In May of 2021, the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room was honored to receive a request from two members of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners to do historical research. They  sought to identify, acknowledge, and address the harm done by systemic racism in the decisions of County government. They asked for historical background to make clear the origins and depth of the problem. 

The Carolina Room took on the task and produed a report. It chronicles the lost potential, communal division, and long-term harm that is the story of racism everywhere. It also features some brave voices raised against it. It does not attempt to tell the whole history of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Such was not our mandate. It does, however, tell a different side of that story, one that emphasizes struggle and problems more than growth and consensus.  

Systemic Racism in Mecklenburg County

p.1-2 - Opening

• p.1 - Title and author credits
• p.2 - Introduction and Themes

pp.3-10 - Politics

• pp.3-8 - "Voting Rights"
• pp.8-10 - "Drawing Districts"

pp.11-19 - Law Enforcement

• pp.11-13 - "The Early Years of the Police Force"
• pp.13-14 - "Early Years of the County Courts and Prisons"
• pp.14-16 - "Imprisonment and Chain Gangs"
• pp.16-17 - "Lynching in Mecklenburg County"
• pp.17-19 - "Criminal Justice into the Present Day"

pp.20-28 - Education

• pp.20-21 - "Before Brown v. Board"
• pp.21-23 - "Brown v. Board and Token Integration"
• pp.23-25 - "Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education"
• pp.25-26 - "The County Resists Swann"
• pp.26-28 - "Resegregation in the 1990s and Onward"

pp.29-40 - Infrastructure and Service Provision

• pp.29-31 - "Health and Healthcare"
• pp.31-33 - "Public Welfare"
• pp.33-35 - "Sanitation"
• pp.35-36 - "Parks and Recreation"
• pp.37-39 - "Library"

p.40 - Closing and Thanks

Visitors to the Carolina Room often ask for help with researching their house, their street, or their neighborhood. They bring questions like, "Who lived where I do or nearby before I moved in?" "How old is my home?" "What kind of farm land was here before it was developed into residences?"

There are a variety of sources that can help one answer such questions - some on paper, some on microfilm, and some in digital form. Mastering them takes both instruction and practice. Now there is a website - The Charlotte History Toolkit - that introduces these resource to persons eager to research local history. It lists the types of sources available, matches them to the kinds of questions the sources can answer, and gives tips on how to use them.

The Toolkit was developed by Tom Hanchett, the Library's Historian-in-Residence for 2019-2020, and by local historian Michael Moore. They tested it in live presentations before groups of researchers. Carol Sawyer then developed the slides into a full-fledged website. Visit it today! You may be surprised at what you learn. 

The following items were added to the Carolina Room collection in the month of October, 2019. They are listed alphabetically by single author or by title. 

• 2010 alumni book : 50th class reunion / Harding High School Class of 1960.
• Bancroft, Jonathan author. Mr. Jenkins Told Me... : "Forgotten Principles That Will Grow Any Business.”
• Baughan, Barbara C., author. Patrick County, Virginia unrecorded documents 1791-1920.
• Beals, Joseph J., Mrs., author. Marriages and related items abstracted from the Clayton Enterprise, newspaper of Clayton, Adams County, Illinois, 1879-1900.
• Campbell, Kimberly Curtis, author. Caroline County, Virginia lost marriage register, 1854-1865, extant marriage register, 1866-1868.
• Comer, James Vann, compiler. Ancestors and descendants of Sheriff Kenneth Henderson Worthy of Moore County, North Carolina, 1850-1856, 1860-1872.
• Comer, James Vann, compiler. Kennedy family of Upper Moore County, N.C..
• Comer, James Vann, compiler. The descendants of Colonel Archibald McDugald, Sr. and Rebecca Buie.
• Comer, James Vann, compiler. Williamson family of Upper Moore County, N.C.
• Crisp 'n curls / presented by the student body of Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing. 1980
• Crook, Betty Ross, abstracter. Hill County, Texas, divorce records, 1896 to 1947.
• Dill, Harry F., author. Some slaveholders and their slaves, Union Parish, Louisiana, 1839-1865.
• Duncan, Patricia B., author. Loudoun County, Virginia marriages after 1850 : volume 2 : 1881-1900. V 2
• Elizabethan. 1908 (Yearbook for Elizabeth College)
• Fisher, Therese A., compiler. Marriages of Caroline County, Virginia, 1777-1853.
• Hartford, Connecticut land records: 1639-1688 and Births, marriages and deaths: 1644-1730. V 1-2
• A History of Tallmadge, Ohio : "Town 2, range 10" as it was--as it is.
• Imaginations : ... literary magazine / Oakhurst Elementary. 1991
• Jug Tavern & Environs (now Winder & Barrow County, Georgia) : newspaper clippings, 1835-1893.
• Kilbourne, Elizabeth Evans, author. Coffee County, Georgia, newspaper clippings. V 6
• Link, J. Lester, author. Marriages of Jefferson County, [West] Virginia : 1801 through 1890.
• Lorain County, Ohio, marriages : Book 1, 1824-1838 / Lakewood Chapter, DAR.
• Malloy, Mary Gordon, compiler. Abstracts of wills, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1776-1825.
• Markie, Carolyn Winn, compiler. Marriages in Mathews County, Virginia, 1861-1900.
• Martin, Yvonne E., abstracter. Marriages and deaths from Steuben County, New York newspapers, 1797-1868.
• Meldrum, Charlotte D. Johnston County, North Carolina marriages, 1764-1867.
• Mercilite / [Mercy School of Nursing, Charlotte, N.C.] 1948, 1965
• Merritt, Beverly transcriber. Birth records of Henry County, Virginia : 1853 thru 1876.
• Mieswinkel, Fred G., compiler. Lawrence County Missouri marriage records. V 1
• The mirror / West Charlotte High School. 1948
• New Castle Township : history-photos & cemetery readings.
• Peden, Henry C., Jr., 1946- author. Harford County, Maryland, marriages and family relationships, 1861-1870.
• Prism / Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing. 1988
• Putnam County cemeteries. V 3
• Sententia / South Mecklenburg High School. 1995
• Sherman, Renee Britt, compiler. Brooke County, Virginia/West Virginia licenses and marriages, 1797-1874.
• Sisi : annual publication of Charlotte College. 1958
• Sparacio, Ruth, compiler. Caroline County, Virginia order book. 1773-78
• Wright, Kathy J., compiler. 1998 cemetery inscriptions, Paint Township, Ross County, Ohio.
• [Yearbook] / Hickory Grove Baptist Christian School. 2012

The following titles have been added to the Carolina Room collection in the month of September, 2019:

 

Abercrombie, Janice L. Virginia revolutionary "publick" claims, V 1-3

Benton County Genealogical Society (Tenn.) Death notices from Benton County, Tennessee newspapers, V 5

Bettinger, Blaine T. The Family Tree guide to DNA testing and genetic genealogy, 2019

Bowen, Jeff. Applications for Enrollment of Choctaw Newborn, Act of 1905, V 1-20

Bowen, Jeff. Cherokee intermarried white, 1906, V 1-10

Bowen, Jeff. Choctaw by blood enrollment cards, 1898-1914, V 1-10

Bowen, Jeff. Native American wills and probate records, 1911-1921 : including 76 never before published wills

Brandt, Kathleen Strader. Colored people marriage records, 1865-1970 [Saline Co., MO]

Brewer, Lewis, Mrs. White county, Indiana marriages, 1834-65

Camden, Laura L. Mennonites in Texas : the quiet in the land

Cemetery inscriptions, Stark County, Ohio, V 7

Chiarito, Marian Dodson. Marriages of Halifax County, Virginia, 1801-31

Cox, Connie Waldrep. Cross County, Arkansas, marriage records, 1863-1942

Crouse, Randy F. McNew. Russell County, Virginia marriages, 1923-35

Davis, Eliza Timberlake. Frederick County, Virginia, marriages : 1771-1825

Dudley, Wade G. Historic photos of North Carolina

Elder, Pat Spurlock. Jackson County, Tennessee court transcripts : earliest extant cases, V 1-3

First Baptist Church, Sanford, NC, 1893-1993

Forrester, Margaret L. (Margaret Lumpkin). Home birth records of Dr. Chichester Tapscott Peirce, 1919-1954 : Lancaster, Richmond and Northumberland counties in Virginia

Gorin, Sandra Kaye Laughery. Decisions of the Kentucky Court of Appeals : fall term 1817 through fall term 1821, for the counties of: Adair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Hardin, Logan & Warren Counties

Granbery, Julian Hastings. John Granbery, Virginia

Great Falls Genealogy Society. Early settlers of Great Falls, 1884-1920, V 1-2

Greenwood, Martrue Hutcheson. The loving Irish -- the Gillilands

Greve, Charles Theodore. Centennial history of Cincinnati and representative citizens, V 1

Harris, C. Leon. Revolutionary warriors and widows of Henry, Franklin, Patrick & Floyd counties of Virginia

Hesson, Julie Chapin. Mason County, West Virginia marriages, 1806 to 1915

Historical sketch of First Baptist Church of Sanford, N.C.

The history of Zion Hill Baptist Church, 1895-1995

Holcomb, Brent. Anson County, North Carolina, deed abstracts, 1749-1766, abstracts of wills & estates, 1749-1795

Hynson, Jerry M. Kent County, Maryland marriages, 1865-88

King, Marquis Fayette. Publishments, marriages, births, and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine

Lee, Alfred E. History of the city of Columbus, capital of Ohio, V 2

Marriages of Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1795-1843

Meyer, Mary Keysor. Baltimore City, Maryland, birth records, 1865-94

Phillips, Richard Hayes. Without indentures : index to white slave children in colonial court records [Maryland and Virginia]

Pickens, Cathy. Charlotte true crime stories : notorious cases from fraud to serial killing

Pierce, Alycon Trubey. Selected final pension payment vouchers, 1818-1864. South Carolina : Charleston

Ports, Michael A. Bibb County, Georgia superior court trial records 1822-42

Ports, Michael A. Elbert County, Georgia superior court minutes

Shared stories : African Americans in North Mecklenburg

Shulvass, Moses A. From East to West : the westward migration of Jews from Eastern Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Sistler, Byron. Campbell County, Tennessee, marriages, 1838-81

Sistler, Byron. Claiborne County, Tennessee, marriages, 1838-91

Sistler, Byron. Davidson County, Tennessee, marriages, 1838-63

Sistler, Byron. Roane County, Tennessee marriages, 1856-75

Sparacio, Ruth. Order book abstracts of Caroline County, Virginia, 1772-73

Sparacio, Ruth. Order book abstracts of Caroline County, Virginia, 1781-83

Stanford, Herbert W., III. In our country's service : a biographical dictionary of the men and women from Carteret County, North Carolina who served during World War I, 1917-19

Sterling, Robin. Marion County, Alabama marriages, 1887-1930

Syfert, Scott. Eminent Charlotteans : twelve historical profiles from North Carolina's Queen City

Thode, Ernest. Swiss Pioneers of Southeastern Ohio : The Re-Discovered 1819 Settlements of Jacob Tisher, Baron Rudolph de Steiguer, & Ludwig Gall (plus John Joseph Labarthe in Louisiana)

Tucker, Emily. Faulkner County, Arkansas, marriages 1873-1925

Voices of Carolina slave children

Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Marriages of Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1838-1850 & Campbell County, Tennessee, 1838-53

Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Marriages of Grainger County, Tennessee, 1796-1837

Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Marriages of Wilson County, Tennessee, 1802-50

Williams, Jacqueline Hogan. Dallas County, Missouri tombstone inscriptions

Williams, Jacqueline Hogan. Howell County, Missouri, direct index to circuit court records, 1855-82

Williams, Jacqueline Hogan. Howell County, Missouri, personal property tax books, 1875 & 1885 : and West Plains, Missouri, school records, 1884-87

Williams, Jacqueline Hogan. Tombstone inscriptions of Christian Co., Mo.

Williams, Kathleen Booth. Marriages of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 1806-30

The following items have been added to the Carolina Room collection in August of 2019:

• Fighting for General Lee : Confederate General Rufus Barringer and the North Carolina Cavalry Brigade / Barringer, Sheridan.
• North Carolina Literary Review : 2018 / Margaret D. Bauer, editor.
• Historic Photos of North Carolina / Dudley, Wade G./ Steve Cox, editor.
• Over 225 Years of Keys/ Keyes : Families in Eastern North Carolina / Bunyon Keys.
• Confederate Gold : A Modern-day Romp Through the Civil War History of Richmond, Virginia / Penn Miller.
• The Twentieth Maine : a volunteer regiment in the Civil War / by John J. Pullen.
• The Robertson genealogy exchange / Tom Robertson.
• From East to West : The Westward Migration of Jews from Eastern Europe During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries / Moses A. Shulvass
• Eminent Charlotteans : twelve historical profiles from North Carolina's Queen City / Scott Syfert.
• Biographical register of the Confederate Congress / Ezra J. Warner and W. Buck Yearns.
• A Brief history of artists in Eastern North Carolina / Ben Alden Watford, Jon Derby, Lisa Bisbee.
• Shared stories : African Americans in North Mecklenburg / edited by Jan Blodgett, Kapil Vasudev, Loretta Wertheimer. Vol. 1

The following items were added to the Carolina Room collection in July, 2019:

 

Books

 

________, A guide to voluntary training and training requirements in OSHA standards.    1990
________, A guide to voluntary training and training requirements in OSHA standards.    1992
________, CP & L Project Share : training / Public Assistance Section.    
________, --if you're interested in Patterson families of the South : an analysis : (for those hell-bent on verified genealogy) / compiled for Jerold A. Patterson by the Trust for Verified Genealogy.    
________, Inauguration 1997 : education is our future, it's everything, Raleigh, North Carolina, January 10-11, 1997.    1997
________, Palmetto portraits project : a collaboration among the Medical University of South Carolina, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston, and South Carolina State Museum / [editor Mark Sloan].    
________, Turtle Mountain Reservation, Chippewa Indians 1932 census : with births & deaths, 1924-1932 / transcribed by Jeff Bowen.    
________, U.S. census of housing, 1960. City blocks : Charlotte, North Carolina / prepared under the supervision of Wayne F. Daugherty, Chief, Housing Division.    1960
Baker, Natalie Montgomery, compiler.    Martin County, Indiana, birth records / compiled by Natalie (Montgomery) Baker.    
Belcher, Dennis W., 1950-, author.    The 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War : a history and roster / Dennis W. Belcher.    
Bierle, Sarah Kay, author.    Call out the cadets : the Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864 / by Sarah Kay Bierle.    
Brick Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)    Personal records of the Brick Presbyterian church in the city of New York, 1809-1908 : including births, baptisms, marriages, admissions to membership, dismissions, deaths, etc., arranged in alphabetical order / edited by Shepherd Knapp.    
Carleton, Hiram, 1838- compiler.    Genealogical and family history of the state of Vermont : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation / compiled under the editorial supervision of Hon. Hiram Carleton.    V 1
Carleton, Hiram, 1838- compiler.    Genealogical and family history of the state of Vermont : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation / compiled under the editorial supervision of Hon. Hiram Carleton.    V 2
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Women's Summit (2012 : Charlotte, N.C.)    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Women's Summit 2012 action book : the latest on the economic and social wellbeing of women in our community.    2012
Chase, Levi B. (Levi Badger), 1832- author.    A genealogy and historical notices of the family of Plimpton or Plympton in America, and of Plumpton in England / by Levi B. Chase.    
Chiarito, Marian Dodson, compiler.    List of voters for elections of Burgesses, 1764-1769 : Halifax County, Virginia / compiled by Marian Dodson Chiarito.    
Compton, Stephen C., author.    Seagrove potteries through time / Stephen C. Compton.    
Comstock, C. B. (Cyrus Ballou), 1831-1910, compiler.    A Comstock genealogy : descendants of William Comstock of New London, Conn., who died after 1662: ten generations / compiled by Cyrus B. Comstock.    
Frazier, Eugene, Sr., author.    A history of James Island slave descendants & plantation owners : the bloodline / Eugene Frazier, Sr.    
Frazier, Eugene, Sr., author.    James Island : stories from slave descendants / Eugene Frazier, Sr.    
Frost, Josephine C., compiler.    Quaker births, marriages and deaths, from Hartland Monthly Meeting, Niagara County, N.Y. / Josephine C. Frost, Friends, Society of. Hartland Monthly Meeting.    
Grundy, Pamela, author.    Learning to win : sports, education, and social change in twentieth-century North Carolina / Pamela Grundy.    
Grundy, Pamela, author.    Shattering the glass : the remarkable history of women's basketball / Pamela Grundy and Susan Shackelford.    
Hammett, Wilma S. (Wilma Scott)    Interior design / [prepared by Wilma Hammett].    
Hanna, Sam, author.    The Farrells of Donegal : and associated families / Sam Hanna.    
Kilbourne, Elizabeth Evans, author.    Coffee County, Georgia, newspaper clippings / by Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne.    V 4
Kilbourne, Elizabeth Evans, author.    Coffee County, Georgia, newspaper clippings / by Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne.    V 5
McClain, W. E., Mrs., compiler.    Lauderdale County, Alabama marriages, 1820-1857 / typed and indexed by Mrs. W.E. McClain.    
Melugin, Ron, author.    Heroes, scoundrels and angels : Fairview Cemetery of Gainesville, Texas / Ron Melugin.    
Moss, John, author.    Great British family names and their history : what's in a name? / John Moss.    
Phillips, Ted, author.    City of the silent : the Charlestonians of Magnolia Cemetery / Ted Ashton Phillips, Jr. ; edited by Thomas J. Brown ; foreword by Josephine Humphreys ; afterword by Alice McPherson Phillips.    
Newsome, Hampton, author.    The fight for the Old North State : the Civil War in North Carolina, January-May 1864 / Hampton Newsome.    
North Carolina. Executive Department.    Commissions to hold court (Mecklenburg County, North Carolina), 1886-1951.    
Petersen, Svend, 1911- author.    A statistical history of the American presidential elections / Svend Petersen.    
Ports, Michael A. (Writer on genealogy)    Jefferson County, Georgia tax lists / by Michael A. Ports.    1796-1803
Ports, Michael A. (Writer on genealogy)    Jefferson County, Georgia tax lists / by Michael A. Ports.    1804-08
Ports, Michael A. (Writer on genealogy)    Jefferson County, Georgia tax lists / by Michael A. Ports.    1809-13
Potter, Jennifer, 1949- author.    The Jamestown brides : the story of England's "Maids for Virginia" / Jennifer Potter.    
Ramsey, Claire, compiler.    Wilson County, Kansas marriages, 1864-1900 / compiled by Claire Ramsey.    
Reichert Powell, Douglas, author.    Endless caverns : an underground journey into the show caves of Appalachia / Douglas Reichert Powell.    
Robinson, Ruth, author.    Why they love to learn : the Mecklenburg program of individualized reading and the language arts in the elementary grades / by Ruth Robinson.    
Ronk, Daniel T., 1852-1930, author.    Schoonmaker family births, marriages and deaths : copied from old church and cemetery records / by Daniel T. Ronk.    
Russell, Isaac S., 1826-, author.    A genealogy of a Steer family : comprising some of the ancestors and nearly all the descendants of Joseph and Grace (Edgerton) Steer / by Isaac S. Russell.    
Salem (Mass.)    Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 : V2, Births.    V 2
Schulz, Margaret J.    Los Angeles County California deaths, 1873-1899 / by Margaret J. Schulz.    1873-99
Skinner, V. L. (Vernon Lee), Jr., compiler.    Abstracts of the debt books of the Provincial Land Office of Maryland : Calvert County / by V.L. Skinner, Jr.    V 1
Skinner, V. L. (Vernon Lee), Jr., compiler.    Abstracts of the debt books of the Provincial Land Office of Maryland : Calvert County / by V.L. Skinner, Jr.    V 2
Skinner, V. L. (Vernon Lee), Jr., compiler.    Abstracts of the debt books of the Provincial Land Office of Maryland : Kent County / by V.L. Skinner, Jr.    V 1
Skinner, V. L. (Vernon Lee), Jr., compiler.    Abstracts of the debt books of the Provincial Land Office of Maryland : Kent County / by V.L. Skinner, Jr.    V 2
Skinner, V. L. (Vernon Lee), Jr., compiler.    Abstracts of the debt books of the Provincial Land Office of Maryland : Kent County / by V.L. Skinner, Jr.    V 3
Skinner, V. L. (Vernon Lee), Jr., transcriber.    Abstracts of the debt books of the Provincial Land Office of Maryland : Queen Anne's County / by V.L. Skinner, Jr.    V 1
Skinner, V. L. (Vernon Lee), Jr., transcriber.    Abstracts of the debt books of the Provincial Land Office of Maryland : Queen Anne's County / by V.L. Skinner, Jr.    V 2
Slevin, Ruth M., compiler.    Jennings County, Indiana, marriages: 1837-May, 1866 : books 3-6 / compiled by Ruth Slevin.    
Slevin, Ruth M., compiler.    Tipton County, Indiana, marriages, 1844-1870 / Ruth M. Slevin.    
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of the Inspector General.    Costs claimed by the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, Inc., under EPA grant No. X96418405.    
Walker, Jason, 1975- author.    Texas State Cemetery / Jason Walker and Will Erwin with Helen Thompson ; epilogue by Governor Rick Perry ; photographs by Laurence Parent ; additional photographs by Will Erwin.    
Whitmore, William Henry, 1836-1900, author.    A brief genealogy of the Usher family of New England / by W. H. Whitmore.    
Wilmington (Mass. : Town)    Wilmington records of births, marriages and deaths, from 1730 to 1898 / alphabetically and chronologically arranged by James E. Kelley. Edward M. Nichols, town clerk.    
Zielonka, David M., 1935-2003, author.    Eager immigrants : a survey of the life and Americanization of Jewish immigrants to the United States / by David M. Zielonka ... and Robert J. Wechman....    
        
 

Audio Recordings

 

Aiken, Clay, 1978- performer.    Steadfast / Clay Aiken. 
Aiken, Clay, 1978- performer.    Tried & true / Clay Aiken.

Avett Brothers, performer.    The gleam / the Avett Brothers.    
Avett Brothers, performer.    The second gleam / the Avett Brothers.    
Avett Brothers. performer.    A Carolina jubilee / the Avett Brothers.    
Caesar, Shirley, 1938- performer.    Harvest gospel / Shirley Caesar.    
Caesar, Shirley, 1938- performer.    Platinum gospel Shirley Caesar.    
Covington, Bucky. performer.    Bucky Covington.    
Covington, Bucky. performer.    Good guys / Bucky Covington.    
Hiss Golden Messenger (Musical group), performer.    Bad debt / Hiss Golden Messenger.    
Hiss Golden Messenger (Musical group), performer.    Poor moon / Hiss Golden Messenger.    
Kee, John P., performer.    The legacy project / John P. Kee.    
Mount Moriah (Musical group), performer.    Miracle temple / Mount Moriah.    
Mount Moriah (Musical group), performer.    Mount Moriah.    
Pickler, Kellie, 1986- performer.    The very best of Kellie Pickler.    
Superchunk (Musical group)    I hate music / Superchunk.    
Superchunk (Musical group)    Indoor living / Superchunk.    
Whiskeytown (Musical group), performer.    Pneumonia / Whiskeytown.    

A video in the Carolina Room collection has been digitized and made publicly available.

In 1968, the Charlotte, North Carolina, Chamber of Commerce sponsored a promotional film entitled "Discover Charlotte." The film featured the narration of CBS News correspondent and Charlotte native, Charles Kuralt, and music by local composer, Loonis McGlohon.

The film introduces Charlotte by describing the trucking and banking industries, emphasizing Charlotte's place as a hub for the exchange of information, goods, and money. It also gives glimpses inside the Observer workroom, a steel mill, a modernized textile mill, and other businesses. There are scenes of schools, colleges, churches, arts groups, and citizens in political gatherings. It includes aerial shots and shots taken from cars driving through neighborhoods, and shows scenes of the Easter service at Freedom Park (April 14, 1968). "Discover Charlotte" was filmed in the month that Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. It shows scenes of integrated workplaces and classrooms, a discussion among police officers over how to build trust, and a glimpse of dilapidated neighborhoops while mentioning Charlotte's participation in the federal Model Cities program.

The entire 53-minute color film of life in Charlotte may be viewed at the website of the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center.

News…From the Carolina Room

Jane Johnson

Manager, Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room

Main Library, 310 N. Tryon, Charlotte, NC

704-416-0152

 

It has been my pleasure to serve the public for the last 21 years as an employee of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. I want to thank all who have come here to use our space in the Main Library for research, those who have donated time, materials and volunteer hours, and those who use cmstory.org and have not had the pleasure to visit us in person. With this last newsletter, I want to introduce you to Leonora Kaufmann, who is the new Carolina Room Manager, until my replacement is hired. If you need assistance, please do not hesitate to call and ask for her or the NCR staff at 704-416-0150. Librarian Shelia Bumgarner has volunteer to continue the newsletter, so you will hear from her in the future about our great new resources and programs.

 

Our cataloguers have been extremely busy to add these new materials to our collection between 8/1/2018 and 8/31/2018. To search the Library’s entire catalog, please visit https://www.cmlibrary.org/. To learn more about library services and programs, go to https://cmlibrary.org/services.

 

• 100 Lost Architectural Treasures of Old Charlotte
• 1939 Unsolved Murder of Bob Hines in Richmond County, North Carolina, The
• Arbiters of Compromise: Sectionalism, Unionism, and Secessionism in Maryland and North Carolina, The
• Atlas Map of Morgan County, IL (1872)
• Bethel Presbyterian Church, York Co., SC; Bethel Cemetery, Vol. II
• Biographical History of Clark and Jackson Counties, Wisconsin (1891)
• Camden County North Carolina, Road Records (1860-1926)
• Carteret County North Carolina, Road Records (1774-1905); Bridge Record (1888); Ferry Record (1813)
• Caswell County N. C. Road Records 1785-1872
• Caswell County N.C. Bridge Records 1787-1872
• Caswell County North Carolina Ordinary Bonds (Tavern Records), (1777-1815)
• Catawba County North Carolina Road Records (1874-1911); Bridge Records (1869-1896)
• Chatham County N. C. Road and Bridge Records, Vol. 1, 1781-1899
• Chatham County N. C. Road and Bridge Records, Vol. 2, 1900-1921
• Cherokee County North Carolina Road Records (1874-1927); Bridge Records (1872-1920)
• Chowan County N. C. Ordinary Records (1738-1799)
• Chowan County N. C. Road Records, Volume 2 (1820-1844)
• Chowan County N. C. Road Records,Volume 3 (1845-1912
• Cleveland County North Carolina Bridge Records (1842-1891); Mill Records (1850-1896)
• Cleveland County North Carolina Road Records (1841-1867)
• Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of York Ontario, Illustrated (1907); (Canada)
• Concise History Of The Iron Manufacture Of The American Colonies Up To The Revolution: And Of Pennsylvania Until The Present Time, The (1876)
• Coppage Coppedge Chronicle II 1542-1998
• Crowns of Charlotte, (Poems)
• Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time, A (1886)
• Dare County North Carolina Road Records (1879-1925)
• Days and Events 1860-1866 (18^th New Hampshire Volunteers)
• Development of Law Pertaining to Desegregation of Public Schools in North Carolina, The
• Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book of American Business, The
• Effects of the Urban Heat Island on Anurans in Remnant and Stormwater Control Ponds in the Charlotte Metropolitan Region
• Eternity At The End of a Rope, Executions, Lynchings and Vigilante Justice in Texas 1819-1923
• Fourth Survey District of Tennessee 1808-1810: Anderson-Bledsoe-Campbell-Knox-Overton-Rhea-Roane Counties, TN
• Fulton County, Georgia Marriage Records 1854-1902
• Fulton County, Georgia Marriage Records 1866-1902 (“Colored” Books A-G)
• Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas (1900)
• Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County Pennsylvania, Vol. 1
• Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County Pennsylvania, Vol. 1I
• Groundwater Availability in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North and South Carolina
• Halifax County North Carolina Road Records (1808-1921)
• Henderson County North Carolina Road Records (1842-1884); Mill Records (1859-1868)
• Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley Wisconsin (1891-1892)
• History of Barrington Township and Vicinity, Shelburne Co., Nova Scotia 1604-1870, A
• History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties Wisconsin, Vol. I
• History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties Wisconsin, Vol. II
• History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin, Part I (1884)
• History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin, Part II (1884)
• History of Dane County, Wisconsin
• History of Dodge County, Wisconsin
• History of Dunn County Wisconsin, Part I (1925)
• History of Dunn County Wisconsin, Part II (1925)
• History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin
• History of Grant County, Wisconsin
• History of Iowa County, Wisconsin
• History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin
• History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin
• History of La Fayette County, Wisconsin
• History of Pickens County, Alabama From Its First Settlement in Eighteen Hundred and Seventeen, to Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-Six
• History of Stanstead County, Province of Quebec, With Sketches of More Than Five Hundred Families, The (1874)
• History of the County of Annapolis (Maryland, 1897)
• History of the County of Ayr: with a Genealogical Account of the Families of Ayrshire, Vol. I (Scotland)
• History of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment Volunteer Infantry in the Rebellion war 1861-1865, A
• History of the Fifteenth Connecticut Volunteers in the War for the Defense of the Union 1861-1865, The
• History of the Fifteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers 1862-1863
• History of The Fifteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers
• History of the First New Hampshire Regiment in the War of the Revolution (1868)
• History of the First Regiment (Massachusetts Infantry); (1866)
• History of the Sixteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers
• History of the Tenth Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery In The War Of The Rebellion 1862-1865
• Jefferson County, Tennessee 1836 Tennessee Civil Districts and Tax Lists
• Jefferson County, Tennessee Dumplin Baptist Church Minutes 1797-1860
• Jesse Paty Line: Covering Patys of Mecklenburg Co. NC, Smith, Warren, Bedford Counties TN, The
• Latino Narratives of Educational Experience in the Greater Charlotte Area
• Lincoln County North Carolina, Road Records, Vol. 3, (1833-1869)
• Lumpkin County Georgia Cemeteries
• Madison County, Georgia Marriage Records 1812-1909
• Madison County, Tennessee Guardian Renewal Bonds 1868-1879
• Marriage Books A and C 1853-1870 Coffee County, Tennessee
• Marshall County, Tennessee Marriage Bonds, Vol. 2, 1849-1865
• Memorial of The Great Rebellion: Being A History of The Fourteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers 1862-1865, A
• Milton County, Georgia Marriage Records 1865-1931
• Mountain Girl (Fiction)
• N. C. State Land Grant Entry Book (1778) Orange County Volume 1 Grants #1-1000
• N. C. State Land Grant Entry Book (1779-1795) Orange County, Volume 2
• Nash County North Carolina Road Records (1768-1833)
• Nash County North Carolina, Bridge Records (1779-1834) and Mill Records (1782-1875)
• Native Plants of the Southeast
• New Hanover County North Carolina, Road, Bridge, and Ferry Records (1798-1907)
• North Carolina and the Great War 1914-1918
• On Western Trails In The Early Seventies:Frontier Pioneer Life In The Canadian North-West
• Ontaroga, Lees-McRae College, 1965
• Ontaroga, Lees-McRae College, 1966
• Orange County N. C. Bridge Records 1787-1865
• Orange County N. C. Ejectments, Vol. 1 (1787-1814)
• Orange County N. C. Ejectments, Vol. 2 (1817-1832)
• Orange County N. C. Ejectments, Vol. 3 (1833-1849)
• Orange County N. C. Ejectments, Vol. 4 (1850-1902)
• Orange County N. C. Land Records Volume 2 (1850-1899)
• Orange County N. C. Land Records, Volume 1 (1752-1849)
• Orange County N. C. Lost Deed Records (1752-1769)
• Orange County N. C. Mill Records (1782-1859)
• Orange County N. C. Road Records Vol. 1, 1786-1820
• Orange County N. C. Road Records Vol. 2, 1820-1849
• Orange County N. C. Road Records Vol. 3, 1850-1883
• Orange County N. C. Superior Court Civil Actions Concerning Land Vol. 1 (1778-1832)
• Orange County N. C. Superior Court Civil Actions Concerning Land Vol. 2 (1835-1869)
• Orange County N. C. Suspended State Land Grants (1782-1808)
• Orange County N.D. Miscellaneous Deeds (1764-1925)
• Overton County, Tennessee Deed Book A 1792-1808
• “Ours.” Annals of 10^th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, in the Rebellion (1875)
• Pamlico County North Carolina Road and Bridge Records (1876-1911)
• Paty Story, The, Vol. 1, 1602-2006
• Paty Stumps & Limbs
• Pioneer Days in Kansas
• Pitt County N. C. Road Records (1858-1899) Bridge Record (1866) Mill Records (1861-1867)
• Polk County, Florida Cemeteries, Vols. I-IX
• Portrait and Biographical Album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara Counties, Wisconsin (1890)
• Portrait and Biographical Record of Leavenworth Douglas and Franklin Counties…Kansas
• ‘Public Order Is Even More Important Than The Rights of Negroes’: Race and Recreation in Charlotte, NC 1927-1973
• Registers of Bruton, Co. Somerset, 1554-1680, The (England)
• Relief from Judgment in North Carolina Civil Cases, 2015
• Roane County, Tennessee Minute Book A 1801-1805
• Rosie The Riveter and the Kitchen Soldier: Fighting the Second World War From Wilmington, NC
• Stories Of Pennsylvania: Or School Readings From Pennsylvania History (1897)
• Story Of Lancaster, Old And New: Being A Narrative History Of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, From 1730 To The Centennial Year, 1918, The (1917)
• Story of One Regiment, The Eleventh Maine Infantry Volunteers In the War of the Rebellion, The
• Sullivan County, Tennessee Early Tax List 1796, 1797, 1811-1812
• Survey of Brooks County, Georgia White Cemeteries
• Tar River Blounts and a Transitional Maritime Cultural Landscape, 1778-1802 (NC)
• Tate Street, That Great Street: Culture, Community, and Memory in Greensboro, NC
• Three Years in the Army, The Story of the Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteers
• Towns County, Georgia Cemeteries
• Translation Policies and the Role of English/Spanish Translation in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
• Turkey Creek Presbyterian Church (Lee Co., SC)
• Wanted! U. S. Criminal Records, Sources & Research Methodology

 

Circulating Collection

 

• Bernhardt Family 1575-1980, The
• Columbus County North Carolina Recollections and Records (NC)
• First Families of Tennessee, An Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-Day Descendants
• Heritage of Davidson County (NC), The
• History of Augusta County, Virginia
• History of Davie County (NC)
• History of Pickens County, Alabama
• Legal Aspects of Conscription and Exemption in North Carolina 1861-1865
• Marriage and Death Notices from the Western Carolinian (Salisbury, North Carolina) 1820-1842
• Spartanburg County South Carolina Will Abstracts 1787-1840

 

Yearbooks

 

• Blue Devil, J. M. Alexander Junior High, 1961
• Cougars, Wake Forest-Rolesville Junior High, North Carolina, 1972
• Idlewild Elementary School, 2002
• Mallard Creek Elementary School, 2003
• Pine Needles, UNC-G, 1972
• Randolph Middle School, Charlotte, 1997
• Randolph Middle School, Charlotte, 1998
• Sedgefield Middle School, Charlotte, 1993
• Shocker, South Charlotte Middle School, 1999
• Signing Off, Alexander Graham Junior High School, Charlotte, 1951
• Stride, Jay M. Robinson Middle School, Charlotte, 2013
• Stride, Jay M. Robinson Middle School, Charlotte, 2014
• The Cornelian, Cornelius High School, Cornelius, NC, 1948 (photocopy)
• The White Cap, Watts School of Nursing, Durham, NC, 1983
• The White Cap, Watts School of Nursing, Durham, NC, 1984
• Viking, North Mecklenburg High School, 1962
• Viking, North Mecklenburg High School, 1963
• Viking, North Mecklenburg High School, 1964

 

News…From the Carolina Room

Jane Johnson

Manager, Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room

Main Library, 310 N. Tryon, Charlotte, NC

704-416-0152; jjohnson@cmlibrary.org

 

 

We welcomed our new archivist, Sydney Vaile, this month. She most recently was at Mt. Vernon, working with their collections, and has had experience in the National Archives in Washington as well. She got her library degree from the University of Maryland. Please stop by and introduce yourself, next time you visit the Carolina Room.

 

Did you ever hear that if someone did not do something, they might end up in the “Poor House?” Well, a “Poor House” was the way most counties in the country dealt with their indigent population, prior to Social Security benefits and other forms of government assistance. Mecklenburg County provided for their citizens in such a way, beginning in 1833. The Carolina Room has a new exhibit to showcase how we cared for our own. The most recent Mecklenburg County Home was located where the Carolinas HealthCare University (Atrium) and University City Library are, near the intersection of N. Tryon and W. T. Harris Blvd. The cemetery, for those residents who died while in the care of the county, is across the street in a grove of trees.

 

Since nursing homes, memory care units and treatment centers had not yet come of age, all residents were just indigent. Many had physical and mental health problems that led to their admission. Some married other residents, and others left with family members. We have a ledger for a limited time in the Carolina Room, that shows the dates of admission and release, or outcome of their stay. It was for men and women of all races, though segregated in their living spaces. Community groups visited, often at holidays, to bring treats and entertainment. Listen to Lois Yandle interview John Miller, the son of a former superintendent, who grew up at the Mecklenburg County Home, and observed the daily routines of his father and others working with the residents. To learn more, please visit

https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/mecklenburg-county-poor-house-and-county-home-0

 

We recently received many years of Davidson College yearbooks. We already had most issues, that could be requested. However, this nice donation makes most years now available for browsing in the public area.

 

To search the Library’s entire catalog, please visit https://www.cmlibrary.org/. To learn more about library services and programs, go to https://cmlibrary.org/services.

 

These materials were added to our collection between 7/1/2018 and 7/31/2018.

 

 

• Abraham Lincoln, 6 vol. set by Carl Sandburg
• Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of the So-Called Southern Confederacy (GA)
• Annals of Sandy Spring or Twenty Years History of A Rural Community In Maryland (3 vols.)
• Annotated Obituaries Pertaining to the People Of Madison Co., Arkansas 1920-1929
• Annotated Obituaries Pertaining to the People Of Madison Co., Arkansas 1930-1939
• Annotated Obituaries Pertaining to the People Of Madison Co., Arkansas 1940-1949
• Annotated Obituaries Pertaining to the People Of Madison Co., Arkansas 1950-1959
• The Baughman-Everhard Church Chippawa Township Wayne Co., OH, Records 1817-1871
• The Big Sandy Valley (Kentucky)
• The Biographical Annals of Ohio, 1902-1903
• Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio (Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, 1893)
• The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge
• Bruton Book Includes Brutons of Montgomery, Cabarrus and Mecklenburg Counties North Carolina
• Bruton Families of Montgomery and Mecklenburg Counties North Carolina
• Bryan Station Heroes and Heroines (KY)
• Buyers’ Guide to Southern Hosier and Knitwear Manufacturers 1943-1944, 6th ed.
• Camp Bowie, Fort Worth 1917-1918 (Texas, WW I, 36th Division, Army)
• Carolina Camera (WBTV News)
• Carthage-Smith County, TN Newspapers, Vol. 1: 1809-1913
• Cemeteries of Auburn Township, (Sangamon Co., IL)
• Cemetery Records of Bedford County Tennessee Revised (1985)
• The Census of the United States, Union Co., KY; A List of Early Union Co. Pioneers; Rev. War Pensions of Union Co.; Index to Wills…1811-1815; An Index to Taxable Property of 1799 Now in Union Co.
• The Centennial Celebration of the Foundation of the University of Maryland (1908)
• Centennial History of Hardin County, Ohio (1933)
• Centennial History of Licking County, Ohio (1876)
• Chancery and Common Pleas Court Records, Fayette Co., OH 1828-1878
• Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Master Plan Update (1985)
• Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Master Plan Update (1986)
• The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Opportunity Task Force Report (3/2017)
• Collin County, Texas, Families, Vol. 1
• Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Harrison and Carroll, OH
• Compendium of Historical Sources
• Compendium of the 10th Census, (1880, 2 vols.)
• The County of Highland, A History of Highland County, Ohio (1902)
• Death Notices from the People’s Press (Salem, NC) 1851-1892
• DeKalb County Cemeteries (TN)
• DeKalb County Death Certificates 1904- 1925
• DeKalb County Tennessee Wills, Vol. 2, 1854-1900
• DeKalb County Tennessee Wills, Vol. 3, 1900-1934
• DeKalb County, Tennessee, Chancery Court Records 1844-1892
• Every Name Index to the 1896 Plat Book of Cottonwood County, Minnesota
• First and Early Settlers of Hennepin Co., Minnesota
• The Franklintonian, 1984-1986 (Franklin Co, OH)
• The Garrison Church, Sketches of the History of St. Thomas’ Parish Garrison Forest, Baltimore Co., Maryland 1742-1852
• Genealogical Records, Churches; San Hills Chapter DAR (Nebraska)
• A Genealogist’s Workbook for The First One Hundred Year of Bowling Green, 1833-1933 (KY)
• Georgetown and Scott County, Images of America Series (Kentucky)
• A Glimpse at Owatonna and Steele County, Minnesota
• Gone But Not Forgotten (Supplement to DeKalb County Cemetery Book)
• Grayson Co., Kentucky Cemeteries, Vol. I
• Grayson Co., Kentucky Cemeteries, Vol. II
• Grayson Co., Kentucky Cemeteries, Vol. III
• Hamilton Co., OH Burial Records, Vol. 15, Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery 1850-2002
• High Point University, The Premier Life Skills University (2018)
• A Historical Sketch of Mason County, Kentucky
• History of Baltimore City and County, Part I (Maryland)
• History of Baltimore City and County, Part II (Maryland)
• History of Crawford County, OH and Representative Citizens
• History of Cumberland, (Maryland)…Washington’s First Campaign…History of Braddock’s Expedition (1878)
• History of Huron County OH, Its Progress and Development, Vol. II, (1909)
• A History of Kentucky…Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and other leading men, of all occupations and pursuits
• A History of Knox County, Ohio From 1779 to 1862 (1862)
• A History of Knox County, Ohio, Its Past and Present, (1881)
• The History of Massachusetts, Vol. 2; American Revolutionary War Series
• The History of New-Hampshire, Vol. 1, 1784; Applewood’s Historiography Series
• A History of The Early Settlement of Highland County, Ohio (1890)
• A History of Wayne County, Nebraska
• History of Logan County and Ohio, (1880)
• History of Lower Scioto Valley, OH (1884)
• History of Marion County, OH and Representatives Citizens (1907)
• History of Medina County and Ohio
• History of Ohio, A Rise and Progress of an American State (1912)
• History of Portage County, Ohio, (1885)
• History of Salem and the Immediate Vicinity, Columbiana Co., OH (1898)
• History of Sandusky County, OH (1882)
• History of Seward Co, Nebraska (1888)
• History of the Second Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers (Civil War)
• History of the Upper Ohio Valley, Vol. II (1891)
• History of Wayne Co., OH (1878)
• Huntsville History and Cemetery Enumeration (Madison Co., Arkansas)
• “I Can Show You Better Than I Can Tell You!!”; Comer’s My Name
• An Illustrated History of the State of Washington (1893)
• Index for the Washington County Section of Scharf’s History of Western Maryland, Vol. 2
• Index of Carroll County Names, Carroll Co., Maryland
• Index to Wills and Estates 1851-1900, Seneca Co., Ohio Probate Court
• John McCorkle Akers, A Life of Enterprise & Service
• Love Letters of Minnie Florence Bailey and Luther Franklin Comer, Sr. “Frank” (1919-1922)
• Martin Co. Postal History (Minnesota; 1858-1941)
• The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. XVIII (1916)
• Membership Rolls, Marriage and Baptismal Records…First Methodist Church of Falls City, NE …1855
• Mercer County Pennsylvania, Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. XIV
• Minutes of the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Session of the Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1931)
• National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars Incorporated, Lineage Book VIII, 1995-2001
• Newspapers and Periodicals from Frankfort, Kentucky 1795-1945
• Ohio Annals, Historic events of the Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valleys
• Ohio Early State and Local History (1915)
• Ohio Home of the Wright Brothers
• The “Old Northwest” Genealogical Quarterly, 1905
• The “Old Northwest” Genealogical Quarterly, 1906
• The Original Relocation Guide, Charlotte NC Edition, Vol. 1, Issue 2
• Planning Committee Response To The Airport Master Plan, May, 1987
• Pre-1920 Obituaries of Madison County, Arkansas, Residents
• Prince George’s County Maryland, Marriages and Deaths in Nineteenth Century Newspapers, Vol. I: A-J
• Record of Marriages and Baptists of First Methodist Church, Omaha, Nebraska; First Presbyterian Church, Omaha, Nebraska; Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, Nebraska
• Records of the First Baptist Church of Omaha, Nebraska
• Records of the Recorder’s Office of Highland Co., OH (1805-1850)
• Reinventing New London, Images of America Series (Connecticut)
• Report of the Social Statistical of Cities (1880)
• Report on Crime, Pauperism and Benevolence in the US at the 11th Census, 1890
• The Romance of Mendota (Sibley House, first stone dwelling built in Minnesota)
• Roster of Soldiers-Sailors and Marines Who Served in the War of the Rebellion, Spanish-American War and World War (Nebraska)
• Royalty for Commoners, A Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward II, King of England, and Queen Philippa
• Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (1899)
• Smith County Tennessee, Bible and Tombstone Records With Some Church Minutes
• Some Dayton Saints and Prophets (Ohio)
• Some Early Lincoln Church records (Nebraska)
• Southern Exposure, Vol. 1, No. 3 & 4
• Southern Writers, A Biographical Dictionary
• The Story of the Fifteenth Massachusetts Infantry In The Civil War 1861-1864
• Story of the Maumee Valley Toledo and The Sandusky Region, Vol. I (OH)
• Story of the Maumee Valley Toledo and The Sandusky Region, Vol. II (OH)
• Surrogate Court Index of Ontario, Canada 1859-1900, Vol. 22, Leeds & Grenville County
• Tercentenary History of Maryland, Vol. IV
• Trigg County History, Cadiz, Kentucky, Vol. Two 1987
• A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County Ohio, Vol. I (1909)
• A Twentieth Century History of Trumbull County Ohio, Vol. II (1909)
• Washington County Arkansas, Images of America Series
• Washington, Arkansas: History on the Southwest Trail
• Wayne Co., GA Marriage Records 1809-1880

 

Yearbooks

• Agromeck, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; 1939, 1940, 1942
• Alexander Graham Middle School, Charlotte, NC; 2009, 2010
• Chanticleer, Duke University, Durham, NC; 1928, 1932, 1941, 1952, 1960
• Clarion, Belmont High School, Belmont, NC; 1969
• Eagle Spread, Northeast Junior High, NC; 1981-1983
• Howitzer, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY; 1962, 1964
• Patriot, Providence Christian School, Charlotte; 2004
• Pemican, High Point High School, NC; 1946-1948
• Spirit of ’85, Independence High School, Charlotte, NC; 1985
• Spirit of ’86, Independence High School, Charlotte, NC; 1986
• Yackety Yak, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC; 1960, 1976

 

Circulating Collection

• Index to Marriages in The (Baltimore) Sun, 1851-1860; (Maryland)

 

 

 

 

 

News…From the Carolina Room

Jane Johnson

Manager, Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room

Main Library, 310 N. Tryon, Charlotte, NC

704-416-0152; jjohnson@cmlibrary.org

 

A new exhibit, “Weather Events in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Prior to Official Records,” is now available on cmstory.org. Whether you are a weather watcher, or just a curious observer, you can now learn about significant weather events between 1816-1877 here and around the Queen City at https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/historic-weather. Compiled by our ace volunteer, Ken Saunders, Librarian Tom Cole has made Internet sleuthing options flexible, so you can search the weather chronologically, by weather type, or by day of the month. On these hot summer days, you might want to read about the snow storms last!

We have many books that are biographical histories and genealogies of many of the leading citizens of various counties. Several of the titles below are just the type of book some of you are searching for because they have the family, educational and business background of prominent men. Sometimes they have a photograph or drawing of the individual! I have often included the date of publication to indicate the time the sketches were completed. Some of the men mentioned in the book were often at the height of their careers. If the book was published around the turn of the last century, some of the people included were often born before 1850. The sketches are better than birth and death certificates because the people are often providing their own information for the publishers, who are just compiling what returned to them. You might call them a “vanity press” publication.

To search the Library’s entire catalog, please visit https://www.cmlibrary.org/. To learn more about library services and programs, go to https://cmlibrary.org/services.

These materials were added to our collection between 6/3/2018 and 6/30/2018.

• A Biographical History of Central Kansas, Vol. I (1902)
• A Biographical History of Central Kansas, Vol. II (1902)
• Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas, Biographies of Representative Citizens
• Brockville, A Pictorial History (Ontario, Canada)
• Dodge County, Nebraska Marriage Records, Book 5, 7 February 1886 thru 24 February 1889
• Every name Index to the 1911 Plat Book of Red Lake and Pennington Counties, Minnesota
• Folsom 1888-1988, Then and Now (NM)
• Goodhue County, Minnesota, Past and Present
• Hickman Co., Tennessee Cemetery and Bible Records, Vol. 2
• Hickman County Tennessee Bible, Family and Tombstone Records
• Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California, Part 2 of 2 (1902)
• Historical Markers, State Highway Commission of Montana
• History of Labette County, Kansas and Representative Citizens (1901)
• History of Montgomery County, Kansas (1903)
• History of Neosho and Wilson Counties, Kansas (1902)
• History of the First Maine Calvary 1861-1865
• History of the Fourteenth Regiment, Connecticut Vol. Infantry
• History of the Great Kanawha Valley, With Family History and Biographical Sketches., Vol. 1 (WV)
• Jefferson County Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (1917)
• Logan County Kentucky Abstracts of Pensioners-Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian Wars
• Newspapers on the Minnesota Frontier 1849-1860
• Old Families of Louisiana
• Our Links to The Past, 1833-1996 Cemetery Records of Neshoba County, MS
• Spruce Grove Township, 1889-1999 (Becker County, MN)
• The Grave Markers of Hennepin County, MN, Vol. 1
• The Story of Brockville, Men and Women Making a Canadian Community on the United States Frontier, 1749-2007
• Two Hundredth Anniversary Slate Ridge Presbyterian Church, Cardiff, Maryland (1950)
• Ulster County New York Probate Records
• Vital Records of Londonderry New Hampshire