North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

Thanks to our our partner Kellenberger Room, New Bern-Craven County Public Library and our new partner New Bern Woman's Club, club scrapbooks, newsletters, and other materials documenting the history of the Woman's Club, which goes back to 1905. Learn more on our blog today!

https://www.digitalnc.org/blog/new-bern-womans-club-joins-digitalnc-as-370th-partner/

Thanks to our new partner Alston House Association, scrapbooks that document the 1976 production of "The House in the Horseshow," written by Joseph Coles Simmons. The play was written as part of the bicentennial celebration that year and was such a hit it was performed again the summer of 1977 as well. Learn more on our blog today!

https://www.digitalnc.org/blog/the-house-and-the-horseshoe-production-highlights-bicentennial-celebration/

We're excited to share that UNC has launched a new statewide study aimed at understanding how North Carolinians are encountering generative artificial intelligence and how local libraries can support AI literacy in meaningful, locally relevant, and sustainable ways.

The study is led by Diane Kelly, professor and interim dean in the School of Data and Information Sciences, in collaboration with María R. Estorino, vice provost for University libraries and University librarian, and in partnership with Michelle Underhill, state librarian with the Library of North Carolina.

"As we all navigate this complex and formidable technology, this project ensures that local libraries are not only part of the AI conversation, but a gateway to understanding it for the people of our state," said N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary Pamela B. Cashwell. Learn more about this new project now: https://www.unc.edu/posts/2026/06/04/carolina-launches-study-on-libraries-and-generative-ai-in-local-communities/

A new batch of 372 photographs taken in 1953 for the Sanford Herald are now online thanks to our partner Lee County Libraries NC. Today on the blog we explore how the photographs document the drought that was going on in NC in 1953 with some echoes of the drought we are going through now in 2026!

https://www.digitalnc.org/blog/new-photographs-show-the-days-of-drought-in-lee-county/

New issues of the Ocracoke Observer covering June 2025 - December 2025 are now on DigitalNC! Learn more on the blog today and hear all about Bob the Ocracat!

https://www.digitalnc.org/blog/get-a-glimpse-of-island-life-in-new-issues-of-the-ocracoke-observer/

Issues of the Roxboro Courier-Times from 1946-1952 are now online thanks to our partner Person County Museum of History! Learn more on our blog today!

https://www.digitalnc.org/blog/learn-about-the-legacy-of-person-county-high-school-in-new-issues-of-the-courier-times/

The first mention we could find in our newspaper collection of the best team in NHL - from the August 14, 1997 issue of the Transylvania Times (courtesy of our partner Transylvania County Library) Good luck to the Carolina Hurricanes tonight as they play for the Stanley Cup!

Issues from 1997 of the Mountain Xpress are now on DigitalNC thanks to our partner Buncombe County Special Collections! Learn more on the blog today!

Mountain Xpress Issues from 1997 on DigitalNC Thanks to our partner Buncombe County Special Collections, issues of the Mountain Xpress newspaper covering December 11, 1996-November 12, 1997 are now on DigitalNC, bringing the total coverage of the paper online from 1994-1997. …

Thanks to our new partner Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont, twelve scrapbooks documenting the Council's history and issues of their regular newsletter "The Leaderette" dating back to the 1930s are now on DigitalNC! Explore these resources online here: https://lib.digitalnc.org/search?ln=en&p=903%3A%20gscppc_040226_caj_01&f=&sf=&so=d&rg=10&fti=0 and learn more on the blog today!

https://www.digitalnc.org/blog/girls-scouts-go-global/

Girls Scouts Go Global! Scenes from a typical camp day Thanks to our newest partner, Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont Council, twelve new scrapbooks and several newsletters are now available on our website! Collection of materials Fields collected through her …

Today we honor all those who have lost their lives fighting for the United States, especially those who called North Carolina home.

Front page of the Thomasville Times, June 1, 2010 courtesy of our partner Davidson County Public Library System