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We hope you'll join us this weekend at Alamance Battleground Historic Site! The State Archives will be bringing original documents related to the Regulator Movement. Learn more about the movement and what we'll be showcasing in our latest blog post! ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/2024/04/22/one…
We are thrilled to announce the Mary Duke Biddle Gallery File is processed and open to researchers. This experimental “touch and feel” exhibit allowed patrons who were blind or had visual impairments to have a tactile and interactive experience with art. ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/2024/04/19/rem…
The coincidence that we tweeted this almost precisely one year before #TheTorturedPoetsDepartment... ...or was it coincidence? 🧐 #TSTTPD
The coincidence that we tweeted this almost precisely one year before #TheTorturedPoetsDepartment... ...or was it coincidence? 🧐 #TSTTPD
We're still hiring for the America 250 NC team! This position works on budget management and local grant programs for America 250 programming, as well as serving as a contact for statewide stakeholders. Learn more and apply today at the link below! governmentjobs.com/careers/northc…
Did you know that April is Records and Information Management Month? The Government Records Section has a team of analysts who provide records management services. Learn more about records management and resources in our latest blog post, linked below! ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/2024/04/16/rec…
#OnThisDay in 1776, North Carolina became the first of the colonies to officially call for independence from Great Britain! The resolution became known as the #HalifaxResolves and THAT is why April 12th 1776 is on the North Carolina flag!
Adorable napping pets is par for the course on #NationalPetDay! Photo from the Farmers Cooperative Exchange Photograph Collection, State Archives of North Carolina.
The Spring Charter is available now! Learn about what's been going on at the State Archives recently and what upcoming programming we have planned at the link below! mailchi.mp/6411ec32a562/2…
A snapshot of the man behind the camera! This unidentified Army photographer captured images of the South Vietnamese Army camp during the Vietnam War [circa 1967-1968]. #ArchivesSnapshot #ArchivesHashtagParty 📸VW 22.B1.F3.11
Recently discovered snapshot of Martin Luther King Jr. arriving in Edenton to promote a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) voter registration drive. A reminder to never stop digging in your local archive! #ArchivesSnapshot #ArchivesHashtagParty 📸Copyright N&O
That’s a big camera! This aerial camera was meant to take high-resolution reconnaissance photographs during World War II. U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Hitchcock used this one over Germany in 1944. #ArchivesSnapshot #ArchivesHashtagParty 📸WWII 165.B3.F6.3
On August 6, 1962, four black men decided to take a swim on a hot day at Pullen Pool in Raleigh. Employees closed the pool early in response. Hours later, the City Council closed the pool temporarily, and it was integrated in the next year. #ArchivesSnapshot 📸Copyright N&O
Curious about what's been going on at the State Archives? Read our latest blog post, linked below, to learn about what we've been doing and what we have planned for the coming year! ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/2024/04/04/spr… Photo: the 2024 American 250 Freedom Fellows tour the State Archives.
Davidson County Courthouse in Lexington, NC, is correct! This photo is from the Lenox T. Thornton Photograph Collection.
Davidson County Courthouse in Lexington, NC, is correct! This photo is from the Lenox T. Thornton Photograph Collection.
#MysteryMonday, courthouse edition! What county and city in North Carolina is this historic courthouse located in? 🤔
Easter weekend is pretty warm this year in the Triangle, but some years it can be downright freezing! In 1940, it even snowed - and someone snapped a photo of these two having a blast in Cary. Do you remember any particularly chilly Easters?
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The Black women who helped build Black Wall Street. #WomensHistoryMonth
1/2 In the waning years of the Civil War, Mary Collins forcibly sent enslaved persons to various places in NC in order to prevent the Union Army from emancipating them. This document, made in 1865, indicates the extent that the Collinses brazenly denied African Americans
@NCArchives Fayetteville Market House, erected in 1832 to replace the State House where the U.S. Constitution was ratified by North Carolina in 1789. For some time it was used as a city hall/voting space. People sold goods and traded there. Also used as a space to sell enslaved Black people.
@NCArchives Post-Civil War the African American community participated in Emancipation Parades and included it as a part of the route.
@NCArchives Forgot to add a skirmish during the Civil War was there. In the 1900s, it was saved from demolition by the Fayetteville Women's Club and was later used as a library, art exhibition space, and most recently a museum. included in the National Registry of Historic Landmarks in 1974.
@NCArchives This is my ancestor, Governor Ellis Harris. His father Osborne Harris (1820-1906) was owned by Thomas Whitmell Harris’s in Halifax NC.
@NCArchives He, and his son, attended St. Augustine’s Normal School when it opened in the late 1860s
I’m happy to announce that the National Personnel Records Center has eliminated the 600K backlog of veterans requests for records, which originated during the pandemic. Congrats to this dedicated team of @USNatArchives staff. I will be in St Louis soon to celebrate with you!
It's #NationalHandwritingDay! Time to practice your penmanship. 📷"Citizens' Reference Book: A Text and Reference Book for Pupils and Teachers in Community Schools for Adult Beginners (1922)." NC Digital Collections. digital.ncdcr.gov/documents/deta…
Our last featured collection for 2023: the African American Education collection from @NCArchives! This collection offers a glimpse into the historical aspects of Black education in the region before 1950. Transcribe the collection here: buff.ly/3v5PYWl
On December 4, 1865, the North Carolina General Assembly approved the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery. View the full document here: digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Deta… #13thAmendment #USConstitution
@NCArchives Raleigh. I see the art deco Durham Life Insurance Building at the end of street on right.
A very festive Main Street in Durham, North Carolina, circa 1920. #garlandgoals #NormanRockwell #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesGiftExchange @DurhamNC Do you see your building? 😀 The North Carolina Collection – Durham history research happens here.