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Collection Overview
| Size | 5.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 7000 items) |
| Abstract | This is an artificial collection created by the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from postcards donated over a period of decades. The collection consists of picture postcards dating from circa 1905 to the present arranged by North Carolina county name. Postcards of miscellaneous mountains and miscellaneous scenes of North Carolina are filed at the end. Within some counties additional subdivisions exist by city/town or topic. All 100 of North Carolina's counties are represented in the collection. |
| Creator | North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Processed by: North Carolina Collection, 1997
Encoded by: Tracy M. Jackson, August 2010, June 2011
Updated by: Patrick Cullom, March 2021
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Scope and Content
This is an artificial collection created by the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from postcards donated over a period of decades. The collection consists of picture postcards dating from circa 1905 to the present arranged by North Carolina county name. Postcards of miscellaneous mountains and miscellaneous scenes of North Carolina are filed at the end. Within some counties additional subdivisions exist by city/town or topic. All 100 of North Carolina's counties are represented in the collection.
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North Carolina Postcard Collection, 1905-2010.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by county.
| Image Box IB-P0052/1 |
Alamance County through Buncombe CountyBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 500 images Counties include Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, and Buncombe. |
| Image Box IB-P0052/2 |
Buncombe CountyBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 450 images |
| Image Box IB-P0052/3 |
Burke County through Cumberland CountyBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 450 images Counties include Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, and Cumberland. |
| Image Box IB-P0052/4 |
Currituck County through Edgecombe CountyBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 450 images Counties include Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, and Edgecombe. |
| Image Box IB-P0052/5 |
Forsyth County through Harnett CountyBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 450 images Counties include Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Graham, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, and Harnett. |
| Image Box IB-P0052/6 |
Haywood County through Hoke CountyBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 500 images Counties include Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, and Hoke. |
| Image Box IB-P0052/7 |
Hyde County through Mecklenburg CountyBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 500 images Counties include Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Martin, and Mecklenburg. |
| Image Box IB-P0052/8 |
Mitchell County through Orange CountyBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 450 images Counties include Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, and Orange. |
| Image Box IB-P0052/9 |
Orange County through Robeson CountyBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 450 images Counties include Orange, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, and Robeson. |
| Image Box IB-P0052/10 |
Rockingham County through Swain CountyBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 450 images Counties include Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, and Swain. |
| Image Box IB-P0052/11 |
Swain County through Wake CountyBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 450 images Counties include Swain, Transylvania, Tyrell, Union, Vance, and Wake. |
| Image Box IB-P0052/12 |
Warren County through Yancey County and Miscellaneous MountainsBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 450 images Counties include Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, Yancey, and Yadkin. Miscellaneous mountains include postcards from the Blue Ridge Parkway and Great Smoky Mountain National Park. |
| Image Box IB-P0052/13 |
Miscellaneous Mountains and Miscellaneous Scenes of North CarolinaBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 450 images Miscellaneous mountains include postcards from the Blue Ridge Parkway and Great Smoky Mountain National Park. |
| Image Box IB-P0052/14 |
Oversized PostcardsBlack-and-White Postcards and Color Postcards Approximately 450 images Counties include Alamance, Alleghany, Avery, Beaufort, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Carteret, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Guilford, Henderson, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Moore, New Hanover, Onslow, Orange, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Wake, Warren, Watauga, Yancey. Also includes miscellaneous scenes of North Carolina postcards. |