cola Brown,” was an enthusiastic amateur photographer, as can be seen by the number and variety of his photographs. To learn more about Brown, see a previous blog post about his collection. To browse more photographs, visit the M.S. Brown Collection digital exhibit, made available on DigitalNC.

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More Historic Boone Photographs and Now Ephemera Available Online

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Joe C. Minor and William E. Rush collecting quarter folded copies of The Appalachian – 1956

In July 2014, we made available a variety of photographs collected by the nonprofit organization Historic Boone and housed at Watauga County Public Library. We have now added more photographs to the exhibit, including images documenting the 1949 Watauga County Centennial Celebration, photographs of Governor Holshouser, and a selection of photographs by local Boone photographer, Palmer Blair.

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Bearded Buddies at the Watauga Centennial – 1949. Photograph by Palmer Blair.

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Snow Scene by Palmer Blair. Won 3rd Award at the NCPA Convention

In addition to the photographs, there are also several postcards featuring historic buildings and landscapes in the area as well as several ephemera including: Land of OZ brochure and map, local menus, post office stamps, and publications from local schools and businesses.

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Map of the Land of Oz at Beech Mountain in Banner Elk

To learn more about Historic Boone, visit here.

More Yearbooks from Charlotte Now Online

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From the 1912 Elizabeth College Yearbook, "De Hooligans"

From the 1912 Elizabeth College Yearbook, “De Hooligans”

We’ve just finished working with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library to include several additional high school yearbooks as well as yearbooks from Elizabeth College on DigitalNC.

You’ll now find the 1964 yearbooks of South, East, and West Mecklenburg High Schools, as well as West Charlotte, Harding, Myers Park, and Garinger on our site. (To help with privacy concerns, we generally have a 50-year embargo on posting high school yearbooks online. So, as the new year rolls over, we can begin including another year’s worth.)

Also in this latest batch are 1905-1913 yearbooks from Elizabeth College. Elizabeth College was located in Charlotte from 1897-1915, at which point it moved to Virginia. Its records were mostly destroyed in a fire in 1921, so we’re glad the information in these volumes is now available online. The 1901 volume is also on our site, contributed by UNC-Chapel Hill.

View all of Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s items.

Davidson County High School Yearbooks Now Available

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More Davidson County yearbooks from the Northwestern Regional Library System are now available on DigitalNC.org. Joining over 50 other area yearbooks, these additions primarily represent Thomasville’s Fair Grove High School, which merged with another school and became East Davidson High School in 1962. The yearbook titles include The Twig and Tiger Roar, and range from 1948 – 1961. These volumes come from the Thomasville Public Library.

Many of the Fair Grove High School yearbooks feature hand drawings for their title pages. This is the case for the 1959 issue of The Twig, which also has an “Outer Space” theme and features staff as astronauts and class officers in spaceships.

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The Twig [1959] – Fair Grove High School (Thomasville, N.C.)

Along with the Fair Grove High School yearbooks, we have also digitized the 1954 issue of The Lexicon from Lexington Senior High School, which was contributed by the Lexington Library.

Robeson Community College Photographs Now Available on DigitalNC.org

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Kay Lambert, Nursing Assistant and Sam Layell, Audiovisual

The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center has digitized a collection of Robeson Community College photographs, featuring special events, faculty, staff, and students at the college throughout the last several decades. These will join yearbooks, scrapbooks, and other memorabilia currently uploaded to DigitalNC.org.

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Library Card Catalog – 1981

Each image has its own details and descriptions to explore, and the images are grouped in the following categories:

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Elaine Whitfield, English and Ed Nicholson, Psychology – September 1985

 

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