The B. B. King Archive

B.B. King is widely known as King of the Blues, with a career spanning approximately fifty years and as many albums. Born Riley B. King in 1925, he moved from Mississippi to Memphis in 1947 to pursue a music career. Local radio and live success quickly followed. By the mid-1950s, King was performing nationally more than 300 days per year. His music draws from many genres, including swing, jazz and pop, and his guitar style has influenced some of the world's top musicians. In recognition of his achievements, King was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He has also received five honorary doctorates. King still tours internationally more than 250 days per year, including gigs at the four B.B. King's Blues Clubs located throughout the country. This archive is comprised of the recordings and images of Dr. William Ferris, professor of history and Senior Associate Director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The majority of the items date from the mid-1970s, when Dr. Ferris first met King at Yale University. The two have maintained a relationship for three decades. More of Dr. Ferris's materials, as well as possible additions from other collections, will be added. The archive was created in April, 2004, and is an ongoing project of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Ferris Collection is part of the Southern Folklife Collection at UNC Chapel Hill.

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http://www.ibiblio.org/bbking/

The Carter-Klan Documentary Project

"My duty as the only newspaperman in Tabor City stared me squarely in the face. I could not compromise my conscience. I must fight the Klansmen with all the power that my tiny press could muster. That meant that I too would be the victim of their wrath." W. Horace Carter

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http://www.carter-klan.org/

Norfolk Southern Railway Historical Society

This Historical Society website is for the original Norfolk & Southern Railway that ran from Norfolk, VA to Charlotte, NC withvarious branches (Aberdeen, Asheboro, Beaufort, Belhaven, Carthage, Columbia, Durham, Ellerbe, Fayetteville, Goldsboro (A&EC), Jackson Springs, Lee Creek, Oriental, Snow Hill (A&EC), Suffolk and Virginia Beach, VA).It merged into the Southern Railway system on Jan. 1st, 1974.

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http://www.norfolksouthernhs.org/

Brevard Music Center Archive

The summer Brevard Music Center in western North Carolina has trained young musicians and inspired audiences since 1936. This archive site provides text, images, audio, and video that document the Center's history and its contribution to the cause of music in the United States.

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http://www.ibiblio.org/brevardm

Triangle NC IAF

Triangle NC IAF is a broad based, interfaith and ecumenical organization that uses the model of leadership development and community organizing of the IAF (Industrial Areas Foundation). Please visit the multimedia Durham CAN website - a member of Triangle NC AIF

This site was created in Flash, you’ll need to allow Flash in order to view it. See this exhibit for more details https://www.ibiblio.org/catalog/exhibits/show/a-brief-history-of-flash/a-brief-history-of-flashls 

2004

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http://www.ibiblio.org/trianglenciaf

Textile Heritage Museum

The Textile Heritage Museum is located in the Company Store and Office Building in the Glencoe Mill Village. The building was purchased for the museum in February 2004 and is an ongoing restoration project as well as a museum highlighting the textile history of Alamance County. It features history and machinery of the textile industry from the cottage industry to the present, the family labor system, life in the mill villages, and a company store exhibit. The currently operating textile mills of Alamance County will be featured in a special room with their history and products on display.

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http://www.textileheritagemuseum.org

Gaston County Museum of Art and History

Located in a National Register of Historic Places District, the museum is housed in an elegantly simple Greek Revival building. Other museum buildings include the Old Jail (1848), Train Depot (1901) and a modern Carriage House. At GCM, you will see period rooms and permanent exhibits, including the new Carolinas Textile Exhibit and NC's largest exhibit of horse-drawn vehicles. Changing exhibits illuminate regional history and visual arts.

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http://www.gastoncountymuseum.org

Afro-Louisiana History and Slave Genealogy

The Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy online search engine was designed to provide the general public free access to valuable historic records. Users can locate individual slaves who lived in Louisiana between the years of 1718 and 1820 through this easy-to-use, free, public database. Find valuable historical data from over 100,000 descriptions of slaves found in documents in Louisiana between 1718 and 1821 by searching identifiers such as gender, racial designation, or plantation location. Users can even search the origin of the slaves brought to Louisiana in the 18th and 19th centuries to work the New World.

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http://www.ibiblio.org/laslave/

American South Internet Resource Center

A collection of resources about the American South

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http://www.ibiblio.org/south/

Kudzu Collection: A Vine for Modern Times

The science, structural engineering, forestry and urban planning of kudzu. Includes a photo archive of outstanding examples.

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http://www.ibiblio.org/lineback/kud.htm