Portsmouth Island Sources

Items

• Portsmouth Island Photography Exhibit Opens at the Ocracoke Preservation Museum
  An article in the Ocracoke Observer newspaper talking about the opening of the Portsmouth Island Photography Exhibit at the Ocracoke Preservation Museum. Starts on Page 25.
• Portsmouth Island Homecoming Returns April 27th
  An article in the Ocracoke Observer newspaper talking about the Portsmouth Homecoming of 2024. Starts on Page 13.
• Portsmouth Island 2002 Homecoming
  An article in the Ocracoke Observer newspaper talking about the Portsmouth Homecoming of 2002. Starts on Page 27.
• Governor's Correspondence: Report from Captain Daniel McD. Lindsey on coastal defenses
  Report from Captain Daniel McD. Lindsey detailing the reasons for abandoning isolated coastal defenses at Oregon Inlet and Portsmouth Island, North Carolina. This item was scanned as part of the American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration at the North Carolina State Archives. It was part of the monthly documents on the North Carolina Civil War 150 website (http://civilwar150nc.wordpress.com).
• Cape Lookout National Seashore
  Display panels about Portsmouth Village Historic District. For the North Carolina Exploring Cultural Heritage Online (NC ECHO) project, 1999-2007, photos were taken of archives, historic houses, museums, libraries, and more.
• The Ferryman of the Outer Banks
  Our State, Vol. 84, no. 4 (September 2016). The Ferryman of the Outer Banks by Lane DeGregory -- 148.
• Pilgrimage to Portsmouth
  Our State, Vol. 85, no. 6 (November 2017). Page 122. Pilgrimage to Portsmouth by Katy Clune
• Session of March-April, 1753
  Bills: April 2, re courthouse construction in Onslow County Bills: April 3, re licenses to trade, and tariffs Bills: April 6, re-establishment of Town of Portsmouth Lower House Papers: Proclamation to General Assembly and an Estimation of Allowances
• Portsmouth Island: The Loneliest Land
  Our State, Vol. 79, no. 8 (January 2012); Title from cover. "Down home in North Carolina." Page 76 contains an article and photographs of Portsmouth Island.
• Carteret County 1970 selected characteristics
  Selected characteristics for Piedmont and Coastal counties (with Memorandum)
• North Carolina folklore journal [2008: 55.2 Fall-Winter 2008]
  Volume 55 (number 2) of the North Carolina folklore journal, issued for fall-winter 2008. Published in Raleigh, North Carolina. Cover image: Large section of the American Folklore Society Women’s Section quilt with block honoring Karen Baldwin at center. Photo: from a photograph by Henry Stindt, Photo-Graphic, Greenville, N.C. Page 45 -- Playing Croquet until Dark: Voices of Portsmouth Islanders" David Cecelski.
• Wildlife in North Carolina [1984: March]
  Vol. 48, no. 3 (March 1984). Page 7 contains an article and photographs of Portsmouth Island.
• North Carolina folklore journal [2005: 52.1 Spring-Summer 2005]
  Volume 52 (number 1) of the North Carolina folklore journal, issued for spring-summer 2005. Published in Raleigh, North Carolina. Cover Image: At the end of the Portsmouth Homecoming hymn sing, Rudy Carter rang the church bell to call everyone together for the worship service. Rudy is a descendant of Rose Ireland, the former slave who remained on Portsmouth after the Civil War. he is also the cousin of Henry Pigott (1896-1971), the last African American and the last to live on Portsmouth Island. Over the years, it became Henry’s responsibility to ring the bell. Photo: Jan Eason, 2004.
• People, Animals, and Buildings in Portsmouth
  Dixon meets mailboat, Mrs. Salters' post office; old men of Portsmouth, Carl Dixon with wheelbarrow, Captain John Willis at home, geese, Henry Piqott. This collection of photographic negatives and prints is made up of photographs taken by Charles Brantley 'Aycock' Brown (1904-1984) as a resident and journalist of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The photographs in this collection are arranged by year and original grouping by the photographer. https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/people-animals-and-buildings-in-portsmouth/367891
• Portsmouth Island - Tomb of Governor John Wallace of Shell Castle with Carl Dixon
  This photograph is of the tomb of Governor John Wallace of Shell Castle with Carl Dixon and a former mail carrier looking on. This collection of photographic negatives and prints is made up of photographs taken by Charles Brantley 'Aycock' Brown (1904-1984) as a resident and journalist of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The photographs in this collection are arranged by year and original grouping by the photographer.
• Portsmouth Island - Man, Dead Whale, Two Young Girls with Stuffed Bird
  These photographs feature a dead whale, two girls with stuffed bird, and a man. This collection of photographic negatives and prints is made up of photographs taken by Charles Brantley 'Aycock' Brown (1904-1984) as a resident and journalist of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The photographs in this collection are arranged by year and original grouping by the photographer.
• Portsmouth Tomb - Selection Site For the Lost Colony Theater in 1937
  The first photograph features the Portsmouth tomb. The tomb is that of Governor John Wallace of Shell Castle, located on Portsmouth Island. The second photograph features a group of men selecting the site for the Lost Colony Theater on Roanoke Island. This collection of photographic negatives and prints is made up of photographs taken by Charles Brantley 'Aycock' Brown (1904-1984) as a resident and journalist of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The photographs in this collection are arranged by year and original grouping by the photographer.
• Portsmouth Island - Tombstones of People Lost at Sea
  This photograph features tombstones of people lost at sea. This collection of photographic negatives and prints is made up of photographs taken by Charles Brantley 'Aycock' Brown (1904-1984) as a resident and journalist of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The photographs in this collection are arranged by year and original grouping by the photographer.
• Portsmouth Village
  Portsmouth village, family with bird, church, man and boy on boat. This collection of photographic negatives and prints is made up of photographs taken by Charles Brantley 'Aycock' Brown (1904-1984) as a resident and journalist of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The photographs in this collection are arranged by year and original grouping by the photographer.
• The Portsmouth Church
  Views of the church at Portsmouth. This collection of photographic negatives and prints is made up of photographs taken by Charles Brantley 'Aycock' Brown (1904-1984) as a resident and journalist of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The photographs in this collection are arranged by year and original grouping by the photographer.
• Historic Portsmouth Village Brochure
  A brochure containing historic photographs of Portsmouth Island, descriptions of its history and location, and advice on how to reach the island.
• Child's Desk
  Roll-top style model, roll-top all in one piece rather than individual slats, chalktray inside, crayon scribbles noted on the left side of the interior, luggage-rack style legs, built in 1913 by Willis Monroe Gilgo of Portsmouth Island, part of the Outer Banks Seashore off the North Carolina Coast. The original desk was made of scrap wood and cigar boxes. He made the desk for his daughter Ethel Gilgo when she was five years old. Donated to the History Museum of Carteret County by Kim Reilly, granddaughter of Joseph and Ethel Gilgo Reilly, great-granddaughter of Willis and Mattie Gilgo. It has been refurbished by Mr. McDonnell. Information and Image provided at the Courtesy of the History Museum of Carteret County.
• Homecoming 1996
  Homecoming brochure from the Friends of Portsmouth Island. Includes history of the inhabitants of Portsmouth Island, N.C., and a program for a homecoming service held at the Portsmouth Methodist Church.