North Carolina Historical Publications

08/22/2026

Blue's March is featured at the National Book Festival!
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Kings Mountain National Military Park

08/12/2026

The North Carolina Zoo still has some of their amazing Red Wolf adoption kits that feature our children's picture book, Freedom's Howl.

Did you know that fewer than 30 American Red Wolves remain in the wild? They are the rarest canid species on Earth, and their only wild population calls North Carolina's Albemarle Sound home.

With our Special American Red Wolf Adoption Package, you can make a real difference! Proceeds directly support the North Carolina Zoo's vital efforts to save this iconic species from extinction.

Your adoption package includes:
🐺 A "smart" plush Red Wolf that tracks the movements of a wild wolf (historical data to protect them!)
📜 A personalized adoption certificate
🖼️ A framed portrait of Zoo wolves with their cubs
📖 A copy of Freedom's Howl, a pioneer family story
🐾 A paw print from a Zoo wolf
📱 A Red Wolf AirTag holder
🧲 An "I'm Saving the Red Wolf" magnet
📄 A fact sheet and sticker

This is more than a gift - it's a commitment to restoring a vital part of North Carolina's natural heritage.

Adopt yours and help bring these wolves back to the wild: https://nczoosocietystore.com/american-red-wolf-special-adoption/

07/22/2026

The USS Underwriter Raid, the first Civil War exhibit on MosaicNC, was published today! On February 2, 1864, Commander John Taylor Wood led about 230 Confederate naval men and officers in a daring raid off the coast of New Bern, North Carolina, targeting the USS Underwriter. In a swift assault featuring hand-to-hand combat, heavy gunfire, and the swinging of cutlasses, Wood’s men captured the vessel and took many U.S. sailors prisoner. Although the complementary Confederate army effort failed, the Underwriter was burned and the raid was praised for its boldness. Learn more at https://mosaicnc.org/underwriter

06/15/2026

Great news about our America 250 NC children's book, Blue's March: An Overmountain Men Tale, by Katie Hatton.

North Carolina Humanities, home to the North Carolina Center for the Book, has selected two books to represent North Carolina at the annual Library of Congress National Book Festival: Blue’s […]

06/08/2026

The April NCHR issue should have arrived to subscribers. Posted are a few pages to wet your whistle. The July NCHR issue is at the printer and, fingers crossed, will arrive to subscribers around July 4.

April Cover: The Old English/Freedman’s Cemetery in Salisbury, North Carolina, offers a modern example of a community-driven public history project using architectural interventions designed to reconcile a fractured landscape. City government officials and local citizens in Salisbury worked together to investigate and document two town cemeteries divided by a wall separating the White and Black burial sections, and they chose to create a breach in the wall as a way to reckon with a difficult past. Shima Hosseininasab’s article, “And Who Shall Separate the Dust Which Later We Shall Be . . . ?” investigates that project to create a bridge between separated communities.

See also the article by Samuel Momodu, "Spiritual Roots and Strategic Routes: Comparing Religious Influence in the 1960 Greensboro and Nashville Sit-Ins", and congratulations to Joshua Strayhorn as the recipient of the 2025 Edmonds-Gavins Award for his article in the April issue of the North Carolina Historical Review.

05/24/2026

Fun day with America 250 and the Zoo highlighting the Red Wolf and our book, Freedom's Howl -->

04/22/2026

We are pleased to announce that A Chronology of the American Revolution in North Carolina, by Michael Coffey is available now! The site still says preorder but it is ready for your bookshelf. https://uncpress.org/9780865265158/a-chronology-of-the-american-revolution-in-north-carolina/

04/07/2026

Check out this thoughtful Q&A with Amy Nathan, author of our recent children's book about Sarah Keys Evans:

Amy Nathan is the author of the new book Riding into History: The Surprising Story of Sarah Keys Evans and the Figh...

03/25/2026

Sneak peak at our forthcoming America 250 NC book -->
Coffey’s work outlines important events and dates of the American Revolution, with a particular focus on North Carolina. It includes other major national and international events to inform the context of actions in the state and provides profound connections to aid reader understanding. A Chronology of the American Revolution in North Carolina utilizes a journal entry format organized by date, with helpful summaries introducing each part.
NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
University of North Carolina Press

03/25/2026

Before the Revolution ignited, the women of Edenton lit a spark of their own.

The 1774 Edenton Tea Party was a bold act of resistance and a precursor to the Revolution. Penelope Barker and 51 women in Edenton took a stand by boycotting British goods, one of the earliest examples of women's political action in America.

Learn more in the online exhibit, History of the Edenton Tea Party Resolves: https://mosaicnc.org/edenton-tea-party.

Image credit: Illustration from the book, "Within Our Power: The Story of the Edenton Ladies' Tea Party," written by Sally Walker and illustrated by Jonathan D. Voss, published by the NC Office of Archives and History's North Carolina Historical Publications.



America 250 NC