It looks like paying your taxes used to be a little more straightforward. Here’s J. A. Turner’s tax bill from 1905, from the Haywood County Public Library.
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Hog on the Move
It’s hard to take a picture of a hog on the move.
For this and other scenes of rural life in North Carolina, check out photographs from the Haywood County Public Library in the Images of North Carolina digital collection.
Shaw University Yearbooks on DigitalNC
Twenty-six yearbooks from Shaw University are now online at DigitalNC as part of the North Carolina College and University Yearbooks Collection. The school was formed in 1865, making it the first college established for African Americans in the South, although it didn’t assume the name of Shaw University until 1875.
Licensed Privy
It might be a little hard to make out from this image, but what you’re looking at here is a genuine historic North Carolina privy license. This is from the town of Advance, ca. 1893, and is part of the Digital Davie exhibit.
Materials in Digital Davie are shared by the Davie County Public Library.
April Fool’s Day
It’s April Fool’s Day, and just in case you’re planning a party to celebrate, the April 23rd, 1953 issue of the Raeford News-Journal has some suggestions for refreshments (page 5). According to the “Kitchen Clatter” column, April Fool’s Day surprises need not be unpleasant (such as salt in the sugar bowl or chocolate-covered onions). Instead, delight your guests with the “exceedingly pleasant” recipe for “Surprise Meat Devils”, which consist primarily of corn flakes and ground beef. Depending on your gastronomic preferences, however, these might turn out to be a little bit of an April Fool’s joke after all.
St. Andrews Presbyterian College Yearbooks Available Online
Student yearbooks from St. Andrews Presbyterian College (now St. Andrews University) are now online at DigitalNC. Yearbooks from St. Andrews span from 1962, when the college’s first class graduated, to 2010.
The collection also includes the yearbooks from two now-defunct schools: Flora Macdonald College of Red Springs, N.C., and Presbyterian Junior College of Maxton, N.C. The names of these yearbooks reflect the Scottish heritage of the Sandhills region of North Carolina: the White Heather and the Bagpipe. Several volumes of the White Heather, including this one, are actually covered in tartan.
Rocky Mount Photographs on DigitalNC
Photographs from the Braswell Memorial Library (Rocky Mount, N.C.) are now available on DigitalNC. These images are from the Charles Killebrew collection, a large collection of photographs from the 1940s through the 1990s now housed at the Braswell Library. Killebrew was a local photographer who operated a studio in Rocky Mount and worked for many years for the Rocky Mount Telegram. Learn more about the collection on the Braswell Library’s Local History & Genealogy page.
The images on DigitalNC were scanned from original negatives and show the variety of this great collection. There are many shots of tobacco farmers and factories, images of floods in Rocky Mount and Princeville, and some wonderful photos of students and teachers in African American schools in the 1950s and 1960s.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday for which many people don something green to mark the occasion. This photograph, from the Tufts Archives (Pinehurst, N.C.), depicts a St. Patrick’s Day costume party attendee who, in 1931, took the tradition very seriously – literally bedecking himself in green by dressing up as the ‘Pinehurst Greenhouse’.
Historic Photos from Davidson College Available on DigitalNC
A selection of over 100 historic photos from Davidson College are now available on DigitalNC. The photos are from the Archives & Special Collections department at the Davidson College Library.
The images now online include a variety of campus scenes, shots of students, faculty, and campus buildings, and some great action shots of early 20th century sporting events.
Cana, N.C.
The “Digital Davie” exhibit includes a neat pictorial map of the small mill town of Cana, N.C. The map depicts Cana at the turn of the 20th century. It is based on the memories of local residents and was presented to Cana native Flossie Martin on her 100th birthday.
Materials in Digital Davie are shared online by the Davie County Public Library.
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This blog is maintained by the staff of the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center and features the latest news and highlights from the collections at DigitalNC, an online library of primary sources from organizations across North Carolina.