Reprint of an article detailing the creation of Good Shepherd Hospital in New Bern, North Carolina. The article was reprinted from the August 16, 1930, issue of The Living Church. [The reprint incorrectly lists the issue as August 23, 1930.]
The Good Shepherd Hospital, opened in 1938 for the Black Community, had been a functioning hospital until 1963. Good Shepherd is being compared and contrasted fiscally with eighteen other hospitals in the surrounding area. There is also an important…
A blank receipt from Mother's Coal and Fuel Company. Mother's Coal and Fuel Company does not show up until the 1914-1915 New Bern City Directory leading to the conclusion of the business not running until after 1912. This receipt should date between…
A pamphlet commemorating the opening of the new Craven County Hospital building in 1963. The original hospital, St. Luke’s in downtown New Bern, was purchased by the county from a group of nuns from New Jersey in 1962. The new facility was built to…
A photograph of the staff at the New Bern Iron Works and Supply Company. The company officially established in 1905 off of Craven Street was expanded next door to a warehouse as well in 1912 due to growth in business.
An article on how turpentine and rosin are collected to be distributed after the Civil War. The turpentine business was lucrative in Eastern North Carolina and Georgia. The article includes illustrations of workers collecting and processing the…
A photograph of Pollock Street looking east from George Street. The Stevenson House can be seen near the center of the image. Oxen and carts are visible down the street with a few onlookers in the background.
What appears to be three men standing on a railroad engine in Eastern North Carolina. The train is believed to have been produced in 1847 possibly for the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.