Creating microfilm may sound dull and outdated, but the Archives’ Imaging Unit has some funny, cute, and sometimes icky stories to share that might change your mind! Intrigued? Click the link below! ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/2024/07/16/tal…

Due to ongoing construction at the new NC Education Campus on Jones Street, there may be road and sidewalk closures, and air horns and vibrations from blasting. Learn more: doa.nc.gov/blasts.

Military Collections intern Jenesis here! This summer I surveyed the Thomas W. Ferebee collection, which contains the papers of Thomas Ferebee, the bombardier aboard the plane Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945.

Sarah, Special Collections intern, here to share my experience! I was initially surprised by how many decisions, big and small, archivists make about collections during processing. I was also surprised by how quickly I got used to the need to make such decisions.

Have you ever heard of Zaddie Bunker? Summer Intern Reilly came across this aviation pioneer during her work this summer digitizing the Aycock Brown collection. Read more about Zaddie at the link below! ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/2024/08/08/zad…

Can you identify the street and city in North Carolina depicted in this historic postcard? Let us know in the comments! #MysteryMonday

The correct answer is Middle Street in New Bern! This postcard comes from the Massengill Postcard Collection, PhC.184.

The Archives has reprocessed the Treasurer’s and Comptroller’s Papers, one of our oldest collections. In doing so, what we've found proves that this collection consists of “more than just numbers.” Read more: ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/2024/08/27/mor…

As discussed in Tuesday's blog post, recently we reprocessed the Treasurer’s and Comptroller’s Papers. Today's blog reveals some of the hidden stories uncovered during that process and explains how staff took steps to ensure that they do not remain hidden. ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/2024/08/29/mor…

Since 2023, the Special Collections Section has been working on rehousing some of the oldest private collections. Read about that project in today's blog post! ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/2024/09/03/a-y…

Today's blog post comes to us from the Outer Banks History Center, where this summer's David Stick Intern explores what it was like to be a small town doctor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries! ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/2024/09/06/bea…

In today's blog post for History For All the People, read about summer intern Reilly's experience working on the Aycock Brown Collection! ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/2024/09/10/a-s…

On this National Day of Service and Remembrance, we remember those who lost their lives in the events and aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, and we salute all first responders, both in North Carolina and nationwide. Thank you for your dedication and sacrifice.