First Provincial Congress Bicentennial Parade Program description. Each float scheduled specifies a specific event throughout New Bern's colonial past and becoming a state.
Program for the Bicentennial Festival for the First Provincial Congress in August of 1974. Included within the program is a list of events and times and locations as well as a map of Downtown New Bern.
The homes tour in 1946, hosted by the New Bern Garden Club, showed off the significant historic parts of New Bern at the time. The tour started at the "Headquarters" which was the Woman's Club House at Union Point, the site of the government house…
The Planet is a book put together by the students of The West Street Graded School in New Bern. The principal is J.T. Barber. Graduating class rolls, alumni updates, valedictorian speeches, and local advertisements are included as well.
Postcard of waves washing over the banks along East Front Street during the hurricane of 1913. Addressed to "Miss Mary L. Jones" and postmarked "Sep 26 13"
The Craven County Directory from 1913 lists names of citizens in Craven County based off of town and district within each town. It also includes advertisements for cars and buggies, as well as, hat making and groceries.
This booklet on the New Bern Military Academy is a part of the Charles Duffy Collection. Included within the booklet is a brief history of New Bern, the economic advantages that New Bern brings, and the history and rules of the school. This brief…
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…
Mounted photograph, ca. 1900, of a two story house with two adults and two children on a large porch. The house was formerly located at No. 82 North Craven Street, New Bern, N.C.
Mrs. Jennie Shotwell published a song written by her brother-in-law in 1866 to be sung for the benefit of the "Stonewall Cemetery." An article in the May 12, 1903, News & Observer states that the poem "had never been published until Mrs. Jennie…