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…
Valentine describes this image as the "oldest house in New Berne on E. Front St. near Pollock. Built 1710." Architectural historian Peter Sandbeck states the house was most likely built ca 1760-1770. In the 1980s, the home was moved to and…
"This was an outing (on the Cutter) down the Neuse. Daddy got permission for the outing. I can see Mary Ward, John Parker, Edith Carraway, Mrs. R.L. Daniels, Mrs. James West I, Mrs. R.D.V. Jones, etc."
Color postcard of the New Bern Graded School buildings along Hancock Street in New Bern. Also in view is the Home Office of the Pepsi-Cola Company at the corner of Hancock and Johnson Streets.
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…
The Good Shepherd Hospital Monthly Reports from 1962-1964 show the amount of money coming in, the different patients, and the amount of deaths for each month.
There is a letter to John G. Dunn, Jr. of the Good Shepherd Hospital from D.L. Stallings from the Craven County Board of Commissioners stating that the Good Shepherd Hospital has not been in use due to the growth of the Craven County Hospital. He…
Good Shepherd Hospital is being compared and contrasted with eighteen different hospitals in the surrounding area. They are also calling for a meeting of the board, as well as preparing to make an important announcement.