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First, a number of links and resources on the topic of JOBS(!) in general:
(adapted from our January 2011 blog post)
Next:
And finally, a [non-comprehensive] list of regional North Carolina archives and special collections:
STATEWIDE
ASHEVILLE
BOONE
- W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection
Appalachian State University
Contact: Dr. Fred Hay
E-mail: hayfj@apstate.edu
Location: Belk Library, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608
Phone: 828-262-4041
Fax: 828-262-2553
BREVARD
CHAPEL HILL
CHARLOTTE
DAVIDSON
-
Davidson College Archive
Contact: Dr. Jan Blodgett , College Archivist & Records Management Coordinator
E-mail: jablodgett@davidson.edu
Location: P.O. Box 7200, Davidson, North Carolina 28035-7200
Phone: 704-894-2632
DURHAM
- American Dance Festival Archives
E-mail: adf@americandancefestival.org
Location: Box 90772, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: 919-684-6402
Fax: 919-684-5459
- Duke University Archives
Contact: Valerie Gillispie, University Archivist
Phone: 919-684-8929
- Duke University Medical Center Archives
Contact: Russell S. Koonts, Director and Archivist
E-mail: koont004@mc.duke.edu
Phone: 919-383-2653
Phone with Voice Mail: 919-660-1315
- Duke University Special Collections
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
E-mail: special-collections@duke.edu
Phone: 919-660-5822
Fax: 919-660-5934
Location: Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
- Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History
Duke University
E-mail: hartman-center@duke.edu
Phone: 919-660-5827
Location: Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
- John Hope Franklin Research Center for African & African-American History and Culture
Duke University
E-mail: franklin-center@duke.edu
Phone: 919-660-5922
Location: Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Duke University
E-mail: cwhc@duke.edu
Phone: 919-660-5967
Location: Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
- North Carolina Collection
Durham County Library
Contact: Lynn Richardson
E-mail: lrichard@co.durham.nc.us
Phone: 919-560-0171
Location: Main Branch, 300 N. Roxboro St., Durham NC 27702
- Selena Warren Wheeler Collection
Durham County Library
E-mail: slwarrenlib@co.durham.nc.us
Phone: 919-560-0270
Location: Stanford L. Warren Branch, 1201 Fayetteville St., Durham, NC 27701
- NCCU Special Collections
North Carolina Central University
Contact: Debora Hazel, Head Reference Librarian
E-mail: dhazel@wpo.nccu.edu
Location: NCCU Libraries, Durham, NC 27707
Phone: 919-530-6473
ELON
GREENSBORO
- Friends Historical Collection
Guilford College
E-mail: hegefhc@guilford.edu
Location: 5800 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC 27410
Phone: 336-316-2264
-
Greensboro Historical Museum
Contact: Stephen Catlett, Archives
E-mail: stephen.catlett@greensboro-nc.gov
Location: 130 Summit Ave, Greensboro, NC 27401
Phone: 336-373-2043
Fax: 336-373-2204
GREENVILLE
- Joyner Library Special Collections
East Carolina University
Location: East Fifth Street, Greenville, NC 27858-4353 USA
Phone: 252-328-6518 (General)
Phone: 252-328-6671 (Desk, Special Collections and Archives)
HIGH POINT
RALEIGH
- Meredith College Archives
Carlyle Campbell Library, Meredith College
E-mail: library@meredith.edu
Location: 3800 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC 27607
Phone: 919-760-8531
- North Carolina Office of Archives and History
E-mail: archives@ncmail.net
Location: 109 E. Jones St., Raleigh, N.C. 27601
Phone: 919-807-7310
Fax: 919-733-1354
- Special Collections Research Center
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Location: Rm. 1128, East Wing, D.H. Hill Library, 2 Broughton Dr., Raleigh, NC
Phone: 919-515-2273
- Olivia Raney Local History Library
Wake County Library System
E-mail: oliviaraney@co.wake.nc.us
Location: 4016 Carya Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610
Phone: 919-250-1196
- Mollie Huston Lee Collection
Richard B. Harrison Library
Wake County Library System
Contact: Wanda Cox-Bailey, Branch Supervisor
E-mail: wcox-bailey@co.wake.nc.us
Location: 1313 New Bern Ave, Raleigh, NC 27610
Phone: 919-856-5720
SALISBURY
WILSON
WINSTON-SALEM
- The Dorothy Carpenter Medical Archives
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Archives
Contact: Dianne Johnson - dyjohnso@wfubmc.edu
Contact: Vicki Johnson - vjohnson@wfubmc.edu
Location: Coy C. Carpenter Library, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem,
NC 27157
Phone: 336-716-3690
- Moravian Archives
Moravian Church, Southern Province Repository
E-mail: nblum@mcsp.org
Location: 457 S. Church St., Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101
- Wake Forest University Special Collections and Archives
E-mail: mulder@wfu.edu
Location: Z. Smith Reynolds Library, P.O. Box 7777, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Phone: 336-758-5089
Fax: 336-758-8831
- C.G. O'Kelly Library Archives
Winston-Salem State University
E-mail: cuec@wssu.edu
Phone: 336-750-2455
Fax: 336-750-2459
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