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A dance card used by ladies at a masquerade ball. The card was slipped over the lady's wrist using the ribbon, and her dances for the evening were penned in the section marked "Engagements"

An account of the yellow fever epidemic that struck New Bern in September and October 1864. Included in the book is a list of those who died from the epidemic.

Personal narrative of the life of Lavinia Ellis Cole Roberts during the Civil War describing the daily life and hardships she faced.

Pamphlet describing the Confederate Monument at Cedar Grove Cemetery in New Bern, N.C.

Broadside advertising memorial ceremonies on the death of Robert E. Lee held at First Baptist Church on November 3, 1870.

A broadside (ca. 1880s) advertising the rates and services of Vance Academy, a private school in New Bern, located in the Simpson-Oakesmith Home at the south-eastern corner of Pollock and East Front Streets.

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…

Pamphlet describing the school, teachers, and courses of the Bourdelais School of Music, which began operation in New Bern in 1913. The school continued until shortly before the death of Mr. Bordelais in October 1932.

Pamphlet detailing the charters and rules for running the Atlantic Steam Fire Engine Company in New Bern.

A yearbook of life at Montford Point, the camp of the first African-American United States Marine Corps recruits.