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1587– · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
The index holds 2 works for Virginia Dare so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.
Works about or by Virginia Dare. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
Graham Daves argues for documented history against legend in the story of the Roanoke colony, Sir Walter Raleigh and Virginia Dare. The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies published it for the students of the University at Chapel Hill in 1895.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Dare, Virginia, 1587-.
Elizabeth Henderson Cotten's papers, dated 1926 to 1964 with most falling between 1950 and 1964, run to 3,150 items across 7.5 linear feet in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 1650. The work describes a woman historian at work on Hillsborough, historic buildings, the Nash and Kollock School, Tryon Palace and New Bern, Saint John's Church at Williamsboro, and figures such as Virginia Dare.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Dare, Virginia, 1587-.
Books in OCPL’s Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection whose titles, catalog subjects, or descriptions match this person. The Friends’ recommended starting points are labelled.
Robert D. Arner's study of the Roanoke colony of 1587 and Virginia Dare as subjects of American literature, one of the booklets published by North Carolina's America's Four Hundredth Anniversary Committee; 1985, 55 pages with illustrations.
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