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Newest Partner Kiln It with Batch of NC Pottery and Cherokee Related Materials

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Thanks to our newest partner, the North Carolina Pottery Center, a batch containing photographs, slides, postcards, scrapbooks, and more that highlight the beauty of the Cherokee Indian Reservation and surrounding area along with North Carolina’s rich pottery tradition is now available online.

The first annual Seagrove Pottery Festival program from 1982 lists the Piedmont region of North Carolina’s pottery tradition as being particularly unique in this country because of its continual tradition of pottery making, which dates back to before the American Revolution. Around 3,000 years ago—long before the influx of Europeans settled in the area—Native Americans used the diverse natural clay deposits to create both functional and ceremonial objects.

A child (left) holding pottery in their hands next to a table with more pottery on top. To the child's right is a woman identified as Maude Welch sitting in a rocking chair with an apron on, working on a pottery piece.
Maude Welch Making Cherokee Indian Pottery, circa 1950s.

In the latter half of the 18th century, English and German immigrant farmers began settling in the Seagrove area and quickly realized the value of the area’s clay and abundance of firewood available to fuel their kilns. Farmers first and foremost, settlers were only producing functional wares such as bowls, jugs, roof tiles, etc. to earn extra income or to trade. These early pieces were redware, made from the area’s bright red clay, before eventually shifting to using grey clay from creek beds to produce salt glazed pottery by the mid-19th century.

Older man identified as Foister Cole wearing glasses, jeans, a light plaid shirt, and rainbow suspenders holding a piece of pottery that is all black.
Foister Cole in his iconic rainbow suspenders.

In addition to having talented potters, there were key several elements that were crucial to the survival and continuation of Seagrove’s esteemed pottery tradition while it diminished in other areas. They include: the area’s abundance in clay, an ability to adapt and pivot to changing tastes and utilization, along with proximity to major travel ways (Great Wagon Road, old Plank Road, and eventual railroad system) which increased access to a wider market, and, lastly, strong family networks.

In the early 20th century, the pottery industry was seeing a decline thanks in-part to Prohibition eliminating the demand for jugs. But, in 1917, pottery lovers Juliana and Jacques Busbee brought about a new era. Seeking to bring Seagrove pottery to a wider audience, Jacques began shipping wares to a tearoom operated by Juliana in New York City’s Greenwich Village. They were so successful in their efforts that the demand led Jacques to establish Jugtown Pottery and hire their first potter, James Owen (grandson of one of Seagrove’s earliest potters, Joseph Owen), in 1922. Over time, both Jugtown and Seagrove pottery became known as “fine examples of traditional handcrafted American pottery” that wasn’t just utilitarian, but collectable too. Today, the Seagrove area remains a hot spot for pottery, boasting over 100 potters and 50+ family-operated shops, including well-known potter families such as the Aumans, Coles, Kings, Owens/Owens’, and more.

Various pottery wares sitting on top of a table.
Pottery at A. R. Cole Pottery, Sanford, NC, September 1964.

To learn more about the history of pottery after 1922 and the potter families of Seagrove, browse the North Carolina Pottery scrapbook from this batch here.

To learn more about the North Carolina Pottery Center, visit their website here.

Information about the history of pottery in Seagrove was gathered from Seagrove Pottery Festival programs in the North Carolina Pottery scrapbook from this batch, NC Pottery Center, Discover Seagrove, NCpedia, NCDNCR Jacques and Juliana Busbee Highway Marker page, and Folk Art Society of America.

A Plethora of New Materials Pull Into the DigitalNC Station

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Thanks to our partner, Railroad House Historical Association and Museum, three batches chock-full of materials are now available for viewing on DigitalNC. These batches include issues from three Sanford area newspapers—The Sanford News Leader, Central Carolinian, and Lee County Senior High School’s student newspaper—twelve yearbooks from Deep River High School, along with over 180 photographs, postcards, and catalogs that feature automobiles and trains.

Otho A. Corriher's sophomore quote printed in the 1928 Catawba College yearbook. Under Otho A. Corriher's name is a quote that reads: "What shall I do to become known?—Cowley."
Otho A. Corriher’s sophomore quote from Catawba College’s 1928 yearbook.

Among these records are photographs of several automobiles, like this 1916 Stutz Bearcat, owned by O. A. [Otho Alexander, or “Ote”] Corriher. Son of Lotan Alpha Corriher—former textile industrialist, Landis Mayor, and notable patron of Catawba College—Ote became well-known in his own right in for his sense of adventure, service as one of 13 pilots in the Civil Air Patrol in Manteo, North Carolina during World War II, interest and work with planes and automobiles, and a world-class classic car collection.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, leveraged his piloting skills to aid in the American war effort after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Ote applied and was accepted into the Army Air Force’s newly created Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organization. The first CAP base in Manteo patrolled the coast off the Outer Banks known as the “Torpedo Junction.” After the start of World War II, but before America’s entry, the Torpedo Junction became an extremely dangerous area for shipping. German U-Boats, unchallenged, were successfully sinking and damaging vital shipping boats. Often using their personal planes, CAP pilots would fly up and down the coast searching for the German submarines and sailors in destress. In addition, they also apparently conducted sea rescues, towed targets for military training, performed courier service, and help fight forest fires. After serving in CAP from July 1942 to March 1942, he spent three years in the Army until the end of the war.

Image of a 1904 Oldsmobile with a sign propped against the front tire that reads: Curved dash model. 10 H. P. - single cyl. Cost new $650. Owner: O. A. Corriher. Landis, N.C.
Image of a 1910 Mercer with a sign propped against the front tire that reads: O. A. Corriher. Landis, N.C.
Image of a 1917 Pierce Arrow Opera Coupe with a sign propped against the front tire that reads: O. A. Corriher. Landis, N.C.

From left to right: 1904 Oldsmobile, 1910 Mercer, 1917 Pierce Arrow Opera Coupe.

Afterwards, he reluctantly went back to his position as the treasurer for his family’s textile mill. But when Ote wasn’t working at the mill, he would build planes in his basement, convert used military planes he bought into crop dusters, and eventually, he began restoring classic cars. In 1951, Ote and five other car enthusiasts in the state founded the Horseless Carriage Club. The Club, according to an article in the August 4, 1955 issue The Pilot (Southern Pines, N.C.), was for individuals who appreciated and restored classic cars themselves using original, or parts handmade by the restorer. At the time the article was printed, Ote apparently had a collection of 24 classic cars. The six cars attributed to him in this latest batch are likely part of that group.

Image of a 1916 Stutz Bearcat with a sign propped against the front tire that reads: O. A. Corriher. Landis, N.C.
Image of a 1918 Mercer Raceabout with a sign propped against the front tire that reads: O. A. Corriher. Landis, N.C.
Image of a 1921 Rolls Royce with a sign propped against the front tire that reads: O. A. Corriher. Landis, N.C.

From left to right: 1916 Stutz Bearcat, 1918 Mercer Raceabout, 1921 Rolls Royce.

Materials and information about Ote Corriher was gathered from The Salisbury Post‘s December 2017 article linked here, Catawba College’s 1928 yearbook, and August 4, 1955 issue of The Pilot (Vass, N.C.).

To learn more about the Railroad House Historical Association and Museum, visit their website here.

To browse all 400+ materials contributed by the Railroad House Historical Association and Museum on our site, visit their contributor page here.

To view more newspapers or yearbooks from across the state, view our yearbook collection here or newspaper collection here.

New Issues of Elizabeth City Newspapers Now Available on DigitalNC

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Thanks to our partner, Museum of the Albemarle, and digitization of materials by Elizabeth City State University, nine issues of The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.) from 1944 and 1945 along with a more complete copy of the May 30, 1877 issue of The Economist (Elizabeth City, N.C.) are now available on DigitalNC.

A microfilmed page of a newspaper. On the right side there are several large chunks missing.
The Economist, May 30, 1877, page 3. Old microfilm copy.

Prior to this batch, we did have a microfilmed copy of the May 30, 1877 issue of The Economist (Elizabeth City, N.C.) available online; however, this copy was a bit blurry, and was missing both large chunks primarily from the sides along with the whole fourth page. Though the Museum of the Albemarle’s physical copy of the nearly 150 year old paper was in much better condition than the microfilm, it also wasn’t complete.

Though it feels odd to say, we were fortune in this instance that the microfilmed copy predominately lacked outer edges, while the physical copy had several holes along the fold lines of the paper which omitted information from the middle or center areas of the pages. While the two copies separately were incomplete, the fact that when compared they were uniquely incomplete provided us the opportunity to piece together a more complete copy of the May 30, 1877 issue.

Scan of a physical newspaper page with microfilmed pieces inserted into spots that were previously holes in an effort to create a more complete version of the newspaper page.
The Economist, May 30, 1877, page 3. New, more complete copy.

To create this (mostly) complete copy, we first had to determine for each individual page whether the microfilm or print copy would be better as the base layer. This was based primarily on the completeness and legibility of the page. Then, we evaluated this selected base layer for missing pieces. Once these were inventoried, we looked at the “other” version of the page (the one not selected to use as the base layer) to see if it had sections that were missing from the base. Unfortunately, we couldn’t just layer both versions on top of one another to easily fill in these missing pieces. If the “other” version had the pieces missing from the base layer, we had to individually crop, resize, and orient each of those filler pieces into the base layer, making sure the text lined up between the versions.

To learn more about the Museum of the Albemarle, visit their website here.

To view more materials contributed by Museum of the Albemarle visit their contributor page here.

To view more newspapers from Elizabeth City, visit our Newspaper Collection here.

Hidden Object Puzzles Reveal More Than the History They Depict in New Issues of The Taylorsville Times

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Masthead for The Taylorsville Times. Below the newspaper title is written: [Numb]er 34. Taylorsville, North Carolina, Thursday, August 24, 1933. $1.00 per year.

Thanks to funding from our partner, Alexander County Library, over 3,000 issues of The Taylorsville Times (Taylorsville, N.C.) spanning from 1927 to 1996 are now available to peruse on DigitalNC. This weekly newspaper has focused on informing readers of local, national, and global news for around a century. Around the 1920s, The Mountain Scout and Taylorsville Times newspapers merged to form The Taylorsville Times and Mountain Scout. The merged paper published until August of 1933, when “Mountain Scout” was removed from its name. Since then, the paper has continued to publish under The Taylorsville Times title.

The earliest issues from this batch from 1927 and 1928 provide a look into the period’s perspective of American history through short hidden object puzzles they call “American History Puzzle Picture.” The puzzle is formatted with a drawing depicting a critical or well-known event related to American history, a short description of said event, and the hidden object the player needs to find. Though published as a simple, educational puzzle, these snippets provide a complex gleam into America’s period of conformist nationalism by showing who and what was considered pivotal in the late 1920s; interpretations of how people and places looked, language usage, etc. Take a look at and try finding the hidden objects in the—expected and, some not—depictions of American history below.

American History Puzzle Picture. Image depicting De Soto being buried beneath the Mississippi River. Text below the image reads: "The body of De Soto being buried beneath the waters of the Mississippi which he discovered in 1541. Because of the Indians they buried him during the middle of night. Find an Indian."
American History Puzzle Picture. Image depicting Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia assembly. There are multiple people seated in the room and one individual at a podium with their hand up towards Patrick Henry (only partially visible). Text under the image reads: "Patrick Henry making the address before the Virginia assembly. A bold defiance against the tyrancy of King George III, in which he said 'I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.' Find the face of King George."
American History Puzzle Picture. Image depicting George Washington standing next to a field with soldiers lined up. Behind Washington (left side of the image) there is a horse and two people. Text under the image reads: "George Washington made commander in chief of the American army. Find a portrait of Washington."
American History Puzzle Picture. Image depicting a stage coach with people standing up, facing the back of the coach with guns in their hands pointed at bandits on horses chasing the coach. Text below the image reads: "A stage coach holdup. Find the bandit leader."
American History Puzzle Picture. Image depicting individuals surrounding a railroad track that has a train with people on it. in the bottom left of the image is an individual sitting on a wood beam that has a metal protrusion sticking up. Text under the image reads: "Driving the golden spike connecting the East and West at Ogden, Utah (1869). May 10. Find the modern train."
American History Puzzle Picture. Image depicting steamboat on a river. Two individuals stand on a dock looking out at the steamboat on a river. Text below the image reads: "The successful steamboat invented by Robert Fulton as it steamed up the Hudson River from New York to Albany, in the year 1867. Find the inventor."
American History Puzzle Picture. Image depicting soldiers walking through a town. One person is on a horse. There is a woman, identified as Barbara Fritchie waving a Union flag at a window. Text below the image reads: 'Stonewall Jackson and Barbara Fritchie. When she appeared at a window waving a Union flag, Jackson said "Who touches but a hair of yon' gray head, dies like a dog, march on.' Find a Union Solider."

To learn more about and view other materials contributed by Alexander County Library, visit their contributor page linked here.

View all issues of The Taylorsville Times (Taylorsville, N.C.) on DigitalNC, linked here.

To view more newspapers from across the state, view our North Carolina Newspapers Collection linked here.

New Issues of Burnsville’s Yancey Journal Now Available on DigitalNC!

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Masthead for The Yancey Journal. Text in the photograph from top to bottom, left to right reads: "The Yancey Journal. Vol. 12, No 18. Burnsville, N.C. 28714. Thursday, February 23, 1984. 15c [cents]."

Thanks to our partner, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and funding from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), 270 issues of The Yancey Journal (Burnsville, N.C.) have been added to our North Carolina Newspapers collection. This batch not only fills in issue gaps from 1980 to 1982, but expands our holdings to include issues from 1983 to 1986.

Black and white image of blooming flowers. Under the picture is the caption: "Feels Like Spring!"
February 23, 1984, page one.

In the wake of the damage caused by Hurricane Helene to the western part of our state, the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center has made an effort to prioritize partnering with cultural heritage institutions—both new and veteran—and materials related to affected areas. Our latest batch of microfilmed newspapers comes from one of the counties hit hardest by Helene—Yancey.

According to the National Hurricane Center and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, along with over 200 landslides, the highest observed rainfall total—not just in North Carolina, but out of every state hit by Helene—was found in Yancey County. Measuring in at 30.78 inches total, it beat the state with the second highest total (21.66 inches) by nearly 10 inches. At least 1,400 homes were destroyed and 2,300 badly damaged, and utilities not being restored for up to several months. With major roads in and out of the county swept away, the community could only receive supplies either flown in via helicopter or driven in on four wheel drive vehicles. Today, though roads have since been reopened and utilities restored, residents of Yancey County continue to work on rebuilding their community.

To view more materials from Yancey County on DigitalNC here.

To browse more newspapers from across the state, view our newspaper collection here.

Information about Hurricane Helene in Yancey County was taken from the report “National Hurricane Center Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Helene,” authored by the National Hurricane Center and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) currently hosted on the Come Hell or High Water community archives project website.

Jump for Joy! New Yearbooks Available on DigitalNC

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Cheerleader with long hair dressed in a patterned t-shirt and jean shorts performing a reindeer jump at practice.
Jean Bryant shows a perfect reindeer jump at a practice, Northwood High School [1975]

Thanks to our partners, Chatham County Public Libraries and Chatham County Historical Association, our yearbook collection has increased by two! Both dating from 1975, this batch adds our 15th yearbook from Chatham Central High School (Bear Creek, N.C.) and our first ever from Northwood High School (Pittsboro, N.C.).

To view more materials from and learn more about the Chatham County Public Libraries and Chatham County Historical Association, view their contributor pages linked here and here.

To view more yearbooks from around the state, view our North Carolina Yearbooks collection here.

Edgecombe County Chronicle Newest Title on DigitalNC

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Masthead for Edgecombe County Chronicle. From top to bottom, left to right the text reads: "'More than a Newspaper - A Community Service.' Postal Patron Local. Bulk Rate U.S. Postage. PAID. Pinetops, N.C. Permit #3. Edgecombe County Chronicle." Between community service and postal patron local is an image of a building with two flags flying in front of it.
Headline from the first issue of the Edgecombe County Chronicle. Text from top to bottom reads: THIS IS YOUR PAPER.
Edgecombe County Chronicle (Pinetops, N.C.), April 21, 1966, page 1.

Thanks to our partner, Edgecombe County Memorial Library, as well as funding from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), a new title has been added to DigitalNC’s ever-growing newspaper collection. Twenty-seven issues of the Edgecombe County Chronicle (Pinetops, N.C.) from the paper’s first year (1966) can now be viewed online. Published weekly, the 1966 issues focus on providing local news along with weekly updates on the war in Vietnam.

To view more materials from Edgecombe County Memorial Library, visit their contributor page here. To view more newspapers from across North Carolina, browse our newspaper collection here.

To learn more about Edgecombe County Memorial Library, visit their website here. Learn more about LSTA’s funding and impact here.

DigitalNC Staff Travel to Southwestern Community College for Community Scanning Days!

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Thank to our partner, Southwestern Community College (SWCC) and their Archival Revival Team, a new exhibit filled with community materials from our on-site visit in February along with batches containing campus-related materials from the college and one issue of the Swain County High School Student Newspaper are now available on DigitalNC.

In fall of 2022, faculty and staff at SWCC created the Archival Revival Project with the goal to collect, organize, digitize, and share college historical material to honor both the college’s story and significant contribution to the community. As part of this goal, the SWCC Archival Revival Team reached out to partner with DigitalNC to plan a community scanning event.

A table that has a laptop, newspaper, and photographs on it.
Variety of materials brought in by community members

In late February, DigitalNC staff packed their scanners and traveled to SWCC’s Jackson Campus and the Swain Center (formerly the Almond School) for two days of community scanning. Over the two days, folks from the community showed up with an amazing array of materials which included family genealogies, photographs, education-related documents, war food farm plan form, a Swain County High School student newspaper issue, and even a quilted banner! One of the best part of community scan days, however, is that while scanning, staff members get to hear the stories, lore, information and histories associated with the materials directly from community members which allows us to create a more robust and accurate record. All community member materials can be viewed in our newest exhibit, Southwestern Community College Archival Revival Project linked here.

Two individuals sitting at a table working on their laptops.
A quilted banner with images of a shield or coat of arms, bald eagle, and a ribbon with the text St. John's. Sylva.
Two individuals talking. The person on the left is pointing to an object on a table while the person on the right is working on a laptop.
Three individuals wearing the same t-shirt standing on top of a hill. Behind them is a town and mountains.

In addition to community materials, batches containing materials from SWCC were also digitized during the visit. These batches contain photographs of the college’s fun events like Spring Fling, campus and classrooms, employees, students, and more.

To learn more about Southwestern Community College, visit their website linked here.

To view more materials from Southwestern Community College, visit their contributor page linked here.

Individual slides down a blow up slide shaped like a sinking Titanic.
Spring Fling, 1990s
Two individuals in a forest looking upwards. The person on the right has their hand raised most likely to point something out.
Marvel Welch (right)

Learn About the Almond School in DigitalNC’s Latest Batch

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Thanks to our partner, Southwestern Community College (SWCC), a batch containing Student Government Association (SGA) meeting minutes from the mid-1980s to early 2000s along with 20 contractor bid specification packets for materials to build the Almond School in Swain County from October 1943.

Cropped picture of the cover of a contractor packet. The text in the photo reads: CONTRACTOR. Material specifications for Almond School Building for The Board of Education of Swain County. Bryson City, N.C.
Portion of a contractor packet cover.

In the mid-1920s, several small schools located in and around the mountain community of Almond were consolidated into what was referred to as the Almond School. The original school was not used for long, however. A proposal by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to build a dam on the Little Tennessee River at Fontana to provide power and flood control literally sunk the school under the waters of a new lake in 1945. Fontana Dam, known for being the tallest concrete dam east of the Mississippi River, impounds the Little Tennessee River to form the 10,000 acre reservoir of Fontana Lake. According to community members we spoke to during our recent visit to Sylva, North Carolina, parts of the original Almond School can still be seen annually when the lake is drawn down beginning around September when the risk of floods are higher.

Section from a contractor packet titled "War Production Board Regulations." Below the title is written: "Section 7: All orders, regulations and instructions as issued by the War Production Board, Washington, D.C. shall be complied with by the successful bidder in the manufacture, delivery, fabrication, installation (where such is called for) or erection (where such is called for) of the materials called for under these specifications."

The contractor bid specification packets in our newest batch are for the Almond School’s replacement which was moved to Lauada. While this packets may not have the blueprint plans for the school, they provide an extremely detailed list, not only of the specific materials they were going to use, but the location of the proposed building, its priority rating, the nearest railway, payment schedule for contractors, bid deposits, how to format a bid and, interestingly, insight into how building construction was impacted by World War II through War Production Board regulations. According to an article in the August 30, 1943 issue of The Bryson City Times, the plans for the school called for 10 classrooms, principal’s office, teachers’ rest room, library, first aid room, book room, cafeteria, and auditorium. Today, the building continues to be used extensively by the community—though not as a primary school—serving as the primary hub for SWCC’s Nantahala School for the Arts Heritage Arts program, NC State University’s Swain County Cooperative Extension,

Two rows of first grade aged children. The front row is seated on a bench while the back row stands. On the far left is the teacher.
Picture showing the second Almond School in the background (First Grade Class, Almond School, 1949-1950)

To learn more about Southwestern Community College, visit their website here.

To view more materials from across North Carolina, visit our North Carolina Memory Collection linked here.

Information in this blog post was obtained through conversations with community members, WCU’s “Travel Western North Carolina” project, the TVA website, and the National Park Service’s Fontana Dam page.

BREAKING: New Partner Brings War Time News from Avery County to DigitalNC

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Newspaper masthead for The Avery Herald. Below the title is written: This Is Your County Newspaper. Make It Better By Your Support.

In the wake of the damage caused by Hurricane Helene to the western part of our state, the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center has made an effort to prioritize partnering with cultural heritage institutions—both new and veteran—and materials related to affected areas. Over 250 issues of our newest title, The Avery Herald (Newland, Avery County, N.C.) have been digitized thanks to our newest partner, Avery County Historical Museum.

Located in Newland, North Carolina, the Avery County Historical Museum resides in the former Avery County Jail which was built in 1912. They seek to collect, preserve, and display vital information, photographs, and artifacts about people, events, and places that make up the history of the county and the surrounding areas of the Toe River Valley. For those interested in family genealogies or simply curious about the area’s people and history, the museum has a research room where researchers can view the hundreds of books and papers in their collection—such as the amazing issues of The Avery Herald now on our site.

Above the photograph is written: Brass for the Kiss of Death. In the photograph there is a person wearing lipstick comparing a lipstick case and a .303 caliber cartridge. The lipstick case is held up on the left and the cartridge on the right.
The Avery Herald, June 4, 1942, page one.
Above the three photographs is written: "Pistol Shootin' Mamas" Take a Bead on Hitler. The three photographs below the text show various women aiming or using firearms.
The Avery Herald, October 14, 1943, page one.

Ranging from 1940 to 1946, the paper provides a great deal of information about the local community, its residents, and shows how World War II affected their daily lives. There are frequent reminders throughout these issues that stresses the rationing of various materials including paper and metal—like this one (shown above, left) from the June 4, 1942 issue showcasing the direct impact of civilian rationing of brass from decorative lipstick cases to .303 caliber cartridges. Another article (shown above, right), published October 14, 1943, highlights the shift and change in women’s options and opportunities such as joining the armed services, stepping into job positions traditionally seen only as “men’s work” (e.g. factory work), and even fashion. Notably for genealogists and other researchers, the paper published information about the residents in Avery County at the time, as well as the letters, news, and movement of Avery County servicemembers during the war (shown below).

Published letter from a servicemember to The Avery Herald staff. In the letter, the individual mentions the importance of the paper to not only them, but their fellow soldiers.
The Avery Herald, April 27, 1944, page one.
Column in The Avery Herald titled "With the Boys in Service." Below the title is information about Avery County servicemembers such as their names, parents names, where they have been stationed, and their status.
The Avery Herald, May 4, 1944, page one.

To learn more about the Avery County Historical Museum, visit their contributor page here.

To view more materials from Avery County, including photographs and yearbooks, please click here.

To view more newspapers from across North Carolina, visit our North Carolina Newspapers Collection linked here.

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