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– · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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Records of the time
- DigitalNC newspapers: 4 Orange County pages naming Porter Robinson Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Porter Robinson Library card Search NC LIVE for this subject and Orange County. You can change the search terms. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access the materials.
- Ancestry Library Edition In the libraryOrange County Public Library Census, birth, death and marriage records, and more, free on the public computers at OCPL libraries
Local help
- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Local History Help Hours and request formOCPL Local History Liaison Meet with the Local History Liaison at the Main Library, usually Mondays from noon to 3 p.m., or send a question using the online request form
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Books about Porter Robinson
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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
- NC Cardinal (opens in a new tab) The State Library of North Carolina and public libraries across the state
Photographs, papers, and newspapers
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- DPLA (opens in a new tab) Digital collections from libraries, archives, and museums across the country
Historical records and collections
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- ArchiveGrid (opens in a new tab) Papers held by archives across the country
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Picture: Porter Robinson, photograph, 2014. CC BY-SA 3.0. Astralwerks promotional portrait, 2014; via Wikimedia Commons
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