Title & Author:

North Carolina : a guide to the Old North State / compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration for the State of North Carolina ; sponsored by North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development.

Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, MCMXXXIX [1939]
©1939.

Description:

xxxiv, 601 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Series:

American guide series

Notes:
"First published in 1939"--Title page verso.
Map, "Key to North Carolina tours" on front lining paper.
2 maps on 1 folded sheet in pocket at end.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-577) and index.
Foreword / Governor Hoey -- Preface / State director, Federal Writers' Project -- List of illustrations -- List of maps -- General information -- Calendar of events -- Part I : General background. Tar heels all / Jonathan Daniels ; Natural setting ; The Indians ; History ; The Negroes ; Agriculture ; Modes of travel ; Industry and labor ; Public education ; Religion ; Sports and recreation ; Folkways and folklore ; Eating and drinking ; The arts ; Architecture -- Part II : Cities and towns. Asheville ; Chapel Hill ; Charlotte ; Durham ; Edenton ; Elizabeth City ; Fayetteville ; Greensboro ; High Point ; New Bern ; Raleigh ; Wilmington ; Winston-Salem -- Part III : Tours -- Part IV : National park and forests. Great Smoky Mountains national park ; National forests -- Part V : Appendices. Chronology.
Library copy: bookplate of Marilyn A. Lavin, designed by Michael Graves.

Subject:

African Americans North Carolina.
Indians of North America North Carolina.
Automobile travel North Carolina Guidebooks.
Noirs américains Caroline du Nord.
Peuples autochtones Caroline du Nord.
Voyages en automobile Caroline du Nord Guides.
Travel
Automobile travel
Indians of North America
African Americans
North Carolina Guidebooks.
North Carolina Description and travel.
North Carolina Tours.
North Carolina Maps.
Caroline du Nord Guides.
Caroline du Nord Descriptions et voyages.
North Carolina

Form/genre:

Guidebook
travel guidebooks.
Tours
Maps
Guidebooks
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Hoey, Clyde Roark, 1877-1954, writer of foreword.
Björkman, Edwin, 1866-1951, writer of preface.
Hendricks, W. C. (William C.), writer of preface.
Daniels, Jonathan, 1902-1981, contributor.
Lavin, Marilyn Aronberg, donor.
Federal Writers' Project (N.C.), author, compiler.
North Carolina. Governor (1937-1941 : Hoey), writer of foreword.
North Carolina. Department of Conservation and Development, sponsoring body.
University of North Carolina Press, publisher.
American guide series.

North Carolina
Guide to the Old North State

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318055
Call No.: 318055
Copy: 1
Status: Available