Posted in From the Stacks, History, Tar Heelia on July 5, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s character Dred may have never resided in the Great Dismal Swamp, but hundreds of other enslaved individuals did. And this fall, officials plan to open a permanent exhibit on the runaway slave communities that sought safe haven in the swamp. The Great Dismal became such a common hiding place for runaways that [...]
Posted in From the Stacks, Postcards on July 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings from the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives Technical Services! We are pleased to announce that two new collections containing images from vast areas of N.C. now have finding aids containing enhanced arrangement and description. Both of these collections were originally part of the North Carolina County Photographic Collection (P0001), but each is now an [...]
