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Close to Home: North Carolina Winter 2021
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The North Carolina Collection of the Forsyth County Public Library houses a broad range of non-circulating resources to suit your research needs. The room contains a wealth of local, state and federal information as well as archived issues of newspapers and magazines. Our knowledgeable staff will be happy to assist you with your project, whether you are an experienced researcher or just getting started. For help with questions about North Carolina, local history, or genealogy, please come visit us on the second floor of the Central Library in Winston-Salem, NC or call 336-703-3070 during regular business hours.
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he story of the Boy Scouts in the foothills of western North Carolina is one of innovation, strong leadership, and persistence in the face of enormous challenges. From its beginnings in the small community of Kings Mountain in 1908, the Scouting movement in the eleven counties overseen by the Piedmont Council gave opportunities for learning and growth to many young North Carolinians in the mid-twentieth century. Scouting's achievements in the western North Carolina foothills owed much to the efforts of R. M. ''Bud'' Schiele and his wife, Lily. Their managerial skill and cultivation of local support from businesses, churches, and community leaders were critical to the growth of Scouting. Boy Scouting in the North Carolina Foothills, 1908-1958 recounts the many changes that affected Scouting over the years, from increasing urbanization to wars to the civil rights movement. It focuses especially on the Piedmont Boy Scout Camp, active on Lake Lanier from 1925 to 1981. Little-known documents from local archives and the recollections of former Scouts, many now in their seventies and eighties, bring the story to life.
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Indecent Assembly : The North Carolina Legislature's Blueprint for the War on Democracy and Equality
by Gene Nichol
Indecent Assembly lays out in detail, and with no small dose of passion, the agenda, purposes, impacts, and transgressions of the Republican North Carolina General Assembly since it came to dominate life in the Tar Heel State. Nichol outlines, without holding punches, the stoutest war waged against people of color and low-income citizens seen in America for a half-century. All-white Republican caucuses, dominating both houses of the General Assembly, have behaved essentially like a White People’s Party, without the nomenclature. Bold steps have also been taken to diminish the equal dignity of women and an internationally famed crusade against LGBTQ+ Tar Heels has capped off what has become a state-based battle against the Fourteenth Amendment. But the Republican General Assembly has not stopped with substantive legal changes. It has attacked the fundaments of American constitutional government. In 2019, the state of North Carolina, in short, is involved in a brutal battle for its own decency. If the contest is lost here, other states will likely abandon defining cornerstones of American liberty and equality as well. North Carolina today is not presented with the mere give and take of normal politics. It struggles over its meaning as a commonwealth and its future as a democracy.
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Manteo and the Algonquians of the Roanoke voyages
by Brandon Fullam
When the English first arrived at the Outer Banks in the summer of 1584, they were greeted by native Algonquian-speaking people who had long occupied present-day North Carolina. That historic contact initiated the often turbulent period of early American history commonly known as the Roanoke Voyages. Unfortunately, contemporary accounts often mischaracterize or marginalize the Algonquins, and their significance in this period is poorly understood. This volume is a unique collection of narratives highlighting by name all of the Algonquians who played a role in the often contentious attempts to establish the first permanent English colony in the New World. Starting with Manteo, the fascinating Croatoan Indian who traveled to England twice and learned to speak English, this book focuses on the identities and endeavors of each of these individual Algonquians and tells their stories.
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Greene and Cornwallis in the Carolinas : the pivotal struggle in the American Revolution, 1780-1781
by Jeffrey A. Denman
The story of the Revolutionary War in the northern colonies is well known but the war that raged across the South in 1780-1781--considered by some the 'unknown Revolution'--included some of the most important yet least studied engagements. Drawing extensively on their letters, this book follows the campaigns of General Nathanael Greene and Lord Charles Cornwallis as they fought across the Carolinas, offers a compelling look at their leadership. The theater of war the two commanders entered in was populated by various ethnic and religious groups and separated geographically, economically and politically into the low country and the mountainous backcountry, setting the stage for what was to come.
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Historic Hotels and Motels of the Outer Banks
by Elizabeth Ownley Cooper
In the mid-1800s, wealthy farmers and businessmen began bringing their families to North Carolina's Outer Banks to escape the blistering inland summer heat. Soon after, the region's first hotel was built with accommodations for 200 guests. By the mid-1900s, hotels such as the Carolinian, the Nags Header, and the Arlington as well as smaller motels and cottage courts like Journey's End, the Sea Foam, and the Cavalier dotted the coastline. Most motels were independent, family-run operations. Many guests returned yearly, reuniting with the motel owners and other visitors. However, by the end of the 20th century, many of these mom-and-pop establishments had become a distant memory, lost to wrecking balls and replaced by large beach houses. This book recalls these hotels and motels and their impact on the Outer Banks and its visitors.
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Virtual Genealogy Help Monday - Friday between 10 - 11 a.m. and 2 - 3 p.m. Virtual Program with ZoomChasing after family secrets? Let us help you catch them. Schedule a virtual appointment with a librarian to help you do your genealogy. Use this link to schedule a virtual genealogy help session using Zoom. Use the calendar on the bottom right of the page to select the date and time. We recommend that you download Zoom before the appointment. Appointments will be available Monday through Friday from 10 -11 a.m. and 2 - 3 p.m. Appointments will last for approximately 60 minutes. If you have any problems scheduling, please call us at 336-703-3070. If you need help using a genealogical database and do not have a library card, you'll need to get a library card. You can apply for a virtual library card for online resources by filling out the Online Library Card Registration. Please allow 1-2 business days to fully process your request.
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African American Genealogy Tuesday, February 9, 7-8 p.m. Virtual Program with Zoom Connect with NC Collection librarians from the comfort of your own home for a beginner program on African American genealogy research. You will learn about research methods and types of documents that can be used to trace your ancestry. Registration required.
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