Posted in From the Stacks, History, Just A Bite, Memorabilia Moment, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk on May 20, 2013 | 3 Comments »
President Taft’s visit to Charlotte on May 20, 1909 not only spawned the term “Taft rain,” it also served as occasion for debut of the “Mecklenburg March.” Our colleagues at the Charlotte & Mecklenburg public library have a 2009 recording of the march online (though it doesn’t seem to working right now). No doubt many [...]
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged baby names on May 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
This New York Times story about the 48-year reign of Michael as the most popular name for boys born in New York state reminded me to check the numbers for this part of the world. When I last compared North Carolina’s favorite baby names with those of the country as a whole, in 2009, I [...]
Posted in Tar Heelia on May 15, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Several new titles just added to “New in the North Carolina Collection.” To see the full list simply click on the link in the entry or click on the “New in the North Carolina Collection” tab at the top of the page. As always, full citations for all the new titles can be found in [...]
Posted in Tar Heelia, UNC History on May 15, 2013 | 1 Comment »
A researcher recently shared this tidbit with us. He found it in the “Scenes” column of the Chapel Hill Weekly, 5 May 1963, page 1: “HUGH LEFLER (the happy debunker) informing his UNC history class that Fred Hargett, not William R. Davie, headed the committee that located the site of the University, and that Davie [...]
Posted in Recipes, Tar Heelia on May 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Banana Coconut Chiffon Pie from Granny’s drawers : four generations of family favorites. Buttermilk Coconut Pie from Tarheels cooking for Ronald’s kids. Coconut Chicken from Love yourself cookbook : easy recipes for one or two. Coconut Melt-Aways from Sweet Carolina : favorite desserts and candies from the Old North State. Coconut Muffins from Pass the plate : the collection from Christ Church. Earthquake Cake from The Cane [...]
Posted in Artifact of the Month, Tar Heelia on May 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
UNC’s 2013 graduating class enjoyed a beautiful day for its commencement. In honor of those students, our artifact of the month is a commencement marshal’s baton, used at UNC’s commencement ball around 1915 or 1916. This baton was carried by William B. Umstead, a graduate of the Class of 1916 who later went on to [...]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, Tar Heelia on May 13, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Twin City residents this past weekend celebrated the 100th anniversary of the consolidation of Winston and Salem into one municipality. The joining of the two towns in 1913 was a long time in the making. As Frank Tursi writes in Winston-Salem: A History, in 1879 the town boards in Winston and Salem appointed a special [...]
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged coaches salaries, deadspin, unc basketball, unc football on May 10, 2013 | 1 Comment »
One state’s highest-paid public employee is a medical school plastic surgeon. Another state’s is a hockey coach. Neither state is North Carolina.
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged anthony foxx, charlotte nc mayors, federal communications commission, frank mcninch, mae west, orson welles, radio censorship, war of the worlds on May 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Transportation Secretary nominee Anthony Foxx isn’t the first former Charlotte mayor to be tapped for a high-profile federal job. That was Frank McNinch, who as chairman of FDR’s Federal Communications Commission (1937-39) dealt with controversial figures ranging from Orson Welles to Mae West. About Welles’ “War of the Worlds” McNinch lamented that “any broadcast that [...]
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged children of carolina, Ethel Theodora Rockwell, Kristina DuRocher, raising racists, unc extension bulletin on April 22, 2013 | 1 Comment »
“The University of North Carolina Extension Bulletin in 1925 published a booklet of historical pageants for youths, ‘Children of Old Carolina,’ by Ethel Theodora Rockwell. … Any elementary school in North Carolina was obliged to send $10 for each performance [it staged], while those outside North Carolina had to pay $25. “The cast of ‘Children [...]
