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A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America
Hand-colored, engraved map: Map of the British and French Settlements in North America. Univ. Mag. T. Hinton Newgate Street [cartouche] | Inset: Fort Frederick at Crown Point built by the French 1731 [inset, center bottom.]
Map shows North America…
Map shows North America…
Position: 102 (100 views)
Front View of Christ Church
Pictured here is Christ Episcopal Church on Pollock Street before it burned in 1871. The view shows the front and left side of the building as well as the steeple. In front shows what seems to be a Civil War era soldier stands with his rifle in front…
Position: 758 (14 views)
Hendren on Methodism
Elizabeth Hendren wrote about the history of the Methodist Church and its establishment in New Bern. Born in 1837, Elizabeth Mayhew Hendren lived to the age of ninety-two, passing away in 1929. A 1920 newspaper clipping notes that she was the…
Position: 894 (4 views)
1893 New Berne Business Directory
One of New Bern's earlier city directories, this volume includes detailed information about the city's businesses and citizens. With the absence of the 1890 federal census, this book constitutes the largest printed listing of the residents of New…
Position: 13 (118 views)
An Autobiography of I.P. Hatch of New Bern
A booklet detailing the life of an African-American businessman, Isaiah Prophet Hatch. His reminiscences discuss African-American life in Craven, Jones, Pamlico, Carteret, and Lenoir Counties from the period just after the Civil War to the era of…
Position: 59 (106 views)
A Card, To the Republicans of Craven County
Broadside written by James C. Harrison, Republican Register of Deeds, defending himself against attacks from members of his own party.
Position: 133 (97 views)
Auction at the Hughes-Stewart House, NE corner of Pollock and Craven Streets
View of crowd outside the Hughes-Stewart House attending an estate auction.
Position: 462 (29 views)
Survey to Lay off ferry and roads for the Neuse River Ferry Co.
Pen and ink map: Survey to Lay off ferry and roads for the Neuse River Ferry Co. [title] | The heavy broken lines represent the roads laid off and staked with the center stakes, and are considered essential to the success of the enterprise. The old…
Position: 325 (39 views)
Hotel Queen Anne, New Bern, North Carolina
Black and white image of the Queen Anne Hotel at 4xx Broad Street, ca. 1940.
Position: 462 (29 views)
What New Bern, N.C. Has to Offer You: A Hand Book of Useful Information.
Booklet detailing New Bern's history and businesses around 1910.
Position: 553 (24 views)
Plan der Schwytzerischen Coloney in Carolina, angefangen im October 1710 [Plan of the Swiss Colony in Carolina]
Photostatic copy of a hand-drawn map of the New Bern area by Christophe von Graffenried. Plan der Schwytzerischen Coloney in Carolina, angefangen im October 1710 durch Christophel von Graffenriedt und Frantz Ludwig Michel [title] | Anlage der Stadt…
Position: 2 (288 views)
Good Shepherd Hospital News, December 1963
This December 1963 newsletter gives the background and history of the hospital as well as recent news and anecdotes about the hospital.
Position: 911 (3 views)
Liza Simmons
Cabinet card of Liza Simmons produced by Gerock, New Berne, N.C.
Position: 394 (33 views)
Gerock Studio, Photo of High School Graduating Class ?
Group of young men and ladies apparently after a school graduation. The ladies are holding tied bundles of paper, which appears to be diplomas.
Position: 553 (24 views)