Local figure
Porter Robinson
Electronic musician Porter Robinson grew up in Chapel Hill. In 2014, the year of his debut album Worlds, he had deferred enrollment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to tour and still spent most of his time in Chapel Hill.
Source: The FADER: Porter Robinson Conquered EDM, and Now He Wants More
1992– as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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- Chapel Hill Public Library (opens in a new tab) Public library in Chapel Hill
- Durham County Library (opens in a new tab) Public library next door in Durham
- UNC Libraries (opens in a new tab) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Duke Libraries (opens in a new tab) Duke University, Durham
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- Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 4 Orange County pages naming Porter Robinson DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
- Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Porter Robinson NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
- Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form
Picture: Porter Robinson, photograph, 2014. CC BY-SA 3.0. Astralwerks promotional portrait, 2014; via Wikimedia Commons
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