Introduction
This page presents research notes and other information collected by Historian Mike Legeros during a multi-month, deep-dive research project in 2018. See his Research Notes for the findings, which are presented in a tabular form with annotations.
Research Notes
Related Documents
Includes:
- Alarm codes, 1956
- Annual reports, 1971-1973
- Newspaper articles, 1893-present
- Sanborn Maps, 1911, 1915
- Town Minutes excerpts, 1927-2004
Blog Posts
- Chapel Hill's 1980 Mack... Was Almost a Seagrave
- Chapel Hill Airport Burns - January 11, 1941
- Chapel Hill Buys Ex-Airport Pumper, 1963
- Chapel Hill Fire Station 2 - History of the Original
- Chapel Hill's First Fire Company - A Chronological Quandary
- Chapel Hill Town Minutes - 1896 to 1922
- Contract for New Chapel Hill Fire House - August 1921
Search for archived blog posts
Links
- Chapel Hill Fire Department Retirees & History page on Facebook.
- Chapel Hill Museum - 1914 Fire Truck | History of CHFD
- Chapel Hill Town Minutes - 1952 to 2006
- Chapel Hill Town Minutes on Microfilm - Resource guide from State Archives (pdf)
- Daily Tar Heel back issues via Digital NC
- Daily Tar Heel archives, recent
- Lee Wilson's photos on Flickr - Search for Chapel Hill
- Mike Legeros photos on SmugMug - Search for chfd
- North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives
- North Carolina Maps
- WRAL archives
Research Tips
- Chapel Hill newspaper articles from 1993 to present are available via the State Library of North Carolina, via their online resources, via NewsBank America's News, which requires a State Library card, which are free.
- Chapel Hill newspaper articles are also available at the State Archives, on microfilm, in the reading room. Also, microfilm copies are available at the Chapel Hill Public Library.
- Chapel Hill newspaper articles are also available in bound, printed form via the Chapel Hill Historical Society, by appointment at their office, which is located at the Chapel Hill Public Library.
- Daily Tar Heel newspaper articles from 1893 to 1992 are available online via Digital NC. The search function is finicky. Also try manually manipulating the URL of search results, for faster changes to keyword searches.
Visual History
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