Posted in DigitalNC, Tar Heelia on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Over 200 city directories from 34 different cities and towns are now available to search and browse on DigitalNC: http://digitalnc.org/collections/north-carolina-city-directories. Most of the directories in the digital collection are from the North Carolina Collection, with a few contributed by the Durham County Library and the Forsyth County Public Library. We are planning to add more [...]
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged michael kammen, mystic chords of memory, postmaster general james farley, roanoke island, sir walter raleigh on November 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“In 1937, Postmaster General James Farley dedicated a new post office in Arlington, Virginia, and managed to place Sir Walter Raleigh in the wrong place at the wrong time and also to locate Roanoke Island in Virginia rather than North Carolina. These lapses received front-page coverage…. “While gently chiding Farley, a New York Times editorial [...]
