Posts in category Exhibits & Stories

First Peoples Exhibit Photos

May 7, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

The First Peoples of Stanly County Saturday, May 2nd — Saturday, August 29th Objects, Artifacts, & Photos from Morrow Mountain State Park The Oakboro Regional History Museum Pfeiffer University Library The Rankin Museum of American Heritage Matt Steed (Seven Gables Furniture & Design)

Stanly County Postcards

March 18, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

These postcards from Stanly County were recently scanned from Lewis Bramlett’s collection. Eventually they will be added to the museum’s online database.

William Henry Wall

March 4, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

William Henry Wall Posted: Monday, August 6, 2007 9:10 am By Carrie Crespo, Staff Writer In a time of segregation, there were many silent role models in Stanly County. One such unsung role model was William Henry Wall, a black man who served as a brick mason and was active in his church and his community. Described as looking stern with a so [...]

Morrow Mountain State Park – 19...

February 3, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

Morrow Mountain State Park Opening Parade on June 29, 1940 The following images come from the State Archives flickr site. “Pictorial Review of North Carolina State Parks 1942” From the records of the North Carolina Conservation and Development Department, Division of State Parks, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC. 19 [...]

Barringer Gold Mine

January 28, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

A few miles from the Reed Gold mine – believed to be the site of the first documented gold find in the United States (circa 1799) – and four miles from Gold Hill is the Barringer Gold Mine in Stanly County. Formerly one of the most important gold mines in 1800s North Carolina, the Barringer Gold Mine is remembered now mostly for being the fi [...]

Rosenwald School Exhibit Visitors

January 21, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

Rosenwald Schools – Videos

January 12, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

Rosenwald Schools Woodlawn School ninth graders Quinn Schneider and Jake Johnson won first place in the state-level National History Day Competition in May for this documentary on the Rosenwald Schools, a group of more than 5,000 schools for African-Americans funded by Sears & Roebuck president Julius Rosenwald in the early 20th [...]

Kingville Community – William H...

January 11, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

Norwood Colored High School

January 11, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

Information will be added to this page. We do not have a photo of the original Rosenwald School in Norwood, but we do have a photo of the teacher’s home. Norwood Teacher’s Home Here is a photo of the Norwood Black School in 1917 (pre-Rosenwald). Principal Professor H. S. Sellers is seated front right. Classes were held in Bennet [...]

Rosenwald Schools – Resources

January 11, 2015 Written by Julie Hawks

Fisk University Rosenwald Database Search the Fisk database for Rosenwald building information: http://rosenwald.fisk.edu/?module=search (more information from the National Trust for Historic Preservation). Rosenwald School Day Program. Negro School Improvement Day Program of Exercises, Friday, March 6th, 1931. The Julius Rosenwald Fund for [...]