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Dallas Herring Carolina Heritage Research Center offers genealogy and local history resources concentrated on eastern North Carolina, particularly Duplin, Pender, and Sampson counties.

06/12/2026

The 23rd Annual Blueberry Festival is coming up soon and the Dallas Herring Library Annex has some great resources on the history of both the festival and how the blueberry came to be such a big deal for Pender County.

If you’re interested in the more detailed history of the blueberry and Pender County, stop by to browse the book Atkinson Blueberry Land by Glendal L. Jenkins – we've shared a few pages from it in this post.

Additionally, we’ve got several articles about both the festival itself and Pender County’s connection to blueberries including a feature article from Our State magazine and a piece on the 2nd Annual Blueberry Festival from the Pender Post.

The Dallas Herring Library Annex is located at 108 S. Cowan Street in Burgaw (across the street from the Main Library) and is open 10-5 Thursday and Friday and 10-2 on Saturday, and available by appointment 10-5 Monday through Wednesday.

06/05/2026

The Dallas Herring Library Annex has a new collection to share!

William P. Quinn served in the US Army from 1936-1939, and again from 1940-1945. Though Quinn was originally from the Chicago area, he served at Camp Davis in North Carolina during his second stint with the Army. His Daughter recently donated a collection of artifacts, photographs, and news clippings. This collection is now available to be viewed by the public and includes some of the things pictured here: post cards of local places, Army meal tickets and transportation papers, and the Camp Davis Station Compliment Historical and Pictorial Review (1941) which served as something of a yearbook.

The Dallas Herring Library Annex is located at 108 S. Cowan Street in Burgaw (across the street from the Main Library) and is open 10-5 Thursday and Friday and 10-2 on Saturday, and available by appointment 10-5 Monday through Wednesday.

05/15/2026

Next week, on Thursday, May 21 at 6:00 PM, the Main Library in Burgaw will host author and historian Rona Simmons to discuss her book “No Average Day” which takes October 24, 1944 as its lens. More Americans died that day than at Pearl Harbor or D-Day, and Simmons tells the story through the people who actually experienced it: clerks, radio operators, cooks, sailors, machinist mates, riflemen, and pilots and their air crews, researched through small-town newspapers, ship’s logs, and conversations with descendants.

Patrons can join us for an open house from 5:00-6:00 PM at the Dallas Herring Library Annex, located across the street from the Main Library, to view related materials from the library collection. One such item featured at the open house is the World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing from the State of North Carolina that was issued by the War Department in June of 1946 – part of which is pictured here.

05/08/2026

Sloop Point House in Hampstead will celebrate the 300th anniversary this weekend with a tour open to the public for the first time since 2007. If you're interested in learning more about the history of the home and the family that built it, stop by the Dallas Herring Library Annex!

The library collection includes several news articles, pictured here, a feature in Our State magazine. Additionally, you can find information on the Ashe family including John Baptista Ashe who originally received land grants and built the house that went on to be owned by three generations of the Ashe family.

The Dallas Herring Library Annex is located at 108 S. Cowan Street in Burgaw (across the street from the Main Library) and is open 10-5 Thursday and Friday and 10-2 on Saturday, and available by appointment 10-5 Monday through Wednesday.

04/18/2026

Interested in learning more about the Town of Burgaw and its history? The Dallas Herring Library Annex has many interesting resources on the founding, development, and history of the town. Included in this post is a speech given by Clifton L. Moore and an article about Historic Burgaw written by Mike Taylor and shared through the Pender County Library during his time as library director. Additionally pictured are two books, “Burgaw: Extraordinary Sights from the Extra Ordinary Small Town We Call Home” by Crystal Gene and “History of Burgaw” by Bill Reaves. Both books include information and photographs of the people and places that make up Burgaw, North Carolina.

The Dallas Herring Library Annex is located at 108 S. Cowan Street in Burgaw (across the street from the Main Library) and is open 10-5 Thursday and Friday and 10-2 on Saturday, and available by appointment 10-5 Monday through Wednesday.

04/10/2026

Did you know that Topsail Island is often considered a favorite base of the feared pirate Blackbeard? There are many legend and lore surrounding not only Blackbeard, but many other pirates throughout the history of Eastern North Carolina. Included in our collection are books pictured here: “Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast,” “Buccaneers & Pirates of Our Coasts,” “The Pirates of Colonial North Carolina,” “The Carolina Pirates and Colonial Commerce,” and for young readers: “Pirates of the North Carolina Coast.” Additionally, you can find newspaper and journal articles about the story and about the real-life search for Blackbeard’s ship including the pictured article from The Pender Chronicle in 1988 – less than 10 years before the ship was discovered near Beaufort inlet in 1996.

These items can be viewed at the Dallas Herring Library Annex located at 108 S. Cowan Street in Burgaw (across the street from the Main Library) and is open 10-5 Thursday and Friday and 10-2 on Saturday, and available by appointment 10-5 Monday through Wednesday.

04/04/2026

If you’ve visited us at the Main Library in Burgaw or the Dallas Herring Library Annex, you’ve likely seen the beautiful stained-glass windows of the Burgaw Presbyterian Church right down the street. According to the pictured account by Mattie Bloodworth, it was the first church erected in Burgaw when it was established in 1879. In addition to this account, the library collection includes a booklet on the history of the church which was published in celebration of the church’s centennial in 1979, and a bulletin from the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society about the denomination’s history in the area.

These items can be viewed at the Dallas Herring Library Annex which is located at 108 S. Cowan Street in Burgaw (across the street from the Main Library) and is open 10-5 Thursday and Friday and 10-2 on Saturday, and available by appointment 10-5 Monday through Wednesday.

03/27/2026

Are you interested to know what life in North Carolina was like in the 1940s or 1960s? If so, the Dallas Herring Library Annex has a great collection for you! Included in our collection is an archive of two North Carolina specific publications. Our staff can help you locate a digital copy of any issues not currently in our collection.

The “North Carolina Historical Review” has been source for the study and understanding of North Carolina History since the first publication in 1924. It includes “carefully researched, handsomely illustrated articles that explore North Carolina and southern history.” Our collection includes issues as early as the Winter 1968 volume.

Celebrating North Carolina since the first publication in 1933, “Our State” (formerly known as “The State”) features stories about the people, places, and history of North Carolina. The library’s collection includes issues as early as January 1946.

The Dallas Herring Library Annex is located at 108 S. Cowan Street in Burgaw (across the street from the Main Library) and is open 10-5 Thursday and Friday and 10-2 on Saturday, and available by appointment 10-5 Monday through Wednesday.

03/20/2026

While March is often a celebration of all things Irish, we’d like to focus on the Scots-Irish folk and their connection to Pender County. Early groups of Scots-Irish settled along the Cape Fear River region of North Carolin in the early 1700s, many in what is now present-day Pender County. The term “Scotch-Irish” is used in the US in reference to immigrants of Ulster-Scots background who hail from the Ulster region of Northern Ireland during the 18th and 19th centuries. They were primarily of Scots and English ancestry, and often Protestant rather than Catholic.

The Dallas Herring Library annex has several interesting books on their history and culture. Books featured in this post include “The Scotch-Irish: a Social History,” “Directory of Scots in the Carolinas,” “Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research,” and “Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America.”

Additionally featured is “Aunt Mag’s Recipe Book” by author Carolyn Booth. Aunt Meg is a character from Booth’s novel, “Between the Rivers” which is set in parts of North Carolina – including Onslow County. Booth dedicates the recipe book to her Scotch-Irish ancestors who settled “on the land between the rivers in Blade, Pender, New Hanover, and Onslow Counties.” We’ve included two of the recipes here if you’re looking for something comforting to cook up for the weekend.

The Dallas Herring Library Annex is located at 108 S. Cowan Street in Burgaw (across the street from the Main Library) and is open 10-5 Thursday and Friday and 10-2 on Saturday, and available by appointment 10-5 Monday through Wednesday.

03/14/2026

Nearly as old as the town of Burgaw itself, the Burgaw Baptist Church has been a staple of the faith community since 1884. Among our collection at the Dallas Herring Library Annex, you can find the two books pictured here – History of Burgaw Baptist Church and Burgaw Baptist Church Cookbook. Additionally, you can view multiple news articles about the church and several programs from services that feature details on services, members, and more.

The Dallas Herring Library Annex is located at 108 S. Cowan Street in Burgaw (across the street from the Main Library) and is open 10-5 Thursday and Friday and 10-2 on Saturday, and available by appointment 10-5 Monday through Wednesday.

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108 S. Cowan Street
Burgaw, NC
28425

Opening Hours

Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

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+19102591906

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https://penderpubliclibrary.org/CarolinaHeritageResearch/

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