http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm Exploring the History, Literature, and Culture of the Tar Heel State Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:03:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Be sure to check out the new This Month in North Carolina, in which Harry McKown examines the Colored Industrial Association Fair.  The Colored Industrial Fair occurred occurred on November 18, 1879, in Raleigh and displayed the achievements of the African American population in North Carolina. ... This makes an interesting ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2009/11/06/this-month-november-1879-colored-industrial-association-fair/ "A bespectacled, priggish-looking former editor of the Biblical Recorder, [Sen. Josiah Bailey of North Carolina] had supported FDR in 1932 and 1936 but had recently soured on the New Deal, mainly because of its trespasses against states' rights. He had been preparing this speech [against FDR's plan to "pack" the Supreme Court] ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2009/11/06/bailey-wanted-black-southerners-to-feel-secure/ As a follow-up to Bridget's post about the "N.C. I.O.O.F.," here are several I.O.O.F.-related items from the Lew Powell Memorabilia Collection. I have to say that I love the somewhat-racy button showing the lady's leg, garter, and her "Tar Heel." http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2009/11/05/n-c-i-o-o-f-buttons-from-the-lew-powell-memorabilia-collection/ Above is a postcard showing an Odd Fellows' Lodge in Beaufort, NC.  It turns out we've got a lot of materials relating to various secret societies and fraternal orders in North Carolina, including the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  Interestingly, the card mentions that the lodge is over a hundred ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2009/11/05/n-c-i-o-o-f/ In the financially intemperate 1840s no fewer than eight states, including North Carolina, defaulted on their bond obligations. "The Constitution forbade the states to tear up their contracts," Robert Wernick wrote in the December 1964 issue of American Heritage. "But to get their money back, bondholders would have to sue the states, and the Eleventh ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2009/11/04/so-sue-us-said-n-c-we-will-said-s-d/ I love flipping through old phone books in the NC Collection; I'm always amazed at what I find. While looking at a Red Springs and Maxton, North Carolina, phone book from 1923 (Cp971.78 R31c 1923), I found the following list of instructions. [Be sure to read the sections on "Always ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2009/11/03/wun-too-th-r-r-ee-using-the-phone-in-north-carolina-ca-1923/ "We had rights to 'Ironside' and 'Marcus Welby,' two shows highly regarded on their networks but which turned out to be duds in syndication. We swapped them [to WSOC-TV, another Charlotte station] for 'The Andy Griffith Show'... a huge hit that really helped turn the station around (and made us a lot ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2009/11/02/how-andy-taylor-made-ted-turner/ From the Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Park Service) webpage: "On the evening of November 1, 1859, Lighthouse Keeper John Royal climbed the 216 steps to the lantern carrying a 5 gallon container of whale oil. Carefully stepping inside the giant glass lens, Keeper Royal filled the lamp with ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2009/11/01/cape-lookout-lighthouse-anniversay/ Just in time for Halloween! Found in the stacks ... Murgatroyd, Ebenezer, with illustrations by Herb Roth.  Cooking to Kill!  The Poison Cookbook.  Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, ca. 1951. This book is a great source of "comic recipes for the ghoul, cannibal, witch & murderer."   It also includes inspired illustrations ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2009/10/30/whats-cookin-good-lookin/ "[Secretary of War Edwin M.] Stanton had come armed with a plan, drawn up at the President's request, for bringing the states that had been 'abroad' back into what Lincoln... called 'their proper practical relation with the Union.'  The War Secretary's notion was that military occupation should precede readmission, and in ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2009/10/30/virgilina-not-on-my-watch-said-lincoln/