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- Academies for boys and for girls
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.10
- Various newspaper advertisements for academies or boarding schools in the Piedmont of North Carolina between 1838 and 1840. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: newspaper
- African American college students, 1906
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.7
- Records of pupils at the North Carolina Colored State Normal Schools (now Winston-Salem State University, Fayetteville State University, and Elizabeth City State University), 1906, with information about parents' occupations and how students paid their expenses. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: book
- African American home demonstration
- An African American home demonstration agent is pictured demonstrating child care skills to African American girls in this back and white photograph from the 1930s. The demonstration took place in front of a clapboard building. The students are seated and...
- Format: image/photograph
- Archibald Murphey proposes a system of public education
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.6
- Report of a joint legislative committee, 1817, laying out a complete plan for statewide public education, including primary schools, academies, and the University of North Carolina. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: report
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- Athletics
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.9
- As the urban middle and working classes grew in the late nineteenth century, so did their desire for leisure activities. The result was a growth in sports and athletics. Includes early motion pictures of school athletics.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- A Bill to Prevent All Persons from Teaching Slaves to Read or Write, the Use of Figures Excepted (1830)
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.9
- Law enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly, 1830. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: legislation
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- The Biltmore Forest School
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.8
- The pioneering Biltmore Forest School emerged from George Vanderbilt's desire for scientific management of the forests around Biltmore Estate.
- Format: article
- Biltmore Forestry School, schoolhouse interior
- Biltmore Forestry School, Schoolhouse, Brevard vicinity, Transylvania County, NC
- Format: image/photograph
- Broadside for Mecklenburg Female College, 1867
- Format: image/poster
- Cherokee mission schools
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.8
- Description of Spring Place, a Moravian mission to the Cherokee that operated from 1801 to 1833. Describes the education received by Cherokee boys and girls for the purpose of "civilizing" them. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: book
- The Colored State Normal Schools
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.6
- Excerpt from the catalog of the North Carolina Colored State Normal Schools (now Winston-Salem State University, Fayetteville State University, and Elizabeth City State University), 1906. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: book
- Education and literacy in Edgecombe County, 1810
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.4
- In this 1810 letter, Jeremiah Battle of Edgecombe County describes the lack of education in eastern North Carolina and the consequences for society and politics. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: letter
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- A father's advice to his sons
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 2.4
- Letter from Charles Pettigrew, Tyrrell County minister and planter, to his sons. Believing himself to be dying, Pettigrew gave them his advice for living a good and Christian life. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: letter
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- First Year at New Garden Boarding School
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.11
- Memoir of a girl's experience at New Garden Boarding School (now Guilford College) in 1837. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: essay
- "For What Is a Mother Responsible?"
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.5
- 1845 newspaper editorial about a mother's responsibilities for her children's education and character. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: article
- Commentary and sidebar notes by Kathryn Walbert.
- A free school in Beaufort
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.1
- Excerpt from the will of James Winwight, 1744, leaving money to build a free public school and hire a teacher. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: will
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- The Freedmen's Bureau
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 8.5
- Report by Louisa Jacobs on her and her mother Harriet's work to educate freed people in Savannah, Georgia, after the Civil War. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: letter
- Governor Aycock on "the negro problem"
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.9
- Speech by North Carolina Governor Charles Brantley Aycock, 1903, in which Aycock proclaims both the absolute supremacy of the white race and the importance of education for all citizens. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: speech
- John Chavis
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.10
- John Chavis (1762?–1838), a free African American living in North Carolina, was a widely respected minister and teacher with long-reaching influence on both whites and African Americans.
- Format: biography
- John Chavis opens a school for white and black students
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.3
- Newspaper advertisement (1808) for a school in Raleigh, taught by John Chavis. Chavis taught white students during the day and black students at night. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: newspaper
