Region around Orange County
The region around Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, named for its three research universities and for Research Triangle Park, opened in 1959 on land between them. Chapel Hill is its western corner.
Source: NCpedia: Research Triangle Park
Orange County Indexed covers Orange County. The works below were indexed for an Orange County connection and also carry Research Triangle among their catalog subjects; the index does not follow that place on its own.
184 works about Research Triangle are indexed here. 4 held at OCPL →
Common subjects in works about Research Triangle
Dated maps that show this place, oldest first: town plans, county, road and soil maps, fire insurance sheets and the U.S. Geological Survey’s topographic maps, each linked to the library or archive that holds it. The USGS maps are free to download.
Works about Research Triangle from library and archive catalogs. The most widely held appear first; novels are not shown here. Follow a link to find a copy or view the material.
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William M. Rohe's history of Research Triangle Park and the region around it, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2011. Topics include regional planning and the economic and social conditions of the Research Triangle Park region, one corner of which is Chapel Hill and the university. 298 pages with illustrations and maps.
Included because: Catalog heading in the OCPL record: Research Triangle Park Region (N.C.).
Cathy Pickens collects true-crime cases from the Research Triangle, stretching back several decades and taking in murder, poisoning, fraud and unsolved mysteries. Chapters are grouped by theme: unsolved cases, new forensic methods, bad science in the courtroom, poisoners, crimes involving the well-known, campus crimes, and a closing set of oddities and side trips. Chapel Hill and the university are among the settings. First edition, 2021, 142 pages, issued as an e-book.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Research Triangle (N.C.) -- Social conditions.
Albert N. Link's early history of Research Triangle Park, published in 1995 by the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina. Topics include research parks, research institutes and industrial research in the state, with the park's own history at the center. 149 pages with illustrations and maps.
Included because: Catalog heading in the Library of Congress record: Research Triangle Park (N.C.) -- History.
Albert N. Link's history of the Research Triangle Park, the research park founded to draw on the universities at Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh, published in 2002 by the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina in 278 pages with illustrations. Topics include research parks, research institutes and industrial research in North Carolina and the history of the park itself.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Research Triangle Park (N.C.) -- History.
Charles X. Larrabee's history of the Research Triangle Institute over its first thirty one years, published in 1991. Topics include research institutes and research parks in North Carolina and the history of Research Triangle Park, the research district that lies between Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh.
Included because: Catalog heading in the OCPL record: Research Triangle Park (N.C.) -- History.
Alex Sayf Cummings's 2020 book on the knowledge economy of the Research Triangle, technology research and the history of Research Triangle Park. Chapel Hill and its university form one corner of the Triangle.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Research Triangle Park (N.C.) -- History.
Program for the 32nd annual Recognition Luncheon of the Durham Section of the National Council of Negro Women, held on 7 June 2014.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DigitalNC record: Research Triangle Park (N.C.).
Program for the twentieth annual Harambee Breakfast of the Durham Section of the National Council of Negro Women, held 7 December 2013. Places tied to it include Durham, Orange and Wake counties and Research Triangle Park.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DigitalNC record: Research Triangle Park (N.C.).
Recently indexed: Trees, flowers, shrubs suitable for the Triangle (1989) · The little black book for every busy woman : a word of mouth directory (2006) · Scientific brainpower : Dixie's newest resource (1977) · Triangle business journal (1999) · Durham, Chapel Hill, and Research Triangle Park (1996)
Books in OCPL’s Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection whose titles, catalog subjects, or descriptions match this place. The Friends’ recommended starting points are labelled. Books marked Wider context cover the broader subject rather than this place itself.
William M. Rohe's history of Research Triangle Park and the region around it, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2011. Topics include regional planning and the economic and social conditions of the Research Triangle Park region, one corner of which is Chapel Hill and the university. 298 pages with illustrations and maps.
Charles X. Larrabee's history of the Research Triangle Institute over its first thirty one years, published in 1991. Topics include research institutes and research parks in North Carolina and the history of Research Triangle Park, the research district that lies between Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh.
Ann Prospero profiles Research Triangle cooks and restaurants, including recipes from each kitchen. Combining biography and cookbook, it covers a region that includes Chapel Hill. Published by John F. Blair in 2009, 224 pages with illustrations.
Illustrated keys for identifying the native plants of the Triangle region around Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, compiled by Roy C. Lindholm and published by him in Chapel Hill in 2002, with a short bibliography and indexes.
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