Alamance

Primitive Baptist Library
The Primitive Baptist Library collects and preserves records of the Primitive Baptist Church and other writings both published and unpublished that reflect the doctrines of the church or illuminate the church's history. Collections are made available to all whose interests might be served by these materials. Collections include church publications, private manuscripts, photographs, rare books, and various other items pertaining to the Primitive Baptist community in the south.

Haw River Historical Association
Haw River Historical Museum
The Haw River Town Museum, located in one of the oldest buildings in Haw River, houses and exhibits an extensive collection of artifacts, photographs, and other items documenting the history of Haw River. Specific focuses include notable individuals from Haw River, the textile industry in Haw River, and the historic architecture of Haw River.

Elon University
Carol Grotnes Belk Library
The University Archives at Elon University consists of the printed and photographic history of the university. Among the materials the Archives contains are yearbooks, college catalogs, alumni magazines, campus newspapers, and the minutes of the faculty, the academic council and the board of trustees. The photographs cover the period from the founding until the present day. Special Collections include Elon authors; the McClendon Civil War collection of books about the Civil War from the Confederate viewpont; the Johnson Collection of southern authors, signed volumes presented to the library, and representative publications of speakers who have spoken on campus; Church History Collection of materials relating to the Christian Church (O'Kelly) and the Southern Conference of the Christian Church; and the complete works of childrens' author Jane Belk Moncure.

Alamance Battleground State Historic Site
On the location of this historic site in 1771, an armed rebellion of backcountry farmers-called Regulators-fought against royal governor William Tryon's militia. Alamance Battleground State Historic Site preserves these grounds and interprets the history of the battle and the Regulator movement. Visitors can tour the eighteenth-century Allen House, the battlefield, and the battlefield monuments. These features, together with the visitor center's twenty-one minute video, Alamance, offer a vivid account of this colonial battle, as well as the pressures of colonial policies that precipitated the revolt.

Alamance County Historical Museum, Inc. - Oak Grove Plantation
The Alamance County Historical Museum collects, preserves, displays, and interprets records, relics and artifacts, which contribute to an understanding and appreciation of the historical development of Alamance County and the North Carolina piedmont. The museum documents to area's nascent textile industry (1837-1920) and interprets 19th century farm life through the preservation of Oak Grove Plantation, a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the ancestral home of legendary textile magnate E. M. Holt, founder of Holt Textile Mills and producer of the famous Alamance Plaids.

Cedarock Park (Alamance County Recreation and Parks)
Cedarock Historical Farm
Cedarock Historical Farm at Cedarock Park seeks to preserve the agricultural history of Alamance County and to share that agricultural heritage with the public through maintenance of the Garrett farm and educational programs designed to expose children of all ages to traditional piedmont farming practices. The farm is the ancestral home of John and Polly Garrett first settled in 1830 with a small log cabin. In 1835, the Garretts built a larger two-story frame house, which was occupied over the course of the next several generations. Both structures as well as several barns and outbuildings survive today. Cedarock Historical Farm presents a dynamic series of educational programs and exhibits that include antique farm equipment demonstrations, living history events, and many school group tours. The farm also raises and cares for a diverse array of farm animals typical of a traditional 19th century Alamance County farm including a working mule team.

Snow Camp Historic Site
Snow Camp Historic Site seeks to share the history of the Snow Camp community and early Quakers and to highlight their contributions to the county and the state through the collection and preservation of historic structures and the presentation of the historical outdoor dramas The Sword of Peace and Pathway to Freedom.

Textile Heritage Museum
The Textile Heritage Museum is a non-profit organization established in Alamance County as a permanent institution for the study, education, and enjoyment of the piedmont's rich textile heritage, which extends back into the 19th century and reaches forward into the 21st century. The Museum is housed in the former Glencoe Mill Office and Company Store, and tours include the museum as well as the mill buildings, the dam, and surrounding structures. Glencoe, which is on the Haw River, provides a unique opportunity for visiting an intact 1880's mill village. Most of the mill village houses in the South were either sold to individuals or completely destroyed. The Glencoe buildings and houses are being preserved and renovated for the enjoyment of new homeowners, tourists and guests. Visitors can stroll along the banks of the Haw River and learn how waterpower fueled the Southern Industrial Revolution. Collections include photographs and artifacts pertaining to textile mills and mill villages. Exhibits explore connections between science, history, art, humanities, and economics, and explain the textile industry's development and changes the industry brought to the South. Educational programs, activities and demonstrations enable children and adults to better understand life in a mill and mill village at the turn of the 20th century.

Alamance Community College, Learning Resources Center
Scott Family Collection
Alamance Community College's Scott Family Collection preserves and makes available to the public a variety of Scott Family materials. The Scotts of Alamance County have been leaders in North Carolina business, agribusiness, education, medicine, religion, and government for over one hundred years. Scott Family members of note include Henderson Scott, an early postmaster in the Hawfields community; Robert Walter Scott (1861-1929), an innovative master farmer and supporter of the Farmer's Alliance; his son W. Kerr Scott, NC Governor 1949-1952 and US Senator 1955-1958; Elizabeth Scott Carrington, founder of the nursing school at UNC-CH; and her nephew Robert "Bob" Scott, NC Governor 1968-1972. Elizabeth Scott Carrington and Bob Scott donated the land on which Alamance Community College sits. The collection includes family letters, photographs, maps, artifacts, and other formats, and continues to be enhanced by donations from the Scott heirs. The Scott Collection is open to visitors Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Fridays 8-5, Wednesdays 1:30-4:30.

Alamance County Arts Council
Captain James and Emma Holt White House
Alamance County Arts Council is committed to shaping the cultural identity of Alamance County by making art a tangible presence in the lives of its citizens. The Arts Council strives to enhance the quality of life by engaging people in a diverse array of art through the delivery of programming and education, provision of facilities, advocacy and funding, and collection and display of works of visual art in the Captain James and Emma Holt White House and public buildings throughout the county.

May Memorial Library (Headquarters of Alamance County Public Libraries)
May Memorial Library Local History Collection
The Local History Collection at May Memorial Library seeks to collect, preserve, and make available to the public published works, manuscript materials, photographs, maps, and other items for the study of local history in Burlington and Alamance County. Topics of interest highlighted by the collection include genealogy, the textile industry, other industries such as Western Electric, and local businesses.

Graham Historical Society
Graham Historical Museum
The Graham Historical Museum seeks to share the history of Graham, North Carolina, through the collection, preservation, and display of artifacts, documents, photographs, ephemera, and other items pertaining to Graham and its citizens past and present. The museum is located in Graham's historic first fire station and municipal building and houses one of Graham's first fire trucks. Other collections of particular interest include early Graham town records and material on Graham natives Tom Zachary, 1930's baseball star, and Jeanne Swanner Robertson, Miss North Carolina 1963.

Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation headquarters and tribal office exits to address the social, cultural, educational, and economic needs of tribal members. Their collection of artifacts, manuscript material, photographs, and other items documents the history of the Occaneechi of northeastern Alamance County's Little Texas community.

Mebane Historical Society, Inc.
Mebane Historical Museum
The Mebane Historical Museum seeks to collect and make available to the public artifacts, documents, and photos pertaining to the history of Mebane, NC. This museum began with the personal collection of Milton McDade, a long-time resident of Mebane whose hobby was collecting local history materials and telling the story of Mebane's past. The museum is temporarily housed in the Mebane Community Center and is open by appointment.

Alamance Regional Medical Center
Library
The Alamance Regional Medical Center Library primarily serves the staff and patients of the hospital and the general public by providing access to their large and up-to-date collection of publications pertaining to medicine, medical treatment, and health care. The library also has a smaller selection of books, CD's, DVD's, videos, and periodicals geared more towards consumer health. In addition to these materials, two remarkable special collections documenting the history of the hospital and medical profession in Alamance County are also available by appointment - the ARMC Foundation Collection and the Alamance-Caswell Medical Society Alliance Auxiliary Collection.