Most of the SCRR files were created by Susie Carson, her students and other members of the Society.  The files contain a mixture of documents, newspaper clippings, family genealogy tables and handwritten notes made by Miss Susie and others.  If you would like to add information to these files, please contact us at scrr2014@gmail.com.

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Subject Files

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African American Lives on the Lower Cape Fear River in the Late Nineteenth Century and early Twentieth Century (Information) LINK

African American Education LINK 

    Colored Citizens League - Call for New School (1949) LINK

Agriculture LINK                    

Amusements LINK                           

AMUZU LINK LINK2                                       

Architecture of Southport (book) LINK

Army and Navy Club   

    General LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW                        

Art History

    Local Concerts - Cabinet #1

    General #1 LINK 

    General #2 LINK

    Newspaper Clippings #1 LINK

    Newspaper Clippings #2 LINK

    The Way It Was Photos VIEW   

Bald Head Island 

    General LINK

    Deed and Abstracts LINK

    Newspaper clippings LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

Bellamy Mansion LINK    

Bicentennial (Brunswick County) LINK   

Bicentennial (Southport) LINK      

Bicentennial Quilt LINK                      

Blockade Runners LINK                                   Boarding House and Hotels  LINK  

BoilingSpringLakesLINK                           

Bolivia Airplane Crash LINK

Bowensville - Cabinet #1

Brunswick County

    General #1 LINK

    General #2 LINK

    History by Lawrence Lee LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

Brunswick County Community College LINK 

Brunswick County Confederate Veterans Association - Cabinet 

Brunswick County Court Term 1792 LINK    

Brunswick County Courthouse LINK      

Brunswick County Fair LINK

Brunswick Co. PhysiciansLINK  

Brunswick County Libraries

    General #1 LINK 

    General #2 LINK 

    General #3 LINK

    History of the G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library LINK

    

The Way It Was photos VIEW          

Brunswick County Marriage Bonds LINK

Brunswick County Reports/Articles LINK

Brunswick County Schools 

    General LINK 

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

    Brunswick County Training School LINK1 LINK2 LINK3

Brunswick Town

    General LINK

    General #2 LINK

    General #3 LINK

    History by Franda Pedlow LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

     Reports/Articles LINK

Camp Sapona

    General LINK

    Presentation by Scott Len (2015) LINK

    Rosters (1936-1937)LINK

    Sandspur (Camp Newsletters) LINK

Cape Fear Country 1731 (Pennsylvania Gazette) LINK

Cape Fear Early Settlements LINK    

Cape Fear Lightship and Light Tower LINK

Cape Fear Region LINK  

Cape Fear River Atlas LINK                  

Cape Fear Native Americans LINK

Cape Fear River Pilots

    General LINK

    The Way It Was VIEW

Cape Fear River Pilotage Minutes LINK  

Caroon Crab Company LINK

Cemeteries Committee LINK 

Cemeteries - Old Smithville #1 LINK

Cemeteries - Old Smithville #2 LINK

Cemeteries - Other LINK

Cemetery - Beave Dam LINK

Cemetery - Swain Family LINK

Cemetery Census (Brunswick County) LINK

Charleston Earthquake LINK

Charlestowne LINK                                   

Churches 

    General #1 LINK

    General #2 LINK

    Bethel Church Southport LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK        

City of Houston (shipwreck) LINK   

Civil War

    General #1 LINK 

    General #2 LINK

    Reports/Articles LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

Community Building

    General LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK   

Coronet Band LINK 

Diaries, Scrapbooks, Speeches LINK

Diligence

    General LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

Dosher Hospital LINK  LINK 

Early Explorations/Settlements

    General LINK

     Reports/Articles LINK 

Everetts - Smithville's First Family of Medicine LINK Fishing and Shrimping

    General LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

Fort Caswell

    General #1 LINK

    General #2 LINK

    Way It Was VIEW

Fort Caswell Resort LINK                              

Fort Fisher

    General LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK    

Fort Johnston

    General #1 LINK

    General #2 LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW      

Founders Day LINK                                   

Fourth of July

    General LINK

    Fourth of July Program (1967) LINK

    Fourth of July Program (1977) LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

    Newspaper Clippings LINK 

Scrapbook: Part1 (Connie Ledgett)  LINK

                         Part2 (Connie Ledgett)  LINK 

           Part3 (Connie Ledgett)  LINK           

Franklin Square Park

    General LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW         

Frying Pan Lightship LINK                     

Fugitives (Payne and Turner) 1938  LINK

Garrison Bridge LINK                                

Gause Landing  LINK       

JOHN D.GILL (Ship) 

    General LINK 

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

    Presentation by Tim Terman (2016) LINK

    YouTube Presentation by Liz Fuller (2022) VIEW

    Crew Folders LINK

Great Depression

    General LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK       

Green Swamp

    General LINK      

    Newspaper Clippings #1 LINK

    Newspaper Clippings #2 LINK

Half Hell LINK

History Tours -  Cabinet #2

Holidays LINK    

Hood Building

    General LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

Jabbertown Road - Presentation by Donnie Joyner LINK 

Jeanes Teachers - Presentation by Alexis Gore Graves (2016) LINK 

Lighthouses

    General #1 LINK

    General #2 LINK

    General #3 LINK

    General #4 LINK    

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW  

Lockwood Folly LINK  

Mack's Café LINK

Maritime - Reports/Articles LINK        

Maritime Museum

    General LINK 

    Newspaper Clippings LINK       

Moore's Creek LINK                                  

Menhaden Fishing 

    General LINK

    Menhaden Fishing Video (1936) LINK

    The Men All Singing by John Frye LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

    Southport(Georgetown)Fish Scrap and Oil Co. VIEW

Military - Reports/Articles LINK


Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point

    General #1 LINK 

    General #2 LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW 

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

Monument to Lost Pilots LINK

Naval Stores LINK 

North Carolina

    General #1 LINK

    General #2 LINK

    General #3 LINK

    General #4 LINK

History course outline  LINK   

North Carolina Battleship

    General LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

    Charles Paty Jr. Oral History LINK

Oak Island  

    General LINK

    History of the G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library LINK

    History of Oak Island, State Port Pilot, Spring           1995, 71 Pages LINK

Newspaper Clippings #1 LINK

    Newspaper Clippings #2 LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

    Presentation by Wolf Furstenau (2015) LINK 

Oak Island Range Lights LINK 

Oak Island Coast Guard Station LINK    

Old Brunswick County Jail

    General #1 LINK

    General #2 LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

    Sheriff Gray Scrapbook LINK       

Old Smithville Burying Ground 

    General #1 LINK  

    General #2 LINK 

    Newspaper Clippings LINK              

Oliver's Grill LINK                                    

Orton Plantation

    General LINK LINK1

    Presentation (2000) LINK 

    Story of Orton Plantation (1958) LINK           

Personalities 

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

    Newspaper Clippings #1 LINK

    Newspaper Clippings #2 LINK   

Pirates LINK                                 

Plantations LINK                                       

Plaque House Listing LINK

Platt House LINK                                      

Poems/Songs

    General LINK  

    Reports/Articles LINK      

Porches LINK        

Potts, Joshua Memorial LINK    

Quarantine Station

 General LINK

 The Way It Was photos VIEW                            

    

Race and Gender LINK                                  

Railroad

    General LINK

    WB&S VIEW

    The Way It Was photos VIEW    

Recipes (historical) LINK 

Reconstruction LINK                                    

Revolution (Play)

    General #1 LINK

    General #2 LINK                               

Revolutionary War LINK 

    Proceedings of the Safety Committee, for the town      of Wilmington, N.C. from 1774 to 1776. LINK

Roads and Bridges VIEW               

Robin's Nest (at the SCRR)                          

Rocks, The (dam) LINK1 LINK2

Rosenwald Schools presentation-Donnie Joyner LINK      

Shallotte LINK     

Smithville LINK           

Southport Businesses

    General #1 LINK 

    General #2 LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

    The Way It Was photos #1 VIEW

    The Way It Was photos #2 VIEW

Southport Celebrations 

    General LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW  

Southport Commercial Association(1900-1911) PART1 PART2

Southport City

    General #1 LINK

    General #2 LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

    Newspaper Clippings #1 LINK                             Newspaper Clippings #2 LINK

    Newspaper Clippings #3 LINK

Southport Fire and Rescue Department 

    General LINK

    Model T Fire Truck (1922) LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW                    

Southport Garden Club LINK

Southport Historical Society

    General LINK 

    Newspaper Clippings LINK          

Southport in 1940s

    General LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW   

Southport Marina LINK                                   Southport Memories LINK  

Southport Memorabilia LINK  

Southport Ordinances  LINK                                

Southport Parks LINK  

Southport Reports/Articles LINK

Southport Schools

    General #1 LINK

    General #2 LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

    The Way It Was - Buildings VIEW

    The Way It Was - Classes VIEW

    The Way It Was - Activities VIEW

    The Way It Was - Students VIEW

    Southport High School Yearbook (1922) LINK 

Southport Trees

    General LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW    

Southport Woman's Club LINK   

Steamers 

    General

    The Way It Was photos VIEW         

Storms - Hurricane Hazel 

    General LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW      

Storms - Not Hurricane Hazel

    General LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW    

Sunnyside LINK

Transportation LINK                             

U.S. Coast Guard

    General LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

U.S. Lifesaving Service 

    Oak Island Station LINK                             U.S. Postal Service

    General LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW   

USO (Community Building)

    General LINK

    Newspaper Clippings LINK

USS North Carolina 

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

    Charles Paty Jr Oral History LINK      

Walden Creek LINK

War of 1812 (Brunswick County Men) Cabinet #3

Way It Was Index 1967-1979 LINK           

Whittlers Bench LINK1 LINK2 VIEW     

World War II

    General #1 LINK

    General #2 LINK

    General #3 LINK

    The Way It Was photos VIEW

    Newspaper Clippings #1 LINK

    Newspaper Clippings #2 LINK

    Newspaper Clippings #3 LINK

    Newspaper Clippings (SPP 1940s) LINK

    JOHN D.GILL (Ship) 

      General LINK 

      Newspaper Clippings LINK

      Photo VIEW

      Presentation by Tim Terman (2016) LINK

                                      

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