State Archives of North Carolina: Connecting the Docs Podcast Episodes Available October 21. “We are excited to announce a forthcoming podcast from the State Archives of North Carolina. ‘Connecting the Docs’ will use archival materials to introduce listeners to fascinating and true stories from around the Old North State. “
North Carolina history
UNCG Now: UNCG Documents LGBTQ+ History In The Triad
UNCG Now: UNCG Documents LGBTQ+ History In The Triad . “Which North Carolina city has done the most to advance inclusive laws and policies for the LGBTQ+ community According to recent rankings by the Human Rights Campaign, it’s Greensboro. The city has a vast, economically and socially significant LGBTQ+ population, and the city has worked hard to better support these individuals over the years. In order to preserve the history of this community, UNC Greensboro launched the first-ever large-scale initiative to document the LGBTQ+ history of the Triad region.”
DigitalNC: Publications from the Penland School of Craft now available!
DigitalNC: Publications from the Penland School of Craft now available!. “Thanks to our new partner, the Penland School of Craft, we now have course catalogs covering the years 1939-1962, nine issues of the Grapevine campus newsletter, several issues of the Mountain Milestones pamphlets from 1932-1962, Annual Reports from 1998-2015, and the student publications The Story of the Penland Weavers and the Weaver’s Hornbook: Tale of What Is Weaving Where. The Penland Line, a newspaper published by the staff of Penland for the Penland and wider craft community, is also now on DigitalNC.”
DigitalNC: The Concord Times is now available on DigitalNC!
DigitalNC: The Concord Times is now available on DigitalNC!. “520 issues of The Concord Times from 1923 to 1927 have recently been digitized and added to DigitalNC thanks to a nomination from our partner Cabarrus County Public Library! The paper from Concord, North Carolina, documents 1920s happenings around the town, the state, and beyond.”
DigitalNC: New Paper, The Free Will Baptist, Available at DigitalNC
DigitalNC: New Paper, The Free Will Baptist, Available at DigitalNC. “Thanks to our partner, University of Mount Olive, DigitalNC welcomes 61 issues of a new church newspaper called The Free Will Baptist, which span the years 1874 – 1913.”
DigitalNC: More of The Children’s Friend and The Orphan’s Friend are now online, thanks to the Grand Lodge of North Carolina!
DigitalNC: More of The Children’s Friend and The Orphan’s Friend are now online, thanks to the Grand Lodge of North Carolina!. “Over 100 new issues of The Children’s Friend and The Orphan’s Friend are now available on DigitalNC, thanks to our partners at the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina. Both published for an orphanage in Oxford, North Carolina, The Children’s Friend was in print from January to May 1975, and The Orphan’s Friend succeeded it until May 1895.” 99% sure that the “May 1975” should be “May 1875”.
Flooded: Oral Histories Documenting Hurricane Floyd Now Online (DigitalNC)
DigitalNC: Flooded: Oral Histories Documenting Hurricane Floyd Now Online. “We’ve recently worked with Braswell Memorial Library (Rocky Mount, N.C.) to digitize oral histories, written stories, and a manuscript all created for the book Flooded: Reflections of Hurricane Floyd. Compiled by the Friends of Braswell Library, Flooded represents the culmination of an effort to document what happened in Nash and Edgecombe counties twenty years ago today.”
