April 2025 Archives

Apr 15, 2025
  • Rita Khazanie

Adaptation to a Disability: How a Greenville Resident Lived an Amazing Life Confined to a Wheelchair for 33 Years

The late Mike Hamer, a Greenville personality, has a web presence with several folk music songs, YouTube videos, compositions, and articles written about him by his friends. Mike Hamer was well known throughout Greenville...

Apr 14, 2025
  • Lydia Brooker

Gathering Around Books: The History and Influence of Women’s Book Clubs

Historically, Women’s book clubs have been more than just gatherings to discuss literature. They have served as spaces for intellectual growth, community building, and even social activism. Joyner Library’s Special...

Apr 10, 2025
  • Patrick Cash

The Measles Epidemic and Quarantine Procedures in North Carolina in the 1930s

During the 1930s, North Carolina, like much of the United States, grappled with recurring outbreaks of measles, a highly contagious viral disease. The lack of widespread vaccination and limited medical...