Browse Collections (42 total)

Sarah Elizabeth Moore Collection

Dr. R. Duval Jones House, 400 block, East Front Street, about October 1955

Hazel M. Brinson Collection

Stallings Plumbing & Heating Shop, 200 block, Craven Street, west side

Frances T. Bowden Balma Collection

Craven Street, 100 block, west side

Collection of Photographs of New Bern taken in November 1908 by William Scobie Bowden, former Union Soldier. Bowden had been stationed in New Bern…

Position: 20 (105 views)

Christ Episcopal Church Collection

Photo, Interior "Xmas Decorations, 1945"

Whitford Family Photographs

Afternoon tea on the back piazza of Dr. George Slover's residence (1895)

Collection of 20 photographs related to the Whitford family. Purchased from an antique dealer in Ephrata, Pennsylvania in March 2001, who bought them…

Position: 25 (99 views)

Winn Hughes Collection

Tryon Palace Grand Opening, Gov. Hodges cutting ribbon

Position: 22 (104 views)

Dollie Bray Collection

Dowdy Furniture Store, 1920s interior

Photograph donated by Dollie Bray, 2009.

Position: 26 (98 views)

John R. Taylor Photograph Collection

Hancock Street looking North from the Trent River Railroad Bridge, taken by Reid Whitford, 1895.

Leann Wilson Photograph Collection

Men laying sidewalks, Middle Street, ca 1908

Hugh Wood Photograph Album

Two women walking on bridge over creek, boat in water

Photographs taken by New Bern photographer Hugh Wood. The album contains sheets with two photographs per page. Pages 5/6 are missing and pages 7/8,…

Contributors: Hugh Wood Photograph Album

Position: 5 (191 views)

Mrs. G. Tull Richardson Collection

A & N.C. Railroad Depot, August 1895

Contributors: Mrs. G. Tull Richardson Collection

Position: 17 (106 views)

North Carolina Paper Currency

Paper currency, National Bank of Newberne Note (third charter period), value ten dollars

During the Colonial Period, the scarcity of specie (coin) in North Carolina constituted a major problem. Settlers arrived with little hard currency…

Contributors: Tryon Palace Historic Sites, Craven-Pamlico Regional Library

Position: 3 (276 views)

Tryon Palace Maps, Plans, and Surveys

Plan of the town of New Bern and Dryborough…

From the first sightings of land in the West Indies through the end of the eighteenth century, there was a constant demand for maps of the newfound…

Contributors: Tryon Palace Historic Sites

Position: 4 (214 views)

Books, Pamphlets, and Ephemera Collection

The New Bern Tribune

A collection of books, pamphlets, and ephemera from the collections of the New Bern-Craven County Public Library, Tryon Palace, New Bern Historical…

Contributors: New Bern-Craven County Public Library, Tryon Palace Historic Sites

Position: 12 (125 views)

New Bern Historical Society Digital History Collection

Vance Academy, broadside

Photographs, booklets, and ephemera from the New Bern Historical Society contributed to the Craven County Digital History site. See also the Herbert…

Contributors: New Bern Historical Society

Position: 8 (157 views)