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Against Their Will(713 clicks)
North Carolina's Sterilization Program

Charlotte - A Work in Progress(108 clicks)
“Charlotte - A Work in Progress” represents but a snapshot of the changes that have made the Queen City the major metropolitan city it is today. The transformation of Charlotte was facilitated by people and their work. These images compare and contrast yesterday and today. They show where we have been and perhaps point to the future.

Chesterfield County,SC Genealogical Research(1293 clicks)

Closing: The Life and Death of an American Factory(1153 clicks)
The White Furniture Company in Mebane, North Carolina, which shut in May of 1993 after an illustrious 111-year-old history.

Historic Latta Plantation(1449 clicks)
An Early 19th Century Living History Farm

Museum of the Waxhaws and Andrew Jackson Memorial(1497 clicks)
The "collection contains historic artifacts documenting the development of the region from the time of the Waxhaw Indians, for whom the region is named, until 1900. Our subjects include the first European explorers, early settlers, particularly the Scots-Irish, and the boyhood of Andrew Jackson, which was spent in the Waxhaws region.'

North Carolina Agricultural History(1295 clicks)
Although focused on North Carolina, this sheds light on all southern agricultural history.

The North Carolina Experience, Beginnings to 1940(719 clicks)
"The North Carolina Experience, Beginnings to 1940" collects a wide variety of print and manuscript materials that tell the story of the Tar Heel State as seen through representative histories, descriptive accounts, institutional reports, fiction, and other writing. It comprises printed works, images, oral history interviews, and workplace songs.

True and Candid Compositions(620 clicks)
"True and Candid Compositions: The Lives and Writings of Antebellum Students at the University of North Carolina" presents 121 edited documents written primarily by students attending the University of North Carolina between 1795, the year in which the institution opened its doors, and 1868, when the devastation of the Civil War closed them again.

Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens(1294 clicks)
North Carolina's first capital.

Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia(1478 clicks)
Ashe, Alleghany, Watagua and Wilkes County, North Carolina and Grayson County, and Southwest Virginia. This is an extensive site. See for Daniel Boone as well as other famous people.