North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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We empower North Carolina institutions of all sizes to share their local history online.

The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center is a statewide digitization and digital publishing program housed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Wilson Special Collections Library. The Digital Heritage Center works with cultural heritage institutions across North Carolina to digitize and publish historical materials online. The Digital Heritage Center provides libraries, archives,

06/02/2026

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!

Mountain Xpress Issues from 1997 on DigitalNC 05/27/2026

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. …

Girls Scouts Go Global! 05/26/2026

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!

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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 …

05/25/2026

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

Find It All in Railroad House Historical Association and Museum’s Latest Collection! 05/22/2026

Thanks to our partner Railroad House Museum, we have new additions to newspapers, vintage postcards, a retrospective of the Black community in Sanford, and over 40 photographs dating back to the early 1900s now online. Learn more on the blog today and check out all the interesting materials from Lee County.

Find It All in Railroad House Historical Association and Museum’s Latest Collection! With the help of our partners at Railroad House Historical Association and Museum, we are excited to announce the addition of new photographs, yearbooks 3D objects, postcards, and newspaper issues to DigitalNC. Our latest newspaper arrivals …

New Materials From Jonesboro Historical Society Highlight the Garden Club and Book Guild 05/19/2026

Thanks to our partners at Jonesboro Historical Society, new materials from the Jonesboro Garden Club and the Jonesboro Book Guild, including scrapbooks and meeting minutes, are now available! Learn more on the blog today!

New Materials From Jonesboro Historical Society Highlight the Garden Club and Book Guild Thanks to our partners at Jonesboro Historical Society, new materials from the Jonesboro Garden Club and the Jonesboro Book Guild, including scrapbooks and meeting minutes, are now available! Jonesboro Book Guild Yearbook Organized in February 1950, the …

Throw Pots, Not Hands! We’ve Got Additional North Carolina Pottery Content Available on DigitalNC 05/15/2026

Thanks to our partner North Carolina Pottery Center | Seagrove, NC, many vertical files filled with brochures, photographs, exhibit catalogs, programs, and more from multiple NC potteries are now available to search on DigitalNC! Learn more on our blog!

Throw Pots, Not Hands! We’ve Got Additional North Carolina Pottery Content Available on DigitalNC Couldn't get enough of our last pottery batch? We've got more! Thanks to our partner, North Carolina Pottery Center, a batch filled with catalogs, exhibit programs, histories, letters, photographs, and more is now available on …

05/14/2026

Discover your heritage and history with this week's featured online resources. Explore family trees, public records, newspapers, and more.

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