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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
History of North Carolina: North Carolina biography, by special staff of writers
Author: History of North Carolina: North Carolina biography, by special staff of writers
Author: Dictionary of North Carolina Biography
Author: William S. PowellPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807866997
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic information found in the six volumes has been compiled for the first time. All of the persons included are deceased. They are native North Carolinians, no matter where they made the contributions for which they are noted, or non-natives whose contributions were made in North Carolina.
Writings on American History
Author: Publications of the North Carolina Historical Commission
Author: Writings on American History
Author: North Carolina Library Bulletin
Author: North Carolina Library Bulletin
Author: North Carolina Library CommissionPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
D.D. Dougherty, Lillie Dougherty and the Early Years of Appalachian State
Author: Doris Perry StamPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476654778
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The 125-year history of Appalachian State University rests on the ambitious yet selfless dream of empowering impoverished mountain families through education. Dauphin Disco Dougherty, his wife Lillie Shull Dougherty, and his bachelor brother, Blanford Barnard Dougherty, founded a small semi-private high school in 1899 at great personal cost and would only be able to sustain its growth to a state teacher's college through their fortitude of character and commitment. Drawing extensively on primary sources, some of which have appeared in no previous book, this history presents the first 30 years of the university's life and background. With over 100 historic images and dozens of first-hand accounts and interviews, the text uncovers forgotten foundations and fascinating personal details of the school's founders, bringing the first 30 years of App State to life.
The Quest for Streetcar Unionism in the Carolina Piedmont, 1919-1922
Author: Jeffrey M. LeatherwoodPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443872180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Ever since the courtroom doors closed in 1919, the tragic Charlotte Streetcar Strike has haunted the collective memory of the Carolina Piedmont region. During a season of labor unrest, it briefly made national headlines. Five men were killed and at least twelve others were wounded by gunfire during a demonstration against Southern Public Utilities, a subsidiary of James B. Duke’s Southern Power. For many who lived afterward in North Carolina’s “Queen City,” the strike and riot were events better left forgotten, while, for later generations, the “Battle of the Barn” has become an item of curiosity. As the centennial approaches, this book represents the result of over ten years’ worth of primary research about the Charlotte Streetcar Strike, a story that rightfully belongs to a larger narrative about the AFL’s campaign to organize transportation workers among the textile mill towns of North and South Carolina. Prior to the 1919 Charlotte Strike, the national streetcar union had overcome fierce anti-labor sentiment, from South Carolina’s state capital of Columbia to the Upcountry citadel of Spartanburg. To AFL organizers, Charlotte represented the last link in the Piedmont chain.