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.


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