Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged first they came for, for-profit colleges, martin niemoller, rep virginia foxx on February 8, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not “First they came for the raw milk….” Or “First they came for the smokers….” Or “First they came for the machine guns….” It’s not even “First they came for the millionaires….” No, the award for farthest-fetched adulteration of Martin Niemoller’s familiar Holocaust lament goes to….. -
Posted in From the Stacks, History, Just A Bite, On This Day, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk on February 6, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
“In late 1959, Thomas J. White, a former state representative of North Carolina and a powerful figure in the state’s political circles, was appointed chairman of the commission to build the new North Carolina State Legislative Building. The commission had already heard from a number of North Carolina architects who had expressed a strong interest [...]
Posted in History, Tar Heelia on February 5, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not often that a story about numismatics makes the front page of the News and Observer, but it happened recently in the article “Humble Nickel from 1913 Likely to Fetch Millions.” What’s numismatics, you ask? You aren’t the only one! It’s the collecting and study of coins and other types of money. What’s so [...]
Posted in Tar Heelia on February 4, 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, tagged james loewen, kinston nc, lenoir county nc, nc ku klux klan, sundown towns, william stadiem on February 4, 2013 | 1 Comment »
I had known the prolific author William Stadiem was born in Kinston, but I was jarred at seeing this passage in his Feb. 1 column on thedailybeast.com: “As a 10-year-old Jewish boy in North Carolina, I had a cross burned on my family’s lawn by the local Ku Klux Klan. I am thus particularly sensitive [...]
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged atlanta falcons, baltimore ravens, bank of america stadium, carolina panthers, facebook likes, new england patriots, nfl fans, pittsburgh steelers, san francisco 49ers, washington redskins on January 31, 2013 | 4 Comments »
Can the fan followings of NFL teams be mapped county-by-county by how frequently the teams are “liked” on Facebook? If so, then Eastern North Carolina fans heavily favor Baltimore over San Francisco in the Super Bowl, while the rest of the state exhibits mixed loyalties. Location, location…? When the entire 32-team league is mapped, the [...]
Posted in DigitalNC, Tar Heelia on January 30, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The new NC ECHO statewide search makes it easier than ever for users to find local and state history resources online. Through a single, simple search interface, users can find historic photos, maps, postcards, genealogies, yearbooks, oral histories, and much more. The statewide search was developed by NC LIVE, the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, [...]
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged duke university, ken ilgunas, keystone xl pipeline, walden on wheels on January 28, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
What kind of guy hikes the Keystone XL pipeline? The kind of guy who lives in a van in a parking lot at Duke (and writes a book about it).
Posted in Tar Heelia on January 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t yet had a chance to visit the North Carolina Collection Gallery’s news photography exhibit, consider this your last call. The exhibit, “Photographic Angles: News Photography in the North Carolina Collection,” will close on Feb. 3, 2013. The description of the exhibit, from the Gallery’s website: Events and images: two words destined for [...]
Posted in Memorabilia Moment, Tar Heelia on January 21, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Although the volume of campaign mailings and posters appears to be as high this year as it was in 2008, there was a falloff in creativity and strong imagery. Nothing compared to the blood hound looking for Elizabeth Dole or the image of Barack Obama in lederhosen. The one mailing that did standout for strong [...]
