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Status of Women in North Carolina, 1975-2020

North Carolina’s Council for Women was established by Governor Terry Sanford’s Executive Order in 1963.  Governor Sanford created an agency that would “advise the Governor, state agencies and the legislature on issues of concern to women.”  The Council focused on issues of pay equity, w

Using State Docs to Look Back at the Spanish Flu Pandemic in North Carolina 100 Years Ago

Older, significant state agency publications have been digitized by the Government and Heritage Library and are available online. By looking back through some of these digitized state documents you can find similarities between the influenza outbreak of 1918-1918 and the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Slavery in America and the World:

Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law is a comprehensive collection of legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.  

#DiscoverSummerNC: Beneath the Surface in NC

Ocean, estuaries, rivers, and lakes—our beautiful state is almost 10% water in surface area, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Whether we live in the mountains, piedmont, or coastal region, water is a part of our landscape.