North Carolina Collection Subject File Headings

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. see the librarian to request use of the materials during regular North Carolina Collection hours: 12:30-9:00 Monday, 10:00-5:00 Tuesday-Thursday, 2:00-5:00 Friday.

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.)
Black history    
   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
Chain
   see Durham Business and Professional Chain
Chamber of Commerce  (includes Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce)  
(2 folders)
Choral music
Choral Society of Durham, NC
Churches     (39 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
Congregations in Action
   see Durham Congregations in Action
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 and Professional Chain
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 Commission
Durham Oratorio Society
   see Choral Society of Durham, NC
Durham Regional Hospital
Durham Technical Institute (& … Community College)
Dwellings   (3 folders)
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 Parapsychology 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    (3 folders)
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)
Hope Valley (Neighborhood)
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 Durham History
Museum of Life and Science
   see North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
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 Hope Valley
   see also Northeast Central Durham   
   see also Parkwood
   see also Trinity Park
   see also Walltown
   see also Watts-Hillandale
   see also West Durham
   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
Northeast Central Durham  (Neighborhood)
Nursing homes
Olympics
Operation Breakthrough
Orange Factory  (Community)
Ordinances
Organizations
   see Clubs, associations, organizations, etc.
Parapsychology and the supernatural
Parks and Recreation Dept.
Parkwood  (Neighborhood)
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
School of Science & Mathematics
   see North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics
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 North Carolina School of Science & 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
Trinity Park (Neighborhood)
Unions
United Fund
Urban Ministries of Durham
Urban renewal
Walltown  (Neighborhood)
Water supply
Watts-Hillandale  (Neighborhood)
Watts Hospital
Watts School of Nursing
Weather
West Durham (Neighborhood)
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
Orange County structures
Research Triangle Park
Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant
Slavery    
Soul City
Southern Historical Collection    
Super collider
Timber
Triangle J Council of Governments

Last Update: June 4, 2010