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Advertising new products: In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.6; Advertisements from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries show new technologies, new tastes, and new ways of marketing goods to consumers.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Mrs. Cornelia Neal: Mrs. Cornelia Neal and two other women are pictured seated on a bed, stringing tobacco bags. There is a stove visible in the foreground.; Format: image/photograph

Preparing the meal with a smokeless wood-stove: A woman wearing a saari stands behind a raised earthen wood stove. It is a smokeless stove, introduced as an improvement on the traditional earthen stove which generates a lot of smoke inside the kitchen and the house. Kitchen work is usually carried out by...; Format: image/photograph

Mr. and Mrs. Vestal of Chatham County speaking in a kitchen: This is a black and white photo of the Vestals, an older man and woman, in their Chatham County kitchen. They are dressed in 1940s attire, but their stove is very old. The woman has her hand on the handle of a coffee pot. She is wearing a floral printed long...; Format: image/article

Introduction: George Vanderbilt established the first agricultural operations at Biltmore to produce dairy products, meat, poultry, fruits, and vegetables for use in Biltmore House. However, it was his hope that the estate would be self supporting, and by the mid-1890s,...; Format: article; By Sue Clark McKendree.

Conclusion: Children born or raised at the farm and dairy village have wonderful memories of growing up on Biltmore Estate. For Mildred Buchanan, living here “was fun. I guess you felt a little but more secure than you would out in the town....You just wasn’t...; Format: article; By Sue Clark McKendree.

Farmville's choice: In this lesson, students will learn about rural life in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Home demonstration and 4H clubs implemented many programs to help people learn better farming techniques, ways of preserving food, and taking care of the home. Several North Carolina leaders went to great lengths to ensure the success of these programs. In part of this activity, students help the town of Farmville dedicate a monument to one of those people.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Small-town businesses, 1903: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.11; Excerpts from The North Carolina Year Book and Business Directory, 1903, for the towns of Jefferson and Washington. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

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