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New Yearbooks From Chapel Hill High School Evoke 1970s Student Life

Thanks to a contribution from the Chapel Hill Historical Society, two new Chapel Hill High School yearbooks from 1972 and 1973 are now available on DigitalNC! Chapel Hill High School has a long history of over 100 years. It has been in its current location since Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools were integrated in 1966, and Chapel Hill High School and Lincoln High School were merged. In classic 1970s fashion, these yearbooks are filled with photos that are richly illustrative of teenage life, interspersed with student poetry and musings on the uncertainty of life after high school.

Visitors to the site can view the extensive collections contributed by the Chapel Hill Historical Society at their contributor page here, and more Chapel Hill High School yearbooks here. Learn more about the Chapel Hill Historical Society at their website here. To view more yearbooks from other schools in the Triangle and across North Carolina, visit The North Carolina Yearbook collection linked here.


New Community Connections covering 2001 to 2003 Now Available!

Together with our partners at Buncombe County Public Libraries, DigitalNC is proud to announce that years worth of Community Connections issues are now available. Community Connections was a monthly publication that focused on supporting and highlighting Asheville’s LGBT+ community. The new collection includes almost a dozen issues spanning from 2001 to 2003, and are the most recent issues to be uploaded. They will join over a hundred issues currently online at NC Digital, which go as far back as 1987!

Cover of the November 2002 issue of Community Connections

Within the pages of Community Connections are local events, national news stories, and regular columns written by local Buncombe County residents. Local businesses often advertised their services in the paper, highlighting their support of the publications’ purpose. Each issue also includes a community calendar with meeting times for local groups, ranging from historical talks and potlucks to Wicca classes and pagan support networks. The publication provided a vital service to an often underrepresented community in North Carolina.

You can read the newest issues of Community Connections online at DigitalNC here. You can find more information about our partners at Buncombe County Public Libraries online, either at DigitalNC or at their website here.


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