C. Michael Briggs is a native and resident of Greensboro, N.C. He is a longtime student of local history and a collector of Piedmont North Carolina decorative arts including North Carolina longrifles and banded powder horns. He has done programs on these subjects for the National Park Service, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts,… Continue reading Longrifles of the Wachovia Tract
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Thursday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m.
"Famous and Infamous Women of North Carolina" Join us for an engaging talk with author, historian, and storyteller Randell Jones. Learn about the fascinating lives of women in North Carolina who dared to live life on their terms. The talk will include special remarks about the subject of our current Women's History Month exhibit, "Lucy… Continue reading Thursday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m.
America 250 Celebration
People have been asking why we have a Christmas Tree in our research room. It is not in fact, a Christmas Tree. It is a Patriot Tree 🇺🇸! Colonel Joseph Winston Chapter of the NSDAR America 250 Patriot Tree The Colonel Joseph Winston Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution… Continue reading America 250 Celebration
National Women’s History Month Exhibit
During National Women’s History Month, we celebrate Lucy Bramlette Patterson, whose life of service a century ago to Winston-Salem and North Carolina remains an inspiration for those nonprofit organizations working today to continue making our community a better place for all citizens to live. A graduate of Salem Academy in 1882, she engaged our community… Continue reading National Women’s History Month Exhibit
Creeks of Forsyth County
Forsyth Creek Week is almost here. In addition to our photograph display celebrating our love of all things water-related, we invite you to come inside the North Carolina room where we have more for you to look at and explore. We thought it might be fun to learn a little bit about some of the… Continue reading Creeks of Forsyth County
Sanborn Insurance Maps Now Available Digitally
Our collection of Sanborn Insurance Maps have been digitized and are now accessible on the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center's website. These maps are helpful for researching historic properties and businesses, past street names, and historic neighborhoods, including ones that no longer exist. The maps are digitally available in high resolution with zoom capability. A… Continue reading Sanborn Insurance Maps Now Available Digitally
Shining Stars
It is the holiday season and I have been busy making Moravian stars for the North Carolina Collection. They are all around us here in Winston-Salem, with one of the largest shining each night from the top of Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. Since I know very little about them, I decided to do a little… Continue reading Shining Stars
Sketchbook Legacy 2021
We're back with a whole new group of talented young artists. Sketchbook Legacy - a project in collaboration with Art for Art's Sake - started last year at Meadowlark Middle School. The spring project asked Mrs. Miller's 8th graders to create a sketchbook or altered book. "Stay Positive & Covid Negative" - Kayla Harris Some… Continue reading Sketchbook Legacy 2021
Election Academy
How much do you really know about the election process? Have you ever wondered about it? Admit it you know you have and probably more so recently. The news stories and headlines have us all wondering and trying to figure out how the election process works. So here is some good news. The Forsyth County… Continue reading Election Academy
Brown Memorial Baptist Church…fe
In 1889, Baptists living in the Broad Street area founded a new congregation, the Broad Street Baptist Church. In 1906, they bought a lot at the corner of West Fourth and North Spring Street for a new church building. Ground was broken in November and the first three bricks laid by the misses Lillie Leak,… Continue reading Brown Memorial Baptist Church…fe