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The Local & State History Room houses
two collections, North Carolina
Reference and Genealogy
Reference.
These
collections consist of books,
maps,
pamphlets,
newspapers,
census records,
microfilm,
and photographs.
Almost anything concerning North
Carolina and Cumberland County, past or present, can be
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| Research |
All materials, including rare books and maps, are
available for use in the library only; they cannot
be checked out.
In-depth research cannot be performed by Library
Staff, but a list of researchers in the area is available upon
request.
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| Copies |
Photocopies
The
photocopy machine makes single copies at 15 cents per
page. With the purchase of a copy card, each page costs 10 cents.
Microform
copies
Microfilm and microfiche can be
copied on reader-printers. Each copy costs one dime. (The reader-printers accept dimes only.)
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| Clipping
Files |
Newspaper articles, pamphlets,
and other non-book materials of special
interest are arranged alphabetically in file folders. The drawers holding these folders are divided into
three major sections: Cumberland County, Fayetteville,
and North Carolina.
Subjects within each section include history,
biography, government, and a wide variety of other items
of state or local significance. Many of these files
contain materials which may not be found anywhere else. To see a list of the biography files, click here.
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| Magazines & Newspapers |
More than 50 current North
Carolina magazines, newsletters, and bulletins.
Current titles include:
- Cumberland Chronicles
- Our State
- Popular Government
- North Carolina Genealogical Society
Journal
- Business North Carolina
- Wildlife in North Carolina
- North Carolina Historical Review
Newspapers:
- The Fayetteville Observer
- The News & Observer (Raleigh)
- The Carolina Times (weekly)
- Independent Weekly
Back Issues of Newspapers on microfilm:
- The Fayetteville
Observer (1816 - )
- Raleigh's News & Observer (1979 - )
- Hope Mills' Cumberland County Outlook (1978 - 1983)
- Various Fayetteville newspapers
dating back to the 18th century
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| Maps |
A wide variety of Maps:
- Modern maps of Cumberland County
and the state of North Carolina
- Historical maps of Fayetteville,
Cumberland County
and North Carolina
- Department of Transportation maps for all 100 counties
- Geological Survey maps of Cumberland County and some North Carolina
cities
- Garland Stout Historical maps with indexes for most counties in North Carolina
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| Statistical Information |
Statistical Information, both current and historical
Data is available for population, health and vital statistics, climate, crime, education, employment and much more.
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| Genealogy Resources |
Unearth the truth about your family's past using the resources in this room, such as:
"How-to" manuals help beginning genealogists in their research and explain how to document their findings.
Some of the tools you'll use are census indexes, bibliographies, and family histories.
The Cumberland County Core Collection on microfilm contains court records, deeds, marriage bonds and other county records dating from the 18th century.
Federal Censuses (1790-1930) are available on microfilm for all North Carolina Counties.
In the 1870s the Southern Claims Commission reviewed the claims of Southerners - both African Americans and whites - who had furnished supplies for the U.S. Army and Navy during the Civil War. These historical documents are available here on microfilm.
Current and back issues of genealogical society newsletters housed in this room are also useful for family history researchers.
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| Special Collections |
The Jack Crane Collection is an extensive collection of local and state history
donated by the family of Jack Crane, a noted local historian and genealogist.
View index of subjects in this collection
Lucile Miller Johson Papers
If you are doing genealogical research, this collection will enlighten your knowledge of people as well as local and state history.
View index to Lucile Miller Johnson Papers
See additional online indexes
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| City Directories and Telephone Books |
Fayetteville City Directories dating from 1906 and Fayetteville Telephone Books dating from the early 1950s offer valuable information to local historians and researchers. These books provide a chronology of names of local people, business establishments and other places such as churches and schools.
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Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
300 Maiden Lane, Fayetteville, NC 28301
(910) 483-7727 ext. 210
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