North Carolina Collection: Online Exhibits
North Carolina Postcards
This online collection contains a wide-ranging selection of postcards
depicting scenes from all over North Carolina throughout the twentieth
century.
The North Carolina Election of 1898
This primary source toolkit introduces students and researchers to
one of the most significant elections in North Carolina history. This
site includes many original sources, including controversial and influential
editorial cartoons from the News and Observer.
The
Evolution Controversy in North Carolina in the 1920s
This online exhibit examines the controversy over the teaching of evolution
in North Carolina public schools and universities in the 1920s. Focused
primarily on the events around the 1925 "Poole Bill," the website contains
an introduction, timeline, and key primary sources introducing the topic.
Civil
War Image Portfolio
Drawn from the rich resources of the North Carolina Collection Photographic
Archives, the Civil War Image Portfolio contains photographs and engravings
documenting battles and military and civilian life during the Civil
War in North Carolina.
Picturing the New
World: The Hand-Colored De Bry Engravings of 1590
This online exhibit displays images from a rare,
hand-colored 1590 volume in the North Carolina Collection containing
the earliest published illustrations of North Carolina.
What's In
a Name? Why We're All Called Tar Heels
Historian William S. Powell delves into the origins
of North Carolinians' unique nickname.
Rufus
Morgan Stereographs
This site displays many of the stereographs taken
by Rufus Morgan, a photographer active in North Carolina in the nineteenth
century.
Variety
Vacationland
This online exhibit displays 29 promotional postcards published by
the North Carolina Division of State Advertising in 1939.
Talk
Like a Tar Heel
Learn to talk like a native North Carolinian -- listen to recordings
of place names and read a guide to pronunciations.
Eng
& Chang Bunker, the "Original" Siamese Twins
The conjoined twins Eng & Chang Bunker, who were known worldwide
in the nineteenth century, spent most of their later years in Wilkes
County, N.C. This brief discussion of their lives is drawn from a permanent
exhibit in the North Carolina Collection Gallery.
Campaigns
and Causes: Political Memorabilia in North Carolina
This online exhibit showcases a selection of campaign buttons and other
materials from the North Carolina Collection Gallery's holdings of political
memorabilia.
Tar Heel
Ink
"Tar Heel Ink" presents a selection of student publications from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1844-2005. Based on an
exhibit in the North Carolina Collection Gallery.
Carolina Quotables
A selection of quotations -- good and bad -- about the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Death
Mask of Napoleon Bonaparte
A plaster copy of the death mask of Napoleon Bonaparte was given to
UNC in 1894, and is now held in the North Carolina Collection Gallery.
Carolina
Elephant Token
This site discusses the curious and often confusing history of the
1694 Carolina Elephant token.
Gladys
Hall Coates University History Lecture Series
The full text of these annual lectures on University History is available
on this site. Topics include student writings and William Richardson
Davie.
Preliminary
Map Showing Location of Principal Gold Deposits in North Carolina
From the records of the state Geological Survey. [Raleigh]: N.C. Geological Survey, 1896.
(Baltimore, Md. : Lith. by A. Hoen & Co.). NCC call number Cm912g G618n.
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"Capture at Fort Fisher" (detail),
from the
Civil War Image Portfolio 
Campaign button, 1952, from
Campaigns and Causes 
"Train Near Old Fort" (detail), from Rufus
Morgan Stereographs 