Local theme
Authors, publishing, and the county on the page.
605 works in the index name this theme.
Organizations that keep the county’s own knowledge
Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this theme. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.
"Between North Carolina's coastal plain and the Blue Ridge Mountains lies the Piedmont: some 250 linear miles of rolling, long-settled lands covering almost half of the state. Geologically speaking, piedmont regions are…
The Eno River starts in Orange County, North Carolina, and flows through the town of Hillsborough and then into Durham County. In the 1960s the city of Durham proposed a dam along the river. Saving the Eno River tells t…
"On a Monday night in October, Lassie James sits in Pig Farm Tavern in Chapel Hill when Dr. Holly Pike appears. She electrifies the room, but all Lassie can think about is how she ran out on him when they were going to …
Contains first and second-hand stories telling the history of the Eno River Valley from the perspective of African Americans and people of color living along the Eno, from prehistory to modern day.
Foreword / by Rev. Dr. William Barber II -- Chapter 1: New Hope Chapel Hill -- Chapter 2: The Black Wall Street of America -- Chapter 3: The Great Depression controversies -- Chapter 4: Hot as blazes -- Chapter 5: The u…
The Daily Tar Heel has been deemed a "first-rate" publication and referred to as "the university's gyroscope," an apt metaphor to describe a periodical that has both chronicled events at UNC and helped influence the dir…
Among many legendary episodes from the life and career of men's basketball coach Dean Smith, few loom as large as his recruitment of Charlie Scott, the first African American scholarship athlete at the University of Nor…
Before Coker Hills -- The Coker of Coker Hills -- The beginning of Coker Hills -- Coker Hills architects, builders and homes -- The Coker Hills legacy -- Growing up in Coker Hills -- Neighborhood advocacy.
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