As the public library for the City of High Point we focus on collecting materials relating to the city and its people.

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Heritage Research Center Links

NewsBank (Library card holders who wish to access this database from home must obtain a password here.)
HeritageQuest
Ancestry Library (This service is available only to computers inside the library)
Guilford County, NC County Government (Vital records information has been removed)
NC County Development
NC State Library - Genealogical Resources
World War II Soldiers Index - Guilford County, NC
Footnote History and Genealogy Archives Combines original historical documents and personal histories, creating a unique historical and genealogical resource. It also has a vast array of valuable and unique content consisting of more than 55 million historical documents and images. The collection features millions of images available from a content partnership with The National Archives. These digital images of records, preserved in the National Archives and other regional archives, represent a growing collection of historic documents— most never before available on the Internet. 

Footnote History and Genealogy Archives feature documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, U.S. Presidents, historical newspapers, naturalization documents, and much more. Some other very notable material includes the Matthew Brady collection of Civil War photos and UFO documents from 1947 – 1969.


Contact Us

ncroom@highpointnc.gov
336-883-3637

Heritage Research Center
High Point Public Library
PO Box 2530, High Point, NC 27262

Newest additions to our collection

Full list (last updated May 8, 2008)

Newsletter

Spring 2008

Heritage Research Center Hours

Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Friday: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am to Noon; (closed from noon to 1:00 pm) 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Sunday: 1:30pm to 5:30 pm

Occasionally the Heritage Research Center will have to close for an hour when the room is understaffed. This is typically from noon to 1:00 pm or 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. If you are coming from any distance it's best to give us a call to check the status of the room for that day.

City Directories

High Point City Directories from 1910 to the present are available.

Council Minutes

Minutes from City Council meetings are available on microfilm from 1859-1977. Minutes from later council sessions are in the Business Department

Furniture

High Point (and nearby) Furniture Companies by Joe Exum Brown provides basic information on furniture companies and our vertical files have newspaper articles on some furniture manufacturers. However, we do not have furniture catalogs nor the means to determine when a piece of furniture was manufactured. The Furniture Library is the best research center for furniture.

Newspapers

The High Point Enterprise, Greensboro Patriot, and other High Point newspapers are available on microfilm. Our collection of issues from the High Point Enterprise begins in 1886 but prior to 1915 these holdings are incomplete.

Obituary Index

Deaths and obituaries from the High Point Enterprise are indexed and staff will search the index for you.

Photographs

View our collection of historic High Point photographs here.  If you have any information about any of these photographs please email us at ncroom@highpointnc.gov .

Vertical Files

These files consist primarily of newspaper articles. A few of the topics are businesses, churches, city government, education, manufacturers, neighborhoods, parks, racial integration, schools, and streets.

Some special materials include nomination forms submitted for the National Register of Historic Places. The forms for Historic Buildings include:

  • Blair School
  • Deep River Friends Meeting House and Cemetery
  • Grayson House (Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library)
  • Guilford County Office and Court Building
  • Haley House
  • Hardee Apartments (Jarrell Apartments)
  • Kilby Hotel
  • Kirkman House & Outbuildings
  • Siceloff House
  • Taplin Apartment Building
  • Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing Company Complex
  • William Penn High School (High Point Normal and Industrial Institute)

Nomination forms for High Point's historic districts include

  • Johnson Street
  • Oakwood Historic District
  • Sherrod Park (Woodrow Avenue)

Yearbooks

Our collection includes yearbooks from local schools including High Point Central High School, High Point High School, Southwest Guilford High School, T. Wingate Andrews High School, Wesleyan Christian Academy, Westchester Academy, and William Penn High School. All yearbooks are cataloged and the volumes in our collection may be found in the library's catalog.

NC State Archives

Look for additional links & information coming soon!

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