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Map of Roanoke Island. [February 8, 1862].
Theodor de Bry - [A chief of Roanoke] / T.B.

Theodor de Bry - [A chief of Roanoke] / T.B.

Full-length, front and back view of Native chief showing manner of dress; river scene in background. Illus. in: Americae / Theodor de Bry, ed. München : Konrad Kölbl, 1970 reprint of edition published 1600, par... More

The Burnside expedition landing at Roanoke Island - February 7th 1862

The Burnside expedition landing at Roanoke Island - February 7th 1862

Print shows boats and riverboats filled with soldiers landing on the shore; scores of soldiers disembark and join troops already at the campsite. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse, (E.) & Co. Sketched b... More

Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 80 years of productions in 2017 in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks

Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 8...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North ... More

Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 80 years of productions in 2017 in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks

Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 8...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North ... More

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked 80 years in operation in 2017 in Manteo, North Carolina

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play tells the story of an ill-fated first English colony in America, on Roanoke Island, where Manteo lies today. When leaders of ... More

The Burnside expedition landing at Roanoke Island - February 7th 1862

The Burnside expedition landing at Roanoke Island - February 7th 1862

Print shows boats and riverboats filled with soldiers landing on the shore; scores of soldiers disembark and join troops already at the campsite. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse, (E.) & Co. Sketched b... More

Garden element at the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and Splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

Garden element at the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, a community on Ro...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Spread over a ten-acre acrea, the Elizabethan Gardens were created in 1951 to commemorate the first English settlement in North Americ... More

Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862: By the federal forces, under Command of Genl. Ambrose E. Burnside, and gunboats under Commodore L.M. Goldsborough

Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862: By the federal forces, unde...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0903

Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 80 years of productions in 2017 in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks

Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 8...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North ... More

Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 80 years of productions in 2017 in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks

Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 8...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North ... More

The Elizabeth II, a representative 16th-century sailing vessel in Festival Park in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and Splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

The Elizabeth II, a representative 16th-century sailing vessel in Fest...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and Splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Islan...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Sketch showing route of the Burnside expedition [to Roanoke Island, N.C., February 6, 1862]

Sketch showing route of the Burnside expedition [to Roanoke Island, N....

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 317.12 From U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Supplemental report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, in two volumes. Suppleme... More

Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 80 years of productions in 2017 in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks

Scene from "The Lost Colony," a historical outdoor drama that marked 8...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North ... More

Map of Roanoke Island showing Rebel forts.

Map of Roanoke Island showing Rebel forts.

Shows the area surrounding Roanoke Island, N.C., including Croatan, Roanoke and Pamlico sounds, and the locations of Confederate forces on the eve of the Battle of Roanoke Island in February 1862. Color coding ... More

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked 80 years in operation in 2017 in Manteo, North Carolina

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play tells the story of an ill-fated first English colony in America, on Roanoke Island, where Manteo lies today. When leaders of ... More

[Envelope addressed to Genl. Henry A. Wise, Roanoke Island, N. Carolina]

[Envelope addressed to Genl. Henry A. Wise, Roanoke Island, N. Carolin...

Handwritten envelope addressed to General Henry Alexander Wise of General & Staff Confederate States Infantry Regiment; bears 5-cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljen... More

A memorial, dedicated in 2003, to longtime town commissioner Jule Day Burrus in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and Splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

A memorial, dedicated in 2003, to longtime town commissioner Jule Day ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862: By the federal forces, under Command of Genl. Ambrose E. Burnside, and gunboats under Commodore L.M. Goldsborough

Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862: By the federal forces, unde...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0903

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked 80 years in operation in 2017 in Manteo, North Carolina

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play tells the story of an ill-fated first English colony in America, on Roanoke Island, where Manteo lies today. When leaders of ... More

Trawler in Wanchese, an old fishing port, which in fact, was the very first fishing village, on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and Splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

Trawler in Wanchese, an old fishing port, which in fact, was the very ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

The  Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

Plan of the Battle of Roanoke Island. North Carolina. Feby 8th 1862.

Plan of the Battle of Roanoke Island. North Carolina. Feby 8th 1862.

Federal forces under Burnside quickly overcame the Confederate defenders, giving the Union control of Pamlico Sound and a base on the Atlantic coast for operations against North Carolina.

Marshland on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

Marshland on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mil...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked 80 years in operation in 2017 in Manteo, North Carolina

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play tells the story of an ill-fated first English colony in America, on Roanoke Island, where Manteo lies today. When leaders of ... More

Small fishing boat in Wanchese, an old port, which in fact, was the very first fishing village, on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and Splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

Small fishing boat in Wanchese, an old port, which in fact, was the ve...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Map of the battlefield of Roanoke Id. Feb. 8th 1862 /

Map of the battlefield of Roanoke Id. Feb. 8th 1862 /

Scale ca. 1:1650 and 1:82,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 317 Detailed map of Roanoke Island battlefield and a map of Roanoke Island and vicinity. The former indicates Union and Confederate troop positions, t... More

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked 80 years in operation in 2017 in Manteo, North Carolina

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play tells the story of an ill-fated first English colony in America, on Roanoke Island, where Manteo lies today. When leaders of ... More

Trawler in Wanchese, an old fishing port, which in fact, was the very first fishing village, on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and Splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

Trawler in Wanchese, an old fishing port, which in fact, was the very ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Wanchese, an old fishing port, and in fact, the very first fishing village, on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

Wanchese, an old fishing port, and in fact, the very first fishing vil...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

The  Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

The  Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

The Hurricane and Agatha - theatrical playbill, public domain image

The Hurricane and Agatha - theatrical playbill, public domain image

A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More

Shellfish boat loaded with buoys to mark traps in Wanchese, an old fishing port, and in fact, the very first fishing village on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

Shellfish boat loaded with buoys to mark traps in Wanchese, an old fis...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Garden element at the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and Splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

Garden element at the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, a community on Ro...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Spread over a ten-acre acrea, the Elizabethan Gardens were created in 1951 to commemorate the first English settlement in North Americ... More

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked 80 years in operation in 2017 in Manteo, North Carolina

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play tells the story of an ill-fated first English colony in America, on Roanoke Island, where Manteo lies today. When leaders of ... More

The  Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

White Fawn and This Changing Island

White Fawn and This Changing Island

A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More

The  Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

The  Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

The  Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked 80 years in operation in 2017 in Manteo, North Carolina

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play tells the story of an ill-fated first English colony in America, on Roanoke Island, where Manteo lies today. When leaders of ... More

The  Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

Sketch of Roanoke Island, N.C. [February 8, 1862]
Map of the battlefield of Roanoke Id. Feb. 8th 1862

Map of the battlefield of Roanoke Id. Feb. 8th 1862

Annotated in red and blue to show Union and Confederate positions. Description derived from published bibliography. Detailed map of Roanoke Island battlefield and a map of Roanoke Island and vicinity. The forme... More

Trawler in Wanchese, an old fishing port, which in fact, was the very first fishing village, on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and Splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

Trawler in Wanchese, an old fishing port, which in fact, was the very ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Stranger in Town and Uncle Ebby's Weddin'

Stranger in Town and Uncle Ebby's Weddin'

A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More

The  Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

The  Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

The Hurricane and Agatha - theatrical playbill, public domain image

The Hurricane and Agatha - theatrical playbill, public domain image

A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More

Marshland on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

Marshland on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mil...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked 80 years in operation in 2017 in Manteo, North Carolina

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play tells the story of an ill-fated first English colony in America, on Roanoke Island, where Manteo lies today. When leaders of ... More

Stranger in Town and Uncle Ebby's Weddin'

Stranger in Town and Uncle Ebby's Weddin'

A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More

The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and Splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Islan...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Appropriate sign for the Fisherman's Wharf Restaurant in Wanchese, an old fishing port, which in fact, was the very first fishing village, on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and Splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

Appropriate sign for the Fisherman's Wharf Restaurant in Wanchese, an ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked 80 years in operation in 2017 in Manteo, North Carolina

Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play tells the story of an ill-fated first English colony in America, on Roanoke Island, where Manteo lies today. When leaders of ... More

Fish scale in Wanchese, an old fishing port, which in fact, was the very first fishing village, on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and Splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

Fish scale in Wanchese, an old fishing port, which in fact, was the ve...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Garden element at the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, a community on Roanoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands and Splits off the coast that locals like to call the "OBX"

Garden element at the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, a community on Ro...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Spread over a ten-acre acrea, the Elizabethan Gardens were created in 1951 to commemorate the first English settlement in North Americ... More

The  Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side

The  Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

The Battle of Roanoke Island. Charles Grobe

cover, black print on yellow stock. color lithograph, p. 3 Music associated with the Union side