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People & communities 7 themes
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People & communities
Black Life & Civil Rights
Community life, schools, segregation, activism, churches, and oral histories
924 works · 99 people · 23 storylines
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People & communities
Families, Land & Genealogy
Families, deeds, cemeteries, marriages, wills, and land records
925 works · 17 people · 2 storylines
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People & communities
Indigenous Peoples & Archaeology
The Occaneechi, Sissipahaw, and Eno peoples, the Great Trading Path, and what archaeology has recovered along the rivers
163 works · 4 people · 2 storylines
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People & communities
Women's Lives & History
Women's work, organizations, and daily lives, from farm wives and teachers to suffragists and civic leaders
722 works · 67 people · 2 storylines
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People & communities
Newcomers & Changing Communities
Immigration and migration to the county: who came, why, where they lived, and what they built
62 works · 5 people · 4 storylines
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People & communities
LGBTQ+ Life & Activism
Activism, oral histories, and elected firsts: how gay and lesbian residents built a visible community in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
41 works · 6 people · 2 storylines
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People & communities
Slavery, Emancipation & Reconstruction
Slavery, freedpeople, and Reconstruction in the county
264 works · 45 people · 7 storylines
Places, land & environment 6 themes
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Places, land & environment
Buildings & Preservation
Historic houses, architecture, landmarks, districts, and preservation
1,195 works · 31 people · 5 storylines
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Places, land & environment
Eno & Environment
The river and the land around it, from mill sites to state parks
670 works · 10 people · 5 storylines
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Places, land & environment
Growth, Land & Planning
Farmland becoming subdivisions, the fights over water, roads, and zoning, and how the county decided what it would become
883 works · 13 people · 9 storylines
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Places, land & environment
Roads, Rail & Transportation
From the Trading Path to the railroad depots, highways, and buses that tied the county's towns together
460 works · 10 people · 2 storylines
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Places, land & environment
Farms & Rural Life
Tobacco barns, sorghum mills, granges, and the people who have worked the county’s land
270 works · 14 people · 2 storylines
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Places, land & environment
Housing, Neighborhoods & Displacement
Where people lived and were kept from living: Black neighborhoods, segregated housing, campus expansion, and the fight to stay
443 works · 13 people · 6 storylines
Institutions & civic life 6 themes
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Institutions & civic life
UNC & Campus Life
Students, faculty, buildings, departments, activism, and athletics
9,945 works · 306 people · 17 storylines
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Institutions & civic life
Schools & Education
One-room academies, Rosenwald schools, desegregation, and the teachers and students who filled the county's classrooms
6,506 works · 124 people · 11 storylines
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Institutions & civic life
Churches & Faith
Congregations, places of worship, revivals, and the communities they helped sustain
613 works · 50 people · 3 storylines
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Institutions & civic life
Health, Medicine & Care
From patent medicines and country doctors to hospitals, clinics, and the public-health campaigns that changed the county
1,050 works · 38 people · 7 storylines
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Institutions & civic life
Libraries, Archives & Public Memory
The libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies that keep the county's record, and how they were built
1,099 works · 30 people · 2 storylines
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Institutions & civic life
Community & Civic Organizations
Clubs, lodges, mutual aid, and civic life
146 works · 42 people · 4 storylines
Government, law & war 4 themes
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Government, law & war
Colonial Orange County
The Regulators, the Revolution, and the county’s first century
493 works · 49 people · 10 storylines
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Government, law & war
Politics & Government
Elections, courthouse politics, town councils, and the county's long habit of arguing in public
1,326 works · 158 people · 12 storylines
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Government, law & war
Law, Courts & Justice
The courthouse at Hillsborough, its judges and lawyers, the trials that drew crowds, and the jail behind them
637 works · 75 people · 8 storylines
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Government, law & war
Wars & Military Service
Soldiers, militia, veterans, pensions, and the county in wartime
1,379 works · 39 people · 7 storylines
Work & commerce 2 themes
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Work & commerce
Work, Labor & Industry
The mill villages of Carrboro and the Eno, the trades that kept towns running, and the workers who organized
717 works · 14 people · 7 storylines
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Work & commerce
Business, Shops & Commerce
Main Street merchants, general stores, banks, hotels, and the local economy from tavern days to downtown revivals
866 works · 65 people · 1 storyline
Culture & everyday life 6 themes
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Culture & everyday life
Arts, Music & Performance
Painters, potters, players, and bandleaders, from the Carolina Playmakers and Kay Kyser to the clubs of Carrboro
1,157 works · 40 people · 3 storylines
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Culture & everyday life
Food, Drink & Local Culture
Sorghum syrup, Brunswick stew, barbecue, and the restaurants and traditions that gave the county its flavor
347 works · 8 people
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Culture & everyday life
News, Journalism & Broadcasting
Two centuries of local papers, from the Hillsborough Recorder to the Daily Tar Heel, and the broadcasters who followed
509 works · 32 people · 1 storyline
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Culture & everyday life
Everyday Life & Traditions
Filling stations and front porches, holidays and fairs, and the ordinary routines that rarely made the history books
587 works · 4 people
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Culture & everyday life
Carolina Sports
Pep rallies, rivalries, and championships: the games and athletes that made Chapel Hill a sports town
1,014 works · 38 people · 3 storylines
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Culture & everyday life
Literature & Publishing
Thomas Wolfe, Paul Green, and the writers, presses, and bookstores that made the county a literary place
820 works · 55 people · 2 storylines
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