Abstract The Historical Book Club of North Carolina was organized in 1947 to discuss and keep abreast of new books of general history. Over the years, the Club's mission grew to include literature of other genres by North Carolina authors. The Club has held four events per year for most of its history, and established the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for fiction in 1952.The Historic Book Club of North Carolina Records include minutes, correspondence, speeches, photographs, scrapbooks,...

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Janet Lembke is a nonfiction author and translator of Greek and Latin texts who has lived in North Carolina and Virginia. Her nonfiction writings predominantly focus on nature and the environment in the American south.

The Janet Lembke Papers date from 1966 to 2008 and include drafts of Lembke's books and translations, as well as correspondence, interviews, research materials, clippings, notes and other items related to her writings.