Subject File Topics
Durham County Library's North Carolina Collection has one or more folders of materials on each of the topics listed. Types of materials include newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets and brochures, programs from various events, reports from government agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations, and much more.
All of the materials focus on the city and county of Durham. While most items date from the early 1980s when the Collection began, earlier times are also represented.
The files are housed in the North Carolina Collection librarian's office. Please contact North Carolina Collection librarian Lynn Richardson in person or at 919.560.0171 or lrichard@dconc.gov for access to this collection.
Academy of Music
Aged
Agriculture & agricultural services
Airports (2 folders)
All-American City
Allied Arts of Durham
American Dance Festival
American Tobacco Historic District
Animals
Architecture
Arts & artists (2 folders)
see also Duke University--Arts
see also Music
see also Theater productions
Arts Council
see Durham Arts Council
Associations
see Clubs, associations, organizations, etc.
Bahama (Community)
Banks and banking
see CCB
see Financial institutions
Baseball
see Durham Bulls
Bennett Place
Bicentennial (U.S.)
Biography
Black history (3 folders)
see also Civil rights
see also Race relations
Blues
Boys Club of Durham
Braille Magazine
British-American Festival
Buildings (2 folders)
Buses
Business
Businesses (3 folders)
CCB (includes Durham Bank & Trust)
Carolina Action
Carolina Friends School
Carolina Theatre (2 folders)
Cemeteries
Census
Center for Documentary Studies
Chamber of Commerce (includes Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce)
(2 folders)
Choral music
Choral Society of Durham, NC
Churches (37 folders)
see also Yates Baptist Association
City audit reports
City officials
City of Medicine
Civic Center
Civil defense
Civil rights
see also Black history
see also Race relations
Classical music (2 folders)
Clegg (community in southern Durham County)
Clubs, associations, organizations, etc. (3 folders)
see also Elk’s Lodge
see also Kiwanis Club
see also Rotary Club
see also Women’s organizations
Committee of 100 (RTP)
Communities
see also Bahama
see also Lowe’s Grove
see also Orange Factory
see also Rougemont
Community centers
Community development
Conservation
see Land conservation
Country clubs
see also Hope Valley Country Club
County Centennial
County departments
County Fair
County officials and employees
Court House & courts
Credit unions
see Financial institutions
Crime
Daughters of the American Revolution
Day care
Description (2 folders)
DeShazor’s Beauty College
Diets
Dixon, Wyatt--Newspaper columns
Downtown (2 folders)
Drugs
Duke Family
Duke Forest (2 folders)
Duke Gardens
Duke Homestead
Duke University (4 folders)
Duke University--Arts
Duke University Libraries
Duke University Medical Center
Duke University. Trinity College
Durham Academy
Durham & Southern Railway
Durham Art Guild
Durham Arts Council
Durham Bank & Trust Co.
see CCB
Durham Bulls
Durham Business College
see Durham College
Durham Central Park
Durham Choral Society (1897-1899?)
Durham Civic Choral Society
see Choral Society of Durham, NC
Durham College
Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People
Durham Congregations in Action
Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau
Durham County Hospital (former name) (2 folders)
Durham County Library (2009- )
Durham County Youth Home
Durham Farmer’s Market
Durham Historic Preservation Commission
;see Historic Preservation Commision
Durham Oratorio Society
see Choral Society of Durham, NC
Durham Regional Hospital
Durham Technical Institute (& … Community College)
Dwellings
Economic conditions
Education
Elections
Elk’s Lodge
Employment
Emergency Energy Fund
Emergency management
Eno (2 folders)
see also West Point on the Eno
Environment
Expressway
Fairntosh
Falls Lake & Neuse River
Farmer’s Market
see Durham Farmer’s Market
Festival for the Eno
see also Eno
Films
Financial institutions
see also CCB
Finances
Fires & fire prevention
Flag & Flower (Durham’s official flag & flower)
Flood plains
Food co-ops
Forecasts
Foundation for the Better Health of Durham
Foundations
Fraternities & sororities
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Funeral homes
Garden clubs
Gay & lesbian issues
Genesis House
Ghost stories
see Parappsychology and the supernatural
Good Will
Government
see Politics and government
Government documents, Miscellaneous
Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce
see Durham Chamber of Commerce
Gypsies
Hardscrabble (Plantation)
Hayti (Neighborhood)
Hayti Heritage Center
Hazardous wastes
see also Refuse and refuse disposal
Health and disease
Hillside High School
Historic Preservation Commission
Historic buildings (2 folders)
Historic house--Julian S. Carr
Historic houses (3 folders)
Historic Preservation Commission
Historic Preservation Society
see Preservation Durham
History--Pre-1890
History--1890-1919
History--1920-1959
History--1960-1969
History--1970-1979
History--1980-1989
History--1990-1999
History--2000-2009
History--General
Hope Valley Country Club (3 folders)
Hospitals
see also Duke University Medical Center
see also Durham County Hospital
see also Durham Regional Hospital
see also Lincoln Community Health Center
see also NC Eye & Ear/Specialty Hospital (formerly McPherson Hospital)
see also Watts Hospital
see also Watts School of Nursing
Hotels, bed & breakfasts, etc.
House tours
House tours - Preservation Durham
Houses
see Dwellings
Housing (2 folders)
Human relations
Image
Immaculata School
Indians
Inventory of Natural and Cultural Resources
Jails
Jazz
John Avery Boys Club
Junior League
Juvenile Court
King’s Daughters
Kiwanis Club
Lake Michie
Lakewood Park
Land conservation
Land use and planning
Libraries
see also Duke University Libraries
see also Durham County Library
see also School libraries
Lincoln Community Health Center
Links, Inc. (Durham & Triangle Park Chapters)
Literacy
see Reading
Lowe’s Grove (2 folders)
Maps (2 folders)
Media
see also Newspapers
Migrants
Military
Museum of Life and Science
see North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
Museum of Durham History
Music
see Blues
see Choral music
see Classical music
see Jazz
see Music--Miscellaneous
see Record catalogs
Music--Miscellaneous
Neighborhoods
see also Hayti
see also Parkwood
see also West End
Newspapers
see also Media
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina Eye & Ear/Select Specialty Hospital (formerly McPherson Hospital)
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co.
North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics
Nursing homes
Olympics
Operation Breakthrough
Orange Factory (Community)
Ordinances
Organizations
see Clubs, associations, organizations, etc.
Parapsychology and the supernatural
Parapsychology
Parks and Recreation Dept.
Parkwood
Parrish Street
Photographers
Politics & government (3 folders)
Post Office
Postcards
Predictions
see Forecasts
Preservation
Preservation Durham (2 folders)
Public Interest Research Groups
Public safety
Race relations
see also Black history
see also Civil rights
Railroads
Rankings
Reading
Record catalogs
Recreation and parks
Refuse and refuse disposal
see also Hazardous wastes
Research Triangle
Research Triangle Institute (2 folders)
Restaurants
Revenue sharing
Roads & streets
see also Trails
Rosenwald Schools
Rotary Club
Rougemont (Community)
Sallam Cultural Center
School libraries
School merger
Schools, City (pre-merger) (3 folders)
Schools, County (pre-merger) (3 folders)
Schools, Private
see also Carolina Friends School
see also Durham Academy
see also Immaculata School
see also Wright School
Schools, Public (since merger) (3 folders)
see also Hillside High School
see also School of Science and Mathematics
Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration
Sheriff
Shopping centers
Sister Cities of Durham, Inc.
Small business loan scandal
Snake handling
Social services (3 folders)
Soil and Water Conservation District
Solid waste
see Refuse and refuse disposal
Sports and recreation
see also Durham Bulls
see also Olympics
Stagville
State historic sites
see Bennett Place
see Duke Homestead
see Stagville
Streets
see Roads and streets
Theater productions (staged productions incl. drama, music (e.g. opera), dance)
Tobacco
Trading paths
see Trails
Traffic accidents
Trails
see also Roads and streets
Transportation
see also Buses
see also Railroads
Trinity College
see Duke University. Trinity College
Unions
United Fund
Urban Ministries of Durham
Urban renewal
Water supply
Watts Hospital
Watts School of Nursing
Weather
West End (Neighborhood)
West Point on the Eno
Women
Women in Action for the Prevention of Violence and its Causes
Women’s organizations
Wright School
YMCA
YWCA
YWCA Women of Achievement
Yates Baptist Association
NORTH CAROLINA SUBJECTS
Adoption
Archaeology
Art and artists
Burroughs Wellcome
Camp Butner
Chapel Hill Bird Club
Civil War
Crusoe Island
Falls Lake, Neuse River
Fire houses
Fisheries
Historic sites
Historical documents (NC)
Indians
Jazz musicians
Jordan Lake
Orange County Home
Research Triangle Park
Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant
Slavery
Soul City
Southern Historical Collection
Super collider
Timber
Triangle J Council of Governments
Last Update: September 15, 2010
