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Close to Home: North Carolina
Summer 2024 |
The North Carolina Collection of the Forsyth County Public Library houses a broad range of non-circulating resources to suit your research needs. The room contains a wealth of local, state and federal information as well as archived issues of newspapers and magazines. Our knowledgeable staff will be happy to assist you with your project, whether you are an experienced researcher or just getting started. For help with questions about North Carolina, local history, or genealogy, please come visit us on the second floor of the Central Library in Winston-Salem, NC or call 336-703-3070 during regular business hours. |
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Layered Legacies: Quilts from the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem by Jenny Garwood, Aleia Brown, Lea LaneLayered Legacies invites audiences to consider the multilayered stories stitched into quilts made in the American South between the late eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. Featured are more than 30 bed coverings and related objects from the collection of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts and Old Salem collections. Foregrounding the masterful artistry of women, these bed coverings are expressions of love, objects of exquisite craftsmanship, and material documents containing hidden stories of long-forgotten women, both white and Black, wealthy and enslaved, whose hands created and cared for these important textiles.
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In The Vote Collectors, Michael Graff and Nick Ochsner tell the story of the political shenanigans in Bladen County, exposing the shocking vulnerability of local elections and explaining why our present systems are powerless to monitor and prevent fraud. In their hands, this tale of rural corruption becomes a fascinating narrative of the long clash of racism and electioneering—and a larger story about the challenges to democracy in the rural South. |
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In 1857, a woman escaped enslavement on a North Carolina plantation and fled to a farm in New York. In hiding, she worked on a manuscript that would make her famous long after her death. The novel, The Bondwoman’s Narrative, was first published in 2002 to great acclaim, but the author’s identity remained unknown. Over a decade later, Professor Gregg Hecimovich unraveled the mystery of the author’s name and, in The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts, he finally tells her story. Part detective story, literary chase and cultural history, this extraordinary biography of the first Black female novelist and her life as an enslaved woman uncovers friendship, betrayal and violence during America's slide into the Civil War.
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Edible Wild Plants of the Carolinas: A Forager's Companion by Lytton John MusselmanForaging edible plants was once limited to specialists, survivalists, and herbalists, but it's become increasingly mainstream. Influenced by the popularity of the locavore movement, many restaurants feature foraged plants on their menus, and a wide variety of local foraged plants are
sold at farmers markets across the country. With Edible Wild Plants of
the Carolinas, Lytton John Musselman and Peter W. Schafran offer a
full-color guide for the everyday forager, designed to help anyone enjoy the many wild plants found in the biodiverse Carolinas.
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The Green Book Project Exhibit
June 10-August 3, All Day
Malloy/Jordan East Winston-Heritage Center
This summer, the NC African American Heritage Commission will be sharing their North Carolina Green Book Project Exhibit with our library system! This special exhibit will be on display at the Malloy/Jordan East Winston Heritage Center from Monday, June 10 until Saturday, August 3. This exhibit features eight vibrant panels showcasing images of business owners, travelers, and historic and present-day images of North Carolina Green Book sites. The words of African American travelers and descendants of Green Book site owners are featured prominently in the exhibit. Each of these stories are from oral histories collected by the AAHC in 2018 and 2019.
For more information, please call (336) 703-2950.
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Virtual Genealogy Help Tuesday - Thursday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Virtual Program with ZoomChasing after family secrets? Let us help you catch them. Schedule a virtual appointment with a librarian to help you do your genealogy. Go to Forsyth Computer Training Bridge to schedule a virtual genealogy help session using Zoom. We recommend that you download Zoom before the appointment. Appointments will last for approximately 30 minutes. If you have any problems scheduling, please call us at 336-703-3070. If you need help using a genealogical database and do not have a library card, you'll need to get a library card. Visit our website for more information about registering for an FCPL card. |
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One-On-One Genealogy Help Drop-In Hours
Tuesdays from 11:30-1:30 and 1:30-4:00 Thursdays from 10-11:30 and 1-3:30 Call 336-703-3070 to make an appointment. North Carolina Room at the Central Library
Visit us for assistance with your genealogy research. Sessions are for 30 minutes a day. Bring your questions! |
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Forsyth County Public Library
660 W. Fifth St.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
336-703-2665www.forsythlibrary.org |
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