Elizabeth Reid Murray Collection
Staff are pleased to now have received from Wake County historian Elizabeth Reid Murray her vast research collection. We have received such items as books, maps, slides and files. We now have files under nearly 100 different subjects.
To sample this collection click on Street Names below for a list of Wake County streets, their origins, and Mrs. Murray's source for this information. Ask at the desk for a list of file headings for other the subjects.
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African-Americans |
Newspapers |
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Alcohol |
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences |
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Apex |
Parks & Recreation |
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Archaelogy |
People |
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Architecture |
Photography |
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Arts |
Post Offices |
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Banks & Banking |
Prison System |
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Business/ Industry |
Raleigh Bicentennial |
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Cary |
Raleigh Descriptions |
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Census Records |
Raleigh Government-Annexation & Growth |
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Churches/Religion |
Raleigh Government-Charters & Orndinances |
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Civil War |
Raleigh Government-Fire Fighting |
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Colleges |
Raleigh Government-Law Enforcement |
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Communities (unincorporated) |
Raleigh Government-Minutes & News |
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Cora Wyatt |
Raleigh Government-Publications |
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Directories |
Raleigh Government-Reports |
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Dun & Bradstreet |
Raleigh Government-Water & Sewer |
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Elections/Politics |
Raleigh Histories |
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Estey Hall Research |
Raleigh Times |
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Events & Newspaper Excerpts |
Reconstruction |
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Everyday Living |
Research Aids |
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Firsts |
Rolesville |
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Fuquay-Varina |
Schools |
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Garner |
Sports |
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Great Depression |
State Fair |
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Health & Medicine |
Street Names (origins of) |
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Historic Preservation |
Transportation |
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Holly Springs |
Vass Family |
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Housing Developments/ Developers |
Vertical File |
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Hugh Morson |
Wake County Historical Society |
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Insurance |
Wake County Topics |
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Knightdale, New Hill, Eagle Rock |
Wake Forest, Forestville |
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Labor/Corp Commision |
Wake Government |
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Laws |
Wake Histories |
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Maps |
Wake Settings |
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Methodist Orphanage/ Deaf Dumb & Blind Schools |
Weather |
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Military/War |
Wendell |
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Miscellaneous Research |
Women |
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Mordecai |
Zebulon |
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Morrisville |
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