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Community History Archive Partner
Dare County Library
Buxton, North Carolina
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Buxton.
1935 to 2009Dates represented
See individual titles for available dates.
298,442Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Buxton, North Carolina.
Discover another side of Buxton, North Carolina through newspapers preserved in the Dare County Library's digital archive. Its five titles include material from 1935 to 2009.
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Selected titles
Dare County Library shares titles including “Dare County Times” and “Sea Chest Magazine”.
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Free and open access
No subscription or payment required.
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A closer look
A familiar name or event takes on another dimension in the newspaper coverage of its time, alongside the stories that mattered to the readers of that issue.
The reporting of earlier years offers a way to explore how events were understood as they happened and how local experiences became part of the historical record. A family story, a classroom project or curiosity about a familiar place can lead to a closer look at the community and the lives of earlier generations. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
Explore the collection
Titles in this collection
Browse five titles and 298,442 digitized pages, with material from 1935 to 2009. Through a partnership with Advantage Archives, Dare County Library shares these sources from the past. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
A familiar name or place can be the beginning of a story. Explore the titles below to see where that connection leads.
Dare County Times
204 pages from 1935 to 1937
Gregory Williams Family Tree
5,990 pages in 1992
Sea Chest Magazine
3,110 pages from 1973 to 2002
The Coastland Times
287,348 pages from 1951 to 2009
The Dare County Times
1,790 pages from 1938 to 1945
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About the Archive
About Dare County Library’s History Archives
Explore the Dare County Library ’s digital archives, offering access to historical records, including:
About the Library
About the Dare County Library
The three branches of the Dare County Library have over 60,000 titles on just about every subject imaginable. As part of the East Albemarle Regional Library System, our borrowers have access to a collection of almost 130,000 items held by all eight libraries within Dare, Currituck, Camden, and Pasquotank counties.
Partner Story
Mission
Providing information and resources in an atmosphere of helpfulness is the mission of the Dare County Library. A wide range of programs and services are readily available at all Dare County Libraries for children, teens, and adults. There are evening and Saturday hours in all three Dare County Libraries; please call or check the branch information website for specific hours of service.
More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Follow a story beyond the first mention
The history of Buxton includes individual lives as well as events remembered by the wider community. In the digital archive shared by the Dare County Library, begin with a name, place or date connected with the story you want to explore. When using historical newspapers, try alternate spellings and nearby dates, then read the surrounding page to place a local story in its time. Compare later reporting or another available title to explore different perspectives rather than treating one account as the whole story.
When a promising newspaper lead runs out, check the dates and titles represented before trying another name, place, or nearby issue. Keep unsuccessful searches with useful findings; gaps in coverage can limit what a search reveals. Use the dates and references to shape your next question, not as proof a missing result never existed.
As you piece together a story from the past, note where each detail came from and why it matters. Include the title, date, and page or item reference. Mark uncertain identifications and unanswered questions so a promising connection does not become an unsupported fact.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Dare County Library, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.
Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.
Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.
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Stories, research tips, and archive news
Read All About It connects archive research with the people and institutions preserving local history. Explore partner and community stories, project updates, research ideas, and perspectives on digitization, education, and working with primary sources. Use the articles as a starting point for your next question or a new way to share a discovery.
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