Posted in From the Stacks, Tar Heelia on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most people know that sometime North Carolina resident (but always fabulous) Kristi Yamaguchi won the 2008 Dancing with the Stars competition. Will lightning strike twice for the Tar Heel state? We’ve got a good shot because the always competitive Lawrence Taylor (UNC ’81) is one of the contestants this year. In his college and pro [...]
Posted in Tar Heelia on February 11, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Welcome to our second slogan-based installment of “Where the Heel?” Remember, we’re looking for the North Carolina location that is described by a specific slogan. If you have a guess about the location that fills in the blank below, leave it as a comment. Ready, set, go!
Posted in Tar Heelia on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have to admit that I’ve tried moonshine before…don’t ask, don’t tell. However, I haven’t tried Catdaddy Carolina Moonshine, but it seems that Hollywood loves it. Check out the recent story from WRAL: Carolina moonshine official spirit of Grammy gift bags.
Posted in From the Stacks, Postcards on February 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I hate to keep hitting the blog with postcard images (we’ve got a lot of other cool, interesting, and fun things at the NC Collection), but I’m working with them day in and day out. So…here we go. Does anyone out there in the blogosphere know anything about the “Cornwallis Tree” in Carthage, North Carolina? [...]
Posted in Postcards on February 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the past month and a half, we’ve uploaded postcards from several new locations to our North Carolina Postcards website. You can check out these new towns here: Gibsonville, Alamance and Guilford Counties Polkton, Anson County Crossnore, Avery County Pantego, Beaufort County Highshoals, Gaston County Henrietta, Rutherford County
Posted in From the Stacks, Postcards, Tar Heelia on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s the postcard that Lew Powell mentioned in a recent comment, along with another from the collection that shows Republican President William Howard Taft on that same May 20, 1909 visit. Taft was in Charlotte to celebrate the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
Posted in Tar Heelia on February 5, 2009 | 9 Comments »
It’s time for a new installment of “Where the Heel?,” but I’m adding a twist to this one. Instead of identifying a place based on an image, we’re looking for the North Carolina location that is described by a specific slogan. Can you fill in the blank below? If you have a guess, leave it [...]
Posted in From the Stacks, History on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the last few weeks, Alamance County has lost two of its “native sons”: This past Monday (February 2) former N.C. State Representative and longtime Insurance Commissioner, James “Jim” Long passed away. Only two weeks before on January 23, former governor Robert “Bob” Scott also passed away. Both men were born in Alamance County (Long [...]
Posted in History on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Check out Harry McKown’s latest entry in the “This Month in North Carolina History” series. In honor of a sister institution, Harry examines the establishment of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Posted in Postcards on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This image is from a recent article featuring the Durwood Barbour Postcard Collection. Interest in the collection is nothing new…it’s been featured in several recent articles and even on television. However, this one is a bit different…it’s from a Russian postcard journal. I don’t speak or read any Russian, but Wilson Library has several staff [...]
