https://lib.digitalnc.org DigitalNC latest documents en Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:15:53 GMT Invenio 1.13.0-1 support@digitalnc.org 360 https://lib.digitalnc.org/img/site_logo_rss.png https://lib.digitalnc.org Search this site: p https://lib.digitalnc.org/search https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239403 An illustrated poster of Durham county and its historic landmarks. Tomlinson, John B. Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:50:16 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239403 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239401 Two designs for the Durham residence of Eugene Morehead; one shows the exterior of the house, and one shows the plans for the first floor. Harding, Hilton Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:49:45 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239401 April 15, 1880 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239398 A map drawn "from data in City Engineers Office." It includes major streets and landmarks. Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:49:29 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239398 1907 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239395 L. Johnson's map of tobacco plants near Durham, N.C. and the surrounding areas. The map notes the major landowners in addition to hills, rivers, and other landmarks. Johnson, L. Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:49:12 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239395 Geo F. Cram (Chicago, Ill.) 1887 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239389 Architectual drawings of the residence of Lucy Lathrop Morehead ("Mrs. L. L. Morehead"), wife of Eugene Lindsay Morehead. Albro & Lindeberg Architects (New York, N.Y.) Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:48:19 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239389 c. 1900 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239058 A map detailing the major roads and services in Henderson, N.C. The back includes advertisements for some local businesses. Mon, 10 Jan 2022 14:36:49 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239058 Lyman K. Mclean Aerial Photo Service (Henderson, N.C.) circa 1935 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239057 A cartoonish map noting the wildlife and major landmarks of North Carolina for use by tourists. The outside includes photos from national parks around the state. Mon, 10 Jan 2022 14:36:33 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239057 Winston Printing Company (Winston-Salem, N.C.) https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239046 Photograph of Hope Mansion. Wed, 22 Dec 2021 22:47:22 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239046 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239035 Plan for Eno River Park. Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:43:20 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239035 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239034 Original and later copies of the George W. Watts Elementary School renovation and addition plans. Durham Public Schools. Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:41:58 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/239034 May 23, 1993 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238960 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:41:46 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238960 2016 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238954 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:41:30 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238954 2010 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238953 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:41:27 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238953 2009 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238951 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:41:22 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238951 2007 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238897 Wernitt Massey "Elizay Aunt." Baumgarten (Charlotte, N.C.) Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:10:56 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238897 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238896 Possibly Edgar Herbert Massey and Mary Renfrow Massey in horse drawn cart. Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:10:53 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238896 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238892 Presumably Daisy Massey (L) and Edgar Herbert Massey. Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:10:42 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238892 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238888 Edgar Herbert Massey, approximately 16 years old. Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:10:31 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238888 circa 1894 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238623 Taken sometime between August 27-September 6, 1984. Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:22:44 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238623 1984 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238621 Sutton with ACC alumni, Leslie Thompson, who received a grant to catalog the Sutton Collection. Thompson was a UNC-Chapel Hill history student. Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:22:37 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238621 June 11, 2007 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238367 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 23:07:55 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238367 Braswell Memorial Library https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238360 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 23:05:36 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238360 Braswell Memorial Library https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238242 Built in 1923—Notice the rail on side of the road to keep the cars on the bridge. The floating road was replaced in the 1940's by the Camden Causeway. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:18:06 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238242 Holladay Photo (Richmond, V.A.) https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238231 A dragonfly sitting on a branch at the Dismal Swamp. Ruffner, Donn. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:17:24 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238231 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238226 Documents related to the finding of a Lake Drummond Pure Rye J & E Mahoney bottle. The circular image on the bottle of Arlington House and Virginia Rye Whisky surrounded by the words J. & E. Mahoney Portsmouth-Alexandria-Norfolk. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:16:43 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238226 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238225 Photograph of George Ramsey building a lighter boat. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:16:41 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238225 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238224 Mile markers that appear on the Dismal Swamp Canal. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:16:35 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238224 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238218 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:16:18 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238218 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238217 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:16:15 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238217 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238216 M. C. Jones, Senior crossing Dismal Swamp Canal by ferry at the three mile sign post above South Mills Lock. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:16:13 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238216 Circa 1933 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238215 Photo includes the name Anne Jennings but it is unclear if this refers to the photographer or the name of one of the boats pictured. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:16:10 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238215 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238214 Airline service to Elizabeth City. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:16:07 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238214 1950 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238212 42" gauge locomotive located in Corapeake, N.C. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:16:02 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238212 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238209 Whitecomb 36"-guage Gas Loco Sunbury. Ferrell, Mal. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:15:53 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238209 1955 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238208 Fearing, Fred L. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:15:50 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238208 1927 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238207 Construction of a bridge on the Dismal Swamp Canal. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:15:48 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238207 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238206 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:15:45 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238206 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238205 First photograph taken July 6, 1948. The second photograph was taken May 5, 1948. Gwaltney, Bill. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:15:40 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238205 1948-07-06 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238195 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:15:14 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238195 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238192 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:15:00 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238192 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238177 Henry Bartlett is shown here with one of his harness racing horses. In harness racing, the horse is harnessed to a cart, or sulky, and the jockey drives the horse from the lightweight cart rather than riding on the horse. Elwyn Leary was the owner of a top-earning horse named Camden Adios, who races at Rockingham Park in 1964. Photo courtesy of Betty Brock. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:52:08 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238177 Arcadia Publishing (Charleston, S.C.) https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238165 This photograph by Zoeller Morgan Company around 1895 shows the congregation of Shiloh Baptist Church after the steeple was added to the building. Mary and Luke Stevens donated funds and labor to add the steeple in 1878. Luke died from flu and pneumonia on March 8, 1878, and Mary died from the fly 10 days later. Photo courtesy of Linda Ann Mansfield. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:51:37 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238165 Arcadia Publishing (Charleston, S.C.) circa 1895 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238154 This view of Camden County Courthouse in 1955 shows the house that was located at the end of the courthouse. For a time, it served as an inn and meals were provided for those at the courthouse. After the Cuthrell family sold the house, it was used as the Camden County Department of Social Services for a while and then was moved to Sleepy Hollow Road. Photo courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:51:08 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238154 Arcadia Publishing (Charleston, S.C.) https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238152 The Rosenwald School in South Mills was one of 800 schools built in North Carolina with funding provided by Julius Rosenwald, who lived from 1862 until 1932. The Rosenwald School in South Mills continued to operate until the opening of Sawyer's Creek High School, which was soon renamed as Marian Anderson High School—after Marian Anderson, a classical contralto who was the first African American female to perform in the Metropolitan Opera, in 1955. Photo courtesy of Alex Leary. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:51:03 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238152 Arcadia Publishing (Charleston, S.C.) https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238147 Montelle Bulloch Williams, born on October 21, 1903, is the only law enforcement officer of Camden County ever to have been lost in the line of duty. Deputy Williams died on November 9, 1966, at the age of 63 after 20 years of service with the Camden County Sheriff's Office. He was survived by his wife and two children. Photo courtesy of the Camden County Sheriff's Office. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:50:50 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238147 Arcadia Publishing (Charleston, S.C.) https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238146 Bettie Bartlett Seymour and Silas Berry Seymour were both born around 1880 and reared eight children in Camden County. The oldest six are pictured in the first photograph around 1920 and are, from left to right, (first row) Alma Lee Seymour and Mabel Inez Seymour; (second row) Fannie Louise Seymour, Silas Berry Seymour Jr., Marguerite Semour, and Marvin Bartlett Seymour. Youngest brothers Dennis Joseph Semour and Erving Bartlett Seymour had not yet been born at the time of this photograph. In the second photograph, all eight of Bettie Bartlett Seymour and Silas Berry Semour kids are shown in the 1930s. From left to right, (first row) Marvin Bartlett Seymour, Fannie Louise Seymour, Mabel Inez Seymour, Marguerite Semour, and Alma Lee Seymour; (second row) Silas Berry Seymour Jr., Dennis Joseph Seymour and Erving Bartlett Seymour. These eight siblings were born between 1910 and 1923. Photos courtesy of Betty Brock and Doris Dough Forehand. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:50:44 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238146 Arcadia Publishing (Charleston, S.C.) 1920s https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238132 Born in 1786, Moses Grandy authored the only known account written by a former slave of maritime life in North Carolina. Grandy guided cargo vessels up and down the Dismal Swamp Canal and farmed and logged in the swamp. He earned and paid for his freedom twice, but his owner refused to set him free. With Quaker help, Grandy finally gained his freedom, escaped to the North, and eventually bought freedom for his wife. Photo courtesy of the Outer Banks History Center, Cronk Cole Collection. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:50:06 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238132 Arcadia Publishing (Charleston, S.C.) 1899 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238130 General Isaac is arguable the most famous and important citizen ever to have made his home in Camden County. Gregory, who lived from 1737 until 1800, led the North Carolina Militia and Continentals in the Battle of Camden in South Carolina on August 16, 1780, during the Revolutionary War. This rededicated memorial to General Gregory is located near his home and final resting place, Fairfield, on Palmer Road. Photo courtesy of A. Burgess Jennings. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:50:01 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238130 Arcadia Publishing (Charleston, S.C.) https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238124 A map outlining Camden County's early colonial settlements. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:43:14 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238124 https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238116 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:48:06 GMT https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/238116