Posted in Tar Heelia on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to…well, to the North Carolina Collection, but in particular to Elizabeth Hull and the rest of the photographic archives staff working on the Hugh Morton Collection. They recently received a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council for “Worth 1,000 Words: Essays on the Photographs of Hugh Morton.” The grant will allow the NC [...]
Posted in History on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The University Libraries at UNC-Greensboro have recently launched a new website called the Digital Library on American Slavery. This massive project has compiled data over 18 years from petitions to southern legislatures and country courts filed between 1775 and 1867. The petitions cover all sorts of subjects such as the hiring value of slaves, prenuptial [...]
