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Recorded NCpedia Entries

NCpedia has a number of entries with audio recordings of the page text. These entries have been recorded by the Accessible Books and Library Services
branch of the State Library of North Carolina. The recordings were created for use by individuals with vision impairments and other special requirements and they are available for anyone who would like to listen to a recording of the articles. The audio and an audio player are embedded on the page. Visit the page link for text and audio. Select entries are available for download in MP3 format. Audio for entries under copyright is for personal and educational use only and not for further distribution.

North Carolina state symbols

State Bird: Cardinal by Steven Case. NC Government & Heritage Library, 2011.
State Dog: Plott Hound. Originally published as "Historical Hound" by Ansley Herring Wegner. From Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History, Fall 2008. Copyrighted.
State Flag by Josh Howard. Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History, 2010.
State Fossil: Fossilized teeth of the Megalodon Shark by T. Mike Childs, NC Government & Heritage Library, 2013.
State Frog: Pine Barren Treefrog by Emily Horton, NC Government & Heritage Library, 2013.
State Horse: Colonial Spanish Mustang by Karen McCalpin. From Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History, Fall 2008. Copyrighted.
State Mammal: Gray Squirrel by Steven Case, NC Government & Heritage Library, 2012.
State Salamander: Marbled Salamander by Emily Horton, NC Government & Heritage Library, 2013.
State Tree: Pine tree by Steven Case, NC Government & Heritage Library, 2011.

History

Amputations in the Civil War: When Johnny Couldn't Come Marching Home by Ansley Herring Wegner. Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History, Fall 2008. Copyrighted.
Battle of Moores Creek Bridge by Josh Howard. Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History, 2009.
Cooking in the 1800s: When dinner wasn't quick and easy by Courtney Hybarger. From Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History, Spring 2007. Copyrighted.
First Immigrants: Native American Settlement of North Carolina by Stephen R. Claggett. Reprinted from the Tar Heel Junior Historian, Spring 1995. Copyrighted.
Public schools in the Great Depression: Keeping the doors open by Dr. Anita Price Davis. From Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History, Spring 2010. Copyrighted.
First English Colonies: Roanoke Island, The Lost Colony by Matt Stokes. Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History, 2007.
Settlers of the Albemarle: Escape through the Great Dismal Swamp by Dr. Noeleen McIlvenna. From Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History, Fall 2007. Copyrighted.
Settlement of the Coastal Plain, 1650-1775 by Alan D. Watson. From Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History, Spring 1995. Copyrighted.
Settlement of the Piedmont, 1730-1775 by Christopher E. Hendricks and J. Edwin Hendricks. From Tar  Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History, Spring 1995. Copyrighted.

Business & Industry

Furniture industry (multipart entry) by Patricia Phillips Marshall, 2006. From Encyclopedia of North Carolina, UNC Press. Additional research by Michael H. Lewis. Copyrighted.

Overview
Colonial era to the Civil War
Industrial age
Modern furniture industry
References

Culture

Buegrass Music by Bland Simpson and Art Menius, 2006. From Encyclopedia of North Carolina, UNC Press. Copyrighted.
Blues by Charles J. Holden and Bruce E. Baker, 2006. From Encyclopedia of North Carolina, UNC Press. Copyrighted.
Dare Stones by T. Mike Childs, Government & Heritage Library, 2013.