An ode to pork ; Mark Twain
Two poems by Michael Troy, 'An Ode to Pork' and 'Mark Twain', printed on a single sheet in Hillsborough for Hog Day 2007, the town's annual barbecue festival. Apparently self-published, two unnumbered pages, 28 by 22 cm.
Person in the county’s record
Mark Twain
3 indexed works are connected with this person.
Indexed works
Works in the index that concern this person directly, or were written by them. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it; background reading with wider context sits further down.
Richard D. White Collection
Richard D. White's collection of papers from ten families of central and eastern North Carolina, 1751 to 1929, plus miscellaneous items. The Isenhour papers from Anson, Cabarrus and Rowan counties include land papers, a 1796 apprentice bond, accounts and the will and estate of Michael and Barbara Isenhour. Orange County, the university and Trinity College are among the places touched. State Archives of North Carolina, PC.133.
John Seelye papers,
Papers of John Seelye (1931 to 2015), literary scholar and Penguin Classics editor, who taught American literature at Berkeley, Connecticut, UNC Chapel Hill, Dartmouth and Florida. The 26,100 items (46.7 linear feet) run from 1862 to 2015, mostly 1955 to 2007, in series of correspondence and contracts, academic files, research files, writings and personal papers, with Melville and Mark Twain among his subjects.
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The index lists works with an Orange County connection. To find everything else about Mark Twain, search these catalogs.
Books about Mark Twain
More catalogs that show where copies are
- 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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Research sources
Additional research sources
Other catalogs to search and local organizations that can help.
- Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 725 Orange County pages naming Mark Twain DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
- Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Mark Twain 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
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