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Close to Home: North Carolina Winter 2025 |
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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Discovering North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail by Jerry W. BarkerJerry Barker has long championed North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) and led its development for many years. In this book, he draws on that experience to take readers on a unique journey along the trail's full route, sharing the rich history and stories that live on each segment. Connecting the route to the Indigenous history of western North Carolina, to the long military presence near the Carolina coast, and more, Barker offers a new way to understand and appreciate not only the natural beauty of North Carolina but also its people and history. Dedicated long-distance hikers and day-trippers alike will value and enjoy this armchair guide. |
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which are still performed across the United States. However, he was not only a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, but was also an activist committed to human rights, racial equity, prison reform, and ending the death penalty. This anthology includes the frank reflections from an award-winning array of contemporary North Carolina writers. Their essays about Green’s work and relationships are meant to launch new conversations about a man who was seen as progressive, even radical, in his time.
Included writers: Margaret Bauer, Jim Grimsley, Lynden Harris, Marjorie Hudson, Kathryn Hunter-Williams, Jill McCorkle, Ray Owen, Philip Shabazz, Mike Wiley, and others. |
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Manteo's World by Helen C. Rountree Roanoke. Manteo. Wanchese. Chicamacomico. These place names
along today's Outer Banks are a testament to the Indigenous communities that thrived for generations along the Carolina coast. Though most sources for understanding these communities were
written by European settlers who began to arrive in the late sixteenth century, those sources nevertheless offer a fascinating record of the region's Algonquian-speaking people. Here, drawing on decades of experience researching the ethnohistory of the coastal mid-Atlantic,
Helen Rountree reconstructs the Indigenous world the Roanoke
colonists encountered in the 1580s.
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Jane Pratt by Marion Elliott DeerhakeThis first biography of Congresswoman Jane Pratt recounts her youth
and fascinating career on Capitol Hill. It also provides a unique federal view of North Carolina's early 20th century history. After working as a rare female newspaper editor in the early 1920s, Pratt became
secretary to five tarheel Congressmen over some 30 years. Her career spanned the roaring twenties, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. Pratt's amazing network was a who's who of leaders in North Carolina and Washington, DC. Her decision not to run for re-election offers insight into why 46 years passed before the state elected another woman to Congress.
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50th Anniversary of the Winston-Salem Chronicle Exhibit
Nov. 15, 2024 through Jan. 31. 2025
Central Library North Carolina Collection
Celebrate 50 years of the Winston-Salem Chronicle with this exhibit sponsored by the Winston-Salem African American Archives.
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Community Scan Day
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, from 10 am to 2 pm
Central Library Auditorium
Want to preserve your personal histories by digitizing photographs, documents, and other heirlooms? Want to help the North Carolina Collection grow its local history collections? Come to the Forsyth County Central Library’s Community Scan Day!
Bring up to three items (maximum size 11x17 inches) and be prepared to write descriptive information about them. We’ll provide a digital file of each scan, and who knows? Your files may end up as part of the North Carolina Collection. Call 336-703-3072 for more information.
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One-On-One Genealogy Help Drop-In Hours
Tuesdays from 2:30 to 4:30 pm Thursdays from 2:30 to 4:30 pm 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, NC 27101
336-703-2665forsythlibrary.org |
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