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Coloring book titled “A Visit to New Hanover Regional Medical Center with Patches the Clown.”

1997 Cancer Program Annual Report.

October 2000 issue of the New Hanover Health Network Community Report for Southeastern North Carolina. Two copies.

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Supplement to The Wilmington Journal from August 2003 for the second annual Wilmington African American Heritage Festival. Includes a directory listing of every Black citizen and business member from the 1897 Wilmington directory.

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Wilmington Coup d'état of 1898

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Supplement from January 1, 2000 of The Morning Star featuring a look back on Wilmington from the end of the 20th century.

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Supplement printings of Timothy B. Tyson's "Wilmington's Race Riot and the Rise of White Supremacy" in Raleigh's The News and Observer and Wilmington's Star-News papers from November 17, 2006. There are two copies of the Star-News version. Located in Box OS 2. Full November 17, 2006 issue of The Charlotte Observer, which includes the supplement under the title "The Ghosts of 1898."

Scope and Contents Front page of Harper's Weekly from February 4, 1865 featuring an article with graphics on the capture of Fort Fisher.Typed copy of editorials and responses regarding the construction of Fort Fisher from The Morning Star in the July 15, 16, and 22, 1881 issues.Pamphlets featuring the history of Fort Fisher and its involvement during the Civil War. Also includes a map.Programs of local events from 1965 commemorating the centennial of the Battle of Fort...

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Two issues of "The Hanover Sun" from February 10 and February 17, 1971 regarding the student boycott and associated violence around school desegregation in Wilmington, N.C. Feature articles include: "Black Civil Rights Militant Rebellion in Wilmington" and "Tragedy Strikes Businessmen During Nine Violent Days."

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Typed sections of books containing information on Confederate spy Rose Greenhow.

March 12, 1939 copy of the New York Times-Herald with a feature article about Rose Greenhow, “The South’s Woman Spy Won 1st Battle Bull Run.”

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A 'Statement of Qualifications' for Burgaw, NC-based architect John L. Westbrook II. Includes examples of his development and preservation work.

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October 30, 1940 issue of the Wilmington Morning Star with the feature article, "Drawing of Draft Lottery Numbers Continues," about the 327 local men enlisted within the first 1,100 order numbers.

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Photocopies of handwritten historical sketches of Fort Johnston, a Civil War era fort, from April 1819.

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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865